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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
FINES AND COSTS ARE PAID
McLaren Cheese Company Decides to
Take the Matter Up With the Gov
eminent Authorities at Washington
and Appeal is Dismissed.

The State Pure Food Commission
won bloodless victory against
boracic acid in the Kenosha circuit
court Tuesday morning when the case
which had been started to test the
right of merchants to sell McLaren S
cheese in this state was dismissed and
the costs assessed against the defen-
dants in the case. The case had been
planned as a test for the pure food
laws in Wisconsin in regard to the
use of boracic acid as preservation for
cheese of the nature sold. The Nc
Laren Company had admitted in the
lower court that a quantity of borates
had been used for the preservation of
the samples of the cheese on which the
arrest was based but it was stated at
the time that the company also put
out cheese under the same package
in which the preservative had not
been used. Several Of the leading
merchants of the city were arrested
in the early part of last summer by
Pure Food Commissioners Scott and
Kluender on charge of selling the
| cheese and at the time the case was
| tried in the municipal. court the Nc
Laren company put up q great defense
alleging that the attorneys for the
company would attack the right of
the Wisconsin Pure Commission to de-
clare the preseryative as harmful.
The merchants arrested were not
financially interested in ne case as the
entire defense had been taken up by
the McLaren Company and with the
conviction Of the merchants in the low
er court the attorneys for the cheese
company. at once filed an appeal to
the circuit court and the case was to
have been tried at this term. When
the matter was called this morning the
local men appeared and asked that the
appeal be dismissed with the under
standing that the manufacturers of
the cheese would pay the costs of the
appeal and the fines assessed against
the merchants in the lower court It
was stated in the action that the De-
troit Cheese Company had taken the
fight up in Washington and that de-
cision from the national government
was expected within short time and
that this decision will necessarily gov
ern the action Of the state commissions
in ruling against the sale of the
product
The action Of the cheese men in set
thing the case came as disappoint-
ment to merchants in Wisconsin as
they had hoped that the matter would
be taken to the supreme court and a
decision secured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
ATHLETES HOLD HIGH CARNIVAL
Basket Ball, Wrestling Match and In
door Base Bali Games Tuesday Night

Athletes of the city held high carni
val at the Auditorium on Tuesday
evening and there were contests enough
to satisfy a good deal larger crowd
than was in attendance. The sport
for the evening opened with basket
ball game between the Midgets of the
Kenosha Y. NJ G. A and the Racine
Triangle team which was won by the
local team by score of II to 10.
Then followed second game between
the Cardinals of Kenosha and the Zion
City team in which the Cardinals
smothered the visitors to the tune of
1T to z. The third number on the
program was wrestling bout between
Herman Pierson and Halvor Anderson
which ended in a draw after fifteen
minutes on the mat. The sport for
the evening closed with an indoor base
ball game between the Southports and
the Broadways which ended in tie
score of Z to Z.
The support given the sports was
a disappointment and it is probable
that this will be the last of the pro-
posed series.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
Government to Place Ma
chinesin POstOffices to Take
Place of Stamp Clerks
kEN0sHA MAY GET ONE

According to an announcement just
made in one of the bulletins issued by
the postal department the government
has put the seal of approval on ma
chimes from which one can make pur-
chases.
The bulletin states that the govern
ment will now issue stamps in rolls of
500 and 900 each. The rolls will be
made in two ways, one of which will
have the stamps end to end, and the
other will have them lengthwise, there
being perforation between the stamps
and permitting of them being pulled
out and sold one at time or in lots.
Another announcement is also made
in the bulletin, this being to the effect
that persons purchasing stamped paper
at the postofice and destroying it by
misdirecting or otherwise before the
stamp is cancelled may redeem it at
the window. On envelopes and wrap
pers the face value of the stamps on
the printed matter will be allowed for
that destroyed while on postal ears rs
per cent of the face value will be re-
turned
The department is full of new
wrinkles now and announcements were
galore in the recently issued bulletin.
Another is that hereafter postal cards
may be purchased in sheets of sixty,
five wide and twelve deep, this making
a sheet 2715 by 391a inches. This is
done TO accommodate printers who get
orders for large lots of cards from
manufacturing companies who use them
for statements of dues, and also notice
cards for the coming of commercial
men. The sheets will allow of the en-
tire sixty being printed at once, and
then they may be cut to the regular
size by the printer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
SEARCH COVERS MANY YEARS
Four Children From Kenosha Left in
the Home of the Friendless in 1881
Have Never Been Reunited and
Search Made for One.

Mrs. Z. Black of San Francisco, the
wife of William Black, who was a
son of an old resident of Kenosha, is
making an effort to get some trace of
Frank Black, the brother of her hus,
band who has been missing for many
years and there is an unusual story
connected with the search that is being
made for the whereabouts of the man.
Black is little over thirty years of
age and the search for him has been
carried on for several years without
success.
In the late seventies and the early
eighties the Black family resided in
Kenosha and early in 1881 the father
of Black deserted his wife and she be-
ing unable to provide for the support
of the children took them to Chicago
and placed them in the keeping Of a
home for friendless children. The
children were Mary, Rosa, William and
Frank and one by one they left the
Chicago institution and found homes
in various places. Mary and Rosa
are known to be dead and the younger
brother, William, went west and is now
very i'll at his home in San Francisco.
The records of the home of the friend
less show that the children came from
Kenosha, but they contain no record of
the final destination of any of them.
Since he attained his majority William
Black and his wife have been seeking
TO reunite the members of the family.
They foura the tEo daughters years
ago, and since that time both have
died, but absolutely no trace was ever
found Of Frank Black or the father
who is alleged to have deserted at
Kenosha. 1t is supposed that the
mother of the children left Kenosha
shortly after they were placed in the
home of the friendless and all trace
of her was lost.
At the present time there is not a
single family by the name of Black
residing in Kenosha and the examina-
ton of city directories for years back
fails to reveal the name. The name of
James Black appears in one of the first
directories issued in the city and it is
supposed that he was the father who
is alleged to have deserted the mother
and the four children.
AS William Black is now near to
death his search for his missing broth
er is pathetic one and any one in
Kenosha knowing of the whereabouts
of the missing man should communi-
cate with him at 1924 Jackson street,
San Francisco
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
INSPECTOR INVESTIGATES CASE
Declares That He Believes That Men
tai Condition of Huck Should be
Examined Into and That Change
Would Aid Him.

Ralph Bird, postofice inspector for
this district who has been in Kenosha
for the past three days looking into
the letters written by Eugene Huck to
Kenosha business men and sent through
the Kenosha postofice, returned to
Milwaukee Tuesday and it is settled
that the United States government will
not take any action in the matter at
this time. Inspector Bird held sew
eral conferences with Huck at the
county jail and after these conferences
he declared to the men interested in
the case that he did not believe that
the case was one for the government
to act on. After his investigation
the inspector seemed to be of the
opinion that there was strong posi-
bility that Huck would be held as men,
tally not responsible for sending the
letters through the mails. In his talk
with Huck he urged him to leave Ke-
nosha and go to some other part of
the country and start life over and it
is possible that the former Kenosha
shoe dealer will take this step when
he has served his term in the county
Jail.
The letters which caused the COM
plant to be made to the government
officials were sent from Burlington and
addressed to Joseph A. Pitts of this
city. After the reception of the let
ter on which the particular complaint
was based Huck went to the Pitts
store and the two men engaged in a
personal encounter which resulted in
the arrest Of Huck on charge of as
sault. He was convicted of the charge
and was sentenced to a long term in
the county Jail. Huck has been a
model\prisoner at the Jail and has not
made any special effort to get out Of
serving his sentence.
1t is declared that Huck also wrote
letters of a threatening nature to Dis
trict Attorney R. V. Baker, but none
of these letters has been brought into
court and the district attorney has TAX
EN- no steps to prosecute Huck.
At one time an investigation was
made into the mental condition of
Huck and at that time the examining
physicians reported him sane and he
was discharged.
It is probable that the relatives of
Huck will seek to have him go to some
other city or state and that all charges
against him will be dropped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
TWENTY NEEDED IN KENOSHA
Examination Will be Held at the Cen
trail School on Next Saturday Morn
ing and All Are Expected to Pass
the Tests

There will be no lack Of material
from which to select census enumera-
tors to have charge of the work OF
collecting data for the census in Ke-
nosha county as when ID. Elmer Roberts
of Racine, the supervisor of the cen
sus closed up the list of appliea-
tions at his Office in Racine Tuesday
morning he had received forty-four ap-
plications from Kenosha county. vi
the number the large majority are men
but there are few women in the list.
The examination of the applicants will
be held at the Central school building
on next Saturday morning and it will
be in charge of Carl Maagaard, secre-
tary of the civil service commission for
this county. The test will not be a
difficult one and it is expected that all
of the applicants will pass the test
and that many of them will get posi-
tions during the work of taking the
census.
While the number of applicants in
this county is decidedly large it is
stated that in other counties of the
state there have been but few appli-
cants and for this reason it is probable
that a place will be found for all of
the Keposha county applicants who
pass the examination. At least six
teen men and women will be employed
in taking the census in Kenosha county
as there will be an enumerator ned
for each of the towns of the ty
ard probably for each of the Is
in the city. In addition to Sc
workers others will be needed to cake
up special lines of work, There is a
lot of statistics to be gathered in re-
gard to the various industries in the
city and in addition to this there will
be general statistics and statistics of
an educational line
Supervisor Roberts has sent out the
word that the test held on Saturday
will be one particularly along the lines
of the work demanded of the census
takers and no difficult questions will
be asked.
The supervisor is not forced to fol-
low the grades given in making his
appointment Of enumerators but the
grades made will largely affect the
standing of the applicant, After the
work in Kenosha county is completed
The enumerators used here should they
prove themselves to be profcicn in
the work may be sent to other places
in this and other states. IL some
of the cities there have been practical
ly no applications for positions as
enumerators and the great army of men
and women who are to take the census
in the larger cities will probably be
secured from the smaller towns and
cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
TROLLEY LINES GETTING BUSY
Modern Cars Ordered for Summer Traf-
fc on Half Hour Schedule

An unusually busy season is being
anticipated by the Chicago and Mil
waukee electric line next summer,
plans and preparations for construction
work having already been made. An
order for twenty-seven new cars, of the
most modern design has been sent in
to the American Car and Foundry Co.,
at st. Louis, the contract STIMULATING
that the first of them be finished by
March, and that all the new rolling
stock be delivered by the twenty-ffth
The new cars will be twelve feet
longer than the ones now in use, meas
uring 62 feet in length, from coupling
to coupling. They will be finely up
holstered, and Will have several con-
veniences for the passengers, which the
present cars lack. With the opproach
of warm weather, and consequent in
crease of travel, the half hour
schedules will also go into effect. The
large bridge which spans Root river
at the five mile road will also be re-
built, having been only put up for
temporary use. In its place long
iron structure of the cantilever type
will supplant it. Material for the
new bridge is expected in few days,
and as soon as the ice, with which the
river is now covered, breaks up and
floats away the work will commence on
the new trestle work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
REACH NO VERDICT
Jury in Rose Case Disagree After
Considering the Case "a Hours

Jury in Rose Case Disagree After
Considering the Case "a Hours
The jury which heard the evidence
in the case of the State VS.. Charles
Rose, who is charged with having as,
saulted Ernhert Kline, finally disagreed
notwithstanding the fact that it had
been out for more than twenty four
hours. All night long the jury
wrangled over the case and this
morning the twelve men worn out by
the night of argument came into court
and the judge again read the instrue-
tions to them. At that time some of
the members of the jury declared that
they could not reach an agreement
while others thought that the re-read-
ing of the instructions might make a
verdict possible and the judge sent
them back to the jury room.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
Prof. Donley of indianapolis
Presides at Dedication at
German Luth., Church
VARIED PROGRAM IS GIVEN

The formal dedication of the new
organ at the German Lutheran church
took place at the church on Tuesday
evening and large crowd including
many of the best known musicians of
the city gathered at the church to lis
ten to a program given by Prof. w
II. Donley, a concert organist formerly
of London but now Of Indianapolis,
Ind. The organ is one of the best
ever placed in any of the Kenosha
churches and it showed at its best
under the masterful playing of Prof
Donley. The church was filed with
people for the recital and the program
was varied one, bringing out all of
the best features of the organ as well
as showing the great skill of Prof.
Donley.
Few men have ever appeared in Ke-
nosha who showed such a mastery of
the organ as Prof. Donley and the
people who were privileged to hear the
recital on Tuesday evening are high
in their praise of the splendid program
rendered.
The program of the recital was as
as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
TO GO TO ASYLUM
George Carter to be Examined in the
County Court for Sanity

A formal petition has been fled in
the county court asking for an exami-
nation into the mental condition OF
George Carter man who is now in
the county jail. Carter is the man
who alleged on Tuesday that he was
sent to Kenosha by the Waukegan Of
fcials but this morning his condition
was such that he was not able to give
his name to the county agent and he
could not tell anything of his former
life. The condition of the man is
such that the county agent declared
that it would be impossible to send
him to Waukegan or any other place.
It is thought that the man is native
of New York. He will probably be
sent to the state hospital at Mendoza
as charge on the state
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
FRATERNITIES IN ROW
Investigation Into Mortality Tables OF
Organizations is Cause of a Row

The investigation into the fraternal
mortality tables fathered by the AS
ISOLATED Fraternities Of America, has
developed the antagonism between that
organization and the National Frater-
nal Congress.
Several of the actuaries appointed to
make the investigation resigned until
they were assured that no attack upon
the National Fraternal Congress table
of mortality was intended and that
their investigation and deductions
should in no way be influenced by the
Associated Fraternities. The commit
tee which appointed the actuaries to
make the investigation has made q
similar statement, giving assurances
that its sole purpose was to ATTAIN
adequate data to be submitted to the
actuaries for expert treatment; accord.
ing to their combined wisdom, and that
there was no intention on the part of
OhC NO4u1IAbtCCc w HIdhG oil dBBdCh I'D
on any table of mortality or to do any
thing that would be antagonistic to
the interests Of the societies which had
adopted any mortality table as basis
for their rates of contrib button.
On their part the actuaries them
selves signed a paper declaring their
opinion to be that no rates of contri-
button lower than those deduced from
the National Fraternal congress table
Of mortality with per cent assump-
ton, would be adequate for societies
their business, while four
Of the actuaries held that no rates of
contribution for new business should
be lower than these.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
RENEW THE SEARCH
Officials Making New Effort to Find
Some Trace of Jorgen Fredsen

notwithstanding the fact that Jor-
gen Fredsen has been missing for
more than three weeks no solution has
been found for the mystery attending
his disappearance and the friends of
the old man are urging the officials
of this and other counties to renew
the search for him with vigor Rela-
tives of Fredsen have been looking
about the county for traces of the miss
ing man but absolutely nothing has
been found. It is thought possible
that some trace of the old man may
be found when the snow goes off but
his relatives are still hoping that he
lis alive and that something may be
brought to light which will reveal his
present whereabouts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
ELKs POOL TOURNAMENT

The following are the results of the
games played Tuesday in the Elks
tournament now running at the club
rooms; A. E. ole (4O) defeated A.
Fisher (65) by score of 40 to 5; G.
e. Randall (4O) defeated A. H. French
(65) by a scor eof 40 to 81; Kalten-
bach (50) defeated Morse (75) by a
score of so to 40 P Frederick (9o)
defeated L. R. Head (4o) by score
of 90 to 3S; f. Sullivan (75) defeated
s. Simmons (7O) by score of IS to
to 40; G. H. Lindow (SO) defeated VIM.
Gunter (S0( by score of 50 to II.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
MINE DISASTERS GROW
Bodies Being Removed From brakes
boro, Primo and Cherry Mines Today

Drakesboro, KY, Feb. 2-The num-
Der of dead in the Browder mine is
now estimated at sixty. Thirty-three
bodies have already been removed.
Primo, Col, Feb. 2-Sixty bodies
have been removed from the mine here
up to noon today and the work of
searching for the dead is still being
continued.
Cherry, ILL.,, Feb. 2-The body of one
man and the carcasses of sixty mules
were found in the Cherry mine today.
The searchers have not as yet reached
the other bodies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
ATTENTION G. A. r.

At our next regular meeting to be
held Monday evening, February 7th,
the department commander and staff
viii visit the post. All comrades are
requested to make special effort to
be present. A smoker and good
time is expected. All come, BY
order of G. E. Likes, Comdr., J. Cos
hun, adjt. --dwf5
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
MRS. ALFRED soDERMAN DEAD
Well Known Young Matron of the
West Side Died on Wednesday

Mrs. Alfred Soderman, a we'll known
young matron of the west side of the
city died at the family residence, 102
North Ridge street just after six
o'clock Wednesday after short i'll
ness from tuberculosis. The deceased
had been taken i'll only a few weeks
ago and the disease developed very
rapidly. Mrs. Soderman had resided
in Kenosha for number of years and
had many friends in the city to whom
the announcement of her death will
come as personal sorrow A hus-
band and several small children sur
vive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03
Racine is making an. awful kick an

Racine is making an. awful kick and
proposes to investigate because its ex-
penditures on pauper account increased
largely in the past year or two,
but figuring on a basis of pop
ulation, the increase in that ac-
count there has not been any
where near as large as it has been
in Kenosha. However, possibly that
is only to be expected. When it
comes to showing increases in any ac-
count in the past two years Kenosha
can show figures that will make any
city take notice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03

The Lakeside Assembly held meet
ing Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. Chas. Augustine. After the
meeting cards were played and dain-
ty luncheon was served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03

The jury in the municipal court will
not report for duty on next Monday
morning but Judge Randall has sent
out notices calling for the hearing of
cases on Monday Eebruary4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Burkhardt of
Fremont avenue are rejoicing over the
birth of a son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-03

The second meeting will be called
just as soon as these committees are
ready to make their reports.