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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

Railroads of Middle West to
Have Extra Express Trains
During the Holidays
WISH TO RELIEVE CONGESTION

For the purpose Of relieving as much
as possible, the delay and inconveni
ence usually resulting from the Christ
mas rush upon the express companies,
some of the western railroads are con
sidering a plan of running special ex-
press trains during the holiday season.
This it is believed, if found feasible.
will greatly expedite the handling of
the enormous amount of Christmas
packages usually rendered the express
companies and by them to the railroads,
as well as obviating delays to the trains
that handle the express business.
Traffic officials of the railroads and
the express companies both are antici-
pating an unusually large business this
year and say that shipments are not
being rendered by the public sufficiently
early to insure speedy delivery. Or
dinarily the express cars are attached
to fast passenger trains, and the ex-
traordlnary time required at stations
to load and unload the heavy accumula-
tion of packages often delays the trains
or delays the express cars so long as
to prevent their being attached to the
desired trains.
1t is known fact that express pack
ages around the holiday season are not
infrequently held up in transit SO long
that they are not delivered until sew
eral days after Christmas, which brings
down anathemas upon both the roads
and the express officials and employees.
Special express trains will cost the
railroads more money, because they are
paid under contracts which provide US
ually for a certain percentage of gross
earnings, regardless of the method of
transportation, but they believe that
the added facility of handling their
regular trains and the advantage to
the public will be worth the cost.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
MRS. BABCOCK IN KENOsHA
Sister of First Wife of Chicago
Broker Declares That She Gould Not
Have Signed the Registry Book at
the Kenosha Office.

The identity of the woman who came
to Kenosha on Monday afternoon to
seek to identify the signature of Lulu
M. Counselman on the registry books
of the Kenosha postof1ce was discover
ed before she left Kenosha Monday
evening and she was none other than
Mrs Frederick R. Babcock, sister
of Mrs. Lulu M. Counselman. Mrs.
Babcock took one look at the sigma
ture in the Kenosha postofice and then
declared that it was not the signature
of her sister. General J.. E. Stuart,
inspector general of the Chicago Postal
District intimated after he had com
pleted his Investigations here that ar
rests would be made in the very near
future. Tt is said in Chicago that the
finger of suspicion in regard to the
forged signature of Mrs Lulu M. Coun-
selman points very strongly toward a
woman detective in that city
Monday night Attorney Thackaberry
who represented Counselman in the di-
voree proceedings returned to Chicago
and in public statement he declares
that all blame in the case must be
laid at the door of Counselman. He
declares that If there was any mis-
representation in the matter it was
made by Counselman and he further
states that Counselman declared to
him that his wife had deserted him
seven years before the suit for divorce
was filed. He further declares that
he had no idea that Mrs. Counselman
was insane or that she was in a sani-
tarium at Kenosha at the time the suit
was placed in his hands. Declaring
that he would not be the scape goat
in the case he put the entire blame on
Counselman and preferred his aid to
the officials in an effort to ferret out
any fraud which may have been used
in connection with the case.
The case is scheduled to come up in
Judge Shetlain s court on Friday morn
ing and Kenosha is overrun with agents
Of the two parties to the action today
and they are seeking to solve the iden-
tity of the woman who signed the re-
eeipt for the registered letter. The
postofice department. here is giving out
no information in regard to the mat
ter and it is understood that the order
of General Stuart against publicity in
the matter will be strictly followed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
OTHER CITIES SEEK PLANT
President Blandin of the Company An
nounces That There is a Strong
Probability That the Plant VIII
Move to Another City.

The Racine Manufacturing Company
employing more than a thousand men,
the plant of which company was recent
ly destroyed by fire will probably re-
move from Racine and the managers
of the company are now receiving prop
ositions for the location of the plant
in other cities. The officials of the
company have limited that they might
be willing to consider a proposition from
Kenosha and it is just possible that this
city has a chance to secure a factory
of great merit with the expenditure
of a small amount of money Racine
has FEVER been any too friendly to fac
tory interests and as the company is
now without a plant and forced to
build from the ground up it is looking
about for a more convenient location.
T. ". Blandin, president of the COM
pany went to Sandusky, Ohio, on Fri
day c-oning to consider an offer given
to til, company to come to that city
and other propositions have been re,
ceived from Indianapolis, Dubuque,
Glenn Fails, New York Patterson, New
Jersey; Rock Island, ILL.,, and PhiladeL
phia. In past years much of the pro-
duct of the Racine company was used
by the Thomas B. Jeffrey Company of
this city, but that company is now pre-
pairing to make it's bodies in Kenosha
and will take over this work at once.
President Blandin in speaking OF the
matter on Friday spoke highly of Ke-
nosha as a manufacturing center and
there is no doubt but that proposition
from this city would be seriously con-
sidered by the Racine company. A
number of the business men of the city
discussed the matter informally last
night and if the managers of the Ra.
cine company will express a willingness
to accept a reasonable proposition it is
probable that public meeting will be
called by which the matter will be laid
before the business men of the city.
The City of Sandusky yesterday wir.
ed the company a proposition to give
a factory site and build a factory for
the company and this will be an offer
which the company will seriously con-
slider.
Kenosha has no fund to be used in
securing the plant but it is thought
that large fund could be raised if it
were shown that there is a possibility
of the removal of the plant to this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
SEEK CARE FOR SICK
Paid Firemen Would Have
Salaries Paid Six Months
When Men Are Sick
TAKE MONEY FROM PENSIONS

Members of the paid fire department
of the city appealed to the common
council at the meeting on Monday
evening for Encouragement Of the
funds of the fremen in order to make
it possible to have some provision made
for the men who are sick or. injured
while on duty. Under the state law
which provides for the creation of the
fireman IS pension fund there is no pro-
vision to take care of sick or disabled
fremen and the petition to the council
which was signed by all the members
of the department with the exception
of Assistant Chief Charles Schend who
is out Of the city. The members sug-
gested to the council that in the future
when a member Of the department was
i'll or injured that he be paid his reg
ular salary up to period of six
months instead Of having this sum paid
into the pension fund of the depart
luOuC' me 16du5o6 VI GA0 Ii Cb1Ch mas
the sanction Of the trustees of the pen
sion fund, but there is some doubt as
to whether the council would have the
right to make the arrangements asked
for. The pension fund and its manage
ment is provided for by a state law
and it provides that such salaries be
paid into the fund.
The Kenosha fremen seem to con-
slider the law unjust and they insist
that some arrangement should be made
by which the men should be paid when
kept off duty by illness. AS the pen
sion fund is maintained by the men
themselves and they alone are interest
ed in the distribution of it the coun-
Gil showed no objection to making the
change if it could be done in strict
compliance with the law of the state.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on fire department and will be
taken up at the next meeting of the
council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
TREASURY AGENT BEATEN
Man Who Took Orders for Christmas
Trees Requires no Peddler's License

Man Who Took Orders for Christmas
Trees Requires no Peddler's License
The case of the State of Wisconsin
VS.. Fl, F. Kruger of Kenosha, in which
the defendant is charged with being a
transient merchant selling goods with
out a state license, was dismissed in the
municipal court in Racine Monday
morning, on the recommendation of the
district attorney.
Last Thursday afternoon Kruger was
arrested by State Treasury Agent A.
Cary Judd while disposing of a carload
of Christmas trees to merchants in that
city. He pleaded not guilty and was
released on bail of $500.
He admitted that he was selling
Christmas trees, but claimed that he
had perfect right to do so under the
state law. About two weeks before his
arrest he canvassed the city for orders
and secured enough for carload.
When the car arrived he started in de-
livering them to his customers, and was
arrested.
The district attorney found that TAX
ing orders for goods and later deliv-
ering them does not constitute peddling
and consequently does not require a
state license.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
ASKS CITY FOR PROPOSITION
Company Managers Declare That a
Total of q Thousand Men Would be
Employed and That the Plant Would
be a Big Addition to the City

Managers of The Municipal Engineer
ing Company which at the present
time has large plant at the village
of Winthrop Harbor just south of Ke-
nosha are holding conferences with
Mayor Schoiey and members of the
common council with view of remov
ing the plant to Kenosha and if some
satisfactory agreement can be reached
the plant will be removed to Kenosha
with the opening of the new building
season. Mayor Scholey has named a
committee consisting of Aldermen
Pirsch, Timme, Werner, Simons and
John Wade to confer with the man
ayers of the company and act for the
city in the effort that is being made
to bring the big plant to Kenosha. F.
G. Austin who is representing the COM
pany in the negotiations has held sew
eral conferences with the mayor and
other members of the council and he
insists that the company is DESTROYS of,
coming to Kenosha if this city will
offer to it the same inducements as are
being offered by other cities. The
company has been established at Win
throp Harbor for nearly ten years and
in that time the capacity of the plant
has been doubled several times. The
company is engaged in the manufacture
OF road making machinery and other
machinery particularly for the use of
cities. 1t has many contracts for the
government and in fact the company
built a large amount of the machinery
which is being used in the digging of
the Panama canal.
1t is the claim of Mr.. Austin that
should the company build plant in
Kenosha it would employ no less than
$50 men when the plant was opened
and that within short time the num-
Der of employees would be increased
to 1900. 1t is claimed that nearly
all of the men employed by the com
pany are skilled laborers and that the
average wages of the men would not
be less than $15 a week.
1t is proposed to make an effort to
locate the plant on some of the vacant
land at the northwest limits of the city
and it is declared that the owners of
the land would be willing to meet the
city half way in any movement to
be taken to land the plant. At the
present time many of the employees
of the Winthrop Harbor plant are resi-
dents of Kenosha and these people have
strongly urged the removal of the
plant to Kenosha. 1t is expected that
the special committee named by the
mayor to confer with the managers of
the company will send report to the
council at its next regular meeting. 1t
is certain that the company will seek
concessions from the city as we'll as
property on which to build the plant,
but it is not thought that they will
demand any bonus for the location of
the plant in the way of money CON
sideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
RESTAURANT rs SCoRCHED
Over Heated Stove Pipe in the City
Restaurant Called Out Fire Dept.

An over heated stove in the City
Restaurant caused the fire department
to be called out just after nine O. clock
Monday evening and ueIore the fire
which had been communicated to the
walls of the building had been exiting
uished damage to the amount of $50
had been done, The fire was discov-
cred by one of the cooks in the restau-
rant and had it not been for the
prompt arrival of the department
the fire would have been decid-
eddy serious one. This morning car
pepters were put to work and before
the end of the week the damage done
by the fire will be completely elm
mated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
START HARVEST SUNDAY
Annual Harvest of Ice Crop to Start at
Twin Lakes Day After Christmas

Officials of the Haegelie Ice Company
contron4ng the large houses on the low
er lake at Twin Lakes, announced this
morning that the ice cutting season in
Kenosha county would start on next
Sunday and that an army of men would
be brought to Twin Lakes on Christ
mas day for the opening of the harvest.
The ice is now more than twelve inches
in thickness and the quality is said to
be unusually good. It is expected
that the harvest will be started on all
the other lakes in the county at the
same time and that within a week
more than 1000 lauorers will be
brought out from Chicago to take part
in the work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
DON'T LIKE PENNIES
Postofice Dept. Urges Patrons on Rural
Routes to Buy Stamps at Postoffices

Postoffice Dept. Urges Patrons on Rural
Routes to Buy Stamps at Postofices
The United State postofice depart
ment is making an effort to eliminate
the nuisance Of the collection of PEN
MES by rural carriers and to this end
the following letter has been received
by Postmaster Maloney:
Postmaster John B. Maloney,
Sir: From recent count made by
the rural carriers in one of the coun.
ties in the State of New York of coins
deposited by patrons in their boxes for
the purchase Of stamp supplies, it was
found that each carrier in the county
was collecting an average of lis one
cent coins each week. This average
applied to all the routes in operation
throughout the country would give the
enormous total of about 300,o00,000 one
cent coins.
AS most Of these coins are deposited
loose in boxes, it is desirable that you
and the rural carriers, in tactful and
polite way, put forth your best efforts
to induce patrons to provide themselves
with stamp supplies in advance of their
needs, and to equip their boxes with
suitable coin-holding receptacles 1t
should be explained to patrons that the
picking of loose coins from boxes not
only results in needless hardship and
suffering to carriers in winter weather,
delays the delivery and collection of
the mails, but frequently results in
actual money loss to the carriers, for
if, in collecting coins from boxes, they
drop them into the snow or on the
ground without recovery, they are re-
CURED to replace the amount out of
their own funds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
WATER BOARD TO SELL INTAKE
Council Decides to Pay Telephone
Bills With Understanding That the
Amount Will be Refunded if Com
mission Favors Free Phones.

The city council held a meeting of
unusual interest at the city hall Mon
day evening and there was enough do
ing during the meeting to furnish ma
| terial for book. Alderman, Wright
who presides over the destinies Of the
18th ward in Eft. Wayne, Ind,
had dropped into the city yesterday
and the fact that he was at the coun-
ell meeting gave the aldermen an in
centiye to start something moving and
keep it moving. For this reason the
meeting was interesting if not of value
to the tax payers at large.
The big fight of the session came
over the question OF revoking the Ii
cense of the saloon at 101 Main street
which is presided over by Matt Balzer
who recently pleaded "guilty" to sell
ing liquor to minors and Alderman
| Hegeman started the ball rolling by
making motion to revoke the license.
This brought a food Of oratory in de-
Tense and in condemnation of the sa-
loon man and the mayor declared that
on Monday Balzer had been put out
of the place and the management given
| to another. The matter finally reach
ed vote and Aldermen Marlatt, Hege-
man, Timme, Simons, Swift and Hig-
| ley voted against leaving the matter
over until the next meeting and Alder
men Pirsch, O'Brien, Disch, Harbaugh,
George Wade, Stemm, Willems, Werner,
and John Wade voted to refer. Then
the mayor delivered an grafton on the
fact that he was favorable to law and
order in the city after which Frank S.
Symonds sought to speak, but the
mayor declared that he wanted no ar
gument on the question and declared
| Symmonds out of order. However,
members of the council declared that
| Symmonds was tax payer and as such
entitled to address the council and af-
ter some bitter things had been said
the mayor yielded and Symmonds took
the floor.
The Civic Federation leader question
ed statements which had been made by
the mayor and declared that Balzer
had pleaded guilty to this charge and
that under the law the council had no
choice but to revoke the license. His
parting shot was "Gentlemen that Ii
cense must be revoked The law says
it must and it shall be revoked"
Under the action of the council the
matter will again come up at the next
regular meeting of the council, but the
test vote taken seems to indicate that
the council will not be in favor of re-
voking the license
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
TURN COOK DOWN
University of Copenhagen Declares
DR.. Cook Did Not Reach Pole

Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 21-The
University Of Copenhagen this morn
ing announced its nnulngs in regard
to the PROOFS OF Dr. Frederick A. Cook
and the decision o. the university lifts
the laurel wreath placed upon the head
of the explorer. The report of the
university declares that the papers
presented. by DIR. Cook fail to prove his
claim that he reached the North Pole
and he will be compelled to return the
degree conferred upon him by the King
of Denmark.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
HARD FIGHT FOR POLICE
Bruno Craver Fights Like a Maniac
When Arrested for Intoxication

Police Officer Leik and Mischief had
La chance to show the stuff in them just
after eight clock Monday night when
they arrested Bruno Craver. a resident
of the west side on a charge of intoxi-
cation. The man had been causing
trouble for the eople about the corner
of Market and West Main streets and
when the officers called the wagon the
man began to fight like maniac. The
officers clothing were torn and both of
them came out Of the fight with bad
bruises, but they managed to land the
man in the wagon and got him to jail
This morning in the municipal court
Uraver had forgotten all about the fight
and he squared matters by paying a
! Gne of So and the costs of the action.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
DIED IN RACINE
Henry A, Moeller Of Kenosha Died at
st. Mary's Hospital Monday Night

Henry Adam Moeller, aged 38 years,
son of the late Joseph @. Moeller, a
pioneer resident of Kenosha, died at
st. Mary's Hospital in Racine at eleven
o'clock Monday evening after long
illness from consumtion. The deeeas-
ed was born and raised in Kenosha and
had spent his entire life in this city.
He was taken to the Racine Hospital
only few days ago. He was IN
marrIeu. The remains were brought
to Kenosha at noon Tuesday and the
funeral will ue held from ST. George
church at nine clock Thursday morn
ing with interment at the family plat
at St. George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
Somers Tax Payers Notice.

The undersigned viii receive taxes
for the Town of somers for the year
1909 at the office of;
First National Bank.
Thursday, January 18th, 1910.
Thursday, January Goth, 1910.
Monday, January 31st, 1910.
Soners Station
Tuesday, January 18th, 1910.
Saturday, January Goth, 1910.
Central Park.
Tuesday, January 25th, 1910.
All other days at my home in the
Town of Somers.
f. NJ. Miller,
dWS4 Town Treasurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
FIGHT rs EXPECTED

A fight in court is expected as re-
suit of demand made by Mayor
seholey on Martin S. West, that he pay
license of ten dollars day for the
auction that is now going on at his
store. West claims that he is selling
nothing but his own stock and up to a
late hour this afternoon had declined
70 pay the license. The ten dollar a
day license is the limit under the city
code.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
dw34

At the last meeting Of the board of
directors Of the Kenosha Hospital it
was voted to raise the salary of the
nurses in training. This will enable
young women without further income
to fit themselves for noble life work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
AT FACE VALUE

Don't be held up. Bring in your
credit certificates sent out by any pi-
ano concern, we take them at face
value We are the only One Price
House, where every instrument is
marked in plain figures, no more ask
ed and no less accepted.
Kimball Flano Store,
222 Main St., Kenosha.
Vests Jewelry Store. VISA
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

William Ohmstead, one of the engi-
neers at the plant of the N. R. Allen S
Sons Company was badly injured on
Sunday afternoon by. having his foot
crushed by piece Of falling pipe. He
was taken to his home and attended
by DR.. George 7. Kimball.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

J. 3. Samnlis, Grand Exalted Ruler
of the B. P. 0. E., who has been the
guest of John M. Kehlor for several
days left on Sunday afternoon for his
home IN LeMars. lowe
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

the poor people of the city on Christ
mas but the motion was passed without
dissenting voice and in addition to
this the poor master was instructed to
see to it that the wards of the city had
a little Christmas cheer this year and
that special provisions be made for
these people on Christmas day.
The council took no steps to elect a
poor master Alderman Swift who re-
signed his Office two weeks ago pre-
scented his final report and this showed
outstanding debts to the amount of
over thousand dollars. These were
ordered paid and after considerable ar
gument over the matter Alderman
Werner was elected to hold the place
of poor master for term of three
weeks with the understanding that at
the end of this term he would be re-
lieved from the work and the council
elect regular poormaster.
The committee on Judiciary had been
unable to complete report on the
first bill rendered to the city by Sheriff
William H. Gunter but at the sugges-
tion of the committee the sheriff was
allowed the sum Of $487.10 on account
and the remainder of the bill was held
by the committee for further examina-
ton. The sheriff was requested by
the council to keep in closer touch with
the chief of the police department and
to notify him of all arrests made by
constables where the fees for the keep
ing of the prisoners were chargeable
to the civ