The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-04
Police Have Orders to Continue Making
Arrests no Matter How Many Viola
tions May Take Place Daily-Hear-
ing in Court Draws Crowds.
BULLETIN.
Judge Tully continued the hear
ing Of the jitney men until July 9th
and all were released on bonds late
this afternoon.
this afternoon.

Defiance of the jitney drivers to the
order of the Railroad Commission fix
ing new routes for them to operate on
was answered by arrests by the city
police department this morning and be-
fore noon seven of the jitney drivers
were under arrest and awaiting arraign
ment. They were booked on the charge
of operating a common carrier over
routes other than those provided in
the order Of the railroad commission. !"
Monday afternoon and Monday night
the police officers had requested the
jitney men to take the routes which
had been assigned to them by the COM
mission and the request was met either
by curt refusal \or sullen silence and
the jitney men let it be understood
that they would be operating on the
old route today just as they had yes
erday in open defiance to the order
of the commission.
Michael Yabs who is held as head
of the iitney association in Kenosha
was the first man to be arrested on,
orders from Chief O'Hare. He was
taken into custody by police officer
Charles Amberlang on Elizabeth street
just at nine CLOCK and he Immediate
ly left the route and drove with the
officer to the city hall. Within an
hour police officers watching along the
various streets had taken into custody
Thomas Petersen, I'll. E. Williams,
George Herzog, and Harry Schmidt. In
the next hour Soren Graugaard and S.
J. Sorensen were added to the lists Of
defendants awaiting arrangements in
the Municipal Court. Several of the
men declared that they wanted to give
bonds and get back on the route and
these men asserted that regardless of
the action of the police they would
operate on the route forbidden to them
by the order of the commission.
At the Office of the District Attor-
ney stenographer was kept busy get
ting out complaints charging violations
of the state common carrier law. It
is understood that a large number of
the complaints will be provided with
view of facilitating the handling of
cases as the police have been instruct
Ed to keep right on making arrests no
matter how many times any individual
driver may be brought into court.
The Mayor has cold the police that
the order Of the commission must be
and that the new ordinance
of the city must also be enforced. In
the meantime the operation of the
street cars was rapidly reaching the
normal" stage. Before noon today
the company had secured twenty four
men to serve as operators of the cars
and the cars were hing operated on all
lines. Eight more men were needed to
have the service complete ard it was
declared at the offices of the company
that these men would be on hand by
this evening. Every. man operating a
car has received orders that service
must not only be maintained but that
It must be speeded up with the idea of
giving the people the best possible serv-
ice that can be furnished on the lines.
The officials Of the railway company
had nothing to do with the activities
against the jitney men.
There were no hearings for the ar
rested men this morning but the Dis
trict Attorney was busy getting out
and the hearings were start
ed early this afternoon