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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
WOULD CUT OFF DELAY.
Supreme Court of the State To Be urg-

ed To Act on 20 per cent Provision.
The court proceedings by which the
Democratic state central committee will
test the 20 per cent law, will take the
form of an original suit in equity in the
supreme court, the petition being pref
aced by the plea that public expendien-
cy demands immediate action by the
highest court as a measure of saving
time.
This was the announcement of Chair
man Joseph E. Davies this morning.
He added that the committee will wait
for more definite returns and that the
proposed suit will be based upon the
failure of some one of the various Dem
ocratic candidates to receive the requir-
ed 20 per cent of the primary.
The belief is held that on account of
the circumstances surrounding the ques-
ton the supreme court will entertain
the suit and that the matter of the
constitutionality of the law will be set
tied quickly.
Chairman Davies said that he did not
believe it would be necessary to wait
until the returns had been passed by
the state board, which work will begin
September 10.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15

The Wisconsin State Railroad Com
mission handed down decision on
Thursday which is Of interest to Re
nosha. The commission held that the
city of Lacrosse had 10 right to chop
down the poles of the Lacrosse Tele-
Lhone company and it issued an order
enioining Mayor O. j. Sorensen from
attempting to interfere with the prop
erty of that company. The city of La
Crosse is attempting to force the tele-
phone company to put its wires under
ground and when the company failed
to comply with the order of the common
council of that city Mayor Sorensen
following the example set by Mayor
Scholey in this city a year ago began
to lay the axe to the poles of the com
pany. The company at once laid the
matter before the railroad commission
and early action is promised in the
case. In fact when the order was
the officials Of Lacrosse that it would
go to Lacrosse in body within the
next ten days and settle the contro-
Versy between the company and the
city. The heroic action of Mayor
Scholey in attempting to rid the city of
Kenosha Of the poles owned by the
Kenosha Electric company was not
taken before the railroad commission
but instead an action was started in
the circuit court by which the Mayor
was enjoined from interfering with the
poles of the company. This action is
still pending but it is not thought that
it will ever be taken up in court as
the fight for the removal of the poles
seems to have been stopped. The La
Crosse case has shown that the rail
road commission can dispose of matters
with dispatch when there is an urgent
demand for action and this fact leads
the Kenosha people to believe that the
commission will come to Kenosha and
make an carly settlement of the diff
ferances between the Kenosha Home
Telephone company and the city if
a request for its services is made. In
the Lacrosse case the request for an
adjustment of differences came from
the Telephone company and it is prob
able that a similar arrangement could
be made in Kenosha. The Telephone
company is not looking for a court
fight and it is certain that all the city
wants is an understanding of it's rights
and the early settlement of the La
Crosse case may point the way for the
officials Of Kenosha and the officials
of the Kenosha Home Telephone com
pany to act in the matter.
The telephone company has about
completed its answer to the charges OF
Mayor Scholey and it is probable that
this answer will be served on the
Mayor and city attorney before the
opening of the. September term of the
circuit court on next Monday morning
In the meantime City Attorney Stew
are is looking into the Lacrosse case
with the view of finding the easiest way
out of the controversy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
HOLDS UP DIVORCE
Judge Not Ready to Act in
Case Where Wife Claims
Husband Used Knife
HUSBAND ENL|STS IN NAVY

Claiming that her husband had at
tempted to stab her Mrs. Clara Leon
hart appeared in the municipal court
before Judge Randall on Friday after
cree of divorce from her husband Viii
liam Leonhart who is alleged to have
been missing from Kenosha since last
April. It is claimed that Leonhart has
joined the United States Navy and that
his term of enlistment will make it i'm
possible for him to return to Kenosha
for four years. The husband was rep
resented in court by Attorney George
w. Taylor who made no objection to
the granting of the decree but objected
to the granting of any judgment for
suit money.
Mrs. Leonhart is still minor and
the suit for divorce was brought in the
name of her attorney Calvin Stewart
who has been named as her guardian
ad litem for this purpose. The couple
were married in January of this year
and the wife claimed that shortly after
the marriage the husband had threaten
ed to kill her and take his own life and
had carried box of poison about in his
pocket and had repeatedly threatened
TO use it. The evidence of the child
wife was supported by her mother.
The court at the close of the hearing
intimated that he was not satisfied that
there were grounds for divorce and took
the case under advisement with the
understanding that a judgment would
be rendered later in the month.
The stories told by Mrs Leonhart and
by her daughter were Of sensational
nature. The mother Mrs. Bertha Miller
testified that Leonhart was standing
over his wife with a knife pointed at
her neck when she went to the rescue
and wrenched the knife from his hand.
Leonhart is alleged to have left Ke-
nosha on the day following the attack
and gone to New York where he joined
the navy. His defense was made by
his parents who are still living in the
city.
Later in the afternoon Judge Ran
dali heard the evidence in the suit of
Mrs. Regina Nordgreen against her
husband Gustav A. Nordgreen. The
plaintiff alleged that she was married
to Nordgreen in Chicago in 1904 and
charged cruel and inhuman treatment
and failure to provide. She asked
that she be permitted to take her maid
en- name of Regina Nelson. Nordgreen
was not in court nor was he represent
ed by an Attorney.
The judgment in this case will prob
ably be handed down during the week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
TO REVIVE MARY ANN PROVSO
Certain That the Platform Will Declare
For the Repeal of the Twenty Per
Cent Law in Connection With the
Primary.

The platform that will be adopted by
the republican platform convention at
Madison on Sept. q probably will out
Kansas Kansas in pure and undefiled In
surgency It is expected that it will
contain all the LaFollette ideas which
were turned down by congress, coupled
with demand that they be taken up
and passed by that body at once. 1t is
probable that President Taft will not
be given even honorable mention" to
say nothing of getting credit for what
he has accomplished.
The LaFollette wing will have com
.plete domination of the convention, SO
they will be able to do just as they
please in the matter Of platform and
anything else that may come to their
minds as the proper thing to do in order
to advance the cause of insurgency.
Some of the estimates run as high as 4
to l in favor of the radicals. Whether
the ratio will be as great as that or
not is immaterial-they will have all
the votes they want and some to spare.
Out Of the seventeen nominees for SEN
torship the regular republicans nominal
ed but four. in the assembly the regu-
lar Republicans have barely twenty.
1otf Ln
insurgents their first opportunity to
draw blood. Later, in the legislature,
they will undoubtedly go in for class
of legislation which will have lite in
it to please conservative people. One
thing that it sure to come is the resur-
rection Of that dear old girl, Mary Ann,
from her almost forgotten grave and the
in order 60 improve the primary accord
ing to the views of Senator LaFollette.
That the 20 per cent law will be re-
peaied, if it is not before decided un-
constitutional by the Supreme cours,
10 CC1 edlA, do kJOAdUO1 IIdI O1lStbC T6C6uUlY
pronounced against it, saying that it
ought to be repealed because it was
unconstitutional. There are apparently
hard times ahead also for the water
power owners Of the state. Legislation
along the lines recommended by the
minority Of the special water works
committee is certain, though the bills
passed may be even stronger than that
recommended in the Husting -Krumrey
report.
Outside and beyond this, radical act
ion Of an extreme kind will be looked
for. The only thing that will prevent,
in the opinion of those who have given
study to the situation, will be the fear
on the part Of the leaders that they
may everyday their hand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
TO INITIATE LARGE CLASS.
knights of Columbus in Kenosha To
Have Big Glass This Month.

The Kenosha Council of the knights
!, of Columbus is planning for the initia-
tion of one Of the largest classics ever
taken into a fraternal organization in
Kenosha and the big celebration will
be held on Sept. 22nd and Sept. 25th.
On the first night the first degree will
be given to class of sixty candidates
and the second and third degrees of
the order will be conferred upon the
same class on the second evening. The
officials of the council are planning to
make this initiatory ceremony note
worthy event in the history of the
council ard both state and national of
fcials of the knights of Columbus will
be present and take part in the work.
With the initiation of this class the
Kenosha council will have a member
ship Of more than 260 and it will take
rank as one of the largest councils of
the order in the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
COUNCIL ACTED TOO HASTILY
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Water Commission Sends Formal Com
munication to the City Council Point
ing Out Error of It's Action in Grsnt-
ing Permit.

The board of water commissioners at
meeting held on Friday evening made
protest against the action of the COM
mon council in granting the Kenosha
Electric Railway company the right to
lay an intake pipe in front of the plant
Of the water company on Market street
as the board claims that the present
plan for the laying of this pipe for the
uses of the company will practically
block any effort on the part of the
board of water commissioners to put
in new and larger intake for the
city water plant. At the time the petit
ton of the railway company was pre-
scented to the council no objection was
made by the water commissioners but
it is now stated by these men that the
council took such hurried action on
the petition that the commissioners had
not even learned of it when. it was
granted by the council The plans for
the new intake have been accepted by
the water board and it is claimed that
the installation oil the pipe for the rail
way company will make it impossible
to get the proposed intake connected
with the plant of the company. City
Engineer Moth, who is also superin-
tendent of the water company advised
OF ba ELril
ing that it would be impossible to in
stall the proposed larger intake unless
a change was made in the grade of
the intake of the railway company
The superintendent was directed to send
letter to the council asking that body
to take immediate action and this let
ter will probably be presented to the
council at it's meeting on Monday even
ing.
While there is now no money available
for the building of the intake the mem
bers of the water board realize the fact
that something must be done and done
quickly to increase the amount of water
pumped by the city and it is expected
that early in the coming year the coun-
Gil will be asked to provide some fnan-
cial plan for the building of the new
intake. This matter has been taken
out of the hands of the water commits
sioners by the action Of the council in
ordering all money in the hands of the
commission turned over for the pay
ment Of outstanding Indebtedness but
it is pretty certain that the public de-
mand for new intake will force the
council to act and make provision for
the intake either by a. direct tax levy
or by the sale of bonds for this pur-
pose. Very little other business of i'm
portance was taken up by the board.
Extensions in the Rice Park district
were ordered and several other extern
sions discussed but these were not or
dered in on account of the lack of
money to provide for the payment for
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
Report of Clerk of Circuit
CourtShows Many Foreign
ersHayeBeen Naturalized :.
RECORDS ARE BEING MADE

Clerk of the Circuit Court Frank
Waldo is digging out some interesting
records for the Department of Naturali-
zation of the United States Govern
ment which is carried on through his
office and the facts that are being
brought to light show to what con
siderable extent the population of the
city of Kenosha and Kenosha County
is made up of foreign born.
1t was sixty years ago last indie
peRdence Day that Conrad Mutzen-
burgher stood in the Circuit Court for
Kenosha county and became the first
man to renounce his allegiance to any
foreign prince and potentate with a
view of becoming citizen of the
United States. He renowned allegiance
to the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt
in Germany and had as his witnesses
J. S. Jilsun and N. R. Allen Previous
to this Mutzenburgher had taken out
his first papers in 1914 at Cincinnati
and his being granted citizenship seems
to have opened the way for the grant
ng Of first papers to many Kenosha
aliens. During the latter part of the
year 1850 the first papers were is
sued in this county and since that time
more than $4,000 aliens have sought
these papers. Musty records in the
vaults Of the Clerk of the court show
that there were no other aliens ad
mitted to citizenship in the county
until 1851 and the rush for second
papers in the county aid not start until
1855 or five years after the first Elm
tentions to become citizens" had been
filed. In the olden days nearly every
man who took out his first papers
followed them up with the full citizen
ship papers but in the later years it
is shown by the records that the num-
ber becoming full citizens is less than
one third of the number who take out
first papers. Under the old regime an
alien could vote on his first papers but
now the law is changed and it is ex-
pected that after next year the number
of second papers will be greater than
the number of first papers as many
aliens who have voted for years on first
papers will go into court and seek to
be made full citizens. Naturalization
records were imperfectly kept in this
and other counties until Sept. l, 1884
when the Government put in a new
| system of bookkeeping for these papers
and since that time record is made
up for every alien who seeks naturali-
zation. Between Sept. 1, 1884 and
Sept. l, 1906 there were a total of
5,863 first papers issued Since that
time under the workings of the new
law there has been a total of 964 first
papers Issued and 127 have filed petit
tions for full citizenship in that period.
Under the present record system the
| department of naturalization becomes
one of the most important departments
in the courts of the county. Clerk
Waldo has systenlatized his records
in this work until it is declared that
the records of the city and county
are among the best to be found in the
middle west.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
KenOsha Electric Railway
Company to Make Changes
in Operation of Cars
IMPROVE DEPOT LINE SERVICE

Noteworthy changes are to be made
in the traffic arrangements Of the Ke-
nosha Electric Railway company with
in the next few weeks and it is plan
ned by these changes to offer to the
people of the city FIVE minute service
over all lines and at the same time
to provide for the operation of all the
lines owned by the company as provid-
ed by the contract with the city as
laid down in the franchise ordinance.
To make this service possible the COM
pany is installing a new curve at the
corner of Ashland avenue and Eliza
beth streets and as soon as this curve
is installed the running of the Ashland
avenue, Grand avenue and Depot cars
will be on a new schedule. 1t is plan
ned to run one car from the South end
of Ashland avenue to Elizabeth street
and then the car will turn west and run
to West Main street and thence north
to the depot Of the Northwestern Rail
way company. Then north and west to
the end of the line on Grand avenue
The return trip will be east on Grand
avenue to Ashland avenue, south to
Market and east to the Square and
then south to the end Of Ashland ave
nue.. The companion car to this will
make the opposite trip and with the
two ears in operation it is expected that
five minnie service will be extended to
the depot. The construction crew of
the company has been kept busy rails
ing the tracks on Ashland avenue but
it is declared that this work is nearly
the paving will not be delayed any more
by the construction crew of the com
pany The work OF concreting Ash
land avenue is we'll under way and
the railway work is being done at the
same time as the work for the city.
The Railway company has started
work on the erection of the new power
house at the foot of Park street and
while the officials of the company are
hopeful that the building will be com
| pleted and the machinery installed by
the first of November there is some
doubt as to whether or not this plan
can be carried out. The company has
! been notified that the Simmons Mann
featuring company will not furnish
the company with power after the first
of November but it is probable that
with the increased equipment of the
Kenosha Gas and Electric company that
the railway company will be able tc
get power from this company to tide
! it over until the new power plant is
completed.
/ 1t is limited that before the opening
of the winter months the company vii
/ place several new cars in operation on
the line in Kenosha but if an order has
been given for these cars the officials OF
the company in Kenosha have not beer
4 advised in this regard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
TO ELECTRIFY LINES.
Chicago and Northwestern Railway To
Test Electrifcation.

It is said that at the annual meeting
of the stockholders of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway next month.
President Hughitt will announce plan
for eiectrifying the Chicago termin-
ais of the road. 1t is known that the
Northwestern management has for a
year or more been investigating cleo
trifcation and one of the officers recent
ly said that the tracks in and out of
the new station would be wired or so
arranged that Decentralization could be
accomplished merely by stringing a
third rail or overhead wire for the rest
of the circuit.
AS forecasted the first of the present
year i'll connection with the New Year
features, the Northwestern railroad has
now announced formally that it will
electrify it's suburban lines within the
next year.
The plans are all made and ready.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
DEATH OF CASPER LANCER.
Well Known Keeper of Geneva Road
Tavern Died at His Home.

Casper LANCER, proprietor of the tav-
ern at the crossing of the Geneva and
Milwaukee roads in che town of Pleas
ant Prairie and man widely known
throughout the county died at the tav-
ern on Thursday evening just after six
O'Clock after a long illness from COM
plication of diseases, Mr. LANCER had
been i'll for many months and for the
past few days he had been confined to
his bed with acute stomach trouble.
The announcement Of his death came as
a great shock to many friends in Ke-
nosha as these people had not known
that his condition was regarded as ser
ious.
Mr. LANCER was son of the late John
LANCER and was born in Kenosha, Sc
years ago. He had spent almost his en-
tire life in the county. Twelve years
ago he went to Pleasant Prairie and
took charge of the tavern there and he
had made it one of the most popular
stopping places on the two roads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
GOES TO HOTEL KENosHA.

L. G. King, widely known among
Kenosha people has gone into the hotel
business and has assumed the duties
of clerk at the Hotel Kenosha to take
the place of Bert DeVault who recently
resigned his position. Mr., King has
given up his position as steward for
the Kenosha Aerie of Eagles but will.
still retain his position as secretary of
the order. Mr.. King is widely known
to the travelling public and there is
no doubt but that his going to the
Hotel Kenosha will greatly increase the
patronage of this popular hostelry
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
MOOSE CHARTER CLOSED.
officers of the Order Initiate a Glass or
SO Candidates on the Final Night.

SO Cand1QateS on The FINAL Night.
The charter of the Kenosha Lodge of
Loyal Order Of Moose was closed on
Friday evening and 528 names will be
inscribed on the charter roll The
Moose start out with the largest char
ter membership ever secured by any
fraternal order in Kenosha and while
the order is less than six months old
it has probably the banner membership
among Kenosha orders At the final
meeting for the initiation of charter
members on Friday evening class of
SO was initiated into the mysteries of
the order. Deputy Supreme Organizer
l.. M. Jones of Chicago and Frank
Stewart Past Dictator of the Milwau-
kee Lodge were in charge of the work
of initiation. The new order is plan
ming for big things in Kenosha nd it
is probable that within a short time
plans will be completed for the open.
ing Of club house in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gross cefebrat-
ed the silver anniversary of their mar
riage at their home on Grover street
Wednesday evening. A large number
Of the friends Of the well known
couple were present and very pleasant
time IS reported by all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15

The hospital has received some mag
nifcent gifts but the responce to the
appeal of the directors for contributions
from the people of the city generally
mas not been what it should be. 1t is
just as much duty for the citizens of
Kenosha who can afford to give but
twenty-five cents for the support of the
hospital to give that as it is for those
who can give more to turn in their
subscriptions and the smaller gifts will
be appreciated by the directors. The
hospital is a local Institution and it
should be supported by all of the peo-
pie Of the city according to their
means.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15
TO GIVE TWO PLAYS.
Mems Club of ST. Matthews Church To
Be Entertained by Local Talent.

The Men S Club of st. Matthews
Parish will hold the first Of their in
formal monthly dances at the Guild
Hall on Thursday evening Sept. %.
To mark the opening two short plays
will be given before the dance by a
number of talented Kenosha. amateurs.
The casts are as follows:
lei on Parle Francois.
A Farce in One Act.
Mr.. Spriggins ........ John Thompson
Victor Dubois ....... R. Grayling Rye
Major Regulus Rattan. Irving Tower
Mrs. spriggins Miss Amy Pennefeather
Angelina Spriggins. Miss E. Shepherd
Julia Rattan Miss Elizabeth Whitaker
Anna Maria Miss Winnifred Middleton
Scene: Parlor of Spriggins home at
the seaside.
Intermission 10 minutes
''Prairie Judgment
A Sketch of Dramatic Intensity.
Bob Harron, the Sheriff John Thompson
Manuel, a mexican R. Grayling Rye
John Warren cowboy R. Grayling Rye
Both productions under personal
direction Of R. g. Rye.
Business and Stage Manager ].
Thompson.
Electrician, Wallace Blair.
Admission so cents. .
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15

John NJ. Regner of Kenosha and
Miss Caroline Fonk of the town of
Somers have been licensed to marry
in this county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-15

All that is now needed to-make the
state fair an unqualified success is a
record breaking attendance.