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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
MAKES GOOD REPORT
Supt. of State Department of
Fisheries Shows Import
ance of the Position
UNCLE SAM AIDED IN WORK


The Importance of Wisconsin fish
cries in the industrial economy of the
state appears in the report of Supt.
James Nevin of the department of fish
cries, copies Of which have just been
received here in which it appears that
in commercial way the total catch
was 25,6S6,966 pounds of a market val
ue of 1855, 79171. In use by fishermen
employed were boats of the value of
$347,4S1 and nets, 2,SS71a miles, valued
at $3.50, 019.S6.
1t further appears that Wisconsin
fish hatcheries distributed total Of
121, 1854, 698 fry and lingering Of var
ious varieties, consisting of brook
trout, rainbow trout, white fish, bass,
pike, musl1ellunge and pickerel.
In addition to the distribution from
the state hatcheries Supt. Nevin re-
ports that the United States bureau
contributed to Wisconsin water a to-
tai of 46,106,640 eggs fry and finger
lings.
The report of the superintendent
shows that the various hatcheries have
been maintained in good condition and
that the work has been carried on sue
cessfully in all of them. The report
also notes the chief improvements made
during the biennial term.
The superintendent discusses the
question as to whether the cost and
maintenance of the supply of fish
should be borne by the state at large,
by the industry or sport interested, or
jointly He recommends a general Ii
eense for fishing; the proceeds to be de-
voted to 4 planting of fry IN the lakes
and streams of the state much more
extensive than is practiced at present.
There is no doubt that the proper main
tenance of the fisheries will in the fut-
ure demand the combined efforts of
the state and of the interests con-
cerned. 1t is certainly not unjust, the
superintendent declares, that the latter
should bear at least part of the cost.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
DEATH AS RESULT OF SHOCK
Man Had Leaned Over the Gates
Guarding Elevator Shaft When He
Was Struck by Elevator and Thrown
Twenty Feet to Floor Below.

Paul Wenckus, aged SO years q tanner
residing at SIG York street died at the
Kenesha hospital just after six O'Clock
Saturday evening as result Of injuries
received at the plant Of the, n. r. Al
lens sons company just after three
clock Saturday. Wenckus was caught
between the car and the gates of an
elevator. The man suffered the frac
ture of several of his ribs and one of
the broken ribs pierced the right lung.
He never regained consciousness and
the physicians who attended him after
he had been taken to the hospital de-
clared that he died from the shock of
the accident.
Wenckus had been working in the
old red frame building on Grand ave
nuc and was employed as a laborer on
the second floor of the building. There
were only few men in the room at the
time he met his injuries and none of
them seem to know just how the acct
dent happened. The elevator was de-
scending from one of the upper floors
of the building and Wenckus was seen
to stick his head out over the elevator
shaft. The shaft was fully protected
by gates and Wenckus leaned out over
the gate. The elevator was moving
very slowly but it came with sufficient
speed to catch the unfortunate man and
he was pinned in between the gate and
the bottom of the car. The man who
was operating the elevator saw the ac-
cident AMI with rare presence Of mind
reversed the machinery of the elevat-
or and started it up again but this
only released the injured man and he
plunged to the bottom of the elevator
shaft twenty feet below. AS soon as
possible he was removed to the Ken
osha hospital where he died later in
the evening. When he was picked up
at the bottom of the shaft he appeared
to have broken his neck but this was
not found to be true when the physi
clans made their examination. 1t is
thought possible that the man was kill
ed by Lis fall rather than by being
pinched between the gates and the ele-
vator.
Wenckus was a native Of Russia but
he had resided in Kenosha for num-
Der of years and all this time had been
employed at the tannery. He was con-
sidered first class workman and was
well acquainted with the workings of
the elevators in the various buildings
The men in the building could not &C
count for his negligence in placing
himself in place where he could be
injured. He is survived by a widow
and one child.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
10000 in 1920 is good slogan for
Kenosha. Build the trunk line sewer
and go after it.

When the repairs Of the county jail
were completed last year in accordance
with plans and specifications previously
submitted to the state board Of control
and approved by that body, it was sup
posed that the work done was entirely
satisfactory to the members Of the
board and that no more suggestions In
regard to changes in the building would
be heard from that quarter for some
time. 1t appears from letter sent to
the county clerk and by him presented
to the supervisors that this is not the.
case, however, and that the state off
Gals would like to have the county
spend more money on the present struc-
ture and revise the rules for the con-
duct Of the prisoners little. In so
far as the wishes of the board OF con-
troll relate to the management Of the
prisoners so that conditions under
which they live may be made more san
itary, the supervisors and the sheriff
are probably perfectly willing to make
the changes suggested in the routine
work of the prisoners, if it is o possible
thing to do so, but it is another matter
when it comes to spending any more
money on the present structure. The
supervisors feel that if the state board
oe ba
plan for the repairs to be made on the
jail when it was submitted to them and
wanted the changes in the plumbing
now asked for included in the repairs,
they should have said so at that time
when the matter was being considered
by the supervisors so that the addition
al cost of the changes could have been
taken into account by the supervisors
before it was decided to make any re-
pairs at all. The repairing of the
building is admittedly only a make
shift, anyway, but it was supposed that
the repairs completed last year would
satisfy the state board of control for a
few years until the county got ready
to build new Jail but if the board is
going to keep on demanding changes
from time to time it may turn out that
it would have been cheaper in the long
run to start in from the ground up and
erect building that would conform in
- Il, l. e
laws of the state and in which no
changes could have been demanded by
the board. There is nothing which eats
up money so fast and in which there is
SO little return on the money spent as
in constantly tinkering up an old build
ing which has outlived its usefulness
for the purposes for which it was in
tended.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
the sheriff
AT THE RHODE THURSDAY,

The Bavarian Peasant Players who
will be seen in Kenosha next Thursday
night at the Rhode opera house are
making tremendous hit in Milwaukee
at the present time. The Milwaukee
Sentinel referring TO their opening per-
Torrance at the Pabs5 theatre in Mil
waukce week ago says:
"With practically the entire house
occupied by a highly enthusiastic aud
fence, the neutrality-suspicious. Peasant
Players opened a two weeks engage
ment in the Pabst theatre Monday
night that promises to be one Of the
best in every respect played in this
house of artistic successes. ''Der Dorf-
pfarrer" "The Village Priest y, a
three act transcript from the pages of
small parish register, served as the
opening bill. Taking the ensemble,
these players, particularly considering
that they are peasants of the same type
Of those of Oberammergau, are gifted
with rare dramatic quality. During
the progress of the play the schulz
plattl dance, one of the native Bavar-
ian dances, is given, while between acts
instrumental and vocal selections are
offered
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
Kenosha One of Terminals in
March of Unemployed from
st. Louis to Milwaukee
POLICE TO TAKE QUICK ACTION

Kerosha is to have a real visitation
of tramps within the next two weeks
40 Il telegram sent out from st. Louis
last night declares that DR.. James Eads
How, claimed to be millionaire and
leader of homeless and idle man has
organized an army of 900 men in st.
Louis and that following the example
set by Coxey he is going to lead his
army on foot ali the way from st.
Louis to Milwaukee. Kenosha is put
down in the schedule as one of the
stopping places of the army and it is
declared that the men will expect to
beg food from the people of Kenosha
for at least one day of the long march.
Milwaukee has been selected as the
mecca for the hoboes on account of the
fact that there is convention of the
National Brotherhood Welfare Associa-
tion to be held in that city and it is
claimed that the army of unemployed
will be accompanied by number of
business men of st. Louis who are
planning to make the trip just for the
novelty Of it. Tbs army is scheduled
to reach Milwaukee within fortnight
and this schedule would bring them
into Kenosha two days before they are
scheduled to arrive in Milwaukee. 600
hungry hoboes will be quite test of
the hospitality of Kenosha and it is
probable that the police of the city
will take prompt steps TO prevent the
army making Kenosha as one of its
march terminals. All the cities along
the Lake Shore are being threatened
with the same sort of an invasion and
it is probable that before the time for
the arrival of the army, the police
of the various cities will take concert
ed action to avoid the visitation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
THE RESULT BRINGS CHAGRIN
Per cent of Increase However is Much
Greater Than in Any Of the Larger
Cities of Wisconsin-Wil be Tenth
in tho State.
(From Thursday IS Daily

(frOm thursday Dally)
The members of Kenosha s $4,000
club got rude bump this afternoon
when E. Dana Durand, director of the
thirteenth census gave ont the popula-
ton of the city Of Kenosha and the
figures are 1881. While the figures
given will come as disappointment
to many of the people of the city who
had figured on at least $4,000 people
Kenosha has shown one of the largest
growths noted among the cities of Wis
consin and she will be pretty close to
the high record for growth among the
larger cities of the state. The increase
since the twelfth census was taken in
1900 is 9,765 and the growth since the
eleventh census was taken in 1890 is
1880. The per cent of increase for
the ten years is just under IS per cent
and while the per cent is not so large
as in the preceding ten years it is
greater than the increase shown in Ra-
cine, Milwaukee, Madison, GAINESVILLE
or Beloit. Under the figures it is ex-
pected that Kenosha will be about the
tenth city in the state although the fig
ures for many of the cities have not
as yet been given out.
The figures on the city show that the
growth in the county of Kenosha has
been larger in the ten years than had
been expected and the county has made
almost as good growth in the ten
years as the city.
The city will undoubtedly make a
large growth between now and the time
the next state census is taken as al
ready several of the suburbs of the
city are looking to be brought within
the limits and were these suburbs now
part of the city proper the total pop
ulation would be close to the expected
$4,000. The coming of the announce
ment of the census has been watched
with interest by many people but peo-
pie interested in saloon licenses have
been decidedly eager to get the figures,
Under the census Kenosha is entitled
to issue a total of Sc saloon licenses OF
ten less than is issued at the present
time. Some of the brewery men had
hoped the population would be great
enough to warrant the city increasing
the number of saloon licenses now be,
ing issued and confidential information
| sest out from Washington indicated
that this would be- the fact. There is
one thing certain and that is that the
enumerators have not over estimated
Kenosha and it is just possible that
many of her foreign born citizens were
not counted when the count was made.
The growth of Kenosha is decidedly
encouraging and the people of the city
will feel stimulation to make Ken
osha show as great or a greater per
cent of increase in the next ten years
100000 in 1920" is the new slogan for
! Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
NO AID FOR HUMANE SOCIETY
Contract With Sheriff stahl is Signed
by Officials of the County Board Be
fore Adjournment for the Year is
Taken.

The erection of memorial to the
soldiers Of the Civil war in Kenosha
county must go over for another year
as at the closing session Of the County
Board on Monday afternoon the board
by large majority declined to appro-
pirate the 5000 asked for the compile
tion of the memorial. Many of the
members Of the board were favorable
to the memorial but they held that in
default of a levy for this purpose the
board had no legal right to give the
money needed. The whole matter was
referred to the new county board which
will meet i'll January and it is prob
able that favorable action will be TAX
en- on the report Of the commission at
that time. Some of the members of
the board are favorable to the erection
of bronze tablets to commemorate the
records of Kenosha county soldiers and
it is possible that the commission nam
ed to investigate the matter will be
asked to present q new report to the
next county board. AS the matter
stands now the commission recommends
that the names of the soldiers and their
records be prepared on parchment and
hung in the corridors of the county
building.
The County Board declined to give
any aid to the work Of the Kenosha
County Humane society and resolu-
tion brought in by Supervisor Frank
Shuart asking that 500 be appropri-
ated was slaughtered only four votes
being found in favor of county aid for
the humane society.
Agent James H. Karnes who also
serves in the capacity of probation
agent for the Municipal court was al
lowed $50 for his services in this ca
pacity. The board took steps to pro-
vide for the renovation and repair of
the old county building when it is va
Gated by the city in March and this
work was left in the hands of the coun-
ty agent. The building is to be con-
verified into suitable home for the
Municipal court. The room now oc-
cupied by the City Clerk will be con-
verified into private Office for the
Judge Of the Municipal court and the.
present office of the Judge will become
the office Of the clerk Of the court.
The chairman and clerk of the board
finally signed the new contract with
Sheriff Stahl late Monday afternoon
and the contract calling for the pay
ment of 5000 seems to be satisfactory
to the members Of the board and to
the sheriff.
Many similar matters came before
the board in the closing session aud
most of them were referred to the
county officials or left open for decision
of the next board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
LOOK TO KENOSHA.
Wisconsin, Illinois Base Ball
League Anxious to Get
Franchise in Kenosha
LOCAL FANS SEEM LUKEWARN

While base ball fans in Kenosha
seem to be disinterested in the matter
Kenosha is being considered as one of
the cities for the Observation-Disclosures
base ball league for the coming year
and kilograms sent out from Rockford
declare that one of the franchises in
the league may be voted to Kenosha at
the annual meeting Of the league which
is to be held in that city next Sunday.
Sheboygan, Elgin and Kenosha are said
to be the three cities considered in
connection with the making up of the
circuit and it is declared that major
ity CT the members Of the league at
this time look on Kenosha with great
est favor. President MoH of the league
has been in Kenosha several times in
the past two years and has talked with
former managers of the Kenosha team
but has received no encouragement in
any move to make Kenosha one Of the
cities of the league. Aurora and Osh-
k0sh teams in the league have about
given up the ghost and it is pretty GER
tain that neither Of these cities will be
in the league next year. The E1gin
team has sought a franchise for several
years but the league magnates seem to
fight shy of Elgin as it has not been a
paying base ball town in the past. The
only organized team in this city at
the present which would be in line to
take a franchise is the Ramblers and
it is not thought that Manager Haag
and his team would be willing to as
sumo the responsibility of such move.
Peter L. Breen who has managed semi
professional teams in Kenosha for the
past nine years is now in Chicago and
it is certain that he will have nothing
to do with the game in Kenosha this
season. President Moll and other mem
bers OF the state league directorate be-
lleye that a new management could
come into Kenosha and make the game
a paying proposition The new man
agement would seek to form a stock
company among the fans to manage
the team. and if this could be done it
is thought certain that the game could
be made paying proposition in Ken
osha. There are q lot of enthusiastic
fans in Kenosha who would be ready
and willing to go down into their pock-
cts to help finance base ball team in
Kenosha if they were assured that it
could be placed on a proper footing ana
the people be given what they pay for.
1t is pretty certain that Kenosha with
a winning team would be one of the
best cities in any league but with a
losing team the fans could not be count
ed on to support the movement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
WIN IN | ONG FIGHT
The Independent Automobile
Companies Knock Out Sell
den Patent in US. Court
JEFFERY COMPANY INTERESTED

The so-called Independent Automo-
bile Manufacturers won a sweeping vic
tory Monday in the United States Cir
cult court of Appeals in a reversal of
the decree of Judge Hough of New
York in the Circuit court, wherein the
Selden patent was upheld.
The higher court s ruling declares
that the defendants "neither legally
nor morally owed anything to the pat
entee,'' and holds that the improved
Otto engine used by the defendants in
motor vehicle construction is the equiv
alent of the Selden epgine; but that its
use is not an infringement of the Seld-
en- patent.
Accordingly Judge Hough's injunc'
Itions against the Ford Motor company,
Panhard and Levasser and others, re-
straining them from using the Otto en-
CINE on the ground of infringement,
must be dismissed by the lower court,
to which the causes were remanded
with such instruction.
The opinion of the Circuit court of
Appeals written by Judge Noyes says
in part:
"While the conclusion of noninfringe-
ment which we have reached leaves the
patentee empty-handed with respect to
the patent for the short time it has to
run, it cannot be regarded as depriv-
ing him through any technicality of
the first reward of his labors. He I'M
douhtedly appreciated the possibilities
of the motor vehicle at a time when
his ideas were regarded as ehimerieal,
Had he been able to see far enough
| he might have taken out a patent as
far-reaching as the Circuit court held
this one was. -
The Selden patent seeks TO control
the manufacture OF virtually all gaso-
line automobiles in America. Many of
the manufacturing companies hold Ii
censes under that patent; but there are
many others which operated independ-
emily and in defiance of the patent. I'm
der Mondays ruling the ground Tor
contest between the licensed and unli-
censed dealers is removed unless the
scope Of the Selden patent is changed
by a .subsequent ruling of the. United
States Supreme court. et
Representatives of the Association
of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
announced that preparations were al
ready being made to carry the matter
to the Supreme court. Application for
writ of certiorari will be made by
the Columbia Motor Car company and
George B. Selden, it is stated.
The decision of the United States
court of Appeals is of greatest inter-
est in Kenosha as Thomas B. Jeffrey
and. the Thomas 3. Jeffery company
was one of the first companies to be
sued by the Selden people. This suit
was instituted many years ago but it
was never brought into court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

James E. Murphy, 81 Grogan street,
superintendent of the Brass foundry of
the Simmons Manufacturing company
was overcome by gas Saturday night
while visiting at the home of his sister
Mrs. Nolan in Chicago. The gas was
accidentally turned on and Murphy
would have lost his life mad it not been
for the fact that he had taken the pre-
caution to open one of the windows in
the room. He was discovered early
Sunday morning and was saved by the
prompt use of restoratives. Murphy
had sufficiently recovered to return to
his home On Sunday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

The police and fire departments and
the representatives of the state fire
suspicious fires which occurred lately
and no trouble nor expense should be
spared in running down every suspic-
ious circumstance in connection with
these cases. Every man who owns a
dollars worth of property in the city
is interested in this Investigation and
should be willing to come forward with
any evidence he may have which will
assist the officers in determining the
cause of these fires for no ones property
is safe if there are criminals or man
iacs at large in the city who will de-
hberately fire building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

It is not expected that the prisoners
at the county Jail will relish the strict
enforcement of the state laws govern
ing the manner of conducting these in
stitutions but the new sheriff is not
likely to be called to account by the.
people of the county for making the Jail
as unattractive place of residence as
possible for all that. AS that official
remarks, his guests have the alternative
Of keeping out of Jail if they do not
like his accommodations and the rules
of his boarding house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION.
Eugene Saftig Elected to Act as Presi-
dent for the Coming Year.

The st. Georges's Young Men s So
ciety held the annual election of Off
GERS for the coming year at ST. George s
hall Monday evening and elected the
following officers:
President, Eugene G. saftig; vice
president, Julius j. Dagenbach; record
ing secretary, Norbert L. Thomas; fin
ancial secretary, Harry Krautkraemer;
treasurer, Alloys Gehl; trustees for one
year, Peter F. Tack, Peter Pfarr, JAG
oh Williams; marshals, John Tenness-
en-, Arthur Olsen; flag bearer, Jacob
Williams.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12
ELKS WIN A MATCH.
Antlered Bowlers and Stars Break
Even in Double Header Monday.

The Elks bowling team and the
STAIRS broke even in double header
rolled at the Ward and Hermann alleys
on Monday evening the STAIRS taking
the first match and the Elks coming
back and winning the second. The
score Of the two matches follows
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary
Wells was held from the late residence
of the deceased on Exchange street on
Sunday afternoon. The services were
in charge of the Rev. E. T. Farrill
Interment was at the family plat at
the Kenosha city cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

Chief of the Fire Department Henry
Isermann has been conceaing some
thing from the rest of the boys. A lit
tie girl arrived at his home on Friday
but the chief has just kept still about
it. He is now ready to loosen the
flood gate of cigars and all the officials
will be smoking over the new Miss of
the fire department before the day is
over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

G. H. Carpenter of Elgin, ILL.,, spent
sunday with friends and relatives in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-01-12

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