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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

The Voliya people in Zion are Jub-
liant and rejoicing these days and with
reason. In raising the money and max
ing the arrangements necessary to dis
charge the receiver and secure posses
sion of the estate Of Dowie, they have
accomplished something regarded by
fnanciers as well nigh impossible for
an organization, many members OF
which have only very limited financial
resources, and which had to contend
against powerful opposition in Zion 1t
self. Whether or not the present move
ment which is said to again make the
church all powerful as it was in the
palmy days Of Dowie's supreme power,
will make for the material welfare and
prosperity of the city is something on
~ the future can tell but the single
hearted devotion to their cause and
the sacrifices they were willing to make
for it, shown by the followers of Vol
iva, must command admiration. Call
it fanaticism or what you will, the re-
suits show something of what can be
accomplished by concentrated effort.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

1t is sincerely to be hoped that no
serious consequences will follow the
running amuck Of a mad dog on the
west side and with the precautions
which have been taken there is no oc-
casion for any one to be very much
alarmed. In cases of this kind prompt
treatment is everything and the fact
that all of~the people known to have
been bitten are now receiving the Pas
teur treatment reduces the chances that
any evil effects will follow to a mini
mum. There is no sense in taking any
chances, however, and if there are any
children in the neighborhood who have
any scratches they cannot account for
they should be given the Pasteur treat
ment just to be on the safe side for the
treatment itself is absolutely harmless.
The principal consideration now is to
make all safe and nothing that viii
contribute to that end should be neg
lected. In this connection it is prob
ably not necessary to warn all dog
owners to watch their animals careful
ly until all danger that they may de-
velop the disease is passed and if the
animals show any signs of sickness to
be very careful in handling them. The
board Of health acted with commend
able promptness in the emergency and
while there will be a heavy bill for
somebody to pay that is something that
can be adjusted in the future. We pre-
sumo that every taxpayer will agree
that every one bitten by this dog
should have the Pasteur treatments
Immediately and if their parents are
unable to pay for it, the city or county
will have to stand the expense. AS
stated above the first and only consid-
Grafton at present is to make all safe.
There is no need as yet for any one
to become unduly alarmed but at the
same time no precautions should
ned at one time to give the Pas
teur treatments at the state laborator-
les at Madison free of charge to the
citizens of Wisconsin but the cutting
of the appropriations for laboratory
work made this impossible for the pres
ent. Should there be many of these
mad dog scares in the different coun-
ties of the state it is probable that ar
rangements will be made in some wav
to have this plan of free treatments
at Madison carried out for it is certain
that inability to pay heavy fees should
not deprive any ore who needs it of
the benefits of this treatment and il it
is necessary to give this treatment at
the expense of the state or of the
counties it can be given better and
cheaper at the state laboratory than
anywhere else.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

The police force should take the old
adage that g a job we'll begun is half
finished" and make an early start and
determined effort to enforce the
speed laws against the motor cyclists
who have been speeding up already on
the streets IN way that has called
forth lot of unfavorable comment.
These machines are more dangerous in
way than g racing automobile for
while they cannot strike as hard a blow
they are not under as good control as
The autos and for that reason have not
as good chance to avoid an accident
when they get in tight place. It has
been said that there is some excuse
for the motor cycle speeder because
he takes his own chances and in ac-
cidents in which motor cycles are in
volved the rider Of the machine is al
most invariably injured but the people
who have been injured or have had mar
row escapes and the parents of child.
rNp WHOSE lives are endangered will
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
Debtors Named on Dead Beat
List Plan to Bring Action
Against Merchants
SAY CLAIMS WERE CONTESTED
Attorneys are Retained and it is De-
clared that Serious Charges will be
Made Against Companies Who Re
ported Names for Publication.

The recent publication by a Chicago
collecting agency of list of people in
the city who were alleged to be poor
pay is to bring some real excitement in
the city as a number of the people
named ON the list have retained attor-
neys and will bring suits for libel
against the collection agents and the
merchants who are claimed to have
been responsible for the publication of
their names. The people who have re-
tanned attorneys are well known peo-
pie in the city and in some cases their
financial responsibility has never been
Questioned. These people claim that
the bills on which their names were
placed on the list were contested
claims. The proposition is not new
one in Wisconsin and the attorneys
who have the claims of the debtors de-
clare that the question of the liability
of the merchants has been definitely
settled in a Lacrosse case in which
people whose names were so published
recovered heavy damages from the
merchants who held the accounts
against them. The suits are expected
to be filed in the Circuit court within
the next few days and in the mean
time there is considerable anxiety
among the merchants.
The fact that the list as sent out
contains nothing to show that the peo-
pie named are alleged not to have met
their obligations is one of the defenses
alleged by the men who were connect
ed with the publication. However, the
great mass of the merchants in the city
profess to be ignorant of the publica-
ton and insist that they took no part
in it's being published and sent out.
The list was Of course designed entire
ly as confidential list for the guild
ance of the members of the Chicago
Association in Kenosha but like many
Obl0I COuAuGuGldl llSGS CIl0 IdCCS con-
tanned in it travelled decidedly fast
and it seems that at least score Of
people who were named have already
been made aware that their names
were so published. AS the list con-
tains key showing just what sort of
bills were delinquent in the lists of
the association the attorneys claim
that it will be an easy matter for
them to name the men who furnished
the claims to the organization. Most
Of the names published are alleged to
have owed the claims for more than
year and no statement is made in the
list as to whether or not the claims
were contested claims. Summons and
complaints have been started by the
Chicago company against some of the
merchants in the city to collect for
dues in the association but as the FL
ing fees of these suits have not been
paid they have never been formally
entered on the records of the courts of
the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

Dor. AS to the badge incident, my
chauffeur 1t seems, travelled over this
road last Sunday, and stole a deputy's
shield. I heard of it and discharged
him. purchased a gold one and
came here to replace the other but
this gentleman afforded me no oppor-
tunity, declaring that I was under ar
rest for speeding and larceny. When
Miss Raney boarded my car I could
not resist the temptation to run down
the road, as / was anxious to have a
confidential chat. She refused to lis
ten until brought her back. Now
that have found her am eager to
press my suit"
know anything about it?" ques-
toned the justice, turning to the dep
uty, who had been Juggling at his
brown beard while listening to RaIph's
story.
Eyes, reckon it's true he admitted.
Florence did write to me last sum-
mer about some fellow, but I went
down and made her and her aunt
come straight home, and forbade her
to have any more to do with him. OF
course, didn't know he was your
nephew"
The Justice cast his eyes skyward as
If uncertain what to say.
Are you opposed to him now?" he
finally ventured.
mo; but some one ought to be
committed" joked the deputy, smil-
ing.
''If commit him to her care for
the present, will that appease your"
1T suits me, il Florence is salts.
fed" assented the deputy.
Eor an answer, Florence, who had
been standing at her fathers side
making no effort to conceal her salts.
faction at the turn of affairs, led her
father to where Ralph stood, and as
the two men gripped hands, she
pinned the new badge on her fathers
breast and said: Daddy, will never
be happy without him."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
Valuable KnoW1edqe.

"And these?" we asked, as we
were ushered into a room filed with
children deeply immersed in study.
They are learning" said the prin-
cipal, "the difference 'twixt tweedle-
DUN and tweedledee!"
We were not little struck. "But
is the game we objected, worth the
candle?"
"Oh, entirely SOL" reioined the prin-
cipal. when they grow up they will
be able, with very little assistance
from the agent, to distinguish a car
of the current years model from a
car of the year previous, thus to save
themselves much humiliation and loss
of social rating. Puck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
ESCAPE TERM IN JAIL.
Racine Sports Who Made Trouble in
Kenosha Furnish Comedy in Court.

There was a little unusual comedy in
the Municipal court this morning when
Frank Laboda and Leo Maternowsky
two young Racine sports were brought
before the judge on a charge of Great
ing disturbance on Main street on
Sunday evening. The two men had
threatened to whip every one and any
one in Kenosha. They were very mild
in court this morning and both pleaded
guilty. Fines of three dollars and costs
were assessed in each case but the Ra-
cine men could not raise the money.
Their total assets was a little over
sixteen dollars and one of them had
decided to go to Jail for the thirty
days when they pooled their money
and raised all but twenty cents of the
fine and costs and Clerk Tully agreed
to take this out of the Municipal poor
box. The two sports strapped, then
started out to walk to their homes in
Racine and it is certain that they will
fight shy of Kenosha in the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

70 introduce the postal savings-bank
system in this country required i'm
mensc effort, although the institution
had long been approved by the exper
fence of every other frst-class nation.
To get the necessary legislation re-
quired ten-year campaign; and after
the act was passed it took the Post
Office Department many months to pre-
pare to carry it into effect. Finally
one post-ofice in each state was author
lied to receive deposits; and at that
point the Government seems to have
stopped. The whole object of postal
banks was to reach persons who were
not already bank depositors, not only
promoting thrift but calling into COM
mercial channels money that otherwise
would be boarded or RENTED abroad.
Such persons are not likely to keep a
keen watch upon Washington dispatch
es; but so far as we have learned no
effort was made to inform them that
Uncle Sam was ready to receive their
money. The Governments plan seems
to have been to provide the machinery,
then sit down and await results. This
is generally the Government s policy.
We submit that it is a poor one. When
Uncle Sam has provided the machinery
for doing a certain business that is
expected to be q public benefit why
shouldn't he go out for the business
that Che machinery is supposed to do,
thereby achieving or increasing the
public benefits If the old gentleman
only knew from experience how much
more efficient in several directions a
little business getting advertising
would make him he wouldn't be trying
to manipulate postal rates so as to
prevent other people from advertising.
Saturday Post,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
A. A. DYE OF RACINE TO COME
New Manager Will Take Charge Of the
Local Office on April First-Great
Increase in Business Under Direction
of Retiring Manager.

G. L. Miller, for the past three years
manager of the Kenosha Home Tele-
phone company and in many respects
the most efficient manager ever in
charge Of the telephone service in Ken
osha is to leave the city as he has been
selected by the Wisconsin Telephone
company to become district manager of
the GAINESVILLE District and he will be-
gin his new duties on the first of April.
A. A. Dye Of Racine who has been
district foreman for the Wisconsin
company in Racine will come to Ken
osha to succeed Mr.. Miller as manager
for the Kenosha Home Telephone com
pany.
Manager Miller's work in Kenosha
attracted the attention of the powers
that be in the telephone business in
the state some time ago and it was
known that he was slated for advance
ment Notwithstanding the fact that he
was considered most valuable man
for the Kenosha exchange The new
position places Mr.. Miller in a place
where he has a chance for rapid adj
vancement and also assures him larg
err salary than he has received at the
head Of the Kenosha Office.
The name Of G. L. Miller had become
a fixture in connection with telephone
service in Kenosha and he was one of
the most popular managers in the state.
In the three years that he had been
in charge of the Kenosha Home Tele-
phone he has wrought wonders. When
he took hold of the work the company
had only a little over 1900 telephone
stations and at the present time the
number has increased to more than
1900. Mr.. Miller has done much to
improve the plant of the Kenosha
Home Telephone company and he has
shown q willingness to act as the cham
pion of the people in securing the best
possible: service. He gave his personal
attention to every angle of the bust
ness in Kenosha and one Of the first
results shown was the better service
from operators. Manager Miller was
sticker for courtesy among the en-
ployees Of the telephone company and
for good service and it has been de-
clared by no less an authority than
the state railway commission that the
city of Kenosha under the management
of Mr.. Miller offered to the people the
best telephone service to be found in
the state of Wisconsin. In his new po-
sjtion he will have charge of all the
telephones in Rock county and the tier
of counties along the Illinois state line
and his ability as an organizer is GER
tain to bring better service to the peo-
pie residing in that part Of the state
Mr.. Miller has been active in the af-
fairs of the city and he will be great
ly missed.
The new manager Mr.. Dye is man
of long experience in the telephone
business, he being one of the oldest
employees of the Wisconsin Telephone
in Wisconsin. He has been
in charge of some big propositions and
has always made good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

The month s sojourn of the visiting
nurse in Kenosha, while it made but
a beginning in the work that should
be done along that line, must eventual
ly be productive of much good. AS one
of the most noticeable immediate re-
suits of her visit, more people are TAX
ing an interest in the work among the
poor and have had their attention call
ed to conditions that cry aloud for
relief in way they cannot forget, than
ever before in the history of the city
and we do not believe that the neglect
of the most ordinary sanitary precau-
tions in dealing with contagious dis
eases will be regarded with such mark
ed Indifference in the future as it has
in the past. Conditions have been dis
closed by the visiting nurse that nine
heard of them through her work would
have declared could not exist in this
city and it rests with these people to
make it impossible for them to ever
exist in the future. There is plenty of
evidence that it will take the strongest
kind of public sentiment to force any
changes in sanitation and preventive
work in Kenosha but if this sentiment
continues 10 grow for only a little
time longer as it has in the past month
the demand for ordinary municipal
cleanliness will be too strong to be re-
sisted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

"Oh, see what you are driving. at;
and If you will listen to what have
been longing to tell you for months,
1 win explain the badge incident.
Il can surmise what it is, she
smiled listlessly toying with the lever.
but please let US return and allay
fathers fears. Then, when you have
explained the badge affair, IL will
listen"
THAT is some consolation" he re-
joined, turning the motor to comply
with her wish.
Five minutes later they had reached
the deputy. who was angrily gesticu-
lating as he addressed a middle aged
man of judicial aspect.
Here they are." cried the deputy,
as the car drew up. Judge want
you to commit him"
BE patient a moment, Jim, until
we hear his story" advised the other.
What does this mean, Ralph ?"
asked the justice, as the deputy thrust
Ralph aside and assisted Florence to
alight.
Nothing wrong, uncle" replied
Ralph, grasping the Justices hand.
-Four months ago l met Miss Raney
at Asbury Park, and after calling upon
her several times a week for two
months, / proposed. She was to have
given her answer the following Satur-
day; but when Friday dawned, she
had mysteriously disappeared. From
that time, have not seen her, al
though I have searched high and low,
little dreaming she was your neigh
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

hardly subscribe to this charitable view
of the matter. 1t is fact also that
many people unaccustomed to Judging
speed are apt to overestimate the
speed of the motor cycles and to de-
clare that riders have been violating
the speed law when they are really
keeping well within the safety limit
but it is also a fact that there are a
number of the motor cycles tearing
about the streets at rate of speed
that makes them serious menace to
life and limb. Moreover some of these
riders either do not know or anyway
do not observe the rules of the road
which greatly increases the chances of
accident. Kenosha has a motor cycle
club and we do not know of anything
that would make a stronger appeal to
the people of the city than to have this
club take the initiative in prosecuting
violations of the law by cycle riders.
Without exception the automobile
clubs all over the country have dis
countenanced speeding on the public
highways and have sat down hard on
the speed maniacs among their member
ship and there is no reason why their
good example should not be followed
by the cycle clubs. All things consid-
cred Kenosha has been wonderfully
lucky so far in the number of accidents
we have had due to motor driven We
hicles although there have been some
bad ones but there is no sense in leav-
ing everything to luck. The only way to
minimize the danger Of accident is to
enforce the law and it looks very much
as if now is the time to begin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
MUST ORDER FISH NOW.

People residing along the inland
lakes of Kenosha county desiring to
have the lakes stocked with fish for
next season are urged to make appli-
cation to the state commissioner for
the fish at this time. Applications
have been sent to the county clerk
with instructions to have them filed
out and returned before the supply of
fish is exhausted. The new fish will
not be shipped until some time in Au-
gust but the state commission is fore
ed to make its plans many weeks in
advance. The State Commissioner has
directed that FIVE thousand young bass
be planted in Mud lake In the town of
Bristol and they will be shipped there
in August.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09


That list of s'slow pay" people
which is being furnished to the mer-
chants of the city by a Chicago collect
ing agency will undoubtedly be kept
strictly for private use by those who
receive it. 1t will never be generally
circulated for the reason that there is
always possibility that the collect
ing agency may have made mistake
in some of the names and while every
merchant is doubtless glad to be warn
ed himself none of them is likely to
assume responsibility for the correct
ness of the list by giving it any gen
eral circulation. The people who know
that their names adorn this list need
score. In spite of sharp competition,
it is not going to be so easy in the fut-
ure for those persons who make prac-
tice of refusing to pay their bills to
get credit and many of the merchants
believe this plan the best ever devised
to protect them from the impositions
of the dead beats. Most of the mer-
chants refuse to discuss the list at all
but those who can be induced to talk
at all say that the most remarkable
thing about it is the number of differ
ent merchants that some of the best
known dead beats have been able to
stick something they declare can.
not happen again under this new sys-
TEN of extending credits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

-Four young men of the city had an
exciting experience at an early hour
Sunday morning when they were pick
ed up at the home Of Walter Wells on
Eagle street. The boys started to go
to party and had gone to the wrong
house. Mr.. Wells was taking no
chances and notified the police but the
four men managed to convince the Of
fcers that they were all right and they
were saved the humiliation of a ride
in the patrol wagon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
MUST MAKE REPORTS,
Health Officer is Ordered to Demand
Reports of All Contagious Diseases.

NGpolbo VI AL OUllGdS lUuS 0lS6dSSSs
Mayor NJ. j. Scholey acting as chair
man of the Board of Health this morn
ing issued an order to the City Health
officer DR.. j. B. Spalding directing
that he send an immediate notice to all
physicians in the city under the seal
of the city demanding that notices of
all contagious diseases be fled at the
earliest possible moment not only with
the Health Officer but also with the
police department of the city and the
Mayor has also directed that all of
these cases be quarantined by the City
Health department. Recent agitation
in the city is to result in a new plan
in the treatment Of contagious diseases
and the city is to take every possible
step along the lines of quarantine to
prevent the spread of diseases. It is
understood that the order is to go into
effect at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
Like Moving Picture Shows.

Marionette or puppet theaters, for
merly we'll beloved by the Italian resi-
dents from memories of their old
home, have disappeared in New York,
being replaced by the moving picture
shows, but the NEUROLOGICAL and le-
genda<y dramas familiar in the van
ished playhouses are still preserved
and in more effective form by tka
hlms Of the biograPhs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
Frank Laughren the well known Oh

Frank Laughren the well known Chi
cago cartoonist gave a very interest
inc chalk talk before the members of
the Hebrew Dramatic Club at their hall
on Market Square Sunday evening.
The other feature of the program for
the entertainment was a dramatic
sketch entitled, "The Hebrew given
by three of the members of the club.
The evening proved a very jolly one for
the club members.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09

We have no little fake talking points
on Kimball pianos, what we have are
solid scientific construction, durabil-
ity and tone quality, which makes them
the choice Of the world s greatest mu-
sicians and artists. Sold at one fix
ed price. Cash or easy payments. Kim
bali Piano Store. 305 Main street #w45
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-09
Both Had Good Points.

A southerner asked an old colored
man what breed of chickens he con-
sidered the best and he replied: "All
kinds has merits. De wife ones is de-
easiest to find, but the black ones is
the easiest to hide after you gifts EN-"