The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-01
TWO PAY FINES IN COURT
G. H. Hurd and Harold Baebenroth are
Fined for Employing Boys Under Age
of 16 Years to Work After 6 O'clock
State to Start Big Court Suits.

by the Industrial Commission of Wis
consin, Oh Tuesday started notable
crusade against abuses of the child la
Dor laws in Kenosha and she is planning
to give full week to correcting these
abuses in the city.
The first fruits of her labor appear
ed in court this morning when Charles
ID. Hurd and Harold Baebenroth, both
well known druggists, were brought in
to the municipal court on warrants
charging them with failing to observe
the state laws in regard to the en-
ployment of children under sixteen
years of age. Both were charged with
employing boys at gainful occupations
after six O'Clock in the evening. 1t
was declared, that both of the boys
were under the age of 16 wears.
Neither Of the druggists contested the
right of the state to collect the for
fixture and on pleas of "guilty" fines
Of $50 and the costs were assessed in
each case. Other warrants are under
consideration and it is declared by the
deputy that at least two cases of vio-
lations of the child labor laws in the
city have been referred to the attor-
-ney general with instructions to bring
an action in the name of the state for
the collection of forfeitures of 81 1000
in each case. The names of the men
who are to be defendants in these ac-
tions have not been made public. 1t
is probable, however, that these actions
will be started in the courts of the
county within the next few days.
Deputy Lundberg is evidently desir-
Gus of making clean up of Kenosha
on this visit and alleging that many
children workers have given false
statements in regard to their ages in
order to secure permits she has started
an investigation Of the ages Of every
child now working under permit.
These facts are being secured from
birth returns in the office of the regis
ter Of deeds and from church records.
District Attorney Drury held a long
conference with Deputy Lundberg be-
fore the first warrants were issued on
Tuesday afternoon and he is fully adj
.viSed of the work planned by the in
dustrial commission here.
When seen this morning Deputy
Lundberg declared that she was at
tempting to make this investigation as
searching as possible and that she had
many cases which offered chance for
warrants, but that it was the policy Of
the commission to seek arrests only af.
ter efforts had been made to secure
reforms by other methods
81 am convinced" said Deputy
.Lundberg, that there are many child
rem working in Kenosha under permits
secured under false Representations ]
am not in a position to say as to how
many, but before | get through with
the work here every permit will have
been checked up. We want this move
ment to have all the publicity possible
and [ shall be willing to give out all
the facts in regard to the investigation
just as soon as they are completed.
This work will require considerable
time and in some cases it is very diff
fcult to get all the facts necessary.
The district attorney stated that the
work was ia the hands of Miss Lund-
berg and that he was acting only on
complaints as presented by her.