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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
TO limit SESSI0SALD STElM INJURED OFFER IS WITHDRAWN
Sixth Ward Scion Badly
Bruised by Falling from
Car Late Wednesday.
CAR COLLIDEs WITH WAGON

c. Fred Stemm, senior alderman of
the Sixth ard and agent for the Val.
Biatz Brewing Company in the city,
is confined to his home on Middle street
as a result of injuries received late
Wednesday afternoon when he fell
from street car on Market street
just vest of the tracks of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company.
Alderman Stemm and Police Officer
John zievers were standing on the
front platform Of the car. The car
was coming from the west and at the
warehouse just west of the tracks a
truck owned by the Mueller, Kuehn
Company was unloading some grocer
les. The horses hitched to the truck
backed it around SO that the wheels
were directly in front Of the car. The
motorman put on the brakes and slow
ed the car down but Alderman Stemm
fearing a serious collision between the
car and the truck jumped off the car.
He lost his balance and fell on the
brick pavement. He was picked up
and carried to the neighboring drug
store where his wounds were dressed
and later he was removed to his home
ton Middle street. An examination
showed that the entire lower portion
OF his body had been badly bruised
and it was stated at the home Of the
alderman this morning that he would
be laid up for several days. The col
lision between the wagon and the
street car did not result in any serious
damage to either the carer the truck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
SEND IN BIG BILL.
Chicago Lawyers Seek Big Fees for
Representing City in Alleged Case.

Evidently the idea has been promul-
gated that the city of Kenosha is
easy and that any old bill will get
through the common council. The lat
est claimant for slice of the CRY
treasury is a firm Of attorneys in Chi
cage, Offield, Towle, Graves & Offield,
and that company has sent to the city
clerk a bill Of ST. ,540.15 for represent
ing the city in the suit Of Warren
Brothers vs.. The City of Kenosha and
the White Construction Company. Not
one Of the present officials of the city
ever heard of the lawyers OF their al
legged services to the city which are
charged at 81, 1880. The remainder
of the bill is claim for expenses Of
litigation. The city of Kenosha had
no part in the litigation and never re-
ceived any documents of any s1sture
from the firm of attorneys save few
copies Of answers filed by the White
Construction Company. The council
has refused to even consider the bill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

possible that some further comnuni-
cation viii be sent to the council
later.
There was a long argument over the
proposed new breakwater and the
council could take no final action in
the matter. If the city can get pos
session of the adjoining property
either by deed or by legislative enact
ment the break will be built, but if
such action is found impossible, simply
spur breakwater will be built to take
care of the street
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
SHIP METERS BACK
Water Commission Refuses
to Accept Consignment
Sent by Manufacturers.
ORDERS SAID TO Be IRREGULAR

A controversy over orders for water
meters has caused considerable COM
ment in regard TO the work of the
board of water commissioners and the
commissioners have issued an order di-
Irecting the superintendent to return to
the manufacturers 100 Empire meters
sent to the city by the National Meter
Company and 100 Trident meters sent
by the Neptune Meter Company. It is
declared by the members of the COM
mission that the meters were shipped
to Kenosha without their being ad-
vised of any purchase and that the
commission will not accept them.
Superintendent Baltzer when seen de-
clared that he had given no order for
these meters. He explained that at
the recent water works convention at
Louisville, KY, the various meter max
ing companies had some very active
agents at work and that at that time
he had placed orders for small num-
Der of meters of several makes, but
that the companies had taken the lib
|erty of sending to Kenosha 100 meters
of each pattern. The value of the
meters was in the neighborhood of
1000. They are all being boxed up
and shipped back to the maRufac-
turers. The board of water commits
sioners has put a new check on the ex-
penditures of the department and in
the future no bills will be paid for
amounts exceeding twenty-five dollars
unless such orders are signed by at
least two of the members of the board.
The passing of this resolution gave rise
to the report that there was friction
between the members of the commits.
sion and the superintendent, but this
is denied and it is declared that the
board limited the amount of their or
de1s with the sole view of securing bet.
ter business system in the purchase of
material and equipment for the depart
ment. In the past the superintendent
has had a wide power in making such
purchases, but in the future the buying
of all of this material will be more
closely under the scrutiny of the full
commission.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Claiming that an intercepted letter
had revealed the infdelity of his wife,
Peter Buchwold was awarded a divorce
in the municipal court this morning
from his wife, Marie Buchwold. The
couple were married in Denmark in
1906, but had resided here for nun.
Der OF years. Two men, both we'll
known in Kenosha, were named in tie
complaint, but their names were not
brought out in the hearing of the case.
1T IS declared that the whereabouts Of
the wife and the little son of the
couple were unknown, but that the hus-
Band would make an effort to secure
Fhe custody of the son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
Property Owners to be Civ.
en- Chance to Show APP
probation of State Aid.
ASK Sen. sTEPHEASON'S AID

friendly contests among property
Eowners residing on roads adjoining the
city are being inaugurated by the
roads committee of the Kenosha Auto
mobile club and in the next>> few
months property owners on the various
roads are to be given chance to show
the amount of their interest in road
work. The committee has started out
| to raise large sum by subscription to
make certain the improvement Of roads
and the proposition is to give the
amount of money subscribed by people
in the city, not directly interested as
property owners, to that road where
the property owners show the greatest
interest by making the largest contri.
buttons to the fund The committee is
planning on securing the expenditure
of five dollars by the town, county and
state for every dollar raised by SUBJ
scription. Already $4,000 has been sub
l
J is hopeful that with the aid Of the
property owners the fund can be
brought up to at least ten thousand
dollars, and this would insure the ex-
penditure of not less than $4,000 on
the roads of the county for next year.
The committee is not particularly IA
voring any road but the members be-
heve that the people residing along
the Ashland avenue road will recog-
nize the Importance of having this
road improved. Should these prop
erty owners fail to take interest and
the property owners along other roads
raise large fund there will be no hest
fancy in leaving the improvement of
this road until later and the money
raised will be expended on other roads.
The committee is expecting aid from
Senator Isaac Stephenson. A year ago
Senator Stephenson made proposition
to the county board offering to build a
mile and quarter of road in front Of
his farm in the towns of Pleasant
Prairie and Somers, if the county
would extend its appropriation for
roads to building out on the Plank
road. The board turned down the prop
osition, but it is thought that the sena-
tor will be willing to make similar
proposition TO the members of the auto
mobile club and that it will meet with
better consideration. The offer of the
senator would have meant an expendi-
ture of $4,000 if the county board had
ordered the plank road improved by
the building of concrete road. The
plans of the committee now in charge
of the work of raising money provide
for the building of nothing but brick
or concrete roads and all subscriptions
as being taken with the understanding
that permanent roads of this sort will
be built if a sufficient fund can be
raised.
An early report of the committee is
expected and letters are now being
sent out urging property owners to CO.
operate in carrying out the plan. Fy-
cry road leading out of the city is be-
taken into consideration in the plan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Travelling at a rate of sixty miles
an hour an automobile containing a
number OF well known Madison youths
struck telephone pole last night.
Alice Mullen and Edmund Afford were
killed and Frederick Watsinger was
fatally hurt. Two other occupants Of
the automobile escaped. The members
OF the party were returning from a
dance and one machine attempted ia
pass another and then the two started
TO race.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
FOREIGNERS RESENT ORDERS
s0eclare That They Can Not Afford to
Change Mode of Living but Inspec-
tors Demand That the State Law be
Lived UP to to the Very Letter.


Foreigners of the city on account OF
The action that is being taken by the
health department. to enforce better
housing conditions in the city. DR.. j.
q. McShane with the assistance of
Sanitary Inspector M. F. Barber is
making an investigation of every
house in the city used as tenement
house. He has found that conditions
i'm Kenosha are something awful SO far
as the housing of some of these people
is concerned and the state law is being
enforced with view Of securing more
healthful conditions.
1T has been nothing unusual to find
nine, ten and even dozen full grown
men eating and sleeping in houses and
apartments of four rooms and the
largest rooms in these places are not
more than ten feet square. In some
of the places most of the people are
sleeping in a single room Official no
tices are being served on these people
demanding that they get out of the
houses and showing them just how
many may remain under the state law.
AS the Law provides that there shall
be certain fixed number of cubic feet
for each person living in these ten
ements, the officials are being kept
busy figuring up the cubic contents of
these houses and forcing the men to
move out, In some cases these or
ders have met with sullen refusals
from the people to comply. They have
asserted that they have been living to-
gether in the houses for years and that
they can not afford to secure other
quarters Tn some Of the places the
men were found to have considerable
tnoney concealed about the little rooms,
but at that they declared that they
could not afford to secure new homes,
One of the biggest handicaps to the
carrying out the orders for the enforce
ment of the state law is found in the
fact that it is all but impossible to find
any vacant houses in the city which
may be secured by these people. Scores
of old buildings which years ago served
fheir period of usefulness are now be-
ing used as homes by these foreigners
and they resent any action on the part
of the health department. to force them
to meet the demands of the state law.
DIR. McShane has told these people that
shey must find some other way to live
pr get out of Kenosha.
Some of the people have declared
hhat if the city insists on them secur-
ing better conditions to live under that
IT will be necessary for the city to pro-
wide for their support and it is ex-
pected that the order of the health
department viii result in many appli.
cations being made to the pauper off.
cials. These officials are thoroughly on
their guard and these people will not
be permitted to impose on the city. 1t
Is known that many of the people who
have been living under these unsani-
tary conditions have sent large sums
TO other countries for relatives there
and to be set aside for the use of the
people when they return to their ma
sive land. Nearly every city in the
state is now insisting on better OBJ.
8ervanee of the state law in regard to
the housing of people in tenement dis,
Syicts,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

The old story of the sale of the Chi
cage & Milwaukee Electric road is
again going the rounds, and it is now
declared that the road will be sold
within the next month. 1t is said that
the receivers are closing up their trus-
teeship with this end in view.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Alderman G. F. Stemm is still confin-
ed to his home as result of his in
juries of last Friday evening when he
was thrown from a street car. The
condition of Alderman Stemm was
such that he was unable to attend the
meeting of the common council on
Monday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Announcement has been made Of the
approaching marriage of Miss Myra M
Murphy, daughter Of John J. Murphy,
and Roy B. White, popular electrician
of the Kenosha fire department. The
ceremony viii sske place at st. Jassz
church on next Saturday morning
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Co. B, Knights of St. George, held
their annual picnic at Behring's Grove
Sunday, the feature of the day was the
ball game between the Irish and the
Dutch, the score being 10 to in favor
of the Irish. Capt. E. A. Pfister of
Milwaukee, umpire. Batteries: Irish
Elsen and Pritzer; Dutch HOLMAN
and 0leson. Captain Tommy HOLMAN
has challenged the Irish for return
game.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
SEEKS MISSING WIFE.
Rockford Man Asks Police to Secure
Possession of His Daughter.

Chief of Police O'Hare this morning
received letter from Edward Whit
lock of Rockford, ILL.,, asking that he
make an effort to locate Mrs Whitiock,
who disappeared from her home in
Rockford three weeks ago taking her
infant daughter with her. Whitlock
has asked the police to secure the Gus
tody of the child and, if possible, hold
the wife until he can come to Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

J. w. Harne of Chicago was ar
rested Monday afternoon on charges of
speeding his automobile on Milwaukee
avenue. He paid fine of $40 and
costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Ralph Jordan Wilson of Evanston
and Miss Evelyn Ware Wood of Chi
cago, were united in marriage in Ke
nosha on Monday evening, the cere.
mony being performed by Judge Ran
dali at the Municipal court. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson will make their future
home in Evanston.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Mrs, g, [. Miller Of Evansville, who
has been visiting in Kenosha for sew
eral days was taken to st. Mary's hos
pital in Racine yesterday for an opera
ton. The operation proved successful
and she is getting along nicely today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

DR.. George Thompson has the origin
al hard luck story. He started on an
automobile trip for his annual vaca-
ton last Tuesday and on Wednesday
he broke his left arm while cranking
the automobile. He has returned TO
Kenosha and will spend his vacation
nursing the injured member.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Mrs. A. A. Ref, Mrs. Arthur Peter
son and daughter Nellie, have returned
home after a two weeks visit in Iowa
with relatives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

The city council has ordered the
sidewalk inspector to proceed 1T once
with the building Of walks neglected
by the property owners and it is ex-
Pected that ell of this work viii be
kn within the next two months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
WOULD PUT IT UP TO VOTERS
Declares Limiting Sessions of the Leg
islature Would Result in Big Saving
for the State and Make Possible Bet
ter Work on Part of the Members.

Secretary of State Frear has given
out statement concerning the state
Legislature. From ten years associa-
ton with legislative proceedings, he
stated that the state of Wisconsin
ought to provide Limit for legislative
sessions, giving many reasons there
for.
"While the progressive movement
has done much for Wisconsin, he
said, cit remains to those who believe
in the rule Of the people to refer
to the electorate>of the state the right
to limit the length of legislative SEES
sions by constitutional provision. I
believe the legislator who will aggres-
sively champion such a measure will
confer a boon upon the state. The
rapidly growing expenses Of legisla-
tive sessions is bringing adverse crit
icism which is chargeable equally to
members Of all parties, and if the legis-
lature does not speedily remedy the
evil, the sessions will be limited as
soon as the people secure power under
the initiative and referendum.
Gin 1911 the session reached 1874
days, or more than a half years dug
alton, without any senatorial contest
or other especial reason for this burden
upon the members. Aside from 300
odd resolutions offered in both houses,
the bills submitted during the session
reached over 1,700 in number. Ere
quently bills would contain from ten
to twenty or more pages, so that the
1000 separate measures involved many
thousands of pages. Substitutes and
amendments were also offered, until
the average legislator and in fact
every member was confronted with a
hopeless mass of bills that at the end
of the session by actual measure reach
ed seventeen inches in depth when
placed in pile. The number of pages
in The Assembly Journal will also
be easily remembered for it reached
within seventeen pages of 1,700. Be
tween 100000 and 100000, depend
ing upon the method of calculation,
was expended by the state for 1egisla-
tive expenses in 1911, aside from the
salaries of the members.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Henry Degen of Chicago, spent Sat
|urday night and Sunday with MS sis
ter, Mrs. George W. Halves of Salem
avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Yelma Rector, little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Rector of Quinton
street, died at st. Mays hospital in
Chicago I6n Sunday evening. The re-
mains We're brought to Kenosha on
Monday afternoon and the funeral will
be held from the family residence at
z o'clock Wednesday afternoon with
interment at the Kenosha cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Mrs. w. K. Weems, Mrs. Walter
Weems and Mrs. Lineberger of Quincy,
ILL.,, are the guests of Mrs. W. P. Moore
of Durkee avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

A new watering trough is to be put
in by the city on SchWan' s court, just
north of the North Side engine house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Miss Florence Quinn Of st. Louis, is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Mayer on Market street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

Mrs. Walter White and daughter
Dorothy, are spending a week at
Niagara Falls and Buffalo,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

George Yule is spending a few days
at WaEkesha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
7. B. Jeffery Co. Sewers All
Negotiations for Vaca-
ton of Streets.
COUNCIL IN RECORD SESSION

Members of Council Remain in Session
for More Than Five Hours in Dispos-
ing of Routine Work of City-Many
Matters are Taken Up at Meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
Cites Blue Book Bill.

What legislature,' he asked,
"would ever dare in it's saner moments
to pass the Blue Book bill enacted at
the last session against the vigorous
protest of the state printing commits
sion? This law, passed in the closing
days Of the session, provides that each
member of the legislature shall have
200 Blue Books, larger number than
lis given by any state in the country,
and reaching total of $4,000 for the
Legislature alone, at an expense of over
$4,000 TO be issued by the members
as a perquisite to be used in direct VIC
lation of the corrupt practices act. AT
the same time the legislature gives to
the governor Of the state only one Blue
Book, with similar number to every
other state officer. The act is indie
feasible and speaks forAitself, disclos-
ing the method Of prolonging obiec-
tionable bills to the close Of weari-
some session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08
Referendum Plans Defeated.

Secretary Frear declared that he
drew joint resolutions for the 1907,
1909 and 1911 legislatures proposing a
referendum to limit the sessions by
constitutional amendment. In every
session it was voted down. He charged
that Assemblyman Gilbertson moved
it's indefinite postponement and that
Speaker Ingram left the chair to move
immediate consideration of motion to
reconsider, in order to ensure it's de-
feat. The resolution was defeated, 81
to IS, and Secretary Frear declared
the people were entitled to know why.
Thirty-tWo states and territories
have a legal limit for legislative ses-
sions. Mr.. Frear believed that mem
bers Of the Wisconsin legislature
should be paid by the day for actual
attendance with limit to the num-
Der of days. The apportionment bill,
which he called unfair and which Gov.
McGovern vetoed, and the resolution
to change the compensation of mem
bers from $500 per session to $500 per
year-$1 200 per session--were active
ly supported by Messrs Gilbertson and
Ingram, declared the secretary. The
voters Of the state had recently de-
feated a two-year salary amendment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-08

John D. Childs of Aurora, Ill, spent
Monday evening in Kenosha.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-22
Bits of Scripture
Genesis 9:816.

And God spake unto Noah, and to
his sons with him, saying:
And |, behold, | establish my COW
enant with you, and with your seed
after you;
And with every living creature that
is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle,
and of the beast of the earth with you
from all that go out of the ark, to
every beast of the earth.
And / will establish my covenant
with you; neither shall all flesh be cut
off any more by the waters of a food ;
neither shall there any more be a
food 10 destroy the earth.
And God said, This is the token OF
the covenant which | make between
me and you and every living creature
that is with you, for perpetual genera
tons:
I do set my bow in the cloud, anC
It shall be for token of a covenant
between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when
bring a cloud over the earth, that the
bow shall be seen in the cloud:
! And | will remember my covenant
/ which is between me and you ant
every living creature of all flesh; ant
/ the waters shall no more become
food to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud
and l will look upon it, that | may re
member the everlasting covenant be
tween God and every living creatur
of all flesh that is upon the earth.
At the First Methodist church tc
morrow morning Thomas Hawkes.
who is visiting in the city will sim
Dudley Bucks MY Redeemer and NJ
Lord"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-22
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held on Tuesday, the
25th day of June, A. D., 1912. in the
city of Rock Island, ILL.,, for the pur-
pose of electing one member OF the
board of education of Rock Island
school district.
The polling place for said election
will be at Normoyle's livery barn.
1912 Third avenue. from s o'clock
a. m, until Z o'clock p. m.
The judges and clerks of election
residing in the Eighth precinct will
be the judges and clerks for this cleo
ton.
Dated at Rock Island, ILL.,, June II,
1912. II. NJ. SCHRIVER,
Mayor