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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
COMPLETE BIG DEAL
John O'DOnnell Takes Over
Business of North Shore
Fuel & Supply Co.
TAKES over BUSINESS TODAY

| John O'Donnell made big deal in
coal on Saturday evening when he
closed up deal for the purchase of
the North Shore Fuel and Supply Com.
pany and this morning William
| O'Donnell was installed in charge of
the coal offices on the north side of
the river and the old familiar sign
of s'O'Donnell' has again been
placed over the Office ON the Van In
gen docks.
It is a case of getting back home
for Mr.. O'Donnell as the office of the
North Shore Company was the office
in which Mr. O'Donnell started bust
ness many years ago and in a short
time the offices which have been To-
Gated just south of the Main street
bridge will be moved to the North
Shore Offices.
The deal also includes the purchase
of the west side yards Of the COM
pany and Mr.. O'Donnell for the pres
ent will continue in the building ma
terial business, but he will give most
Of his energies to developing the west
side branch as coal yard. 1t is
PROBABLE that the consolidation of the
two coal yards along the harbor front
will take place within q short time
and Mr.. O'Donnell is already arrang-
ing for transfer Of his hosting ma
chinery and bins to the new location.
| 1t, has been limited that the Kenosha
! chase the property on which the
o 'Donnell yards have been located and
that it will be used as a site for an
enlarged power house in the near fut-
ure. No announcement has been made
of the formal plans of the company.
No statement is made as to the
amount paid for the business of the
North Shore Company. Mr.. O'DNn-
nell said this morning that much of
the stock taken over was stock under
consignment and that it would take
some time to close up the deal on this
account. Manager Barinerd who has
been III charge of the business Of the
North Shore will remain in kenosha
for several weeks to close up the bust
ness of the company here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We announce the sale of the Keno
sha yards of the North Shore Fuel
and Supply Company to John O'Don-
nell, who takes possession Monday
morning, January 10, 1912.
The North Shore Fuel and Supply
Company will collect all outstanding
accounts due them at the close of
business January Is, 1912, and would
appreciate an early settlement. As a
convenience to our former patrons we
have made arrangements whereby pay
ments for our accounts may be made
at our former Offices, No. :, North
Main street, and Prairie avenue and
Charles street.
We thank our many friends for the
patronage which has been accorded US
during the years we have been in
business in Kenosha.
jill North Shore Fuel & Supply Co.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
TURNS DOWN sHoRE ROAD.
Somers Town Board to Improve Roads
East and West of Village.

The town board of the town of
Somers has turned down the proposed
Improvement Of the lake shore road
from the city to the Racine county line
SO far as this year is concerned and
the members of the board have arrang-
ed to improve roads running east and
west from Somers station. 1t is
probable that these roads will be i'm
proved just as far as the money will
provide and it is declared to be GER
tain that nothing Will be spent in the
road along the lake shore. This is
following the action of the Pleasant
Prairie Board in turning down the pro-
ject to improve Ashland avenue south
of the city. Property owners on the
two roads are still hopeful that some
plan will be found by which these
roads will be included in the road
work, but there is little chance of
such hopes being realized.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
FIGHTS BAD STORM
Steamer Flora M. Hill Only
Boat on Lakes to Make
Harbor on Sunday.
NO TRACE OF FROZEN SAILORS

TIE steamer Flora NJ, Hill of the
Hill Steamboat line, was one of the
few boats OH the great lakes to make
its run on Saturday night, and Sunday
and when the little steamer pushed
her PROV into the harbor after long
fight against ice fields on Sunday af-
ternoon Captain William Z. ELL had
the satisfaction Of knowing that al
though he had passed a number of
steamers stuck in the ice his was the
only one of the big feet leaving Chi.
cago to reach it's destination. The
other steamers were scattered along
the lake between Chicago and Winnet-
ka and most of them were held firmly
in the ice.
Captain Hill left Chicago with the
Flora M. Hill at seven O'Clock Sat
urday night with the steamer Manis-
tee of the Northern Michigan line as
a companies. The two steamers pull
ed together till they got out of the
Chicago harbor when the Manistee got
caught in the ice foes. Captain Hill
with his boat broke the ice for the
Manistee during Saturday night, but
early Sunday morning finding that it
was impossible for him to release the
Manistee he started on his run and
pulled into Waukegan ct IL O'Clock
in the morning. In the afternoon he
steamed on up to Kenosha,
Captain Hill declared that the trip
was made practically without incident
and that the Flora M. Hill was never
in trouble.
A wild story was circulated about
Chicago Sunday night that three men
had been caught in an ice foe and
that the Hill on its trip to Kenosha
had passed the ice foe bearing the
three corpses. Tt was alleged that the
Hill had passed the foe just north
| of Evanston and had made no effort
to stop and pick up the bodies of the
men. The sailing master and members
of the crew of the Kenosha boat de-
clared that the story was pure fabri
cation. They asserted that they had
seen absolutely nothing of the three
men who had been afoat on the ice
and had made no stop for any reason
between Chicago and Waukegan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
LOSE IN milwaukee
Ward and Hermann Defeat
ed by Score of 3O18
to 27S5 Pins.
JOHN kNUTz AVERAGES go

| The Ward and Hermann bowling
team journeyed to Milwaukee on Sun
day only to be defeated by the Blue
Moons by a core of 30lS 10 s7s5.
The Milwaukee team bowled senss
tional ten pins. In the first game
they bowled 996 beating the locals
by 20 pins. In the second and third
games they bowled over the thousand
mark. Adam Nolte of the Milwaukee
team proved to be the star with a
score of pa and an average Of 227.
all his scores being over the two hund.
red mark while John Kuntz OF the
local team trailed right behind him
with. high score of 224 and an
average of 22O. Other high scores
were SINISTER 236, Blau 226, Anderson
210 and Powell with oil. NJ. Blau
proved to be good leader for his
team having 226 for high and an aver
age of 2O3 for the three games. The
scores of the match follow:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
COMPANY IS HEAVY LOSEF
Klenla Declares That His Firm Has Lost
Thousands This Year-Beets of Poor
Quality This Season, He Says - To
Plant More.

Mr.. Klema, one of the representa-
tives Of the GAINESVILLE Sugar Beet COM
pany, was in Racine Saturday and sub
mitted to an interview with reference
to the conditions of the beet growing
industry in Racine and Kenosha coun-
! ties last year. The gentleman object
ed to some reports which have been
given out and published. He admits
that the account which appeared in the
News that thousands OF tons of sugar
| beets went to waste in. the two coun-
ties, but desired to correct the impress
sion that the farmers lost heavily and
says that most of the loss fell upon the
company.
Mr.. Klema said that the GAINESVILLE
company lost between 100000 and
100000 this season, while the loss to
farmers in this vicinity did not amount
to over 1000 tons. Further he stated
that the GAINESVILLE company will live
up to all Of it's contracts and that far
mers holding contracts will not lose one
cent. The company does not wish to as
sumo the responsibility for crops lost
by Hfree lance farmers who were
growing beets and holding them for
speculation, or for losses arising from
the broken contracts of other sugar
beet factories in this county.
Mr.. Klema says that the company he
represents would be willing to give
away to the farmers the thousands of
tons Of beets which they have on hand
if they would haul them away. Humid
reds of tons Of beets are being thrown
into Rock River,
In former years land in this county
averaged fourteen or fifteen tons to
the acre, but last year it averaged
from twenty to thirty tons. The beets
were of poor quality, containing glue
and waste, but little sugar.
The. GAINESVILLE Sugar comany con-
tracts to do all the work of wedding
and caring for the beets for $40 an
acre and will sell the seed for fifteen
cents a pound. 1t takes about twelve
pounds of seed to plant an acre. The
company usually operates until the
month of February, but this year they
were forced to close on January Sth.
The officers of the company desire to
have matters made clear to the far
mers of Kenosha county because they
intend to contract for beets on larger
scale this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Walworth County Fair Board of Direc-
tors to Include Other Counties.

Hereafter the counties of Racine
kenosha and Waukesha will be repre-
Isented on the executive committee of
the Walworth County Agricultural So
clety, provision for which was made at
the annual meeting held Saturday at
Elkhorn. Each Of the three neighborine
counties will be allowed one member
who will in the future be selected at the
same time and place as the members
representing the various districts of
Walworth county.
This action was taken In recognition
OF the support given the fair by these
counties, none Of which have fair of
their own, and as being more indica-
tive of the scope of Walworth s great
show.
The name of the society remains the
same the only change being that fol
lowing the name of the society in the
preamble Of the constitution, the
words comprising the counties of
Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha and Wal
WORTH is added.
The following officers were elected:
President-Chas. FL. Wiswell, Sugar
Creek.
Vice President-John G .Voss, Sugar
Creek.
secretary-Francis NJ. Porter, Elk
horn.
Treasurer-James E. Brett, Lyons
supt. of Privileges-William E. Ma
gill, Elkhorn.
Chief Of Police-John A. Flack, De
lavan.
Marshal--Hal E. Wylie, Elkhorn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
MEET NEW TROUBLE.
Property Owners on Elizabeth Street
Refuse to Pay Added Assessment.

The city has new fight on its hands
as an effort has been made to collect
the added assessments for the pave
ment on Elizabeth street and a maiori-
ty of the property owners have sig
nified a willingness to contest any fur
Their assessment of their property for
the pavement in court. The error came
through the assessment against the
Kenosha Electric Railway company be-
ing greater than could be made under
the franchise ordinance of the com
pany The city is now forced to collect
from the property owners between
Crate street and the limits for the adj
ded three feet of pavement. The total
amount of the contested assessment is
$500 and of this the city must pay
about $50. The matter of collecting
the various amounts was left in the
hands of the city engineer by the coan-
ell and Engineer Baltzer has a big
problem on his hands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
ESCAPED FROM REFORM SCHOOL.
Harry Carr of Kenosha One of Gang
Who Eloped From State Institution.

The police of the city this morning
received a message from the state re-
form school for boys at Waukesha
asking that they make an effort to
locate five boys who managed to es
cape from the institution on Sunday
One Of the boys was Harry Carr from
Kenosha and he had as his COM
panions Wesley Briggs of Soldier S
Grove, Earl Wheelock OF Milwaukee,
Theo. Malliek of Stevens Point, and
Carl Menier of Milwaukee. Tie five
boys managed to get away while the
guards were eating dinner. 1t is
thought possible that Carr, whe was
something of leader among the boys,
may have steered them toward Keno
sha. No trace of Carr has been found
by the police.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Those little tags reading, "Blank ct
Your Horse, the Wisconsin Law De-
mands it, now being distributed
broadcast over the city by the agents
of the Humane Society and the police
officers, mean exactly what they say
and if the warning given by the tags
is not sufficient other measures will be
taken to see that the law is obeyed i'll
Kenosha. The police officers are fully
in sympathy with this work Of the So
ciety and the drivers who neglect
their animals will be given an oppor-
tunity to make their excuses in the
municipal court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
WAS WARNED OF HIS DANGER
Man Is Supposed to Have Started to
Visit Friends o. North Side and Was
Perfectly Sober When Hit and In
stantly Killed by southbound Train.

Andrew Navarendosl1i, aged %
years, Lithuanian and well known
among the people Of that nationality
IN Kenosha, met instant death just
after ten O'Clock Saturday night when
ne was struck by a south bound train
on the tracks of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company few
feet porth Of the Middle street cross.
ing. He was picked up on the tracks
hundred feet from where the engine
had struck him and he was badly
mangled, his neck was broken in three
places and both shoulders broken. The
man was dead when he was picked W
by the fireman and the brakeman in
charge of the train.
NavarendosM was walking along
the tracks when he was struck by the
train and he was not seen by the men
in charge of the engine until it was
too late to reverse the levers and save
his life. The dead man had lived at
boarding house at the corner of
Middle street and Fremont avenue
and he is supposed to have been walk
ing to the home of friends on the
north side at the time the accident
occurred. He had not been drinking
and few minutes beforeSthe accident
he had been warned by q brakeman
employed by the company to look out
for the south bound passenger train.
The train is due to arrive IN Kenosha
at 9:56 but was late and two freight
trains had been held up on the tracks
here to allow the passing of the fast
train.
Paul Innis of Milwaukee, a brake
man on one of the trains was walk
ing along the track and he saw
Navarendoski walking along the
track. He shouted to the man and
told him to be careful that the fast
train was expected at any minute and
the dead man called back to him that
he would look out for the train.
1t appears from the injury of
Navarendoski that he had been walk
ing north on the tracks and had start
ed to retrace his steps at the time
he was struck by the train. AS soon
as the man had been struck the train
was stopped and the mangled form Of
the man was carried from the tracks
to a near by saloon and it was seen
that he had been instantly killed. An
ambulance was called, but later the re-
mains were turned over to the under.
tal1er and removed to the Mischief
and Stanton morgue where an inquest
will be held late this afternoon.
NaYarendoski was we'll known
among the Lithuanians of The city and
had resided in Kenosha for number
of years. His friends declare that
they can not account for his walking
along the tracks at that time of the
night in any way, but that ne might
have been going to the home of friends
some where on the north side of the
city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
IDENTITY COMPLETE MYSTERY
Old Man Found Dead in Power House
of Kenosha Gas and Electric Com
pany Had Given Name OF 81. M.
Muldoon' to Conceal Real Identity.

Exhausted after wandering around
in ten days Of below zero weather ar
old man seventy years of age and
thought TO have been a soldier in the
civil war went into the power house
OF the Kenosha Gas and Electric Com
pany at the foot of Main street late
Saturday night and begged that lie be
given a place to sleep for the night
In the morning they found him dead
The old man, who is probably home
less and alone in the world, had slept
the former night at the city lookup
and he was SO badly crippled that he
was forced to get about on crutches
There was no charge put against him
by the police and he was turned out
early Saturday morning to continue
his Wanderings. There was a touch of
pride left in the battered old frame
and when he was called up by the
police he declined to give his name or
the residence of his relatives and was
booked under the name Of "sJ. Null
doom Under the same name the
remains are being held at the
Mischief and Stanton morgue wait
ing the coming of some one to iden-
tify him.
The old man had been about Keno
sha for several days and he asserted
to the police that he was on his way
to Ft. Sheridan where he expected TO
find some pension vouchers awaiting
him. He declared that he had form
erly been in the soldier home at
Milwaukee, but he expressed no de-
sire to return to the home and told
the police that all he wanted was to
be allowed to go his way in peace.
Just before midnight Saturday
night the old man hobbled into the
power station and asked the engineer
in charge, E. R. Walton, to be allowed
to find a warm place to sleep for the
night. The engineer looked the old
man over and while it was against
the rules to allow men to sleep about
the plant the old man seemed SO weak
and discouraged that Walton made no
objection to his curling up ON the
floor just after two O'Clock the old
man became i'll and Walton gave him
some water. He drank three glasses
of water and seemed to be greatly
refreshed and dropped off to sleep.
Just after eight O clock in the morn
ing the men at the power station went
to awaken him and found that he had
been dead for hours. 1t is thought
that death resulted from some form of
heart disease.
The old man is not known to vet
Grams of the civil war in Kenosha, but
the remains will be held pending an
investigation and if possible the old
soldier will be saved from burial in
a pauper's grave. The condition OF
his clothing was such that he must
have suffered terribly from the cold
during the past ten days. There was
not a scrap on his person that would
give any indication Of his identity,
but officials Of the soldiers home have
been notified and the officials are
hopeful that they will be able to
solve the mystery Of his identity and
provide for proper burial of the
remains.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
JACK VANS MUSICAL STOCK CO.

Jack Van s Musical Stock company
of clever principal comedians and
classy singing and dancing chorus will
open for four nights engagement at
the Rhode next Thursday night in a
repertoire Of late musical comedy sue
cesses, opening with "The Bell Boy. =
The prices are Zoe, zoe, 3Oc and SOC
for the nights and Sunday matinee
Saturday matinee Zoe and Zoe. Ladies
free Thursday night under usual con-
ditions Seats on sale Tuesday at box
office from 10 a. m. to Top. m.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

The womans suffrage question will be
debated by the Racine and Kenosha
high schools. The local school will SIP
port the affirmative SHE Of the quos-
ton. The Kenosha high school will be
represented by Walter Haglnan viii
Tronvig, Alex Olschefsky. This gues-
ton is one Of national interest and it
will be well debated, for both teams
have worked on the question for the
past two montha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
OUTDOOR LIFE IS STUDIED
Men Who Have Gained Note in Nation
TO Be Included Among List of Speak
ers at Two Day Session--Kenosha Elk
pected to Send Large Delegation.

The program has been issued for the
second annual rural life conference to
be held at Madison under the aus
pieces of the University of Wisconsin
in February, the dates being tie LIST
and End of the month. The last con-
ference was attended by many Keno
sha county people. The conference is
not one especially for farmers, but for
all people interested in the develop
ment of rural life and rural activities.
This year some national figures have
been secured as speakers at the con-
ference and it is certain to be one of
the most interesting gatherings Of the
kind held in the country this year
The program for the two days session
follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

J. G. Ripplemeyer, one of the eastern
representatives of the n. r. Allen s
Sons company, and widely known to
many Kenosha people, died at a hos
pital in Baltimore on Saturday evening.
Death resulted from an attack OF ner..
vous prostration. Mr.. Ripplemeyer made
his last visit to Kenosha just before
the holidays and he hurried home to
enter the hospital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
RUSTY NAIL MAY CAUSE DEATH.
William Roberts of Paris Taken to
Chicago Hospital for Treatment.

william hoperCS OF Ear1S Iaken 60
Chicago Hospital for Treatment.
William Roberts, son of Conner Rob
erts, a we'll known farmer of Paris,
Kenosha county was taken to Chi
cago hospital yesterday, there to be
treated for blood poisoning, and there
is grave danger of his left hand being
amputated. Some weeks ago while at
work in one of the farm buildings the
young man bruised his left hand on a
rusty nail. Little attention was paid
to the injury until the hand began to
swell and physician who was consult
ed treated the hand, but there was no
relief. Blood poisoning having set in,
ii was decided to take Mr.. Roberts to a
Chicago hospital, there to be treated
by physicians and specialists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

DEATH OF MRS. WALTER SMITH
Well Young Young Matron of the
North Side Died This Morning.


Mrs. Mamie Balm Smith, aged SO
years, wife of Walter Smith and a
well known young matron of the north
side of the city, died at the family
residence ON Oak street this morning
after long illness from lung trouble.
Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Balm and was born
and raised in Kenosha. Four years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Smith went to Bill
ings, Mont, to make their home and
Mrs. Smith returned about three
months ago. Mr.. Smith is now on his
way from Billings to Kenosha7 having
been called here on account of the
serious illness of his wife.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

The opening of the enlarged Guild
hall, which was postponed from Friday
last, will be held on Friday evening
Of this week, Bishop Webb officiating.
A short office of benedietion will be
followed by parish reception to which
all the members and friends of the
congregation are heartily invited.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

A few government tested thermome-
tiers in different sections of the city
would do away with any number of
arguments over temperatures during
the next cold SPELL The variations
reported have been something remark
able and each man swears by his own
instrument.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Gold crosses were awarded to nine
teen members of st. Matthew IS Sunday
school yesterday for having attained
"a perfect attendance at Sunday school
during the year 1911. Their names are
Gladys Vollmer, Clyde Ellis, Margaret
Middleton, Edith Crawford, Charlotte
Rudd, Gertrude Dicks, Gertrude Con-
don, Durham Martin, Eleanor Schulien,
Fred Ingley, Albert Morehouse, Earl
Randall, Grace Rudd, Elsie Anderson,
Beatrice Lowe, Lillian Lowe, Gladys
Rock, Edwin johnson, Ingeborg Rudd.
Leo Nash Of Madison spent Sunday
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

The record Of the Kimball Piano is
distinctive-two hundred and fifty
thousand. Kimball pianos in the homes
of the most critical and intelligent peo-
pie on the American continent. tW3S
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Kenosha had its first game of roller
polo in several years on last Saturday
night when the Racine and Kenosha
teams met at the Coliseum The Ra-
cine team won by a score of 5 to l.
A return game viii be played at Ra-
cine on next Friday evening.