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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-05-18
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING


tby Associated PresA.l
AMSTERDAM, May 1s.--The Ger
man Shakespeare society held its
usual annual meeting at Weimar on
the last Sunday in April, but only
eight delegates were present A COM
mittee was appointed to prepare for
the celebration next year of the ter
centary of the poets death. and res
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
CLEVER SCHEME PROVES GOOD
Man Had Accepted Position as Sales
man and Gave Forged Certified Check
in Order to Buy Car and Managed to
Get $500 in Real Cash.

Do yo, know "E. R. Bakere'' If you
do, you will confer favor on the Mill
Waukee and Kenosha police depart
nents and several private detective
agencies by telling them just where the
aforesaid "E. r. ~ can be located Just
at present. He is a handsome, smooth
talking man and it is supposed that he
came from Kenosha. At any rate, he
has Kenosha connections and he was
sufficiently smooth to pass forged GER
titled check for ST 200 on the Wade Au-
tomobile company in Milwaukee on
Feb. 4th. The check was drawn on the
West Side bank of Milwaukee and OF
the endorsement of w. j. Wade, presi-
dent Of the company, it was paid. Wade
now stands to lose lot of money if
Baker is not located.
Baker went to work for the Wade
company as salesman three weeks ago
a d shortly after he had been employed
he informed the managers that he
wanted to buy an automobile and that
in order to do it he would have to get
the certified check cashed. He asked
Wade to identify him at the bank and
Wade did it. Wade is not out the
whole $1,000 as result of signing the
check as an endorser, as after he had
drawn the money Baker paid Wade
$500 in cash as the first payment on the
car he had bought. On February 18th
Baker told Wade that he had to go to
Kenosha on business and light then his
connection with the company ceased.
His business in Kenosha is still detain-
ing him. He left the car which he had
purchased from the Wade company in
Milwaukee SO the company is not as bad
off as it might have been. The check
was drawn on the Blackman Banking
Company of San Diego, CAL, and was
signed with the name of Julius Sonnen-
field. On the day that Baker left for
Kenosha telegram was received from
the San Diego bank declaring that the
certifcation of the check was forgery
and that the man whose name was
signed to the check had no funds in the
bank. Efforts have been since made to
locate Baker in Kenosha and in other
cities, but they have been fruitlesr. He
was pretty well supplied with funds
and it is thought that he went long
distance from Milwaukee Evidently
he timed his departure with the time it
would take to send the check from the
milwaukee, hank to San Diego and he
seemed to have taken the full limit of
time.
Baker is not known at any of the au-
tomobile agencies here and it is thought
that if he ever was connected with Ke-
nosha that he assumed name which
would hide him when he had his deal
ings with the Milwaukee company.
President Wade Of the automobile com
pany has been notified that the amount
of the check has been charged to the
company by the Milwaukee bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
PLANT MORE SUGAR BETS.
Racine and Kenosha County Farmers to
Put in Bigger Crops This Year.

ruJ IN Bigger Crops This Year.
interviews yesterday with farmers in
and around Corliss and also the farm
ing districts between Racine and Keno
sha brought out the fact that larger
acreage would be devoted to the grow
ing of sugar beets this season than last.
Along the lake shore the increase will
not be great, but at Corliss is where
the increase is expected. An agree
ment has been reached with the sugar
beet factory men and a fat rate of six
dollars per ton will be paid. When the
season opens it is estimated that en-
ployment will be given to more than
two hundred persons in and about Cor
llss and also as many more in the lake
shore belt. Besides, Kenosha county
IS to grow thousands of tons and here
many weeders are to be employed
1t is said by Mr.. Hansche and other
farmers on the south lake shore road
that more onions will be grown this
year than ever known The sale last
season was large and the prices good.
So far as cabbage is concerned the
acreage will be less than it was last
season. This is attributed to the fact
that the cultivation of cabbage has
spread to all sections of the county
and is not so extensively confined to
the lake shore as it was years ago.
Fortunes have been made by farmers
in this vicinity from the cultivation of
cabbage, and just why the demand
should fall off is being investigated.
Those why buy most of the cabbage
say the reason for the decrease is be-
cause farmers in every part of the
country, after prices scared, went into
the business and thus glutted the mar
kets and forced down the prices and
practically ruined the chances for a re-
vival of the profits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
ASK sPoRTsMEN TO AID.
Kenosha Men Asked to Aid in Raising
$500 to Bring Herd Of Elk.

Kenosha sportsmen have been asked
to aid in general movement through
out the state to raise fund of 5000 to
assist in defraying the expenses Of
bringing a herd of Elk from Yellow
stone Park to Wisconsin. The state
game warden has announced that this
amount will be necessary to carry out
the plan and as the movement to have
the herd Of Elk brought to Wisconsin
was started in Kenosha it is thought
that local Gportsmen will aid literally
in raising the fund. just as soon as
the 5000 is raised the Elk will be on
their way to the Badger state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25

DO chance for Cimino to escape gong
back to Pennsylvania for trial. Should
Cimino be convicted of arson in the
courts here and sentenced to prison the
Pennsylvania officials will be waiting
for him when the prison gates swing
outward to release him after serving
his term
Ross did not personally know Cimino,
but he declared that the italian had
the reputation of being ''bad man.
in and about Pitcairn and he declared
that there was no excuse for the wan
ton attempt on the life of Chief Porter
on which charge the Italian is to be
taken back for trial After he had
talked the matter over with the dis
trict attorney Ross went to the county
Jail and took a look at the prisoner
He declared that he had never seen
him before but that a photograph of
Cimino had been identified by two eve
witnesses of the July shooting as
picture of the man wanted in Pitcairn.
While the Charge made against
Cimino in Pitcairn is one for which he
might receive a heavier sentence than
the charge of arson preferred against
him here, District Attorney Drury
refused to give up the custody of CT.
mino on account of the fact that it is
held that it is most important to have
him here at the time Cappello is tried
for arson. After this trial is over it
is pretty certain that even though
Cimino was convicted the officials
would be willing to ask for deferred
sentence in order that he might be
sent back to Pennsylvania
So far as is known Cimino had no
idea of the identity of Ross. When
Ross entered his cell Cimino showed no
signs of recognizing him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
OBSERVE 51sr Anniversary.
Kenosha Members of the knights OF
Pythias Celebrate Anniversary.

More than two hundred of the men,
bers of Red Cross Lodge of the knights
of Pythias and their ladies gathered at
Castle hall on Wednesday evening to
celebrate the fifty-frst anniversary of
the founding of the Pythian order. The
program was a delightful informal one
and no set program of talks was ar
ranged for the evening There was
dancing and cards, but the merriment
was halted long enough to permit tri-
butte to be paid to some of the Past
Chancellors of the order. Judge
Joseph R. Clarkson acted as spokesman
for the evening and he presented Past
Chancellor jewels to Dwight House,
Charles A Tarbell and Lester Holder
ness. After the presentation luncheon
was served after which dancing con
tinued until early morning. The ami
versary celebration proved to be one
of the most interesting occasions of the
year at Castle hall.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
THOMPSON GETS SIX MONTHS.
Man Charged With Stealing Wire from
Railway Company Makes Strong Plea.

Frank Thompson, one of those fell
lows who just naturally wander, gave
the court officials something of sur
prise this morning when he made an
unusual plea when arraigned> on
charges of grand larceny. Thompson
was arrested a month ago charged with
taking bond signal wire from the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road.
He was sent to prison for six months
following plea of guilty. Il want
you to understand that [ am not afraid
of going to prison. said Thompson,
prison has no terrors for me for I've
been trying to get some place to work
and some place to sleep for months but
/ am not guilty of grand larceny. This
wire took from the railway company
is not worth three dollars. did not
have any right to take it, but it has
been way over-valued. Thompson
questioned the section foreman who had
come in with six other men as witnesses
for the company, and the foreman adj
mltted that he had seen him with the
wire and had told him he was liable to
arrest. ct will make you this propo-
sition judge continued Thompson,
put me on parole for six months and
if I fail to make good send up for the
limit under the law The Judge de-
clined to accept and gave Thompson the
sentence of six months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
COMMITTEE TO BUY MACHINERY
County Board Gets Rid of vexing Mat
ter by Referring it to Committee.

The county board shifted the hard
problem of buying road machinery to
the shoulders of a committee headed
by Supervisor Patrick Tobin Of Pleas
ant Prairie, at the closing session of
the board on Thursday afternoon and
the committee was empowered to go
ahead and work with the highway COM
missioner in purchasing such machinery
as may be needed for county road
work. The committee was given pow
er to make demands on the county high
way funds for payment Of vouchers
for this machinery. Tt is probable
that rock crusher will be the first
purchase Of the committee and that
this will be used in crushing up
"nigger heads" on Kenosha county
farms to provide material for the i'm
provement of the roads of the county.
1t is claimed that this plan has worked
with excellent success in other coun-
ties Of the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
Officer Has Extra
ditOn Papers But Returns
Empty Handed Sunday.
ITALIAN CAN NOT GET AWAY

Armed with extradition papers which
had been honored by Governor Philip
at Madison on Saturday afternoon, III.
L. Ross, county detective of Allegheny
county, Pa, arrived in Kenosha early
Sunday morning and sought the custody
of Vincenzo Cimino, alias Vincenzo
Decela, held in the county jail here I'M
der bonds of $4,000 pending trial on
charges of arson and wanted at Pitts
burg for the attempted murder of Will
liam Porter, chief of police at Pitcairn,
Pa, on july 3rd last. Ross left Keno
sha empty handed at noon ON Saturday
but the only regret that he expressed
was that he had not been more fully
advised as to the nature of the charges
against Cimino in Kenosha. His deal
ings with the district attorney and
other Kenosha officials were entirely
friendly and he left with the assurance
that he would return to Kenosha later
should Cimino fail of conviction on
charges against him here
Cimino and Emanuelle Cappello are
to be tried on the arson charge in the
circuit court at the March term and an
effort will be made to have the case
placed among the first on the calender
so that should he escape punishment
here he will be given an early trial in
the Pennsylvania county. Detective
Ross left in the hands of the district
attorney here the formal warrant for
the arrest of Cimino on charges Of
attempted murder and with it the ex-
tradition papers so that there will be
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
WAUKEGAN GETS WEDDINGS.
Eighteen Wisconsin Couples Married in
Waukegan on Saturday Afternoon,

Waukegan is taking the place of Ke-
nosha as the real marrying center Of
the north shore and it reached its high
record on last Saturday when eighteen
licenses for the marriage of couples
from Wisconsin were issued in the city
just across the state line. 1t is taken
for granted that the large majority of
the couples went to Waukegan to show
their disapproval of the eugenics law.
An examination of the records of the
Waukegan license bureau shows that
nearly as many licenses are issued to
Kenosha people in Waukegan as are
issued in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
ARREST TWO ITALIANS.
Two Men Who Followed Little Girls
Landed in City Lookup on Sunday.

Two Italians who gave their names
as Comma Russo and Tony Flusko, were
arrested on Sunday night by Police
Officers Kramer and Borden and they
are being held pending an investiga-
ton. The men were picked up on
Northwest Main street after two little
girls had told the police officers that
the Italians had insisted on following
them. The men after they were arrest
ed professed to have had no knowledge
of the fact that they were following
the two girls Many complaints have
come to the police in recent months in
which it has been claimed the young
women have been annoyed by foreign
ers and the officials will make pretty
careful investigation into the case Of
the two men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
EXPERTS TO EXPLAIN WORK
University of Wisconsin Extension De-
partment to Stage Play Ground
School of Racine for Benefit of In
terested Workers in This Section.

Kenosha school teachers and mothers
interested in the play ground movement
are going to school themselves this
week as at the invitation Of the park
commission of the city of Racine these
people will attend the sessions Of a
school for play ground workers which
is to be held in Racine beginning on
Monday evening.
The course is arranged under the d.
rection Of the extension division Of the
University of Wisconsin and it will
consist of twelve class meetings each
to be in charge of an experienced work
er in the play ground field. In these
meetings questions relating to the rela-
ton between the play ground and the
development of the community will be
discussed. There will be demonstra-
tions of play ground games by experts
and discussion of pageants and fes-
tival and all other fetes connected with
work among the children. The an
nouncement of the outline for the
twelve meetings is as follows:
The course will consist Of twelve
class meetings, each meeting conducted
by an experienced playground worker
especially qualified to deal with the
subject of the meeting. The work will
be as practical a possible throughout.
There will be few formal lectures.
Playground games and exercises will be
taught by actual demonstration. It is
planned to have group of Racine
children organized for the purpose Of
demonstrating playground games.
Where possible, stereopticon views and
motion pictures will be used. The out
line of the course is as follows:
The Playground and the Community
illustrated Edward M. Barrows, dis
trict representative, University Of Wis
consin, formerly secretary of the de-
partment Of public recreation, People s
Institute, N. Y.
The Sociology of Play-Prof. J. L.
Gillin, associate professor Of sociology,
University of Wisconsin.
Playground Games, Demonstration
DR.. J. E. Elsom, director of physical
training, University of Wisconsin.
Competitive Athletic Organizations
II. G. Reynolds, supervisor Of competi-
tive athletics, South Park Commission,
Chicago.
Pageants, Festivals, and Plays -
Prof. w. Dykema, director department
of community music, University Of
Wisconsin.
The Work of the Playground Leader
Harold 0. Berg, director Of extension
department, Milwaukee Public Schools.
Playground Administration (a) Sup
ervision; (b) Self Government on the
Playground-John S. Richards, Super
visor of Fairgrounds, South Park Com
mission, Chicago.
The Playground as Social Force
illustrated Edward M. Barrows.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.
Attorneys Hastings and Clarkson to CO
into Private Practice.

Announcement was made today that
the well known law firm of Hastings
and Clarkson had dissolved partner
ship and Henry J. Hastings and Joseph
R. Clarkson, who have been members
of the firm, will continue in the private
practice of law. Judge Clarkson will
remove to offices in the Ames building
within the next few days. Mr.. Hast
ings will continue in the offices in the
Hastings building. The partnership be-
tween Judge Clarkson and Mr.. Hast
ings was formed little over four years
ago and the firm has been one of the
most active members of the Kenosha
bar. The dissolution of the partner
ship is by mutual consent and the most
friendly feelings remain between the
former partners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
Kenosha Foreigners Put
Money in Postal Bank In
stead Of Sending it Away.
BANK DEPOSITS GROWING FAST

The stream of gold which has flowed
between Kenosha and several of the
countries of Europe for years has been
efectually checked by the continued
war in Europe and this fact is shown
by the large increase in deposits in
the postal savings bank in Kenosha.
The report of Cashier w. T. Marx for
the past six months shows that there
has been steady advance in deposits.
Just previous to, the breaking out Of
the war the deposits shows consider
able decrease. 1t was claimed that the
novelty of the postal savings bank had
worn of, but with the breaking out
of the war the foreigners began to de-
post their money. lit is shown by the
records that fully seventy FIVE per cent
Of the depositors in the Kenosha pos
tai savings bank are men who were
born in some foreign country While
the embargo on foreign money orders
has been lifted the percentage of this
class of orders is now very small as
compared with other years and the
foreigners are refusing to send their
meagre savings to the old home.
At the close of business at the postal
bank on the last day of July the re-
port shows that the deposits totaled
1881. This had shown a falling og
TO the amount of nearly 5000 from the
former month. But in August the de-
posits began to jump and by the end of
August they hae gone to $20,255. Every
monthly report since that time has
shown an increase in the amount of
money on deposit in the bank and the
number of Withdrawals has been small
as compared with the number of new
accounts opened. With the close of
business on the 31st day of January
the deposits of the bank totaled
$26,277, the largest amount ever shown
in, any report Of the bank. In the six
months period covered by the report
there had been sixty accounts closed
UP while 121 had been opened and at
the close of business in January there
were total of 1919 depositors. It will
De seen bnaC the average account IN
the bank is little over $125. The
list of depositors has increased ma
terially in the past six months.
The postal savings bank has not in
creased its deposit to an amount equal
to the falling off in the amount of the
foreign money orders by any means and
an investigation of the reports of the
two departments at the postoffce indi-
Gates either that the money which
formerly went abroad is being used for
the support of families in this country
or that it is being stored away in
Stockings for the proverbial "rainy
day."
The report of the money order de-
partment for the Kenosha Office, which
will be issued within few days, will
probably show considerable falling
off not only on the line of foreogn or
ders but also of domestic orders issued
and paid. Slack times always are re-
Elected in the report of the money
order department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
WALTER WELLS TO MEMPHIS.
Young Manufacturer Sewers Relations
With Frank L. Wells Company.

Walter Wells, for the past ten years
associated with his father in the man
agement Of the Frank L. Wells Com
pany, severed his relations with the
company and this afternoon with his
wife and daughter left for Memphis,
Tenn, where he plans to make his
home in the future. Mr.. Wells will
probably go into similar line of bust
ness in Memphis. He has been well
known among the younger Kenosha
manufacturers and he will carry with
him into his new field of labor the best
wishes of his many friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25

Assemblyman d. J. Vincent of this
county has introduced into the lower
branch Of the Wisconsin Legislature a
bill which is attracting lot Of atten-
tion among the manufacturers Of Wis
consin and it is drawing bitter opposi-
tor from the army of oil inspectors
throughout the state. The bill elm
mates from the state law the power Of
deputy oil inspectors to inspect oils
which are shipped to the ultimate con-
sumer. This has been one of the big
objections to the inspection of oils in
Wisconsin and it might also be said
one Of the largest sources of fees. The
claim is made by manufacturers that
the inspection is an added expense
without being of the remotest value to
the ultimate consumers. They insist
that the inspection is not sufficiently
thorough to be of any value.
A tank car Of oil usually contains
in the neighborhood of fifty barrels
and much Of this oil shipped to Wis
consin is used for fuel purposes In
order to test the oil the deputy inspec-
tor thrusts a hydrometer into the tank
and takes the specific gravity. For
this service he is paid at the rate Of
ten cents a barrel Whether the oil
passes inspection or not is of no mo-
ment to these consumers as the oil in
nearly every case is bought and paid
for and whether it passes the state test
or not it will go into the tanks to feed
the fire under the boilers. Several Of
the Kenosha factory managers have
raised the question of the right of the
state to test such oils and one case is
now pending in the courts. More oil
shipped to manufacturers is tested
than shipped to any other class of peo-
pie. In some parts Of the state the fee
for this inspection has been paid with
out protest, but in recent months a
protest has been fled by ultimate CON
sumers In many parts Of the state.
The argument has been raised that
the original intent of oil inspection
was to protect the ultimate consumer
and the men who are now strongly
urging the passage of the Vincent bill
insist that they do not care for the
protection of the state along these lines.
They are perfectly willing to have the
law as it reads now amended so as to
make the inspection subject to the con-
sent of and at the suggestion of the
consumer, but law of this kind would
bring little in The way of fees into the
pockets of the deputy inspectors.
The argument on the bill is to be
taken up on next Wednesday and it is
expected that several Kenosha manu-
acturers and others interested in the
7 ssage of the bill will go to Madison
to have part in this argument. There
are many laws being introduced to curb
the efforts of the state oil inspection
department and several of these bills
would entirely eliminate the depart
ment. Many of the men who have
urged the passage of the Vincent bill
have suggested that oil which is to be
sold in Wisconsin might properly be
subject to inspection for the protection
of the consumers, but these men be.
heve that a plan could be worked out
by which this inspection could be plac-
cd in charge of the industrial commits
sion and the costly machinery of the
state oil inspectors department elm
Snated
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25

Jos. w. Mayer, formerly a Kenosha
boy, who for some time has been mayor
of Beatrice, Nebraska, one Of the com
mission form cities, has been elected
president of the Nebraska League of
Municipalities. Mayor Mayer has been
leader in the League for several years
and was the unanimous choice of the
members for president of the organiza
ton.