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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
SOUGHT MAN FOURTEEN YEARS
Becker Has Long Been Sought by the
Chicago Police but He is Not in
Chicago as Had Been Hinted by
Officials in Other Cities.

| Chief of Police O Hare, who went
to Chicago on Tuesday afternoon in
high hopes that he would be able to
arrest Martin Becker on a charge of
attempting to murder him on July 4tb,
returned home late in the evening dis
appointed but he got lot of informa-
ton which caused him to come to the
conclusion that Becker is about as
crafty a criminal as has ever been
sought by the police of the middle
west. The discovery which he made in
Chicago has shown the intense motive
that Becker had when he attempted to
kill Chief 0 Hare in order to prevent
his being arrested in >Kenosha. For
the past fourteen years Becker has
been a marked man among the police
of Chicago and they have been seek
| ing him for that time. Becker has
slipped into and out of Chicago, but
he has always done it in a way to pre-
vent the officials of that city Of getting
any line on him. 1t was thought that
he had made one Of these periodic trips
to Chicago on Monday of this week, but
when the case was investigated Chief
! 0 Hare found that the clue had little
of value in it. Becker is so slick that
he has aids to keep him in close touch
with every move made by the officials
seeking him and if he is to be cap
tured the police officials will have to
arrange coup to get him without any
one else knowing OF the case.
| Chief Hare in speaking Of the
search this morning said: ~ have alb
solutely nothing to give out in regard
to the case. I got some new ideas
while in Chicago, but L did not get
Becker. [ learned that Becker is a
man with property, but he handles his
business in such a way that the of
fcers are not able to get any line on
his present whereabouts. You can
say, however, that while disappointed
| have not given up the chase in any
way and will keep at it until after
Becker is brought back to Kenosha for
trial.
The chief declined to give out the
details of the Chicago clues simply
stating that it was still being followed.
| Becker is found to have large
number of aliases and he seems to
work in different states under differ
ent names and in this manner he man
ages to keep his identity pretty we'll
concealed from the officers in Chicago
and other cities. In addition to this
he has couple of crafty women aid
ing him in his effort to keep out of
the clutches of the law and these
women seem to be more than match
for the detectives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
AGENT DEAD
VIM. E. Roberts, a Kenosha
Pioneer, Died on Sunday
at Turin, Iowa
OPENED NEW FIELDS FOR ROAD

Letters received in Kenosha today
announce the death of William Z.
Roberts, brother of the late r. F.
Roberts, formerly secretary Of the Old
Settlers Club, which occurred on Sun
day at Turin, Iowa. Mr.. Roberts
would have been 70 years of age on
the 10th Of next March.
The deceased was one of the pioneer
residents Of Kenosha county and was
widely known among men employed
on the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way as the "pioneer agent. For
the greater part of his life Mr.. Roberts
served as a station agent for the rail
way company in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Mr.. Roberts came to Kenosha when
boy and at the breaking out of the
war enlisted as a member of Company
| of the 33rd Wisconsin Infantry and
war. When he returned to Kenosha
county he was appointed station agent
at Woodwork station by the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway and from
that time until the time of the death
with the exception of a short time
spent as a member of the staff of the
Clinton Herald he remained in the en-
ploy of the railway company. He re
manned at Woodwork for many years
and then went to Iowa where he served
as agent at Cheslea, Delmar, Battle
Creek, Mapleton and Turin. He earn
ed his title as Fpioneer agent" from
the fact that in all the places where
he was agent he went as the first
agent of the company and opened up
the business for it. In most cases
his Office was an old freight car and
he used the other end of the same car
as residence.
Air. Roberts is survived by widow,
one daughter and an adopted son. The
funeral took place at Turin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
TRY PASTEUR CURE
State Board of Health To
Open Institute for Cure
of Hydrophobia
MORTALITY RATE ON INCREASE

Final arrangements are being made
by the State Board of Health to estab
lish IN connection with the state hy
genie laboratory an institute for the
Pasteur treatment Of hydrophobia, ac
cording to the latest issue Of the State
Board of Health bulletin, just out
The treatment will be given at the
laboratory free of charge to INDECENT
persons, but small sum will be
charged persons able to pay for the
treatment in order to make the work
as nearly self supporting as possible.
The institute for the treatment of these
cases will be opened in a few weeks
Not only will. it be cheaper for Wis
consin residents, but its greater acces-
sibility will be a life and death advan-
tage in many cases, as the longer trip
to Chicago will be made unnecessary.
The Board calls attention to the i'm
portance of sending all specimens for,
Q1IOCG W Gu0 SJdG6 ny .
genie laboratory" instead of to the
office of the State Board of Health,
and thus obviate expense and delay.
During April, May and June, 1909,
1875 deaths were reported by local
registrars in Wisconsin, an excess of
558 over the same period in 1908. The
northern section of the state has a
death rate for this period of 9.96 per
thousand estimated population, while
the rate for the central section is 11.8
per thousand estimated population, and
the rate for the southern section is
1877 per thousand. Important causes
of death were: pulmonary tuberculosis,
571; other tuberculosis, ITO; typhoid
fever, 81; diphtheria, 81; scarlet
fever, %; measles, So; whooping
cough, 43; pneumonia, 1856; diarrhoea
and entoritis, 1876; meningitis, 140;
influenza, "a; puerperal septicemia, %;
cancer 384; violence, 405; and still
births, 81.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
HYNES FUNERAL THURSDAY
Remains to be Buried at Kenosha on
Thursday Afternoon

The remains of the late Col. Dennis
j. Hynes will be brought to Kenosha
for interment in the family plat at ST..
James cemetery on Thursday after
noon. A sister Of Col. Hynes came to
Kenosha on Tuesday and made arrange
ments for the interment and the body
will reach Kenosha on the 1915 train
and be taken directly to the cemetery.
The funeral services will be held at
ST. James church in Chicago of which
Col. Hynes had been communicate
The funeral will be in charge Of the
organization, The Army of the Poto-
mac Of which the former Kenosha
mayor had been an official for several
years. Many of the members of the
organization will accompany the re-
mains to Kenosha and the Grand Army
of the Republic of Chicago will send
a special escort. It is expected that
many of the earlier residents of Ke-
nosha will gather at the cemetery to
pay last tribute to the memory Of
Col. Hynes
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
ECHO OF BIG TANNERY STRIKE
Lobotka Claims That He Had Taken
No Part in the Strike and That He
Was Shot by City Officials While in
Peaceable Pursuits.


AS an echo of the recent strike at
the plant of the N. R. Allen s Sons
tannery Peter Lobotka one of the
men injured during the street riots at
tending the strike, has retained Attor-
ney George w. Taylor to bring an 40
ton against the city for damages.
Lobotka has not as yet recovered from
the injuries he received and it is claim
ed that his injuries may be of per-
manent nature. Lobotka was an en-
pIoyee of the n. r. Allen s Sons Com
pany and was the second man to b4
shot in the riots attending the strike.
He was shot through the right thigh
and remained in the hospital for many
weeks before he was able to be about
at all and it is said that he has not
as yet been able ito return to his work.
According to the story of Lobotka, he
was an innocent victim of the trou-
BILE. It is claimed that he had taken no
part in the strike and, in fact, on the
day before he was shot he had worked
in the plant of the company notwith-
standing the demand of strikers that
he give up his position. On the
morning of the shooting he had left
the home of his sister to go to work,
but as he approached the tannery he
saw the strikers storming about the
building and decided that it would not
be wise for him to attempt to 60 to-
work. He walked back to his sister s.
home on Union street and. then started
down town to do some shopping ans
while he was walking through the
crowd he was struck by stray bullet.
It is practically admitted that Lo-
botka was struck by bullet fired
either by the city police or deputies
Of the sheriffs force and for this rea-
son it is claimed that his action would
be against the city or the county rath-
er than against the tannery. No
formal claim for damages has been
made to the city and it is not stated
the amount that Lobotka will claim
for his injuries, but it is supposed
that he will ask for $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
ONE OF THE EARLY CHURCHES
Miss Emily Bond Recalls Interesting
History of st. Matthews Parish in
Paper Read Before the Members of
the Parish.

Interesting "reminiscences of the
early church history Of Kenosha were
brought out at the Guild Hall on Tues
day evening at the celebration of the
Goth anniversary of the founding of
ST. Matthews Parish. In honor of the
event two receptions were held. Be-
tween the hours of-four and six in the
afternoon an entertainment was given
for the children Of the parish and in
the evening there was a general recep-
ton to the members and friends of the
congregation.
The reception in the evening, not
withstanding the inclement weather,
proved to be one of the most enjoy
able events ever held by the members
of st. Matthews church. More than
seventy Of the members and friends
Of the church were present and an in
teresting program was rendered dur
ing the evening after which light
repast was served The committee on
reception of the guests of the even
ing included the Rev Fred Ingley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank IL. Lyman. The
feature of the program was a pape2
read by Miss Emily Bond on the sub
ject: "The Beginning of st. Mat
thews. In her paper, which was ad-
mirably prepared, Miss Bond told
of the founding of the parish in 1910
and in telling this story she brought
out many other interesting facts in re-
gard to the early history of Kenosha.
In her paper she brought out inter
esting facts in regard to the pioneer
families connected with the church in
the early days and traced the history
Of the organization down to later
periods.
ST. Matthews is one of the oldest
of the church organizations in the
city. The first meeting for the or
ganization of the parish was held on
Good Friday in 1910 with the Rev.
Lemuel E. Hull, at that time mission
airy at st. Paul S church in Milwaukee,
presiding. The articles of association
as drawn up at that time were signed
by twenty-six persons. The first
wardens of the church were David
Walker and Thomas Yates, while E.
IS. Sill, John V. Aver, Peter Martin,
Edward Hugunin, ]. L. w. Yates and
H. B. Towslee were the members of
the first vestry. During the long
history of the church since that time
many men who have become prominent
in the church work have been identi-
fed with ST. Matthews church as rec
tor
During the afternoon and evening
receptions generous birthday remem-
ORANGES were presented to the church
by the members and friends and this
money will be placed into a fund to
defray the expense of re-decorating
the church This work is now well
under way, but three months will
probably be required to complete the
work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
TRAVEL m SAFETY
Not One Passenger Lost His Life On
G. N. w. During Year just Closed

The increasing safety with which
the millions Of passengers are handled
by the American railroads is still
further emphasized by the appearance
Of another line with clear record for
year. Official announcement was
made by the Chicago & Northwestern
that for the year ended June 80, 1909,
100000 passengers were CARRIED over
it's rails and not one was killed.
The Northwestern has 900 passenger
trains day. and the number of pas
sengers carried during the period
mentioned was more than all the rail
roads in the United States carried in
1850 The officials of the North
western call attention to the fact that
the population of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts,
and Indiana approximates 100000
persons. Statistics show great mum
Der of fatalities each year in those
states as the result Of accidents to
persons pursuing their usual duties,
thus indicating that travel is attended
with less hazard than pertains to the
every day vocations Of life.
The double tracking of the main
lines of travel, and the operation of
effective block signal systems are
ascribed by officials Of the road as
contributing materially to the operat-
ing efficiency and the elimination of
the element of personal danger to the
traveller.
The other roads which have thus far
announced clear record Of this kind
for a year include the Pennsylvania,
Burlington, and Santa Fe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
BACK TO OLD SYSTEM
Old Plan of Registering Births, Deaths
and Marriages to be Resumed Oct. 1

On and after Oct. 1 of the present
year the county records of births,
deaths, accidents and marriages will
again be filed in the office Of register
of deeds.
A new law was passed by the last
legislature as the result of complaints
made by people in various parts of tIs
state. Sowing to the lack of records
at the court house it was difficult
task to secure desired information ex-
cept by writing to the state secretary.
The new law again sends the records
back to the Office of the register of
deeds.
Under the new law, there will be no
change in the methods of filing such
statistics.
The new law practically provides
that the registrar take charge of the
collection of the statistics and that he
keep a copy in his own Office, file one
with the register Of deeds and send the
other to Madison. This will preserve
the records in three different Offices
and those of the register of deeds Office
will cover the entire county.
The law also provides that the
counties shall pay to the state three
cents for each record so fled and the
register of deeds shall receive ten cents
for each record copied by him. This
will mean few dollars additional for
the register annually.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
COLLEGES OF COMMERCE PICNIC

About one hundred and forty stu
dents and teachers of the Kenosha and
Racine Colleges OF Commerce held a
joint picnic at Berryville Tuesday.
Athletic sports of all kinds made up
the order of the day, after the bounte-
Gus picnic dinner, of course. The Ke-
nosha school won the girls ball game
with ease, Ruth stranberk doing great
execution from the pitcher box.
Esther Nelson pitched for the Racine
team The boys ball game was won
by Racine, score 6 to /. Harold Balm
occupied the box for Racine and Joe
Taft, for the Kenosha school. Daisy
and Nettie Hartnell, both Of the Ke-
nosha school, proved the best sprinters,
defeating all corners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
WEATHER FOR 1910
Forecasts for Coming Year More Com.
plete Than Ever-500O Ordered

The wonderful weather chart con-
tanning the forecast for 1910, combined
with the large wall calendar, with
those large figures, will be ready for
each and every family in, and around
Kenosha in one month. Absolutely
free of charge at Kradwell's Drug
Store, 215 Main street. (The Old
Robinson store). This is the regular
De Voe-Ghattanooga weather chart, on
which Wine of Cardui and Thedfords
Black Draught are advertised. Do not
forget that they are to be here in just
one month Free. At Krad-well's
Drug Store. s21ws23
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
JUST A woMAN's Way TUESDAY

A play should entertain and amuse.
We all know that. At the same time
there should be depth and strength to
it. 1t should instruct along some GER
tain line. If it lacks this element the
players cannot become sufficiently in
terested in it to do good work-their
best work
"Just Woman s Way" which will
be played at the Rhode Opera House
on Tuesday night, Sept. %, is from the
pen of Sidney w. Pascoe and he has
displayed alt Of the above good quail
ties in this story and dramatization
including splendid moral.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
KENT TO LEAVE BANK
Assistant Cashier of the Merchants
and Savings Bank Resigns

Milton A. Kent, assistant cashier of
the Merchants and Savings Bank, has
handed in his resignation to take effect
about the first of October. Mr.. Kent
will devote his entire time to the auto
mobile business and will take charge
of the Kent Motor Car Company and
its garage and will be sole agent in
Kenosha for two of the best known
autos in the country. Mr.. Kent 8
successor in the bank has not as yet
been apgQspted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
MRS. Upton DEAD
Pioneer Resident of Kenosha Passes
Away late Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. Melissa Upton, widow of the
late William Upton, died Tuesday af-
ternoon at $50 O'Clock at the family
residence on Garden street from a
general breaking down due to old age.
Mrs. Upton was born in Ohio in 1884
and came to Kenosha some thirty years
ago. She leaves a daughter, Mrs.
Spencer and a large number of friends
to mourn her loss.
The funeral will take place from the
family residence Thursday afternoon
at 8 O. clock. Interment in the family
plat at the City cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
ORDERS ALIMONY PAID

Judge Belden Hands Down Decision
in Long Contested Divorce Action
Judge E. B. Belden has handed down
a decision in the long contested suit
of Frederick A. Booth VS.. Mary Booth
in which he directs that the plaintiff
pay the defendant suit money to the
amount of $50 and alimony of three
dollars week for the support of the
minor children pending the hearing of
the action in court. The Booth case
has been on the court calendar for
some time and it promises to be decid-
edly interesting when it is brought up
for trial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
ARE SEMI TO JAIL
Automobiles Who Went From Keno
sha to Racine Get Hard Dose

oAAo w ANQSAA4S SCb 1lctlA OOOG
George Z. Ross, Frank McKuhn,
Harry Whorral and Roy Davis, four
young men who came from Kenosha to
Racine yesterday in an automobile for
a Joy ride" and were landed in jail
after they had attempted to run bust
ness on State street will have dreams
of g joy rides" for several days in the
county Jail unless friends or relatives
come to their aid and pay their fines
and this did not seem probable today.
After being lodged IN jail Monday af-
ternt ON charges of being drunk and
disorderly the prisoners reached ac-
quaintances in Kenosha by telephone
and endeavored to have them come to
Racine and give security for their APP
pearances this morning, but the friends
were either shy of money or deemed
it best for the four men to remain in
Jail. Tuesday morning they were ar
raigned before Judge Shielding and
they were a sorry looking lot They
were charged with being drunk and
disorderly, of fighting on State street
and Of attempting to clean out Joe
Lachat s saloon. Pleas of guilty were
entered and Ross and Whorral were
each ordered to pay fines Of So and
cost or go to Jail for ten days while
McKuhn and Davis were each fined $40
and costs or serve fifteen days in jail
The automobile which the four men
used for their trip is the property Of
the mother Of Frank McKuhn.- Racine
News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
LOW COLONIST RATES TO PACIFIC
COAST

Tickets on sale daily September 18th
to October 18th Good on personally
conducted tours in tourist sleeping cars
to the coast without change, via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North West
ern Line. For full particulars write
S. A. Hutchinson, Manager Tour Dept
212 Clark ST., Chicago, H., or apply to
any ticket agentaof The North Western
Line. dwa26s2- Gil %
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23

The police have not as yet found
any trace of Nels jacobsen who dis
appeared from Kenosha a week ago.
The Milwaukee officers were asked to
look for him, but as yet they have
found nothing to indicate that he met
with foul play in Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23

At Waukesha, Wis, Sept. %, 1909
occurred the marriage Of Miss Mabel
B. Runyard of Wilmot, Wis, to John
E. Moyse of Whitewater, Wis. AT
ter an extended trip to Boston, New
York, Niagara Falls and other points
of interest in the east, the happy cou-
pie will be at home to their many
friends at Whitewater, Wis, after
Dec. l.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23
OLD PAPER

We have 6 months returns of old
papers. Several hundred good and
clean at sc per 1oO Head & Sim
mons, News Office. dws25
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23

A report was circulated Tuesday that
the Wirtz Hotel at Somers had been
destroyed by fire. The report was
without foundation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-23

Mrs. john Muentzer Of Milwaukee
spent Tuesday with friends in Keno
lsha.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-28
Farmers, Exchange.

The annual statement of business of the
Monmouth County Farmers Exchange
affords proof that farmers can be theiI
own middlemen, sell their goods, save
commissions and make money. At the
meeting last Saturday the manager Of the
exchange reported business for the year
eating about $500. 900. an increase
of nearly $50, 900 over 1908. There were
net profits of $6,7O9, out Of which divi-
dend of five per cent. was voted to the
stockholders.
This was good business, better than ap-
pears ON its face, because the past season
yielded little more than fifty per cent.
crops of potatoes and other vegetables.
Yet there were about $4,000 packages
handled, sold and shipped, an increase of
about $1,000 over the previous year.
Goods were sold in sixty-eight cities 1t
is not surprising that, under such success
full management, the Monmouth Farmers
Exchanges membership grew from 400 to
$50 during the wear, and that 1t is now
proposed to increase the capital from
$31. 275 to $50, 900.
The Changers were the first to organize
exchanges. Some were successful and
others were not. The questions of man
agement and of the patronage of the
farmers are both vital. In Monmouth
county there has been liberal patronage
and careful, skilful management, and the
farmers got not only market prices for
their products but stock dividends besides.
Such exchanges, well managed, seem to
settle the question Of middlemen and their
profits,