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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
ENTIRE HOUSE IS RANSACKED
Burglars Enter Place With Skeleton
Keys and Manage to Get Away
With Valuables and Money-No
Trace Found of Guilty Parties.

Bold daylight burglars worked at the
home of Frank Gethen, one of the best
known residents Of Kenosha county
Thursday afternoon or Thursday night
and as a result of their work the
burglars got away with property be-
longing to the Gethen family valued at
more than 800. The case was re-
ported to the sheriff on Friday, but
as yet the officers have secured no line
on the identity of the burglars or the
details of the robbery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gethen reside about
two and half miles south of Wood
worth station and they had gone to the
Old Settlers picnic at Paddocks Lake
and left the house unguarded. It is
suppose that the burglars got into the
house by using skeleton keys and once
in they made a clean sweep. The men
had evidently been watching the
house and were fully advised that the
owner and the members of his family
would be away for the entire afternoon
and much Of the evening and once in
the house they went from cellar to at
tic taking no chances of missing any
thing. Every drawer and box in the
house was opened and the men even
looked under the mattresses OF the
beds in their search for booty.
The burglary was not discovered un-
til Mr.. and Mrs. Gethen returned to
their home just after nine O'Clock
Thursday evening. The condition of
the house left no doubt as to what had
happened and as soon as possible they
notified the officials of the robbery.
This morning Sheriff Gunter sent cards
to officials in all the surrounding cities
in an effort to locate the stolen prop
erty.
The home Of the Gethens is on one
Of the main roads of the county and
neighbors are a half mile from the
house on either SIDE None of the
reighbors saw any one about the Gethen
home in the afternoon or evening and
Mr.. Gethen can give the officers no
clue to aid them in hunting down the
burglars. The list of property taken
from the house follows:
Dog skin fur coat with mercerized
rat collar, two pair laales' Otter fur
mittens, Ithica shot gun, Red Indian
razor, one dozen knives and forks,
eighteen tea spoons, six dessert spoons
with engraved handles, four marked
with the initial "Go and one with
the initial "K"; half dozen silver
fruit knives, two leather suit cases
with name "Nettie E. Gethen, Bristol,
Wis" on one, and the other marked
ga. J. King; engraved silver sugar
bowl, cream pitcher, spoon holder and
butter dish; .$15 in money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
TOLD A GOOD STORY
Clever Swindler Manages to
Get Clothing From Some
Women of the City
WAS TAKEN WHILE IN BATHING

A smooth swindler with a smooth
game worked in Kenosha Thursday af-
ternoon and through his work managed
to get away with a couple of pieces
of wearing apparel. The fellow work
ed along Ashland avenue and several
streets leading into it but he reached
the climax of his art at the home of
Albert Frantz, assistant cashier of the
First National bank The police are
now looking for the fellow, but they
have found no trace of him. The man
dropped round to the FrantZ home late
Thursday afternoon and he had evil
IDENTIFY planned to get good suit of
clothing. Mrs. Frantz appeared at the
door and the man with tremor in his
voice told her that he had been sent
to the house by Mr.. Frantz to get a
suit Of clothing. cone of Bert s
friends' the fellow continued "was
bathing over at the bathing beach this
AFTERNOON and couple of hobos came
along and managed to steal his cloth
ing. The fellow works over at the
tannery and as he had to get over to
the Office to draw his pay he telephoned
to Bert and he asked me to come over
and get suit and take it to him. -
The story was such a probable one
that Mrs. 1 F-a:ii:5 hesit&ted and then
went upstairs and got an old coat and
gave it to the fellow The fellow ar
gued that more clothing would be need
ed but Mrs Frantz failed to see it that
way. Later the police found that the
man had told a similar story at the
home of Peter Lippert on Ashland ave-
nue. where he had secured a coat The
coat was an old one belonging to Mr..
Lippert and after the fellow got the
coat at the Frantz home he threw the
other one away.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
EXCEED SPEED ORDINANCE
Police Looking for Men Who Burned
UP milwaukee Avenue" Wednesday

Police Looking for Men Who Burned
up milwaukee Avenue" Wednesday
The police of the city and a lot of
good law abiding residents of the north
side of the city are seeking to find
the identity of couple of automobile
scorchers who Fburned up' Milwaukee
avenue just before seven 'clock We'd
nesday night. The great touring cars
came from the north loaded with men
and women and they went down the
avenue at a rate of 40 miles an hour.
The cars ran so fast that it was i'm
possible to get the number of them.
Telephone messages were sent to the
police Office, but before the officers
could get out to stop the cars they
had probably passed the south limits
of the city. If the men driving the
cars can be found they will be prose
cuted to the fullest extent of the law.
During the mad race of the cars down
Milwaukee avenue there were a score
of men and children had narrow es-
capes from being killed through the
foolhardy actions of the drivers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
CHANGES NOT MADE PUBLIC
Engineers Office Plans to Take Care of
Detail Work for Sewer Plans at Once
so That the Work of Building Can
be Started Yet This Yeags

Consulting Engineer John W. Alvord
Of Chicago, who has been in Kenosha
for the past ten days studying the
problem of trunk sewer, completed
his Investigations Wednesday evening
and left for Chicago. His recommen-
dations will be sent to the Council at
the meeting to be held on Sept. 18th.
1t is stated that the consulting engineer
will not make any notable changes in
the plans suggested by City Engineer
Moth and that for the most part the
Alvord plans will follow the plans Of
the engineer Mr.. Alvord has not
given out any statement in regard to
what he will recommend to the city
as he holds that his report should be
filed with the City Council before any
statement Of it is given to the public.
It is certain, however, that the re
port Of the consulting engineer will
demand two changes and one of them
will be larger sewer. Some Of the
members of the Council are anxious to
have the sewer made ten foot sewer,
but this is larger than the recommen-
dation of the city engineer and Mr..
Alvord does not think that this large
a sewer will be needed. Another
thing that the consulting engineer will
recommend is that the sewer be made
as near straight as possible so that
the curves will be avoided.
While the Council has been awaiting
the report of Mr.. Alvord the city
engineers force has been clearing the
decks for action and just as soon as a
report is presented to the Council and
accepted the men in the engineer s
office will start to get out the detailed
plans for the big sewer. The work
of getting out these plans will take
several weeks, but the committee is
still hopeful that the work on the
sewer can ne STARTED InlS year. Ii 1t is
found necessary to disturb any of the
paved streets in putting in the sewer
this work will not be attempted DUR
ing the winter months, but if the CON
tracts are let in time the Council will
insist that the contractor make an eff
fort to get in the lake shore protection
for the sewer this fall.
Contractors have been watching
closely the movements of the Council
and it is certain that there will be a
lot of competition when Bids for the
big sewer are asked for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
Horse Thieves Work While
Young Man Attends Old
Settlers Dance
FIND NO TRACE OF The Thief

There is always something doing dur
ing. the dance at the Old Settlers
grounds at Paddock's Lake and this
year it was case of horse stealing and
George Dean, we'll known man of
Wilmot, was the victim. The horse
was stolen from the village Of Salem
some time Thursday night or early this
morning and as yet Sheriff Gunter and
his deputies have not been able to find
any trace of the stolen animal or dis
cover the identity Of the man who held
the lines when it disappeared.
Young Dean had driven to Salem and,
tieing his horse on the streets of the
village, had gone to the Old Settlers
grounds for the dance. He went for
his horse early this morning and found
it gone. Thinking it possible that
there was some one playing a joke on
him he looked all around before he
notified the officials of the disappear
ance Of the horse, but he is now con-
WINGED that the horse was stolen. The
horse was sorrel and was hitched to
black top buggy. It was valued at
5000.
There seems to be absolutely no trace
of the thief and the fact/that there
were hundreds of horses tied in Salem
during the picnic and dance made it an
easy matter for the man to slip away
with the horse without being noticed.
The officials think that the horse and
buggy was stolen early in the evening
nd that the thief managed to get a long
start on them and that for this reason
it will be a difficult matter to locate
him or recover the stolen property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
TO BUY OATS SUPPLY
Fire Depart. Committee Closing Con-
tracts Which Will Save City Money

The committee on fire department of
the City Council is planning to decrease
the cost of feed for the different de-
partments of the city and the commit
tee is today closing contracts for 1000
bushels Of oats to be stored away for
the winter. The committee expects to
buy this feed at a cost of SO cents a
bushel and this will be saving of
nearly forty per cent over the prices
paid at some times during the year just
closed. The committee is also plan
ming to purchase hay enough soon
to supply the horses of the city for a
full year and the saving on the hay
will be almost as great as the saving
on the oats. It is expected that all
of the contracts will be closed up with
in the next few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

New Bids to be Asked for but There
is Little Probability That the Work
Will be Started Before the End of
the Present Season.


Kenosha will have no new life saw
ing station this year as Captain Frank
Fountain has been notified that the
bids received from local contractors
for the rebuilding Of the station as
planned by the government engineers
were all above the estimate made as
to the cost of the work and for this
reason the department. has rejected all
bids It is stated that the lowest bid
for the work was nearly $4,000 above
the estimate made by the department
Of the cost Of the work planned in
Kenosha.
Captain Fountain and his men were
greatly disappointed on the receipt of
this notice as they had expected the
work on the new station to start this
week and be completed by the middle
Of September. However, the older
members of the crew are accustomed
to waiting for changes at the station.
Ten years ago the government start
ed to have plans made for the improve
ment of the Kenosha station and at
that time it was planned to place it
closer to the lake. Since that time
each new set of officers have made
new plans for the work, but none of
them has ever come anywhere near
being carried out until this year. The
plans made this year provide for a
complete rebuilding of the station on
the present site, making it modern in
every manner and in addition, the cree
tion of cottage to be used as the
home Of the keeper Of the station.
The plans, if carried out would have
made the Kenosha station one of the
most modern life saving stations on
the lake Captain Fountain has been
advised that the government has not
given up the plan of making changes
here, but it is planned to have the
work laid over until new plans can be
made, which viii make it possible to
get the work within the estimate of
the government engineer. Tt is under
stood that the government plans on an
expenditure of about $4,000. These
Plans are to be made at once, but with
the usual routine of government plan
maki-g there is little reason to be-
ievo that they win be ready before
the Hrst Of the new year.
The life savers however, have been
given assurance that the work will be
done and they are willing to wait until
the contractors can get within the es-
innate made by the officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
ARE GETTING WORRIED
Investors in Securities of Chicago
Milwaukee Electric Want Report

The status of the Chicago Milwaukee
Electric Company, the securities of
which are mostly held in Canada and
in Chicago, is causing considerable
anxiety among the owners. The Wis
consin division bonds, which were is
sued at about 100000 a mile, with an
issue of receivers certificates of
$4,000 per mile ahead of them, are
offered at about Is with no bid. i
The bonds of the Illinois division,
which are issued at about 100000 per
mile, have recently been quite weak in
Chicago selling at about 81.
There are two committees repre-
senting the bondholders, one of which
recently made the proposition to re-
organize the company on basis of
giving the holders a new per cent
bond with four years coupons cut off
1t was necessary to furnish a casI
underwriting of about 100000 in
order to take care of the receivers
certificates and to acquire private right
of way in sections about to expire. 1t
is now reported that the committee
was unable to secure this underwriting
and that its plans are likely to collapse.
This accounts for the weakness in the
bonds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
cRANKED AUTO: TORE THUMB
Tom Grady Victim of Painful Accident
at Kenosha Clam Bake

While cranMng Fred Churchill S
auto at Kenosha, Tom Grady caught
his hand on projecting nail or tack,
ripping his thumb SO badly it was
necessary to take three stitches in the
cut. He was in attendance at the clam
bake of the Kenosha Elks and was
just starting for home when the acct
dent happened. Many local Elks at
tended the bake and a large number
from Racine were present. The bake
was one Of the best ever held on the
lake and was in charge of Col. Vidvard
of Fox Lake Waukegan Sun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
THRoNG AT MAGELLAN FUNERALS
Hundreds of Persons Are Compelled to
Wait Outside of the Church

The funeral of George A. MacLsan
and his son George A. MacLean, Jr.,
at Riverside, who were killed last Sat
surday In an automobile accident near
Brunswick, n. j., were held in st.
Paul's Episcopal church, Riverside,
Thursday afternoon.
The throng that assembled could not
be accommodated in the church, and
hundreds were compelled to wait out
side.
The bodies arrived in Chicago Thurs
day morning. Mrs George MacLean,
formerly Miss Martha n Alderman of
this county, and her daughter who al
so were injured in the accident, accom-
Ipanied the bodies back, but were I'M
able to attend the funeral.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
PRAISES KENOSHA CHICKENS
Poultry Expert Gives Farm of Huber
Bros. of Kenosha a Big Boost

EOulGIy GApClt Wives dTIu OF Huber
Bros. of Kenosha a Big Boost
Ralph W. Sturtevant of Beloit, Wis,
spent the day here Thursday with
Huber Bros, Kenosha's poultry breed
ers.
Mr.. Sturtevant is engaged by one
of the largest poultry publishers Of the
middle west, in compiling statistics on
poultry in the state Of Illinois and Wis
consin, through Mr.. Sturtevant the
large poultry publishers are kept in
formed of the reliability of the stock
and breeders offering them for SALE
He spent several hours amongst
Huber Bros. stock and expressed him
self as being very well pleased with
the growth and size and standard bred
qualities of their stock. Mr.. Sturte-
want when shown two of their last
years male birds and told that they
were valued at $4,000 each, said that
was a conservative estimate. He pre-
dicted successful invasion of the big
poultry shows next winter by Huber
Bros. saying that he has seen no better
stock and no better kept up farms,
since on his long trip when is nearly
completed.
Huber Bros. will make 3 large exhi-
bit at the Milwaukee State Fair next
month, and will be thee personally
the entire week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
DEATH ENDS LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Ernstina Splitter Died Wednesday
Afternoon After a Long Illness

Mrs. Ernstina spltzer, aged So years,
died at the home of her brother in law
Gottfried Splitter, on Edwards street
Wednesday afternoon after hong i'll
ness from a complication of diseases.
The deceased was a native Of Russia,
but had resided in Kenosha for a mum
Der of years. Until she was taken
with her last illness she made her
home in Kenosha Heights.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Senator Morris of Lacrosse has de-
clared that he is not going to be a
candidate for governor unless he gets
some formal statement in writing that
he will have the support Of the La
Toilette wing of the party.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Notice of trial has been filed in the
suit of Henry Jordan as administrator
for the estate of the late George 0.
Field against the Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric Railway Company. The suit
will come up at the September term.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Mr.. and Mrs. William Boyle returned
to Chicago on Wednesday after spend
ing ten days vacation with relatives
in Kenosha city and county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
MILK PAPER OUT SATURDAY
Editorial Broadsides to Riddle Ranks
of Dairy Owners


Another broadside will be fred into
the ranks of the big dairy interests
of Chicago Saturday with the appear
ance of the first edition of the news
paper to be published by the Milk Pro
ducers Association, The publication
will be devoted largely to an expose
Of the methods of the dairy owners
who furnish Chicago with its milk SUP
ply. This will include criticisms of
the prices paid to producers as well
as treatment of milk after it is bought.
The work Of organization still goes on
and according to reports several hund-
red independent producers have joined
the ranks of the association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

frankie Conley, the Kenosha fighter
has been matched to meet frankie
White at st. Joe, Mo-, on the night of
Sept. Sth and Eddie Peppers at Omaha
on the night of Sept. 10. The second
bout is to be made one of the features
of the entertainment of the Grand
Aerie of Eagles by the Eagles of Oma-
ha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

The old fake of writing up Kenosha
is being threatened again and the ad-
vertisers are to be asked to help in
raising the money for the "writeup. !"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

A crowd of twenty-five Polish i'm
migrants arrived in Kenosha Wednes
Alay evening and they will find home
here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Frank Fl. Just, editor of the Wau-
kegan Sun, spent Wednesday afternoon
Il Kenosha and atte-ANs the Elks clam
bake atfCentral Park.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Miss Lulu Moehel returned to her
home in Hinsdale, H., Wednesday, af-
ter a few days visit with Miss Louise
Lange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Mrs. James Millar and children re.
burned home Wednesday after visit
4. with friends in Northern Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

Mrs. R. McLeanan and Mrs. P. Tul-
~ spent Wednesday in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

When in doubt try the want ads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

". 7. Marx was in Milwaukee We'd
nesday
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02

When in+doubt try the want ads.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-02
Long, Shearing Pens
Located Near Malta

In speaking of the removal of the
shearing plant of J. B. Long & Co.
from Glasgow to Malta, Brother
Hinton of the Glasgow Democrat in
an editorial on knockers Versus
Boomers, says" Sunday noon the
sheep shearing plant of j. B. Long
& Co. was torn down and will be
shipped to Malta. 'They boost not
knock and it was due to the plug
ging of a firm supposed to be boost
ers. They claimed that the grass
eaten off by the 100000 head of
sheep would hurt their business as
land locatels, they gained their
point, and the sheep sheds were
moved. Glasgow. the town on
which they depend for living has
lost at least calculations 10000. Is
this charity? Is this the golden
rule, or is it plain, common, dirty
KNoCKING!''
The citizens Of Malta are too
broad-minded, and far-seeing to
knock" anything that will in any
way retard the development of this
great and promising section of coun-
try and The ENTERPRISE is pleased to
learn that this spirit is recognized
by our sister town.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-02


Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a de-
bate the other day in New York, the
question being, do husbands support
their wives?" Rev. Anna Shaw said
that they do not, but that in this
sem1-c1vilized country in 80 of the
states the title to the children rests.
not in the mother, but in the father.
Women can not legally possess their
own children nor own their clothes.
The more work woman does the less
her husband gives her. Mrs. Gilman
said that If stenographer earning
$25 a week married an invalid and he
stayed home and did the work while
she made the money, people would
soy she supported him, and logically
the wife doing the same thing was
supported. The audience, however.
voted in favor of the proposition Of
DR.. Shaw
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-02
Forestry In Japan.

Japan has longer than any other
country practiced technical forestry.
With extraordinary skill and absolute
success the authorities have for 1900
years planted and cared for the forest
trees. "The results" writes a CORE
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette,
"have been really wonderful, for
through the extremely sedulous man.
agement and the knowledge and skill
by degrees attained the financial gains
have been very large, indeed. Not a
twig is ever wasted. The trees are re-
garded as almost sacred property, and
not particle of any one of them ia
regarded as rubbish, so close is the
utilization. Thinning and all depart
ments of arboreal culture are very
carefully conducted. At the end of
10 years from planting wood lot is
thinned by experts, and then every
five years the process is repeated for
1870 years, the average period of tho
cultivation of set of trees.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-02
Hail Galore

A heavy rain and hail storm visit
ed this locality last Friday afternoon.
Many of the hail stones measured
three-tourth of an inch in diameter
and for fifteen minutes they fell thick
and fast. The gardens in and about
Malta suffered somewhat, in some in
stances the tender plants were not
only made ragged but were driven
into the ground by the force of the
storm. About six miles east of town
there seems to have been partial
cloud burst for the hail was piled in
heaps rese bling snow drifts, win
dows were broken and gardens en-
tirely destroyed. No damage to
grain or live stock has Leen report
ed. The rain did an inestimable
amount of good.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-06-02
DIRECTORY
STATE OFFICERS

Congressman
CHARLES N. PRAY of Chouteau
Governor
EDWIN L. NORRIS of Helena.
Lieutenant Governor
w. R. ALLEN of Deer Lodge
Associate Justice
w. L. HOLLOWAY of Gallatir.
Secretary of State
A. N. YODER of Silver Bow.
Attorney General
A. J. GALEN Of Lewis and Clark
Treasurer
E. E. EssELsTYN of Carbon.
Auditor
H. r. CUNNINGHAM of Silver Bow
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
w. f. HARMON of Gallatin.
Railroad Commissioners
DAN BOYLE of Park, Six-year term.
B. T. STANTON, Four-year term.
E. A. MORLEY. Two-year term.