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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
QUITE SANITARY.

Waiter, I fear this glass is not
quite clean"
There's nothing to fear. sir. It's
only a smudge of SOAP
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Even in the housekeeping season there
is no place like home. Ask Miss Borden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
THE CONTRARY MUSE.

THE CONTRARY MUSE.
The poet is a crazy chap,
We know a certain loon,
Who every spring desires to sing
About the harvest moon.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
To sing about the harvest moon
Is certainly a trick
No one would undertake so soon
Except a luna-tick
y oungstoWn Telegram.
But maybe he Is not so daft
But writes when things are green
That he may sell his verse in time
To some fall magazine.
Denver Republican.
To a fall magazine, indeed!
The poet has rat
In his dome. if he thinks a mag
Azine would fall for that
sBeing a poet" he would doubles.
write real poem Nand magazines dc
not use such.
Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

Treaties should be weighed and inspect
ed more carefully when they are made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
LIBERTY.

do not envy Millionplunks.
Although lie rolls in luxuries
And travels round with twenty trunks
And has so much that we'll mfght
please
Most people, for quite well l know
L have a better time than he;=
NO matter where I choose to go,
No process servers follow me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02
MUST BE MILITANT.

Whats the new preachers nameg'
''The Rev. DR.. Rapp."
We'll. hope he's hard hltter We
need one IN this community"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

DR.. Friedman may yet become the bi.
gest trust in the whole lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02

w. IL. Overbey and A. J. Eaton, Jr.'
are the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
GETS SERVICE IN JAIL.
Wife of Edmund shifter Brings Suit for
Divorce at Canton, Ill, Thursday.

Edmund Shifter. who is serving a
long term in the Kenosha county Jail,
was served with a summons in a suit
brought by his wife at Canton, I'll, on
Thursday. Mrs. Shifter asks divorce
from her husband. The papers were
sent to Sheriff Achen by a firm of Can
ton attorneys and the sheriff had no
trouble serving Shifter. The man is
now employed in one Of the Kenosha
factories under the new law requiring
the employment of prisoners but he eats
and sleeps at the Jail. He made no COM
ment on the suit brought by the wife
more than to declare that he had ex-
pected it. Shifter was sent to Jail after
he had pleaded guilty to a charge of
taking liberties with his own daughter.
1t is said that this is the second time
that Mrs. Shifter has brought an action
for divorce. She withdrew former
action a year ago when Shifter came
to Kenosha to live.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
OFF FOR WAUKEGAN.
City Officials Go on Joy Ride to Show
OFF New Truck Of Fire Department.

The aldermen had nearly a full
council meeting this afternoon when
they gathered at the Pirsch Shop on
Market street and got aboard the new
auto fire truck and hose wagon and
started for joy ride to Waukegan as
the final test of the new truck which
will be installed at the Central En-
CINE House next week. Mayor Head,
Chief Isermann and former Alderman
Pirsch, the builder of the truck, were
In the lead of the party and great
bunch of official weight. The party
started promptly at two O'Clock with
expectations of making Waukegan in
not over forty minutes. At Wauke-
gan Mayor Bidinger and other officials
of that city will give the local Of
,fcials an informal reception The
new truck will be taken over all the
streets of Waukegan just to show the
people of the southern neighbor that
Kenosha IS progressing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
WILL HOLD CLAM BAKE.
Kenosha Elks Decide to Proceed with
Plans for Big Gathering.

The Kenosha Lodge of Elks at its
meeting on Thursday decided to hold
the annual clam bake of the lodge at
Central Park on September 4th. It is
not expected that the crowd will be as
large this year as in former years as
the Racine lodge will have no part in
the plans for the big bake. A limited
number of tickets will be sold. Sixty
of the members Of the lodge have taken
tickets and it is improbable that the
total number provided for will exceed
one hundred. All plans of other years
in making the clam bake success will
be carried out this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
HEARING ON NEXT FRIDAY
Both Merchants Are Released on Bonds
and City License is Taken Out to
Secure the Continuation of Business
Pending Court Settlement.

Jacob J. Gottlieb, owner of the
Fair Department Store and Jackson
Cohen of Evanston, who was said to
have purchased the stock of the store
on an installment contract with view
of disposing of it and closing out the
business, were arrested just before five
O'Clock Friday afternoon on charges
of violating the new Wisconsin law,
aimed at fraudulent advertising. They
were given an immediate hearing be-
fore Judge Randall in the municipal
court and the further consideration of
the case was adjourned until next
Tuesday morning, bonds of two hurd-
red dollars being furnished in each
case by Mr.. Gottheb. In order to in
sure the company doing business
today Mr.. Cohen at once took out
license under the city transient mer-
chants ordinance, paying a license fee
Of $25 and it is understood that a like
fee will be paid for each day the COM
pany does business until such a time
as the status of the ownership of the
business shall be determined in court.
The arrest of the two merchants was
the second move in the battle being
fought by the Kenosha Retailers As
ISOLATION. The complaint on which the
warrants were issued were signed by
G. D. Theleen, secretary of the retail
association. Before the warrants were
signed the district attorney held a
long conference with the two defen-
dants and Mr.. Gottlieb was brought
into the case on account of the fact
that he declared that he had employed
the boys for the distributing of the
advertising matter. The complaint is
lodged against the big bills circulated
by the store and it is altered that
these bills contain statements which
are not true and made with view of
misleading purchasers. 1t is probable
that the case will be contested to the
limit. Both of the defendants declar-
ed that there was no untruthful state
ment in the circulars and that the
deal for the sale Of the stocks to
Cohen was an entirely bona ide one.
It is certain that the case is the
first step in big fight against GER
tain forms of advertising in the city
and the merchants have agreed to
back up the secretary of the associa-
tion for finish fight. Circulators are
alleged to be violating the city ordi-
nance daily and it is declared that
warrants will be issued against all
companies violating the ordinance.
Property owners in the city have been
bothered to the limit by the circula-
tion Of hand bills and posters iand it
is certain that this annoyance will be
greatly reduced in the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
Mrs. Mabel Leik Awarded
a Pension of SIS a Month
from the Police Fund.
HUSBAND SERVED Il YEARS

At the annual meeting of the trustees
of the police pension fund held on Fri
day afternoon at the office of the city
clerk provision was made for the pay
ment of the first penson Of the Ke-
nosha police department. 1t is to be
paid to Mabel Lucas Leik, widow of
the late John Leik, and under the ac-
tion of the trustees of the fund Mrs.
Leik will receive $25 month so long
as she remains single.
John Leik was member of the police
force for more than eleven years at the
time Of his death in March of this year
and under the provisions of the police
pension law she is entitled to receive
from the fund one-third Of the monthly
salary earned by her husband. Under
the ruling of the directors Mrs. Leik
viii be paid at this rate from the first
day Of last April and in the future she
will receive her pension ON the first day
VI 6SCH uIOuJH. MIS' AOlh was Gu6
sole surviving member of the family
Notwithstanding that the police fund
has been in the hands of the trustees for
nearly ten years this is the inst claim
made for pension under the law. The
deceased police officer was one of the
most active supporters of the pension
fund.
The trustees Of the fremen s pension
fund held an annual meeting at the
same time and the members Of the TWO
departments agreed to work together to
rdispose of a large number of souvenirs
of the city issued more than a year ago
under the patronage of the fte and po-
lice departments. An effort will be
made to dispose Of the books and the
profits from their sale will be placed
On the pension funds of the departments
an equal division being made.
The financial report of the two funds
showed no charges from the amounts
shown in the annual audit of the books
,of the city. The mayor and city clerk
as president and secretary of the boards
were instructed to provide for the in
vestment of these funds in interest
bearing securities. AS in former years
the money will be invested in Kenosha
City Improvement bonds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
County Clerks of the State
Arranging a System of
Uniform Bookkeeping
TAX COMMISSION TO APPROVE

A uniform system Of accounting and
uniformity of reports are purposes
sought by the county clerks Of the
state and to that end a conference
was held in the Office of the state tax
commission between the accountants
of that department. and the execu-
tive committee Of the association of
county clerks.
The members Of the committee are
Earl NJ. La Plant, president, Of Door
county; F. H. Eberhardt, secretary,
of Wood county; W. J. Leadews,
Douglas; L. F, Shoemaker, Waupaca;
Grant Harrington, Walworth; Elmer
Hall, Brown, and Howard Lee, Rock.
The committee was appointed at the
meeting of the county clerks in APP
pleton, June 10, and the conference
which closed today was to discuss
with the experts of the tax commits
sion the changes required in the re-
ports as made necessary by the
changes in the laws.
One of the most important changes
is that which requires that the tax
redemption fund accounts heretofore
kept by the county clerk shall here
after be kept by the treasurer. This,
with numerous other minor changes,
requires that the county clerks plan
for new system of records, account
ing and reports, and the tax commits
sion is cooperating with the clerks to
secure uniformity.
The county clerks are required to
make annual reports to the tax com
mission and these reports are made
the basis upon which the legislature,
biennally, depends for its information
as 70 receipts and expenditures for
various purposes in the state Their
statistical value is large and uni
formity is therefore greatly to be
desired.
The tax commission has prepared a
system of accounting which it is now
installing in those counties that make
application, and it is expected that
soon its adoption will be general, as
sixty-eight of the seventy-one counties
are represented in the state associa-
ton of county clerks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
NEW STATE HOLIDAYS.
County Clerk Receives Copy of Law
Designating Holidays in State.

There will be no longer any doubt
as to just what days are to be legal
holidays in Kenosha as this morning
County Clerk Jones received copy
of the new state laws, fixing legal
holidays in Wisconsin. This provides
that New Years Day, January 1st;
Decoration Day, May Goth; Washing
tons Birthday, Feb. 22nd; Indepen-
dence Day, July 4th; Christmas Day,
December 25th; and Labor Day, as set
by the proclamation of the governor
shall be legal holidays in the state.
On these days all business offices of
the state and of municipalities will
be closed. No provision is made for
Thanksgiving day, but this holiday is
observed in keeping with the proclama-
ton of the president of the United
States and the governor of the state
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
COUNTY GETS IT'S SHARE.

County Treasurer Harman received
today from the state treasurer a check
for s2,os2.57, this being the county $
share of money paid for automobile
licenses by Kenosha county residents
during the last year. The law pro
vides that after all expenses are paid
incident to its collection, the license
money shall be divided, seventy FIVE
per cent to the county and twenty
five per cent to the state. The amount
this year is much greater than last
year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
GIRLS ACCUSE 81 YEAR OLD MAN.
John Ryan Arrested, Charged With
Taking Liberties With Two Girls.

John Ryan, 81 years of age, and
claiming to be a resident of Decatur,
H., is being held at the police office
pending an investigation of charges
made against him by Mary Willems
and Anna Schubert, two young girls
residing on the north side Of the city.
Ryan claims to be a former soldier
and he asserts that he never saw or
heard of the two girls. He was ORR
ginally picked up on charges of MAX
ing a disturbance on the street. The
girls charge him with taking liberties
with them. It is probable that the
case will be disposed of by Judge
Randall before the day is over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
CLERK TAKING NO CHANCES
Policy is Written to Cover All Men
Employed and to Continue in Opera
ton Until the Next Meeting of the
County Board.

Kenosha county is taking no chances
with losses as a result of injury to the
employees Of the road department and
on Thursday, County Clerk Jones, act
ing with the consent of many of the
members of the county board, took out
liability insurance policy covering
every man employed in the work Of
road building in the county The policy
that it is to continue in force until the
next meeting of the county board and
at that time the board will act on the
matter of continuing the insurance.
Under the provisions Of the law and
the rulings of the Industrial commits
sion it is held that the county is not
forced to carry liability insurance but
the members of the board, fearful of
loss by accidents, insisted that it was
only making the county safe to take out
The insurance. The cost to the county
for this insurance will be in the neigh
borhood of 5000 for the three months ;
period. All Of the men now employed
in road work will be discharged prob
ably before the meeting Of the county
board in November as it is expected
that all road work planned for the year
will have been completed before that
time.
One accident has occurred since the
beginning Of the road work in the
county. A man met death at the town
of Somers when his team became fright
ened at train and ran away. He was
crushed under the wagon. This man
was not directly in the employ of Ke-
nosha county but some of the members
of the board of supervisors fear that
they will be called upon to defend a
suit brought by his heirs. The policy
taken out by the county covers a pay
roll of $4,000, this being the entire
amount to be expended under county
supervision from now until the meeting
Of the county board.
Many counties in the state regardless
Of the ruling of the state commission
are now taking out liability insurance
to cover the men engaged in road work
and in some counties the insurance has
ben extended to cover all men employed
as laborers by the counties. In Racine
county liability insurance has been
taken to cover the men employed at
the County Asylum for the Insane.
In discussing the matter this morn
ing, County Clerk Jones said: cit is
possible that this expense was not an
absolutely necessary one but after TAX
ing the matter up with many members
of the board they felt that the city
should be safe guarded. The policy will
run only until the meeting Of the board
and at that time other arrangements
nay be made in the wisdom of the
supervisors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
HAD PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Miss Eveline Gilbert Becomes Bride Of
Albert Gray Thursday Evening.

a very pretty wedding took place at
the home of G. w. Mole on Pomeroy
street on Thursday evening, the con-
tracing parties being Miss Eveline
Gilbert and Albert Gray. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. E.
Harwood Of Zion City in the presence
of about forty guests. The decora-
tions were in pink and white and very
etfectually carried out. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray will make a short honeymoon
trip through Michigan after which
they will be at home to their friends
in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
RESISTED THE OFFICERS.
Frank Marciniak Puts Up Great Fight
When Arrested for Assaulting Wife.

=
When Arrested for Assaulting Wife.
Two police officers and a deputy
sheriff had a test of their strength on
Friday night when Frank Marciniak,
a giant Lithuanian, was arrested at
his home on Northwest Main street,
on charge of assaulting his wife.
The members of the household first
called Deputy Sheriff Buchanan and
while he was attempting to arrest the
man Police Officers Bradley and Smith
arrived. The man fought like a tiger
planting his first in Buchanan s face,
giving him black eye and kicking
the other officers. He was finally
landed in jail and will be given a
hearing late this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
BEST KEPT JAIL IN STATE"
President William H. Graebner Declares
That Kenosha County Has Made
Wonderful Improvement in Proyid-
ing for the Care of Prisoners.

William H. Graebner, president Of
the Wisconsin State Board of Control,
came to Kenosha this morning to make
his annual inspection Of the Kenosha
county Jail and after spending more
than an hour peeking into every corn
er of the building from the cellar to
the attic, he declared that the Keno
sha county Jail was the best kept
Jail in the state of Wisconsin. The
report of the state board president is
regarded as big feather in the caps
of the sheriff and his assistants.
Some years ago the Kenosha county
Jail came in for an unfavorable re-
port from the state board and since
that time the county board and county
agent have been doing a great deal
of work to bring the Jail up to a
place where it would pass muster with
the state board. Many inspectors
have visited it in recent years and
recently there was considerable ankle
ty among the men connected with the
management of the county bastile
when a member of the state board of
health came unannounced, declaring
that he had been sent TO inspect the
Jail as a result Of complaints made
against it by parties whose names
were not revealed. Later the state
board of health issued a report in
which it was declared that there was
absolutely no foundation for the COM
plants fled with the department at
Madison.
In past years the inspection of the
jail has been left to the woman mem
Der Of che state board, but this year
President Graebner came in person.
He was especially pleased with the
changed conditions of the cell rooms
i'll the jail. Within the past few
months the entire interior of the jail
has been renovated and redecorated
and the fresh coat of paint has done
much to improve the appearance of the
cell rooms and to make them more
sanitary for the use of the prisoners
President Graebner was especially
interested in the plumbing and sewers
of the jail and he declared that the
arrangements of the jail met entirely
the demands of the state board of
control.
The formal report of the president
will be made to the board al its next
regular meeting and after this meet.
ing copy of the report will be sent
80 the officials of the county 1t will
be laid before the county board at
the November session.
The stay Of President Graebner in
Kenosha was not an extended one.
and the inspection of other city and
county institutions will probably be
made later. Every institution in the
county under the care of the board
of control is now in excellent condi-
tion and the city and county officials
have made every possible effort to
have all Of the institutions in the CON
dition demanded by the state depart
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

The Wisconsin railroad commission
says that its agents tested the quality
and pressure of the gas being served
to Kenosha consumers of the company
the first of the month and found every
thing satisfactory. It must be a
relief to the officials of the company
to find that somebody is satisfied with
its service and if they had to pick out
the persons that they would best like to
please they would probably select the
agents of the commission.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28
CARVER" GRADE TRoTTER.

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: $40 to insure a live
foal. advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

The Mohawks defeated the Silver
Springs Sunday afternoon at the Sill
yer Springs grounds by a score Of IA
to 9. The features of the game were
the heavy hitting of the Mohawks and
the pitching of Larson, who struck
out fourteen men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

have several chances to loan money
on Kenosha real estate. I can get you
per cent on good first mortgages for
sums Of $4,000 to 100000. Charles
E. Turnock, 500 Park Ave, Kenosha
WIS. edavw19
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

ing very rapidly and before many
years, no merchsnt vii expect to con-
duct his business with satisfaction to
his trade without having refrigerat-
ing machine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

We can do expert floor surfacing ON
all sorts of floors with our new elec-
trio machine. Work guaranteed cheap
er and better than any other. For
rates apply to Il. L. Goldberg. Tel.
1926. adytf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

The 'herwin- Williams Coz paints,
oils and varnishes for sale by Donley
Brothers, Rowland avenue and Eliza
beth streets. PhQps 412. adytf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

Vacation cigars in Mandy packages
at Palica's. The Ell sidelo, 4 for Csc,
is a most satisfactory smoke at Pai;-
cas-. adYtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

Have your watches, clocks and jew.
elry repaired at Lockhart's, 276 Main
street, sdvtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-28

Try our brick ice cream, it's always
delicious. American Candy Kitch-
en-. advtf