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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
WELLS GIVES ANNUAL PARTY.
More Than 80 People Attend Big
Function Given at Guild HAL.

Frank L. Wells, president of the E..
I. Wells Company, was host to the
employees of the company and the
members of their families at the Guild
Hall on Monday evening and more
than l50 men, women and children
were present to enjoy the hospitality.
The big annual gathering of the
Wells family" opened with din
ner at which covers were laid for a
hundred and fifty. Mr.. and Mrs. Wells
and all the members Of the Wells
family were in the receiving line at
the informal reception which preceded
the dinner. After dinner was over
there was an informal dance confirm
ing until midnight. During the even
ing there were happy expressions Of
cooperation fom the officials and en-
ployees Of the company and the gath
ering proved to be the most successful
in the long list of entertainments
given by Mr.. Wells in honor of his
employees and their families.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
Manager of Kresge Store is
Charged with Employing
Girl in Violation of Law.
OTHER PROSECUTIONS COMING.

Gene Plaisted, manager of the store
Of the s. S. Kresge Company on Main
street, had his "day in court this
morning when he was caught in the.
web of the state industrial commits
sion and arrested on a charge of i'm
properly employing Loretta Strupp, a
minor Mr.. Plaisted appeared in court
and entered plea Of guilty to the
charges and paid fine Of twenty-five
dollars and the costs of the action.
The complaint in the case was made
by Emma O. Lundberg, a representa-
tive of the state commission who has
been at work in Kenosha for more
than two weeks. It was alleged that
Plaisted had been repeatedly warned
Of violations Of the law. This is the
third prosecution under the present
crusade and it is declared that half
dozen other complaints against en-
ployers of child labor are now in the
hands Of the district attorney. Mr..
Drury declined to give out any facts
in regard to the alleged complaints but
declared that warrants would be is
sued just as rapidly as the facts in
the case were laid before him. Miss
Lnndberg is still busy in Kenosha and
it is certain that before her work is
completed many Kenosha employers
will be brought into court. 1t is a
noteworthy fact that there has been
no fighting of eases brought by Miss
Lundberg and her cases have been
supported with evidence that is strong
enough to convict.
Prosecutions along other lines are
also in prospect as the city sealer is
busy Investigating the sales of hay in
the city and it is said that several deal
ers in hay are to be brought into court
to answer charges of selling short
weight hay. None of these warrants
has as yet been issued.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
MAKE GOOD SHOWING.

AT the interscholastic contest held
at Lake Forest, March 9th, the Keno
sha high school was represented by
Helen Hoekenberger, Alice Mccall,
Amy Vie khan, Lawrence Eastman and
Mark Kindt. In the "letteF writing'
contest Lawrence Eastman won sixth
place among thirty contestants In
the oral expression" contest the
SCHOOLS were represented by teams,
In the prehminaries of this contest
Mark kindt1 was adjudged by Profess
sof Clark Of Chicago University, as
the second best speaker among the
forty. The team, consisting of Mark
Kindt and Lawrence Eastman, won a
place in the mails as one of the five
teams out of twenty, winning over all
the Chicago high schools. At the end
Of the contest the Kenosha team was
given fourth place among the twenty
ma Lawrence Eastman was given
third. among the forty contestants
Nho entered the contest from the best
iigh schools Of Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin. Kenosha high is
proud Of the record and intends to
BRING back the trophies next year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
FAIL TO NOTICE CHANGE.
Water Board Receives No Complaints
on Chlorination of the Water.

Have you noticed any change in
the water supplied by the city water
mains2 Hypochlorite of lime has been
introduced into the water since Sun
day morning and yet the water board
has not received a single complaint
ON the taste of the water This is
unusual. In other cities there have
been people who fancied that they
could taste the chemical in the water.
Of course this was pure imagination
as the chemical does not in any way
COLONIZATION is now being done by
means of a temporary plant. but En-
gineer Jennings is busy at work and
he expects to have the permanent
plant installed by the first of June.
The work of chlorinating the water
is being handled by the regular en-
ployees at the pump house without
any serious Inconvenience to them.
It is expected that there will be an
immediate reduction in the number of
cases of typhoid fever reported in Ke-
nosha. This has been the experience of
all cities in which this plan of puri-
fication has been introduced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

There will always be people who viii
prefer the crooked highway to the
straight and narrow path in both the
legal and medical professions. The
quack doctor and the shyster lawyer
viii always find gullible persons to
prey on in spite of all efforts made to
discredit and eliminate them.
Nevertheless the action of 500 lead
ing surgeons in founding the American
College of Surgery, with headquarters
in Chicago, viii go long ways toward
protecting the public. This institution
viii act as an examining body and
viii issue certificates to practice sur
gerry only to those practitioners who
are properly qualified While this
body has no legal power to eliminate
the bungler or quack, it furnishes the
public with a standard by which to
distinguish between the quack and the
reputable surgeon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
Spanish Prisoner Swindlers
Pick out two New Victims
in Kenosha Sunday.
CHANGE FORM or OLD Letter

The HSpanish Prisoner swindlers
working in this and other cities for
many years, have changed the monotony.
of their come along letters and a
new letter has been devised by the
band and the first of these letters
reached Kenosha on Sunday. 1t was
addressed to John Comes, a. we'll
known grocer, formerly in business. on
Prairie avenue, but now in business on
the north side of the city. W. S. Lamb
the we'll known Milwaukee avenue
druggist also received one of the very
interesting letters. The beauty of the
new letter is that it is brief and it can
be read in about one-third the time
of the letters which were formerly
sent to Kenosha. Most people in Ke-
nosha know that the letters are a
clever swindle, but the number being
sent in to the city makes necessary a
continued warning to prevent some
one from parting with his or her money
to the famous band. The revamped
letter which was received by the Ke-
nosha men on Sunday, which has been
turned over to the officials, follows:
Dear Sir;-Although | know you
only from good references of your
honesty my sad situation com
pels me to reveal you an important
affair in which you can procure mod
est fortune Swing at the same time
that of my darling daughter. n,
Before being imprisoned here 4 was
established as a. banker III Rassia AS
you will see By the inclosed article
about me of many English neWspap p
ers which have published my arrest
in London. ss -. Y
I beseech you to help me tosobtain
sum of 100000 dollars l have in
America and to come here to Gaisesthe
seizure of my baggage paying to the
register of the court the expenses of
my trial and recover my portmanteaus
containing a secret pocket where i
have hidden the document indispen-
sable to recover the said sum.
AS reward I will give up to you
the third part, viz: 100000 dollars
I cannot receive your answer in the
prison but you must send or eablegram
to person of my confidence who will
deliver it to me.
Awaiting your cable to intrast, you
in all my secret, I am sir,
Yours truly,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
KENos FACTORIES AS MODELS
Beloit and Racine Factory Men Come to
Kenosha to Get New Suggestions.

Kenosha factories are being held up
as models by the inspectors of the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission and
this morning on the invitation of D.
d. Evans Of Racine, F. W. MCGEE of
the Fairbanks Morse Company at Be
lott, and Fl. J. Montgomery of Racine,
representing the ]. l. Case Company,
came to the city to make an inspec.
ton of the various plants. II told
these fellows that / could show them
IA lot of good things in Kenosha, said
Mr.. Evans, "and lacy took me up on
the proposition. We have been to a
number of factories and are going to
visit more and I believe that the Wis
itors are fully convinced that what |
told them is true. = The visiting fac
tory men were willing to admit that
they ha dbeen a lot of interesting
things, but they were still strong for
Beloit and Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
]. ENGLISH DIVORCED
Former Kcnosha Boy Who Gained Fame
as Lawyer Gets Decree.

William J. English, one of the fold
Kenosha boys,'' former law partner of
Governor Dunno Of illinois, and ct one
time prominent in the councils of the
Chicago Bar association, Saturday was
divorced from Mrs. Clara a. English,
daughter of the late Mayor Adolph
Sutro of San Francisco, Cal, at San
Francisco. Mrs. English won her in
terlocutory decree a year ago, and it
was made permanent by Judge E. P.
Mogan.
The couple were married in Los An
geles on Christmas day 1898. The
wife, now at Coronado Beach, charged
failure to provide for her for three
years. Each is independently wealthy
and no property settlement was made.
Mr.. English has not been in active
practice for years, in California, but
formerly was a member of the firm Of
Hynes, English & Dunno in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
BAND CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT

Francisco Amendola and the Keno
sha Italian Band will be heard in a
selected concert program at the Rhode
Opera House next Friday night. A
Potpourri from Miguon, the gems of
the opera, one, Of the numbers on the
program will require about thirty
minutes to render. William Tell, SYM
phony in three parts; The Miserere
from "n Trovatore, selection from
Mefistofele, "The Hermit overture
Characteristic, are numbers which give
a pretty fair idea of the character
of the program. The work of the band
under the leadership of Signor Amen
dola will be appreciated with surprise
and delight. The desire of the band
to join the Musicians Union and their.
efforts to raise a portion of the money
necessary for this purpose, are reasons
for giving the concert and the assis-
tame of the unsteady inclined, as well
las the friends of the band is eordi-
ally solicited. Seats will be on sale
at the box Office tomorrow at 1 p. m.
Prices 25, 80, soc. adv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
ALLEGES He WAS NOT INSANE
Man Committed From This County in.
October, 1910, after Being Picked up
on Streets Spent Two Years at State
Institution at Mendoza.

Alleging that he was adjudicated in
sane without warrant by the county
Judge Of Kenosha county and sent to
the state hospital at Mendoza where
he spent nearly two years, John Grant
Cook, of TT. Atkinson, has filed a
formal petition In the county court of
Jefferson county, demanding a judicial
investigation into the facts of the
case and demanding that he be re-
stored to his full rights as a citizen
of the state Of Wisconsin. Formal no.
tice of the hearing was served on
County Judge George w. Taylor and
other officials and former officials of
Kenosha county this morning. The
hearing of the case is set for May Is.
In his petition Cook states that he
was in Kenosha on the 18th day Of
October, 1910, when he was picked up
by the officials Of the county and taken
to the county Jail where he was held
until October 2lst when pretended
examination into his mental condition
was held before Judge Russell HI. Slos-
son (since deceased) and that he was
given no notice of the nature of this
hearing. He declared in his petition
that he was not insane at the time of
the investigation nor was he insane
at any time during his confinement at
the state hospital. He remained in
the state hospital at Mendoza until
December 2, 1912, at which time he
was released as sane. No formal re-
storation to citizenship was ever made
in this county.
Judge George w. Taylor, the present
judge of the county court, had never
heard of the case until the formal no
tice of the petition had been served
upon him. The records Of the case in
dicate that the case was heard before
the late Judge Slosson and the examin-
alton Of Cook was made by Doctors j.
r. Eastman and H. j. Stalker. The
records in the case indicate that Cook
was not in a condition to understand
the nature Of the hearing. The Jail
records fail to give any further facts
in regard to the Cook case.
In his petition Cook declares that
the officials of this county acted with
out warrant in placing him In the Jail
and in sending him to the state insti-
tuition. The plan followed in sending
Cook to the asylum was similar to the
usual proceedings in this county but
Judge Taylor has insisted on the adop-
ton Of new plan which will give
the defendants in all actions Of this
nature a chance to understand fully
what is being done. This plan is now
being followed.
1t is intimated that following the
action In the county court at Ft. At
kinson Cook will seek to recover from
Kenosha- county for alleged false i'm
prisonment and false commitment to a
state institution Developments in the
case will be watched with interest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
WANT PENSIONS FOR DISABLED
More Than 65 Employees of Various
Government Offices in Many Cities
Attend Meeting Of Association Of
Civil Service Employees Here.


Sixty-fve employees of the United
States government working in post
offices, light houses, life saving stations
and in the offices of collectors in cities
between Evanston and Racine met at
G. A. r. hall in Kenosha on Saturday
evening to discuss plans for the ad,
yancement of the service. All were
members of the North Shore branch of
the National Association Of Civil Serv-
ice employees.
President Advert Shotswell of Wau
kegan presided at the meeting and
there were large delegations present
from Evanston, Winnetka, Wilmette,
Highland Park, Waukegan, Kenosha
and Racine. For the most part the men
attending the meeting were employees
Of the post office department in the diff,
ferent cities.
1t was the first meeting of the as
ISOLATION ever held in Kenosha and the
Kenosha members entertained the dele
gates in notable fashion.
Almost the entire evening was given
over to the discussion of pending leg
islation to provide pensions for dis
abled and superannuated employees UNI
der the civil service The Hammill
bill now pending in congress was dis
eussed at length and the association
gave this bill its endorsement although
it was held that the provisions of the
bill were not altogether satisfactory to
the members. The bill provides for pen
sions of superannuated employees and
part pay for men who may be disabled
while in the actual service of the gov
eminent. The members of the associa-
tion went on record as being opposed
to any plan for pro rata assessments to
provide for pensions for the men after
retirement. They held that the pay
now received by most of the men in
government employ was SO small as to
make it an actual hardship to demand
that portion of the monthly pay be
turned into the pension fund.
The meeting resulted in committees
being named and these committees will
ut once lay the cause of the civil serv-
ice employees before the people and an
effort will be made to secure healthy
public sentiment in favor of pensioning
these men after a reasonable term of
service without providing for any pay
ments by the men during their working
life. Similar organizations are planning
to use the same scheme in other parts
of the country and it is expected that
the question of pension for civil service
employees will be given wide publicity
in the next few months.
Following the business meeting the
Kenosha members of the association
entertained at a dinner and after din
ner there were short addresses by lead
ers in the movement in the several cit
les represented. The special car bear
ing the men to their homes left short
ly after midnight and it was declared
that the Kenosha meeting was the most
successful ever. held by the North Shore
branch of the Organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
scHoLEY BACK INTO BUSINESS.
Former Mayor Said to be Negotiating
for Miller Agency in Kenosha.

Former Mayor M. ]. Scholey is not
going to retire from the beer business
on the first of July as announced at
the time he sold his interest to the
present managers of the Fortune Bros.
Company, as it is announced today
that negotiations have about been con-
Guided whereby the former mayor will
take over the business Of the Miller
Brewing Company in Kenosha. The
formal contracts have not as yet been
signed, but it is declared that the deal
is practically closed. Mr.. Scholey will
have formal connection with the
Fortune Bros. Company until the first
of July as the licenses of the company
are held in the name of the former
mayor
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
NO CHANGE IN SHERIFF LAW.
Bill Which Would Make Second Term
Possible Killed in the Assembly

The Office Of sheriff in Wisconsin
counties is to continue to be a politi-
cal plum with two years tenure as
the assembly has killed the Greenwood
bill which provided that sheriffs would
be eligible to reelection This bill
was strongly urged by the sheriffs Of
the state, these men holding that a
man should be entitled to at least one
chance for reelection. The assembly
held that the sheriff's office was the
best in most of the counties and that
the duties should be allowed to be
passed around.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
THREE HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Pleasure Ride at Terrific Speed Results
in Automobile Turning Turtle and
One Young Woman is Probably Grip
Piled for Life as Result.

Another joy ride came to grief in
Kenosha county just after ten Clock
Sunday morning when Miss Elizabeth
Balasky, residing at Lambs Hotel at
Camp Lake, met injuries which will
probably cripple her for life and three
other people had narrow escape from
death. The automobile in which the
four were riding turned turtle into a
ditch near the Flemming farm just
east of the village of Trevor. Miss
Balasky was buried under the debris
of the car and when she was removed
lit was found that she had suffered a.
fracture of the right ankle.
The bones had pushed through the
skin and her condition was so serious
today that physicians attending her
feared that it would be necessary to
amputate the foot in order to save her
life. The young woman was terribly
bruised and it is feared that she suf-
fered internal injuries. By some
strange freak of luck the other occu-
pants of the car escaped practically
uninjured.
The automobile was owned and
driven by Harold Fleuker of Silver.
Lake, the son of the proprietor of a
meat market at that village. On Sat
lurday evening quite party had gone
to the home of Joseph Kameon near
Tevor to attend christening. The.
merriment had continued for a good
portion of the night. Both Fleuker
and Miss Balasky had been guests at
the christening and during the night.
Fleuker had taken out several parties
in his car The automobile was not
all that could be desired. Instead of
the regular touring car body it had a.
box which had been used for delivery
purposes. Fleuker had started with
Miss Balasky, Miss Mary Kameon and
another man, the name of whom has
not been discovered, just after eight
o'clock They had been to the vii
lage of Trevor and were returning to
the Kameon home when the accident
took place. It is declared that the au-
tomobile was running at very high
speed when the accident occurred
and it is supposed that it struck some
small obstruction on the road and
was overturned. Fleuker and Miss
Kameon and the unknown member Of
the party are said to have been thrown
fifty feet from the wrecked car while
the other young woman was buried I'M
der the wreck. The injured woman
was taken to Lambs Hotel at Camp
Lake and later removed to the Kane
on home. Her condition, is very
serious.
The accident caused great excite
ment at Camp Lake and in the sur
rounding neighborhood as all the peo-
pie connected with it are well known
in that portion of the county. Miss
Balasky is said to be resident of
Chicago, but she has made her home at
Lambs Hotel for some time.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
FARMERS ATTENTION.

Guaranteed Danish grown Holland
cabbage seed at $500 per lb. Seed
corn, seed oats, timothy, clover seed,
ETC.. also Northern Wisconsin seed
potatoes, Red River Valley Early
0hios. All seeds guaranteed 80 per
cent termination. The Dunnebacke
Co., Market and West Main streets.
Telephone 801 and 802. advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

The ANIMAL convention of the Wis
consin State Federation of Catholic
Societies is being held at WATERFOWL
this week. All Of the organizations
in Kenosha have representatives at
the state meeting. The national feder-
alton will hold its sessions in Milwau-
kee in August and it IS expected that
this win be one of the greatest .yath-
ering of Catholics ever held in the
middle west.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
PAGE SEVEN

The curb on the shyster lawyer, an
nounced simultaneously by the Chicago
Bar Association, is fully as important.
Members of the association are now
planning to establish a bureau which
win offer legal aid free to poor pri-
soners in the county jail and in police
stations. Such a step viii discourage
legal quaekery by making it unproft-
able and even risky.-Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

The members of the Kenosha Chap
ter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution held very charming meet
ing at the home of Mrs. o. M. Petit
on Prairie avenue on Monday after
.Ioon. The papers were read by Mrs.
w. w. Strong and Mrs Whitaker. Mrs.
Petit will move to Racine in the near
future, but she plans to retain her mem
bership in the Kenosha Chapter of the
ID. A. R.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
!. CARVER GRADE rRoTrER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
of Keaosha, now the property of A..
= Mcneil of South Bristol, Kenosha
Co., VS.. Carver will make the sea
ron at the stables on the Barker Pic
xens farm in South Bsistol. Registered
30. 1874. Terms: SO to insure a live
foal. adv.-tf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15
First of all answer ~ cable not
by letter as follows:
Antonio Moreno,
Lista Telegafos, Sautander, Spain,
1017 Comes.

In the inter-city pool match played
at the Mccoy Academy On Newell
street on Monday evening, H. Taft Of
Kenosha defeated A. 7. Kieckhefer Of
Milwaukee, by a score of s125 to i23.
The match was a decidedly interesting
one and it drew Q large crowd to the
pool hall.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

The railway company got busy
cleaning the street between the tracks
on Monday afternoon and it is said
That there will be no further trouble
over the enforcement of this portion
Of the franchise ordinance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

Miss Alice Francis of Evanston, is
spending q week with friends and
relatives in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-15

Charles Norbut and Miss Susan
satuiSus, both of Kenosha, have been
licensed to marry.