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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-04
PORTUGAL NOT TO KILL
JESUITS WHO REMAIN

Denial of the rumor that the pro-
visional government Of Portugal intend
ed TO execute Jesuit priests who failed
10 comply with the order that they
forthwith leave Portugal has been made
by The Portuguese foreign office.
Receipt Of the official denial was ac-
knowledged by the Portuguese legation
in Washington yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-04
LECTURE ON PRINTING

The development Of Writing and
Printing from Earliest Tin es," was the
subject Of a lecture by Frederick 3
Wright delivered before a large audience
az McMahon Han. Catholic University
In conjunction with the lecture yester-
day afternoon were presenA ID a number
Of pictures taken by Mr.. Wright while
abroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-04
GIRL OF FIGHT YEARS
CAN WALK AT LAST
Twisted Limbs of Mountain
Child Strengthened BY
Famous Doctor.
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.

The tireless patter OF two little feet,
now as straight and strong as other
peoples, and a child's timid, half fright
ened laugh Of wonder and happiness are
heard today in the corridors Of the New
Willard Hotel.
II grouchy guests, who have wander
ed past remembrance from the happy
land of childhood. look aSkance at the
little girl who seems to have discovered
the principle of perpetual motion, and
10 derive a certain ecStacy from putting
II into practice, they are told that Ger
trude Mcintosh is usinS her feet for the
first time in all her life OF nearly eight
long, tragic years.
And who. pray. after finding that he
owned a pair Of perfectly good, disable.
everyday feet could resist the tempta-
ton to take few turns Up and down
the corridor?
Finds a Refuge
One year ago. Gertrude Mcintosh. now
straight and slim like other little girls,
and beloved. as it was intended little
girls should be. was a child with NAL
formed, horribly twisted legs and feet
that were cruel parody upon the free
dom Of childhood. Like a bit Of drift
wood from the sea of human wreckage,
she had found a temporary refuge in
me poorhouse Of Yancey county, No tn
by her widowed mother from their cabin
home n the fastness Of the North Caro-
lima mountains
To the love OF a childless man and
woman. and the magic Of a physician 5
skill. the child owes cure more re-
markable than any effected by a sur
SeOn knife, within the annals of mod
ern surgery. For in the Strengthening OF
the twisted feet and legs no knife has
been employed. no bones broken and
not a drop of blood spilled
Twelve months ago little Gertrude Nc
lntosh was removed from the Yancey
county pOOrhOuSe BY Superintendent
Mrs J. B. Stroeter. of the Home for
dependent Children of North CarOlila.
Attempts Cure
Mr.. and Mrs StTeeter. who immeji-
ately made efforts TO learn whether or
not science could undo the cruel prank
which nature had played when the NAL
formed child came into the world, heard
of the noted New York specialist in
deformities, DR.. Reginald H. Sayre
They brought the case TO his attention
and succeeded in interesting him in the
little girl, with the result that this
physician, who receives princely fees
from the rich, agreed to undertake
without money ard without price the
cure Of the homeless child.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Streeter, with
their young charge, went 10 New York
little less than year ago, a chapter CT
wonder and romance began to unfold IN
the hitherto desOlste life Of the noun
tain child. There were long interludes
az pain, IL is true, but IN the Hospital
for Deformities and Joint Diseases.
where she was under DR.. Sayre's care,
there were also love and interest. ana
wonderful picture books, and children
who were beautiful, for all that they
suffered.
Everything. was, continuous marvel
and delight to the child.
Who fetched this frosted water.'
she asked in her timid drawl and noun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-04
EGG DEALER GETS
TERM IN PRISON

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. A-The police
and the health authorities are cooper
ating today in an effort TO stop the
selling OF eggs unfit for food. One Of
their prisoners, George D. Ellis, a
Water street commission merchant, was
yesterday given three months In the
county prison by Judge Barratt and
fined $500. Abraham Staples was SEN
fenced to three months in prison
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
Home of Robert Evans on
Elizabeth st., Entered and
Some Money Taken
BURGLARS LOOT CH|LD'S BANK

Petty robberies are still going on
in Kenosha and the police have learn
ed that the latest crime of this nature
was committed at the home of Robert
Evans, 765 Elizabeth street on Tues
day evening when unknown men fore
ed an entrance into the house and af-
ter making a search broke open a
child s bank and escaped with small
sum of money. AT the time Of the
burglary there was none of the mem
bers OF the Evans family at home and
this made the work of the burglars
decidedly easy. Complaints Of SINH
lar crimes have been received from
that part of the city in the past and
it is thought possible that the Evans
burglary will be found to have been
the work of the same band of boys.
The robbery was evidently commit
ted at time when the burglars knew
that the members of the family were
away from home and it looks as if
members of the gang keep pretty close
tab on these places.
In the past few months several burg
laries of this nature have been com
mitted and Chief o Hare and his men
are determined to round up this band
of petty thieves and dispose of them.
Some time ago band of small boys
were arrested and they confessed to
a burglary in that neighborhood.
There is no reason to suppose that the
same boys were connected with the
robbery of the Evans home, but it is
thought possible that some others of
similar age have taken lesson from
these boys and their escape from pun
ishment and have given the burglary
act a trial The police are determin-
ed to send the next band of boy
thieves to one of the state institutions
in order to put an end to this sort Of
work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
Western Railroad Presidents
Hold a Secret Readjust-
ment Conference
MUST HAVE MORE REVENUE

Western railroad presidents held "a
secret conference in Chicago Tuesday
to decide on increases in freight rates
between Chicago and Missouri River
points. The call for the meeting stat
ed that the conference was to be held
"to discuss REIMBURSEMENT of freight
rates - In the language of railroad
men the term REIMBURSEMENT when APP
piled to freight rates is Synonymous
with increase.
The sole bit of information obtain
able was to the effect that Fthere is
nothing to give out because nothing
was accomplished It is known,
however, that the railroad presidents
in the west are agreed that they must
have more revenue and that the only
way to increase revenues is to in
crease freight rates.
Fully 70 per cent Of the business
is carried on commodity rates, and it
is proposed by the presidents to in
crease the commodity rates wherever
it is thought this can be done with
out injustice to the shippers.
From a railroad standpoint, all com
modify rates in the west can be in
creased without working such an in
justice. This is explained by the
statement that nearly all commodity
rates were the result Of cut-throat
competition prior to the passage of
the Hepburn act. AS general thing
commodity rate is about 25 per
cent lower than the rates of the class
from which it originally was taken.
The railroad presidents insist that
no more money is to be saved by way
of greater economy of operation. It
is insisted that the increases pro-
posed can be made without the ship
pers feeling it but very little. The
shippers, however, view the case diff
ferently and are prepared to fight any
increase in rates at this time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
DR. BEENER IS FINED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
Fire Insurance Companies
to Discuss Matter Of Fire
Insurance Expenses
HIGH COMMISSIONS OPPOSED

Deep interest will be taken by in
surance companies and agents all over
the country in the public hearing on
fire insurance expenses to begin at the
LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, on the after
noon of April 20. The hearing will
be conducted by the special commit
tee on expenses Of fire insurance com
panies appointed at the 1909 meeting
Of the National Convention of Insur-
ance Commissioners.
While all expenditures will be con-
sidered, the one to which chief atten-
tion will be given will be that of com
missions paid to agents for business.
There has been general complaint
that this item, which has been steadily
increasing, is excessive from both the
standpoint of the companies and agents
and the public.
Excess commissions are held to have
brought into the business horde of
useless middlemen and it is claimed
that with a lower commission the
legitimate fire insurance agent would
be materially benefited.
j. V. Barry, insurance commissioner
of Michigan and former president
Of the National Convention of Insur-
ance Commissioners, is chairman of
tie special committee and will preside
at the hearing. Several months ago
he sent to every company doing bust
ness in the United States a number
of questions, asking for explanations
as to the varying scales of COMM ssiens
paid in different sections of the
country and in certain cities.
In the east and south Is per cent is
the standing commission, while in the
west graded commissions Of Is, 20 and
IS per cent prevail with organization
companies. Non affiliated companies
pay more than this scale and in the
excepted cities there is no limit on
commissions to agents The commit
tee held meeting in New York early
in the year to consider the informa-
tion brought out by the answers to
these questions, but deferred the pub
lie hearing until the annual statement
season was over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
University of Wisconsin to
Aid High School Boys in
Writing Their Essays
LOAN COLLECTIONS ARE READY

Some 400 high school students Of
Wisconsin. have already received as
sistance in preparing their orations
and essays for the coming commence
ment from the University of Wiscon-
sin extension division. Added to
these are hundreds of members of de.
batting societies, civic organizations,
women's clubs and similar bodies re-
ceiving aid in preparing for debate
or public discussion on topics Of gen
eral interest.
To meet this demand the univer-
sity extension division has assembled
large library of reference material
on several hundred different subjects,
such as equal pay for men and women,
capital punishment, the federal con
troll of education, injunction in labor
disputes, the negro question, prohibi
ton, strikes and waterways.
Thus far this year there have been
$50 requests for loans of different col
lections Of books, pamphlets, and
magazine articles covering so subjects.
Of these 1914 have been confined to ten
popular subjects. The greatest amount
of discussion seems to have been upon
the commission form of government,
since SO loans of material were made
by those interested. Woman's suff-
rage aroused similar interest, So re-
quests being received for loans. The
income tax was third with 56 requests.
The department has loaned 40 col
lections on the popular election of SEN
ators; "a on the parcels post; 26 on
postal savings banks; 26 on the tariff
&c on immigration; % on bank guar
anty; Is on ship subsidy, and Is on
the government ownership Of rail
ways. There has also been a large
demand for information regarding the
consolidation of rural schools, capital
punishment, trade unions, trusts, sim
plifed spelling, and waterways.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
GET OUT CALENDAR
Municipal Court to Have Eighteen
Cases Called for the April Term

Municipal Court to Have Eighteen
Cases Called for the April Term
Judge Randall is getting out the
calendar for the regular April term of
the municipal court which is scheduled
to open on April IS. There will be
eighteen cases for trial, large num-
Der of them being criminal cases.
Some of these cases have been on the
calendar for some time and it is ex-
pected that they will be disposed of at
this term. The most important Of
the criminal cases is that of the State
VS.. Edward Holzemer which was tried
at the last term and in which the jury
failed to reach verdict. The most
important Of the civil suits is an &C
ton for damages of $4,000 by Enik
Kline against the Milwaukee, Racine
and Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
MAKE CONDITIONS ON new Line
Officials of the Postofice Department
Declare That Service Will Not be
Extended Until Mail Boxes Are
Provided.

Rice Park subdivision is not going
to have free mail delivery for a time
at least as the postoffice department
has turned down the recommendation
of Postmaster Maloney in which he
suggested that the delivery limits of
the city be extended to that part of
the city and in turning down this
recommendation the department has
set a new rule to govern the extension
of the free delivery districts in the
city in the future.
At the time Postmaster Maloney
presented the application he Informed
the department that the residents Of
Rice Park had complied with the reg
ulations in regard to building side
walks and putting in street lamps and
that the district was now entitled to
free delivery. In answer the depart
ment declared that in the future be-
fore the free limits for delivery were
extended it would BE necessary for the
property owners not only to put in
sidewalks and keep them passable, but
that individual mail boxes would have
to be put in by each of the property
owners. This demand was not made
In Kenosha in former years and many
people in the older parts of the city
have never complied with the request
Of the department to put in these
boxes.
The growth of Rice Park has been
very rapid and the many people there
are DESTROYS of getting the free de-
livery of their mail, but some of these
people will probably object to the de-
mand of the government to put in
individual mail boxes. This regula-
ton has long been in force in regard
to the rural routes served by the de-
partment, but this is the first time
that it has been enforced in the city
districts.
In order to furnish free delivery it
will be necessary to add men to the
carrier force and it is thought that
the government will be brought to the
realization Of the demand Of these
portions of the city by the end of the
present fiscal year and that at that
time some action will be taken to put
on the new carriers.
Postmaster Maloney feels the de-
mand of more carriers for the business
districts of the city and it is thought
that with the new postof6ce opening
the government inspectors will come
to Kenosha and see the demand Of the
city for better service and the extern
sion Of the districts Of the carriers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
SEEK MISSING MAN
Police Seek Information of Charles
Southland Missing Since Monday


Southland Missing Since Monday
The police of the city have been
asked to make an effort to find some
trace of Charles Southland who resides
at 452 West street and who has been
missing from his home since last Mon
day evening. His wife has asked
that the search be made. The disap-
pearance of Southland seems to be of
the mysterious order. He left his
home Monday evening with a plan of
going down town to do some shopping
and meet some friends and this was
the last heard Of him. Since that
time the wife has waited anxiously
for his return and when he failed to
come back on Wednesday she notified
the police and asked that a search be
made for him. The missing man. was
employed as trimmer at the Jeffery
factory and it is thought possible that
he may have met with an accident or
foul play. He has a good reputation
and his friends can not explain his
continued absence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
PosToFFIcE NEARLY READY
New Building to be Occupied by the
Postofice Officials Next Week

Kenosha will realize her long cher
ished dream of a postofice building
within another week as the finishing
touches are now being put on the
building and it is expected that it will
be ready to be turned over to the
postmaster by the first of next week.
There is still some work to be done
in the basement of the building. but
it is thought that this work can be
done after Postmaster Maloney and
his men have taken possession The
work of laying the floor in the main
building was completed today and an
army of cleaners are at work CLEANING
up. Postmaster Maloney stated to-
day that the arrangements for NOV
ing had not as yet been completed
but that the change in quarters would
probably be made some time next
week. The time the government had
set for the completion of the BUILDING
was April 10Th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
BOND ISSUE CAN Be ORDERED
City Attorney Explains Conditions
Under Which Council May Go
Ahead and Order Big Sewer Built
This Year.

The question of the building of a
trunk sewer long sought in Kenosha,
will be up to the common council and
it will not be necessary for the peo
pie to hold special election again to
decide on the matter.
At the time the vote on the bond
issue was ordered it was stated by
City Attorney John G. Slater that
the city could issue bonds without sub
hitting the question to the people, but
the members of the council believed
at that time that so large an expendi-
ture of the funds of the city was fit
matter for the referendum vote and to
this end the question was submitted.
At the time the city attorney declar-
ed that it would be necessary for the
people of the city to vote on the ques
tion again when it came to making the
tax for the sewer, but today he ad
mitted that his views on this question
were the same as those of other mem
bers Of the council who believed that
the vote on Tuesday settled the ques-
tion and left the matter of the sewer
up to the council.
The only provision of the law is that
in case the council should decide to
levy special tax for the sewer it
would then be necessary to submit the
proposition to the city again. The.
council has planned the bond issue to
anticipate tax running over a term
of years and for this reason the tax
levy for each year win not be in ex-
cess Of $4,000 and it is thought that
this amount can be added to the regu-
lar appropriations of the city without
levying a special tax. Of course it
will be necessary for the city council
to pass an ordinance providing for the
issuance of the bonds and a vote Of
two-thirds of the members of the coun-
Gil will be required for the passage of
CHlS OEQIndACGs. Ii ~ uUG tuOugHb
that men from any section of the city
would seek to block the sewer now
that the people of the city have voted
so decisively. in favor of it.
The question of the trunk sewer will
be one Of the first to be taken up at
the organization of the new council
and there is no doubt but that efforts
will be made to have the work ON the
sewer well under way before the end
Of the present year. Plans for the
laying out of a special sewer district
eontributory to the big sewer have
been under consideration for some
time and it is probable that this ordi-
nance will be among the first present
ed to the new council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
DIED AT TWIN LAKES
DR.. G. M. Fitch, Well Known Chicago
Physician, Died at Twin Lakes

DR.. Calvin NJ. Fitch; 81 years Of age,
1928 West Monroe street, Chicago, who
had been active in his profession for
over fifty years, died Wednesday at his
country home at Twin Lakes. He
gave up practice two years ago. DR..
Fitch was born in Sheldon, VT, Janu-
airy 3, 1929, and graduated in medicine
from the University of the City of
New York in 1882. DR.. Fitch went to
Chicago in 1856.
The pioneer physician was married
to Miss Susan Rawson in 1860 and be-
gan housekeeping in log cabin at
Monroe and Dearborn streets.
DR.. Fitch is survived by widow
and son, DIR. Walter Fitch.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
NOT MUCH WORK ON SUNDAY
q. & NJ. w. Will Handle Only Passen-
gers and Perishable Freight

The Chicago and Northwestern rail
road has determined to make Sunday
a day of rest as far as possible. Work
in all departments of the road other
than in those actually necessary to
operation of the system, VIII be sus-
pended and the employees given the
day to themselves. A similar plan
was announced last week by the
United States Steel corporation.
The new scheme of the Northwest
ern was put into effect Sunday, when
from a. m. to p. H.. only pas
sengers and perishable freight were
moved throughout the system of 5000
miles.
Many of the trainmen are paid on a
mileage basis, and as the lengths of
runs win not be decreased, these
men will not lose appreciably in their
pay
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
LICENSE WAS NOT REVOKED
Fudge Belden Refused to Act Persmp-
torily in This Matter and Che Case
May go Befora the State Board
Later in the Yeag.

The famous case of the State vs.. DR..
C. H. Beemer which has been on the
calendar of Che circuit court for over
g. year came to close on Tuesday
afternoon when DR.. Beemcr appeared
before Judge Belden in the circuit
court and pleaded equity" to a
charge of misdemeanor against So
ciety" and the court imposed a fine
of $500 and the costs of the action.
THE hearing of the case was held with
out any publicity and less than a half
dozen people were in the court room
when DR.. Beemer appeared and paid
his fine.
in imposing sentence Judge Belden
bad little to say in regard to the nat
ure Of the charge and the matter was
concluded with as few words as pos
sible. DR.. Beemer had made no eff
fort to conceal the facts in the case
and since his arrest he had admitted
that the charges were in q measure
true.
DR.. Beemer was arrested in connec-
flor with the death of Susie Fox, a
young woman who lived in the town
of Pleasant Prairie who was alleged
to have died as the result of a crimi-
nal operation. At the time of his
arrest DIR. Beemer admitted that he
had performed the operation upon the
young woman, but that afterward an
other physician had been called to at
lond her. He declared that he did
not believe that her death had been
caused by the operation.
The case was on the calendar OF the
circuit court at the last September
Term, but it went over on account of
the failure of one of the witnesses
to appear in court Dr. Beemer had
insisted from the first that he would
plead guilty to- the misdemeanor, but
that he did not desire to be called into
court on a more serious charge. Eff
forts were made to have Judge Belden
peremptorily revoke the license of the
defendant as practicing physician,
but the judge held that the nature of
the case was not sufficient to force the
court to take this rigid action and he
insisted that if the license was to be
revoked the prODer course would he tn
have it revoked by the Wisconsin
State Board of Medical Examiners.
cit is certain that if this step is talk
en- that a new fight will be instituted
and that DR.. Beemer will be ready to
fight for his license. Beemer has in
sisted that his prosecution was to some
extent the outcome of professional
jealousy, but he has made no specific
charges against any one and declared
today that he was willing to have the
case dropped entirely
In speaking of the matter DR.. Bee
mer said: 81 have paid my fine and
j hope that the case is at an end. I
have suffered greatly during the past
year and it would have been a hard
matter for me to have held up had
it not been for the kind words of
many people who were appreciative of
the position in which I had been
placed'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

BY most consumers a bill forbidding
the sale of food products kept in cold
storage over year would not be re-
garded as imposing any undue hard
ships on the storage companies. For
instance an egg kept in cold storage
a year is regarded as plenty old enough
by everybody except a Chinaman.