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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
MAY OPPOSE PLANT
Competing Lighting Com
panies May Have New Fight
Over Erection of Plant
COURT ORDER IS IN QUESTION

People in Kenosha interested in The
lighting situation and particularly in
the building of the new plant for the
Kenosha Electric Railway company are
specializing as to what effect the re-
cent order of Judge Belden restraining
the Kenosha Electric Railway company
from doing any further work on the ex-
tension of the lighting system will have
on the erection of the proposed new
plant on Park street. The company has
secured plans and specifications for the
new plant and is ready to let the con
tract providing it can do so without
violating the injunction of the court
and being held in contempt for such
action. The order of the court pro-
vided that the company could do no
more permanent work on the lighting
plant until the case now in court had
been sett ed by the supreme court. The
attorneys for the Kenosha Gas and
Electric company the plaintiff company
in the action have shown willingness
to permit the opposing company to ex-
tend the street light circuits in the city
to put in lights ordered by the council
but they have not agreed to permit the
company to erect new plant Judge
Belden has gone to his summer home at
Watersmeet and he will not return to
the circuit court until early in Septem-
Der and in the meantime the Railway
company must take steps to get the
new plant ready for operation. 1t is
just possible that the fact that the
plant is to be a. power plant for the
Kenosha Electric Railway company
will make it possible for the company
to proceed with the building of it
without in any way interfering with
the order of the court but this may be
contested by the Kenosha Gas and
Electric company which is seeking to
Gust the other company from any rights
it claims in Kenosha. It had been ex-I
pected that the railway commission
would decide on the question Of a per-
nit for the new company before this
time but the time for the hearing, set
for June 9th, has been indefinitely
postponed and it is not expected that
the supreme court will rule on the other
case until some time late in August or
early in September The order Of the
court provided that the hearing of the
case in the supreme court must be ar
ranged for the August term but at that
it may be several months before taef
hearing is reached. The conditions are
unusual.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
OLD ORDINANCE WORKING

The old ordinance of the city making
it a misdemeanor to ride bicycles on
the sidewalk, contrary to the idea Of
most people, is still working. This
morning Romeo Pertigari an italian
was brought before Judge Randall on a
charge Of riding on the sidewalk and
before the judge could sentence him he
had to send to the city clerk S office
and get the ordinance The Italian
was riding along a sidewalk on Park
street on Tuesday and ran over a. little
Italian girl. The parents Of the child
complained and Pertigari came into
court this morning and surrendered
himself He was fined So and the costs
Of the action. Tie police declare that
other arrests will be made until the
practice Of riding on the walks has
been stopped
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
HEANEY MAKES HIT
Kenosha Man the Principal
Speaker at Meeting ofCom-
merciaI School Teachers
PROF. Ill. TRENARY PRESIOES

Five points, known as the "by prod
ucts., of business education, were the
subject of an interesting paper by Her
bert NJ. Heaney of the College of Com
merce at the opening session of the
Wisconsin Business Educators associa-
tion annual meeting at the Spencerian
Business college in Milwaukee Thurs
day.
They were: First, the reading room
and the library; second, the morning
exercises; third, literary societies;
fourth, social events; fifth, graduating
exercises. OF these the graduating ex-
eroises and the morning exercises are
something new in the world Of business
education, and Mr.. Heaney declared
that the time is coming when every
business college will make these oc-
casions especially interesting. The
morning exercises, he says, should be
devoted to discussions of modern politi-
cal subjects and topics OF modern life
Mayor Emil Seidel of Milwaukee
gave the address of welcome last night.
The response was by President 0. L.
Trenary of Kenosha. Prof. S. w. Gil
man of the University of Wisconsin
gave the principal address Of the even
ing on Commercial College Ideals. =
In the afternoon there were talks by
Miss Julia Wawrzuiak of Wausau on
9 Methods in Shorthand, and BY Ed
ward W. Spencer of Milwaukee on
Commercial Law in Relation to Busi-
ness Uncle Robert Spencer of
Milwaukee, the veteran business college
man, gave the greeting at the morning
session, after which there was an in
teresting paper on Advertising in
Commercial Schools, by former Presi-
dent ]. P. Simon of Superior.
The sessions continued this morning
and this afternoon, ending in a ban
Quet tonight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
Property Owners Interested
in Sewer Fail to Give City
Releasesfor RightofWay
HOPE FOR EARLY ADJUSTMENT

The plans for the building of the
proposed trunk sewer are now fully
completed and are in the hands of the
city attorney and the sewer committee
but the committee is meeting with con
siderable delay on account of the fact
that some of the people most interested
in the building of the big ditch have
not signed the releases for the right of
way of the big sewer. These releases
proceed with the work and up to We'd
nesday night but five of the property
owners had signed the releases and
twenty-five releases must be secured.
The releases have all been prepared and
placed in the hands of City Attorney
Calvin Stewart and it is expected that
all of them will be ready to be pre-
sented to the council by the next meet
ing to be held on the third Monday in
July. It seems certain that there will
be a contest against the building of
the sewer but it is thought that the pro-
test will be backed by such small
number of property owners that it will
be an easy matter for the city to in
stitute condemnation proceedings and
secure the land needed for the sewer.
With the plans practically ready the city
would be ready to advertise for bids
for the sewer just as soon as the right
Of way is secured. The issuance of
bonds must be done by ordinance by the
council and while it is not necessary
that the sewer be started before the
bonds are issued the members of the
council are anxious to have the CON
tracts for the sewer let before the
bonds are issued in order that the pro-
ject may be presented to the bond pur-
chasers in the most favorable light.
1t is possible that the work on the
sewer can be started this year but
such plan is regarded as improbable.
Some of the property owners are de-
handing more details in regard to the
sewer before they sign the releases and
it is possible that some of the big
property owners who have agreed to
give the right of way to the city will
demand that some small changes be
made in the route of the sewer before
they sign the releases. Alderman
stemm is chairman of the committee
on judiciary to which committee the
work Of getting the releases was re-
ferred by the council and other mem
bers of the Committee hope to be able
to report all the releases signed at the,
next meeting of the council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
TO SELL MERRICK FARMS
Judge Belden Orders Disposal of the
Property of Former Randall Miser.

Judge E. B. Belden has handed down
a decision in the circuit court directing
the sale of property of the estate of the
late Leander Merrick the old Randall
miser as he holds in the decision that
this would be the only way that the
estate could be properly divided among
the eighteen heirs to the estate as
named by the county court. The land
is regarded as valuable and some of
the heirs had insisted that it be plated
and sold in lots but the court directs
that it be sold as farm land at sheriff s
sale and one eighteenth of the pro
ceeds be turned over to each of the
heirs. The heirs are scattered all over
the country. Under the order of the
court the property must be sold within
the next six months. The settlement Of
the estate has oecupiea the attention
of the county and circuit courts for the
better part Of three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
REFERENDUM IS OVER
Social Democrats Complete
Friendly Vote for Selec-
ton of Candidates
NAME JACOBS FOR GOVERNOR


The Social Democrats of Wisconsin
have completed the work Of taking a
referendum vote to name candidates
for various state and congressional
tickets and the announcement of the
result Of the ballot has been made by
the chairman Of the state Social Dem
ocratic committee. The Social Dem
ocrats in Kenosha took deep interest
in the referendum vote on account of
the fact that at the recent convention
William Kaufman of this city was sug-
gested as candidate for lieutenant
governor. The Kenosha man was not,
however, the choice of the referendum
vote as Henry Bruins of Manitowoc
was named as the candidate for the
second place on the ticket. Mr.. Kauff
man got large vote in this section Of
the state but in Milwaukee and other
cities the Manitowoc candidate leads. 1t
is certain that there will be no opposi-
ton to any Of the candidates named at
the coming primary election as the re-
ferendum vote is final among the So
cial Democrats. -
The complete ticket nominated fol
lows: Governor, w. A. Jacobs, Racine;
lieutenant governor, Henry Bruins,
Manitowoc; secretary of state, Gustave
A. Herring, Washburn; treasurer, G.
w. Swanson, Superior; attorney gen
eral, Gilbert P. Thorne, Oshkosh; in
surance commissioner, F. NJ Anthem,
Two Rivers. Attorney John G. Kleist
of Milwaukee is the choice for United
States senator.
Mr.. Anthem won by eleven votes. Mr..
Jacobs is widely known in Socialist
ranks as an organizer of the party, he
having canvassed this and several 9TH
er states. Mr.. Herring is mayor of
Washburn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
SEEK PAROLED MAN
State Board of Control Asks Police to
Seek Emanuel Cappella in Kenosha.

Chief of Police Owen 0 Hare has re-
ceived letter from the parole officers
of the Wisconsin state prison asking
that they make an effort to find EN-
anuel Cappella a Kenosha county pris-
oner recently paroled from the state
prison at Waupun.- Cappela was SEN
fenced with Charles Gillotti and Joe
Catuso and he was supposed to be liv-
ing in Racine but for the past month
and over the prison officials have re-
Ceived no word from him and while it
is not the intention to return the man
to prison the police are ordered to
have him communicate with the state
prison at once. Cappella was suffering
from consumption at the time of his
release and it is just possible that his
condition is such that he has been I'M
able to comply with the conditions of
his parole. He mas not been in Ken
osha but twice since he was released
and the local officers have been unable
TO find any trace of him. The Racine
officials are also asked to seek the mis-
sing man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
MAY BUILD ON JAY STREET
People in Rice Park Anxious to See the
Construction of North and South
Line in That Section Of the City of
Kenosha.

Several extensions of the tracks of
the Kenosha Electric Railway Company
have been suggested to the officials of
the company with view of improving
the service in Kenosha and while the
company has not as yet made any move
to secure the right to install new tracks
it is said that the matter is being
quietly taken up with the property
owners with a view of getting their
opinions ON the plans and should the
opinions of the property owners prove
favorable it is possible that the new
lines win be built within another year.
The present arrangements for the hand
ling of cars at the corner Of Grand
avenue and West Main street are not
entirely satisfactory and the suggestion
is made that loop be put in running
east from West Main street along Rock
street to West street and north of that
street to Grand avenue This would
give the cars a. chance to make the
circuit at this point without a change
of trolley and would aid materially in
bringing ten minute service along all
points of the line The Grand avenue
line is one of the most popular lines of
the service but the officials Of the com
pany realize that there is a demand for
a line north from Grand avenue at the
west end of the city. The suggestion
has been made that a line be built on
Jay street leading from Grand avenue
to the extreme north limits of the
street. This street is far enough west
of Milwaukee avenue to make the line
a profitable one and it is close enough
to the surrounding streets to offer rail
way transportation for a large number
of people living in that part of the
city. 1t would prove a very popular
line among the people Of Rice Park and
it is not thought that there would be
any great opposition to it among the
property owners.
The old plan for the building of the
line on Exchange street to be line
leading to the Kqnosha Country club
is still being discussed but the people
on Exchange street are just as badly
divided over the plan for the building
of the railway as ever. In order to
build any of these lines it would be
necessary for the company to secure a
franchise from the city council and to
get these franchises it would be nee
essary for the company to have the
consent of a majority of the property
owners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
NAY HAVE MET WITH FOUL PLAY
Tools and Clothing Were left Behind
in Kenosha and All Efforts to Get
Any Trace. of the Man Have Been
Futile.

The mysterious disappearance of
Carl Smith, a barber, % years old, who
was formerly employed at the Allen
barber shop under the Bell clothing
store is causing lot of anxiety
among the friends of the missing man
and they have at last decided to make
the story of the man s disappearance
public and ask aid of the police officers
in the search that. is being made for
him. 1t is feared that Smith has eth
er met with foul play or with an acct
dent and it is thought possible that he
may have drowned in Lake Michigan.
Smith disappeared four weeks ago
tomorrow night. He had been working
In Kenosha for the eight months pre-
ceding and had been employed at the
Allen shop under the Bell clothing
store for the past two months. He
had worked all day on Saturday and
just after midnight Sunday morning
went to his boarding house on Park
street declaring that he would come
to the shop early in the morning to
meet some of the other employees who
had arranged an outing for the day.
He spent the night at his rooms but
since that time has not been seen. He
left his room on Sunday June the 18th
early IN the morning and was dressed
in his regular working clothes He
never came back. All of his clothing
is still at the room on Park street and
his tools and personal effects are still
at the barber shop. The man s Union
book is in the hands of the officials of
the local union and this is taken as
conclusive evidence that he did not 90
to some other town to work. When
Smith failed to come to work on Mon
day the proprietor of the shop went to
the boarding house to search for him
but he had not been seen there since
the previous day and since that time
the keeper of the boarding house has
had no word from him. Smith had
formerly lived in Marinette but letters
sent to Marinette bring the statement
that he has not been seen in that city
since he left there more than two
years ago Smith was single man and
the men with whom he worked in Ken
osha know nothing in regard to his
family. He seemed to be in cheer
full mood when he left the shop and
his friends declare that they know of
no reason for his strange actions.
Smith was well known to many people
in the city but no one has brought any
report of having seen him in any of
the surrounding cities.
The police will make a search about
the city and if no trace Of the man can
be found cards will be sent out asking
police in other cities to make search
for him. The disappearance of the
man promises to furnish hard prob
lem for the police as his friends have
waited full month before reporting
the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
GOT DoG-FoRGoT BABY
Woman in Mysteries When She Finds
She Left Her Baby at Station.

People who were about the station
of the Northwestern Railway, Thurs
day evening, witnessed the elimination
of an unusual incident A woman
jumped of south bound passenger
train in Mysteries and after she had
been cooled down little she managed
to explain to the men at the station
that she had left her baby on the sta
ton platform in Racine. The woman
was from Chicago but she was too ex-
cited to give her name. She stated
that she had started from Racine with
the baby and dog and that while she
put the dog in the baggage car she
left the baby on the platform. She
got the dog on the train all right but
forgot the baby. She discovered that
she was short one member of the fam
lily just after the train pulled out of
Racine but the men in charge Of the
train told her that She could get off
at Kenosha and 60 back and get the
baby. The woman passed through Ken
osha late in the evening with the baby
and it is supposed that there was
happy family reunion when mother and
baby joined the dog which had been
taken on into Chicago. The baby had
been cared for by the station agent
at Racine and had met with no acct
dent
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

No. and Location Of Fire Alarm Boxes
Rambler Automobile Works.
5 Allen s Sons Tannery.
Central Engine House.
Z Market Square, cor. Main st.
- Balm Wagon Works.
ls Simmons Manufacturing Co.
IA Chicago Brass Co.
Is Badger Brass Co.
IS Chicago -Kenosha Hosiery Co.
II Cooper Underwear Co.
81 South and Main SITS,
% Durkee Ave.
% Park Ave. and Eagle ST.
25 Prairie and Ashland AYES.
26 Ashland Ave. and Elizabeth st.
81 Fremont Ave. and Elizabeth St
81 Lemon St. and Lake Ave.
80 Market st. and Ashland Ave.
80 Main ST. south end of bridge.
"a Park and Exchange SITS.
IS Prairie Ave. and West Main st.
SO Lemon and Caledonia SITS.
Al North Side Engine House.
40 Grand Ave. and Maple St.
4S West Main and Middle SITS.
A Washington Island.
45 Milwaukee Ave. and Union st.
46 Grand and Ashland AYES.
81 Pleasant and Elizabeth SITS.
SO Rowland Ave. ana Dayton ST.
SO Newell st. near Automobile Works
"a Caledonia St. near Division st.
IS North St. and Milwaukee Ave.
Sc Linden and Grant SITS.
412 T. B. Jeffrey Co.
41S t. B. Jeffrey Co.
l21 Pearl and Ridge SITS.
122 Kemper Hall.
1913 Indiana st. and Durkee Ave.
124 Ashland Ave. west of cemetery
1875 Grover and Strong Sts
1876 Fremont Ave. and Collins st.
141 Pearl and West SITS.
142 Third and Market SITS.
14S Ridge st. and Prairie Ave.
IA Market st. and Rowland Ave.
145 Grand and Lyman AYES.
2 blasts of whistle-Ftre out.
! blast-1O pounds more pressure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
GETS BIG PROMOTION
Henry N. Kleist of This City Made
A..4A

Henry N. Kleist of This City Made
Assistant Manager of Prudential.
Henry n. Kleist for the past four
teen months an employee of the office Of
the Prudential Insurance company in
Kenosha has been notified that he has
been promoted to the position of as
sistant manager Of the Racine Office Of
the company and he will leave for Ra-
cine at once and begin his new work
with the company on next Monday
morning. Assistant Manager Kleist is
widely known among the insurance
men Of the city and he was kept busy
today receiving the congratulations of
his friends
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
PARTY PROMISES FULFILLED
w. D. Conner in Charge of the State
Organization Urges That Republicans
Get Under National Banner for
Party Welfare

The Taft Republican organization in
the state began it s active campaign in
Kenosha county on Thursday afternoon
when scores Of the Republicans of the
city received letters from w. D. Con-
nor the chairman of the central com
mittee Of the organization setting out
the plans Of the movement and urg-
ing support for it. These letters were
sent to Stalwarts and Half Breeds
alike and with them came letters urg-
ing a. union Of the party devoid of
factional lines and for the support of
the National organization. The letter
from the state leaders is as follows:
Dear Sir
I'VE are getting the headquarters
here in shape preparatory to taking
care of the Republican state campaign
during the coming summer and fall; the
purpose of which is the advancement
Of Republican principles and the nomi-
nation and election Of Republican can
didates.
We hope to enlist the active sup
port of every Republican in the state.
Wisconsin is surely a Republican state
and ought to be represented by men,
who will be Republicans after they are
elected to office. We believe that the
National Republican convention fairly
expressed the sentiment of majority
of the Republicans in Wisconsin and in
the nation. We believe that the final
judgment of the majority should be our
guide in directing this campaign of Re
publicanism.
We believe that no president has
ever Nendeavored more earnestly and
conscientiously to carry out the pledges
of the platform upon which he was
elected than has President Taft. The
men who have continuously attempted,
during this present session Of congress,
to handicap the president in the fulfill
ment of the party promises, ought, we
think, today, to regret such action. The
closing days of the present congress
ought to convince any reasonable, SEN
sible citizen that the careful matured
judgment exercised, and the broad dip
lomatic course followed by President
Taft in his relations with congress have
entitled him to the respect and conf
dence of the nation. He has succeeded
in his efforts to secure forceful eff
fective and timely legislation, thereby
redeeming practically every pledge
made by the Republican party.
"This being true, may we have your
stive assistance in the coming cam
paign to give to President Taft the en-
dorsement of Wisconsin Republicans?
We feel that your earnest help in this
campaign is necessary in your vicinity,
and further, we need your advice, and
suggestions 1t would please us greatly
to have you write to us expressing
your views on matters in general. You
can rest assured that anything you
may say to us regarding your home
situation or of mutual interest will be
treated as confidential, if you so de
sire
Hoping for your earnest co-opera-
ton in this campaign, am,
Yours very truly,
"W. D. Conner. !"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

The "Great White Way" still seems
to be thing of the future and not
withstanding the fact that it was an
nounced that work on the great pro-
ject would be started two months ago
the people along the line are still
awaiting the coming of the construe,
ton gangs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

The state fire marshall has sent out
warning urging people in the rural dis
tricts to be careful of grass fires. Fires
Of th5s sort are being reported from all
parts Of the state and in some counties
great damage has been done by the
fires.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

Madame Emmerling has left the city
for month IS vacation, visiting points
in the west, from there she will go to
New York to do her fall buying and
will return to Kenosha about Aug. LIST.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

The county court has closed down for
the summer season and no more hear
ings will take place in the court until
after the first Of september.