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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
EnIarae Powers Of Banks.

| enlarge powers or Banks.
Des Moines.-Under decision of the
supreme court in the Corning State
Savings bank case, savings banks in
Iowa are decreed to have the statu-
tory power to indorse and guarantee
commercial paper in which they deal.
The case came from Adams county
and was appealed by C. w. Johnston
of Des Moines on behalf of Bruce
Butler, the adverse judgment of
Judge H. X. Evans being reversed by
the supreme court and the bank at
| Corning being held Liable for all
claims Endorsed and guaranteed by it.
President La Rue of the Corning
Savings bank before 1904 sold COM
mercial paper held by his bank to the
u. K. Butler Iowa National bank in
Des Moines and to w. o. Curtis for
this bank, and Endorsed the paper
with the guarantee of the Corning
institution and his own personal in
dorsement The claims were trans
ferred by the bank and Curtis to
Bruce Butler for whom G. w. John
ston appealed the case. Three or
four firms of attorneys were inter-
ested on the other side of the litiga-
ton.
When La Rue killed himself it was
discovered that he had negotiated
much paper that was forged, and the
holders of the paper sought to have
their claims established as, against
the La Rue institution at Corning.
Judge Evans held that a savings
bank in Iowa was limited as to its
powers by section 1850 of the cote
and by section 1856 in such a way
that it could not guarantee any COM
mercial paper by it's Endorsement.
The supreme court takes the oppo-
site view. 1t says, in part:
owe cannot think that after
authorizing savings banks to deal in
paper as commercial banks the legis-
lature intended so to limit and
cripple such authority as practically
to defeat the object sought to be OBJ
tanned.
Very little paper comparatively
passes on Endorsement without re-
course and even then this does not
obviate the liability involved in the
warranty of genuineness ard of
title.
IF appellees' view should prevail,
every one taking paper from saw
ings bank must not only receive 1t
Endorsed without recourse but
must know at his peril whether the
paper is genuine and the bank has
title as we'll as that the object of the
officers of the bank in disposing of
it was for the purpose of obtaining
money with which to pay deposits.
zone of the basic functions of
banking is the dealing in notes,
bills OF exchange and credits.
Having authority to deal In CON-
mercial paper they necessarily must
assume the obligations incident
thereto and among these are those of
guaranty and Endorsement in trans
ferring the same"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

/, At the annual meeting of tha Legal
Aid society, New York, President Ar.
thur Won Briesen announced the order
OF the Crown of Prussia has been con.
ierred upon him by the emperor OF
Germany for his work in the society
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

Gasoline has been distributed along
the trail in Alaska for the benefit of
the automobile racers. That will help
them lot unless some of the natives
catch the scent on the breeze and
imagine 1t is some special brand of
5oy-producing beverage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16

Seven new French aeroplanes are to
attempt TO fly all at once in France.
still. our sprightly Prof. Bell has one
which looks as II It would serve as .
model for this and all other countries,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Lake Bed in Controversy.

A controversy has arisen as to the
ownership of Rice lake in Winnebago
county, this state, which may involve
the validity of the lake bed statutes
passed by the legislature.
e. r. Wiswell has written to the
secretary of state and the land Office
and the executive council to find out
in whom the title to Rice lake, con.
sisting of about 42S acres of lake
bed lands, vests. He says that Ralph
Van Vechten, Nat Hubbard and John
H. Reed, of Cedar Rapids, are trying
to sell the like bed to him, claiming
to own it under the statues passed
by the last legislature. which vested
title to certain lake beds in certain
persons.
Secretary Dawson of the executive
council has advised Mr.. Wiswell that
the state claims ownership to Rice
lake.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Fine Cattle Are Infected.

fIne cattle Are Infected.
Members of the state board of
health went to the Agar packing
plant with State Veterinarian Koto
and his assistant, DR.. H. E. Talbot,
to witness the post-mortem of nine
teen pure blood Shorthorns from the
herd of John Hellien of Fort Dodge.
Thirteen of the animals were
found slightly infected with tuber-
culosis and were killed; the other
six were found so completely con-
taminated with the disease that they
were sent to the rendering tank All
nineteen had responded to the state
veterinarians test, and the post
norton justified the diagnosis and
the test.
Hellien's herd was regarded as one
of the best in northern Iowa. A few
days ago he shipped a carload of fat
cattle to Chicago and there the gov.
eminent inspectors found some Of
the cattle infected Thirty of the
herd were left, and as soon as he
found out that the herd had tubercu.
losis in it he sent for the state veter-
marian. He has assisted all the way
through in the effort to eradicate
the disease from the herd. He was
present with the department and the
board of health at the post-mortem.
post-mortem.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Dates for Camps Have Been Fixed.

Dates for CAMPS Have Been Fixed.
Colonies Lincoln, Chantland, Bishop
and Bows of the Iowa National guard
regiments met with Adjutant Gen.
eral Thrift a few days ago and
determined the dates of the regi-
mental camps of the year, decided
that they should be held separately
and arranged to make them the OLD
style encampments. The dates fol-
low: Fifty-third, July TIA; Fifty
sixth, July 1924; Fifty-fourth, July
% to Aug. 4; Fifty-fifth, Aug. S-15.
The location of the camps has not
been determined. Each regiment will
meet at point convenient for the
majority of the companies in the
regiment. The colonies will select
the places later.
Manchester, Clear Lake, Independ-
ence and Waterloo are candidates for
the camp of the Fifty-third regiment.
Fort Dodge, Spirit Lake and Mason
City want the Fifty-sixth. Muscatine,
Davenport, Burlington and Fort Madi-
son are after the Fifty-fourth. Des
Moines, Red Oak, Corning and Clar.
india are after the Fifty-ffth.
Airship Man Again.
Roy Knabenshue, the aeronaut,
was in Des Moines in conference
with the state fair management with
respect to putting on an airship ex.
hibition at the fair this year.
Owing to the enormous increase OF
foreigners in the state in the past
few years, the synodical board of
Presbyterian home missions of Iowa
has decided to place Bohemian
speaking missionary in the work In
Iowa.
The synodical board meeting repre-
scented the ten presbyteries in the
state and included the chairman of
each .presbytery. The board will
make a special effort this year to
raise among the presbyteries OF
Iowa an even larger amount than
last year.
Senator ]. l.. Warren, of Marion
county, will not be a candidate for
the republican nomination for con-
gress in the Seventh district this
year and the contest will be between
Congressman Hull and Judge Prouty
alone. Senator Warren was In Des
Moines few days ago, and was ask
ed If he expected to make the race
as planned by his friends last winter
during the legislative session. He
said that he had decided not to go
into the contest. During the day, It
is understood, he was in conference
with Judge Prouty.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
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Spanish War Vets In Flag Ceremony.
April % will be the tenth anniver-
sary of the issuance of the order call
ing out the Iowa National guard for
service In the Spanish war.
That date has been selected for
the ceremony of placing the battle
flags OF the Iowa regiments engaged
IN the Cuban and Philippine service
In the cases recently erected in the
main rotunda of tn capitol by authori-
ty OF special act of the state legis--
lature.
Not only will the ceremony be
carried out, but the occasion will
furnish opportunity for regimental
reunions and the entertainment of all
of the Spanish war veterans by their
organization In this city, at great
campfire on the evening of April 25.
Recently Adjutant General Thrift
called the attention of the colonies of"
the four guard regiments mustered
into the service for the Cuban and
Philippine campaigns to the fact that
under the law passed by the legisla-
ture In pursuance of the bill intro
duced by Senator Dan Turner, cases.
had been placed in the state house.
corridors, just west of the inches
which contain the battle flags of the
civil war veterans and suggesting
that they arrange for some sort of
ceremonial for the removal of the
flags to the cases and their perma-
nent installation therein.
The colonies corresponded and fin
ally left the arrangement to Col. John
G. Lopez of Des Moines in conjunc-
ton with General Thrift A confer
ence was held at the state house in
pursuance of this plan and the
scheme as outlined was laid out.
Each of the regiments engaged in
the Spanish wars will hold reunions,
therefore in Des Moines, April rs.
The regiments were the Forty-ninth.
commanded by w. G. Bows, of Cedar
Rapids; the Fiftieth, commanded by
d. V. Jackson, of Muscatine; the
F1fty-frst commanded by ]. C.
Lopez, of Des Moines, and the Fifty
second, commanded by w. G. Hum.
phrey, of Sioux City.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16
Reunion of Railroad Men.


Secretary w. B. Harrison of the
Iowa Railway club, who is busily &C.
cupied arranging the names of those
who are to be invited to the reunion
of old time railroad men to be held in
Des Moines, May 26 and 81, has al.
ready 1900 names. He declares,
however, that by April 20, the day
on which the list of names Is to be
closed, he will have twice that many
names. Those in charge of the re-
union expect to have in Des Moines
at the time of the convention a rep
resentation from every state
The republican candidates for state
Offices must have at least LOSS
voters names attached to their off,
cial nomination papers, according to
Secretary of State Hayward, who has
been investigating the requirements
in detail. There must be for state
offices, petition bearing per cent
of the vote from ten counties and
totaling at least one-half of / per
cent Of the total vote for the state.
For Offices embracing smaller con-
situency the petition may be smaller,
but the proportion OF signatures must
be the same.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
County Board BY a Vote of 10 to
s Accepts the Report of the
Assessment Committee b
BOARD CLOSING UP ITS WORK
Few Minor Matters to be Considered
and Board May Hold Final SEES
sion This Afternoon
Salaries Too Low

The tax payers Of the city will be
forced to stand the boost in taxes this
year as suggested by the committee of
assessment Of the County Board, as at
the close Of the session on Monday at
ternoon the Board by g. vote of ten to
SIX decided to accept the report Of the
committee and the equalization sug-
gested by the committee was adopted
The matter had been fully discussed in
formally and there was no use Of an
open discussion OH the Board. Four of
the city members, Chairman Schwan,
Supervisors Burg, Krebs and Widman
and two county members of the Board,
Kline Of Randall and Riley of Pleasant
Prairie, voted against the acceptance
of the report. Under the provision Of
the report the usual burden of taxation
is placed upon the city while all of the
towns save Pleasant Prairie and Ran
dali are reduced The members Of the
Board from the city did not offer any
compromise equalization and it is
claimed that for this reason four Of
the members of the Board from the
city consented to vote with the county
members for the equalization based on
the suggestion of true value made by
the supervisor of assessments. Under
the action Of the Board the valuation
for the coming year will be as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
Petitions Being Circulated TO Re.
peal the Law for Registra-
ton of Vital Statistics
RECORDS NOW IN MADISON
Many People Desire to Have These
Records Kept in the Office of the
Register of Deeds Where They
Would Be Accessible

Petitions are being circulated in all
parts of this county asking the legis,
lature at its coming session to take
some steps to secure the repeal of the
present law providing for the recording
of vital statistics of the various coun,
ties of the state. At the present time
all records of deaths, births, marriages,
and accidents are filed with the state
health officer at Madison instead of
with the Register of Deeds of the
county as in former years. The new
law has not only cut down the fees paid
to the officials of the county, but it has
resulted in the records being held in a
place where they are wholly inaccessi-
bic to the people of the county. In
former years all of these records were
kept with the Register of Deeds and
the present official has recently over
hauled the records of the county and
placed them in excellent condition,
These records have been very much i'm
demand and there is scarcely a day that
a call is not made for information
based on these records. In order to get
any of this information for the period
covering the past twelve months it is
necessary to go to Madison and apply
to the state health department. The
records in Madison are Of practically
no value to the people of Kenosha coun-
ty. The movement for the repeal of
the law and the return to the old sys-
TEN of registration has been started in
Racine and Kenosha counties and it has
met with a very favorable reception in
all parts Of the state. The sense of
the point made by the officials in urging
this change in the law seems to appeal
to many of the newly elected members
of the legislature and already several
of them have agreed to support the
proposed change in the legislature The
petitions have been signed by nearly all
Of the members of the County Board
and in addition to the individual sup
port of the petition the Board will be
asked to take action as a Board on the
question
The greatest amount of the opposition
to the return to the old system comes
from the health officers in the larger
cities of the state as their fees have
been materially increased by the pres
ent law Notwithstanding this fact
many of these officials have openly
stated that the best plan is to have
these records all kept in the Office Of
the Register Of Deeds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
FACE HARD PROBLEM
Chicago Milk Men to Demand Pasteur-
lied Milk After Jan. 1

Milk shippers to Chicago are now
facing the prospect Of few changes
which will affect that line of business
on the first Of January. After that
date unpasteu1ized milk can not be re-
ceiyed il the city unless it comes from
a flock of cows that have been tested
for tuberculosis and found to be free
from this dread disease. AS pas
teurizing machine costs several hundred
dollars, individual shippers will not be
able to sterilize their own milk and
will be made either to have their herds
tested or haul their milk to a central
plant where the pasteurizing may be
done. In a political address at Spring
Grove Attorney Lumley Of Woodstock,
is said to have given few pointers on
how to deal with the Chicago market.
+" Feed your milk to the pigs for five
days, said he, "and at the end of that
time the city customer will find less
fault with its quality.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
A MAN OF MYSTERY
Fourth Ward People Unable to Discover
Identity Of Strange Morning Prowler

Fourth Ward People Unable to Discover
Identity of Strange Morning Prowler
People of the Fourth ward have a.
mystery which is exciting a good deal
of attention and which seems to be a
battling one SO far as the police are
concerned. The mystery is all over an I'M
known man who keeps unseemingly late
hours and who has been seen repeatedly
lurking behind trees So far as can be
learned the man has not attempted to
enter any house in the neighborhood,
but several times it has been reported
that he has followed young girls and
offered insults to them. The actions of
the man are so unusual that the people
in the ward who have been watching
him insist that it. should be an easy
matter for the police to arrest the fell
low He has been seen usually about
O'Clock in the morning and every time
he has hidden behind trees to prevent
his identity being discovered by the
people who have caught glance of
him. Several men who have been work
ing at night in the various factories
of the city and a conductor on one Of
the early morning trains have taken a
great interest in the efforts to discover
the identity Of the man. These men
claim to have seen him nearly every
morning lurking in shadow either
along Park or West street. At one
time one Of these men decided that he
would learn the business of the early
prowler and he approached the
tree behind which the fellow had con-
cealed himself, but with the approached
Of the investigator the man started
south on West street running like a
deer and the pursuer was soon dis
tanced. However, this chase did not
prevent the return of the fellow and on
the following morning the man was
stan ding in one of his accustomed
places.
Some Of the people who have watched
the man believe that he is insane and
that he slips out of his boarding house
in the neighborhood every
and prowls about.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
Vice. President Bower Of AIIis-
Chalmers Co. Says Men Must
Stand on Ability
FACTOR OF SAFETY BIC NEED
Vice President of Big Milwaukee Manu-
featuring Plant Gives Interesting
Advice to Kenosha Young
Men at Y. M. c. A.

A good sized crowd of men listened
with great interest to the address of
L. T. Bower, of Milwaukee, Sunday af-
ternoon at the I. M. G. A. building.
The fact mat Mr.. Bower is the vice
president of the Allis- Chalmers Com
pany gave his practical suggestions con
siderable force "The Factor of Safe
ty," suggested few Illustrations of
mechanical nature showing the import
ance of governor on an engine, or the
necessity of such perfection Of work
manship that the machine will stand
any strain to which it may be subjected.
The speaker said that very many
young men did not appear to realize
the Importance of using the greatest
care in preserving their health and
strength. A great many failures are
caused by a lack of power to stand an
extra strain at critical period with
the result that many lives and homes
are ruined.
Every young man should have a
financial factor of safety; not accumu-
late money with the idea of getting
rich; but for the sake of the indepen-
dence that a small amount of cash
gives a man. Many men fail to live
out fully the possibilities of their lives
because of shiftless, careless waste of
money in their younger days.
The great company with which Mr..
! Bower is connected, employs from fifty
to seventy-fv college men a year.
Some of these men hold their positions
and are promoted, but a number of
them finally lose out because they cease
to study the minute they leave school.
No man can hold a position long for
which he is unqualifed-th day of
"Pull'' is past; ability is the thing
that counts. Mr. Bower says that
there are about 300 office men in his
employee who never will advance and
who will probably lose the positions
they have simply because they have no
intellectual factor of safety-no re-
serve force Of mental attainment to
call upon. Every man should know a
little more than his position requires.
But the greatest factor of safety
needed is the moral factor A young
man should have the backbone to settle
things so that he would not have to
fight the same old temptations every
day Of his life. He should be free to
go ahead and accomplish something
worth while instead of using his energy
] in trying to keep bad habits from beat
ing him.
Christian principles are the control
ling ones more and more in our nation
al life. Even the tariff is based upon
right and justice instead of personal
interest and deceit. The next ten years
will see great progress along moral lines
in this country and every young man
should be ready to have part in it.
No man can accomplish much who is
not strong and clean morally.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
STEAL MANY CHICKENS
Claimed That an Organized Gang is at
Work Providing Fowls for 'stews"

Complaint is being made to this paper
Of the large number of cases of chicken
stealing that are reported in the city
and it is claimed that a gang Of pro-
fessional thieves are raiding the coops
of the city. Tt is claimed that thous-
and chickens have been stolen in Ke-
nosha since the opening of the fall sea-
son and it is said that the men have
been most daring in their work, even
going so far as to go out with wagon
and drive up to house in the night
time and load in the full supply of
chickens owned by the householder. 1t
is asserted that gangs Of men and boys
are having chicken stews along the
Lake Front and in Bonds woods daily
and nightly, and that the people Of the
city engaged in fancy chicken raising
are paying for the chickens that go in
to the pots on these occasions. The
matter has been laid before the police
and it is probable that they will make
a, raid on some of the so-called ,'chick
en- steWs and make an effort to dis
cover just where the chickens come
from.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-26
James McCabe, q Sailor, Walks
Into Home of Joseph 0rth
on Saturday Night
PROMPTLY NABBED BY POLICE
Man Declares That He had No Inten-
ton Of Robbing the House
and That He Simply Lost
His Bearings

A drunken sailor giving his name as
James McCabe and his residence as
Buffalo, New York, caused little ex-
element down on Park avenue Satur-
day night and when he was taken into
custody by Chief O'Hare and Police
Officer LeGlise it was noised about the
city that the '|lone burglar" had been
captured A few minutes before the
arrest of McCabe he had entered the
home Of Joseph Orth on the avenue and
had managed to thoroughly brighten the
members of the family. The people in
the house at once notified the police
office and the wagon was sent to the
place and McCabe taken into custody
few feet from the place where it was
alleged that he had entered with the
intention of burglarizing the house.
| He was booked with charge Of burg
larry, but when he is arraigned in JUS
tice Court late this afternoon it is
probable that the charge against him
will be changed to one of intoxication.
McGabe was talka i've when he was tax
en- into custody but while he admitted
that he had been drinking a little he
declared that he was not drunk. The
man is said to be a marine engineer
and he has been in the employ of one
Of the boats now in the Kenosha harbor.
McCabe tired Of his job on Friday and
resigned, and as the Master of the boat
was about to tie up for the season he
made no objection to the fellow leaving
the service, as his resignation made it
unnecessary for him to pay his way
| back to Buffalo McCabe celebrated
j his retirement from the boat on Friday
and landed at the county Jail on Friday
evening. He had been out Of jail but
few hours when he started down Park
avenue and completed his plan for get
ting in again. The door of the Ortiz
home was not locked and McCabe en-.
tered and made his way clear through
/ to the kitchen of the house, but he made
no effort to take anything from the
house and while he was a little abusive
to the members Of the family he did
not threaten any Of them with violence
Notwithstanding this fact his appear
ance in the house caused a sensation
in the neighborhood and large crowd
had gathered when the police arrived
McCabe declared to the police that his
entry to the house was simply a mis-
take and that he had no intention of
burglarizing the place. Tt is claimed
that McCabe, who is 43 years of age
has always borne good reputation and
that he is widely known among marine
engineers about the lake.