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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
STILL FIGURING ON INVENTION
Declares That He Will Hold the County
of Kenosha Liable for His Invention
and Tools Taken When He Was Com
mitteds

Judge Clifford E. Randall of the
municipal court has received a pathetic
letter from Frank Perpetual Motion
Otto of the town of Somers who is now
in the state hospital for the insane at
Mendoza, demanding that steps be tax
en- to secure his release from the in
stitution. Otto insists he is sane and
declares that he would never have been
sent to the institution had it not been
that he was kidnapped from his home
in Somers by people who feared that
he would complete the perpetual mo-
tion machine at which he had been
working for more than thirty years.
Otto claims that a great wrong has
been done to him. In his letter he de-
clares that he will hold the County of
Kenosha liable for the return to him of
his uncompleted machine for the de-
velopment of perpetual motion and also
for other property which he alleges
was taken from him at the time he was
taken to the asylum. He also claims to
have had some money on his person
which he declares is missing. In his
letter he makes an appeal to the court
to have all of his property including
his uncompleted invention sent to him
at Mendoza. He declares that if he
must remain at Mendoza the County of
Kenosha should at least be willing to
allow him to put in his spare time there
in completing his invention. With the
letter Otto sent to the court a. drawing
of the machine for which he
declares he had applied for a patent
before he was adjudicated insane. The
officials at Mendoza have taken no
steps to have Otto removed to one of
the asylums for the chronic insane and
this indicates that they have hopes of
his ultimate recovery and it is reported
from the state institution that Otto is
the question of his invention.
At the time he was sent to the asy-
lum it was understood that the, uncom-
pleted machine would be sent with him
as it was thought that the harmless
pastime Of working on the machine
would occupy bis time. The officials at
the asylum, however, did not care to
have the machine about but it is pos
sible that it will yet be sent to the old
man. Otto is in fair health but he is
continuously crying over the fact that
his machine was taken away from him.
Like a child with lost toy the old
man refuses to be comforted and it is
probable that he will not find any
peace until he again starts work on the
machine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

Candidates for the office of Sheriff
In the place of William H. Gunter
whose term of office expires on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1911.
Candidates for the Office of Coroner
in place Of 1sank E. Andre, whose term
of Office e]Nrex on the first Monday OF
January, A. D. 1911.
Candidates for the Office of Clerk of
the Circuit Court, in place of Frank
Waldo, whose term of office expires on
the first Monday of January, A. D.
1911.
Candidates for the office of District
Attorney in place of Robert Verne
Baker whose term of Office expires on
the first Monday of January, A. D.
1911.
Candidates for the Office of Register
of Deeds in place of Perkins G. Torrey
whose term of Office expires on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1911.
Candidates for the Office of County
Surveyor in place of John g. Williams
whose term of Office expires on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1911.
Dated this 5th day of July, A. d
1910.
(SeaD
Russell H. Jones,
villa County Clerk
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

delivered 10 HE as sheriff in and for
said county of Kenosha, state of Wis.
consin, on the 23rd day of Nav. A. D.
1910, have levied upon all the right.
title and interest of said NJ. Grotsky
in and to the following described real
estate, which real estate was decided to
said defendant and is owned and held
by him under the name of Michael
Grotsky, to-wit:
Lot number Thirteen (13) and the
West Fifty-four (54) feet of Lot num-
Der Eleven I'D, in Block -Four "a of
Jenne's Addition to the city of Keno
sha, in the county of Kenosha and state
of Wisconsin, and on the Southwest
quarter Is w "a of Section Thirty.
one (3D, in Town Two (2) North, of
Range Twenty-three (23) East, and be.
ing all the real estate owned by said
Michael Grotsky located in said Block
-Four a., in said Jenne's Addition to
said city of Kenosha, above mentioned.
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, as sheriff as aforesaid, will
sell the above described real estate to
the highest bidder, for cash, at public
auction, at the front door of the Court
House, on Market Street, in the city OF
Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha, and
state of Wisconsin, on the 14th day of
July, 1910, at ten O'Clock A. NJ. of
that day, to satisfy the said execution,
together with the interest and costs
thereon.
Dated, May S1st, 1910.
VIM. II. Gunter,
Sheriff of Kenosha County.
State OF Wisconsin.
Fisher and Fisher,
Attorneys, Kenosha, Wis. vii
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
HAD TOO MANY sPARKLERs
Police Pick Up -. ra'~~--~
But He is Later D1scu...as...


just at the present time it ism It safe
for man to walk sbout the streets
with a thousand dollars worth of dia-
n1onds in his pocket and it is less safe
fcr him to bring them out in saloons
and show them. A Chicago man said to
be a. salesman for a well known dia-
mond house in Chicago found this out
on Thursday while he spent an hour in
the police Office before he could CON
vince the police that the diamonds he
carried were his own property. The man
had seven handsome stones, five set in
rings and the others in earrings and he
displayed them in Main street saloon.
He was at once picked up by Chief
o Hare who thought he might throw
some light on a recent diamond robbery
at Waukegan. After an hour the po-
lice officers received a message from
Chicago stating that the man was all
right and he was discharged. How
ever, in the hour the chief Of police
sported rlore diamonds than any police
officer in Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
TO SPEND VACATION ABROAD
The Rev. Fred Ingley to Visit the Viii
lage of His Birth in England

The Rev. Fred Ingley, rector of St.
Matthews church will 60 abroad for his
annual vacation. This is the first va
cation that the rector has taken in
many years and he will go back to
England to visit the hamlet where he
was born. Mr.. Ingley will be accom-
panied by his wife and they will leave
Kenosha a week from Tuesday and sail
from Montreal in order to have the
pleasures of the trip down the St.
Lawrence. They will spend three
weeks in England visiting for a week
at Birmingham near which city Mr..
Ingley was born and week in London
after which they will return to Amer
lea on one Of the German steamers. Mr..
Ingley came with his parents to Amer
lea when he was nine years of age and
this will be his first visit to the old
home. The Rector and his wife will re-
turn to Kenosha late in August.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
Chief Isermann of Fire De-
partment Suggests Method
of Municipal Sprinkling
CLEAN OUT THE WATER MAINS

Chief of the Fire Department Henry
Isermann is talking with the other city
officials of plan for the relief of the
people of the city from dust and hot
weather and to this end he is suggest
ing that the city of Kenosha. do a little
rain making for the benefit of the peo-
pie. He suggests that the city hire a
couple of men to be kept busy wet
ting down the sand and dirt streets of
the city. In some, places the dirt on
these streets is from six to eight inches
deep and with the continued lack of
rain it is almost impossible for the
people residing along the streets to
bear the dust that is being blown into
their homes. Chief Isermann has sug-
gested that the work of wetting down
the streets be done in a. systematic man
ner and that the men would be able to
cover the entire city two or three
times a week and in this manner al
leviate much of the trouble caused by
the dust. The mains of the water
company he insists are sadly in need
of thorough cleaning out and he be-
lieyes that this is the way to get them
cleaned. Some of the fire hydrants in
the city have not been opened in years
and thew are so located that it will be
possible through the use of them to
reach nearly every point in the city
where the dust is nuisance. In ad-
dition to this the continued warm and
dry weather is resulting in the grass
along the streets dying and it is
thought that the plan Of the chief
would result in much of this grass be-
ing saved. The cost of the plan to
the city would not be great as the
pumps at the water plant must be kept
running at full capacity most of the
time anyway and the added water need
ed for the soaking of the streets would
not make any difference in the opera
tion of the plant. The scheme of the
chief is so unique that the officials are
anxious to give it at least week S
try out and it is probable that before
the end of another week the two men
with the hose will be put to work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
70 INSIST ON FULL TERMS
Judge Belden Gives Prison Officials
and Pardon Board a Suggestion in
Regard to His Position in Regard to
Paroles

Judge c.. E. Randall in the municipal
court has been notified that the State
Board of Pardons has received an ap.
plication for the parole of Carl Beck
man, serving year S term as punish
ment for grand larceny and Mike Stun
kus who is serving the same length
Of time for wife abandonment. The
two men were sent to the state prison
from this county. Beckman went to
prison the latter part of January OF
this year and Stumkus was sent up
in December of last year. Judge Ran
dali has announced that he will vigor-
ously oppose the parole of either Of
the men and so far as he has anything
to say about it will insist that the. men
serve out their terms District Attor-
ney Baker is expected to take the same
course in the action. In speaking of
the matter Judge Randall said: 81
can see no cause for the release OF
these men even if they have been mod
ell prisoners. Leniency was shown In
the sentence Of both of them and their
arrest and conviction cost the people
of Kenosha county considerable money.
1t has got to be the plan for man
after he has served a few months of
term in prison to ask the State
Board for parole. 1t is useless for
the people to continue this fight against
this sort of crimes if the defendants
are to be released with serving one
half the term assessed by the courts. -
The State Board of Pardons has re-
cevied severe criticism from Kenosha
officials during the present year on ac-
count of the release of Kenosha county
prisoners without regard to the wishes
of the Kenosha county officials. 1t
was declared by the president of the
State Board during recent visit to
the city that the opinions of the Keno
sha officials would be given every con-
sideration in the future. The State
Board hts made rule to release men
before their terms expire in order that
they may be restored to the rights of
citizenship.
Jddge f. b. Belden of the circuit
court who was considerably vexed at
the action of the State Board of Pay
dons in the release of the three Italians
Gillotti, Cappella and Catuso has given
the board a hint of his position in re-
gard to this sort of work. A short
time ago Joseph Rose convicted of
making a murderous assault on Enoch
Kline was sentenced to two years in
the state prison at Waupun. When
Judge Belden signed the commitment
for the man he accompanied it with a
letter in which he notified the prison
officials that he desired it understood
that Rose had been sentenced for a full
term of two years and sentenced to
this term with the idea that he was not
to be released on parole after spending
a few months in the state institution.
The hearing on the application of the
two men seeking parole is set for July
10th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
VIA
NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION
SHERIFF'S SALE
Russell H. Jones,
County Clerk.

By virtue of an execution issued out
of and under the seal of the Circuit
Court in and for the county of Keno
sha, and state of Wisconsin, upon a
judgment rendered on the 9th day of
December, one thousand nine hundred
and eight, in an action in Justice Court
before Geo. B. McCarron, Esq, JUS
tice Of the Peace in and for said coun-
ty, between Armour & Co., a corpora
ton, plaintiff, and M. Grotsky, defen-
dant, in favor of the said plaintiff and
against the said defendant, for the sum
of One Hundred Seventy-four and
S1-100 (174.s4) Dollars, a certified
transcript Of which Judgment was duly
filed and docketed in the Office OF the
clerk Of the Circuit Court in and for
said county, on the 23rd day of August,
1909, which execution was directed and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
State of Wisconsin
Department of State

state or Wisconsin
Department of State
Notice is Hereby Given that at a
primary election to be held in the sew
eral towns, wards, villages and election
districts of the State of Wisconsin, on
the first Tuesday of September, A. D.
1910, being the 9th day of said month
the following officers are to be nomi
mated:
A United States Senator, in place
of Robert M. La, Toilette, whose term
of Office will expire March 4th, 1911
A Governor, in place of James O
Davidson, whose term of Office will ex
pire on the first Monday of January
A. D. 1911.
A Lieutenant Governor, In place OF
John Strange, whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January
A. u. 1911.
A Secretary of State, in place OF
James A. Frear, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday OF
January, A. D. 1911.
A State Treasurer, in place of An
drew H. Dahl, whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January
A. D. 1911.
An Attorney General, in place Of
Frank L. Gilbert, whose term Of Office
will expire on the first Monday OF
January, A. D. 1911;
A Commissioner of Insurance in place
of George E. Beedle, whose term of of.
flee will expire on the first Monday OF
January, A.. D. 1911.
A Representative in Congress for the
First Congressional District, consisting
Of the counties Of Racine, Kenosha,
Walworth, Rock, Green, and Lafayette
in place Of Henry Allen Cooper, whose
term of Office expires on the first Mon
day Of January, A. D. 1911.
A State Senator for the Third Sen
ate District consisting of the counties
of Kenosha and Racine, in place Of
Isaac 7. Bishop whose term of Office ex
pires on the first Monday Of January
A. D. 1911. :.
A Member Of Assembly, for Kenoshs
County, in place Of Walker M. Curtiss
whose term of office expires on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1911.
Also all county officers required by
law to be nominated at such election
Given Under Ny Hand and Official
Seal at the Capitol, in the City of Madi
son, this Goth day of June, A. D. 1910
lSeaD
j. A. Frear,
Secretary of State
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
TO SUPREME COURT AGAIN
1890 " - ~---x----. $500 - ~--- --s'~s
Damages Allowed in Jeffery Case.

The famous Jeffrey condemnation
case in which the Chicago and Milwau-
kee Electric Railway company was as
sessed damages to the amount of $780,
900 has gone to the supreme court
again as Clerk of the Circuit Court
Frank Waldo forwarded the papers in
the suit to Madison on Thursday and
the appeal which is taken by the Rail
way company will be heard at the Au-
gust term of the higher court. This is
the third time that the case has gone
to the supreme court. At the former
hearing before this court the court held
that the case should be sent back for
another trial and the jury in the cir
cult court promptly boosted the award
of damages made the Jeffrey company.
Both companies are anxious to get a
final decision in the case on. account Of
the fact that the settlement of the re-
ceivership of the road is being delayed
on account of the heavy award of dam
ages to the Jeffrey company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
TO SEND NoRWEGIANs HERE
Chicago Bureau to Send Foreigners t,
Work On Kenosha County Farms.

County Clerk Russell H. Jones who
is in charge of the Kenosha County
employment Agency has received let,
ter from the Norwegian National
League in Chicago Offering to send
Norwegians to work on the farms of
Kenosha county. The league looks
after the interests of a. large number
of Norwegian immigrants who come
to this country and they are anxious to
have these men placed on good farms
IN this section of the country. The
men will be sent out to any farm where
the farmer is willing to guarantee en-
ployment and pay the travelling ex-
penses from Chicago. Several Kenosha
county farmers have secured help in
this manner and it is said that the men
are making good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
There is an educationl upheavai in

IH5It 10 on VuuOdtluHI uPIVuV"I IN
Germany over the question of excessive
educational requirements. The claim is
made that it is injuring the health of
the Germans and lowering the physical
tone of the nation. There is strong
tendency today, though it is resisted by
many of the older German educators,
to reduce materially the strain upon
the students. In this country strenuous
efforts have been made to equal the
Germans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

The street commissioners in their
capacity of noxious weed commission
ers are out early this year with their
notice to property owners who have let
their lands go to waste to clean up and
if their orders are properly enforced
those property owners who endeavoring
to keep their holdings SO that they pre-
sent a creditable appearance will be
saved considerable trouble and expense
next year. One of the signs of pro-
gressivepess for city is to have these
little things attended to so that no
property owner is put to any extra ex-
pense to maintain his holdings because
Of the carelessness of his neighbors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
SEEK MISSING WOMAN
Police Asked to Search for Miss Ada
Carpenter Missing Several Days.

The police of the city have been ask
ed to make an effort to find some trace
of Miss Ada Carpenter who formerly
resided at $50 Charles street, and who
has been missing from Kenosha for a
week. A week ago today Miss Carpen-
ter left her home in this city to 60 to
jefferson, Wis, for visit with friends
and relatives but she never reached
that city Letters from Jefferson state
that no word has been received from
Miss Carpenter The mother of the
missing woman declares that she has
no way to account for her strange dis
appearance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
Andrew zeitler Arrested On Statutory
Charges Made by Anna Dykes.

Andrew Zoi4,er well known young
man of the city was arrested by AS
sistant Chief of Police Joseph c. New
<house on Friday afternoon on a serious
statutory charge preferred by Miss
Anna Dykes. Later in the afternoon
Zeitler was taken before Judge Randall
and the preliminary hearing of the
case was continued until July 14th and
the defendant was released on bonds
of 5000. On account of the fact that
both parties to the action are we'll
known the case has caused quite stir
on the north side of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
State Supt. Still Hitting at
Dominance of the College
Spirit in High Schools
SENDS LETTER TO PRINCIPALS

State supt G. P. Cary on Thursday
sent a circular letter to city superin-
tendents, high school principals and
members of boards of education In this
state on the subject Of college domina-
ton in high schools.
Supt. Cary has long contended that
the primary purpose of courses of study
in high schools should not be to equip
students for admission to colleges, uni
versities and other higher institutions
of learning.
cit has recently come to my
notice." says Supt Cary, "that people
who have been convinced of the neces-
sity Of putting an end to college domin-
alton in our high schools, are casting
about for solution in directions that
would seem decidedly unfortunate. |
read one newspapers editorial, for ex-
ample, in which it was stated that in
view of the fact that we have a state
university and numerous normal
schools which must be looked after it
is necessary for us to establish acade-
mics for the purpose of fitting those
who want to go to college or normal
school so that they may be prepared to
enter.
"Another suggestion is in the direc-
ton of establishing al fitting academy
within the high school SO that those
who want to go to college may, on en-
tering the high school, take up the
work of the academy This method is
now in vogue in number of high
schools in the state.
''Both methods are most unfortunate
tendencies. The academy as a separate
institution is an idea that is not likely
to strike deep root in this state, but
the notion of developing an academy
within the high school has to be reckon
ed with more seriously since it is adj
vocated by the higher institutions of
learning and the advocacy has been
taken up by school men here and there.
"There are several reasons why such
a plan or idea is untena.ble. In the
first place, it is an unnecessary evil; in
the second place it is undemocratic and
introduces the idea of caste into the
high school; in the third place, if such
an idea were carried out, the group of
pupils preparing for college would be
less broadly and efficiently educated
than they would be by more modern
type of education, and in the fourth
place, it necessitates the choosing on
the part of pupils at the beginning of
the high school course, or soon after,
what they will do when they get
through the high school.
"a bright and capable youth of Is,
whose work in the grades was first
class, but who never saw the inside of
a high school, could probably complete
the college course in four years.
81 wish to say word with reference
to the claim that is sometimes made
that standards will be lowered if the
university is compelled to keep its
hands off the high schools. There is
no proof that this will be the case I'M
less we assume that a small school is
necessarily poor school It is well
known fact, however, that large per-
centage of the ablest men in the ma
ton secured all their early training in
small schools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
State of Wisconsin,
Secretary of State

state or Wisconsin,,
County of Ksnosha, S.
Notice is Hereby Given that Prim-
airy Election viii be held in the sew
eral towns, wards and election precincts
of said County on the 9Th day of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1910, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the following
county officers to be voted for at the
general election to be held on the 9Th
day Of November, A. D. 1910.
Candidates for the office Of County
Clerk in place of Russell H. Jones,
whose term of Office expires on the first
Monday in January, A. D. 1911.
Candidates for the office of County
Treasurer in place of Frank A. Marx,
whose term of Office expires on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1911.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14
SEALS FOR LAKE MICHIGAN
Government to Make Test of Grow
ing of Fur Bearing Animals.


After long and expensive expert
ments Uncle Sam S high priced zoolog-
zeal experts have decided that seals
can be raised in fresh water. Even
Lake Michigan, they aver, may now
become the scene of the propagation OF
fur bearing seals.
Two seal pups have been in captivity
in the government S bureau at the CAPT
tai for something like year, and the
fact that they have survived Wash
ington summer and thrived on Potomac
river water is taken by the government
experts as proving their availability
for fresh water propagation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-07-14

A very interesting meeting of the
Kenosha County Medical Society was
held at the Y. NJ. G. A. building on
Thursday evening. DR.. C. H. Gephart
read a paper on the subject, Anatomy
and Physiology of the Heart and DR..
David Munroe one on 'EValvular Heart
Disease Both papers were followed
by interesting discussions.