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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
NEED OF NEW PLAY GROUNDS
Children From All Parts of the City
Demanding Play Grounds but Money
is Badly Needed to Extend This
Work in Kenosha.

Kenosha people are to have chance
to learn more Of the work of the com
mittee in charge of the public play
ground, as the committee has given
notice that public meeting in which
the plans for the future of the play
ground will be made public will be
held at Carpenter hall on the even
ing Of Sept. 22d, at s o'clock. The
play groHnd, this year proved great
success, and it was made such with a
very small fund for maintenance The
greater part of the money used for
the equipment and the management Of
the play ground during the first sea-
son was raised by tag day held near
ly year ago and this fund is now ex-
pended. The committee is SO pleased
with the work of the play ground
during the first year of it's history
that it has been decided to continue
the play ground again next year and.
at the public meeting we'll known
speakers will be present to explain
the work. Next year it is planned to
make the public play ground more
than ever feature in the life Of the
children of Kenosha, and it is posi-
BILE that the committee will secure
funds enough to make it possible to
open play grounds in other parts of
the city. The play ground idea is con-
tagious, and while children from all
parts of the city have gone to the
one play ground, it is certain that
there would be much more general
use if similar grounds could be opened
in several parts of the city. Many
children have walked miles in order
to get to the play grounds. The cost
Of maintenance has been decidedly
small and the work of the committee
is entitled to the highest praise. Dur
ing the entire season paid attendant
has been in charge Of the play ground
and she has done much to train the
children not only to play but to work
in better manner.
1t is hoped that before the opening
of another summer season in Kenosha
some Of the wealthy people Of the city
can be interested in the play ground
movement to such an extent as to
make it possible to raise much larg-
er fund for the work. At the public
meeting plans will be discussed as to
the best means to raise the money
necessary to carry forward the work
that has been so we'll started this sea-
son. In some cities regular appropria-
tons are made by the Common Coun-
Gil for the work, but it is hardly
thought that this plan would meet
with success in Kenosha. The demands
upon the city are so many and the
funds SO small that if the work is to
be continued along the lines outlined
it must be done by money raised from
private subscriptions
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

The chemists of the Department of
Agriculture are not serviceable to the
country only in minimizing the sale of
impure food and drugs. By their an
alyses of materials supplied to the
government by contractors they are
making it possible to secure a better
return for the money than would be
obtained otherwise. Ink for the Blu
Eeau OF Engraving and paper for the
Fostofice Department are among the
things the quality of which has been
raised by such examination. The gov
eminent is fortunate in thus command
ing the means of establishing new
standards for materials for which it
annually expends many millions of dol
lars and of ascertaining with greater
, accuracy than has, hitherto been pos
sible whether or not its requirements
are faithfully met.-New York Trib-
une.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
VIII OPENS fire At ONCE
Italians Meet in Thrilling Fight at
Saloon on Rowland Avenue Friday
Night but No One is Seriously In
jured in the Battle.

An Italian fight which came near
terminating in murder, occurred just
before eleven O'Clock Friday night
in the saloon of Felix Ameche
on Rowland avenue when Lesan-
der Scaffa, is alleged to have made
a murderous attack on Charles Viii
the well known Italian who was
tried in the Circuit Court some years
ago on a charge of killing Tony Bruno
and acquitted by the jury who held it
a case of justifable homeicide Viii
fred three shots during the trouble,
but none of them was aimed at Scaffa
and no one was seriously hurt in the
melee. It is alleged that Scaffa plung-
ed a knife through the clothing of
Viii and he has slight scratch just
over the groin to show for the en-
counter. Scaffa is. in jail charged
with attempted murder, but VIII was
not arrested, Vito told the whole
story of the trouble this morning and
his story is corroborated by other wit
nesses.
Scaffa; VIII and James Morini had
been at the VIII saloon earlier in the
evening and had started for home.
They made several stops at saloons on
the way home and finally reached the
Ameche saloon just before eleven
o'clock. They had several drinks
when Scaffa is alleged to have started
to pick a quarrel with VIII which cul-
minated in Scaffa telling Viii to shut
up or he would slap his face. VIII
demonstrated and offered to get out
side the saloon and settle the difficulty.
The other Italian did not accept the
invitation but pulled a knife and
struck at Viii, the knife passing
through Wits clothing and scratching
him. At this VIII pulled revolver
and shouting, "Stand back or I'll kill
you,'' fired the revolver at the floor.
This did not seem to stop Scaffa and
he went at VIII again. By this time
other men in the saloon took part in
the fight and Scaffa is alleged to have
run behind the bar Viii declares
that thinking that he was about to be
killed he fired two more shots, but did
not fire to kill at either time Scaffa
leaped over a cigar case and went out
the front door and was later arrested
by Police Officer Euting.
The Italians seem to think that there
is something of black hand story in
connection with the attack made on
Viii and it is claimed that he has been
threatened on a former occasion.
When asked in regard to this feature
of the story VIII simply shrugged his
shoulders and refused to express any
opinion. He stated however, that
Scaffa had threatened him before and
had several times declared that he
would assault him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
HOLD A REUNION
Two Runaway Boys Who Left Home
Years Ago Chat Over Old Times

Theodore Wiesman of Lincoln, Neb..
who vas born and raised in this sec
ton Of the state is here for a short
visit and he is having a decidedly in
teresting reunion with John McKune,
the manager for the Kimball Piano
Company. So many years ago that
neither of the Hen can tell the time
McKune and Wiesman ran away from
their home in the western part Of the
county. The two boys went together
and 1t was nine years before they came
back to the parental roof. They had
great sport today recalling lot of in
teresting experiences of the RUNAWAY
days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

The acrid discussion which was fore
seen when the claims Of Peary were
made so soon after those of Cook is
increasing in vigor every day and the
partisans Of the two men will soon
reach the point of stopping at nothing
in lauding their own hero and lambast-
ing the opposition. : The American
people however, will reserve judgment
until all the evidence is before them
which will not be for some time yet
when they will award the honors where
they are due. In the absence of any
direct evidence bearing on the con
troversy the story Of one man is just
as much entitled to credence as that
of the other and the friends Of each
will not gain any supporters for their
favorite by calling names.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
ASKS A DIVORCE.
Mrs. Martha Ebert Asks Legal Separ-
alton From Henry Ebert.

A suit was filed in the circuit court
this morning in which Mrs Martha
Ebert is the plaintiff and Henry Ebert
the defendant Mrs. Ebert demands
a divorce on grounds Of desertion. The
two were married in Russia many
years ago and in her complaint the
wife asserts that Ebert deserted her
in May of last year and has since re-
manned away from her. She asks for
the custody of the three minor child
rem. The case will come up for trial
at the September term Of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
Increase in Revenue of C. &
NV. R'y Over 1908 Is
Placed at S2,759,126
CARRIED 26,951,3l9 PEOPLE

An increase OF 81, 669, 461.73 in
freight revenue over the year ending
June 80, 1908, and $1,141 ,G61.12 in pas
senger revenue is shown in the fiftieth
annual report of the Chicago & North
western Railway Company for the year
ending June 80, 1909, just issued.
For 1908 the freight revenue was
$41,949, 62954 and for 1909 it was
$43,619, O91.27. For 1908 the passen-
ger revenue was $15,734, 60731, and
during the year ending June 80, 1909,
it was $16,875,6 6S.43. In other trans
portation the year just closed saw an
income of $5,146, 621.49, an increase of
$41, 716.08. neutrality-suspicious. reven-
ues decreased $93,112.09 from the in
come Of $43o,2o193 in 1908.
Total revenues were: 1908, $63,219,-
34419; 1909, s65,978, 47l.o3; increase
for 1909, $2,759, 1854.
Operating expenses were: 1908, SAL
641,8l3.63; 1909, $43,l91, 239.41; in
crease, 81 $40, 92578.
Net operating revenue is given as
follows: 1908, $21, 57S, o30.56; 1909,
$22787, 23162; increase for 1909, ST.
209,2O1.O6.
Figures for total net revenue are ::
1908, $21, $50 ,o3196; 1909, $22,771,325.-
08; increase for year just ended,
81, 1892, 293.12.
In the year ending June 80, 1908,
the road operated 7,630.84 miles of
track June 80, 1909, the total mum
Der of miles of track owned was
7,515.05. Of that number 1865
miles is in Wisconsin. Including
track under lease and under trackage
rights, the total operated by the road
is brought up to 7,637.97 miles.
Dividends of per cent on preferred
stock and per cent on common stock
amounted to $S,764,5O3.
The road carried 26,951,319 passen-
gers in 1909 and 1894, 1872 in the year
ending June 3O,1908, an increase of
1858 per cent. The average fare paid
per passenger was 63 cents in 1909,
and 81 cents in the preceding year.
The average rate per passenger per
mile, in 1909, was Isl cents, the same
as in the year before. The average
distance per passenger travelled in 1909
was 34.59 miles and 33.45 miles in
1908, an increase for 1909 of 3.41 per
cent.
The average passenger train revenue
per mile was $1.14 in 1909 and $1.11
in 1908, an increase Of 2.70 per cent.
In 1909 the road carried 32,793,41S
tons of freight. During the year be-
fore 30,600,322 tons were carried. The
average revenue per ton was $1.33 in
1909 and $1.37 the preceding year, a
decrease Of 2.92 per cent.
During the year the road bought
fftyfye locomotives, l1,100 box cars,
500 gondola cars, 300 platform cars,
Isl ore cars, two steam shovels and
other equipment for requirements,
totaling $2,729,5 49.o5. The total charge
to "cost of property for the year
was $15,5o9, 799.38.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

The Municipal Court has relieved
the calender of the Circuit Court for
the coming term to certain extent,
but there are plenty of cases left to
occupy the court for some time for all
that. 1t is expected that the effect
of the work of the Municipal Court
in relieving the Circuit Court of a
share Of it's burdens will be shown
more clearly in the calendar for the
next term.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

Since last month Lake Superior has
risen 3 inches, Lakes Michigan Huron
have fallen l inch, Lake Erie has fall
len inches, and Lake Ontario 4
inches.
During September Lake Superior is
likely to rise / IA inches, Lakes Mich
igan-Huron are likely to fall inches,
Lake Erie Is likely to fall 81 4 inches,
and Lake Ontario inches.
Lake Superior is TIP inches lower
than the average August stage Of the
past ten years and inches lower than
last year. Tt is 61-2 inches higher than
in July, 1892, but II IA, inches lower
than in 1899 and 10 inches lower than
in 1908.
Lakes Michigan-H Huron show stage
of "a inches lower than the aver
age August stage of the past ten
years and s inches lower than last
year, but IA inches higher than in. Au-
gust, 1896. In August, 1885, the water
was 81 ga inches higher
Lake Erie is / - inches above the
mean stage of the past ten years and
4 IA inches lower than in August last
year, but II inches higher than in
1895. 1t is Is. "a inches lower than in
August, 1876, and Is 3-4 inches lower
than in August, 1888.
Lake Ontario is 4 - inches higher
than the average August stage Of the
past ten years and IS IL inches lower
than in August last year. In 1870, it
was Is "a inches higher, and in 1888
- IA inches higher than in 1909. In
August, 1895, it was 20 "a inches
lower than this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

c. N and W. ]. Frost H. j. Hast
ings, R. E. Sutherland, w. J. Cox. H. O..
Whitbeck, John !. Chester, Conrad
Shearer, Monroe Venables, and Chas.
Leonard, attended Racine Council, No.
5, Royal and Select Masters, Friday
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. William Barden and
Mrs. Leahey, mother of Mrs. Barden,
who recently returned to Kenosha af-
ter short outing in Michigan, were
caught in a train wreck at Elkhart,
Wis, and Mrs. Leahey sustained seri-
Gus bruises. Mr.. and Mrs. Barden es-
capped uninjured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

There is going to be something Of
demand for the first of the tax money
that comes in. Have you noticed how
many people are willing to do things
for the city and wait for their pay
until the next taxes come in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

Postmaster Maloney has been fore
ed to close the mails to lot of postal
cards mailed here on account Of the
fact that they were violations of the
law against abscene matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Leicht, who
have been spending their honeymoon
in the South, are here for a short visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob .Keul before
returning to their home in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

Judge R. H. slosson spent Friday af-
ternoon at the state institution for the
insane at Winnebago as the guest Of
DR.. Gordon, the superintendent of the
institution.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
Report of Government Shows
Changes in the Lake Levels
During Past Month
INTERESTING FOR MARINERS

The United States Lake Survey re-
ports the stages Of the Great Lakes
for the month of August, 1909, as fol
lows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-17
PUBLISHERS TO
 BOOST THE SOUTH

Nashville. July 16.-Definite steps have been taken for the inauguration of tho proposed southern publicity campaign re- gently put on foot at a meeting of the Southern Publishers association. At that meeting a committee was appointed to devise plans for advertising the south all over the country. The Idea was to give general publicity of the south, &C., quainting the entire business world with the many advantages of the south for location and investment; to tell the world of the unlimited resources of Dixieland; to show that the south Is awake-is up and doing and is making rapid strides in every field of human endeavor. This com mittee is composed of Messrs. Alfred San- ford of the Knoxville Journal and Tri- bune, Edgar Foster of the Nashville Ban ner, Victor Hanson of the Birmingham News, Curtis B. Johnson of the Chatta- nooga News and Knoxville Sentinel James Thompson of the New Orleans Item and w. M. Clemens of the Mem phis News Scimitar. This committee has been in session at Tate Springs. Tenn. and worked several days on plans for the proposed publicity campaign. The money for prosecuting the work will be raised through the assessment of the en- tire association membership. The cam paign will begin some time during the present summer and within a period of one year. This plan is, as stated, for awakening outside interest in the south and the possibilities of this section. It has been planned by the publishers Of wide attention and interest and manifest the interest and faith which the news paper men of the south have in this sec fiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-17
THREE KILLED IN
 TRAIN SMASHUP

Champagne H., July 16-Three men were killed and two injured in a head on collision between southbound passen- ger train No. 23 and northbound train No 26 on the Chicago and Eastern Illin- os railroad at Royal, near here early today.
 The dead:
 w E. Barker engineer. Chicago.
 Nelson Paulson, fireman, Villa Grove
 F. H. Hollenbeck, express messenger, Chicago.
 The injured:
 R. Berger, engineer, Villa Grove.
 Oscar Thomas, express messenger, Chi cago.
 An open switch was responsible for the wreck. Passenger train No. 26 was on the siding to permit No. 23 to pass. The lat ter took the switch travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour. The impact was ter rife. The engine of No 23 was smashed and the front end of the express car was crushed like an egg shell. The damage done to the engine of train No. 26 was small and the express car on the south bound train was the only one to leave the track Aside from a severe shaking up the passengers on both trains escaped without injury. It took only a few min utes for the crew and passengers to re- move the dead and injured from the wreckage The injured were removed to Villa Grove and the dead was taken into the little station at Royal to await the coroner's inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-17
FINAL PLEA MADE
 IN GINGLES GAS E Attorney 0'DOnnell Speaks for
 the Defendant STRONG APPEAL To JURY Attorney Declares That Story of Ella Ginges Could Not Be concocted
 But Was Lived Out by
 the Girl.
STRONG APPEAL To JURY

Chicago, July 15.-The final plea for Ella Gingles was made in Judge Brentano's court today by Attorney Patrick ODon- nell. At It's conclusion the jurors, sev- eral of whom were wiping tears of sym pathy from their eyes, asked for an ad- journment until Monday morning. At that time Assistant States Attorney B. J. Short will close the case.
 This case has been on my soul since January g." said Mir. O'Donnell. T shall conclude my work this afternoon and hope that my service will not have been in vain.
 Perhaps you think am going to at- tack someone. but I am not, Chicago Is waiting for a Moses. It Is in an expect ant mood like San Francisco was when Heney spoke. I may be ruined in this trial. but if States Attorney John E. Wayman wants to write his name among the great, the material is in this case.
 This case is true and you are to de- eide now whether Ella is guilty or not. The state has charged that I put the name of Tom Taggart and those horrible stories into this girls mouth. They had to abandon that when 1t was found that Ella told her story to others before I heard it.
 Nc human mind could have concocted that story. It was lived by Ella Gingles in all it's horror.
 When I went to Canada and found out certain things about the girl I did not doubt her. I came back to fight. If what these Canadian witnesses testified to Is true Is that any reason why she should be butchered in public bath room?
 After ransacl1ing her room and robbing her, the power which tried to sell the 1it- tie girl into white slavery Is now trying to have her sent to the penitentiary.
 God bless Ella Gingles and the race that produces such girls When given the alternative of starving or going wrong she chose the path that meant inevitable death unless someone went to her rescue. It makes me shudder when I think how these women planned to sell a girl of my nationality like bullock at an auction.
 "There are only three stories of how the girl was injured. One is that she did it herself. The other Is that she had an accomplice, and the third is that she was the victim of friends frenZied by wine. l say that 1t was the last and the evidence bears me out Are our sisters. wives and daughters to be treated brutally be- cause a man is paying s150,00o taxes? l am going on as she has demanded. even if it be for little Irish peasant girl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-17
BOLIVIA WILL NOT
 ACCEPT DECISION Argentina's Arbitration Ideas
 Are Resented PEOPLE ARE' UP IN ARMS President Montes Denies That Riot ing CotInues and Says Peru and Bolivia Will Settle Their
 Own Affairs.
copyrigh, reoo by Har schaHher & Marx

La Paz, July 16.-President Montes of Bolivia today made the following official declaration to the Associated Press con- corning the boundary line dispute between Bolivia and Peru and the recent demon strationsat La Paz following the de- cision of the Argentina government on this question::
 "The arbitration award respecting the frontiers of Bolivia and Peru was given by the Argentine government without re- gard to Bolivla's petition that an actual inspection of the territory should be made by judges named by the arbitrator. in case the documents and titles submitted
 should prove unsatisfactory. Had this
 been done the arbitrator, prior to render
 ing his decision, would have been con-
 vinced of the respective possessions of the two countries.
 "The fact that the award despoiis Be- lvia of industrial and military possessions
 on the river Madre de Dios and in tho Acre district produced the greatest indig- nation on the part of the whole of Bo- livia It is inexplicable how the arbitra- tor, after declaring titles and documents useless, could define the action. He passes over the element of principles of .Ilterna- tional rights in awarding to Peru terri tory which was never questioned as De- longing to Bolivia As a consequence, the Bolivian nation unanimously rejects the award.
 During the first moments after the an-
 nouncement of the decision the peo- pie could not restrain their indignation and held demonstrations in front of the legations of Peru and Argentina No damage was done, notwithstanding the imprudence of the Argentina minister. who from the balcony harangued the crowds in offensive terms. The conse- quences of tl;s indiscretion would have byen disastrous if our minister of for eign affairs had not interfered and used his in7iuence to disperse the crowd.
 "The following day local newspaper
 printed sL false bulletin that the Bolivian the wife of the minister and the consul at Areauipa ard Motendo had been as- sassinated. T.is caused a second attack on the legations and the pillaging Of Peruvian stores. Thanks to the measures taken ly the authorities, nothing fu.- ther of the kind has happened and today everything Is nor maj, the humblest Peru yian and Argentina resident enjoying all absolute guarantee of safety.
 Notwithstanding Bolvia's unanimous l rejection of the award the probability I of an armed conflict is remote. this gov | ernments policy being a desire to ar | range the matter direct with Peru.i'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-17
SOUTHERN AFTER
 NEW QUARTERS

Washington, July 16.-A suitable of- fee building in this city to be used by the auditing department and some of the@7executive offices, Is sought by the South ern railway. The general office building on Pennsylvania avenue hay ing been inadequate the Southern s clerical force Is now, scattered about the city in a half dozen rented build ings.
 The Southern has never gone to the point of buying land and erecting an office building here of sufficient size to accommodate its large forces as the roads officials realize the advisa bility of ultimately transferring the head quarters of the system to a more cen tral point.
 Attractive financial propositions have been received from various south ern cities desiring to be made headquarters