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Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-07
GIRLS TO BREAK
mUSCATINE SIEGE
Button Factory Operators Are
Seeking to Have 500 Re-
turn to Their Places.
CAN EARN GOOD WAGES
Men Are COntending for Recognition
of Their Recently Formed
Union in City.
CAN EARN GOOD WAGES

Muscatine, Iowa, April Eight
hundred girls are the center of Nus
catine's biggest labor war; with
them rests solution of a bitter fight
between manufacturers and 5000
employees OF the button factories.
Pearl button plants of Muscatine. the
largest button producing center in
the world, have bten idle for six
weeks, and every home in the city
has been affected by the shutdown.
Labor leaders from Des Moines
and Chicago have organized a union
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-07
DAMAGE SUIT SENT
BACkTO COURT HERE
Appellate Branch Reverses and Re-
mands Action on Death Of
Albert V. Erickson.

The appellate court at Ottawa yes
terday reversed and remanded the
case of Charles 4. Larson, adrnfnistra-
tor OF the estate OF Albert Z. Erichl-
sen. against the Rock Island road. in
which jury in the circuit court here
mad awarded a verdict OF 81. 900 EIIck-
son, who was farmer, was killed By
I train at the Twenty-hrst street
crossing in Moline, in 1908 He was
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-07

through a locality known 20 him ~
be dangerous by reason Of its =
constantly trayersed By rairC ~
trains. Jackson, Hurst & Stafford
attorneys for the road and G.. W. Woc
represents Larson.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-07

driving his team over the tracks when
the fatality occurred. The suit was
tried at the March term, 1910 In
taking an appeal the defendant com
pany sought 10 show that Erickson
mad not exercised due care in driving
Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-07

OF the pearl button industry. We
believe the majority of the workers
are satisfied with factory conditions.
They certainly are better paid than
in any other city in the country.
EXPECT EARLY SETTLEMENT.
There may be certain things that
the employees have a right to object
to-" said w. F. Bishop of the
Hawkeye Pearl Button factory.
These we will gladly adjust with
the individual workers. Many of
the managers in Muscatine have ris-
en- from the ranks and they under
stand the needs and the rights of
the workers just as well as any one
else. We don't look for any serious
riots and feel that matters will ad-
just themselves within a week. Per-
sonally, I am interested in all of our
employees and I am sure we pay Just
as high wage as is in keeping with
good business management
when the Muscatine factories are
in full blast the weekly pay roll is
about $4,000, the factories have
capacity OF placing 10000, 900 pearl
buttons on the market each week .
Among the young women who
have been active in the organization
Of the union are Miss Pearl McGill.
Pauline Long, Margaret Loughlin,
Helen Powers, Elizabeth, Trader,
Lizzie Brace, Verna Moody and
Myrtle Jones. Men from out of
town who have had charge OF the
union organization are W. D. Hay
wood OF United Mine Workers
fame, Emmett F Flood of Chicago.
general organizer for the American
Federation of Labor, and Miss Ger
trude Bsrnum OF Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11

book men and the fight they have been
making.
1t can be said that in a way the
DOCK men hurt their case by making
a move for the transfer of the bill,
although it is doubtful if the matter
mad come to a test in the educational
committee, if the opposition to the
uniform text book bill would have
received much comfort from the
committee on education, as there are
many members of that committee, like
Assemblyman Hull, who are stauneh
friends of the uniform text book bill.
The Stern home rule for Milwaukee
Dill will be on the assembly calendar
Tor passage early next week. In the
senate there will be determined oppo-
sition to the Stern bill, both by Sena-
tor Bodenstab and by Senator Gay
lord. Each of these members of the
upper house will make a fight for the
adoption of his own bill oH this sub
Ject as a substitute.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
Rev. E. T. Farrill Gives In
teresting Arbor Day ADJ
dress at High School
URGES STUDENTS TO DEVELOP
(From Friday's DailY.l

The Rev. E. T. Farrill, pastor of the
First Congregational church was the
principal speaker at the Arbor Day
celebration in Kenosha today and he
spoke before a. large company Of high
school students and school patrons at
the observance of the day at the high
school this afternoon There were the
usual pretty ceremonies in connection
with the day at the high school.
Members of the senior class varied
the program slightly this year by
planting several vines on the campus
instead of planting a single tree as
in former years.
In the other schools the ceremonies
were decidedly interesting and at
every building there was a large at
tendance of the patrons of the schools.
Mr.. Farrill spoke on the topic "The
Value of a Tree" and from this topic
drew many lessons of interest to the
students of the high school. He
brought out the idea that in planting
the tree the child builds not for him
self alone, but for the people who shall
come in the future. He declared that
the worth of man, a woman had a
great similarity to the growth of the
tree and showed that it was the pro
vince of the public school to start the
child right just as the children of the
schools were planting the trees on
Arbor day. He traced the similarity
of the growth of the tree and the in
dividual. He declared that the youth
does not grow for himself or for the
present alone any more than does the
tree or the flower. Each he declared
is for others and for the future.
In closing he showed that a sound
hearted boyhood or girlhood was just
as essential to a true manhood or WON
anhood as the sound acorn is necessary
to produce the noble oak.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
PLAN MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
To Pave and Sewer South Exchange
Street.

At its meeting on Saturday after
noon the street assessment committee
of the common council directed the city
engineer to advertise for bids for the
paving of South Exchange street be-
tween Eagle and Park Row. The petit
ton for the paving of the street has
been in the hands of the committee for
nearly-two years. At the same time
the committee directed that the engi-
neer advertise for bids for laying a
sewer in the street from the north and
south to connect with the proposed
trunk sewer. 1t is planned to build the
sewer just as soon as the contract can
be let but the paving viii not go in
until next year.
The committee will lower the sewer
now in on the north end of the street
in order to make it of greater value
to the property owners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
NEW "DEAD BEAT" LIST.
Chicago Collection Agency Not Dis
mayed at Threatened Suits.

The Chicago Collecting Agency
which was recently threatened with
many actions for damages on account
of the publication of a list of alleged
bad debtors furnished by Kenosha
mercantile houses, evidently was not
in any way dismayed by threats of
suits as new list was issued by the
same company on Thursday and it is
being delivered to merchants in Ke-
nosha today. The new list contains
not only nearly every name that APP
peared on the former list, but there
has been an addition of about humid
red and fifty names. Many of the PEG
pie are well known in the city and it
is certain that there will be a storm
Of denunciation as soon as the facts
in regard to the list become generally
known. Attorneys have already been
retained and it is probable that the
debtors who are alleging that they
have been misrepresented will see
redress in the courts of the county
and state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11

The beginning of an action against
the White Construction company for
infringement of patent, to which the
city is made party, arising out of
the letting of the contract for the
pavement Of Lake avenue to the White
company, should not be allowed to de-.
lay the completion of the paving on
that street if it can possibly be avoid
ed. The Lake avenue property owners
asked for the macadam asphalt, but
they would probably not insist on that
kind so strongly as to impel the city
to help fight the battles of the White
company or any other company in
order to get it, and if the present ac-
tion is not settled one way or another
the first time It is brought up in court,
the city officials will do well to make
every effort to keep out of trouble by
dropping the whole business just where
it is if the matter can possibly be
arranged that way and take up some
other kind of pavement. The great
majority OF the property owners Of tue
city are better pleased when the city
keeps out of all litigation and if any
of the attorneys are out to make a
reputation as warriors they should not
be encouraged to do it at the expense
of the city. In this case there is
plenty of time to have a new deal all
around if it comes to that and still
get the pavement completed this sum-
mer. There must be some other kind
Of pavement that any responsible paw
ing construction company can use, that
viii wear as long and look as we'll and
answer all purposes just as we'll as the
patented kind over which this fight
has started and which can be put down
without involving the city in a law
suit that can be dragged out intermina-
bly, and which might easily keep the
Lake avenue property owners out OF
their paving for years. It is hard
luck that the suit for Infringement
comes on contract in which this city
is interested, but the city has had very
little luck with this class of contracts
association would mean much to Keno.
been hoodoo or some other .malign
influence working on them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
CHORAL SOCIETIES TO UNITE.
Racine and Kenosha Choral Societies
to Produce Bethany May "a.

The Racine and Kenosha Choral So
cieties have arranged for a joint reel
tai to be given at the Rhode Opera
House on the evening of May 9th, at
which time the chorus of the two socie-
ties will sing the eantata Bethany. "
The Racine society as well as the Ike
nosha society had arranged for pro
duction Of the eanFata during the
present month, but The Racine singers
found that it would be impossible for
them 20 get the opera house in that
city and for this reason they decided
to unite with the Kenosha society.
The cantata win be given under the
direction of Father WaIther of ST.
Francis, director of the Kcnosha
Choral society and Mrs. Peate Fink
of Racine, director of the Racine o.
ganization of musicians. The chorus
viii be made up of from $50 to 200
musicians and Schulte's full orchestra
will furnish the music.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11

The bill for the regulation of powder
manufacture in Wisconsin went
through the senate Friday afternoon
without any opposition and without de-
bate. The people of this county are
intensely interested in the passage of
this bill and their views are well
known to their representatives in
Madison. There are some provisions
in this bill as it stands that are hardly
satisfactory to many of the people of
the county, notably the clause dealing
with the inspections of the plants, but
they realize that they cannot have
everything just as they want it and
they win be passably well satisfied to
have the bill go through just as it
stands. The great thing is to make a
beginning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
MANY COUNTERFEITS HERE.
Officials Seeking People Passing BoguA
Silver Dollars in Kenosha.

During the last few days Kenosha
has been flooded with rain of count
erfeit silver dollars and they are being
found in nearly every business house
in the city. Even Uncle Sam s post
office has three of the bogus dollars,
two of which were taken in at the
main office, while the third, a particu-
larly rank lead counterfeit, was taken
in at one of the branch offices. The
bogus dollars made their first appear
ance in Kenosha on last Monday morn
ing and it is evident that a lot of
them were put in circulation. The
facts in the case have been given to
the federal officials, but it is hardly
probable that the men who circulated
the coins can be captured. Other
cities, however, are being warned ~
look out for the coming of the count
erfeits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
For the Week Ending Saturday, May

Hjalmer johnson to Axel Landgreen.
Lot, s, blk s of Corcoran s "Grand
View sub. Warranty deed. Con-
sideration $1.00.
Benjamin F. Stahl and wife to Axel
F. Olsen. n Y Sc Il sec 25-1-21 e.
Warranty deed. Consideration $1.00.
Frank ]. Parker to Albert J. Wien
Ike. Ne Il of ne "A sec 8-1-21 e.
Warranty deed. Consideration $4,000.
Roy T.. Thompson and wife to Her
man Fl. J. Grewenow and wife. Lot
Z. blk Is of Second Rice Park addn.
Warranty deed. Consideration $1.00.
Irving G. Barbour, ct al to Abner
D. Hill. Lot 81, blk 155 of Durkee S
Western addn. Warranty deed. Con-
sideration, $3.50.
Jar IS Pennefeather and wife to
Mary M. Emery. Lots 1929, blk 3 of
Woollacott's sub. Warranty deed.
Consideration, $4,000.
William T. O'Hare and wife to
Claude H. Dibble and wife. PIT lots
4-5, blk of Lyman Bond s sub. War
ranty deed Consideration, $4,000.
Joseph Moscoso and wife to Charles
Vite. Lot 7, blk 2 of News sub.
Warranty deed. Consideration, 1882.
Charles Vite and wife to Joseph
Moscoso. Pt NV 4 of sec 6-1-23 e.
Warranty deed. Consideration $1.00.
Louis Fl. Joerndt and wife to John
scherrer. Pt lot 1, blk of Wash
ington Island. Warranty deed. Con-
sideration ST..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1911.

From the number turning up in diff
ferent places it is probable that a
good many bogus silver dollars have
been put in circulation in Kenosha in
the past week and all the people of
the city are warned to look out for
them. Some of these counterfeits are
pretty good specimens of their kind
while others are so rank that man
must be willing to take anything that
looks like money to get stuck with
them. 1t is not probable that the men
who circulated this bad coin in Keno
sha are still putting it out here, but
they left enough specimens of their
handiwork behind them to make it
worth while to examine every coin
rendered carefully.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
Cow Sent to President Taft
Attracts Lots of Attention
at Washington.
PROVES PET OF THE LADIES

Beneath the windows of Mr.. Knox,
secretary of state in Washington, Pau
line Wayne, the former Kenosha county
COW, standing in the middle Of the fine
stretch of greensward just south of the
state department, was the center of an
animated group and the cynosure of
the eyes Of statesmen and diplomats.
Surrounding her were dozens Of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the escorts of the younger daugh
ters One enthusiastic woman was
seeking to toss a daisy chain over her
head, while half a dozen. cameras were
levelled a. her.
Senator Stephenson, who bred Pau
line, was telling Chanler Hale, the
third assistant secretary of state, all
about the White house COW.
eff the president fed her right"
said Senator Stephenson, "he would
fare much better. Now, her aunt,
Gertrude, gives sixty-fve pounds of
milk each day. Pauline ought to give
nearly that. But the president was
telling me that he only gets thirty-fv
pounds from her, and that this was
quite enough for his family.
Looking at the Wisconsin senator
critically full minute, the assistant
secretary of state yentured to remark:
''Pray tell me, Mr.. Stephenson, how
much milk q pound is?'
go, pound is a pint. It takes
eight pounds to make gallon
"And you have cow that gives
eight and one-eighth gallons of milk
a days"
Senator stephenson's eye never wav-
cred.
"Sure,' he replied. "Gertrude does
it. So could Pauline, only they don t
feed her ensilage and let her drink as
often as she might.
"Senator Stephenson, said the Of
fetal, "you want a diplomatic ap-
pointment for Mr.. Davidson of Wiscon-
son. Now, listen to me. If you can It
find vacancy Ell make one by resign
ing. I would gladly do more than that
for man who can tell a cow story
like that
But Pauline and the Daughters of
the American Revolution who so much
admired her had an even more inter
esting audience in the diplomatic room.
Here the committee on foreign affairs
of the house of representatives had
gathered to pay their respects to
Secretary Knox
Just then state war and navy guide
came into the diplomatic room with a
party of sightseers and looking out of
a window said:
"Dar's de White house COW. She
suttinly do attract attention. Her
name? Lemme see, I think it's
Pansy.'
"That's wrong" exclaimed Repre-.
sentative Cooper, who also comes from
Wisconsin. Gentlemen turning to
the committee, chow many of you
know the name of the White house
cow2'
"Pauline Wayne" answered in
chorus Messrs. Sulzer of New York,
Foster of Vermont, Townsend of New
Jersey, Fairchild of New York, Barthold
of Missouri, and stedman of North
Carolina.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
HAS LARGE CAPITAL STOCK
Stock Of Million Dollars Will be
Divided Among the, Foreigners of
the City and Thrift VIII be En-
couraged.

With view of encouraging thrift
and the promoting of the building of
homes by foreigners in the city the
Polish people of the city have or
ganized The Polish Loan and Building
Association of Kenosha, a state char
ter for which was granted by State
Commissioner of Banking A. E. Kuolt
today.
The new association is to be the
most pretentious financial institution
ever organized among the foreigners
of Kenosha and it is incorporated with
a capital stock of $1,000,000 divided
into ten thousand shares at 800 each.
The new association in seeking a state
charter has complied with all of the
laws of the state in regard to the or
ganization of such associations and it
is to be handled strictly in keeping
with the laws of the state. 1t is to
be distinctly Polish organization and
the charter provides that the Polish
language shall be used at all meetings
of the officials and directors of the as
but the records will be kept
in English in order to make them easy
for examination on the part of the
state department.. The organization
will have a president, secretary and
treasurer and the board of directors
will have fifteen members. Five will
be elected for one year, five for two
years, the remaining five for term of
three years. In the state charter every
provision Of the law providing for loan
associations has been met.
The bylaws of the new association
are modelled after the bylaws Of the
Kenosha Building and Loan association
and these have been approved by the
state commissioner of banking. The
bylaws provide that loans may be
made only on property situated in Ke-
nosha county and these loans cannot
be made until after they have been
by the full board of direc-
tors Of the. association. The sale of
stock in the association will not be
limited to people of Polish extraction,
but it is expected that the largest
of the stock will be disposed
Of among the Polish and Russian peo-
pie Of the city who now have large
amounts of money held in banks.
The incorporators of the association
are: Joseph Kanabay, Joseph G..
FIR. Mencfeldowski, WIKI
tor Godlewski, John F. Ryskowski,
Mioduszewsld and Bronis-
laws Sobolewski.
The promoters of the organization
have been at work on the plan for
more than a year and it is declared
that already more than two hundred
of the Polish residents Of the city have
promised to take stock in the associa-
ton. It is expected that in most cases
the blocks of stock taken will be small
and it is the intention of the promo
ters to have the stock placed in as
many hands as possible in order to get
a more general interest among the ma
in the advancement of homes
and fresides.
The definite announcement of the
plans of the new organizations will be
made public within a few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11

1t is hoped that the formation of
the Polish Building and Loan assOcia-
tion will result in much Of the money
that is now sent out Of the country
staying here to help build up Keno
sha. 1t certainly should result in large
provisions of the state laws governing
such associations under which the new
Polish organization will, of course,
have to operate, will compel the in
vestment of the funds Of the society at
home. Similar associations have been
great factors in the building up of
other cities and there is every reason
to believe that the success of the new
association would mean to Kenosha.
1t certainly should result in a large
percentage of the residents of the city
owning their own homes and that is
the best thing that could happen to
any municipality. The men who own
their homes are the ones who take
enough interest in the city to demand
better laws and better law enforce
ment and who are willing to work for
the betterment of conditions in all
lines for they have something to lose
when things go wrong for their prop
erty decreases in value because of ex-
cessive taxation and bad government.
Other things being equal the man who
actually has something at stake in a
municipality is the better citizen and
conditions more nearly approach the
ideal in any city in just about the
ratio as the percentage of property
owning residents goes up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
MRS. WILLIAM j. BOYLE DEAD.
Well Known Woman of the City Died
at Her Home Sunday Morning.

Mrs. Anna Boyle, wife of William
J. Boyle and woman widely known
in Kenosha, died at the family resi-
dence, Sc English Court, at ten o'clock
Sunday morning after long illness
from cancer. Mrs. Boyle had been
sufferer for some time, but she had
been confined to her home for only
two weeks and to many of her friends
the announcement of her death will
come as a great surprise. The deceas-
ed was daughter of the late Matthias
Then. She was born in Kenosha May
II, 1868 and had spent her entire life
in the city. She was active III many
of the organizations connected with
st. James church and an earnest
Christian woman and her death will
cause sorrow in many homes in the
city. She is survived by her husband
and one daughter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11
FEEL EFFECT OF STRIKE.
Building Contracts in Kenosha Being
Tied Up for Lack of Material.

Contractors in Kenosha are begin
ming to feel the effects of the strike
among freight handlers in Chicago to-
day and several of the contractors
were forced to lay off al their men
on account. of lack Of materials. Some
OF these materials were shipped from
Chicago ten days ago, but it has been
impossible to get the cars moving on
account of the strike.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-11

The new Kenosha hospital is receiv-
ing large patronage from the people
of the city and the report of the of
fieials made to the board of directors
at a recent meeting indicates that
the Institution is giving to be self sus-
tanning within short time.