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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03

is declared that failing to have new
ordinance passed which will place the
control of the water company in the
hands of the council certain members
OF the council will seek to have the
funds of the water company loaned to
the general fund Of the city. This
plan will undoubtedly meet with op-
position until such time that the
water company shall have completed
all need3d extensions both of intake
and mains. When the plant is all that
the growth of the city demands it is
expected that funds raised from it will
drift back into the city treasury, but
1T is the understanding of the men
who were most active in framing the
original policy of the water company
that these funds shall be used in pay
ing off the bonded indebtedness of the
city. After these bonds have been
paid there will undoubtedly be de
mands just as necessary to be met by
the funds which may be realized from
the income of the municipal plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION.
Court Will Permit Wisconsin Bond
holders of G. g. M. E. to Foreclose.

The bondholders of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric railroad are at last
ready to foreclose on the property, and
the necessary decree will be signed by
Judge Grosscup in few days.
The Wisconsin bondholders, repre-
sented by Attorney Jacob Newman,
have won their fight against the Hi
nois division bondholders Of the com
pany, who claimed the Wisconsin Sc
curities were invalid. Judge Grosscup
has entered decree unfolding the
Wisconsin mortgage, under which $780,
100000 bonds are outstanding
A new company, whose securities
will be issued in exchange for the old
bonds, will be formed to take over the
road. The bondholders protective
committee is planning to bid in the
property at the auctioneer's sale.
AS soon as the company is re-
organized it will complete arrange
ments with the Chicago Elevated Rail
ways for an entrance to the loop over
the Northwestern Elevated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
GETS MEDALS OF MERIT.
E. H. lyon Well Known Conductor on
G. & NJ. Gets First Medal.

/ E. Fl. Igou, a conductor on the
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and well known here, was award
ed a gold medal yesterday for polite
ness.
Is IS the first of a series of medals
with which the receivers of the COM
pany expect to reward each month, this
newly discovered virtue among the
geniuses of the back platform.
1gou is So years old. He has been
in the service of the Milwaukee road
for seven years. Before that he was
employed by the Chicago city railways
on the Calumet line. Even at that
time, he maintains, he was as polite as
the rules of the company permitted
him to be-
His courtesy, he says, is based solely
on logic.
| When first went into the street
railway business he said last night,
- figured out that, as representative
of the company, it was my duty to
make things as pleasant as possible for
their patrons. Not only that, but
soon found out that the policy made
things pleasant for me, too. Just to
be sure that I would never forget it, I
made my schedule-up in list of rules,
and I've tried to stick by them ever
since.
II find that they make things a
whole lot easier for both myself and
the people that ride with me. I've
never got i'll trouble with any passen-
gers yet, but believe that, if trouble
ever was forced on me, the passengers
that know me would help me out. In
stead OF taking up my time, politeness
gives me more time for my work, be-
cause / don t get involved in long argu-
ments. If I do make mistake, the
passengers who ride with me all the
time, know that I didn't make it on
purpose, and are ready to accept an
apology;
W. 0. Johnson receiver for the com
pany, who inaugurated the gold medals,
which are awarded monthly, said last
night that he considered courtesy from
the trainmen as important as any other
rules of the road.
elf the railroad companies would
take more pains to treat their passen-
gers with decency." he said, <'they
would have good deal less trouble
about getting favors when they need
them. III offering gold medals for DO
likeness, [ feel that I am only carrying
out what will eventually be the policy
of every common carrying company in
the United States. The day of the
rowdy trainman is past. People give
more courtesy now and demand more.
The medal we are giving is not for
pohteness alone. 1t is also a reward
for cleanly kept accounts. Mr.. Igou's
were the cleanest and best kept on
the road, according to the report of Il.
j. Book, the superintendent
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
KICK OVER TRACES.
sLeboygan Baseball Fans Refuse to
Leave Lake Shore League.

The Lake Shore League Of Baseball
teams is not to be disrupted as Thurs
day night a meeting Of the directors
Of the Sheboygan baseball club was
held ana large number Of fans at
tending fought the proposition to pur-
chase the Fond du Lac franchise !;
the state league TO srch an extent that
the directors voted down the project
and Sheboygan will continue in the
shore league to the end of the season.
It is possible that Sheboygan will take
a franchise in the state league next
year. With the refusal of Sheboygan
to take the Fond du Lac franchise it
is now thought that it will go to the
team at Wausau. It is expected that
the deal will be concluded by the end
of the present week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
LOCATE IN MANIToWoC.

Manitowoc has been selected as home
offices Of the Wisconsin Merchants &
Manufacturers Insurance company, a
100000 corporation which has Just
filed its papers at Madison and has
been granted a charter. The company
IS to offer 10000 shares of its stoc k
par $40 at $40, to create the 100000
surplus and the stock will be ready
for sale today. W. NJ. Willinger is
to be in charge of the offices of the
company and the sale of stock.
The new company was organized sev-
eral weeks ago and takes over the Wis
consin Retail Liquor . Dealers Mutual
Insurance company. The company will
insure risks represented by merchants
and manufacturing interests Of the
state and starts with promises of
success.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
Clark Stanhope Has Narrow
Escape From Deathon Park
Row Friday Afternoon
WHEELS FAIL TO HIT BODY

Clark Stanhope, the two year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles R. Stanhope,
residing al the corner of Exchange
street and Park Row, had a miraculous
escape from death late Friday after
noon when he was run down by an au-
tomobile> driven by John Schmitt. Just
how the little boy managed to get out
of the accident without being seriously
injured will probably never be known,
but he was about the house this morn
ing with few bad bruises on his face
but with no broken bones. The acct
dent was in no way the fault of the
driver Of the automobile Schmitt was
driving slowly along the street and the
little boy was playing along the curb.
There was a big road wagon on one
side of the street and near it was an
ice cream cone wagon. Several other
children were playing about the wagon
and young Stanhope toddled out from
behind the road wagon and went di-
rectly in front of the automobile. The
child had run into the road so quick
that Schmitt had no chance to stop
his car or turn out. It is supposed that
the child was truck by the lamp on
the front of the automobile and thrown
directly in front of the car. Schmitt
put on his brakes and brought the car
to a stop expecting to find that the
little boy had been crushed and he was
relieved to find him crying in the road
It is thought that the child was thrown
between the wheels Of the automobile
and that none of the wheels touched
him. The boy was carried into his
home and physicians called to attend
him and after an examination they pro
nounced his injuries as not serious.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
GO AFTER FRUIT TRADE.
Hill Steamboat Co. Plans to Bun Boat
Into Michigan Fruit Ports.

Into Michigan Fruit Ports.
What may be a development of in
terest to Kenosha is the fact that the
Hill steamboat line, with boat max
ing this port, has entered the Michi-
gan fruit carrying trade, and might
be prevailed upon to make Kenosha a
future transfer point to Chicago and
suburbs, or to give Kenosha a direct
advantage.
Direct steamboat connection between
Milwaukee and Pentwater, Mich, will
be established on August s. After
that date daily trips will be made be-
tween the two cities The run will
be made in seven hours.
A new steamboat line will be opened
with an excursion to Milwaukee. Five
hundred people from Pentwater and
Oceana county are planning to make
the trip.
The Hill Steamship company, Keno
sha, which is putting on the new boat,
has assured Pentwater business men
that the boat will run throughout the
navigation season if there is business
to warrant it. The haywood has been
leased from James B. Moran, Escana-
ba. 1t is of 1913 gross tons, 139 feet
lono and has a haam of % FOOT r. =;
said to have a speed Of fourteen miles
an hour. The boat was built in 1905.
The Hill company has an option to
purchase the haywood.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
CHARGES PoLYGAMY.
Veronica Glames Seeks Arrest of Peter
Laven TO Whom She Was Married.

Veronica Glames, Lithuanian WON
an, who figured prominently in the re-
cent trouble at the Nolan Cafeteria on
Main street, appeared in the municipal
court on Thursday and caused a war
rant to be issued for the arrest of
Peter Laven on charges of polygamy.
The young woman alleged in the com
plant that Laven had married her in
Kenosha only short time ago we'll
knowing at the time Of the marriage
service that he had another wife living
in Chicago. Layen disappeared from
Kenosha just a week after his marriage
to the Glames girl and before his de-
parture he is alleged to have sold out
the restaurant The Glames girl claims
to have lost 500 of her savings in the
transaction. The police have been MAX
ing an effort to get some trace ef Laven
but since he left Kenosha no trace of
him has been found. 1t is thought that
he met his former wife in Chicago and
that the two are together Laven
claimed at the time Of his marriage in
Kenosha that his former wife had died
a few weeks before in Chicago hos
pital
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
HAD PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Mrs. Amelia Strye Ellis and Otto Hop
Married on Thursday Evening.

At their own home on Durkee avenue
at eight O'Clock Thursday evening oc-
Cured the marriage of Mrs. Amelia
Strye Ellis and Otto Hopf, both well
known people of the city. The cere-
mony was performed by the Hon.
George W. Taylor, judge of the county
court in the presence of a few near
friends and relatives of the contract.
ing parties and after the wedding cere-
mony a wedding luncheon was served
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopf have large circle
of friends in the city and they will
have the best wishes of all. They will
make their home on Durkee avenue
and are now at home to their friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03

AS a plain business proposition no
buyer should be expected to pay for
more than he gets and on that basis it
would seem that the coal dealers should
receive favorable consideration from
the legislatures of Illinois and Wiscon-
sin on their demand for Legislation
which will compel the railway com
panies to settle with them on the basis
of destination weights instead of mine
weights, the existing practice, and to
pay for all shortages over a reasonable
amount which has been fled in the
demands of the dealers at one ton. At
present the dealers have no recourse
except at common law and the rail
roads are seldom required to settle for
the reason that while the losses in the
aggregate amount to large sum the
loss on each car is too small to war
rant the dealer in prosecuting a case
in court to recover it. What the deal
ers are after now is legislation which
will compel the railroads to make good
all losses for which they are response
bic without forcing the dealer into
court and they should have it. More.
over, the coal consumer is interested
for ultimately the losses suffered by
the dealer in being compelled to pay
for coal which he never receives come
out of tie consumer and this 'ssplit ,!
between the mine weights and the des.
tination weights is one of the contri.
buting causes of the high level of coal
prices. Wisconsin now has a board Of
public works, one of whose duties as
laid down by the legislature which
created it, is the investigation of the
high cost of, living, and an invest GA.
ton of these differences between the
railroads and the coal dealers Is one
OF the small things to which the board
might profitably give its attention
The loss on shipments is undonbtedIv
charged up to the consumer and while
the difference of a few cents A ton in
the price which the saving of this loss
should mean to the consumer does NOT
amount to a great deal to the average
consumer it is something and every lit
tile helps.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
WAUsAU NEXT MEETING PLACE
Kenosha Loses i'll Fight for 1912 Con-
vention of the w. L. of M.


Election of president to succeed
A. j. Horlick of Racine, together with
other officers, occupied the Wisconsin
League of Municipalities on Friday
afternoon.
Wausau last night was selected as
the next meeting place for the league
Kenosha made fight for it and lost
after a hot debate. The feature of
the meeting held at the Commercial
club rooms was an address on Gin
spection Work of the State Railroad
Commission by J. M. Cadby, inspec-
tor for the commission. An enter
tainment and luncheon concluded the
evening session. A visit to the
$25,0oo,000 steel plant, under construc-
tion just outside Superior, was made
in the morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
STOPPED At A LOCAL HOTEL
Police Believe that Men Had Aid of
Kenosha Man and that Members of
the Gang are Still in Hiding in
Italian Quarters

| Believing that the men who robbed
1868 are members Of well organized
band of swindlers, the police of the city
are taking every possible step to get
some trace of the men and their con-
federates in Kenosha. ASIA result of
the investigation started on Friday af-
ternoon the police believe that the rob
berry of Ceseri was carefully planned
and that the swindlers came to Kenosha
from Chicago with their plans fully out
lined. 1t is thought that the swindlers
stopped at the Garfield House Thurs
day night. Three Italians, all strang-
ers in the city, went to the hotel just
before ten O'Clock Thursday night and
paid in advance for rooms for the
night stating that they expected to
leave early in the morning. 1t is
thought that one Of the men was
Kenosha italian and he is believed to
be the man who framed up the scheme
by which Ceseri was robbed. The
names on the register were j, DeMar4
tino, J. Borotilio and E. Erubucci and
all of them registered from Chicago
One of the men left the hotel before
the others and the last two went out
just before six clock without taking
breakfast at the hotel. It was only a
few minutes afterward that the two
men are supposed to have met Ceseri.
At this time the third man in the party
had disappeared and he was not seen
by Ceseri. The men took Ceseri to a
Main street restaurant and had break
fast while they were waiting for the
bank to be opened.
Chief O Hare is Of the opinion that
the men may now be hidden in some of
the Italian houses in Kenosha This
city has been center for the gath
ering of the Italians from all sections
of the country, but it is seldom that a
Kcnesha Italian has been made the vic
tim Of swindling operations. Chief
0 Hare in speaking of the case this
morning said: ~ am convinced that
these men are members Of one of the
most dangerous gangs of swindlers ever
working in this part of the country and
am certain that they have a confed-
crate in Kenosha who framed up the
robbery of Ceseri! The victim of the
gang can give us no light ON the case,
but we are securing the Italian dis
tricts with a view of finding some trace
Of the two men who disappeared right
after the robbery These men were
so smooth that they would be able to
land any ordinary foreigner and we
have asked that efforts be made to
get some trace of them in other cities.
1t is just possible that the men who
registered at the Garfield House are not
the men we are seeking, but they ans
wer the description given by Ceseri
and we feel certain that they were con
nected with the CASE
In the past few weeks several SINH
lar robberies have been reported in
Chicago and other cities and it is
thought that the man simply made
short excursion to Kenosha from their
real base Of operations in Chicago.
Ceseri is broken hearted over the loss
of his money as it represented the saw
ings of several years. The men not
only took all the money he had in the
bank but forced him to give up S.
which he had in his pocket at the time
he met them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
RECEIVING VAULT FOR DEAD
Cemetery Association Accepts Gift of
Mrs. Newell and Will Provide Site
in Northwest Corner of the Gene
tery-To be Completed Soon.

AS memorial to her husband the
late Octavius S. Newell former mayor
of the city and her son, the late Doug
las K. Newell, Mrs. Mary O. Newell
of Lake Forest, has announced to the
directors of the Kenosha Cemetery as
sociation her plans for the building
of mortuary chapel and receiving
vault in the Kenosha City cemetery.
Tie offer has been accepted by the
board Of directors of-the cemetery as
ISOLATION and Architect Max Dunning
of Chicago and Kenosha is now at
work on the plans for the new build
ing. The offer for the erection of the
chapel and receiving vault was made
by Mrs Newell in the following let
ter to the association.
Kenosha Cemetery Associations:
Dear Sirs:-I am DESTROYS of build
ing mortuary chapel in the Kenosha
cemetery providing the association
will give me the land to build it on
and guarantee the care of the building
after it is done.
The chapel will be about 20x30 feet
and underneath will be a receiving
vault with room for six or eight cas-
kets.
l have found a suitable place in the
northwest corner of the cemetery where
it is being filled in.
There must be enough space for a
driveway, and turunaround back of the
chapel so that about 5Ox60 feet would
be required
For me this chapel will be a mem
orial to my husband and son.
For the association it will be the
filing Of a long felt necessity for old
residents being brought back for burial
for whom, often, only this chapel serv
ice is necessary and for temporary
resting place for those who die in win
ter, when it is almost impossible to
dig a grave.
Hoping this proposition may find
favor with the association, I am sim
cerely yours,
Mrs. o. S. Newell
In keeping with the suggestion Of
Mrs. Newell the directors of the asso-
citation have secured the piece of land
suggested in the letter and Mrs. Newell
has been notified that her offer has
been accepted and that the associa-
ton will accept the trust implied in
the gift.
The chapel which will be building
large enough to furnish an auditorium
to seat from fifty to hundred people
will be entirely Of stone and granite.
It is said that it will cost in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. The building will
be fully furnished. 1t will have q
heating plant and will be so arranged
that it can be used at any time during
the year.
The receiving vault will be in the
lower portion of the building. For
years the people of Kenosha have felt
the need of a receiving vault in the
city cemetery and people having
bodies which they did not desire to
bury have been forced to send them
to Racine for safe keeping.
1t is understood that the work on
the chapel will be started in the near
future and it may be completed before
the end of the present year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
SEEKS ICE IN KENosHA.
J. Fl. Kopmeier of Milwaukee Gets Cold
Reception from Local Ice Dealers.


With Milwaukee facing an ice
famine as a result Of the destruction
Of an ice house containing 10000 tons
of ice, John c. Kopmeier, president of
the Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Carriage
company Of Milwaukee, was in Kenosha
Friday afternoon seeking to buy ice.
He visited many dealers in the city but
secured nothing as it was claimed that
tbs visible supply of ice in Kenosha is
not greater than the amount needed to
meet the demands of Kenosha people,
KopmeieS declared that he had travelled
over 800 miles in an effort to purchase
ice to keep Milwaukee drinks cold.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
RACES ON SUNDAY AUGUST 9TH.
Kenosha and Racine Horsemen to gar
range for Matinee of Four Races.

Members Of the Kenosha and Racine
Driving clubs have completed arrange
ments for race meet to be held in
Kehosha on the afternoon of August
9th. The races will be pulled off at
the Motordrome track and horses from
both citres will be entered. Four or
five races will be arranged for and
prizes will be offered for the winners.
The horses are Low in training and it
is expected that there will be at least
twenty starters for the meet
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
CARVER GRADE TRoTTER,

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
Of Kenosha, now the property of A.
Z. Mcneil of South Bristol, Kenosha,
Co, Wis. Carver will make the sea-
SON at the stables on the Barker Pie
kens farm in South Bristol. Registered
No. 1874. Terms: so to insure live
soal. wifi
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
BUILDING MATERIALS.

The Dunnebacke company, corner
of Market and West Main streets han
die building materials such as brick.
lime, cement, hair, plaster and all sizes
of farm drain tile, sewer pipe and con.
nections, also sand and gravel. WITT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03

Mr.. and Mrs. James o. Dewitt of
Cleveland, o., are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Balm and other
friends and relatives in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03

Col. and Mrs. j. j. Hoyt and son,
Charles, have gone to Banf for a
month S outing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-13

Today the Times prints the first
of two stories by "Rube" Mar
guard of the Giants, leading pitch
er of the National league, whose
sensational work, at a time when
McGraw's team seemed destined
to drop back, made the winning of
the National league pennant pos
sible. MarquaTd is credited with
winning the flag foo McGraw. In
this story he tells why he believes
the Giants will win from the Ath-
letics.-Editor.
l believe that most people who
follow baseball will agree that in
series of seven games, the chief
burden will rest upon the pitch
ers. And in this respect I believe
we have the edge, speaking with
out conceit.
My reasons are this: Back in
1905, Mathewson pitched three
games against the Athletics and
shut them out all three times. 1t
is true that six seasons have pass
ed since then. But in 1910, Matty
went in against the New York
American league club, and beat
them the series, pitching just as
wonderful ball
The records will show that
Mathewson gets better towards
the close of each race and is al
ways at his best when there is
more than the ordinary at stake.
I am confident that the "Big
Fellow of the Giants" will win
every game he pitches, or at least
two of the series. 1t will then be
up to the rest of us, Wiltse, Ames,
Crandall and myself, to win two
more.
/ expect to be used in at least
two games, and have just enough
confidence in myself now, to be-
lieve l can win. ] expect to be at
my best again--much better than
| have been for the past three
weeks. / have been studying and
watching the game carefully all
season, have picked up a lot, and
when / go in / expect to be steady.
l know many people figure that
as this is my first worlds season
try-out l am likely to blow up.
But / can't figure being put under
any greater strain than to be call
ed upon to face pitchers like Alex