The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-06
WERNER FOR POOR MASTER
Council by Unanimous Vote Elects
North Side Alderman-Ashland Ave.
Paving Bids Rejected-Grand Ave.
Property Owners to Get Rebates.

1
| the common council and show cause
why the saloon license granted to him
at No. 101 Main street for the saloon
formerly managed by M. Baltzer should
not be- revoked by the council at the
next meeting of that body and there
seems to be strong sentiment in the
council in favor of frevoking the IL
cense. The committee consisting of
Alfred Simons, chairman of the license
committee, Mayor Scholey and John
c.. Slater, city attorney, sent a report
to the council on Monday evening
stating the facts in regard to the fight
that is being made on the saloon and
declaring that the plain duty of the
council is to revoke the license. This
report was not signed by the mayor
until after formal and legal COM
plant for the revocation Of the license
had been brought to the chairman of
the license committee by Frank S.
|
Civic Federation. This complaint al
so set up the fact that .Baltzer had
pleaded guilty in court to selling liquor
to a minor and demanded that the
council take immediate steps to cite
Breen to appear and show cause why
the license should not be revoked
The formal summons to Breen will be
sent out within the next few days and
| it is understood that he will make an
elaborate defense before the council.
There was little or no argument on the
question, Alderman O'Brien being the
only one to oppose the report Of the
committee or the passage of the reso-
luton to cite Breen to appear.
The question Of the election of a
poormaster to succeed Alderman w. j.
Swift was closed up in short order af-
ter Alderman N. J. Werner of the
Seventh ward had rendered his first re-
port as temporary poormaster to the
council for with the unanimous con-
sent of the members of the council
Alderman Werner was elected to serve
the city in the capacity of poormaster
until the 18th of next April at salary
of $3.50. The whole matter was closed
up by the council voting unanimously
to appropriate the money to the alder
man with the understanding that the
order should be drawn at the last
meeting of the council in April. AL
derman Werner had not been given an
inkling of what was planned and be-
fore he could demonstrate the council
had taken the action which made him
permanent poormaster. Earlier in the
evening Joseph Banaszynski had made
application to be elected to that posi-
tion but his application was laid away
with the half dozen others to be con-
sidered next April when a new man
is to be elected. In his first report
to the city council Poormaster Werner
showed the exact condition of the pau
per affairs. It was shown that the
cost of the support of paupers for the
year 1909 was within few dollars of
$4,000. The alderman reported that
in addition to the bills allowed by the
council at the last meeting he had re-
ceived bills aggregating $1,9o9.11 The
council made provision for the pay
ment of $500 of these bills making two
loans at the bank and gave the new
poormaster a small balance to work
with in his department. The report
Of Alderman Werner showed Just how
many people were dependent on the
city and the list was arranged in a
manner to show just what aid each of
the dependents was receiving as well
as the cause of their poverty. In
more than dozen cases it was shown
that women and children had been left
dependent on the city on account of
their having been deserted by hus-
bands and fathers and the poormaster
was instructed by the council to i'm
mediately secure warrants for the ar
rest of these deserters of their wives
and families and if possible hunt them
down and bring them back to Kenosha
to answer charges of desertion. This
matter was started by former poor
master Swift, but the arrest of the
men will be urged even more strongly
] by the new poormaster. 1t is thought
that by the middle of April Alderman
| Werner will have been able to hunt
down large number of these deserters
and either see to it that they support
their families or that they are sent
to the state prison. $1,000 was APP
propriated for the immediate use of
the poormaster with the understand
ing that all the balance outstanding in
debtedness of the department will be
settled up from this appropriation.
Ashland avenue will probably wait
for paving as the latest plan to secure
delay came in the form of a petition
to pave the street with asphalt and
this petition was referred to the street
assessment committee 1t was signed
nv eiphte0n Dr0Dertv owners and with