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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

there was personal interest to him
in the oateome.
Under the vote of the council the
city attorney was instructed to serve
a legal notice on the present operator
of the saloon that the license had been
revoked oy the council and the place
will be closed up at once 1t is one
of the oldest saloons in the city and
has long been under the watchful eye
of the police. Under former man
agement the license wss taken from
the wall of the saloon and it was
closed by former mayor and the
council sustained his action.
Regulations for all the saloons in
the city were taken up by the eoun-
ell and at the order of Alderman ks
ten, the chairman of the license COM
mittee, the city clerk was instructed
to notify all saloon men of the city
that in the future there would be no
change Of management in saloons and
that they must be managed by the
original icensee or the license would
become null and void This will force
the brewing companies to see to it
that men to whom licenses are grant
ed are men who are able and will re-
main in charge of the saloons for the
full year. 1t is expected that this
resolution will go long way toward
removing lot of abuses of the IL
eense privilege in the future
The sale of beer in bottles on the
streets was also whaeked by the eoun-
Gil and al dealers in this sort of re-
freshments have been ordered notified
that in the future beer and other
liquors may be sold only on the prem
Uses for which licenses are issued.
This will not prevent beer or other
liquors being delivered on telephone
orders, but it will make it impossible
for the brewery agents TO sell beer
to gangs of workmen on the streets
and thus go into competition with
regularly licensed saloons IN the vari-
Gus portions of the city.
The question of requiring wholesal-
ers of beer and other liquors to take
out special licenses for this end of the
business was also discussed at length
and the city attorney was directed to
send an opinion to the council cover
ing this problem. For years efforts
have been made to draw a distinguish
ing line between the brewery agent
and the retail saloon, but it is deelar-
ed that the state law failed to draw,
this distinction. City Attorney Slater
is to make an investigation into the
matter and if the law permits whole
salers will be forced to take out Ii
censes both for the bottling plants and
for the retail saloons in connection
with these plants. There are several
of the brewing companies now paying
license for wholesale business only
and the council seeks to bring all I'M
der the same rule.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

Since the Spanish-American war we
have received two and quarter mil
lion immigrants who were unable to
read or write in any language, nearly
all of whom undoubtedly were unable
to speak English. Their only means
OF communication was the spoken
word in their mother tongue. Natural
ly these immigrants tend to congregate
in foreign speaking, foreign thinking
communities. Wholly dependent for
information upon a fellow country
man S word of mouth, they are es-
pecially liable to exploitation.
Illiteracy shuts them out from most
opportunities for lettering their con
dition Inevitably they work for the
lowest pay; and, coming in such great
numbers, there is no doubt they tend
to depress the general level of wages
in the industries they enter.
1t is quite true, as urged by those
who oppose literary test in our i'm
migration laws, that character is more
important than education: but the
point has no practical relevancy. be-
cause it is plainly impossible to frame
any statutory test for character. If
there is to be any restriction upon i'm
migration il should bar out the least
desirable; and no candid person will
deny that by and large, the iliterate
immigrant is less desirable than the
hterate. His illiteracy raises strong
presumption that he has been badly
conditioned socially and politically. 1t
handicaps him tremendously in com
pretending American conditions and
purposes
We shall, as a matter of course, bar
known criminals, the insane and pau
GERS. If there is TO be any finer dis
elimination, as regards immigration
from European countries, the literacy
test ought to be adopted. Saturday
evening Post.
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Reports of women and girls being
accosted and frightened on the streets
in the early evening and even in the
day time, not only in the foreign
quarters but in all sections of the city,
are becoming altogether too common
and something will have to be done
to put stop to that kind of work.
Fol many reasons this is the hardest
crime the police have to deal with,
but these ruffians will have to be sup
pressed if it is necessary to put plain
clothes men on duty all over the city
or the husbands and brothers of the
women and young girls have to form
a vigilance committee of their own
TO attend to these cases. Kenosha is
pretty lax in law enforcement IN a
good many ways, but the people of the
city still intend that its streets shall
be safe for women and children at all
hours of the day or night. They will
not hesitate at any measures which
may be necessary to make them so
either and any hoodlums who have
any different IDEAS in their heads are
goi g to nave serious trouble before
long if they persist in the practices
complained of. The first one caught
should be given lesson that will
have a decidedly deterrent effect on
his companions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23
Members of Grand Army
Arrange Program for An
uaI Observance.
CHILDREN 70 HAVE PART

The members of the Fred s.. Lowell
Post, at their meeting on Monday even
ing completed arrangements for the an
nual observance of Memorial Day in
the city and the plans for the year are
in keeping with the annual custom that
has been followed in the city for years
past. Next Sunday the annual memorial
sermon will be preached at Park Ave
nue. M. E. church by the Rev. Peter
Stair. The annual Memorial Day ex-
ercises will be held at the cemetery and
at the Guild Hall. The general orders
issued by the commander of the post
for the annual observance follow:
Fred S. Lowell Post, No. $50, G. A. r.,
with all orders affiliated and the Boy
Scouts of the city will meet at the
Post hall at 500 a. m. after the return
of the committee of the Post from the
north side cemetery, where the ritual
services will be conducted. The parade
will start from Post hall at 800 a. m.
sharp, led by the city band, to the city
park, where we will be met by the
school children of the city. A short pro-
gram will be given by the schools, a
wreath of flowers will be placed on the
soldiers monument by the w. R. G. and
wreath on the statue of Abraham
Lincoln by the ladies of the G. A. r..
The parade will then proceed to the city
cemetery, where the ritualistic services
will be conducted by the Post and the
placing of a wreath of flowers on the
soldiers monument on the G. a.. +.
let by the Daughters of Veterans. After
these services the comrades, assisted by
the Boy Scouts and school children, will
strew flowers on our comrades green
tents. At the call of the bugle the pro-
cession will fall in and return to Guild
Hail. where the address of the day will
be delivered by Alderman Walter T..
Marlatt, city editor of the Kenosha
Evening News. Good music will be
rendered and dinner will be served by
the w. r. C. in the Baptist church din
ing room, and dinner by the Ladies of
the G. A. r. in the Guild Hall dining
room. Price 25c. Smoking room in
Guild Hall for gentlemen.
G. E. Likes, Commander.
j. Coshun, Adjutant.
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petition has the required frontage and
it is possible that the work viii be
done this year.
Gave the committee on sewers the
power to extend the sewer on West
street south to Strong street and thence
east to Congress street.
Directed the owner of an old build
ing on Ashland avenue to appear be-
fore the council and show cause why
the building should not be removed on
account Of the fact that it was mem
ace to the surrounding territory.
Accepted the report of the committee
on lights providing for the installation
of 81 new lights in various paris of the
city.
Refused to take any action in regard
to the extension of gas mains on Han
son street and instructed the property
owners to appeal to the Wisconsin rail
road commission, the Gas company de-
claring that the number of patrons on
the street would not warrant the exten-
sion of the mains.
Named the Kenosha Volksfreund as
official paper of the city with the sug-
gestion that important city notices be
published in daily paper as well.
Allowed every bill in the hands of
committee reported for payment, with
the exception of the bills of the Keno
sha Home Telephone company, which
were referred to the committee on judi
ciary, with the city attorney added for
some final adjustment.
It was just half an hour after mid
night when the council adjourned. The
lobby was crowded when the council
started work, but when the finish came
even the men seeking jobs from the
city had been worn out and had dis
appeared.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23
MUST GET A PERMIT.
Kenosha no Longer to be Haven for
Zion People Who Want to Marry.

Wilbur Glenn Voliya, the ruler of
Zion City, has hit a body blow at
one Of the Kenosha $ big industries
as he has put an end to the marriages
ION the, quiet among Zion City peo-
pie. and has issued formal order that
in the future announcements Of all
marriages must be made at the taber-
bacle before they will be sanctioned
by the church. In the past many
young people have come to Kenosha
from Zion City to be married and if
the order of the overseer is carried
out no more Zion couples will come
here to marry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23
COMPLETES ORGANIZATION.
George H. Allen Named as President
of New Kenosha Commercial Club.

George H. Allen Named as President
of New Kenosha Commercial Club.
The new Kenosha Commercial Club
recently organized among the business
and professional men Of the city has
completed its organization by the
election Of officers for the year.
George H. Allen, general manager of
the Chicago Brass Works, is named as
president of the organization, Lynn T.
Hannahs, vice president, and John NJ.
kehlor, treasurer. Peter Fisher, Jr., is
now acting as secretary of the organi-
cation, but it is probable that another
secretary will be elected, at a later
meeting In addition to these officers
Ia board Of seven directors has been
chosen. For the present the club will
maintain rooms at the Hotel Borup
and some formal announcement of the
plans for the year will be announced
within short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23
THURSDAY, MAY %, 1919.

All things considered the county got
off lucky in the murder trial just
closed and the attorneys on both sides
have every reason to be satisfied with
the verdict mot to mention the de-
PENDANT. 1t was foregone conclu-
sion that Marchesi would get off with
a light sentence and the trial was not
nearly so long drawn out and ex-
pensive as it might easily have been
made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

. Your department. commander
feels constrained to express grateful
appreciation OF the many manifesto
lions Of cordial eomradeship and
friendly forbearance during his term
of Office soon to close.
He has always endeavored to do his
duty to the entire department and en-
tertains the hope that in spite Of his
share Of human frailty he has in a
measure succeeded.
Hiram J. Smith,
F. +. Lyman, Depart. Commander
Assistant Adjt. General.
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Chaplain McCabe Circle No. 25, La
dies of the G. A r., viii serve dinner
at - m. in the Guild Hall on Mem
orial day, May 80. Everybody invit-
ed. Minnie Cronmiller, press cors. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

Stomach distress, heaviness, gas, sour
ness go in five minutes when you use
Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets. G. II. Hurd
guarantees them for Indigestion. so
cents.
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SPECIAL ON SEEDS.

Early and late seed potatoes, fawn.
field and garden seeds, seed corn, etc.
See US before buying elswhere. The
Dunnebacke Co., cor Market and West
Main SITS. Phones S01-902 dwm25
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-23

Rugs, carpets, printed and inlaid
iinoleuMs, full line to select from
ct lowest prices Il. L. Molito-. If
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ATTENTION G. "A. r.

Fred S. Lowell Post No. $50, g. A. R.,
with all orders affiliated, will meet in
Post hall on Sunday evening, May 20,
at 700 p. m. sharp for the purpose of
attending our memorial services in Park
Avenue NJ Z. church. Sermon by Rev.
Peter Stair. All comrades are requested
to attend.
G. E. Likes, Commander.
DIV j. Coshun, Adjutant.
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DR.. n. 2. shearer, dentist; over
and 10 cent store. Phone 4l9. dwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.
Postmaster General Seeks to Have
Postmasters Under Merit Rule.

The entire postofice service OF the
country will be brought under civil
service if congress accepts the advice
Of the Postmaster General, says a
Washington dispatch.
Postmaster General Hitchcock today
urged the removal of the department
absolutely from political influences.
II believe" he said, "that the en-
tire postal service should be taken out
of politics. A recommendation that
this be done was contained in so many
words in my annual report of 1910. 1t
is apparent that the highest degree of
effectiveness in the conduct of this ire
mendous business establishment cannot
be attained while the thousands Of
postmasters continue to be political
appointees.
As an important reform, presiden-
tial postmasters of all grades should be
placed in the classified service. This
action which I earnestly recommended
year ago and now renew, would re-
suit unquestionably in 2 higher and
better standard Of service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
MUST SEND POLL LISTS.
List of Ali Voters Must be Sent in
Without Extra Compensation,

County Clerk Russell H. Jones this
morning received a letter from the
secretary of state demanding that poll
lists from all the voting precincts in
Kenosha county at the election of 1910
be sent to him at Madison. The lists
are to be used in sending out copies
of the corrupt practices act and it il,
planned by the state officials to SEND
a copy of this new law to every voter
in the, state before the spring election.
Up to this time clerks in many of the
counties have declined to send the lists
on account of the fact that no provi.
sion is made for paying for the work
of compiling them. Attorney General
Bancroft has rendered decision that
this work must be done for the state
without extra compensation. 1t is de-
elared that the work win be a costly
one for some of the clerks as in many
cases the poll lists have been destroyed
and it will be necessary to make new
lists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
STATE BANKS FLoUR1sHMG.
State Bank Commissioner Kuolt Gives
Out Interesting Statement Saturday.

The institutions under supervision of
the state banking department are in
excellent condition and well worthy
the confidence of the people, accord
ing to the seventeenth annual report
fled on Friday by State Commissioner
of Banking, a. f. Kuolt.
During the last year there were
fifty-six new banks organized and four
banks iquidated, while twenty live
banks increased capital stock from
total of $613, 10000 to $1,112,0 100000.
Many of the new banks, he says, were
organized where the banking facilities
were already sufficient, causing need
less and improbable competition and
he holds that his department should be
given authority to disapprove institu-
lions organized under such circum-
stances.
That state banks should be given the
same privileges regarding postal saw
AHSao boAh uOpooA1o do SaooO u chGSu
to national banks is another conten-
tion. He also asks a law requiring
foreign trust companies doing business
in the state to pay d yearly fee of
some form of taxes. The present sys-
tenn, he says, places the home institu-
lions at disadvantage.
The total number of institutions now
under supervision of the department is
633, including sixty building and loan
associations. Their aggregate re-
sources are given at $1S6,003, 546.94.
The total expenses of the department
for the. year were 2,249sSS, the re-
.ceipts, $24,33S.65, leaving the net cost
to the state $7,911.23.
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Owners Of Autos Cannot OPP.
crate Unless They Have
New Licenses.
new LAW NOW I'm EFFECT

Owners of automobiles in this city
who are operating them without hav-
ing applied for new license, are vio-
lating state law and are liable to
arrest and prosecution as the new
autovehicle law went into operation
Jan. 1st and state officials are de-
termined that the law shall be en-
forced With about $4,000 automo-
biles in the state the total number of
licenses issued from the secretary of
state IS Office was 9,282, of which num-
Der 6,015 were for automobile licenses
at So, 800 dealers licenses at So each,
and 267 motorcycle licenses at 50 each,
making total receipt of $32,109.
This probably represents one-third of
the number of machines now owned
in the state which must be licensed
before they may be lawfully driven.
Many cars in winter quarters do not
need to be licensed until taken out
and applications for these will come
along as the convenience Of the own
ers determine. j. A Cobban, of the
secretary Of states office, who has
charge Of the registry records, esti-
mates, however, that by July l the
total number of licenses issued will
reach the $4,000 mark.
The law provides that money re-
ceived for these licenses, after de-
Quoting the expense of administration,
shall be paid as soon as may be after
the close of the fiscal year, June 30,
three -fourths of it to the counties in
proportion as the fees were received
therefrom and shall be used for re-
pairing highways in such counties, and
one-fourth into the state treasury to
augment the state highway fund.
If the estimate of $4,000 vehicles is
found correct the total license fund
will be $125,O00. The cost of admin
istration of the law should not ex-
coed $4,000, leaving a total of $780,
900 to be distributed, $67, 500 to the
counties and $4,000 to the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
State Highway Commission
Satisfied with Road Work
as Outlined.
WORK TO START EARLY IN MAY
Pleasant Prairie Board Fail to Provide
for Improving Ashland Avenue Road
but somers Will Improve Lake Shore
Road to the North of the City.

John G. Williams, Kenosha county
highway commissioner, was in Madison
lon Wednesday comforting with the
members of the state highway com
mission in regard to the road work to
be done in Kenosha county during the
coming building season. He was in
formed that the system of highways
outlined by the county board at it's
recent meeting had been carefully ex-
anined by the members of the commits
sion and that while the mileage was
| slightly in excess Of the amount fixed
by the state law that the commission
had approved the plan.
The members of the state commits
sion will send men to Kenosha county
early in April to- take up the practical
work Of outlining the roads with the
commissioner and the members Of the
various town boards. The commission
is expected to decide just what kind
Of work is to be done on the improve
ment OF South Park avenue and the
town Of Pleasant Prairie will allow
$500 for the carrying ont of such
plans. Commissioner Williams will be
busy for months making up the plans
for the Improvement Of the various
roads in the county.
The work is to be started in he
village Of Pleasant Prairie and $4,000
viii be spent on the improvement Of
what is known as the Wilmot road in
that town. The town board Of Pleas
ant Prairie has disappointed the peo-
pie Of the city as no provision is made
for the expenditure Of any money on
the lake shore road connecting with
the city on Ashland avenue The mem
bers of the Pleasant Prairie Board
seem to favor the improvement of
roads further in the interior Of the
county and while the Ashland avenue
road is in the general system it will be
some time before it is improved under
the direction OF the town board.
The town board of the town Of Som,
ers has not as yet decided where the
work will be started but it is said
that Town Chairman Herzog favored
working the lake shore road north from
Kenosha as the first piece Of work to
be done in the town. 1t is possible
that the state commission which is
interested in building a long road from
the state line to Madison will seek to
have the two towns arrange for the
| Improvement Of the lake shore road
from Winthrop -Harbor to Berryyille
this year, but it is probable that tie
town boards will be slow to follow
any suggestion of the state commis-
sion after definite plans for the i'm
proyement Of other roads have been
made.
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License Domestic Animals.

Deer, moose, elk, fur bearing ami
nit to be kept in private grounds
under the law and licenses must be
renewed January 1. The chapter on
that point is in part as follows:
e'The fish and game warden may
issue permit to breed or domesticate
deer, moose, elk and caribou (known
as ruminants), beaver, otter, fisher,
marten,, muskrats, mink and raccoon
known as fur bearing animals), and
game birds upon application to it,
which shall contain.
"(1) The name and address of the
applicant.
"(2) A description of the premises
on which the applicant will keep
such demesticated animals and game
birds.
"(3) The number and kinds Of ami
mails and game birds in possession at
the time Of making the application
and whether they are wild or domesti-
Gated.
go" The application shall be ac-
companied by fee of fifty cents for
each animal (known as ruminants)
and five cents for each fur bearing
animal or game bird in possession.
The fish and game warden may there
upon issue permit to the applicant
to keep such animals and game birds.
Any person holding such permit shall
annually, on the first day of January
report to the fish and game warden
any increase or decrease had upon
the original number applied for, to-
gether with fee of fifty cents for
each additional a1imai (known as
ruminants) and FIVE cents for each fur
bearing animal and game bird.