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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
COURT TO END LONG CONTEST
Judge O'Neill of Nielsville After Hear
ing Arguments in the Famous Case
Takes Action Under Amusement for
Early Judgment.

The long standing contest between
Patrick L. Haynes and Gustave l..
Clausen, original promoters of the cleo
trio railway in Kenosha and the Ke-
nosha Electric Railway company, is to
be settled within the next few weeks
as Judge O'Neill Of Nielsville, sitting
on the bench Of the circuit court for
Kenosha county on Wednesday after
noon, heard the final arguments in the
case and announced that he would rem
der decision just as soon as he could
go through the great mass of papers
filed in connection with the case.
The promoters are, in keeping with
the mandate of the supreme court, de-
manding division of the property of
the company. They have alleged that
the Kenosha Electric Railway company
has taken over all of the visible assets
of the Kenosha Street Railway COM
pany and that the present holders of
the company must meet the demands of
the promoters for the $4,000 promised
to them for their services in securing
the original franchise through Keno
sha. A stipulation has been made by
attorneys that the amount claimed is
not to be in excess Of $4,000 and
the attorneys for Haynes and CIausen
are now demanding interest on this
amount from the date Of the stipula-
ton.
In the hearing on Wednesday Judge
Spaulding Of Detroit, the president of
the Kenosha Electric Railway company
appeared personally for the company.
An effort to reopen the entire case
was made, but the court held that the
question at issue in keeping with the
decision of the supreme court was the
division of the property so as to show
nosha Street Railway company. The
claim Of the promoter is first lien
against this property. Only two wit
nesses were heard in the trial of the
case and they were called simply to
show the passage of the different fran
chise ordinances. 1t was brought out
in connection with the hearing that A.
G. Frost never paid the full amount
agreed upon for the road and that en-
tire holdings of the company were at
one time vested with Frost with him
self as security for the payment of
the bonds.
Haynes and Clausen have been fight
ing the case for more than ten years
alleging that they are entitled to re-
cover the fee agreed upon between them
and B. j. Arnold for the promotion Of
the first franchise ordinance. Arnold
and others named as defendants held
that the franchise was worthless, but
the supreme court held that the com
panies succeeding the Kenosha Street
Railway company had the benefit of
the work of the promoters and that for
this reason they must be paid It is
not probable that there will be any
actual division of the property Of the
company, but the railway company is
expected to pay in cash the amount
named by the court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
WANTS MONEY KEPT HERE.
Great Drain in Resources Caused by
Cheap Foreign Labor.

Editor Kenosha News:
The statement in Saturdays issue
Our Millions go to Europe" shows to
me the foolishness Of the capitalist
employers in this country going to
Europe to hire the mass of their help.
They get it some cheaper sure, but
then one hundred million dollars leaves
the country that should stay here and
do business. If that one hundred mil
lion extra was put into circulation by
building more houses, buying more
shoes and stockings, the hosiery factory
IN Kenosha ard Simmons Bed factory
would be running full time. The money
that leaves Kenosha every year to
Europe would, if kept in Kenosha, help
very materially to make a greater Ke-
nosha. The manufacturers. themselves
would have a much greater home bust
ness and get a better price for their
surplus goods, as they call it, instead
of hunting market in foreign count
ries as they are at present. According
to the P. 0. there is enough money sent
to Europe from Kenosha every year to
build and furnish over fifty 5-room
houses, and still our employers of labor
cannot see they are cutting their own
throats by getting cheap European
labor.
Jas. III. Birchard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
NO r. G. S. ON ENVELOPES.
postoffice Department Issues Order Hit.
ting State Anti Tuberculosis Assn.

Every once in a while the postal
authorities in Washington, D. c., issue
some sort OIL q. new ruling. The latest
has been announced by Postmaster
r. V. Baker.
Hereafter no adhesive stamps or imi
tations of such stamps shall be placed
on the address side of an envelope. ex-
cept the regular postage stamp. IF the
stamps do not in form and design re-
semble the regular postage stamps they
may be struck or printed, on the backs
of envelopes Otherwise not.
The new order will not mean much
for few months but it will be some
what rough on the public just prior to
the merry Christmas tide. The Red
Cross Christmas stamps bear close
enough resemblance to postage stamps
to bar their USE Some new design
will have to be provided.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

The action Of Racine county in tax
ing steps for the establishment OF a
sanitarium for the care of patients in
the advanced stages Of tuberculosis In
dependently Of Kenosha county comes
as a surprise and something of dis
appointment to the workers in the anti
tuberculosis campaign in this county, it
having been understood that the two
counties were to unite in the estab-
lishment and maintenance of such an
institution, although no formal action
towards such combination had been
taken since the legislature authorized
the counties to appropriate money for
these sanitariums. Kenosha viii now
have to go ahead with the plans for
an institution of its own and it is GER
tain that the Kenosha county physi-
clans will have something ready for the
consideration Of the members of the
board of supervisors when that body
meets in November.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

The report of the new city engineer
will go a long waylto quiet the fears
of the people who have been watching
the construction of the trunk line sew
er that the materials being used were
not up to the grade required in the
specifications in the contract The city
engineer is the representative Of the
taxpayers on this work and the one
man who will be held responsible for
results 50 far as the city is concerned
and it is reassuring to- the members
Of the council to have him report that
he is satisfied with the quality Of the
materials used and the progress that
has been made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
NO CHANGE FOR KENosHA.
Legislature Committee to Whip New
Apportionment Bill Into Form.

The legislative committee at Mad-
son on Thursday whipped into form
new apportionment act with view
of meeting the objections Of the gov.
ernor and the new bill will make no
changes in the senatorial and assembly
districts so far as Kenosha county is
concerned. Most Of the changes are
made in the city Of Milwaukee. There
seems to be no tendency to disturb
the congressional lines made N the orr
ginal bill and there is little doubt but
that Waukesha county VIII become p
part of the first congressional district.
The governor has declared that he is
satisfied with the apportionment of the
state so far as the congressional dis
tricts are concerned and none of the
politicians opposed to the apportioa-
ment seem to have strength enough to
get this portion of the law re-opered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
HEARS PLEA OF ELECTRIC.
Court Informed that Milwaukee Elec-
trio Paper Sold at Discount in State.

Court Informed that Milwaukee Elec-
trio Paper Sold at Discount in State.
+ That one-half Of the $10,0000OO bond
issue Of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Railway company was sold at a dis
count ranging from 10 to 20 per cent
was one of the developments at the
hearing on the validity of the issue
before Judge Grosscup in the United
States circuit court.
The bonds which were sold at dis
count were issued by the Wisconsin
branch Of the corporation The Illinois
bonds were sold at par.
Jacob Newman, attorney for large
number of bondholders, made a strong
plea to Judge Grosscup not to turn the
properties securing the bonds over to
the creditors of the railroad, but to
permit the bondholders to retain them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
New LAW WILL ASSIST HIM
Law Provides for Primaries Should
the Office Of Senator Become Vacant
Before the End of the Term Fixed
by Law.

The fight for the senatorial to-
ga worn at present by Senator
Stephenson is still long way off, but
that does not prevent those interested
in looking after the preliminaries.
A little instance of that kind is
shown by the bill No. sos, which
passed the legislature and is now a
part Of the statute law of the state.
The bill is innocent enough looking, be-
ing simply measure providing for non
partisan nominations. Originally it
provided that nol-partisan nominations
might be made for any Office to be
voted for at any general judicial,
special or city election, It was intro
duced by Senator Martin and was look
ed upon as carrying out the pledge of
the party for non-partisan nominations.
Then during the course of its pro.
gress through the two houses, Assembly
man Roycroft introduced a substitute
amendment. This did not change the
original text Of the bill to any great
degree, but it did add another section
which, in view of coming eventualities,
is interesting. This particular section
reads:
8 In case of vacancy in the office of
United States senator the governor
nay order a special primary for the
nomination of candidates for said office.
Said order shall specify the date of
said special primary and shall be filed
in the office of the secretary of state,
who shall forthwith give notice there
of All provisions of law relating to the
September primary shall apply to said
special primary insofar as applicable.
Said order shall be made not less than
sixty days before the date of said pri-
mary. Thereafter the governor may
convene a special session of the legisla-
ture to elect a United States senator to
fill such vacancy. In every case Of
vacancy in TIE Office Of United States
senator there shall be submitted TO the
voters of the state at the next general
primary election the question of nomi-
nation Of candidates, unless it has been
determined at a special primary called
by the governor as herein provided. -
The meat in this political cocoanur
lies in the fact that the friends and
supporters of Gov. McGovern believe
that before the voters of the state
there is no man, aside from Senator
LaloIlette, who can beat him, and some
of the enthusiasts are not inclined to
except the senator. Under the provi-
sions of this act, as the bill was signed
by the governor some days ago, should
vacancy occur there would be an
election instead of the matter being
left to the members of the legislature
or the governor having to appoint some
Dne who might later become a formid-
able candidate for the long term.
Now the question of who shall be the
republican candidate for senator will
De put up to the people and they will
decide the issue.
The governor may not be a politician,
but he is learning fast, and what he
\ does not know others close to him do,
as shown in this simple bit of legisla-
lure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

The facts and the law are plain in
this row That is agitating the LIQUOR
interests in this city, but if there is
any doubt on the subject court case
will soon settle the matter When the
city sells a saloon man license to do
business for $500 or five cents it as
sumes an obligation to see that he shall
be protected in his rights and that
every other man in the same line shall
pay just what he does for the same pri-
vilege and there is no question but
that the people of the city would vote
to protect the nan who pays the money
every time if they bad anything to say
about it. The majority of the people of
the city are not particularly interested
IN any fight between The retail dealers
and the beer agents, but they are in
terested in seeing that the city gets
every cent coming to it from license
money and it is the business of the city
officials to see that this money is paid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
CARS LEAVE TRACK.
Traffic Delayed by Wreck at Middle
Street Thursday Night.

Traffic on the main line of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway COM
pany was delayed for several hours
Thursday night on account of wreck
of a freight train near the Middle
street crossing Two cars left the track
one of them being loaded with brick.
The wreck occurred just before eight
o. clock arI the tracks. were blocked in
such a manner as to make it impossible
for the passenger trains to use the
track until after the wreck had been
cleared away at midnight. Officials of
the company declare that there was no
property loss as result OF. the wreck.
The brick were consigned to Keno
sha company and they were cleaned up
and delivered this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
AUDIT COUNTY BOOKS
County Clerk Asks for Bids
for General Audit of Books
of All Offices in County
MAY BRING NEW SYSTEMS

henosha county is gong to find out
where she is cat" and on Wednesday
County Clerk Jones sent out a call for
bids for the work of auditing all the
books of the county, the bids to be
opened the latter part of this month
and the call provides for complete
audit of all the accounts of the county
1t will include a going over the books
of the sheriff, county clerk, register of
deeds, clerk of tho circuit court, county
Judge, registrar in probate, coroner and
county treasurer In addition to this
all accounts of the municipal court will
be audited so as to show just what
the receipts and expenditures of this
court have been.s
This will be the first general audit
ever made of the books of the county
and the accountants are expected to
make suggestions for new system of
bookkeeping to the county board at it's
annual January session. The county
board in the past has held that there
was no necessity Of an audit of the
books of the county on account of the
fact that the accounts of every official
were annually checked by members of
the county board committees, but it is
held that this check on expenditures
IS not 8, searching one and it would
be an easy matter for any number of
errors to creep into the books and es-
cape the detection of committees COM
posed of men not technically trained
in the work of casting up accounts.
Under the call for bids for the audit
balance sheet showing the condition
Of tire books Of every office in the
county must be submitted to the county
board at the January session and the
work of making the audit is not to
be started until the close of the fiscal
year on the last day. of December in
this year.
Anticipated systems of bookkeeping
have been in vogue in the county for
years and in fact there are some of
the officials of the county who have
never kept sets of books, keeping tab
of moneys received and disbursed on
the back Of an envelope or on scat
tered pieces of paper so that the only
thing that the county has to check by
is the annual report Of the official.
The installation Of the fee system in
the various Offices of the county makes
an audit of the accounts almost a
necessity and it is expected that in
the future the audit will be made an
annual one.
There is no reason to believe that
there will be any glazing discrepancies
found in any of the accounts of the
officials and the audit will not 60 back
OF the present year. The officials in
ONCE at this time will be required to
give an account of their own steward
ship and not assume responsibility for
the work of any former official in of
fee.
For the past five years the city has
had annual audits of it's books made
and while this work has been some
thing of an expense it has resulted in
approved systems of bookkeeping being
adopted and the stopping of many
practices which Prevailed before the
work of auditing the accounts of the
city was begun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
Result Held Inevitable.

"Such will be the inevitable result
the result from which you cannot es-
cape, once the plan is enacted; the re-
suit, which you are asked to aid with
your money and your depositor's money
because you may derive some temper
AIRY beneft-but at what expense! At
the expense gentlemen, Of abnegation,
of self -annihilation- and humilia-
tioI- each being but a paltry cog in a
Gigantic financial wheel, each being but
"a pawn in the hands Of your masters
upon ali immense chessboard.
"And what fora What is the OBJ
ject of this Titanic schemee
1.-THE prime object of this mobiliza-
ton of money will be to correct con-
ditions in Wall street, whence all
panies come.
cit is clear that Wall street bank
ing, or, rather, Wall street financing,
needs correction. Let other remedies,
then, be applied to Wall street. Let
not Wall street sores be cured at the
cost Of the proposed countrywide sur
render of the bankers birthright for a
mess of pottage.
The Reserve Association will alb
soluteiy control the money market. 1t
will regulate the rate of interest. 1t
will dictate your investments. It will
practically control every bank in the
Union or force il out of business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
Nine Men in Control.


Gone billion and a half of lawful
money, with power to issue bank notes
or circulation against the reserve to
the amount of 40 per cent, or, in round
numbers, $6OO,Oo0,ooo, places total
of $2,100, 100000 under the control of
nine men. This would be the greatest
nancy power ever concentrated on
earth
Restrict the power of the associa-
ton as you may, place all imagina BILE
safeguards around it, the result will
always be the same-that- of placing the
necks of 90,o0o,o0O people under the
knees of an executive committee of
nine men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

A. new system of bookkeeping which
will show at q glance the transactions
OF the board and the condition of the
treasury has been needed for long
time in the school board and the dc
cision of the board to make change
in the system OF keeping its accounts
following the annual audit is q wise
one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

The property owners along the streets
being oiled will be put to some slight
inconvenience for a few days, but the
benefits they will receive will more
than compensate for that and the city
has right to expect that they will
do what they can to assist in protect
ing the streets from injury until they
are ready for use.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
CARVER" GRADE TRoTTER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
Of Kenosha, now the property of A.
I. 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: $40 to insure live
toal. Etf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

ellis is not an American plan. It
is repugnant to American ideals, to the
American tradition of free banking. J,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

Otto j. scholer has some of that
good pure rye bread. Try it. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20
.UpHOLDS THE WISCONSIN, LAW
Address, of the Kenosha Man is the
Principal Feature of the Closing
Day of the Session of the Wisconsin
Bankers Association.

A. E. Kuolt of Kenosha, state COM
missioner Of banking, was the principal
speaker before the Wisconsin State
Bankers association IN the closing ses-
sion of the annual convention in Mil
waukee on Thursday and he made a
vigorous attack on the Aldrich none
tary plan.
The Aldrich plan, Mr.. Kuolt said,
would result in the creating of the
greatest money power ever concentrat-
ed on earth. It would result in placing
the nechs Of e0,oOO,oO0 people under
the knees of an executive committee of
nine.
"This is not banking" said the
speaker; "this is high fnance-too high
for this humble planet of ours; much
too high for this American democ-
racy."
To his mind Mr.. Koult said, the only
legitimate cause of an industrial stag
nation and consequent financial dis
tress was general failure Of crops,
when 100000 or 100000 of farm
ers with their families, ceased buying
manufactured commodities because they
had not the ready money, and as a
result merchants and manufacturers
and the masses of wage earners suffer
ed and great depression resulted in
every field of human endeavor.
Defends Banking Law.
by Wisconsin banks since the organiza-
ton of the state banking department
in 1895, and passed to his defense of
the state banking law.
We have a good law" he declared.
"By many it is recognized as 8 model
law. Many of its prominent features
have been copied by other states.
Now, the law being good, we do not
want to spoil it by tinhering with it.
From time to time need Of minor
amendments may arise, and they will
be accepted as needed. But [ am sat
isfed to let well enough alone, and
shall certainly refrain from recommend
ing any radical changes to future legis-
latures.''
Taking up the Aldrich plan, Mr..
Kuolt said:
GA plan is on foot to undermine the
free banking system, and I shall avail
myself of this opportunity to offer a
few remarks upon the proposed Reserve
Association of America, or the so-called
'Aldrieh Plan of Currency Reform. y
cit is an extensive plan. Briefly, it
is proposed to mobilize and to concen-
trate (to use Mr.. Aldich s own express
stony about on billion and a half dol
lars of lawful money under the one
management-that management to con
sist of nine men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-07-20

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