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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
WILL EXTEND LINES
Northwestern Plans t
Build Lines to st. Louis
and to New York.
WILL INVADE new TERRITORY

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail
road may soon become one of the larg-
est and most extensive lines in the
country
This was the statement made today
of Harry B. Collins, travelling auditor
of the road, with headquarters at
Minneapolis, who asserted that plans
have been promulgated to extend the
Northwestern Railroad south from
Chicago to st. Louis, and east in
the course of the next few years, to
New York City.
Mr. collins said:
''This south extension from Chicago
to st. Louis would link the north and
south completely. This has been plan
ned for several months and will prob
ably be started soon. The east link
would make theN Chicago and North
western Railway one Of the leading
and largest railways in the country.
This will probably come up before the
board of directors in the near future. =
The auditor declared that the fiscal
year was a poor one in railroad
travelling. He declared that the hot
weather kept many from going far ON
vacations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
LAKE POLLUTED 7 MILES OUT.
So Says Wisconsin Expert Who Blames
Sewage in Waters.

So much damage does sewage do to
waters in the vicinity of large cities
that Lake Michigan is more or less
polluted to a distance of seven miles
from shore, at times heavily so, was
the assertion made Thursday in Wash
ington before the American Public
Health Association by DR.. N. 2. Raw
enel, in charge Of the Wisconsin state
.hXgienic laboratory.
In connection with the Lake Michi-
igaa water commission, DR.. Ravenel
has been making study of the waters
Of the lake.
The intake pipes supplying drinking
water for the towns along the lake
shore, he declared, should be carried
out from twelve to fifteen miles from
shore, and sewage disposal plants
should be provided in the cities dis
charging sewage into the lake or
rivers emptying into it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
CHILDREN S HOME CLOSED.
Children Who Spent Summer Here Re
turn to Chicago This Morning.

The summer home for children under
the direction Of the Sisters Of st. Mary
closed for the season today AMI early
this morning the enc huaace1 and fiety
children, who had spent the past three
months at che EoIne, left for Chicago.
The season las been one of the most
successful IN the history of the work
of the Sisters in Kenosha. No con
tagious disease has been reported at
the home and there has not been q
single death among the children. The
work has received liberal support from
both Kenosha and Chicago people.
The school work during the summer
has been especially successful. The
children were taken to Chicago this
morning and many of them will spend
the winter at the Washington boule,
ward home N charge Of the Sisters.
The buildings along the lake shore at
the south limits Of the city will be
closed during the winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

It is question how far the influence
of the Kenosha health officer and the
health commissioners can extend into
the county, but il they have any
authority they will be expected to
make closer inspection of the men
brought into this county for the ice
harvest than they have ever been sub
jected to before. No one who is familiar
with the conditions under which these
men are recruited for this work doubts
that they are a menace to the health
of the county and that arrangements
should be made TO give them tho most
rigid medical inspection before the
contractors are permitted to bring
them into The county. 1t is possible
that arrangements might be made with
the health authorities in the cities
where the men are recruited to assist
in this work. Whatever arrangements
are made should be made now so that
there may be 10 misunderstanding
when the harvesting commences and
so that the contractors cannot claim
that they have been unnecessarily de-
layed in starting work by the inspec-
tions. If there are to be new rules and
regulations the managers of the ice
companies should be notified so that
they can make their arrangements to
conform to them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
ALL HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Families of Frank vileta and John svec
are Under the Care of Physicians for
Many Hours And All of The Patients
Are Declared to be Out of Danger.

Twelve Kenosha and Chicago people
had a marrow escape from death OF
Sunday afternoon as result Of eating
toad stools. The list included the mem
'bers of the family Of John Svec, IT'S
Pomeroy street and their guests at 9
dinner party. The members of the
party were all made desperately i'll
and three physicians worked over them
for more than four hours before they
were declared out Of danger. The ply
sicians consider it unusual that so many
of the people were saved after they
had partaken of the toad stools. The
list of the victims included Mr.. and
Mrs John Svec and children, Grin
Mamie and Emily Svec, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Vileta, GIT Middle street and
their three children, Kildred, LYDIA and
William and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lin.
quest, who reside on Willard avenue
Chicago.
The members of the party had
gathered at the Svec home at noon
Sunday for family dinner and one
of the articles on the menu was fried
mushrooms. The mushrooms had been
gathered by Mr.. Svec himself on Satur.
day. Nearly every member Of the party
ate heartily Of the dish and shortly
after dinner was over the Svec child.
rem were taken i'll. DIR. McCracken
was hurriedly summoned to the house
and he found that they were suffering
from poisoning. Stomach pumps were
hurriedly brought into action and the
children were well on the way to re.
covery before Mr.. and Mrs. Svsc and
the other members of the household
felt the effects Of the toad stools. DIR.
McCracken called to aid him Doctors
Randall and Palm and they had just
started work on the Svec family when
they were notified that Mr.. and Mrs.
Vileta and their children were very
ill at the home on Middle street. The
physicians were kept busy all Sunday
afternoon and evening. Today it is
reported that all Of the members of
the party are out of danger.
No examination was made of the
mushrooms by the physicians but is
thought certain that Svec had secured
some Of the poisoned variety. 1T is
claimed that there are large number
of poison mushrooms in the woods
about the city and physicians have had
a number of cases Of this sort of
poisoning reported to them in the past
few weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The Salvation Army's plan to erect
q training school for social workers.
at cost of quarter of million dol.
lars, as a monument to the late General
William Booth, founder and until his
death international head of the order,
embodies conception of which no
doubt the General, if living would ap-
prove. He would be for no senseless
pile OF brick and stone, but for some
thing useful to humanity. A training
school for workers engaged in the cause
he loved would meet his view of use.
fulness. Evening Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
PUT BLAME ON DRIVER.
C. and M. Answers Suit for Damages
Following Death of Mary Yurik.

The receivers for the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
have filed with the clerk Of he circuit
court an answer to suits brought
against the company by the admins
traitor of the estate of the late Mary
Yurik, who was killed on August 9th
when an electric car struck a buggy
in which Mrs. Yurik, her sister Mrs.
Josephine Mocha and Alexander Miku-
lick We're riding. In the answer the
receivers of the railway company al
lege that the death Of Mrs. Yurik was
due to the negligence of Mikulick who
was driving the horse and to the neg
ligence of the other occupants of the
vehicle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The street assessment committee has
practically completed its investigation
of the bill for extras on the trunk
sewer and its report will probably be
ready for the next meeting of
the council. The committee has
gone at this work systematically
and has had the benefit of expert adj
vice from frst-class engineer in MAX
ing up its figures, and it is believed that
it's report will recommend the payment
of every cent that is justly due from
the city to the contractors on this job
and that is the basis on which the
city should settle. Any demand for
extras which the committee has refus-
ed ito pass should be refused pay
ment and the city should resist any at
tempt to collect these claims to the
last ditch, even if it is necessary to
fight the payments right up to the SUI
preme court. It is believed that the
majority of the council will stand by
the committee report and take the
position that the city is willing to pay
any claim that the committee has de-
cided to be just and right and not one
cent more. 1t is not believed by at
torneys that the so-called accept
ance' signed by the former street as
sessment committee headed by ex-
Mayor scholey will in any way cripple
the defense of the city in court of
law to the extortionate bill presented
by the contractors for extras on this
sewer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

The immigration officials appear to
be inclined TO let mercy season Justice
in the case of the Austrian Podolay
now held in the county jail awaiting
deportation to his native country. IF
his statements are borne out on in
vestigation lie will probably be given
another chance. The man is on his
way to become good and useful citi-
zen of this country on the testimony
of all who know him, the Austrian
government has made no demand for
him on any charge whatever, and to
send him back because he served five
months in Jail in his youth would be
pretty near persecution. The crime of
counterfeiting is not regarded any
more lightly by the Austrian govern
ment than it is>in the Unitel States
and the fact that the man was only
sentenced for five months and after
ward received a full pardon Indicates
that his offense was not a very seri-
Gus one and shat he was not regarded
as likely to become criminal by the
Austrian government.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
RAPIDLY SEEK OTHER Members OF GANG
Logan is Thought to Have Been The
Leader of Band of Auto Thieves Who
Have Worked in Chicago and Mil
waukee with Fence in Chicago.

Chief of Polce Owen u SHafe and
Sheriff Andrew F. Stahl are declared
to have made a notable capture on
Saturday afternoon when they arrest
ed William Logan on charge of
stealing an automobile from Milwau-
kcs. It is now claimed that Logan,
who is found to be Chicago man, is
Nthcught to be the leader of a gang of
auto thieves who have been working
in both Chicago and Milwaukee.
It is alleged by the Milwaukee de-
tectives, who came to Kenosha on Sat
urday night and took Logan to Mil
waukee, that The gang has been re-
sponsible for the theft Of three auto
mobiles in the past ten days and that
they managed to get away with two
of them. The automobile which he
was driving iwhen arrested on Satur day
in the grove just north of the Pen
meyer Sanitarium is alleged to have
been stolen at ten o'clock Saturday
morning from M. 7. McLaren of Mil
waukee. 1t had been one of the cars
exhibited by the Cadillac company at
the state fair and it still had the state
fair tag on it. The automobile is be-
ing held by the Kenosha authorities as
evidence against Logan. On Friday a
Stutz roadster belonging to George w.
Brown of Milwaukee was stolen from
the stand in front of the Plankinton
Hotel and it is supposed that Logan
had part in the taking of this auto
mobile. Earlier in last week a. third
automobile was stolen in Milwaukee
Logan refused to make any state
ment at the county Jail or to the Mil
waukee detectives. It was found that
the address he had given the local Of
fcials was blind and that he was
resident of Chicago. lie admitted this
fact, but declared both here and in
Milwaukee that he would make no
statement. He is to have a hearing in
Milwaukee late this afternoon.
The Milwaukee detectives claim that
the gang of which Logan was the lead
er has been working in cities about
Chicago for some time and that there
is fence" in Chicago by means of
which the stolen cars are disposed Of.
The officers are making every effort to
secure the arrest of other members of
the gang and secure the return Of au-
tomobiles alleged to have been stolen.
The Kenoshr city and county officers
covered themselves with glory in tn
arrest of Logan. The prisoner charg-
ed his hard luck with resulting in his
being captured for at the time he was
taken the automobile was completely
disabled on account of a puncture of
one of the tires. He had taken it over
into the woods to make repairs and
probably planned to keep it hidden
there until he could have chance to
slip into Chicago under the cover of
night. The automobile recovered by
the Kenosha officials is valued at
$4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
TO SOLVE PROBLEM.
Voting Machine Co Sending Agent to
Get Presidential Ballot on Machine.

The Wisconsin law which provides
that the presidential ticket may not be
voted at the same time as the state
and county party ballot, has caused a
lot Of trouble For the county officials
and in order to solve the problem of
how this law may be complied with
and voting machines used, the
Empire Voting Machine Company
has sent special agent to Kenosha to
work out some plan by which the two
ballots may be voted without locking
the machine. 1t is thought probable
that separate levers will have to be
used for the presidential and state bal
lots. Local politicians fear that the
use of the double ballot may work
against the party candidates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
R, w. Tarbell of Chicago
Named as Superintendent
of Industrial Education.
WILL START WORK AT ONCE

AS has been announced many times
in this paper the legislature of 1911
passed several important laws relating
to the education of children engaged in
the industries. The industrial board
of Kenosha, appointed to take charge
of this work, have elected R. w. Tar
bell of Chicago as supervisor of in
dustrial education, and he begins his
work here at once.
Mr.. Tarbell is well qualified by ex-
perience and study for the duties he
has entered upon. He is graduate of
an accredited high school and has had
several years of college work, the last
having been at the Northwestern in
Evanston. Besides this general aca-
demic preparation he has had special
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
ACCEPT GREEN HOUSE PLANS.
Park Commission Hopes to Have Green
House Completed in October.

The park commission met at the Office
OF the city engineer on Thursday even
ing and formally accepted the plans
and specifications of the new munich
pal green house and work on it will
be started before the first of October.
1t is thought that the green house
will be ready for the plants by the
latter part of October. The cost is es-
timated at $1,000, this to include the
cost of installing proper heating
plant. Already plans have been made
to secure plants and shrubs for the
green house for the first year and it
is thought that in the future the city
will have no trouble to provide an
abundant supply of plants for all the
public parks and school buildings of
the city. It is declared that the cost
of operating the green house will not
be great and that in the end it will
save the city considerable money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
DIED FAR FROM HOME.
Samuel Benator of Hamilton, Ont,
Died at Kenosha Hospital Today.

Samuel Benator, aged q years, and
a resident of Hamilton, Ont, died at
the Kenosha Hospital this morning af-
Ter a four week s illness from com
plication of diseases. The deceased
had come to Kenosha four months ago
and had been employed at the plant
of the United Refrigerator Company.
He was unmarried. During his resi-
dence in Hamilton he had been active
in the Hamilton Lodge of Masons and
members Of the local lodge took
charge of the remains today and ar
ranged to- have them sent to the old
home. Jacob Benator, brother came
from Hamilton to accompany the re-
rains The funeral will be held in
Hamilton probably on Sunday after
noon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26
CASES INCREASE RiPIL
Commissioner Mcshane Personally Be
gins Work of Examining Children at
Balm School to Find Cases Which
Have Not Been Properly Reported.


scarlet fever since last Saturday morn
ing Mayor Dan O. Head this morning
demanded an immediate examination
of children of some of the schools of
the city and under his personal di-
rection Commissioner of public health
DIR. j. }. McShane this morning started
to investigate conditions in the Balm
school with the understanding that the
investigation will be extended to all
schools in the city where there is any
indication of the disease among the
pupils. Most of the new cases being
reported are in the territory from which
the Balm school draws its pupils and
it is for this reason that Mayor Head
after a consultation with Dr. McShane
decided to have the most rigid ex-
animation possible. In some of the
rooms every child will be examined by
the Commissioner Of Health. No deaths
from the disease were reported this
morning, but is was stated that there
are now twelve guarantees in the city
while on last Saturday morning but
six were reported. The physicians be-
lieve that the rapid increase in the
number of cases is due to changeable
weather and it is the opinion Of DR..
McShane and the other physicians that
some cases of the disease are not being
reported to the health department for
quarantine. In such cases it is pos
sible that children who are living in
the same houses with others suffering
from the disease in light form are
attending the public schools. Mayor
Head in speaking Of the matter said !:
I'VE do not want to wait a minute in
getting hold of this fever scourge. All
summer the health department. has
taken every precaution and the main
trouble at the present time is that
people have failed to report cases Of
the disease. I have no doubt but that
in some cases children have been i'll
with scarlet fever but that the disease
has been in such a mild form that a
physician has not been called. The
people of the city can aid materially
in this fight against the disease by
notifying the health commissioner Of
any suspicious cases that may be heard
of any where in the city. The COM
missioner can then make an investi-
cation and see to it that proper quar-
antines are maintained. I feel that
the most important work of the city
officials is to protect the health of the
people and under this administration
neither work or money will be taken
into consideration in preventing the
spread of scarlet fever or any other
diseases. My orders to he health COM
missioner are plain and that is that
every thing possible must be done to
prevent the further spread of scarlet
fever. AS rapidly as possible children
in the schools will be examined and we
will seek to isolate every child that
has been exposed to the fever.
1t is probable that other physicians
will be employed by the city to aid
in the work of making examinations.
Reports from other cities indicate
that many cities in the state have con-
ditions similar to Kenosha and all over
the state the most rigid rules are be-
ing adopted to prevent spread of the
disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Miss Gladys Gottlieb has entered
Downer college in Milwaukee for the
year. The young Kenosha girl won
high honors in the entrance examina-
lions at the college and it is announced
that she passed the best examination
ever passed by young woman enter
ing Downer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Vincent Astor Of New York city, son
of the late Col. John Jacob Astor and
George J. Gould, j., were registered at
the Hotel Borup on Sunday. They were
returning from the Vanderbilt Cup
6aseo in Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

AS might have been expected the
bad weather of the early fall is de-
laying the contractors and from pres
ent indications it win take some hust-
ling to get some of the jobs which
have been hanging on all summer COM
pieted before the coming OF freezing
weather
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

DIR. McShane is keeping close tab on
milk sold in the city and it is not i'm
probable that some hing will BE- done
in short time to prevent the sale Of
milk from farms which are held to be
unsanitary by the city officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Kenosha's coal ! supply has not as
yet arrived, but dealers claim that
there will be no shortage in the supply
this year. The price will be about the
same as last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Mutchler of High.
land Park, and Mrs. Marks and
daughter of Chicago, were the guests
on Sunday Of Mr.. and MRS. Nick
Schultz on Garden street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-09-26

Mrs. R. Borkenhagen has returned
home after six weeks visit with
friends in Cleveland, Washington and
New York.