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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
KLE|ST BACK At WORK KNEW FIRM IN CHARGE
Deputy Game Warden, Who Was
Laid Off Indefinitely, Rein.
stated by Authorities
INVESTIGATION STILL BREWS

Mike Kleist, the Kenosha county
man who was recently removed from
his place as state deputy game warden,
is back on the job again, but the facts
of his return to service are not known.
Kleist had left his home early this
morning for trip up Pike river to
see how the law was being violated
there and he lelt no word in regard to
his being on the job again. However,
the friends of Kleist have it from him
personally that he has been re-instated.
Whether the reinstatement came as a
flag of truce pending further develop
ments or whether Kleist has won a
complete victory over the department
remains to be seen. Kleist spent the
last three days Of last week at Madi-
son and while there he had the ear Of
a lot Of the men who have been active
in the legislature and it is said that
he laid before these men his whole
story of the removal Kleist insisted
to these men that he was not fighting
for a job. He only insisted that he be
treated fairly and be given the same
rights to defend himself as are accord
ed to any other employee who is under
the civil service. It is said that there
are no actual charges against the Ke-
nosha man, but ever since the last pri-
mary election when Kleist refused to
abide by the decision Of some Of the
socalled party leaders and pull out of
the race for sheriff, it is said that these
men have been after his job
At the Kleist home nothing is given
out, but some of the friends Of Kleist
declare that Notwithstanding the fact
that he has been re-instated, he is
ready to fight just as hard as ever for
his proposed investigation Of the head
Of the game warden department.
Kleist knows a. lot of interesting things
and they would make interesting read
ing about the state, but Kleist is pref
ty loyal to some of the men in the
department and it is probable that the
charges against him being withdrawn
the matter will be dropped. Kleist, it
will be noted, was one Of the few game
wardens in the state who have not
been found guilty of taking money
from one of the candidates for United
States senator. It is possible that the
novelty of game warden working for
Stephenson and not getting paid for the
work was one of the things that helped
in securing the reinstatement of
Kleist. Whatever can be said OIL
Kleist as 4 partisan it must be said
that he has made a good game warden
and with his return to work the VIC
lators Of the law will begin to get on
their guard in hurry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
TO REVERE THE DEAD
Local Aerie of Eagles To Hold
Annual Memorial Services
Next Sunday Afternoon
EUL0Gy BY GEO. W. TAYLOR

The Kenosha Aerie of the Fraternal
Order Of Eagles have sent out invita-
lions for the annual memorial cere-
monies Of the Aerie which will be held
at the hall on Main street on next Sun
day afternoon. The Aerie has been
called upon to drape it's charter in
mourning several times during the year
just closed and for this reason the exer-
cises on Sunday afternoon will be of a
very impressive nature Among the
number who have died since the last
memorial exercises held by the organi-
cation are, Joseph M Mcnamara, Chas.
B. Yonts, Chris. L. Schmelling and Will
liam c. Schend.
The exercises on Sunday will follow
the regular ritual of the order and the
eulogy over the dead members will be
delivered by Attorney George w. Tay-
Tor. The following is the program ar
ranged for the memorial exercises:
Selection, 'The Honored Deadn .J. P. Sousa
Schmidt & Krah's Orchestra
Vocal Solo, vacant Chair. =. ~ c. McGibbon
Opening Ceremonies. Observation-Disclosures.
.............. Worthy President and officers
Address. ..........Rev. Edgar T. Farri1i
Vocal Solo, "Thy Will Be Done" 49,. Marston
Edgar E. E1kerton
Eulogy. ........... Brother George w. Taylor
Selection" Dream of Autumn -. f. H. Losey
Orchestra
Benediction- Rev. Edgar Z. Farri11
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
Bells and CROSSINGS.

The mayor and the city attorney in
The past few days have made commend
able efforts to secure reforms from the
Northwestern Railway Company as to
the protection of crossings in Kenosha
and the officials Of the company have
given cut qualified statement that
they ight be willing to put up cleo
uric bell signals at several Of the cross
ings in the suburban portions of the
city This suggestion has brought
howl of displeasure from the people
Of the neighborhood and they are per-
tectly right in objecting. There is
some doubt as to whether the bell
langling crossing is any better than
che unguarded one and it is certain
that Kenosha deserves better things
from the Northwestern Railway Com
pany. The city gives that company a
practical monopoly Of its freight bust
ness and it gets the lion s share Of the
passenger traffic. In fact the city of
Kenosha is one Of the five best points
in Wisconsin for the Northwestern
Railway Company The officials Of the
company are not over generous with
the people of the city, when in return
for this loyal patronage they turn
round and suggest that in place Of
safeguarding crossings to preserve the
lives Of the people, they hang up cleo
tric bells to disturb the sleep of the
people. The great traffic on the North
western road will give assurance that
these same bell signals will be ring
ing most of the time by day and by
night. These bell systems were de-
signed for the protection Of country
roads, but never for the densely popu-
lated streets of city. After they are
once in, the sleepless property owners
can protest in vain against them and
the company should be prevented from
putting them in. What the company
should do is to put gates at every
crossing, within the city limits. If
the city should desire to be mean about
it there is a remedy. The company
could be forced to slow down all trains
when passing these unguarded cross
ings, but then the hardship would be on
the travelling public and not on the
company. There is no chance for the
city to retaliate in that line, but it is
pretty certain that the Northwestern
will not get many more favors from
Kenosha until it's officials arrange to
have the crossings of the city properly
guarded, not by bells as nuisance
to the people of the neighborhood, but
by properly manned gates as a protec
ton to the lives of people who must
cross the right of way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

No one would favor depriving the
children of any innocent amusement,
but it must be admitted that the
crowds of children skating are consid-
cradle Of a nuisance on some of the
busy streets of the city. The roller
skating fad is raging with great vio-
lence all over the city and while it is
so general it might be good idea to
bar the skaters from the busiest streets.
There are plenty Of side streets where
the walks are in the best condition for
the use of the ekaters and where their
presence would interfere with nobody.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
INVESTIGATE A FIRE.
Chief Isermann Asks State De.
partment To Look Into Fire
at Emanuel Hawker Home
HAWKER ALONE IN BUILDING
(From Tuesdays Daily

Representatives of the state fire
marshal S Office were called to Keno
sha, this afternoon to investigate a fire
which destroyed . the property of
Emanuel Hawker, an old resident of
the town of Somers, at an early hour
this morning. The property, now
within the city limits, is located at
the corner Of Racine avenue and Howe
street. The buildings were complete
ly destroyed, entailing a loss of more
than $4,000 as claimed by Hawker
The property was insured for this
amount and the agents for the insur-
ance companies are demanding that a
close investigation of the fire be made
HaWker claims to have had a narrow
escape from being suffocated, but he
is not able to give any reason for the
fire. He states that at the time the fire
broke out he was in his bed room and
he was awakened by the smoke coming
into the room.
When the north side men reached
the fire they found Hawker fully dress
ed standing out in front of the house.
lie told these men that he had narrow
ly escaped being suffocated The fire
men were forced to lay line of hose
from Division street. more than 1000
feet, in order to get water on the blaze
and the fire had such good start that
the buildings were well nigh destroyed
before the hose could be laid and the
water turned on. Hawker had planned
to leave Kenosha. today and go to
Chicago to make his home and to this
end he had taken his horse to one of
the livery stables in the city where
he had arranged to board it. He was
alone in the house at the time the fire
broke out.
Chief Isermann went out with the
insurance agents this morning, but
could find absolutely no cause for the
fire and he ordered that a deeper in
vestigation be made. So far as is
known Hawker has no enemies who
would have set fire to the buildings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
PETITIONS ALL IN
Candidates for County Offices County
superintendent and Judge

The petitions for the candidates for
the offices of county judge and county
superintendent of schools have all been
filed with the county clerk. The petit
tions of George w. Taylor as candi-
date for county judge were filed sew
eral days ago and those of Judge R.
FL. Slosson, who seeks reelection, were
filed on Monday. Both of the candi-
dates have large number of names
in excess of the number demanded by
law. The papers of John J. Kerwin
and O. L. Dreys, the rival candidates
for county uperintendent, were filed
on Monday. These petitions were al
50 largely signed Under the law the
petitions would have to be filed by
Friday. The county clerk has held
that petitions for candidates for NUM-
cipal judge may be filed until Saturday
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
The Extra Session

The Wisconsin legislature has now
been in session for little over ten
weeks and the people of the state are
Disguised with the work that has been
done. Not single piece of important
or constructive legislation has even
reached the period for debate on the
floor of the house or the senate and the
prospects of the session stringing out
indefinitely became SO certain that the
members of both houses have declared
for special session to be held next
year At the recent election the peo-
pie of the state decided by great
popular majority in favor Of the pas
sage Of an income tax and bill for
the state aiding in the building of high
ways, but nothing has been done to al
vance either of these measures. The
most important thing that has been
done by the legislature was the election
of Isaac Stephenson as United States
senator and as Stephenson was prac-
tically elected by the people at the pr
mary last fall this should have been
accomplished in about twenty minutes
time. There has been a lot Of
political play at the session. The
primary investigation conceived in
the minds of politicians who de-
manded an issue for coming cam
paigns has taken all the time OF
the legislature. Men who would
have been prominent in formulating
new laws have been relegated into pas
sive members by the fact that their
personal characters have been assailed
by the legislative investigating COM
mittee and more time has been spent
in telling how these men happened to
work for Stephenson than in passing
laws for the state. Nothing new has
been brought out. There was not a
man in the state directly or indirectly
connected with the political parties
but knew during the primary just what
these men were doing. They were get
ting money and if the committee could
remain in session indefinitely there is
little doubt but that four ffths of the
men prominent in the state would be
found to have aided one or the other
candidate for senator. The session of
the legislature will go down in history
as a session where men who went to
Madison sworn friends came away
sworn enemies and in future years it
will be referred to as the graveyard of
political hopes of many man who
might have rendered excellent service
to the state or nation. Instead of de-
claring for a special session the mem
bers of the two houses should get to-
gether and decide to eliminate this bit
ter fractional fighting, get down to
work and close up the business they
were sent to Madison to do before the
summer months are here. A special
session of the legislature means the
foolish expenditure of the people s
money and it would be far better for
the legislators to work a little later in
the summer than to carry anything
over for another year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
CATCH BOLD THIEF &
Police Run Down Man Who Bur-
gIarized Thomey Bros Store
Early Sunday Morning
QUICK WORK BY OFFICERS

Chief O'Hare and the officers under
him did some fine work in running
down burglar who robbed the hard
ware store of Thomey Bros. on How
land avenue early Sunday morning and
one or two more captures of this same
kind will put stop to the work Of the
bold thieves who have been preying
on the city for the past few months.
The man charged with the crime is
George Russell, % years old, who
claims Chicago as his home and who
has been working as farm hand on
the farm of Art Kelly in the town of
Pleasant Prairie. Russell has admitted
that he is the man wanted to the chief
and he will probably go over the road
for long term of years, He will be
given hearing in the Justice Court
Tuesday and unless he expresses a de-
sire to plead guilty will be- bound over
for' trial at the next term of the Cir
cult Court.
According to his own statement Rus
sell entered the Thomey store at about
half past one O clock Sunday morning
but the burglary was not reported to
the police until two in the afternoon
Sunday when one of the proprietors
happened to visit the store and discover
ed the crime. Russell entered the
store by breaking rear window with
a brick bat and helped himself to a
valuable shot gun, revolver and a
quantity of cartridges. He was not
after money apparently and no attempt
was made to force the cash drawer
Russell was in the Thomey store Satur
day and evidently planned the robbery
at that time. Soon after the robbery
was reported the chief got clue which
led him to the Kelly farm and Russell
was caught with some of the missing
cartridges in his pockets.
He at first denied all knowledge of
the crime, but after being questioned
by the chief broke down and showed
him where the rest of his plumber was
hidden in the barn. The gun and re-
volver were identified by the Thomeys
as their property. Russell has moth
ing to say in regard to the case further
than the statement he made to the
chief and does not appear to realize
the seriousness of his situation The
delay in the discovery Of the crime
gave Russell every opportunity to hide
the stolen goods and his prompt cap
ture is a decided feather in the cap of
Chief O Hare.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
THEODORE FREDERICK DEAD
Former Resident of Paris Passes Away
at His Home in Racine Sunday

Theodore Frederick, former old
settler and resident of Paris, Kenosha
county, died Sunday, at his home 1915
Superior street, Racine, aged rs years,
s months and 8 days. Deceased was
born in Germany, and upon coming to
this country settled in Paris, Kenosha
county, where he resided for many
years. There survives a wife, six sons
and five daughters The body will be
taken to his old home in Paris, and
the funeral will take place on Wednes-
day morning at 10 o'clock from the
ST. John s Catholic church Of Paris
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

There is no crime on the calendar so
despicable as kidnapping and the pres
ent laws appear to be entirely made
quate to deal with this offense and to
check the periodic outbreaks Of this
crime. Most Of us at some time or
other in our lives have met with in
stances when we were willing to con-
done offenses against adults, when GER
tain acts that the law classes as crime
seemed almost justifyable and excusa-
BILE, but public sentiment never con-
dones crime Of any nature against a
child and there is a growing feeling
that the death penalty should be en-
forced against kidnapping. Taking all
things into consideration this crime is
as bad as the degrees of murder for
which most states infict the death
penalty and the suffering which it in
flicts on the parents, relatives and
friends Of the kidnapped child is keen
er and more prolonged that the sharp
grief which follows the certain knowl-
edge of the fate of the victim Of muir
der.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

The question of securing increased
hospital accommodations is one that
will have to be given the most serious
consideration by the people of the city
in the very near future and one in
which every citizen of Kenosha, should
take an interest. The present build
ings are too small for the needs of the
city now to say nothing of the rapid
increase in the business Of the institu-
ton that must be taken care of. Some
thing must be done and that soon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
Government Department of Coz.
merce and Labor To Employ
Men en- for Farm Work
70 aN0TIEy3pE EVERY FARMER
Postmaster Win Send Out Application
Cards Tomorrow and it is Expected
= / That the Bureau VIII Prove
Helpful in This County

| Postmaster John B. Maloney as the
representative. of the United States
government, will open a great govern
ment employment agency in Kenosha
county tomorrow when he will send to
every patron of a rural route in his
jurisdiction a card calling attention to
the fact that the United States govern
ment has opened bureau of employ
ment in connection with the department
of commerce and labor and in the
future the farmers of the county will
have chance to empioy help directly
from the government without paying
any fee for the employment of the help.
The government agency is a new thing
just started under the new administra-
ton and it's ministrations are to be ex-
tended to every part of the country
where there is rural route. The cards
sent out by the postmasters this after
noon and which will reach the farmers
tomorrow morning are in the form of an
application for help. They are of the
style known as a Government Return
Card' and no postage is required for
their transmission to Washington. It
is the plan Of the government to use
the agency for the distribution of
aliens who come to the country without
being provided for work. Hundreds of
these people apply for work daily in
Washington and it has occurred to the
department Of commerce and labor that
this will be a good way to solye the
question of securing farm laborers for
the western districts.
The official statement of the matter
is given on then card sent out and
reads as follows:
Department Of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of immigration and
Naturalization
Division of Information
Washington
The Division of Information is
authorized by an act of Congress to
promote a beneficial distribution of ad-
mitted aliens and other persons seeking
employment.
All persons who are unable to secure
necessary help (farm laborers, common
laborers, mechanics, etc) should obtain
an application blank by detaching and
mailing the attached card (Which re-
quires no postage), indicating thereon
the kind of labor needed.
Officers in charge of this work will
exercise every precaution in selecting
suitable men and directing them to des-
tination.
No charge is made, or fee accepted,
either from employer or employee.
T. V. Powderly,
Chief, Division Of Information.
It is thought that the new bureau
will be largely used by farmers of Ke-
nosha county as for years these people
have had great deal of trouble in
securing men to work on the farms It
is almost impossible to employ farm
laborers in this section and the men
employed often prove Of little value.
In addition to this many Of the farm
ers Of this and surrounding counties
are Of foreign birth and it would be
an easy matter for them to handle the
alien workers.
The local post office Will have moth
ing to do with the plan more than send
ing out the blanks for application and
after these are sent out the farmers
will make their applications directly to
Washington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

There is growing feeling in many
sections of the country that perhaps
a curb on congressional expenditures is
needed more than an increased revenue
and this feeling is going to, make
trouble for some of the members from
the western states in the future
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

Incidentally, the Kenosha Humane
Society is still collecting funds for the
spring campaign and there is no limit
on the amount you can contribute to
the fund.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

If the. legislature disposed of all
bills with as much ease as they did the
Kenosha Municipal Court bill the ses-
sion would have been matter of his
tory month ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

President Taft has not as yet got
the message fever. Just think Of
Roosevelt ever sending a message Of
only $50 words to the two houses of
Congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

With lunch wagon and the Saliva
ton Army both holding out at the
corner of Main and Wisconsin street
the street will be practically closed to
all other sorts Of business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

There is only one thing upon which
all the men who have made study of
the new tariff bill are agreed and that
is that the New England states have
been pretty well taken care of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

The walking delegate must be get
ting in his work among the milk pro-
ducers just at present, but just wait
until the International" leyies an as
sessment to pay strike benefits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

The agents of the Fred M. Prescott
Company were here from Milwaukee
today to complete arrangements for the
beginning Of the work of installing the
new pump at the water plant. It is
planned to have the work completed
IN 80 days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25
MRS. R. B. WHITAKER DEAD
Widow Of Kenosha Pioneer Died Today
in Rogers Park
(From Tuesdays Daily

Mrs. Frances Bell Whitaker, widow
of the late Robert B. Whitaker and one
of the best known of the pioneer WON
en- of Kenosha, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. G. II. Leach, at Rogers
Park at noon today. Death came as a
result of an attack of paralysis due to
advanced age. The condition of Mrs.
Whitaker had been critical for several
days and the announcement of her
death was not entirely unexpected to
her friends and relatives The deceas-
ed was a daughter Of the late Thomas
Bell and was born in England. She
came to this city when child and had
resided here until some three years ago
when she went to Rogers Park to make
her home with her daughter. She is
survived by three children, R. S. Whit
aker, Thomas B. Whitaker, both of Ke-
nosha, and Mrs. G. Fl. Leach of Rogers
Park. The remains will be brought to
Kenosha and taken to the home Of r.
S. Whitaker on Park avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

May 7th has been set as the day
for the adjournment Of the legislature.
It might be well to have it proclaimed
as a holiday for a state thanksgiving
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

The officers Of the town Of Mt. Pleas
ant in Racine county, are up in arms
against the automobile speeders and
prosecutions for violations of the speed
laws promise to be numerous in the
near future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-03-25

William Cober spent Sunday in Chi
cago.