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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
New Scheme for Building
Great White Way" Is
Proposed in Chicago.
KENOSHA EXPECTED TO HELP

Something like year ago there was
a strong movement on foot to build a
''Great White Way, between Chica-
go, Kenosha and Milwaukee. It was
to be located half a mile west of this
city Considerable stock was sub
scribed by Kenosha citizens who fav-
ored good roads. The proposition was
abandoned for the reason sufficient
money could not be secured. Now, an
other scheme has been launched.
This time it is for an automobile
highway, beginning at Chicago and
extending through Evanston, Wauke-
gan, Kenosha, Racine and on to Mil
waukee. The movement was launched
in Chicago last week and it is said to
be receiving support from automobile
manufacturers and owners. Especially
are hotel proprietors and garage man
ayers in the cities and villages through
which the road is to pass, interested.
The plan of the proposed new com
pany is to cooperate with the farm
ers aud build macadam road, the
highway to be practically the same as
the Sheridan road. The scheme is to
secure a fourteen foot right of way,
but the road projects will not be in
the hands of private corporation, the
same as was the proposed "Great
White Way
Sidney S. King is the man back Of
the movement He is a publisher of
an automobile route book Already lie
has obtained the cooperation Of many
of the farmers along the. proposed
route. Many farmers are now automo-
bile owners and naturally are becoming
enthusiasts on the good road agitation.
With the help Of the farmer it is
said that the project may go through.
The largest strip Of the Sheridan road
route that will need matchmaking is
from Waukegan to Racine.
Within the next two weeks it is ex-
pected that representatives of Mr..
King will come to Kenosha and see
what the people here think of the
movement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
DECIDES AGAINST ESTATE.
Judge Taylor Holds that Abran1 Quick
Made Christmas Gift of $1,000 Note.

Judge Taylor in the county court
this morning handed down a decision
holding that note for 81, 100 held by
Mrs. Eta Blackman should not be in
Guided in the inventory of the estate
of the late Abram Gulick, formerly a
wealthy farmer of the town of Paris.
Judge Taylor holds that the evidence
taken in the matter shows that the de-
ceased presented this note to his
daughter, Mrs. Eta Blackman, as a
Christmas present seven years ago and
that at the same time he did not allow
the fact that he had made the present
to become known to other members of
his family. After the death of Mr..
Gulick demand was made in court that
the note be accounted for and then it
became known that the note had been
destroyed by Mrs. Blackman after it
was presented to her by her father.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
WHY DON'T YOU ENJOY A WINTER
IN CALIFORNIA?

This wonderful winter resort country
is placed within easy reach~by the ex-
cellent train service of the Chicago and
North Western Ry. Four through daily
trains, superbly equipped in every de-
tail. The San Francisco Overland
Limited, Los Angeles Limited, Centen-
NAL State Special, China and japan
Mail.
For rates, reservations and descrip-
tive booklets giving full particulars APP
ply to Ticket Agents, The North West
ern Line. F35
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
CLAIMS SEWERS ARE CLEAN.
Alderman G.. Wade Makes Trip into
the Depths of Manholes Tuesday.

The question of sand in the sewers
on Middle, South and Collins streets
was formally taken up by Aldermna
George Wade of the street assessment
committee on Tuesday Afternoon and
with Alderman Werner OF the seventh
ward visit was made to the three
sewers. Manholes connected with all
the sewers were entered by the alder
man and Alderman Wade declared this
morning that every one Of the sewers
in question were found to be eatiraly
free from sand and in good condition.
The connection of the Collins street
sewer with the. one on Ashland avenue
was made on Tuesday and the officials
expected to find some sand III this
sewer, but it is declared that when
it was opened there was not q bit of
sand in it. It is probable that the
inspection of the sewers by Alderman
Wade will be supplemented by an in
spection on the part of the members
of the committee on sewers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
Italian Arrested as Suspect
in Dynamite Plot Released
After Investigation.
POLICE FIND DEEP MYSTERY
Chief Admits that the Officials Are I'm
able to Get any Clew to Identity of
Men who Blew up Bakery of Steve
Clement Monday Morning.

Chief of Police O'Hare and his men
are finding one Of the deepest nys-
teries in the history of the police de-
partment in the effort that is being
made to discover the identity of the
person or persons who blew up the
bake shop of Steve Clement on Mon.
day morning. Late Tuesday afternoon
Frank DeSantes, an Italian was taken
into custody by the police as he was
believed to be in possession of facts
which might aid in the solution of the
mystery. DeSantes from the first de-
clared that he was innocent and Tues.
day night three companions of the man
came to the police Office and establish
ed an alihi which the police considered
sufficient and DeSantes was released.
The police had discovered that the
man picked up had made an effort to
purchase tne bakery from Clement
some time ago but the latter had re-
fused to consider any proposition for a
sale. One thing has been established
beyond any doubt and that is that
the fuse and the explosive were stolen
from the contractors for the trunk
sewer. There are d large number Of
Italians employed on various parts of
the sewer and Chief o Hare and his
men have been making an effort to
question every one of these men.
CAT the time this ruin Of the bake
STOP was discovered, said Chief
o'Hare this morning, 1--WE went to
work on the idea that the place was
blown up by some enemy of Clement,
but we have thus FAR been able to get
no line on the matter. We have look
ed into the management of the bakery
and found nothing that would furnish
clew. Clement was not doing a
large business and the only thing aid
ing us at all is the fact that other men
had sought to secure possession of the
bake shop. It is certain that the men
connected with the explosion were
aware Of the fact that the dynamite
was being used by the men building
the trunk sewer and men employed by
the sewer contractors came so the
Office and declared that there was no
doubt but that the fuse used in the
running Of the building was stolen
from the sewer work shop"
Clement seems to be afraid to make
any definite statements to the police
and thus far every statement he has
made has been decidedly guarded. He
still sticks to his original statement
that he had no enemies and that he is
well liked by the Italians who furnish
the bulk of his business.
The possibility that there was a de-
hberate plot to blow up the building
is not regarded with favor by the
police and Chief O'Hare seems to
think that the work was the work of
some single man who had cause to
seek the destruction of the bake shop
and put Clement out of business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

ARREST FOR SNOW BALLTNG.
Chief of Police Declares He is Going to
Put an End to This Nuisance.

fuG al 6nu TO In1S nuisance.
Arthur Frost, boy of tender age,
was arrested by the police officials on
Tuesday afternoon charged with the
technical charge of assault. He had
thrown a snow ball which hit WON
an riding in an automobile. Young
Frost at the request of his victim was
released with a lecture but Chief
O 'Hare has given a formal notice to
his police officers that boys and girls
who are snow balling on the street
must be arrested and prosecuted. CT
have no great objection to innocent
fun among children" said the chief,
"but the boys are throwing snow balls
at everyone and it has got to be
stopped"
The police officers will probably use
a lot of discretion in the enforcement
Of the order, but boys who disregard
the order and throw snow balls at
passing pedestrians and people in au-
tomobiles will be prosecuted in court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
GIRL TELLS SORDID STORY
Father Admits Mother Was not Kind
to Daughter, Then Pays Fine of Girl
and Takes Her Home, While Her Sup
posed Husband is Sent to Jail.

5NNAN
nois woman arrested here on Monday
evening with her uncle, John Greutz-
macher, of the same city, on serious
statutory charges, is back at the old
home again this morning, for Tuesday
afternoon she told to the district at
torney and Judge Randall in the munich
pal court such an unusual story of ill
treatment and romance that the officials
of the court overlooked the statutory
charge that might have been brought
against the young woman and her uncle
and they were finally arraigned on
minor charges and the young woman
went back home with her father after
he had paid fine of SIS and costs for
her. The uncle went to Jail pending
the payment of fine of $50 and costs,
but it is expected that the furniture in
the coy little flat on Market street
will be sold today and with the pro-
ceeds of the sale the man will pay his
fine and be able to join the girl at
Sterling before Christmas day. The
story of the girl was an unusual one
and it was combination Of ignorance
and romance. She admitted to the court
that she and her uncle had eloped from
Sterling on Oct. 80 with the intention
Of being married. She declared that her
home life had been unbearable on &C
count Of the treatment accorded to her
by hes mother and that her uncle had
taken both herself and her sister and
had provided them with a home and
the necessities of life. She declared that
they had gone from state to state seek
ing a license to marry and when this
had been refused they had settled down
in Kenosha and had let it be under
stood that they were man and wife. She
insisted that she was equally guilty
with her uncle and declared to the
court that if he had committed a crime
she must be deemed guilty of the same
crime. The father of the girl had the
bearing of country hawkshaw and
while he admitted that everything told
by the girl in regard to the home life
and the treatment accorded to her by
her uncle was true he insisted that the
law take it's course and seemed disap
pointed when the court showed ten
dency to temper justice with mercy.
The girl declared that the only happi-
ness she had known In years was in the
little flat on Market street and when
the court hearing was over and she
went to the place to dismantle it and
gather up her few personal belongings
the scene was pathetic one. The
young woman was still sobbing when
she left with her father for Sterling
late Tuesday night.
Judge Randall had heart to heart
talk with the father of the young
woman after the hearing on Tuesday
and he declared that when the girl re-
turned home he would see to it that
her home life was made little more
pleasant The father stated that he was
an engineer in bottling plant and he
had not known the real condition of
his home until after his daughters had
left.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
DEATH OF MRS ANTON NEWALD.

Mrs. Maria Newald, aged 81 years,
wife Of Anton Newald, 322 North Oak
street, died at st. Mary's hospital in
Racine on Tuesday morning after a
long illness from a complication of dis
eases. The deceased was native of
Germany, but she had resided in this
city for the past twelve years. The
husband is the only surviving member
of the family. The remains were
brought to Kenosha this morning and
the funeral viii be held from St.
George church at nine o'clock Friday
morning, with interment at St. George
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
ESTATE LARGEST FOR COUNTY
asventory Of Property Filed Today
Shows Total of Nearly 100000
Made UP Almost Entirely of High
Grade Stocks and Bonds.

Mrs. Ella F. Allen, widow of the
late Charles w. Allen, will pay to the
state Of Wisconsin The largest inheri-
tance tax ever paid by any individual
in Wisconsin as this morning Judge
George w. Taylor in the county court
for Kenosha county made formal
order fixing the amount of the inheri-
tance tax to be paid ON the estate at
$142,067. Only once in the history of
the state of Wisconsin has any estate
paid so large q tax and-that was the
estate Of the late Gustave Pabst of
Milwaukee which paid from many in
dividuals total of $150,030. In addi-
tion to this large inheritance tax paid
to the state of Wisconsin the Allen
estate will pay tax of approximately
$45, 900 in the state of Illinois and
tax Of $99,200-in the state Of Utah,
the latter tax being claimed by that
state on stock in the Union Pacific
Railway which is q part of the estate.
sAt she time Of the order for the in
beritance tax was made the inventory
was formally fled in the county court
and this shows that the estate of
Charles w. Allen is one of the largest
ever fled for probate in the courts Of
Wisconsin and the largest ever pro-
bated in Kenosha county. The total
value of the estate in real AMI per-
sonal property is placed at $4,979 OLE So.
rs7 CHARACTER Of the properties
which 60 to make up the estate tosti-
iy to the sound business sense of the
decedent for in the vast sum of almost
$6,000,000 the appraisers returned but
one investment as worthless and that
was a promisory note for less than
ST 900 which had been taken by Mr..
Allen on helping out one of his friends
Every other asset of the estate is
declared to be valued at close to par
and many of the stocks and bonds are
appraised at high premium. The
total value of stocks listed in the in
vehtory is $3,933,88 bonds s837,J30,
real estate $4,000. The remainder Of
the amount is made up of small
amounts returned as promissory notes,
interest and judgments uncollected
Mrs, Allen, the widow, is named as the
gnIn heiv m tba oe+o+o
The amount of the inheritance tax
was determined at conference at
which the state was represented by
Assistant Attorney General Russell
jackson and special inheritance tax
commissioner, John Harrington OF
Madison, the county by H. B. Robinson
and Judge George W. Taylor and the
estate by Charles Arnold, E. G. Theirs
and Peter Fisher, On the total tax the
county will receive $1O,655.O2, the re-
nainder going to the state. The prin-
,ipal items in the inventory follow:
Real Estate.
Homestead in Kenosha ....$ 10000
100 acres of land in Kenosha
county ......... $4,000
Golf grounds property $3.50. 10000
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM.
Rudolph schele of Silver Lakes Escapes
from Racine for Third Time in Year.

Rudolph Schele, Silver Lake man, is
establishing record for escaping from
the Racine asylum for the insane and
on Monday morning he escaped from
the institution for the third time in
year and for the second time within a
month. Schele lost no time in making
his way to the village Of Silver Lake
and he appeared at the village late on
Monday night. He managed to find
place to sleep in barn there and this
morning he was taken into custody and
brought to Kenosha ON way freight
this afternoon. Later in the afternoon
he was taken back to Racine Schele
is in no way dangerous, but he seems
to have developed a wonderful ability
for escaping and no matter how care
fully he is WATCHED ne seems to be able
to elude the guards aud get away from
the hospital
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

Mr. and Mrs. II. Vandenberg will
leave on Saturday for their old home
at Grand Haven, Mich, where they
will celebrate the twenty-ffth ami
yersary of their marriage on next
Monday. The event will be of special
interest for at the same time Mr.. Van
den5erg's broti,er-in-law and his wife
viii Celebrate their golden wedding.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

The difference from buying new
clothes and having your old ones clean
ed, might be from $40 to $50 and they
viii surely look the same as new when
you send theln to the Union Dye Works.
Phone CSC, wagon will call. dwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Somers
Mutual Fire Insurance company for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1911, will be held
at the town hall in Somers at 10 o. clock
in the forenoon, on the End dav of Jan
uary, 1912, for the purpose Of electing
three directors, a treasurer and secre-
tary. and the transaction Of any other
business that may properly come be.
fore the meeting.
Dated somers, Dee. IS, 1911.
ws4-35 Isaac 7. Bishop, secy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

The Bristol Paris Congregational
Sunday school Will have Xmas esser-
cises at the church Monday evening,
Dec. .. AL are cordially invited to
attend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

A bazaar is to be given at the church
at Wadsworth, ILL.,, beginning Dec. 20
and continuing until Dee. 30. The
bazaar is for the benefit of st. Pat
rick Parish at Newport, III. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
NEW PLAN rs CONFUSING.

The new plan recently adopted by
the state OF having all statistics in
regard to taxes sent to the state tax
commission instead Of to the secretary
Of state is causing confusion among
the town clerks and as a result the
statistics which were due on Monday
are. not vet ready to be forwarded to
Madison In fact County Clerk Jones
has received but four Of the nine re-
ports. Three rural towns have sent in
their reports and the report of the city
was delivered TO the clerk this morn
inc. 1t now seems that twill be i'm
possible to get out the reports by the
first of the year as the change III sys-
tenn has made possible many errors
and most of the reports are being re-
turned to the officials for correction
before they can be sent to tie state
officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

AR. and Mrs. Fred Davis On lL.L-
waEkee, are spending a few days in
Kannaha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21
FORESTALL COUNCIL ACTION
License Committee of Council Ready
to Take Matter to Council When Men
Reach Agreement-Fight OH Wine
Rooms 20 Become an Official One.

Dance halls in Kenosha are no more
to be opened on Sunday for the re-
ception of merry parties Of dancers and
drinkers, as Chairman Jacob Saftig of
the license committee announced Mon
day evening that the proprietors of the
dance halls had all agreed that these
places wou' not longer be rented for
Sunday dances and that they would
be rented for Saturday night dances
with the expressed contract that the
dances should close promptly at mid
night. The matter of putting a stop to
Sunday dances was to have been
brought formally before the council by
the license committee, but just before
the meeting the word was brought to
the aldermen that an agreement had
been reached which included all the
proprietors of these places. It should be
said that the propriet6rs of the Ger
mania and Schlitz halls took the initial
i've in cutting out the Sunday dances
and declared week ago that they
would no longer lease thes places for
parties on Sunday. One of the dance
hall proprietors held out, but he was
given to understand that the council
would be asked to pass very string
ent ordinance regulating dance halls
and he capitulated. Most of the Sun
day dances were given by foreigners
and these people are to be given to I'M
derstand thai they must accommodate
their mode Of living to the American
plan in the future and that dances
must be held ON some other day except
Sunday.
Chairman Saftig and the members of
the license committee are now making
an investigation of wine rooms in the
saloons of the city. FThese wine rooms
must be closed up and we are now serv-
ing notice on saloon men that the doors
lof these places must be kept open if
tue SALOON Is 10 udV6 o. ClCdl IcCOIu Win
the license committee. The saloons in
connection with the dance halls have no
closed wine rooms, but there are lot
Of little rooms in connection with some
Of the other saloons that are being
made the congregating place Of women
and the saloon men must put stop to
this practice. =
There may be some question as to
the law regulating the wine room evil,
but the license committee has full power
to stop the keeping of wine rooms in
any saloon and if the saloon men re-
fuse to comply with the regulations i'm
posed by the committee it is possible
that the committee will go before the
council and demand the revocation of
licenses of such saloons. 1t is thought
certain that the revocation of a single
license will be sufficient to bring the
saloon men to understand that the wine
room is not wanted in this city.
The movement against improper use
of saloons is being vigorously waged
among all classes of people in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-12-21

Homestead in Kenosha ...$ 10000
100 acres of land in Kenosha
county .......... $4,000
Golf grounds property .... 10000
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-18
ErQStuS

Sam Carmack and Tom Sloan have
Ed Sloan's new kitchen and cellar
room about completed.
A crowd of young folks gathered at
the home of George Dundon, Friday
evening and had a fine time. The
following we're present: Mary Granger,
Coda Grier, Clara Seeger, Nora See
ger, Lizzie Kantzer, Alice Kantzer,
and Lewis and Theodore Kantzer,
Carl Seeger, Henry Seeger, Charles
McAfee, Elden McAfee and Stella and
Nellie Dundon.
Walter Carmack is putting the roof
on Trank Fetter's barn.
Charles Anderson and Mary Granger
spent Sunday with Willis Stetler and
wife.
Mrs. Tom Sloan and son Lloyd and
Sam Changers children spent Friday
at Ed Sloan's.
w. e. Sloan and Frank Daniel de-
livered fine bunch of cattle to Cold
water Friday morning.
Mrs. Daniel Boley was a caller at
w. E. Sloan's, Frieay morning.
Edward Drumm is working on Tone
Adams house.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-18
MOntezun1d

l.. T. Arthur and family and Malissa
Moore spent Sunday at Bradford.
There will be preaching service at
the Church of Christ Saturday evening.
Pen Palmer and wife, of Dayton,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Jeb Preston and wife, of Bradford
are attending the Fair.
Edward Deyo and wife, visited over
Sunday with relatives at Geneva, Ind.
Elizabeth Kelley spent Sunday with
Charles BurdGo and family.
John Moore and wife, Mrs. Ellis,
Ray and Ollie Johnson spent Sunday
with Edward Smith and family.
Chas. Cencebaugh and family, of
Bradford, are visiting with relatives
here.
Ruth and opal Monroe spent sun
day with Phoebe Pegs.
Mabel Duggin spent Sunday with
Darral Miller.
James Heavlin, of Wyandot, Mich,
visited over Sunday with his parents
here.
Mrs. VIM. Lacy and daughter, Mary
are visiting with relatives in the
southern part of the state.
Mrs. George Hanna and children
visited over Sunday with relatives at
Berlin.
Mrs. George Monroe, of Dayton, is
spending this week with relatives hore
Mrs. Amanda Cochran and Carl
Heavlin arc visiting at Wyandott,
Mich, this week.
w. A. Preston and family are
spending this week with relatives at
Urbana.
Glenn Good, of Covington, is spond-
ing this week with his grand parents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-08-18

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