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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

That resolution presented to the
Milwaukee city council demanding
that the railways in the state grant
special excursion rates of az cent a
mile for the Fourth of July, Memorial
day, Labor day, and three days of
state fair week is likely to receive
support in every city in the state and
il the cities and towns take up the
fight for special rates with the vigor
they are expected to it is possible that
the railway officials will make virtue
of necessity and make the desired con
cession without waiting for legislative
action. The railways can shelter
themselves behind the two cent fare
law, but as concessions are already
made on Communication and monthly
fare tickets it would be rather incon-
Bistent to bring up this law as an ex-
tuse for a refusal to give excursion
rates on the days named. The anti
pass law has cut off thousands and
thousands of dollars worth of free
transportation for the companies and
lhe companies might return some of
'his saving to the people in the form
of excursion rates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
BRILLIANT ELECTRIC DISPLAY.
Crossed Wires of Electric Company
Keeps North Side People Busy.

Crossed Wires of Electric Company
Keeps North Side People Busy.
The people of the north side Of the
city had a brilliant electric display
Wednesday evening and they were
kept in state of nervous excitement
for several hours on account of the
pranks played by vagrant electricity
wandering about that portion of the
city. Just after nine o'clock one of
the electric wires at the corner of
Bronson and Division street was
sparkling to suca an extent that it
was feared that the sparks would set
fire to a barn and the fire department.
was called out. The engineers of the
company found that the wires were
crossed in several places along the
north side streets and it took several
hours to relieve the difficulties. So
far as has been reported no one was
injured during the discharge of the
electricity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
snERFr ON STATE COMMITTEE.
A. F. Stahl Named as First District
Member of Democratic Committee. :

kenosha county Las ct last broken
into the ranks of the state committee
of one Of the old political parties and
kilograms from Madison report that
Sheriff Andrew F. Stahl has been nam
ed as one of the first district members
of the Wisconsin State Central Com
mittee of the democratic party. In
twenty years Kenosha has been wait
ing for a place on one of these com
mittees. Mr.. Stahl was regarded as
the leader of the Schmitz forces in
Kenosha county during the primary
campaign, but with the nomination of
Judge Karel for governor he was one
of the first to declare his support for
the ticket and his active work for the
party led to his selection as member
of the state central committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

WHEREAS, At the biennial session
of the legislature for the year 1909 an
amendment to the Constitution was pro-
posed and agreed to by a majority Of
the members elected to each of the two
houses, which proposed amendment is
as follows: Resolved by the Senate, the
Assembly concurring, that article XI of
the Constitution be amended by adding
a new section thereto, to be known as
section 3a, to read
Section ga. The State or any of it's
cities may acquire, by gift, purchase, or
condemnation, lands for establishing,
laying out, widening, enlarging, extend
ing, and maintaining memorial grounds,
streets, squares, parkways, boulevards,
parks, Fairgrounds, sites for public
buildings, and reservations in and about
and along and leading to any or all of
the same; and after the establishment
lay out, and completion of such i'm
provements, may convey any such real
estate thus acquired and not necessary
for such improvements, with reserva-
tions concerning the future use and oc-
cupation of such real estate, so as to
protect such public works and improve
ments, and their environs, and to pre-
serve the view, appearance, light, air,
and usefulness of such public works;
now, therefor, be it
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution Of the
State of Wisconsin, be, and the same is
hereby, agreed to by this legislature.
(No. 103 81
CHAPTER 227.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

1t turns ont that it was some subor-
dinate in the postofice department ill.
ed with zeal who directed that the
acknowledgement of the receiver of a
registered letter should no longer be
sent back to the sender.
In many cases even where the re-
~ceipt is specifically demanded it fails
to come back, although the letter has
been safely delivered.
One of the chief reasons peopls used
to have for registering letters and
packages was to increase their peace
of mind. Suppose a young man sends
an engagement ring to a girl or play
to theatrical manager. He waits to
know whether it was delivered. He
doesn t want to guess
La addition to destroying about half
the value of the registered service by
not sending back receipts, the price
has been raised from cents per let
Ter to l
The government will find out that
reducing the efficiency of the service
and raising the price Of it % per cent
ism t economy in the long run, for peo-
PIE will quit using. the registration
privileges if they quit being privileges,
Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

or receive such aid shall be entitled,
on such oath being fled and recorded,
to vote at all elections held in this
state, if he or she is otherwise qualified.
The oath so taken, on being eorroborat-
ed as to the residence ard tribal re-
lations of such person by the affidavit
of a qualified elector, shall be fled in
the office of the Clerk before whom it
was taken and recorded by him in a
book to be provided for that purpose,
upon such person paying to said clerk
the sum of one dollar
6. No person under guardianship,
non-eompos mentis CT insane shall be
qualified to vote at any election, nor
shall any person convisted of treason or
felony be qualified to vote at any cleo
ton unless restored to civil rights.
Section 2. The question whether the
foregoing provision of this act shall
take effect and be in force, shall be sub
mitted to vote of the people of this
State, in the manner provided by law
for the submission of an amendment to
the Constitution, at the next General
Election to be held in November, 1919.
If approved by a majority of all the
votes cast on that subject at such eloc-
ton, it shall take effect and be in force
from and after such approval by the
people; otherwise it shall not take eff
feet or be in force. Upon the ballot
shall be printed "Shall Chapter
(insert on the ballot the number of
Chapter) of the laws of 1911 entitled,
An act extending the right of suffrage
to women, be adopted"
Section 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after It's pas.
sage and publication.
Approved, June End, 1911.
Given under my hand and official seal
at the Capitol in the City of Madison,
this 18th day of August, A. .. 1912.
JAMES A. FREAR,
(SEAL) Secretary of State.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
FILES FINAL REPORT.
Receiver for the G. & M. Makes Final
Report to United States Court.

Receive w. o. johnson of the @.
& M. Electric Road has filed a detail
ed report of the condition of the Chi
cago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad
in the United States District Court.
The current liabilities of the road
are $247,925.40 and the suits pend
ing amount to $4,000.
This indicates that the officials of
the road, appointed by the government
are getting the property in shape to
turn over to a private concern, the
latter part Of this month when the road
is to be sold.
The railway franchises, many par
cells Of real estate, stocks and bonds,
and in fact all property owned by the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
road company will be offered for SALE
Because of the number of different
parcels to be disposed Of it is the be-
lief of many that the sale cannot be
completed in one day. The sale will
be free from any appraisal, right of
redemption, stay or extension.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Officials at the great lakes naval
training station have made an investi-
cation of the disaster at Lake Bluff,
and it is their judgment that no one
was to blame for the loss of life that
occurred. In consideration of their
finding and the circumstances of the
case others should certainly be slow to
place the blame.
The trip in the boat was an exer-
else in seamanship, the kind of exer-
else and training that the apprentice
seamen were expecting. It happened
that the boat was caught in squat
which nobody could anticipate, and
apparently confusion and panic fol
lowed.
Part of the loss of life may be at
tributable to the inability of some of
the crew to swim, but all sailors are
by no means good swimmers and pre-
liminary instruction in swimming
would not be thought of necessarily as
condition of the service. This is not
to say that knowing how to swim is
not desirable, since the art is one that
may be learned proftably by every
one. But the first eagerness we
should show in such cases is an eager
ness to get at the facts rather than
to blame.
If there was culpable carelessness in
any particular it should be made
known and lessons should be drawn
from the event that may lead to meas
ures of protection in the future. The
need of dicipline should not be over
looked if the need exists and the dis
cipline can be applied. But there
should be no assumption without proof
to cast discredit on anyone Record
Herald
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Now that you have had chance
to look over the auditors report on
the city books, how do you hike the
showing mades The little table show
ing che enormous increase in the as
sessed valuations and in the amounts
of taxes collected in the five years
from 1907 to 1911 taken in connec-
tion with the statements of bond is
sues shows the pace the city has been
going in expenditures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The Rev. Mr., Farrill will carry with
him the best wishes Of the entire com
munity into his new field of labor.
during his long pastorate in this city
he has worked untiringly for the best
interests not only of the people of his
own congregation, but Of all of the
people. NO movement for the better
ing of conditions in Kenosha was ever
started but had his unwavering sup
port 1t can be truly said of him that
he practiced what he preached and he
stood for high ideals of citizenship.
He will be missed in the community.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION
State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha SIS

State of Wisconsin
County of Kenosha 50
Pursuant to and in accordance with
the accompanying notice from the Sc
cretary of State, notice is hereby given
that at General election to be held in
the several towns, wards and election
precincts of Kenosha County, Wisconsin,
on the first Tuesday of November, A.
D. 1912 being the fifth day of said
month and in addition to the officers
as named in the accompanying notice
of the Secretary of State and the
several amendments to the Constitution
of the State of Wisconsin, the following
County officers are to be elected:
A COUNTY CLERK, in place of Rus
sell H. Jones, whose term of Office will
expire ON the first Monday of January
N1913.
A COUNTY TREASURER, in place
of Charles P. Wallig whose term of Of
fee will expire on the first Monday of
January 1913.
A SHERIFF, in place Of Andrew F.
Stahl, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January 1913.
A CORONER, in place of James H.
Stanton, whose term of Office will expire
ON the first Monday of Januafy 1913.
A CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT,
in place of Benz M. DeDiemar, whose
term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January 1918.
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, in place
of Henry ]. Hastings, whose term of
Office will expire on the first Monday
of January 1913.
A REGISTER OF DEEDS, in place
of Leo Fl. Flasch, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu-
airy 1913.
A SURVEYOR, in place of John G.,
Williams, whose term Of Office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January
1918.
5 Given under my hand and Official seal
sf the County Board of Supervisors at
the Court House in the City Of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, this 10Th day of August,
A. D. 1912.
Russell H. JONES,
County Clerk for Kenosha County, Wis
SEAL.) W. 27
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
H0BOs USING CHALK
Chalk Mark on Your House
May be Cause of Frequent
Calls From Tramps.
LANGUAGE UNIVERSAL ONE

Look and see if there is a. chalk
mark on your gate post or an your
back door.
If there is. you have found the solu-
tior, of the heretofore puzzling mystery
of why the hobo invariably calls at
your back door for food.
A number Of Kenosha housewives
have been sorely puzzled.
Nearly every morning they have
heard a faint rap at their back door.
A poorly dressed man, his face wreath
ed in an apologize smile, stood on the
back porch. It was the same old story.
He wanted bite to eat, if the lady
could spare it,
Nine out Of ten Aenosha ladies
never refuse request of this nature.
AS a result there is a chalk mark
somewhere about their home. The
secret was dropped by hobo several
days ago.
A west side police officer went home
for lunch and found colored gentle
man greedily devouring beefsteak,
mashed potatoes and apple pie.
"You seem to have found the right
place, said the officer.
"Guess so, boss. You'd better look
on your gate post and see if there is
a chalk mark there was the colored
mans reply.
Thus the problem is solved.
The hoboes are as closely allied as
are the members og some powerful
secret society.
Probably they do not know each
other, would pass each other on the
street without recognition. But it is
a standing rule in the order that every
other brother has stomach and that
quite frequently said stomach is sad
~ in need of filing.
So, when one of the brothers call at
a back door and receives a handouto
he proceeds to inform the other men,
bers Of the fraternity that this back
door is a ''yielder. A chalk mark is
all that is necessary.
A refusal not only meets with sour
looks and sometimes nasty language if
"a male is not in sight, but the hobo
proceeds to pass up his chalk marking
stunt.
In some respects the lady who re-
fuses is fortunate. She is not bother
ed by the travellers. On the other
hand, those who once cater to the class
are continually bothered It is al
most necessary to lay aside a portion
of food every morning.
But, despite the annoying features,
there are dozens of local women who
believe that it is by far better to give
than to receive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
State Of Wisconsin 8
Department of State %

0OPu1 VI h0b0I0
Notice is hereby given that at a
general election to be held in the sew
eral towns, wards and election districts
of the State of Wisconsin, on the first
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of
November, A. D. 1912, being the fifth
day of said month, the following officers
are to be elected:
THIRTEEN ELECTORS of President
and Vice President of the United
States.
A GOVERNOR, in place of Francis
E. Nc Govern, whose term Of office will
expire on the first Monday of January,
A. D. 1913.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Thomas Morris, whose term of
Office will expire on the first Monday of
January, 1913.
A SECRETARY OF STATE, in place
of James A. Frear, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, 1913.
A STATE TREASURER, in place of
Andrew III. Dahl, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, 1913.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place
of L. Fl. Bancroft. whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, 1913.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CON
GREsS, for the first Congressional
District, in place of Henry Allen Cooper,
whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday Of January 1913.
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, for Ke-
nosha County, in place of M. J. Scholey,
whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 1913.
All County officers required by law
to be elected at such election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The old Durkee estate claims have
bobbed up again and there are said to
be modest demands for approximately
100000 on file in the county court
against the estate with more expected.
A fair sized fortune must have been
spent in the chase after the mythical
millions Of the estate already and peo-
pie will probably go on putting their
money into it until the federal gov
ernment interferes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The fact that saloon or an i'm
moral dance hall is located short
distance across an imaginary line out.
side the limits of the city does not put
the proprietors out of reach Of the law
and the proprietors of some of these
places are due to hear something drop.
A difference in location is not going to
make any difference in law enforce
ment anu any rules and regulations
laid down for the city will be made
to apply in the county. That is the
only way to give everybody square
deal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The total figures on the primary
elections compiled by the state board
of election canvassers show that about
an average vote was cast in the pri-
mries in most Of the counties notwith-
standing the general apathy that char
acterized the campaign all over the
state. The figures indicate that GER
tain number of the voters can be de-
pended upon in any election although
undoubtedly some of them went to the
polls this fall more to get their names
on the registration lists than because
they had any particular interest in
the nominations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

If the bills for the care of the
county's insane in the various asylupns
keep on mounting up as they have in
the past year or-so the time will come
shortly when it will be saving for
the county TO maintain an institution
of its own. With the aid that would
be forthcoming from the state it would
be possible to support a good sized in
stitution on what the county is pay
ing now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
TOO MUCH Time IN SALOONS
Old Time Employees Are Advised That
They Must Give Proper Time to the
City's Work or Get Ready to Look
For Another Job For Winter.

SChS4dA sudShup 10 PIuAl1oOu
among the employees of the Kenosha
Water Company and special meeting
of the board of commissioners was
held on Wednesday evening at which
the deinquencies of some of the men
employed for street and extension
work were taken up and while none of
them were discharged general order
was issued putting all employees on
this list under the ban and these men
will have to show a decided improve
ment in their. work if they are to be
retained on the pay roll of the water
department.
The board has been receiving COM
plants for the past two weeks of the
actions of the superintendent of con-
srruction and other men and it was
charged that they had been spending
considerable time in idleness and that
some of them had been frequenting
saloons during the time for which they
were being paid by the commission.
The members of the board met in exc
cutiye session on Tuesday evening and
took up these complaints and Presi-
dent eraser of the commission, or
dered one of the members to make per-
sonal observations. One of the old
time employees of the company was
found in a saloon and it was declared
that he had been there for some time
before the commissioner arrived and
that he stayed for some time after he
left. This man was called before the
president and reprimanded and he ad-
mitted that he had not properly at
tended to his work, but gave assurance
that there would be no complaints in
the future.
One Of the members of the commits
sion in speaking Of the matter this
morning said: /" For the most part our
construction gang is made up of men
that the commission has retained on
the pay roll for years, but we are de-
handing that these men give the city
on honest days work and they have
been advised that if there is any more
complaint on them they will be dis
charged. The commission is going to
demand that every man employed by
the city through this department. gives
the city it's full dollars worth of
lot of work on hand which must be
completed before the ground freezes
up and it will be necessary for the
men to keep very busy if some of this
work is not forced over until the new
season.
The entire session of the commission
on Wednesday evening was given over
to this matter, the only other matter
taken up being the allowing Of few
bills. 1t is probable that in the near
future the board will send some COM
munication to the council as to its
stand on the filtration question and at
that time some suggestion will be
made as to what plans should be car
ried out during the coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The yandals who have been destroy
ing and defacing city property with
impunity have turned their attention
to the mail boxes and the prospects
are good that they viii get part of
what is coming to them. Uncle Sam
is a very peevish old gentleman when
any one hampers with anything con-
nected with the United States mails
and if the police are unable to put a
stop to the defacing of the mail boxes
the secret service agents will take hold
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

legislature and they are hereby en-
powered to provide for the organization
of cities and incorporated villages, and
to restrict their power of taxation, as
sessment, borrowing money, contracting
debt, and loaning their credit so as to
prevent abuses in assessment and taxa
ton, and in contracting debt by such
Municipal corporations. No County,
City, Town, Village, School District, or
other Municipal Corporation, shall be
allowed to become indebted in any man
ner or for any purpose to any amount,
including existing Indebtedness in the
aggregate exceeding five per centum on
the value of the taxable property there
in, to be ascertained by the last assess
ment for state and county taxes pre-
vious to the mourning of such indebted
ness. Any County, City, Town, Village,
School District, or other Municipal Cor
poration mourning any indebtedness as
aforesaid shall, before or at the time
of doing so, provide for the collection of
a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest on such debt as it falls due,
and also to pay and discharge the prin-
cipal thereof within twenty years from
the time of contracting the same; ex-
cept that when such Indebtedness is in.
CURED in the acquisition of lands by
cities, or by counties having popula-
tion of one hundred and ffty-thousand
or over, for public, municipal purposes,
or for the permanent Improvement
thereof the city or county mourning the
same shall, before or at the time of so
doing, provide for the collection, of a
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the
interest on such debts as it falls due,
and also to pay and discharge the prin-
cipal thereof within period not ex-
ceeding fifty years from the time of
contracting the same; now, therefore
be it
Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring, That the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Wisconsin be, and the same is
hereby agreed to by this legislature.
No. 25 S.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. As.
To amend article XI of the Constitution
by adding thereto new section to be
known as section 3a, relating to the
acquisition of lands by the State or
any of its cities for certain public