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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
WHITE WAYS NOT WELCOMED
Explorer Tells of Dire Results of ~cIw
illzation" Among the EsI<imos
That He Has known.

Cold figures and facts presented by
Vilhajalmar Stefansson show why he
wishes to praaect MS blond Eski-
NOS from contact with the whites.
He says in the Geographical Magazine
that according to records in the so
years up to 1910 the Mackenzie river
Eskimos have been civilized, Chris
tanned and reduced by white mems
diseases from over 1000 to less than
40. In 1911 there were at Cape
Bathurst about 40 civilized Eskimos,
partly Mackenzie river people and
partlv emigrants. and out of that 40
a good 20 were seriously i'll, two of
them permanently insane, while in an
uncivilized group (Which from the
very beginning has been isolated
from white menl we found only one
sick, an old man who had been blind
for something like eight years.
And not only were many Of the
civilized Mackenzie people chronical-
ly Ill, but they were also insufficient
ly clothed and insuticiently fed. There
was in 1911 probably not single in
dividual in the Prince Albert sound
group who did not have at least two
complete suits of warm skin clothing
and many had several suits, while
among the civilized Eskimos of the
Mackenzie at any time between 1908
and 1912 a man who had even one
good suit was hard to find. Most OF
them are SO poorly clad that they
are unable to hunt seal in winter
through being insuficiently protected
from the cold.
This insuf1ciency Of. clothing is the
result of two things: First, the in
PRODUCTION of rifles has destroyed the
caribou upon which they depended for
clothing, and, secondly, the multiplied
ton of new wants, such as the desire
for tea, tobacco, sugar and ammuni-
ton, forces them to tarter for these
expensive luxuries the skins which
they might otherwise have psea to
dress in for the cold.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

such judge upon his findings in such
matters determining that such appli-
cant is entitled to such certificate of
health presented and fled with such
county clerk, shall have the same
force and effect as such certificate
and such county clerk shall thereupon
issue license to marry, to such appli-
cant.
5. Any person a resident of this
state, who with intent to evade the pro-
visions of this act shall go into another
state and there have a marriage sol
emnized and who within one year from
date of such marriage shall return and
reside in this state, shall upon informa-
ton or knowledge to the district attor-
ney of any county be required by him
to file with the county clerk of any
county in which such person may be
then a resident, certificate of examin-
alton from such physician as set forth
in this section. Any person violating
the provisions Of this subsection shall
be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail not less than thirty days
nor more than one year
6. Any county clerk who shall I'M
lawfully issue a license to marry to
any person who fails to present and
file the certificate provided by subsec-
tion l Of this section, or any party OF
parties having knowledge Of any mat
ter relating or pertaining to the ex-
animation of any applicant for Ii
cense to marry, who shall disclose the
same, or any portion thereof, except
as may be required by law, shall upon
proof thereof be guilty of felony, and
shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the state prison not less than one year
nor more than five years.
{. Any physician who shall know
ingly and wilfully make any false
statement in the certificate provided for
in subsection | Of this section shall be
guilty Of perjury and upon conviction
shall be punished as for perjury, and
a conviction under this subsection
shall revoke the license of such physi-
clan in this state.
Section 2. All acts or parts of acts
Inconsistent with the provisions Of this
act are repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect
on and after January l, 1914.
Approved August l, 1913.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
TO CLOSE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU.

The county employment bureau which
has been maintained for the past two
years under the direction of County
Clerk Russell H Jones, is to be closed
up and the farmers Of the county, who
have used the bureau generously in
Keeping their help, viii be forced to
seek aid from state bureaus or bureaus
in Chicago and Milwaukee. County
Clerk Jones this morning received a
copy of new law passed at the recent
session Of the legislature which pro-
vides that license of $50 be paid for
a county employment bureau ard that
he as manager Of it give bond of
81 900 to the state. There is no
county fund from which the fifty dol
lar license fee may be paid and the
clerk declares today that the bureau
would be closed. It is possible that
at the next meeting of the county
board formal provisions will De made
for the re-opening of the bureau
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
Couldn't Break of Cigarettes.

King George, as every one knows, is
very fond of his cigarette. Once his
majesty said to the Gar. when the
august cousins were talking of the
evils Of excessive indulgence in
flags" "Do you know that, when y
was years younger. l got an idea that
cigarettes were bad for me? I rel
solved to limit myself to FIVE smokey
a day
''The first day managed 10 exist
upon the number determined. The
second day I smoked all five before
lunch, and felt miserable for the rest
of the day. The third day I smoked,
the five judiciously, but still felt a
great wanting On the fourth day 4
could stand 1t no longer. and SO
smoked fifteen Tags to make I'D fog
my seif-denial."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
WAKE UP TIVE COUNTY.
Officials Make Seventy -fve Mile Run in
New Auto Ladder Truck Wednesday.


With view of giving the new auto
hook and ladder truck every possible
test Chief of the Fire Department
Henry Isormann and number of the
members Of the common council took
a seventy-fve mile trip with the truck
on Wednesday afternoon. Leaving Ke-
nosha at two clock the truck was
run over the hills and valleys and
through the bad roads Of Kenosha
county to New Munster and from there
to Antioch. Returning the trip led
through Salem and Bristol The truck
finished its long trip by pl0ughing
through the heavy roads on Salem
avenue. All along the line the people
on the farms and in the villages were
advised that Kenosha has an auto fire
truck and even the cattle in the field
were disturbed by the continuous
changing of the bell and the shrek
OIL Inc SuSh HHIeeIe' A-le HlCAipo1o U
the party included Chief Isermann,
P. Pirsch of the Pirsch company, alder
men Edward Sullivan, Herbert Thomey,
John Joachim, George Roberts, Joseph
Loef and William Bruins. 1t was long
after ten O'Clock when the party reach
ed Kenosha. There were lot of feat
ures of the trip but the egg battle be-
tween Aldermen Thomey and Joachim
and the shower bath by Roberts and
the chief Of the department. were the
real features. The test given the
truck is declared TO have been salts
factory to the officials, but it was
some joy ride.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
HwheeIv Barometer.

What is known as the wheel bafosl
meter is an ingenious variation Of
Torricelli's idea. This barometer was
invented by Robert Hooke, probably
the greatest philosophical mechanic,
of his day. 1t is intended to indicate,
the weather without observing the
mercury itself. There is the usual
tube, but it is bent at the bottom into
a short leg. In this leg little glass
float rests upon the surface of the mer-
curry. A cord attached to the float
passes over the pulley. The pulley is
furnished with a pointer that moves
around the dial, the moving agency be-
ing the rising or falling mercury.
which lifts or lowers the float
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
Local People Interested in
National Movement to
Protect Song Birds.
AUDOB0N SOCIETY At HEAD

Local lovers of the wild bird life of
the country, and who have co-operated
with the Audubon society of Chicago
to protect the song and game birds
which spend a large part of the year
in Kenosha county, are more than in
terested in the efforts being made by
The American Bird Banding associa-
tion to aid in studying the habits of the
migratory birds. Requests have already
been sent in from Kenosha people in
terested in the movement for the tiny
bands with which wild birds caught
may be labelled and their future move
ments studied. Efforts will be made
to band some of the birds which
come to this section in the summer
time to see if they return here next
year.
An American bird-banding associa-
tion has been organized on the lines
of several like organizations in other
countries. The purpose of the organ
ization is the extension of knowledge
of bird habits by means of banding.
Each wild bird caught by a member
of the association is loosely banded on
the leg with an aluminium ring. The
ring bears number, and the words,
" Notify American Museum, New
York" The number corresponds to
card in the fled records of the museum
giving the species of bird, and the date
place and circumstances of banding.
One Of the ways in which this band
ing works out is excellently illustrated
by the case of an adult chimney swift
which 1uttered down chimney into
the study of Ernest Harold Baynes, in
Meriden, N. H., on June Z, 1911. 1t was
promptly banded and released, the band
bearing the number 1926. At 8 o clock
on June Is, 1912, two chimney swifts
few down the chimney into the
same room. One of them bore the
number 1926 It had spent the winter
in the tropics and found again the same
chimney on its return.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

ations. His success is particularly
pleasing on account of the fact that few
law students pass the examinations on
the second trial.
While he is now entitled to hang out
his single and practice law Mr.. Tully
will remain as clerk of the municipal
court for the present but later he will
go into the regular practice Of his pro-
fession in the city.
The new attorney is one Of the best
known young men of Kenosha and it is
certain that he will receive hearty
welcome to the profession from other
attorneys in the city. His formal in
PRODUCTION to practice in the local courts
will take place at the opening of the
regular October term Of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
HEART DISEASE BRINGS DEATH
Body is Found in the Bath Room of the
House and Aged Woman Had Prob
ably Been Dead for More than Day
When Relatives Discovered Her Body

Miss Margaret Mckinney, aged IA
years and one of the pioneer women Of
Kenosha county, was found dead in the
bath room at her home sos Elizabeth
street just, after eight clock. She had
been dead for many hours and it is
probable that death came to her some
time Wednesday afternoon or evening
For many years she lived alone at the
home on Elizabeth street and as she
had been in the best of health her
relatives had not been concerned about
her condition Members of the family
had been at the house on Wednesday
afternoon and had found her in the best
of health and spirits preparing to bake
bread. 1t is thought that she died
shortly after she had been visited by
members Of the family as a search of
the house revealed that one of the
loaves of bread was in the oven par
tially baked. The fire had gone out
In the stove before the bread was
baked.
Coroner Millager was called to the
house after the finding Of the body and
he ordered that an investigation be
made. He directed the remains be re-
moved to the Mischler morgue and the
investigation showed that Miss McKin-
ney had died of acute heart disease.
1t is thought that she had gone to the
bath room to wash her hands after
making her bread and that death ca ii
without any warning. Miss Mckinney
was not seen about her home on Thurs
day morning and late in the afternoon
the people residing in the lower portion
of the house went to her apartments.
They found the doors locked and at
once notified relatives. Merchant po-
lice officer, Louis LeGlise was called
and he broke in the door. A search
of the house resulted in the body being
found in the bath room.
Miss Mckinney was daughter Of
the late John Mckinney, one OF the
pioneer residents of the town of Pleas
ant Prairie and she was born in that
town "a years ago. She removed to
Kenosha many years ago and had since
made her home on Elizabeth street.
For many years she had been proud Of
her perfect health and it had been her
boast that she was seldom i'll from any
cause.
Today the remains were removed to
the home of Mrs. John Quigley on Pom
eroy street and announcement of the
day and hour of the funeral will be
made on Saturday.
Miss Mckinney is survived BY one
sister, Mrs. John Quigley and by one
brother, John Mckinney, both residents
of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
NEW RACINE PAPER ISSUED.
Racine Daily Call Makes It's First Ap-
pearance on Thursday Afternoon.

The Racine Daily Call the latest adj
dition to the newspapers of southern
Wisconsin made its first appearance on
Thursday evening. Leslie NJ. Fowler,
former city clerk Of Racine is named
as manager and editor of the paper. 1t
has an attractive make up and is well
edited. In announcing the plans for
the paper the first issue says:
"The half hundred men who are back
Of the project believe implicitly that
the necessity exists. They believe that
Racine needs newspaper whose efforts
and opinions are not influenced by the
personal interests of one or two men
a newspaper that will inform its read
ers and not mis-inform them--a news
paper with nerve enough to voice its
own opinions, big enough to acknowl-
edge its mistakes and broad enough to
give to every man an opportunity te
express his opinions.
Actuated by the same motlVes thaU
impelled these men to make its exist
ence possible the Call enters on its ca
reer without any Of that self complac-
ancy that often accompanies high
ideals. It's editors and owners know
full well that in order to succeed it must
be something more than mere enron
icle Of passing events and that its fu-
ture depends on the service it renders.
It's ideals are of nature that look
beyond the opportunity for gain, to the
ultimate welfare Of the people on which
its sustenance depends. Their prosper
ity is the prosperity of the community,
Of its industries and business and to
lose sight Of this fact is to disregard
the elemental requisite of real success. /"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

Judge Randall took the occasion of
the appearance of four boys of tender
age in his court on burglary charge
as fitting time to issue a warning to
careless and neglectful parents that
they are to be held accountable for the
delinquency Of the children in the fu-
ture to greater extent than they ever
have been before in this city. Every
case Of child criminal is to be in
vestisated with a view Of ascertaining
whether OF not the boy has been prop
erly looked after by those responsible
for his welfare and in cases where it
is proved that the parents have been
neglectful il is the intention to punish
them instead of the children
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
ENDS FOUR MONTHS SEARCH.
Frank Utick Wanted for Abandonment
Arrested at Burlington on Thursday.

Frank Utick Wanted for Abandonment
Arrested at Burlington on Thursday.
Chief Of Police Owen o Hare ended
a four months search on Thursday af-
ternoon when he jailed Frank Utick,
a Kenosha man, wanted for abandoning
his wife and children. The chief dis
covered on Thursday morning that
Utick had been seen at Burlington and
in company with Poormlaster Jacob
Saftig he went to Burlington in an au-
tomobile and had no trouble locating
his man. Utick was brought back in
the automobile He made no defense
when taken into court this morning
and the hearing was continued until
Saturday. It is possible that some
plan will be found by which Utick will
agree to take care of his family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14

All the talk of the power of the
brewery interests in the last legisla-
ture and the sore spots left by tie ex-
ercise of that power have not done the
liquor interests of the state any par
ticular good and the shrewder men
among the leaders realize that they
have fight on their hands during the
coming campaign to prevent the APP
pearance in the next legislature of men
pledged to the enactment of more strin-
gent excise laws than are now on the
statute books or could be placed there
with the present makeup Of the legis-
lature. The liquor question IS to be one
OF the principal issues of the next cam
Paign without doubt and possibly in
the form of another state wide county
option campaign
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signature of physicianl

2. Such examiners shall be physi-
clans duly licensed to practice in this
state, shall be persons of good moral
character and Of scientific attachments
and at least thirty years of age. The
fee for such examination, to be paid
by the applicant for examination before
the certificate shall be granted, shall
not exceed three dollars. The county
physician Of any county shall, upon
request, make the necessary examine
tion and issue such certificate, if the
same can properly be issued, without
charge to the applicant, if said appli-
cant be INDECENT.
3. Whenever there is a dispute or
disagreement regarding the findings Of
any medical examiner, laboratory tests
shall be made in the state laboratory
of hygiene from material submitted by
such examiner, and. the findings of the
said laboratory shall be accepted as eyi-
dence of the presence or absence in the
person examined Of any venereal dis
ease.
4. In any case wherein the certif-
cate Of health required by subsection /
of this section shall be refused and the
applicant shall make and file with the
county clerk of the proper county an
affidavit setting forth the fact that such
applicant has not had fair and i'm
partial examination and that he is en-
titled to such certificate of health, it
shall be the duty Of such county clerk
to certify such proceedings, at once, to
the county court of such county with
out formality or expense to such appli-
cant. Such application shall be heard
by a Judge Of said court, at the earliest
time practicable, without jury IN
court or in chambers, during the term
or in vacation as the case may be. No
tiee of the time and place OF such hear
ing shall be given to such applicant by
mail. A certified copy of an order of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14


Many of the trees in all sections of
the city are already losing their leaves
as result Of the ravages Of the cotton
moth and many valuable trees will be
lost because of the failure of owners
to protect them against the pest. It is
a pity to see trees that it will take
many years to replace sacrificed in a
single season simply for want of a lit
tie care. If Kenosha is to retain its
reputation as one of the most beautiful
cities IN the state this waste of shade
trees must be stopped. Too many Of
them have been destroyed in one way
aad another already.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
SEEK PERMIT NEXT WEEK.
John E. Heating to Seek Permit to
Give Boxing Show on Aug. 18th.

John E. Heating Of the Kenosha
Athletic club, announced this morn
ing that he would apply to the secre-
tary Of state on next Tuesday for a
permit to hold boxing shows in Keno
sha. Heating is now negotiating with
H. L, Goldberg to secure long time
lease on the Coliseum and as soon as
this lease is signed the Kenosha
Athletic Association viii be ineorpor-
ated under the state laws and then it
viii be possible for the permit to be
issued As yet the ineorporators Of
the club have not been announced, but
it is probable that they will be well
known men of the city who have been
active u promoting boxing as a sport.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
PLAN ANNUAL CLAM BAKE.
Big Gathering of Elks of Racine and
Kenosha to be Held at Central Park.

AAO44Oouu w NO L1Glu db 1OIlIL dl r. ak,
Elks of Racine and Kenosha this
morning began to make preparations
for the annual joint clam bake of the
two lodges which is to be held at Cen
trail Park the latter part Of this month.
The date has not been set, but Aug.
2Sth will probably be selected. Secre-
tary B. +. DeDeimar of the Kencsha
lodge, will have charge of the plans for
the clam bake and he win name his
committees later. The Racine commit
tee will be appointed on Saturday
evening. The program for the bic
gathering this year will be practically
a repetition Of last years bake and as
then the baseball game between the
teams representing the two lodges will
be featured Plans will be made 10
take Gaze of six hundred at the clam
bake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
Ole Theoriea About Llahtnrns.

Our forefathers had many theories
about lightning. According to them
no one could be struck by lightning
while asleep. and no tree struck by
lightning could be burnt. Splinters
from such a tree, diligently chewed,
were an infallible cure for toothache,
and were, of course. pleasanter to the
taste than the dentists forceps. And
the old time schoolboy firmly believed
that if he we're rash enough to men,
ton lightning directly after a flash.
the important part of his raiment
would be Immediately torn off. And
many were his attempts to land hiE
fellows in that predicament.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
PASSES BAR EXAMINATION.
James E. Tully, Clerk of the Municipal
Court Now Full Pledged Attorney.


Jane E. Tully clerk of the munich
pal court, is receiving the eongratula-
tions of his friends today as this morn
ing he received notice from the state
board Of bar examiners that he had sue
cessfully passed the examinations and
had been admitted to practice in the
courts of Wisconsin. Attorney Tnlly
was one of the fifteen to pass the exam
tions although there were more than
sixty candidates for licenses to practice.
Attorney Tully was graduated from
Marquette university as member of
the class Of 1911 and this was the sec
ond time that he had taken the examin-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-14
John Schwan Kicked by a
Horse Tuesday died at the
Kenosha Hospital.
WIDELY KNOWN ON NORTH SIDE

John Schwan, 80 years Of age and the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Schwan of
Milwaukee avenue, died at the Keno
sha hospital just after eight o'clock on
Wednesday evening as result of in
juries received at his farm in the town
of Somers on Tuesday when he was
kicked by a horse. An examination
showed that the young man S liver had
been crushed by the blow from the
horses hoof and the injury brought
death. Mr., Schwan was in great pain
for hours before his death and he died
without giving any story of the details
Of the fatal accident.
John Schwan was one of the best
known young men on the north side Of
the city. He was born in Kenosha,
April 20, 1884. He was educated at St.
George school and at the Kenosha city
schools and early in life he went into
the grocery business with his father.
Five years ago he removed to the farm
north of Ropeville. He had taken a
great interest in the farm and had been
most successful in his work.
He is survived by widow and three
children, Edgar, Madeline and Dolores.
The fatal accident has cast pail
of gloom over many homes on the north
side Of the city.
On account Of the fact that the pa
tient was under the care Of physicians
at the time of his death Coroner Milla-
ger did not deem it necessary to hold
an inquest.