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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
CAMPAIGN rs COSTLY
Candidates for U. S. Senator Spend
Thousands of Dollars for Votes

Candidates for u. S. Senator Spend
Thousands of Dollars for Votes
Notwithstanding the unusual heat of
the past ten days. the political workers
have been at it hard, the principal in
terest centering around the contest for
the Republican nomination for the
United States senate. Everybody is
claiming it and the McGovern and Hat
ton camps have almost peeled to the
buff in their vehemence over the con-
troversy as to which one Senator
Bob really favors.
There will be new record made for
primary elections when this contest is
ever. Hatton, Cook, Stephenson, are
al men Of wealth The two first men
toned have been organizing the state
for two years, and have been using the
mails and other means of organizing
fol many months "Uncle Ike,0 to
literally and McGovern is making a
speaking campaign. It all costs money,
and none of them will be cheap cam
paigns Even MeGovern the poor man,
with travelling expenses, hall rent, and
other necessities will spend a goodly
sum. The conundrum is, how can it be
helped. The primary law makes it in
cumbent upon each of these men to
make campaign for the suffrage Of his
party, to get the nomination Approx
imately there are 100000 voters in the
state, seventy counties to cover. Meth
er can expect any help, legitimately,
from the state organization Of the
party, for it is contest within the
party. 1t would cost any one of them
$4,000 at a low estimate to get a
mailing list of the Republicans Of the
state. There are approximately $4,000
to $4,000 of them at least. Then it
would cost $1,000 for postage to send
one sealed letter to each one, for the
two cent stamps alone, and the cost of
the letters and mailing would bring it
up to $4,000 or So 900 more. There you
are. How, if you were manager Of
such campaign could you get along
without large expense9 Tt will be in
teresting to see the expense bills when
thew are filed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
TO EARN THEIR PAY
More Red Tape is Arranged for Election
Officials at Primary Election

The men who serve as election of
icials at the coming primary election
are going to earn their money and II
the work is to be completed within
two days after the primary is held it is
probable that the clerks of the election
will be forced to hire stenographers to
fill out the blanks. At the last general
primary In the county there were. 104
blanks to fill out, but next month the
clerks will have more than double this
number to fill out and the county clerk
has received letter from the secretary
OF state demanding that the blanks be
filled out with the greatest care. In
old caucus days all that was necessary
to name ticket was to have a conyen-
tion and have the clerk of the conven-
ton certify to the county clerk the
names of the candidates, but now it is
different and there is now more red
tape about Wisconsin primary tnan
was necessary in former years to elect
president.
There is q blank for everything from
the list of men voting up to the mum
Der of votes cast for Uncle Ike on his
home plantation and every one of these
blanks has to be filled out in tripli-
cate. Some of the blanks will have ..
tendency to worry the life out of the
election officials in the rural districts
and In most of the wards of the city.
Two years ago it was, thought sufficient
to file copies Of the blanks with the
clerk of the county and the secretary of
state, but this year it is demanded that
a third set Of blanks be made out and
filed with the department. of labor in
the state. Just why this is done is not
apparent, but one Of the election of
ficials has hazarded a guess that it is
done to convince the department of
labor that the officials have canned
their pay at the primaries. The law
requires that the returns from the pri-
mary must be in the hands Of the
county clerk before the end of two
days after the primary and the lamps
will have to be trimmed several times
in order to make it possible to get all
these returns in. The use Of voting
machines in the primary is not permit
ted under the law and for this reason
it is probable that the county will be
decidedly slow Candidates will prob
ably be Kept on the anxious seat until
the night of the day after the primary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
PLEASANT PRAIRIE

Miss lrma Yates has been spending
the past week visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Davis at Fox Lake.
\ J. j. Geer made short call at the
powder plant Friday.
4 Misses Myrtle and Mahala Griffin,
returned to their home at Decatur,
Mich, after two weeks visit with
their sister Mrs. Halle.
I Miss Hazel Patteson is i'll at her
home with typhoid fever.
Frances Maloney was on the sick list
tbs week, but is much better at present
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. D. Gaines are visit
ing their parents. -
Mrs. Ella Grove and son Clark Hunt,
spent Friday in Chicago.
Quarterly conference was held Satur-
day afternoon at Wesley Chapel. Pre-
siding Elder, DR.. Lean of Milwaukee,
filed the pulpit Sunday. -
Lawrence Hansen returned home for
a visit with his parents on Tuesday.
He has been spending the past year at
Trinidad, Colorado, where he has been
il the employ Of the railroad company.
Mrs. M. Ford of Milwaukee, is visit
ing her sister Mrs. viii Maloney.
fisherman be not tempted by news
of eight pound pickerel caught in the
Old DesPlains, lest you fare like Fritz
Barter and Floyd Manley. Fish rods
delicately poised, they stepped cautious
ly out on a plank. Mr.. Marley must
have seen such fish as never was
caught for he went after it bodily.
Barter followed suit involuntarily.
Like Simple Simon, the gentlemen re
turned with only water caught-but not
in their mother s pail.
Mr.. Ward Shields and William Hal
ker spent Wednesday night at Antioc1.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
ROAD FIGHT ON IN EARNEST
Somers Town Board Overruled by Com
mission May Take Case Into Courts

The people of the east end of the
Town of Somers are engaged in merry
war over the opening of road which
promises to find it's way into the Cir
cult Court. The road in question is an
extension of Grand avenue west from
the Milwaukee road to what is known
as the Robinson road. James NORM
filed a petltlon with the Town Board
asking for the opening Of the road and
the board refused to take action. He
then applied to the County Court and
a commission was named which decided
that it was advisable to open the road.
The Town Board now has it's fighting
clothes on and will contest the decision
of the commission in the Circuit Court.
John G. Slater has been retained to
represent the town and Henry Hast
ings is representing the petitioner.
The case will probably get into court
in time to be taken up at the septem-
Der term.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
Gertrude and Dorothy Biehn Of
Paris, Disappear From Their
Home MysteriousIy
FATHER SEEKS POLICE AID
Claims Girls Were Taken From House
in Closed Carriage on Monday
tzs Night and No Trace of
Them Found Since

The towns of Somers and Paris in
the county are considerably disturbed
over the strange disappearance of Cert
rude and Dorothy Biehn, the daughters
of Jacob Blehn Of the town of Paris,
who have been missing from their home
III that town since ten CLOCK last Mon
day evening. The father Of the girls
claims that they were kidnapped and he
and his wife came to Kenosha today
to seek legal ADVICE and to appeal to
the county Court for aid in L. eating
the two girls. Gertrude is, is years Of
age and her sister is thirteen and the
circumstances Of their disappearance
were unusual if not remarkable It is
claimed that they were taken away
from the house in a carriage and that a
mans voice was heard ordering them
to get into the conveyance. There is
no clue to the identity of the man. Mr..
and Mrs. Biehn and the two young
women had retired at the usual hour
on the night the girls disappeared and
the father and mother heard nothing
from the room occupied BY. the girls until
short time before they left when the
door was opened and it seemed as if the
girls walked down the hall. Later it
was discovered that they we're gone
The people in the neighborhood can
offer no explanation. The two girls
were the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Biehn and his former wife who was Mag
gle Myers,a member Of one Of the best
known families in this section of the
state and sister Of Peter Myers, a
well known attorney Of Racine Mrs.
Biehn died several years ago and "a
year ago the husband was married to
Mrs Anna Schenkenburg Of Milwaukee,
Since the marriage the two daughtefs
had lived at their father s home.
1t is said that within the past few
days a report had been in circulation
in the neighborhood that the two girls
were to be taken from the house and
spirited away and this report reached
Riehn and his wife and they had kept
a4close watch to prevent such an action.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biehn this morning ap-
pealed to the County Court for aid and
later were in long conference with an
attorney of the city. When seen they
were not very anxious to discuss the
matter, but the father claimed that he
was convinced that the two girls did
not leave the house Of their own Volt
ton and that they mad been kidnapped
or at least influenced to leave the house.
He admitted that he had not located
them as yet, but that he hoped to find
them before the day was over. He
stated that he did not think the two
girls were being concealed in Kenosha.
On account of the prominence Of the
family in the county the case has come
as a big sensation in the rural dis
tricts. The people interested in the
case have not been able to discover any
motive for the spiriting away of the
two young women as it is said that they
had no estate Of their own. Mr.. and
Mrs. Biehn declare that they had al
ways been we'll cared for and had every
thing that money could buy and seemed
to be entirely satisfied with their home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20

SCMERS


On Friday evening. Of this week, Aug.
81, Somers Camp 1852 R. n. a. will
give an ice cream and peach social at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn w.
Fink. Everybody is most cordially in
vited.
Miss sadie M. Bradley visited with
friends in Kenosha during the past
week.
Miss Vogel of Racine, visited with
her sister Mrs. Louis Fenske over Sun
day. a9'5@
A large number Of Kenosha people
came to Somers Friday evening to hear
Attorney F. E. McGovern, candidate
for U. S. senatorship.
Mr.. E. E. Pearson of Winthrop Har-
Dor, ILL.,, spent Friday end Saturday at
the home of William Bullamore 2.a
Harry Thompson and Harold Balm
are spending week camping at one
OF the lakes in the western part of the
county. 8a5e.
Miss Zene Bullamore accompanied by
her sister Mrs E. E. Pearson, Of Win
throp Harbor, ILL.,, departed for visit
with friends in North Dakota Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mutchle spent
Sunday with friends in Racine.
Axel Rasmussen attended the Danish
Young People s convention held at
Manistee, Michigan over Sunday.
L. Kohlman and friend from Michi-
gan, are visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs j. j. Barrows.
Mrs Lyman j. Strong is i'll with
tonsilitis DR.. Almfelt is attending
Miss Weed of Racine, is visiting with
Miss Lavinia Bailey.
Miss Evelyn Longmore visited with
friends in Milwaukee, and Waukesha
during the week.
Miss Harriet Spence has been engag-
ed to teach in School District No. 5.
Miss Bertha Christianson and Oscar
and Theodore Christianson attended the
Danish Young Peoples convention held
at Manistee, Mich, over Sunday.
Miss Ester Kohlmann Of Kenosha
visited with Miss Clara Bohm, the past
week.
Max Gould and Jay Copin are spend
ing the week with friends at Fox Lake
Judge D. H. Flett of Racine, spent
Saturday in Somers.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Cook Of Kenosha,
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cook dur
ing the past week,
A large company greeted Attorney F.
E. McGovern Friday evening at NJ. w.
A. Hall and listened to very interest
ing address. The people of our town
arc loud in their praises for the Italian
Band of Kenosha which furnished the
music for the evening. It was tho
roughly enjoyed anu appreciated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20


Racine l; Port Washington O.
Milwaukee /; Sheboygan 0.
Manitowoc -; Menasha 2.
The Kenosha Lake Shore Base Bah
team shut out Chicago Sunday after
noon in contest which had all the ear
marks Of a ball game and the fans that
deserted the team on account of the
Indifferent playing of few weeks age
should get back in the game. Sunday
the Kenosha team played an errorIess
game and they played it like bunch
of champions. There was no time that
Chicago had chance to get a run and
players got was to first base. Joe Pulse
the old Waukegan pitcher was in the
box for Kenosha and he certainly did
great execution. The visitors got Just
Two hits off him and they came in rapid
succession in the fourth inning, but
neither Of them amounted to anything
and neither of the men got further than
first base. It was an unusual play.
Bilger the hard hitting third baseman
Of the Chicago team cracked out a hit
over third base and following him
Hanks cracked out another one over
second. However Bilger was not fast
enough to reach second and was thrown
out on Hanks hit. Hanks got no furth-
er as the next man up flied out to
Wallace. In every other inning the
Chicago team was retired in one, two,
three order and only twenty eight men
came to bat in the game. Hanks who
is a Kenosha player had the only honor
Of going to bat without being put out
as he was left on first base. Pulse Is
deserving of great c. edit, but not to ali
the credit as he had perfect support be-
hind him. Lang and Collins were the
particular stars of the infeld for Keno
sha and their work was of the sensa-
tional order and their fast play saved
several hits. Lang had six chances and
nearly all Of them difficult without an
error. Knipple made up for any lack
of grand-stand playing in the field by
hitting the ball over the left field fence
in the eighth inning for home =u,zs
It was the second home run Of Ins sef
son for Knipple.
Kenosha got busy in the very Eli
inning and the Chicago team display5d
a long enough yellow streak to allow
the home team to get two runs to start
18th. Collins the first man up was bif
With the ball, Lang hunted and bigger
bought the ball would roll foul and
both runners were safe. Laabs popped
an easy one down to Goetz and he
threw wild and Collins came home on
the error while Laabs got to first, but
Lang was out trying to steal home.
Knipple hunted and this brought an
other felders chance. Laabs was
thrown out at the plate. Wallace got 4
base on balls and Colbert sacrificed and
Knipple scored and Colbert also got his
base on an error to the first baseman.
Dicks hit an easy one to short and was
retired at first.
The Kenosha team did not score again
until the eighth when with one out
Daabs hit to deep left field and KnippIe
followed with a home run bringing IT.
the two scores.
Boland was in the umpires box for
the day, but his work was not nearly
as satisfactory as it had been on his
previous appearance in Kenosha. He
was a way off on balls and strikes, but
his decisions on the bases were decided
ly fair.
The score of the game follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE

Fall term opens Aug 81. 1908. Miss
Blnns will have charge again of the
shorthand, Miss Verran returns to the
English department and Mr.. H. B.
Snellie, strong teacher of twelve
years experience, takes charge of the
business department. We believe we
are equipped with teachers and surround
iDgs to do better work than ever be-
fore. Of the ffty-two students gradu-
ating July End, more than half are now
il good Office positions. The chances
for employment during the coming year
are sure to be excellent This is. our
sixteenth year.
wl7d19-26 Otis L. Trenary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
NOTICE

Pleasant Prairie Mutual Fire ms. Co.
Secretary's Office, Aug. u, 1908.
To the member of the Pleasant Prai-
RE Mutual Fire ms. Co.:
You. are hereby notified that an as
sessment Of $1,15O.8O crate .0O8) has
this day been levied upon the property
insured by said company and the same
becomes due to be paid on or before
the 25th day Of September, 1908.
S. B. Cropley, Secy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
rHoRNs AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS

2 The DIFFERENTIATION of the famous
novel, tThorns and Orange Blossoms, :"
is even more interesting than the read
ing of it. The drama opens wider
play upon human emotions and human
passions than perhaps any melodrama
that has been produced The reading
public IS familiar with the story. The
scenery is especially adapted to the
production of this play and the COM
pany presenting it is an exceptional
one. f'Thorns and Orange Blossoms =
will be the attraction at the Rhode
Friday evening, August Fl.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
NOTICE TO POLITICAL COMMIT
TEES

Political committees in the county
seeking to secure sample ballots for use
in the primary campaigns must place
their orders for them with the county
clerk on or before Aug, 90. After that
time no orders for sample ballots
will be filed. a20
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
ANNOUNCEMENT

We are now showing L. system
clothes for young men and stein-Bloch
smart clothes in the 1908 rail- models.
Also very strong line of men s suits,
$1,000 to $500. The new fall blocks
of soft and stiff hats are also en- dis
play ready for you. A. B. Ames, 169
Main street. dwa22
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
MARRIED AT GRAND HAVEN
John Henley Married to Miss Lucy
Duursema in Michigan Wednesday

Announcement has been received in
Keloshai Of the marriage of Miss Lucy
Drursema, well known young woman
Of Grand Haven, Mich and John Hen
ley, well known employee Of the Chi
cage Brass Company in this city which
was celebrated at the home Of the bride
in Grand Haven on Wednesday. Mr.
and Mrs. Henley are now spending
their honeymoon at the Michigan sum
aer resorts and they will come to Ke-
nosha later in the month to make their
home. Mr.. Henley has many friends in
the city and his bride is assured a
hearty welcome to the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

The stockholders Of Old Settlers Club
Of Kenosha County, vii hold their ann
ual meeting Aug. q, 1908, in pavilion
on grounds at 300 p. M, to transact
any and all business that may come
before same. G. M. Bishop, Secy. Of
Old Settlers. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
CHICAGO is SHUT OUT
Kenosha Lake Shore Leaguen
Play Like Champions on Sun-
day and Beat Chicago
KNIPPLE LANDS A HOME RUIZ

Kenosha Team Puts Up an Errorlesz
Game and Two of the Runs
Scored Were Earned-Joe Pulse
Pitches in Great Form
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20

Clean sweep sale at Kubec 3.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
Standing Of the Teams
Games Sunday

Kenosha 4; Chicago 0.
Racine l; Port Washington 0.
Milwaukee /; Sheboygan 0.
Manitowoc -; Menasha 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Relief Committee At Work

Besides the large number of deaths caused by the tornado of last week, Restitution in the stricken sections is more widespread than was at first re- ported. While a great deal of the suf- fering has been temporarily relieved, every day reveals additional cases that call for succor. In remote rural dis trlcts in Alabama destitution seems more and more distressing. And it must be borne in mind that the suffer- ing in sparsely settled sections can be relieved, as a rule, only by the aid of the generous-hearted people in the larger communities. The small towns have done what they could, but they are financially unable to render much assistance The work of relief. there fore, falls on the cities. Birmingham, Montgomery and other large communi- ties have responded to the appeals that have been made up to this time with characteristic promptness and liber- ality, but the good work must con- tinue
 Now that relief committee, headed by the Rev. Dr. Stagg-the same com- mittee that handled the Virginia City mines relief fund of about 30O00 with such signal satisfaction to the suffer- CTS and the public-has taken up this new work, everything will be done sys- tematically and with just, intelligent and humane regard for, the different localities calling for help.
 Had it been known earlier that there was so much suffering the committee would have gladly taken charge of the contributions and distributed funds and provisions several days ago. As it is, Dr. Stagg and the other gentle men associated with him will lose no time in rendering relief. From now on all contributions intended for Ala bama sufferers should be turned over to this committee. The work devolv- ing on the committee is necessarily arduous, but it is labor of mercy and of love. Let the people of Birming- ham come forward and continue to do their part well as they have done it 1 heretofore. Remember that he who l gives quickly gives twice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
The bubble reputation.
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Land Wireless Telegraphy


 Recent tests of the wireless over land from the tower of the New 1ork Times building pretty plainy show that interference by other currents than those desired need not forbid the general use of the wireless system over land Reports from the Briarcliff mo- tor race were received in the Times tower continuously for five and half hours. The reports came quicker by from five to ten minutes than the tele- phone or ordinary telegraphy brought them.
 Only once in the five and half hours was there any delay caused by interference, and the single instance did not last long. The distance from the Times building to Manhattan Beach is perhaps eight miles, possibly ten, and an immense population lives in the intervening distance. If the land wireless could be used in that distance it is difficult to see where it could not be used. Signals were picked up from a dozen points, not to mention score of coastwise ships, and yet the trained men in the Times tower had no diffl- culty in catching the code signals they desired.
 No doubt some mechanical difficulties must yet be overcome, but thus far the wireless seems to be coming into use and efficiency faster than ordinary tel egraphy did 50 years ago. The wire less is, however so incomprehensible so subtle, so surprising, that few con- sider it useful over land, but its friends and promoters believe methods will be devised by which all interference will be eliminated, and there will then be no difficulties in the way of it's general use over land as well as sea.