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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
Movement Started by Congre-
gationalists toStartNeW
Apportionnlent System
WEALTH WILL Be MADE FACTOR

A movement to change the present
system of apportionment of the
foreign and hong mis- ons Of the Con
gregational church was launched on
Tuesday at the first session of the
annual convention Of the church at
Appleton by the Rev. w. M. McClane
Of New Haven, Conn. His address
which occupied good portion of the
morning session, will probably go down
as the most important of the conven-
tion. He held that the present system
was absolutely unjust in that it was
based on the numerical strength in
stead of on the wealth Of the individual
congregations. Under it the burden
Of mission support falls upon the large
churches instead of on the rich as in a
majority of cases the richest congrega-
tions are among the smallest in nu-
merical strength. He appealed to the
conference to go on record as favor
ing change along the lines indicated.
Officers were elected at the session,
the Rev. w. D. Eaton of Beloit col
lege being chosen moderator. Other
officers are:
First assistant moderator-The Rev.
w. A. Rowell, Beloit.
Second assistant modertor-The Rev.
John L. Gibson, Odanah.
Clerk-Robert f. Merit, Rosendale.
Assistant clerl-The Rev. A. Lacey,
Bloomington.
DR.. Eaton is not attending the con-
vention as he is taking part in the
exercises at Harvard university. The
report of the treasurer was referred
back for amendment as it failed to
indicate the money disbursed by the
several departments.
O. L. Robinson, Milwaukee, state
superintendent of Sunday schools,
created mild sensation when he an
nounced that there are now 1,131 less
Sunday school children in the state
than there were ten years ago. He
also announced that there are 467 900
children in Wisconsin who are not con
nected with Sunday schools of any de-
nomination.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
LICENSE rs CANCELLED
Valentine Will Not be Married Next
Sunday as He Had Planned

Court officials and ministers of the
city did not seem to take kindly to
the dissolution of partnership signed
by Alexander Valentine and Miss An
ma Begeia and as result the plans
for the marriage of Valentine to an
other woman on next Sunday after
noon are off and the license which was
issued for the marriage on Tuesday
was cancelled by the county clerk to-
day. Both the Rev. G. Buenger and
Judge Slosson who had looked into
the matter declined to marry Valen-
tine to the second woman and when
Valentine held a conference with the
minister the judge and the county clerk
he was willing enough to return to the
license. 1t is not probable that any
further action will be taken in the
matter, but Valentine has limited that
his life is in danger if he goes near
the home of Miss Begelia and he will
probably seek regular court order
to free him from any alliance he may
have with the young woman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
FARM HAND PROVES SMOOTH
Man is Alleged to Have Secured
Checks Belonging to Another e. H
Bennett" and Got the Money on
Them From the Local Men.

Strenuous efforts are being made to
fnd some trace of man supposed to
be E. II. Bennett, who was formerly
employed as a farm hand on the farm
of S. B. Cropley in Pleasant Prairie
and who is alleged to have passed three
forged checks in Kenosha last Mon
day securing total of $50 on them.
Two of the checks were passed on the
Bell Clothing store, the amount being
$40, while the third was cashed by
John E. Heating The checks passed
at the clothing store were secured by
an endorsement by George w. O'Hare,
well known farmer of the county,
while the one cashed by Mr.. Heating
was unsecured
The checks were all made out to E.
H. Bennett supposed to be a Kansas
City travelling man and they were sent
to Kenosha in a registered letter a
week ago last Saturday The man
who secured them signed for the de-
livery of the letter, but it is claimed
that after the rural carrier who de-
livered it had driven away he called
to him and declared that there had
been mistake in the delivery of the
letter and the carrier failed to hear
him. On Monday Bennett came to
Kenosha and endorsed the checks in
what is alleged to have been his own
name and had little trouble getting
them cashed. He claimed at the time
that he got the checks several times
year as dividends. The checks were
sent to Kansas City and returned pro-
tested with the statement that the en-
dorsement of them was forgery, By
the time the checks were returned the
farm hand Bennett had disappeared.
Bennett told a remarkably good
story, but taken in connection with
the alleged mistake in the letter it is
thought that he saw the opportunity
in the similarity of the names to get
the money and accepted the opportuni-
ty.. It is claimed that Bennett had
worked at the O'Hare farm before go
ing to the Cropley farm. He was well
dressed and seemed to be man Of
good education and told such good
story in such a straight manner that
it was easy for him to get the money.
Bennette said that he came from Chi
cago and the local police have asked
the Chicago police to make an effort to
get some line on the fellow. AS he
had a full week. in which to get away
and was pretty well supplied with
money it is probable that is so far
from Kenosha that the officials will
never find him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
COULD GET PURE WATER THEN
Chicago Expert on Lake Michigan
Water Makes Out Powerful Indict-
ment Against its Being Used Under
the Present Conditions.

Health Commissioner Evans of the
Chicago Health Department has just
contributed to leading medical jour
nal a powerful story Of the condition
Of Lake Michigan water and in his
statement he declares that his re
searches have shown to him that under
the present conditions the waters in
use in all severed towns on the lake
shore are dangerous, that no city
should place its intake within a mile
of the shore where the city has a
population of 1000 and that the dis
lance of the intake from the shore
should be increased with the number
Of people, that large cities like Keno
sha emptying their sewage into the
lake should not take water from the
lake for general use at point less
than ten miles from the shore line.
Then he goes on to show in the alb
sence of large streams or mountain
reservoirs that glacial Lake Michigan
is the only possible water supply for
the area named and from this state
ment it is an easy jump to the con
clusion that everything done to better
the lake waters and put stop to pol
luton is absolutely necessary to the
public health.
Following this, Health Commissioner
Evans, who is Chicago's health officer,
makes the following points, which are
selected from twenty-five he actually
makes, because they have leverage here
directly:
1. Lake Michigan water twenty
miles from shore is safe and good.
2. The lake water will take care of
an indefinite increase in population.
3. Present conditions make shore
waters all unsafe for drinking.
4. In Lake Michigan there are no
prevailing currents, only surface cur
rents, but storms stir the depths gen
orally twenty feet and then again as
deep as sixty feet, SO that purifying by
sedimentation is practical in not less
than fifty feet Of water
5. No town should have the end of
it's intake less than mile away from
the sewer outfall Of town of 1000.
6. Dumping of anything at all
should not be allowed in less than
so feet depth.
7. Government regulations should
keep Stops away from intake ends,
even in navigable waters.
s. Lake Michigan waters controlled
will always be safe for drinking.
8. Under present conditions no city
should get water nearer shore than a
mile.
10. Large cities should keep their
intakes ten miles away from any
sewer outfall.
II. The government should step in
and act to prevent lake pollution.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
FLINT STILL POPULAR

Of all the entertainment companies
that have come and gone in the past
three decades, the Flint entertainment
is probably the only one that for
thirty-two years has held it's place as
one of the leading theatrical attrac-
tions Of each season, in every place
that they have played. For thirty
two years Dr. Flint has expounded, and
demonstrated hypnotism to the public,
and IN all that time he has held an
enviable reputation as being at the
head of his own class and also among
the leaders Of all humorous entertain
ers. The Flint name and the general
character Of the entertainment is so
well known to the people that they
know that they will be getting their
moneys worth in attending, and after
they do attend, they find an entertain
ment almost entirely new, and yet
more than meeting all the require
ments that are expected. Youngsters
attend the Flint entertainment today
as their grandfathers did before them,
and DR.. Flint declares that several
new generations will grow up before the
Flint entertainment becomes a thing
of the past. At Rhodes Opera House
all next week commencing Monday,
October 18th. Ladies free night
Monday under usual conditions. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
NO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS
New Agency Will Act as Selling Agent
for All the Mllk Producers in the
Chicago District and Will Guarantee
Pay for the Products

Kenosha county members of the
Milk Producers Union have received
letters today notifying them that with
in a few weeks arrangements will have
been completed for the opening of a
central sales agency in Chicago which
will have the effect of doing away with
all separate contracts now signed by
the men who handle milk for the Chi
cago market More than four humid
red milk shippers in this county will
be affected by the opening Of the cen
trail agency. The committee in charge
of the establishment of the central
sales agency is headed by G. I'll. Potter
of Elgin and the committee met in
Chicago on Tuesday to complete ar
rangements for carrying out the plan.
The central agency would be connect
ed directly with the farmers and every
farmer interested in this company
would be taken care of. There would
be no separate contract, the member
of the agency by his membership hay
ing a contract with the men in charge
to find a market for his milk at the
highest possible market price.
At the present time the milk men in
Kenosha county are dealing with up.
wards of forty different wholesalers in
Chicago. The opening of the central
sales agency would so centralize this
business that it would make it much
more convenient arrangement with the
dealers as well as with the farmers.
The central agency would be in charge
of the signing of all general contracts
at the opening Of each six months and
the fight fort the increase in the price
Of the product would rest entirely with
this agency and not with the individu-
al farmer.
This plan is in keeping with the orr
ginal plan of the Milk Producers
Union and it seems to meet with gen
eral sanction among the members of
the union in Kenosha county. These
members are ready at any time to turn
the business into the central agency
provided that agency can show strength
enough to guarantee the sale Of the
product at price as high as the milk
dealers can receive by making indi-
vidual contracts. The central agency
would of course guarantee the pay for
the product. Some Kenosha farm
ers have been defrauded out of part
of their earnings by dishonest dealers
and it is thought that the new plan
would assure every farmer pay for his
product at the end Of each month dur
the year. This one feature of the
plan would save the Kenosha county
milk producers hundreds of dollars
annually.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
THINK MAN INSANE
Albert Hogeland Found Acting Queer.
ly in the City Tuesday Night

~ IN the City tuesday Night
Albert Hogeland, claiming to be a
resident of Indiana, is being held at
the county Jail pending an examination
in to his mental condition. He was
picked up by Police Officer John B.
zievers late Tuesday night and had
been acting queerly during the entire
day. Hogeland who is thirty-fve
years of age had been rooming at a
boarding house on Park street and for
some time he has been worrying about
the whereabouts of two little girls who
he claims are his daughters. He could
however, give no connected story in
regard to the girls. He was at the
county Jail twice on Tuesday and told
the officers there unusual stories in re-
gard to paying the fines of the in
mates at the Jail, but when asked to
point out the men he ran out of the
jail. The officials are making an eff
fort to locate the relatives of the man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
ARRANGE SPLENDID COURSE
Excellent Entertainments to be offered
by Park Avenue M. e. Church

The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the annual entertain
ment course at Park avenue church has
completed arrangements for the win
ter and the course to be offered is one
Of uniform excellence. The head liner
of the. course will be lecture to be
given by Governor E. w. Hoch of Kan
sas on the night of December IA.
Other entertainments of decidedly high
grade are also made numbers on the
program. The entertainments and the
dates are announced as follows:
Nov. 9-Royal Hungarian Orchestra.
Dec. 14-Gov. E. W Hoch of Kan
sas, lecturer.
Jan. 25-The Lucy Lee Concert Com
pany.
Feb. S-Dunbar Quartette and Bell
Ringers.
March 17-Adrian NJ. Newens, enter
tainer
April 12--Dr. Monroe Marley, Leo
ture.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
CITY TO BUILD DOCKS
Harbor Committee Decides to Complete
Docks About Main St. Bridge

The members of the harbor commit
tee of the city council have decided to
dock the small piece of property owned
by the city in the river just east of
the Main street bridge and the work
will he done at once in connection with
the work that is now under way The
cost Of the work will be in the neigh
borhood Of 1925. The city has strip
of fifteen feet in length at this point
and it is sadly in need Of repairs. The
contractors now at work on the re-
pairing of the other docks in the river
have agreed to complete this piece of
work at the same price as they have
done the other work. The work will
be completed before the end of the sea
son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
SEEK MAN AND BOAT

The police have been asked by the
police at Escanaba, Mich, to cause
the arrest Of Captain Charles Stone
an old resident of Escanaba, Mich,
who is wanted at that city. It is al
legged that Stone is somewhere on the
lake with the Schooner W. w. Nef, a
little one masted boat and it is
thought that he will put into Keno
sha. The officers are keeping close
watch on the harbor boats, but as yet
have not seen any trace of the man
or the sooner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
THREE WEEKS" NEXT SUNDAY
Widely Discussed Book in Dramatic
Form Coming to the Rhode

The atmosphere upon which the
drama thrives is the atmosphere of
romance. Wrongdoing, when touched
with some elements of reason, atone
ment Of vivid interest, has an undeni-
able appeal. This is the secret of the
success of Elinor Gyms own drama
tization of her famous book, "Three
Weeks.' No book ever written has
aroused so much discussion on both
sides of the Atlantic Ocean as this
story, and the same may be said of
the play, which differs somewhat from
the book, inasmuch as prologue has
been interpolated, which shows the
home of the Queen of Sardalia and in
PRODUCES the character of her drunken
and vicious husband, thereby offering
motive for her subsequent actions.
The romance, poetry, philosophy and
truth of the greatest of human emo
tions-1ove-ar all portrayed in this
book-play, and to those who can and
will understand what play means,
"Three Weeks will teach some i'm
pressive and lasting lessons. And
with it all it has amusement and en-
tertainment.
The play is presented with special
scenery and effects, the second act
showing the feast of roses" at
Venice, being especially notable for its
beauty. Three Weeks will be Of
fered at the Rhode Opera House Sun
day matinee and night and much in
.terest is shown in its coming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
PLAN FOR NEW YEAR
Y. M. G. A. Committee Meet at Dinner
and Lay Plans for New Year

Forty members of tla committee of
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton had supper together at the asso-
citation building last evening and spent
an hour in discussing tbs plans for the
years work.
A. E. Mielenz, of Milwaukee, made
strong presentation of the value of
the Y. M G. A. from business man s
view point and said that he looked
with pride on the twenty-five years of
committee work that he has done in
Milwaukee He congratulated the
local committees and emphasized the
fate that the success of the movement
depends upon these men.
Rev. Fred Ingley expressed himself
as being well pleased to note that none
Of the pastors of the city appeared as
chairman of a single committee. He
believes that this Indication Of lavmen
having an, active interest in the move
ment and willingness to assume the
responsibility of doing the work is a
guarantee Of success. He said that
the reason why he is Interested in the
Y. M. G. A. is because it stands for
character building and in every de-
partment of it's work.
In every committee meeting follow
ing the supper new plans were propos-
ed for the extension Of the work for
the year and it is expected that this
year will be the best in the history of
the organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
MILWAUKEE, CASE IS DECIDED
Court Holds That Mayor is Virtually
at the Head of City Police and
Tiremen Where Police and Fire
commissions are Organized.

A decision of great interest in Ke-
nosha was handed down on Tuesday by
The supreme court Of the state in the
case Of the State ex rel VS.. Rose,
mayor of Milwaukee, in which the
court took up the important question
of the control of police and firemen
in cities working under police and fire
commissions and the decision holds
that the mayor Of the cities in, ques-
tion must be virtually the head Of the
police and fire department and that
the orders to the department shall be
given to them by the mayor rather
than by the police and fire commission.
The decision is Of special inter
est in Kenosha on account of the
recent controversy between Mayor M
j. Scholey and the members Of the
police and fire commission. The law
does not give the mayor any right to
interfere with the appointment of
members of either the police or fire
department but the opinion written by
Justice Dodge holds that the mayor is
in charge Of these departments and
must be held responsible for their ac-
tions. Mayor Rose had refused to
appeal to the commission for the dis
charge of Chief Clancy of the Milwau-
kee fire department on charges made
by Davern, Milwaukee man, on tho
grounds that the charges would not
warrant the suspension of Clancy
pending an investigation.
The ruling of the court shows that
under the law the power of manage
ment of the departments must be in
the hands of the mayor and the com
mon council of the cities affected. In
his decision Justice Dodge says:
''For multitudinous reasons, it is
not the absolute duty of the mayor,
even if informed of great or even gross
derelctions in certain directions to
momentarily deprive the city of the
very great protection resulting from
other abilities of such officer, = =
The mayor must be authorized in such
case not to look alone to the charges,
but as we'll to the necessities of the
community, the mayor has discretion
in a very great degree. Therefore,
under the uniform holding of this
court the mayor s decision not to exer-
else it, is not subject to review by the
court, unless indeed there be an entire
refusal of the mayor to consider and
exercise discretion. In this case we
find nothing of such refusal.''
The court then says the mayor need
not give his reasons, his mere refusal
to suspend is enough
"Only when it can be shown by the
clearest possible evidence that such
officer has wholly refused to exercise
his jurisdiction or exercise any discre-
tion whatever, can courts properly in
terfere by mandamus. Under the
allegations of the petition the mayor
did hear the charges and did act with
discretion"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07
G. s. M. FINANCIAL REPORT
Railroad Receivers Report for Months
of June, July and August. 1909.

Reports Of the receivers of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric railroad,
filed in the United States circuit
court, show the receipts for June were
500, 24S.67; disbursements, $40, 535. "A;
receipts for July, $129, 35425; disburses
ments, $121, 1919; receipts for August,
$l37 1869; disbursements $3.50. 50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

The police received telephone mes
sage from sheboygan last night ask
ing that they make an effort to find
some trace of Victor Borngraber,
Sheboygan man, who was working in
Kenosha. The man was located at the
plant of the Simmons Manufacturing
Company. He had neglected to write
to his mother and she had become
anxious about him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

A man with scheme to put on a
street, fair in Kenosha the latter part
of the month, is calling on the various
lodges in the city. None of them
has taken the bait as yet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

New winter millinery for sale, also
special attention paid to re-trimming
and making over old hats. Mrs. S.
Race, 269 Wisconsin st. o7w7-l4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

The Dexter fs.mily have moved into
one of the tenant houses on the farm
and will build a new house next spring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-10-07

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-02
THE ANVIL CHORUS"
and OTHER TUNEFUL
MUSIC TO Be PLAYED

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eFnoon
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criticisms ~ the talr. So. n the Morn
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-04-02
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