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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
Baggage Car of the ''Great
Divide" Company Looted
By Clever Thieves
VALUABLE PROPERTIES GONE

Members of 'FThe Great Divide"
Company which played at the Rhode
Opera House here last night were the
victims of mysterious robbery and
police officials all the way from Bloom
ington, Ill, to Kenosha are making an
effort to solve the mystery of the
crime. When the company's special
baggage car reached Kenosha just af-
ter seven O'Clock Sunday morning it
was found that it had been enterer by
thieves and quite a lot of things had
been taken from the car. The trunks
were carried in the car and these
trunks had been broken open. The
wardrobes Of the women had been
scattered about the floor of the car
and it is evident that the thieves had
searched every portion of the trunks
with view of finding something of
value. The company carried among
other properties several very fine rifles
and these were missing as were num-
Der Of Navajo blankets which were
considered of great value, The rob
berry was reported to the officials of
the railway company as soon as the
car was opened in Kenosha and detec-
tives of the company were put to work
all along the line in an effort to cause
the arrest Of the guilty parties. The
car had been attached to the Chicago
train at Bloomington at two CLOCK
Sunday morning and at that time all
the entrances to it were securely lock-
ed. They seemed to be locked in the
same manner when the car reached Ke-
nosha. It is thought possible that
the thief concealed himself in the car
when it was being loaded and that the
robbery was committed during the
time it was in transit. The loss to
the members of the company as a re-
suit of the visit of the thieves was
considerable and there was scram-
BILE for new properties after the com
pany reached Kenosha.
The police here are convinced that
the robbery was committed before the
car reached Kenosha and that local
thieves had nothing to do with the
crime.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
TWoMBA IN JAIL
italian Who Served Time at Green Bay
Picked Up by the Police Sunday

Dominick Twomba, Kenosha Ital-
ian who recently served term in the
state reformatory at Green Bay, ap-
peared as defendant in the NUM-
cipal court this morning and paid
fine of dollar and costs on charges
of disturbance. The trouble all came
up over a bicycle and an Italian wom-
an residing on the west side of the
city made the complaint against
Twomba. She asserted that he de-
clared that he would make as many
slashes in her face as there were pune
lures in his bicycle tire which had dis
appeared from the house where the
woman lived. There was no evidence
to sustain the statement and the
Italian was released on the minimum
fine. He has borne an excellent repu-
tation since his return from Green Bay.
He paid the fine and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
Railroads in Eastern Belt
Serve Notice That Increase
Will Be Made in July
MANUFACTURERS FILE PROTEST

Railroads east of Chicago have decid-
ed to increase all the class freight rates
the increases ranging from 10 to 20 per
cent, the new rates to become effective
about July. Is.
Similar advances will be made in
many of the commodity rates, which
are special rates applied to shipments
in large quantities. On these the adj
vance will not be general, but will be
in the nature of REIMBURSEMENT. On
many articles, such as coal and ore,
the railroad officials say that probably
no advance will be made,
Immediate steps were taken by Chi
cago to look into the matter and to
make hasty preparations to begin a
vigorous fight to prevent the proposed
increases, which will mean such a ire
mendous added transportation burden
that the leading shippers about Chicago
were stunned by the news. The origi-
nal plan for the increases in class rates
which was finally abandoned more than
a year ago contemplated an increase
Of about 10 per cent.
The present class rates between
Chicago and New York, together with
the proposed classed rates, are as
fo1lowS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
MARRIED AT POND DU LAC
Joseph Lindl and Miss Clara Guelig
Wed This Morning

A wedding of considerable interest
to Kenosha people was celebrated at
st. Mary's church at Fond du Lac this
morning when Miss Clara Guelig, one
OF the best known young women of
Fond du Lac, was united in marriage
to Joseph Lindl, the well known Keno
sha architect. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father Woelf
fng, pastor of the church in the pres
enee of a large number of invited
guests a number going up from Keno
sha to attend the wedding. The
bride was attended by her sister Miss
Rose Guelig as maid of honor and John
B. Lindl, brother of the groom, was
the best man. After the service at
the church wedding breakfast was
served at the home of the bride after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Lindl left for a
short wedding trip. They will come to
Kenosha to make their home and will be
at home to their friends at SOB Ash
land avenue after June first Many
friends of the bride and groom in
Kenosha will be pleased to extend
hearty congratulations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
NEW PLAN TO Be WORKED OUT.
Suggestions of National Organization
Will Meet Support Among the Mem
bers of the Kenosha Manufacturers
Association.

Kenosha members of the National
Association of Manufacturers will with
other members of the association in
this country endeavor to have uni
form system of workmen IS compensa-
ton. This plan has been practically
decided upon because of the action of
the International Harvester Company
of Chicago and of the J. I. Case
Threshing Machine company of Ra-
cine in adopting system of industrial
insurance among their employees. The
systems adopted by both of these cor
porations are about the same. 1t is
planned to have uniform system of
workmen s compensation introduced in
every state Legislature in the country.
Every member of every state legis-
lature in the country has been inter
viewed on the subject by the manu-
facturers, who have received more
than 10000 replies to their inquiries.
From statistics gathered throughout
the United States the manufacturers
say that 100000 persons suffer from
accidents each year and the economic
loss is estimated at $250,000,O00 annu-
ally. At least one-half of the acct
dents are considered preventable and
that is one of the subjects which will
engage the attention of the 5000 mem
bers of the National Association of
Manufacturers when they meet in
annual session in New York next Mon
day.
The manufacturers contemplate send
ing commission to Europe to study
the systems adopted for the prevention
of accidents with the idea of applying
them here or improving on them.
They have engaged Professor Frederic
Remsen Hutton of the American Muse
UNI of Safety and Miles M. Dawson.
who has studied the subject Of acct
dent prevention in European countries
for the RUSSELL Sage Foundation, to
address the convention and give the re-
suits of their investigations.
Nearly all of the largest manufac-
turers in Kenosha are members of the
national association.
A canvass of $4,000 employers in
the United States, made by commit
tee of which T. G. Sehwedtman of st.
Louis, is chairman, has shown that 80
per cent of the employees favor a con-
structive progressive policy of deal
ing with the subject of industrial acct
dents and workmen's indemnity.
Laws looking toward the prevention
of accidents as we'll as providing com
pensation for injured workmen will be
urged at the convention of manufac-
tuners. In a number of European
countries museums of safety have been.
established under government supervi-
sion and the manufacturers aim at hav-
ing some such machinery created in
the United States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

MANY STUDY JOURNALISM
School for Journalism at the University
of wisconsin Has Many Students

School for Journalism at the University
of wisconsin Has Many Students
That 102 students have enrolled in
the course in journalism at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin this year in addition
to 90 in the course of agricultural
journalism, is shown by the new bull
letin now in press. This is 3 total of
12S students who are preparing for
newspaper work and trade journalism
this year at the state university.
In the course of journalism thirty
four freshmen began the work this
year, coming from fifteen states, in
Gliding New York, New Jersey, Texas,
Pennsylvania, Colorado, Montana, Ok
lahoma, South Dakota, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Illinois, Washington, Minneso-
ia and Wisconsin. The other states
represented by the students in the
course are Michigan, Missouri, Ohio,
Nebraska, New Mexico, and Kentucky,
together with Mexico. Thus twenty
one states and one foreign country are
represented in the course.
There are three graduate students,
including the alumni fellow in iourn-
alism. Of the others twenty-six are
seniors, seventeen juniors, and twenty
two sophomores.
The students in agricultural iourn-
alism number twentysix, of whom
three are from Illinois, two from New
York, one from Missouri, and twenty
from Wisconsin. There are two grad
uate students, ten seniors, nine juniors,
and four freshmen, together with one
student in home economics.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1910.

1 am speaking Of civilization in
which a high material development in
the things of the body shall be achiev-
ed without subordination of the things
of the soul; in which there shall be a
genuine desire for peace and justice
without loss Of those virile qualities
without which no love of peace or JUS
tice shall avail any race; in which the
fullest development of scientific re-
search, the great distinguishing feature
of our present civilization, shall yet not
imply a belief that intellect can ever
take the place of character-for, from
the standpoint Of the nation as of the
individual, it is character that is the
one vital possession.
Finally, this world movement Of
civilization, this movement which is
now felt throbbing in every corner of
the globe, should bind the nations of
the world together while yet leaving I'M
impaired that love of country in the
individual citizen which in the present
stage Of the worlds progress is essen
tial to the world s well being.
Each people can do justice to itself
only if it does justice to others, but
each people can do it's part in the
world movement for all only if it first
does it's duty within its own household.
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
AFTER MILK DEALERS
City to Make Arrest of Dealers Who
Fail to Pay License Demanded

City Treasurer Steinmetz is having
his annual troubles making an effort
to collect the milk licenses due the
city. Of the forty. retail dealers in
milk in the city but thirteen have
taken out licenses and persistent calls
for the payment of the licenses seem
to have no effect on the dealers. The
licenses should have been taken out
the first of May and under the city
ordinance the city may stop all deal
ers not licensed from engaging in bust
ness. 1t is declared that step will
be taken at once and that no further
warning will be given to the milk
dealers. The milk dealers have al
ways been slow to pay the licenses,
but this year smaller number have
paid than in former years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

ing of river dredgings at point with
in thousand feet of some of the in
takes of the water supply. Fifty
three cities in the four states border
ing on Lake Michigan have banded
together in an organization known as
the Lake Michigan Sanitary Assoeia-
ton for the purpose of correcting this
and other evils having direct bearing
on the pollution of the waters of the
Great Lakes.
The protest of the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce will be taken up by
the citizens of all the ffty-three cities
including Kenosha, represented in the
sanitary association and the senators
at Washington viii be flooded with
kilograms of protest as long as there
is a possibility of defeating the senate
amendment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

1t was stated at the last meeting
of the common council that the cost
to the city of putting it's wires under
ground in the territory covered by the
underground wire ordinance now under
consideration in that body would be
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
the point was made that the city is
in no condition financially at this time
to undertake any such expensive i'm
provement work. The members of the
committee on judiciary, however, were
not satisfied with this estimate of the
cost to the city of the part of the
work which it is desirable should be
done at this time and they went to
work and secured estimates which place
the outside cost of this work with
some betterments such as additional
manhOles and cement covering for
the conduits at only little over
$1,000 instead of $4,000 as stated to
the council. 1t is plain on the face
of these estimates that there is some
thing radically wrong somewhere and
it is UP to the members of the coun-
Gil to find out where it is. Either
there is some tall blufing going on for
the purpose of deceiving the members
OF the council whose connections with
the public service corporations are not
so close as to prevent them voting for
an ordinance which would make start
on the work Of putting the wires under
ground or the officials who presented
these estimates to the council have
themselves been deceived. In either
case the council ought to know it, 1t
is time that start was made ON get
ting the wires under ground in Keno
sha' Every progressive city in the
country is burying its wires or work
ing in that direction and Kenosha
should not fall behind. Tt will of
course take a long period of years to
eliminate all of the overhead wires
and nobody wants to impose any hard
ships on the public service corpora
lions in this matter but an ordinance
which only proposes to cover very
limited territory and gives the com
panies four years in which to do the
work can hardly be considered unrea-
sonable. A start will have to be
made sometime on this work and it
had better be made now than later.
We are going ahead rapidly with paw
ing work in all sections and every
yard of paving put down adds to the
difficulty OF burying the wires.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

1t should be understood that the
question raised as to the right of M.
p. Kleist to serve as member of
the Kenosha board of assessors does
not reflect upon his ability or integrity
in any way. There is no politics and
no personal feeling in the matter at
ALL AS far as we know no complaints
on the manner in which his share of
the work of making the assessment has
been done have ever been made and
the question of his right to serve does
not arise from anything in connection
with the duties of the position. The
question hinges on whether or not
Kleist is at this time a citizen of Ike
nosha and was brought up by the other
assessors for the very good reason that
they do not care to go ahead and made
an assessment which may be over
thrown later by any taxpayer who
successfully attacks the right of any
member of the board of assessors to
serve in that capacity. For every rea-
son it would be we'll to have this mat
ter definitely settled before Assessor
Kleist does any work on the assess
ment. If he is allowed to go ahead
and serve and it is found later that
he had no right to do so another assess
ment will undoubtedly be ordered by
the courts and the work will all have
to be done over again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
STEIN FINISHES SIXTH
Kenosha Runner Wins Trophy in Chi
cago Road Race on Saturday

Frank Stein of the Kenosha Y. NJ.
@. A. and winner of one of the
trophies in the Evening News Road
Race on last Thanksgiving day, won
sixth place in the annual five mile road
race under the auspices of the Illinois
Athletic Club in Chicago on Saturday
afternoon. Stein made particularly
good showing and was the only man
from outside of Chicago to get one of
the handsome trophies. Armour of
Chicago finished first in the race and
Stein, the only Kenosha entry was only
a short distance behind him, Stein
showed great speed for a man who had
been in training for only short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
A. E. sURERUs DEAD
Well Known Foreman of Jeffrey Plant
Died at His Home Saturday

Addison Frederick Surerus one of
the best known foremen of the plant
of Thomas B. Jeffrey and Company,
died at his residence on Maplewood
avenue Saturday afternoon after two
weeks illness from heart disease. The
announcement of the death of Mr..
Surerus came as a great shock to his
close friends as few of them had known
that his condition was regarded as
critical. The deceased was AZ years
of age. He was a son of Rees Sure
rus of this city and was born in Can
ada February -, 1868. He had iv-
ed in this country for many years and
had resided in Kenosha for about ten
years. He is survived by widow
and three children. Mr.. Surerus was
member of the Masonic order and of
the Kenosha Commandery of the
knights Templar.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
BODY Is EMBALMED

The body of c. S. Rao, the supposed
East India prince who died suddenly
at Elgin last week, has been embalm-
ed and will be held for two months
for purposes of Identification. At the
end of that time it will be inferred
in the potter's field unless relatives
are found. Leon Morris, who was
associated with Rao in the management
of the Leon Morris Society Circus, an
animal show, said Rao often referred
to a "rajah' uncle, but never men
toned his name and was uncommuni-
cative when questioned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
RIGGIO IS GIVEN THREE YEARS
Former Kenosha Italian With Alleged
Black Hand Relations Goes to
the State Prison for Long Term on
Assault Charge.

Giuseppe Riggio, former Kenosha
Italian tried in Milwaukee and con-
victed on charges of assault with in
tent to do great bodily harm to An
tonic Pollinzi, a Milwaukee Italian,
was sentenced to term of three
years at hard labor in the state prison
at Waupun by Judge Brace in the
district court of Milwaukee county on
Saturday afternoon. The sentence
was imposed after Judge Brace had
denied the Italian a new trial in the
case. Riggio was the man who was
alleged to have been connected with a
Black Hand organization, but the judge
made no reference to this phase Of the
case. Riggio was taken to Waupun
this morning and it is said that he
will serve his sentence without MAX
ing any effort to secure his release.
District Attorney Carl Muskat of
Milwaukee county has declare that he
will continue his Investigations into
the alleged existence of the Black
Hand in Milwaukee and in Wisconsin
and in order to get at the facts he
will invite District Attorney r. v.
Baker of this county and the district
attorney of Racine county to aid him
in the search for facts. The Mil
waukee man is planning to make an ex-
animation into large number of cases
in which Italians were the defendants,
both in Milwaukee and Kenosha coun-
ties. 1t is alleged that officials of
Waupun prison have been, advised of
some very interesting facts in regard
to an organization among the Italians
in Wisconsin and an effort will be
made to get this evidence from these
men. Kenosha county has been re-
peatedly held up as the central organi-
zation among the Italians but this fact
is denied by the police of the city who
declare that they have looked into the
matter and that they have not been
able to find any trace of the organiza-
ton here.
One Of the officials of the state pri-
son in Kenosha Friday night when ask
ed in regard to the alleged existence
of the Black Hand in Kenosha said:
81 do not know what they call it or
the methods of its, work, but there is
no doubt but that there is an organi-
tion among italian criminals in Wis
consin. We have repeatedly found
traces of this organization among the
men at Waupun. When Italians are
paroled we make an effort to keep
them apart and in this manner we hope
to break up the organization. It is
a hard matter to get the real facts in
regard to the organization as the
Italians even after they are promised
their liberty still refuse to give out
any facts in regard to the organiza-
tion. They insist that they know
nothing but many of them declare that
such an organization is in existence.
Even in prison these men hang to-
gether and it is very seldom that we
are able to get any facts in regard to
Italian criminals from fellow country
men even if they are incarcerated in
the same prison.
District Attorney Muskat has not
fully worked out the plans for the in
vestigation, but it may take the form
of a special grand jury investigation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19
COST TO CITY $1,000
Committee Gets Figures on Placing the
City Wires Under Ground

The committee of judiciary of the
common council has secured estimates
Of the cost to the city of placing under
ground the wires of the city in connec-
zion with the plan to place all wires
under ground in the down town district
and on Ashland avenue 1t had been
stated at the last meeting of the coun-
ell that the cost of this work would
be in the neighborhood of $4,000 and
the committee had its breath taken
away when the figures showed that
the cost was estimated at $770. This
includes the conduits for $500 feet
and the installation of them includino
the building of eight manholes. The
committee is of the opinion that a
greater number of manholes should be
put in and they believe that the con
duits should be covered with cement
and it is estimated that the work could
be done with these changes for 81, 200.
Just where the former figures were re-
ceiVed is not announced The commit
tee win make a report to the council
on next Monday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

There was a quiet little wedding at
the manse of the First Congregational
church ON Saturday afternoon, the
contracting parties being Miss Mary
9. Matson and Gezer L. King both
Of Chicago. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. E. t. Farrill. I'm
mediately after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. King left for New York City
where they will make their home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

The fire department was called out
just before midnight Sunday on ac-
count of a fire in an old hut on the
lake shore just south of the summer
home. The hut which was at one
time used as club house by one of
the gun clubs in the city was complete
ly destroyed. 1t is supposed that the
fire was started by boys smoking in
the hut.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

The funeral of the late Martin Burke
was held from St. James church on
Sunday afternoon. The services were
largely attended and a large cor
tege followed the remains to their
last resting place in the St. James
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

Fire broke out in the barn of H. J.
Weinheimer on Congress street on Sun
day afternoon and the department was
called out to quench the flames. The
loss was very small. It is not known
how the fire originated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

The members of the high school COM
mittee of the board of education are
being hombarded with applications for
the position of principal of the high
school to succeed W. Z, Hooking. It
is probable that the committee will
hold its report until the next regular
meeting of the board
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

Manager Breen has booked the
Gunthers of Chicago to appear in Ke-
nosha on Wednesday June Sth, the
day of the big Woodman picnic.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

The police of the city were asked
on Sunday to search for Margaret
Hellmann, sixteen year old Racine
girl, Late in the afternoon she was
located at the home of friends in Ra-
cine.