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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
WORLD OF LABOR

has been reached. This strike at
fected 3 500 men.
The strike instituted bv the San
Francisco Cloakmak Union for
the purpose of establishing the IN,
ION shop aud th- eight hour day.
increased wages and improved con
ditions, is progressing favorabiy
The principal object of the strike
is the securing of more wages for
the womer engaged in this indus
tly some of whom have been re-
ceiving as low as 81 per week.
Secretary Morrison reports that
the membership of the Federation
for August, 1912, was / 1929, $50,
while the membership for August,
1918, stood at 2,078, ,597, showing
gain of 249 ,047. The average
membership for eleven months end
ing August 81, 1912, was | ,764 545
while the average membership for
the eleven months ending August
81, 1913, was l. 986, 936, or an av-
erage gain of 222, 39l.
Railroad men over thirty-eight
years of age, who lose their posi-
tions through any cause. are known
as broken rails, according to
testimony given before the arbitra-
tion board IN the trainmen S wage
controversy by a freight conduc
tor on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. Few railroad men over
the age of thirty eight who lose
their positions can get others or fit
themselves for any other line of
work" was added. When asked
| if he would rather receive 81. Is a
day on a train with a single en-
CINE, or double that for working
on train with two engines, the
conductor replied that he would
rather have the S.. .18.
During the recent dock strike at
Superior, Wisconsin, the Great
Northern Railway shipped in many
strike breakers; as is customary,
the question of fitness was not con-
sidered, numbers being the thing
to be achieved in order to awe the
strikers. 1t appears that many
men were shipped in who were
physically incapacitated to endure
the hardships imposed upon dock
workers When the strike ended
then the company sought employ
es who were qualified. AS a result
there have been left a number of
strike breakers in that section who
are appealing for assistance at the
hands of the county. While the
county officials asserted that the
Great Northern Railway should
care for these people, yet the afore-
said railroad pursues the even tenor
of its way, and the county is foot
Ing the bill.
Employers of labor in Texas
have associated themselves together
for the specific purpose of disobey-
ing the new workmen's compensa-
ton act. 1t seems that a large
number of employers in Texas
have joined some sort of a combin-
alton which has its headquarters
IN Kansas City, and which has
undertaken to fight the new work
men S compensation law. The Of
hclals OF the new association advise
that no pretense be made to obey
the law, with the hope undoubted-
ly that with unanimity on the part
of the employers of labor, the law
can be made a dead letter. This
is the most brutal position taken
by employers that has ever occurred
and is undoubtedly taken w th the
idea that those who receive injuries
can be settled with cheaper as indi-
vid Ials than by compliance with
the lan
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1913.

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
ELKS IN MERRY TIME.
Many of Kenosha Lodge Members Gath
er to Greet the District Deputy.

Notwithstanding the hot weather of
Thursday night nearly hundred of the
members of the Kenosha lodge of Elks
gathered at the club rooms on Wiscon-
sin street to extend a welcome to
Charles Oellerich of Oshkosh, district
deputy grand exalted ruler of the order
on the occasion of his first official visit
to the city. There was no initiation but
the district deputy gave a very inter
esting address in which he declared
that the showing made by the Kenosha
lodge made it one of the lodges at the
head of the column in Wisconsin. He
declared that there had been notable
advance in the work of the Elks in
Wisconsin this year and that every
lodge in his jurisdiction had shown i'm
After the regular lodge
meeting there was social session. A
buffet luncheon was served and the
evening closed with an informal smek-
er. A number Of members from other
lodges in the state were present for the
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26

been shrewd enough to look further
ahead and await the time when some
thing would develop to bring people
into this very desirable residence
section, and bring them in such
quantity as to far more than Offset in
money making to the railroad any pos
sible use of the vacant land as manu-
featuring district.
The train. service will no doubt be
much better from every standpoint
than at present is available at Coney
Island, with straight raised track
the run from Chicago vii not take
more than forty-fve minutes, and with
special set of rails, trains can be
run close enough together to trans
port thousands every hour. In New
York the people rush to the elevated
and have to ride in crowded cars that
take an hour and a quarter to get to
Coney Island, standing up most of the
way
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
NO COMPS FOR ALDERMEN.
Mayor Adopts New Plan in Regard to
Licenses for Travelling Shows.

No longer will the mo nbers of the
common council entertain their friends
and relatives at the circus or at other
travelling shows which visit the city
without plunking down their good
money as Mayor Dan o. Head an
nounced on Wednesday that he had
adopted new plan for the licensing
of travelling amusement enterprises
and in the future the money will be
paid into the treasury direct instead
of being divided as passes among the
officials. The mayor has made a fiat
rate of $50 for carnivals and 500 for
circuses and it is understood that this
will be the total amount to be paid
by these organizations. 1t is to be
in the contract that no free
tickets are to be furnished to city Of
fcials under any condition and that
the circus or carnival will not be call
ed upon to recognize the badge of
authority of any official of the city
with the exception of the chief of
police.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
Spread of Measles in City
Seems to Have Stopped
Since the Schools Closed
LITTLE DANGER OF SMALLPOX

The quarantine signs for measles
about the city are becoming less numer
Gus and the health department. feels
certain that the epidemic which has
been one of the worst ever known in
the city is beginning to subside. The
closing OF the schools for the vacation
is expected to bring some relief from
the measles as the health officials feel
certain that many cases of the disease
which have been found in the city have
been the result of children attending
school while suffering from the disease.
There is at the present time close to
100 cases of the disease in Kenosha
and the number of guarantees at the
present time is close to hundred.
In the meantime the health officials
are hopeful that an end has been put
to any possible 5pread Of the small pox
in the city. The quarantine has been
lifted at the Stein home on Park avenue
and no other cases have developed.
Mrs. Greenwood, who was suffering
from the disease is almost we'll and the
quarantine at her home will be lifted
in another week. The health officers
see in the disease blessing in disguise
as the few cases in the city have result
ed in more than 5000 of the children
of the city being vaccinated. This is
certain to prove of great value in fight
ing epidemics of this disease in the flu
ture. More additions are being made
daily to the vaccinated list and it is GER
tain that before the health board gets
through that the list will be increased
by another thousand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
Head Camp Officials of the
WOOdmen to Submit Rate
Question to Members.
CAST VOTES BEFORE AUG. /

Members of the Modern Woodmen Of
America In Kenosha are to vote on the
question Of the increase of rates to be
charged by the organization. Officials
of the camp were notified by telegraph
on Wednesday evening that the board
of directors of the big fraternal order
in session at Rock Island had formally
voted to submit the question of
change in rates to the entire member
ship of the order and a formal notice
will be sent out within the next few
days. Under the resolution passed by
the directors the taking of the refer
endum vote must be completed between
now and the first day of August. It
will be taken under the direction of
the head camp and it is probable that
the plan for voting will be made pub
lie in an official circular sent to every
member in good standing in the order.
The men who have opposed the change
in the rates have been very active in
the past few months and anticipating
the order of the board of directors of
the head camp they have organized in
all parts of the country. 1t is deelar-
ed that the organization now includes
more than majority of the members
of the order in good standing.
1t is declared that the camp in Ke-
nosha, numbering more than five humid
red members, will be favorable to the
change in rates, but a majority of the
members of camps i'll other parts of
the county are said to be opposed to
any change in rates at the present
time. Should the referendum make
possible an increase in rates the head
directors of the order will at once put
in force the rates adopted at the head
camp in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
PROTECT EICHELMAN PARK.
Park Commission Puts Ladders on the
Breakwater to Aid in Saving Lives,

The park commission of the city is
planning to act as life-saving crew
as well as caretaker for the parks
and this morning an order was issued
to the superintendent of parks direct
ing him to place a series of ladders
along the breakwater at Eichelman
park. At this point the breakwater is
so high and SO slippery that should a
person fall into the lake off the break
water it would be almost impossible to
rescue him without the aid of the life
saving crew. The ladders will be ar
ranged with a view of taking care of
such accidents. 1t is probable that they
will be provided for other breakwaters
if need for them is shown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
WE'D AT ST. JAMES CHURCH.
Miss Minnie E. Werve and Herman G.
Buck Married on Wednesday,.

A pretty church wedding was held
at st. James Church on Wednesday
when Miss Minnie E. Werve of Keno
sha became the bride of Herman G.
Buck of Bassett Station. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev.
Father Smith in the presence of a
large company of friends and relatives
of the bride and groom. The attend
ants of the bride and groom We're Miss
Elizabeth M. Werve Of Spokane, Wash,
and Joseph Mayer of Kenosha. The
ushers We're George Werve and Theo-
dore Bostetter. Among the out of
town guests at the wedding were: Mr..
Mr.. and Mrs. Ney and William Ney of
Port Washington; Mrs. John Thiltyes
of Chicago; Misses Elizabeth and Ma
RE Werve of Spokane; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Buck, August Schultz, Lora
Steffen, Mr.. and Mrs. Sarbecker, Fred
Buck, Mrs. Dean, Miss Stella Karcher,
Mrs. Hildebrand, Mr. and Mrs. Roep-
Ike, G. Funk, Misses Rosa and Lillian
Funck, Mrs. ]. Buck, Mrs. John Kirk
hoff, Miss Gladys Kirkhoff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Pritzman, all of Powers
Lake; Mr.. and Mrs. Ziech of Lake
Geneva, and Miss Mae Raddican of
Bristol.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
TO REBUILD AT ONCE.
Wilmot Catholics to Build Modern
Church in Place of One Burned.

Wilmot Catholics to Build Modern
Church in Place of One Burned.
Members of the Holy Name Catholic
church at Wilmot destroyed by light
ming on last Tuesday morning have al
ready taken steps to secure the imme-
date rebuilding of the church and plans
are now being made for a modern
church structure on the same site as the
one burned. The insurance company on
Wednesday paid to the church trustees
$4,000, the total amount of insurance
carried and this will form the start for
the fund for the new church. 1t is ex-
pected that the new building will be
one of the best churches in the county
outside of Kenosha and it is expected
that it will be completed and ready for
occupancy by Christmas. Pending the
building of the new church the congre-
cation will hold services at the German
Lutheran church at Wilmot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26

The annual report of the building
and loan association shows that the
association is doing a good work in
building up the city, but there .s room
in Kenosha for more of these organiza-
tions along similar lines. What this
city needs is more people owning their
own homes and with stake il the
advancement of the city and in good
government. With the rapid growth
of our manufacturing interests in the
last decade a large floating population
has been necessary evil, but it need
not be a permanent one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
RELATIVES TO GET EARNINGS
Men Sentenced in Court Will in the
Near Future be Ordered to Spend
Time at Hard Labor and Roads Will
be Improved by Work of Prisoners.

The old well worn sentence "A dol
lar and costs OF ten days in the county
Jail = is going out of style and after
another week there will be new pro-
nouncement to greet the chronic viola
tor of the law when he is arraigned in
the municipal court. He will still get
the dollar or two dollar fine but to it
will be appended the alternative cor
ten days at hard labor
This labor clause was made possible
by a law passed by the legislature on
Thursday which provides that violators
Of petty ordinances must work out their
fines and the costs of actions brought
against them if the court orders it.
There will be no more loafng times at
the county Jail after this law goes into
effect by the signature Of the governor
and it is certain that the governor will
approve it.
Judge Randall has been one of the
strongest supporters of the plan to
force these offenders to work and he
has repeatedly urged the county board
to adopt some plan that will make it
possible for these men to be employed
in some useful labor while they are
working out fines in jail. The new law
provides that the man sentenced to jail
may be employed for the entire time of
his sentence and that the money which
he earns may be turned over for the
support of his wife and children or
other people who may be dependent on
him.
Already the Kenosha officials have
been looking into way for the en-
ployment of prisoners and it is certain
that they will be used for road work
either in the employ of the city or the
county. The city has considerable trou-
BILE finding men for the street work at
some times and the enforcement of the
new law will go long ways toward re-
lieving these needs. There are a lot of
strong, able-bodied men committed to
the county bastile every week and these
men will aid materially in cutting down
the hunt for laborers on the street. 1t
is not at all probable that the new
law will meet with the approval of
lot of the chronic jail servers in Ke-
nosha and it is not improbable that the
operation of the law will have ten
dency to bring some reformation on the
part of some of these people.
There are men in Kenosha whose
names appear on the police docket
dozen times in year and these will be
the first to fall under the new law. A
few days at hard labor will undoubted-
ly do more to bring reformation of
these men than any lectures or Jail
sentences that could be imposed upon
them.
Judge Randall Chief of Police
o Hare and Sheriff Achen have all been
highly in favor of the proposed law to
make these prisoners work out their
fines and costs and there is no doubt
but that Kenosha will be one of the
first counties to take advantage of the
new law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
RECALLS A GRUESOhE EVENT
Hanging of John Mccartney has Always
Been One of the Most Noted Events
in History of early Sou Import and Ke-
noska-Remembered by Old Citizens.

Former Sheriff Henry H. Timr-e, is
planning to forward to the state his
torical museum at Madison one of the
most interesting relics of early history
of this section of Wisconsin.
The relies are an old pair of hand
cuffs which were worn by John Me-
Caffrey, the only man legally hanged
in Wisconsin, whose execution took
place on a knoll just south of the vii
lage of Southport on the morning of
August 81, 1851. Many of the pioneers
of the city still recall the great stir
that the hanging of Mccartney caused
in different parts of the state, and the
story of how he gave his life for the
one he had taken was one of the things
that caused the Wisconsin legislature
to pass the law which prohibits CAPT
tai punishment in the state.
Years have wiped out the story of
the famous hanging, but one of the
pioneers of the city went to the Jail
today, and seeing the handouts he re-
called the story of the famous muir
der case and the execution which fol
lowed. In speaking of the case he
said:
'July %, 1850, was a memorable
day in Kenosha. McCaffrey killed his
wife on that day. The couple had re-
sided in an old brick house near the
spot where the yards of the Wisconsin
Coal and Coke Company now stand.
Mccartney had returned to his home
late in the afternoon and lad engag-
ed in a quarrel with his wife The
neighbors in the vicinity heard the
noise of the struggle and went to the
house. The woman had already been
murdered and it was discovered that
M Caffrey had taken his wife to els
tern in the rear of the house and had
held her head under the water until
she was drowned. The killing was one
of the most brutal in the annals of
crime in this state. For sCne time af-
ter the killing Of the woman it was
alleged that her ghost haunted the
homestead, and for years it was empty.
Mccartney was arrested, indicted and
tried at the May term of the circuit
court in 1851, Judge Wilton presiding.
The jury brought in verdict of muir
der in the first degree, and Judge Will
ton sentenced Mccartney to be hanged
by the neck. The hanging was not
long delayed and it took place month
later. The murderer embraced religion
but his last days were made hideous
by his claim that the spirit Of his muir
dered wife was continually reappearing
to charge him with the crime.
The execution of Mccartney was pub
lie, and fully 5000 people came from
different parts of the country to wit
ness the gruesome spectacle. Many
men of note from different parts of
the state occupied places on the plat
form about the scaffold. The hanging
of Mccartney was the last legal execu-
ton in the state
The old handouts will be placed in
a glass case and kept to recall the in
teresting incident in the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
DAVID w. MILLER DEAD.
Former Kenosha Resident and Well
known Mason Died Suddenly.
(From THURSDAYS Daily.)

(From Thursdays Daily.)
The remains of David w. Miller. for.
mer resident of Kenosha but for the
last twenty five years a resident of Chi
sago were brought to Kenosha late this
afternoon and laid at rest in the fam
lily plot at the Kenosha City cemetery.
Mr.. Miller was seventy-five years of age
and he died suddenly at his home in
Chicago on Tuesday. The deceased
came. to Kenosha more than fifty years
ago and for many years was in charge
of the telegraph lines of the Chicago &
North Western Railway Company in the
neighborhood of Kenosha. He took a
great interest in the fraternal organiza-
tons of the city and for time was
worshipful master of the Kenosha lodge
of MasonS. Members of the Masonic
lodge turned out this afternoon and es-
corted the body to its final resting
place. The services at the grave were
in charge of the Rev. Peter Stair, pas
tor of Park Ave. NJ. E. church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
ADVISORY OFFICIALS ARE HERE
More Than $50 Members and Visitors
Gather About the Banquet Board and
Toast Winners in Contest Which Add
ed so Members to Kenosha Council.

Members of the Royal League in Ke-
nosha had one of the biggest gather
ings in the history of the council on
Thursday night when Capt. Howard w.
Balm, leader of the Badgers, entertained
at a dinner in honor of Capt. George
Cober and his Goats, after the latter
had distanced the former in a member
ship campaign which had been on for
more than three months. The gather
ing was banquet served by the pro-
prietors of the Plaza restaurant and
about the long tables covers were laid
for more than $50 guests. Large dele
cations came from Chicago and Milwau-
kee and in the list of visiting members
of the order were number of the head
officials Of the big fraternal organiza-
ton. Twenty-Five came from Milwaukee
and almost as many from Chicago and
in addition there were visitors from
many of the councils in this section of
the state.
AS a result Of the membership contest
fifty new members have been initiated
into Badger council the applications of
thirty-one coming from the Goats. In
recognition Of the work of the coun-
Gil the supreme council has announced
that silver loving cup will be present
ed to the council and the ceremonies
attending the presentation which will
include a visit from the supreme archon
will be arranged for within the next
few days.
Dinner was served at half past eight
o CLOCK and after dinner Capt. Balm Of
the Badgers took the gavel to preside
as POSTMASTER. He admitted the defeat
of the Badgers and congratulated the
Goats and declared that he was proud
of the record made by both in advanc-
ing the best interests of the council.
Among the speakers of the evening
were f. E. Graham of Chicago, secretary
of the Illinois Fellowship association
one of the allied organizations of the
Royal League. Mr.. Graham gave a
very interesting address showing the
work of this organization in extending
benefits to the members Of the order.
Advisor Archon of Wisconsin Louis
Halbach of Milwaukee spoke on the
growth of the league in Wisconsin and
especially of the rapid growth in this
section of the state. He congratulated
Kenosha council and declared that it
was one of the best organized councils
in his jurisdiction. T. B. Daily, advis-
Dry scribe of the supreme council spoke
after which John Ponic of Chicago
gave some interesting representations
and songs.
Of course Capt. Cober responded for
the Goats and the other local speakers
included Gus Smith and Harry Helms
1t was long after eleven o'clock when
the speech making was over but the
members remained for an informal
smoker which continued until early
morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-26
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