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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
Peace and Honest Publicity.

In his remarks to the Chicago Press
Club, Lord Northcliffe, the publisher OF
the London Times and several other
newspapers and periodicals, defended
the modern press against the charge
that it causes war by stirring up pas
sions and prejudices and asserted, on
the contrary, that the press was a
mighty peace agency. Publicity and
discussion of issues and differences, he
said, generally tended to prevent war,
and he instanced the Mexican situation
as handled by President Wilson. Who
can now suspect the United States of
land hunger and Of aggressive designs
in Mexico? he asked.
Lord Northcliffe is undoubtedly
right, but he failed to note an import
ant Elf" Nothing is so fatal to yell
low OF selfish and dishonest diplomacy
as honest publicity. Nothing is so
SOLDERING and quieting as honest discus
sion of international differences. But
if yellow diplomacy is backed or incit-
ed by yellow and reckless journalism;
if publicity" is perverted, and fakes,
sensations, misrepresentation, wild
shrieks are served to the man on the
street day after day, hour after hour,
the public may be misled and its mind
poisoned. The worst enemy Of peace
and progress, of all true reform, is the
dishonest, sordid and irresponsible pub
Usher. Unfortunately, every nation
has this variety of journalist. Minis
tiers and diplomats have publicly de-
nounced the mischievous work of this
type. Sincere peace men know that
they have no more insidious foe. Pub
LEFTY is mighty peace factor and
force, if and when it is honest and
high-minded. Record Herald.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
He May Take This Alternative.
Spend two years at hard labor
IN the state prison at Waupun.

Peter Willems was brought before
Judge Randall in the municipal court
late Friday afternoon charged with
failing to provide for the support of
his wife and on his plea of guilty
Judge Randall sentenced him to a term
of two years in the state prison at
Waupun. Believing that society would
be better served with the reform Of the
husband and that his earnings would
provide for the care of his wife and
for this reason he parolled WilIems.
The man is parolled to his wife and
he understands that the breach of any
of the rules laid down by the court
will result in his being Immediately
picked up by the police and turned over
to the sheriff to be taken to the state
prison.
Willems has been in court before and
he has been strong on agreements but
slow to keep his promises. Under the
order of the court Willems must be
good or go to prison. H declared to
the court that he would live up to the
conditions of the parole.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
SUES REFRIGERATOR COMPANY
stockholder of Racine Concern demands
Value of His. Stock and Division of
Profits and Surplus Refuses to take
New Stock of Company.


The sale of the property of the Ra-
cine Refrigerator and Ice Machine
Company to the United Refrigerator
and Ice Machine Company, is called
into question in a suit fled in the cir
cult court today in which Carl T. Per-
ciyal, residing. in Polk Co, Iowa. is the
plaintiff, and the two companies the
defendants The suit seeks to enioin
the officials of the company from car,
rying out a deal made in 1911 which
provided for the sale of the assets of
the Racine company to the new COM
pany organized in KenOsha The suit
is brought by Kearney, Meyers and
Thompson, well known law firm, and
the plaintiff demands damages IN an
amount in excess of $4,000
The complaint declares that the
plaintiff was one Of the stockholders of
the Racine Refrigerator and Ice Ma
chine Company previous to the sale of
the assests Of that company to the Ke-
nosha company and he holds that as
such stakeholder he opposed by his
proxy the sale of the Racine plant to
the kenosha company He insists chat
at the time the sale was made the Ra-
cine company was going concern and
that it had undivided profits and sur
plus in excess of all liabilities, includ-
ing the capital stock to an amount of
more than $4,000 He declares that
his interest as a stakeholder has been
put into jeapordy by the sale of the
plant to the Kenosha company
Pereival was the owner of 1854
shares of the stock of the old Racine
company and since the transfer OF the
plant to kenosha he has been seeking
to secure a settlement of his claims
against the company. The officials of
the United Refrigerator and Ice Ma
chine Company, as shown in the COM
plant of Percival, have repeatedly Of
fered to give him stock in the new con-
FERN as provided in the action taken at
The time of the sale of the Racine
plant to the Kenosha company, but
Percival has repeatedly refused to ac-
cept such settlement and has insisted
that the company take over his stock
at par and pay him pro rata amount
of the assets of the Racine company
as shown in the statement made at the
time the deal for the sale of the plant
was made. The officials have held that
this sort Of a settlement was impossi-
BILE under the provisions of the trans
fer. Percival in his complaint asks
the court to appoint a receiver if it is
deemed necessary in order to settle his
claims against the company.
The case is noticed for trial at the
coming October term of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
When Bankers Disagree.

No new legislation is ever proposed
without evoking innumerable cocksure
statements as to how it will work; but
every modest layman in politics should
ever bear in mind that, as to almost
any really new legislation, nobody can
tell how it actually will work.
The banking bill aptly illustrates
tlis general rule. That bill proposes
certain specific changes in bank re-
serves. You might innocently imagine
that any experienced banker, with the
provisions of the bill before him and a
report Of the comptroller of the cur
rency at hand, could easily figure out
what the banking position would be if
the bill became law; but the melan-
choly fact is that experienced bankers
arrive at Numerically opposite re-
suits Some of them contend that the
bill will cause a contraction of credits;
others contend that it will cause an
imitation
Now in this probelm there are no
vague factors of morals and of debat-
able human motives, such as enter in
to SO many other legislative problems.
1t is all a hard, concrete affair of dol
lars and cents; yet the doctors are as
far apart as though the workings of
the law depended upon a predomirance
of altruism over selfshness or some
such stuff.-Saturday Evening Post
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
JUDGE GRANTS Man PAROLE
Wife of John Gronjenska Declared that
She Would Commit Suicide if Hus-
band was Sent to Prison and was
willing TO Have Him Parolled to Her

The problem of the " Eternal Femi-
nine" was very much in evidence in
the municipal court late Friday after
noon when John Gronjenska was ar
raigned before Judge Randall on
charges o. assault with intent to do
great bodily harm. Gronjenska was ar
rested on the night of Sept oath after
his wife, Paula Gronjenska, had been
beaten and kicked in sickening man
ner. The woman was taken from the
home on Jenne street to the Kenosha
hospital where she remained for days
suffering intense pain. She was about
to become a mother and on account of
this fact the exceedingly brutal assault
made upon her aroused deep indigna-
ton. Gronjenska admitted that he had
beaten his wife and the district attor-
ney when the case was called for a
hearing a week ago sought a continu-
ance pending the recovery of wife. Mrs.
Gronjenska came into court with her
husband on Friday. They came hand
in hand and the woman would not APP
pear against her husband as a witness
for the state, but she declared further
that should her husband be sent to Jail
she would commit suicide by throwing
herself in front of a train. The woman
was hysterical in her dramatic support
of her erring husband
Gronjenska finally decided to plead
guilty to the charges against him after
the district attorney had practically
agreed that he would consent to the
parole of the man. Judge Randall gave
him sentence Of two years, in the state
prison at Waupun, but parolled him to
the wife.
Gronjenska is to be allowed to re-
main in Kenosha with his wife during
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

A number of constitutional amend
ments will be submitted to the voters
at the next general election, the bill
providing for their submission having
been put through the legislature in the
rush hours of the final session, and I'M
less there is more publicity given them
than is generally the case most of them
viii be accepted. About quarter of
those voting viii express an opinion on
the amendments and if the election
runs true to form, as the horsemen put
it, the amendment will carry 10y a few
votes If so many amendments are
necessary why not have constitutions
al convention to go over the whole
document and have the changes made
by men who viii have some idea of
what they are doing and of what the
effect of the changes made will be
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
Income Tax Comparisons.

AS the senate caucus arranged it, the
income tax is one per cent on incomes
above three thousand dollars and be-
low twenty thousand, with one per cent
additional ON incomes between twenty
thousand and fifty thousand, the pro-
gressive surtax rising by steps until it
becomes six per cent on incomes above
half million. Senators Lodge, Root
and others strongly opposed this pro-
gressive surtax as an unjust discrimin.
alton against wealth,
We had an income tax during the
sixties, the rates beng changed sever
al times. The law of 1862 imposed
rate of three per cent on incomes above
six hundred dollars and five per cent
if the income exceeded ten thousand
dollars. The law of 1854 imposed a
tax of five per cent on incomes be-
tween six hundred dollars and five
thousand, seven and half per cent on
incomes between five thousand and ten
thousand, and ten per cent on all
above ten thousand.
The next year this was changed to
ten per cont on all above five thousand
dollars, which stood until 1867, when
a fat rate of five per cent was impos-
ed on all incomes above one thousand
dollars.
In short the civil war income tax
was far heavier than this one and went
much farther in the direction of lay
ing the heavier burden on the larger
income. The justice of taxing large
incomes at a higher rate than small
ones was as earnestly debated as in
this year of grace. and with substan-
TALLY the same arguments pro and con.
Some insurgents in the house want
ed to tax big incomes twenty-five per
cent. Some conservatives in the SEN
ate declared that any progressive tax
was mere robbery Of the thrifty. It y
an old fight ard the end of it is not.A
sight Saturday Evening Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
DIED AT HIS OLD HOME.
Lincoln Robinson, Well known Kenosha
Man, Died at Waterford, Canada.


Lincoln Robinson, aged 50 years and
widely known as piano tuner in the
city, died this morning at the old Rob
inson homestead at Waterford, Canada
after ten days >illness from pneu.
monia. Mr.. Robinson had left Keno.
sha month ago to spend a vacation
at the old home and he was taken
with pneumonia after reaching Canada
DR.. H. A. Robinson, brother, left fol-
Canada on Thursday after receipt of the
news that his brother was seriously i'll
MIR. Robinson had been a resident Of
Kenosha for many years. He is surviv.
ed by his widow and one son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
MISS YATES WEEDS H. G. CONE.
Notable Wedding Took Place at Village
Of Pleasant Prairie on Thursday.

Among the many weddings at Pleas
ant Prairie recently, one of the pretti
est was that which took place at noon
on Thursday when Miss Irma M. Yates
youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Thos. A. Yates, became the bride OF
Harold G. Cone. The bride was dressed
IN pink wolfe over white silk and car
rled shower bouquet of pink and
white roses. She was attended by her
sister, Mrs. d. w. Spooner, who wore a
gown of yellow charmeuse and carried
a bouquet of yellow roses. The home
was prettily decorated with pink and
white carnations and maiden hair ferns
After the ceremony light refreshments
were served and musical program was
delightfully."- rendered by Miss Helen
Stemm of Kenosha. Owing to the in
ability of Rev. Geo. E. Hunt of Madi-
son, to be present, Rev. Matthew G Al
llson, assistant pastor of Christ Pres
blterian church of that city, oficiated
Among the out of town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Cone of Sheboygan,
parents of the groom, and Mr.. and Mrs
D. W. Spooner, who had FASTENED home
from their honeymoon to be present at
the wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. Cone left
at four o'clock for Salt Lake City,
Titan, and will return through Denver,
Colorado Springs. and Kansas City.
After Nov. It, the young couple viii
make their home at WadsWorth, ILL.,
where Mr.. Cone is employed by the G
N. 8 St. Paul Ry. Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
GUN ToTER GOES TO JAIL.
Joe Bujowis, Who Threatened Father,
Draws Four Months Sentance.

sAS~@eAA|
Joe Bujowis, an eighteen year old
boy, was sentenced to pay a fine of
800 and costs or spend four months in
jail by Judge Randall this morning af-
ter he had pleaded guilty to
charges of carrying concealed weapons.
Bujowis was arrested Friday night af-
ter he had made threats to shoot his
father The boy had recently return
ed from Detroit and had brought a re-
volver home with him. His father had
promptly taken it away from him and
he demanded the return Of the gun and
when the father refused to give it to
him he declared that he would get an
other revolver and shoot the father.
In court the young man admitted that
he had carried a revolver and the court
gave him the limit sentence Having
no money to pay the fine he went to
Jail for the four months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

The barge Montezuma, the largest
wooden boat on the lakes and the largest
boat ever entering the Kenosha harbor,
is tied up at the O'Donnell docks I'M
loading cargo of 5000 tons Of hard
coal, the largest cargo ever brought in
to Kenosha. The old wooden barge
draws Is feet of water and she came
into the harbor without any trouble.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
The state board of health is il

The state board of health is liz pro-
cess of recognizing under the new
law which creates five health districts
in the state, each in charge Of a
special health officer. 1t is contended
by the trainers of the new law. that
much better supervision can be exer-
cised under the district system, but the
old health board rendered very salts
factory service and with less friction
than is probable under a divided
authority.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

In spite of the fact that there was
some complaint on the assessment rolls
last year it is predicted that when the
final figures are in and the board of
review has passed on the work, there
will be few changes in the rolls. The
only way to insure an absolutely equit-
able assessment and to insure an imme-
date and satisfactory adjustment Of
any inequalities would be to publish
the rolls and let every property owner
see for himself just exactly where his
property stands in the assessment. with
reference to other holdings with the
value of which he is familiar.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
Whole Family of Pleasant
Prairie Farmer Made I'll
by Toad Stools Friday.
WERE SERVED AS MUSHROOMS

The lure of the mushroom claimed its
first victims in Kenosha county this
season early this morning when the en-
tire family Of Albert Borowski residing
on the Rategan road just north of the
Four Corners were near to death as a
result Of eating toad stools for mush-
rooms. Joseph Bindz, boarder in the
house, was also victim Of the mush-
room poison.
The supposed mushrooms had been
gathered in the fields about the home
Of the Borowski family and when they
were prepared for the evening meal on
Friday night they apparently made q
delicious dish and all Of the members
of the family ate generously of them.
The members Of the family and the
boarder were taken sick with the acute
stomach trouble just after midnight and
physicians worked most of the night
and used stomach pump with vigor in
order to save the lives of the patients
An examination of the supposed mush-
rooms showed that they were poison
Gus form of toad stool
Warnings of the danger Of the wild
mushrooms have been sent out by the
state and by the nation and the plight
Of this family will probably serve as
IA lesson to others who may seek the
tasty morsel without knowing the diff
ference between the toad stool and the
mushroom.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
Judge Randall Lays Down
Conditions for Peter Will
lens in Court Friday.
MUST WALK IN NARROW PATH

Peter Willems May do This:
Abstain absolutely from the use
of liquor or beer.
Keep out of saloons at all times.
Refrain from associating with
idle men.
Refrain from all forms of
gambling.
Pay all of his earnings to his
wife on pay day.
Spend his time when unemployed
at his home.
Keep at work all the time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09
.cARviRn GRADE TRorTER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
of Kenosha, now the property Of A.
F. Mcneil Of South Bristol. Kenosha.
Co., Wis. Carver will make the sea-
son at the stables on the Barker Pic
kens farm in South Bristol. Registered
No. 1874. Terms: SO to insure live
foal. advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

George Chamberlain, Northwestern
brakeman, formerly residing in this
city, was one of the victims of wreck
at Waukegan on Friday night He had
his left arm so badly mangled that am
putation was necessary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

Considerable damage was done to
telephone lines by the storm Of last
Thursday night and men are at work
both north and south of the city re-
storing the lines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-10-09

Yesl Rugsl We clean them to rer-
lection. The Union Dye Works. advtf
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-31
BOUGHT HOME WITH BERRIES
Maine Woman Has Been Picking and
Peddln9 for the Last Twenty
Three Years

Paying for a home by picking Wild
berries is the feat performed by Mrs.
Seth Davis of Skowhegan, who for the
last % years has been engaged in this
industry. Her major berry is the rasp-
berry, and she averages about fifteen
bushels Of these in year. She picks
about eight bushels of the field straw
berries in the year and many bushels
of wild blackberrjes.
Besides picking these she peddles
them out in Showhegan. She now
owns a fine farm and she remarked
that she had paid for it by picking
berries. She not only picks berries,
but she assists her husband in many
ways about the farm. In the winter
time she will take load of wood with
pair of horses, go to Showhegan and
find a market for it, unloading 1t her.
self
Mrs. Davis is one OF the most fire.
quent patrons of the public library,
but she believes that life is worth
more to her by outdoor air and work
than it could be otherwise.-Lewiston
(Me) Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-31
HENPECK HAS LITTLE JOKE
For Once He Turned TIVE Tables on
His wire, and Surely Had
Right to Laugh.

Henpeck was In state of delight all
the evening: 1t was SO evident that at
last we asked whether some one had
left him a fortune.
No. but Ii is the joke of the age.
| have been laughing all day. This
morning when | went into the dining
room at breakfast time there was no
meal visible. went into my wife's
room and there she was still asleep.
So unlike Bertha, you know. | called
her: Say. Bertha, it's eight o'clock;
| want my breakfast Not a move
ment I shouted; shook the bed
brought in the frying pan and beat
the reveille upon it. All to no purpose.
What was l to dot Time was pass
ing and l didn't feel inclined to go
to work hungry. Get my own break
fast! Not on your life. What am
married fort Then bright thought
struck me. took of my shoeI. crept
as quietly as l could along the PAS
sage; board creaked; in moment
Bertha was awake
James, where have you been?'
And you should have seen her
when she realized the truth. Ha! hal
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-31

THE business man who runs his Of
flee as the average woman does her
kitchen work soon finds himself not
only left behind, but his mentality
has become so idealistic that, when he
finally does wake up to things, he
finds it next to impossible to adapt
himself to the new order.
You women must use your minds
in your work Use it to shortcut your
steps; use it to increase the quality
and decrease the effort. Above all, get
away from that pernicious idea that
kitchen work is drudgery.' So is Of
Ice work. If man allows 1t to work
on him, instead of working it.
1.-THE more | see of that type of
women who are so fond of posing as
martyrs and calling themselves druid
GEES the more | am convinced that
such women are too small for their
job In order to get the best of any
thing. you must not only fill your po-
sition but 'fll it and running over.
Then 1t is that you can chase your
work. instead OF letting 1t chase you "
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1913-10-31
FEMALE MAKES THE TROUBLE
Certainly In the Case of the Mosquito
They Are "More Deadly Than
the Male"

The attention of many Of our citi-
zens who hitherto have taken little in
terest in chronological investigation
has been attracted to what they be-
lieve is new variety of mosquito, a
mosquito which in the course of evolu-
ton has lost it's bark, but not it's bite;
that comes upon one unawares, with
out musical accompaniment What
ever may be said against the insect 1t
should be set down to it's credit that
it takes it's nourishment without mu-
sic, declining to give that additional
smart to ones misery. This active,
but diminutive specimen Of the genus
Culex, now at the close of summer, is
beginning a work that will continue
until the first sharp frost. AS matter
OF fact these mosquitoes that have had
no difficulty in pushing their way
through the smallest meshed wire
screens are all females, and for that
reason we hear no song. The males
are larger, perhaps cannot make their
way through the screens, and remain
outside, where they sing solos or join
In numbers and give hallelujah Choir
uses, and encourage the euffragette
sisters at their work inside. The sis
tiers have an unsuitable thirst for blood,
while che mouth of the male mosquito
is not equipped for biting and he does
not come into our houses. While the
sisters are inside drinking blood the
more temperate fathers Of the family
are outside slipping rainwater