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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
CAR HAD LOST ITS POWER
Power is Regained and Car Leaves the
Crossing Just in Time to Escape
Being Struck by Fast Train Coming
From the South.


Thirty passengers including both
men and women on board a car Of
the Kenosha Electric Railway Company
had a narrowing experience at the
Market street crossing of the North
western railway just after six o'clock
Tuesday evening and it still seems
that some kind providence is watching
over the destinieS of the railway com
pany. The car of the company lost
its power on the tracks of the North
western just as train was coming in
from the south at high rate of speed
and it was by the narrowest of mar
gins that the car with his crowd of
passengers cleared the tracks before
the passenger train passed.
The car was coming from the west
and as it approached the Market street
crossing the train which was due to
arrive in Kenosha at 6 O'Clock was
whistling for the Strong street cross
ing. 1t was pulling in at rate of
from twenty to thirty miles an hour
and the gateman believed that there
would be plenty of time for the street
car to clear the crossing. For this
reason the gates did not go down and
the car coasted on to the tracks. Just
as the center Of the track was reached
the car lost it's power. The train was
coming on at high speed only a
few hundred feet away and the pas
sengers in the car recognizing their
peril fed to the exits in panic. The
motorman and conductor never lost
their heals fos minute.aad the rEweg
was restored just in time to allow the
car to clear the crossing. The badly
frightened passengers stood awe struck
as the train came to stand still. The
engineer on the incoming train saw
the great danger and he had applied
the brakes when Che train was a block
from the stalled car and this action
on his part probably stopped the
momentum of the train sufficiently to
prevent the collision. Not one of the
passengers on the street car was in
jured but it can be said that they lost
no time in getting out of the car.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
Sale of Red Cross Stamps
Will Be Stopped at Mid
night Friday Night
KENOsHA URGED TO AID WORK

The stamp campaign closes promptly
at midnight, Friday, December 81 and
every one of the 100000 stickers
placed on sale on November 20 should
be disposed of by the time the old
year is rung out and the New Year
is rung in.
It is estimated that there remain no
less than $4,000 to be sold tomorrow
and the day following. If these must
be disposed of in small lots, there is
grave doubt that all will be sold.
Several big manufacturing concerns
have set a good example by purchasing
lots of 10000 each. All of their
monthly statements and year-end ac-
counts, issued this week, bear the holt
day greeting stamp, while every piece
of ordinary mail and correspondence
is similarly designated
In the last few days several cities
of Wisconsin that had almost given
up hope of winning the grand prize,
valued at $3.50 to $1,000, an Aero Va
cuum cleaning system for school
buildings, have become leaders in the
race by a vigorous effort on the part
of the school children. In many cities
big business men and manufacturers
have helped the school children by buy
ing large patches of stickers. The
contest does not close until midnight
Friday, and every stamp purchased up
to that time will count.
Campaign Manager Stanley A. Doug
las, All Goldsmith building, Milwau-
kee, will make every effort to have
the winners in the various contests
adjudged as soon as possible after New
Years Day. He is greatly pleased
over the grand support given by the
people of Wisconsin, while the entire
association is gratifed. The only dis
cordant note in an otherwise success
fully campaign would be a failure to
sell the entire 100000 stamps. How
ever, they feel that the public will not
let the interest die during these, the
final days of the sale.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
TWO SMALL FIRES
Fire Department Makes Two Runs and
Extinguishes Small Fires

The Kenosha fire department made
two runs in the bitter winter weather
on Tuesday night and Wednesday
but fortunately the fires were IF lit
tie consequence. The first call came
just after seven o'clock Tuesday even
ing when an overheated stove caused
fire in building owned by the
Fortune Brothers Brewing Company
and located at "a Union street. 1t is
occupied by Frank Hannes as a saloon
and the fire resulted from an over
heated stove. The flames were ex-
tinguished by the use of the chemi-
Gals with loss of $50 fully covered
by insurance. The call Wednesday
was to the house owned by Joseph
Vetter on West Prairie avenue and
occupied by S. Butcher The fire re-
suited from a pan of ashes placed in
the attic Of the house and a damage
to the amount Of $50 resulted. The
loss was entirely covered by insurance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
BELIEVE CONSPIRACY FORMED
Comptroller Murray Believes Plans
Had Been Laid to Loot Bank Safes
in All Parts of the Country and
that the Old Gang is Busy.

The recent visit of Luke G.. Wright,
the fake bank examiner to Kenosha
is causing the comptroller Of the United
States currency to make a wide in
vestigation throughout the country as
the story of Wright S visit to Keno
sha has aroustd a suspicion that
campaign of bank safe blowing had
been planned. President Charles C.
Brown of the First National Bank sent
letter to the comptroller in which the
visit Of Wright was described in de-
tail and it was this letter that caused
the department. to get busy.
Federal officers in all parts of the
country have been furnished with
description of Wright and they have
been notified that the man is badly
wanted by the government and that
he must be taken at all hazards. It
is supposed that Wright is still some
where in the neighborhood Of Chica-
to discover other forged checks given
out by Wright, but the one check of
SIS is the only one that has been pre-
sented for payment and if Wright is
still working the forgery game he is
so far from Kenosha that the checks
have not as yet had time to come
back. Waukegan officials have caused
a warrant to be issued for Wright
charging him with forgery, but there
is little doubt but that he will be turn
ed over to the federal officers if he is
arrested
Other recent representations of this
kind have been reported and the comp
troller has turned the case over to the
secret service and the department of
justice with a view of having a
thorough investigation made and the
combine Of crooks broken up. The
comptroller has also advised national
banks to use extra precaution in ad-
mlttlng pretended bank examiners to
their premises. Every authorized ex-
aminer has not only his commission
but pocket card signed by the comp
troller of the currency, and banks are
advised that one or both should be
produced where the pretended examin-
er is not known.
A year or two ago the same game
was tried on an extended score The
operators began in Newark, N. J. Ac-
cess to one bank was refused the sup
posed examiner, but he would have
been permitted to count the cash Of an
other had the vault not been locked
by the time lock. On being detected
the man and his pals left town and re-
sumed operations in the western states.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
REPORT INCOME TAX
Committee Explains Purpose
IsNot to Raise Money Re
plenish State Treasury
REPORT WILL Be READY JAN. |

"There is general misunderstand-
ing of the purpose of this committee
in its plans to work out for the state
of Wisconsin a scheme Of income tax
ation," said a member of the special
legislative committee appointed to
investigate the subject and report the
results of it's inquiry to the governor
end to the legislature.
"There seems to be an impression
that it is the purpose of the committee
to work out a plan for the taxation of
the income Of the people to replenish
the treasury Of the state. This is far
from the truth. 1t is the plan of the
committee to devise a method of in
come taxation that will more equally
distribute the burden of support of
government by reaching those indi-
viduals who in the past have to q
greater or lesser extent avoided as
sessment. But it is not our plan to
make it a state tax. 1t will be local
in every sense of the word, except that
we may provide in the measure which
we shall prepare that very small
proportion of the revenue derived from
the tax shall go to the state to defray
the expense of administration This
proportion, however, will be normal,
say 5 per cent The proceeds of the
tax will go to the counties, cities,
towns or villages, as other taxes levied
in the old fashioned way, to be used
for purpose of public improvement y
The committee held meeting in the
capitol, five members being present
Senators S. NJ. Marsh, chairman; J. G.
Kleczka, j. A. Hazelwood and Assem-
blymen G. A. Ingram, secretary, and
j. S. Towers. Assemblyman J. E.
Mcconnell and H. =. George were not
present.
Secretary Ingram said that the com
mittee soon would be ready to report,
| probably by January /. The princi-
pal feature not yet determined is the
rates which shall be applied. The
plan, he said, is for graduated tax,
starting, say, at ! per cent and grad
ually increasing in ratio with the
increase of income. This question of
ratio of increase is the principal one
not yet determined.
The members met with the economic
club of the university Monday even
ing and interesting discussions Of the
subjects were given by Tax Commits
sioner N. Z. Haugen, Prof. Richard 7.
Ely and others. Before the commit
tee there was no appearance of out
siders to give views upon the question
and the committee devoted itself to
collecting data picking up loose ends
and getting ready for the final effort
which will result in the completion
of the report.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
A PECULIAR WEDDING
Edward Boyce and Margaret
Crooks Make a Strange
Request at Wedding
ARE NOT KNOWN IN kEHOSHa

There was little wedding in Keno
sha late Tuesday afternoon which is
exciting some wonder among the
court officials and others who were
connected with it. The contracting
parties were Edward J. Boyce, % years
Of age who gave his residence as
| Cleveland, Ohio, and his occupation az
travelling salesman and Miss Mar
garet E. Crooks, aged IS, who gave
her residence as Kenosha and who
claimed that she was a daughter Of
Smythe Crooks. The couple were
married by the Rev. F. S. Dimmock
of the First Baptist church and they
sought to throw such cloak of
secrecy about the marriage that it is
pretty certain that it will be heard
from again.
Boyce and his bride accompanied by
a man who gave bis name as Hamelin
and who claimed to live at 10707 Su-
nosha early in the afternoon and went
to the Office of the county clerk to Sc
cure the license for the marriage.
The bride was decidedly fair to look
upon and she did not appear to be
any older than the age stated in the
license. Boyce did not do much of
the talking as Hamelin seemed to be
the spokesman for the party. He at
first declared that Miss Crooks was a
resident of Racine, but when he was
informed that if this were the fact a
license would have to be secured in
Racine county he changed the story
and declared that she was a resident
Of Kenosha. The name does not ap-
pear in the Kenosha city directory.
,After the license had been issued
the couple requested that it be dated
back to April 23rd of this year, but
the clerk informed them that this
would be impossible. Armed with the
license the couple went to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Dimmock. He question
ed both the bride and groom closely
and there seemed to be no reason why
the marriage should not be performed
and as they had court order properly
issued by Judge Slosson and legal
license he proceeded to perform the
ceremony. After the ceremony was
performed the groom requested as
before that the certificate be given an
other date and when Mr.. Dimmock de-
clined this he pulled a second certif-
cate from his pocket and asked that
this be filed out to bear the date of
April 23rd. Mr.. .Dimmock also de-
clined to follow this suggestion and
the couple left.
It is thought that both the bride
and groom are members of prominent
families in Cleveland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

IIOneQ.
George T. French and Miss Baird
were also with me on the second visit? =
Yes, believe they are the names
you then mentioned y
Didn't I tell you that I brought
those women to see whether you could
identify either Of them, and didn't you
tell me that neither Mrs. Counselman
nor Miss Baird was the woman to
whom you gave the letter."
"I don It think 500
Mrs. Counselman, her sister, and
Miss Baird were called in front of the
stand, and Abel hesitated moment
while apparently studying the features
and indicating the three in turn Attor-
ney McNab asked the witness:
els this the lady?"
'FT do not think So" Abel replied
concerning all.
At this junction Mrs. Thackaberry,
wife of the accused lawyer, was
brought into the courtroom for identi-
fication on a bar association subpoena,
but Gen. Stuart directed that she be
permitted to leave, as there was no
reason to suspect her.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
TO SETTLE DEFICIENCY
Members of L. S. P. Assn. to Meet
Deficiency From Recent Show

At the meeting of the members Of
the Lake Shore Poultry Show Associa-
ton held at Eagles Hall on Tuesday
evening reports of the officials in
charge of the recent show were receiv-
ed. The reports showed a small de-
fciency in the funds of the show and
the members present agreed to pay an
assessment of $25 each in order
to meet the deficiency. It was
also decided to increase the mem.
bership fee in the association from
one to five dollars, but the new mem
bers win not be asked to take part
in making up the deficiency from the
recent show. The members of the
association discussed a plan for giving
a county fair in Kenosha next year
and this matter will be taken up at
an adjourned meeting of the associa-
ton.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
GIFT FOR HOSPITAL
Mrs. Julia G.. Durkee Makes Gift of
$1,000 to Fund for New Hospital

$1,000 to Fund for New Hospital
Mrs. Julia G. Durkee, formerly of
Kenosha but now living at Pasadena,
CAL, has sent to the board of direc-
tors Of the Kenosha Hospital Associa-
tion check for 81, 900 which she sends
as Christmas present to the fund for
the erection of the new hospital.
Mrs. Durkee has always taken a great
interest in the plans for the erection
of new hospital in the city. The
gift from Mrs. Durkee brings the total
of bona fde subscriptions to the hos
pital fund up to $58,500. The gen
erous gift of Mrs. Durkee came as a
complete surprise to the members and
the directors Of the association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
SALOON MEN HELD FOR TRIAL

ITO Charged With Selling TO Minors
Must Stand Trial in Municipal Court
G. B. Sorrensen, Charles Erley and
Michael Paulsen, arrested on a charge
of selling liquor to William Lindstrom
minor, had preliminary hearing in
the municipal court today and after
a long argument on a motion to dis
miss the defendants on the grounds
that the law was not specific in re-
gard to the status of a minor over the
age of seventeen years Judge Randall
held all of the defendants for trial
Bond in each case was fixed at 800.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

An informal reception is announced
for New Years afternoon from to
6 o'clock. The Rev. and Mrs. Fred
Ingley will receive the members and
friends of Saint Matthews parish at
the rectory, $50 Park Place No cards
have been issued, the announcement
and invitation being made informally.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

Charles Winninger, well known in
Kenosha theatrical circles has been en-
ployed to take one of the leading roles
in "The Yankee Girl in which Miss
Blanche Ring is being starred.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

The second of the series of Fitzger-
aid parties will be given at the Guild
hall on Thursday evening. It is plan
ned to make this a fitting close for the
social year in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

Judge E. B. Belden will return to
Kenosha early in January to hear cases
in the circuit court. 1t is probable
that the eases on the criminal calendar
will be taken up at that ti1na
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

Mrs. Mary A. Mahoney of Kenosha
is spending the holidays with her
daughter Mrs. F. o. Shaw in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30
ATTENTION G.. A. r.

There will be installation of the Of
fcers of F. S. Lowell Post No. $50 e..
A. R. Monday evening, January 3rd,
1910. Refreshments will be served py
W R. c. A good time is expected.
All comrades are requested to be
present.
Chas. E. Likes, Comdr.
dwd31 J. Coshun, Adjt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-30

Want ads bring results.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-07-10
The LADY and tn. Cobra.

An Englishwoman residing In India
one evening found to her horror that
huge cobra had coiled itself about her
veranda rails, near which she sat play
ing the violin. She was too near the
snake to run with safety, so she con-
tinued playing while she gradually
edged away. At first her only idea
was to keep the creature thus engaged
while she escaped, but when she had
gained a safer distance and perhaps
fascinated by the unwonted sight a
strange inspiration seized her. She
played air after air of different charac
tiers.
The effect was magical. That snake
behaved like an ardent, hot biooded
disciple Of Paganlni. Every variation
In the music, whether of volume or OF
tone. produced instantly a correspond,
ing change in the attitude of the cobra.
If she played a lively dance 1t swayed
its body sideways in quick time and
vet I'm graceful curves. Once she struck
a number of false notes In rapid sue
cession on purpose. The cobra WINGED
and writhed in pain, as II suddenly
struck with whip.
Thus the creature behaved like q
mad musician till the lady getting
tired Of the sport, gradually moved
herself farther and farther and ther
made a sudden bolt into her room and
banged the door, leaving the cobra Il
wander disconsolate to its lair in the
felds.--London Chronicle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-09

and complete set of biblical maps, printed in elegant colors. She exacted a promise from her daughter that she would read chapter each night be- fore retiring.
 And I want you to begin at the beginning with the book of Matthew" said the fond parent
 ''very well, mother, dear, l will" the singer answered.
 When the company had been in Den yer a week the angel who was back ing the venture took upon himself mundane wings and flew steathily away. Business had fallen off to an alarmingly low figures. No salaries were paid, the show broke up and Miss Mcleod found herself without enough money to get back to Broadway. She wired her mother for funds, received them, and in the course of week re- turned to the town where all stranded theatrical companies come sooner or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-09
THE MARKET PLACE
 FOR OUR MONEY

This is Wall streets great work-direct- ing the flow of capital into profitable channels and thus promoting the countrys industrial growth. To Wall street flows all idle capital seeking work, and to Wall street come all big enterprises seek ing capital. Through the agency of Wall street the savings of millions of thrifty people every year build railroads, raise factories, dig mines-they carry on a myriad of enterprises, says a writer in Jthe April Appleton's.
 Modern commercial ventures have grown so big that they cannot be carried on without the cooperation of armies Of investors This is particularly true of railroads. A railroad needs $100, 100000 to build a 2O0o-mile extension to the coast. The raising of such an enormous fund of money by a single company in the course of a few months would be an im- possible task without our modern fnan- cial machine. Wall street makes the work easy. The company's thousands of share- holders have the first right to subscribe to the new stock; shareholders who do not exercise the rightf1nd, on the stock ex- change, men ready to buy their rights" Or, if times are bad and the markets are weak, there are big banking houses that will underwrite any unsold part of the issue, taking the chance of finding a better market when times are better.
 Wall street provides a very large part of this s100, 100000 and carries the bur den until the stock is absorbed by in vestors Speeulators buy blocks of the new stock on the exchange, paying only s1O share out of their own purses; their brokers obtain the bulk of the purchase money from the banks by using the stock
 
 buy the stock on margin just as a man buys a house on margin, with the expec- tation of paying the balance later on. The companys big shareholders subscribe to large blocks of stock but very likely they obtain the bulk of the money in loans at the banks. In the event of a $100000,- GOO railroad stock issue being announced at an unfavorable time, $s0,000,0O0 might have to be provided by Wall street until a market could be found among inves- tors Wall street does this almost auto matically. Capitalists, investors, specula- tors syndicates subscribe for stock, bor- rowing the bulk of the purchase money from the banks. Here, again, is co-opera- tion The fund loaned on this stock be- long to thousands of depositors spread over the country. Several years ago, one of our greatest railroads, in need of new capital, would have failed to sell it's mass of new shares had not Wall street carried the burden on borrowed funds for many months until investors came into the market to buy When burdens of this character become too heavy for Wall street to carry with entire safety, then we see the cooperation between the world markets Wall street shifts part of its burden to London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, where the savings of thrifty Europeans are obtained for American enterprises, either as direct investments or as loans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-09

valley of despair. The small minority will bask in the sunlight of the prospect Of universal intelligence, while the great CT number will be submerged into the black hopelessness of popular education.
 But the climax of injustice is reached when We consider the relation of the in efficient supervisor to the children of the state Four out of five of these are to take their places in the march of life with no training save that which may be gained from the untrained teacher and the inefficient supervisor Their little hands are extended to him in mute appeal for the bread of knowledge, and he can but cast them the stone of his own incompe- tency; their tiny voices cry to him for the fish of culture, but the best he can do for them is to iced them the scorpion of his own mediocrity.
 Finally, my fellow teachers, we are, by reason of our relation to the educa- tional system of our state. the natural leaders in movements designed to improve or to reform. We should not fall into discontent because the remuneration is not commensurate with the burdens. If the laborer Is indeed worthy of his hire, there Is somewhere a tardy recoTnpense for the burdensome heat of the teacher long day or laborious service. His re- ward may not be a monetary one, for his work Is notoriously underpaid. Honor and position may not be his portion, for his doom seems fixed for obscurity. Men will fail to praise his virtues but will rush to magnify his faults. His march will not be attended by the halo and laud- ations of the conquering hero, but Twill lead to a far more brilliant triumph and to laurels more imperishable than shall reward the destroyer of his species, or the scourge of his race"