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The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Arthur Trains &C Q. or In the Wire
less House." will be The Century Com
pany's next issue. This up-to-the-minute
novel will have eight clever full-pags
illustrations by Crosby
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
CAME FAR TO WED.
Miss Kata Mehkek Comes From Aus
tria to Join Sweetheart Here.

There was an interesting little we'd
ding at the office of Judge Randall in
the municipal court on Thursday after
noon when the Judge officiated at the
marriage of Gugo Pavolie and Miss
Kata Mehkek. The bride had come
more than 5000 miles for the wedding
and she reached Kenosha on Thursday
morning. Three years ago Pavolic and
Miss Mehkek were sweethearts in Aus
TRAN and the man to America and
found his way to Kenosha. The two
kept up correspondence and month
ago Pavolic wrote his sweetheart that
he would return to Austria for the
wedding but declaring that he prefer
red to make his home in this country.
The bride took the tip and took the
first steamer to America. The couple
will make their home on JENNIE street
and the Austrians of the city had
big celebration of the wedding on
Thursday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
MISSING TWO DAYS.
George Vojtishest Who Was Found
Dead, Had Been Despondent,

George Vojtishest, whose body was
found along the line of the Chicago
and Milwaukee road south of Kenosba
on Thursday will be buried as a sui
eide. Coroner ]. H. Stanton decided
today that the circumstances surround
ing the case were so apparent that it
was unnecessary to hold an inquest.
The man had boarded at house in
Racine for the past two years and he
left the boarding house last Tuesday.
At the time he appeared to be despon-
dent on account of the fact that he
had been Ill and out of work. Physi-
clans called on Thursday afternoon
made an examination Of the contents
OF the bottles found near the BODY of
Vojtishest and they declared that thew
contained chloroform. Police IN Ra-
cine made an investigation into the
case and they declare that the man has
no relatives in Racine, or SO far 90
they can learn, in the county. The
remains will be hurled here ON Satur-
day and the cost of the burial will be
paid by Racine county,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
PUTS BLAME ON KENosHA.
Winthrop Harbor Man Charges Wife
With Frequenting Resorts Here.

Charging his wife with having fire.
quented disorderly houses in Kenosha
Lee Hagopian, a well known resident
of Winthrop Harbor, has brought suit
in the circuit court of Lake county, for
a divorce.
Bert Atkinson, a well known resi-
dent Of the village, is named as a party
in the divorce bill that WIS fled to-
day.
When the news Of the salt reached
Winthrop Harbor Wednesday after
noon excitement reigned supreme. Al
though the residents of the village I'M
derstood that Hagopian and his wife
had separated, they did not know that
Bert Atchison had been named as
party in the bill.
Atkinson has made Winthrop Har-
Dor his home for many years, and is
one of the best known men in the vii
Iage.
Mrs. Hagopian, it is understood, is
making her home in Kenosha.
In the bill Hagopian did not name
the house of ill-fame which he alleges
his wife frequented. Hagopian and
his wife are both well known in Keno
sha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
Judge Geiger in Milwaukee
Orders Sale of C.. and
M. Electric.
SEE END OF LONG LITIGATION

The four years litigation in the
United States court over the Chicago
& Milwaukee Electric Railway seems
to be about over as in the United
States court. for the eastern district of
Wisconsin on Thursday afternoon
Judge Ferdinand Gieger handed down
an order directing the sale Of the Wis
consin properties of the company. The
order also demands the foreclosure of
a mortgage of ten million dollars held
by Chicago fnanciers.
The decree does not set date for
the sale Of the properties, but this is
left with c. B. Morrison of Chicago,
who is named as special master in
chancery to have charge of the closing
up Of the long pending deals to settle
the troubles of the road The sale of
the Wisconsin properties of the COM
lpany, however, is to be held in Racine
and it is expected that it will be held
within the next sixty days.
| It is asserted that the order Of the
court will result in the complete re-
Organization of the company which has
been under way for many months but
which has been held back under the
failure Of the bond holders Of the Wis
consin division to agree on some plan
for a sale. The order of the court still
leaves a chance for trouble in that no
date is set, but it is expected that if
an agreement between the bond hold
ers can not be secured, that the master
in charge of the sale will act arbitrar-
/ lily.
Judge Lands in Chicago many
months ago issued similar order for
sale of the properties Of the COM
pany in Illinois but this had been held
up pending the decision as to the dis
position of the Wisconsin portion of
the road.
"The mortgage embraces the en-
tire system and in effect the order Of
the court now covers everything owned
by the company said Receiver
Johnson Of Chicago. StThe order to
foreclose the mortgage in Illinois was
signed by Judge Lands months ago.
So far as entering the order, it is more
of formality than anything else, as
all parties are agreed on the PROPOSE
ton. The same receivers have acted
for both companies and what affected
ore affected the other
| It is said that there are several ac-
| tive contenders for the lines and that
there will be spirited bidding when the
line is placed on the market. While
officials of the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light company have re
lpeatedly declared that they are not in
terested in the sale it is said that
agents of the company will be present
at the sale and that they will probably
be aEong the most active bidders.
!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

The suggestion made by Chief OF
Police O Hare Of Kenosha in paper
read before the convention of police
chiefs Of the state at Milwaukee the
other day that the state establish
q central bureau to have charge Of all
cases where it is necessary to take out
extradition papers for criminals want
ed in Wisconsin and to have general
supervision Of the pursuit of any GRIM
inal which extends through cities out
side the jurisdiction Of the authorities
of the district in which the crime was
committed or to other state was re-
ceived with considerable favor and
an effort is to be made to embody the
suggestions of Chief 0 Hare in 9 bill
to be presented at the next session of
the legislature. There was hardly a
chief who heard the paper read but
had had painful experience of the in
difference of the authorities of dis
tant cities to the demands for the ar
rest of criminals and of the annoy
ances and delays often experienced by
officers Of smaller cities and towns
seeking extradition papers for some
criminal with powerful friends and it
was the consensus of opinion that de-
mands backed by a state bureau with
the power of the state behind it would
b. much more effective than any that
could 10 made by the chiefs of the diff
forent cities as indicated. The
views of the chief as % the as
sistance that could be given by the
state in police work made decided
impression on the experts in that line
present at the convention however
they may be received by the legisla-
ture when the bill embodying them is
presented at Madison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
TALK OF new HIGH SCHOOL
Members OF the Board Of Education
Anticipate the Building of a Big
Central High School Building With
i'll the Next Five Years.

The public schools of the city
Of Kenosha will reopen for the fall
and winter term three weeks from
next Tuesday, September 3rd, and
already the small boy and his large sis
ter are lamenting the shortness of the
summer vacation. It is the shortest
vacation for Kenosha boys and girls
in years, but the school board has di-
rected that the schools be opened on
that day and the boys and girls will
have to stand for it.
Anticipating the opening Of the
schools the buildings and grounds com
mittee of the board is decidedly busy
and every building will be put in first
class condition for the reception of the
students. The largest piece of repair
work is at the Columbus school where
the board has been forced to tear down
a large portion of the cornice The
opening Of the schools will undoubted.
ly bring the largest attendance in the
history Of the schools. There is no
new building to be opened this year,
but the Frank building will be filed
to it's capacity and the members of the
board state that it will be necessary
to secure at least two rooms at the Ger
mar Lutheran school in order to take
carr of the large number Of children.
The board is considering a plan for
building an addition to the Balm school
and it is possible that work on such
an addition will be started before the
end of the present year. The plan is
to add four and possibly six room to
this school. With six added rooms at
the Balm the conditions would be vast
ly improved and it is declared that it
would be much cheaper to build such
an addition than to build a new six
room building
The members of the board are now
looking forward few years to the re-
building of the High school building
and it is certain that within few
years large expenditure will have
to be made to provide for a central
High school. This school will have
many features. The Industrial educa-
tion demanded by the state must be
taken care of and the members of the
board in their informal discussion of
the problems Of the High school have
laid plans for the erection Of build
ing which will be entirely in keeping
with the demands of the city for years
to come. It is thought that such a
building will cost in the neighborhood
of 100000, this price including the
equipment Of it. It has been suggested
to the board that the present High
school building which has a total of
more than twenty rooms, be converted
into a grade building and that new
site can be secured for a central High
school building. The objection to this
plan is that the building is not in the
right location for a grade building and
that the cost of a site such as would
be needed for central High school
building would be almost as great as
the cost of new grade building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
WOULD AID WORKERS
State Employment Bureau
to Seek to Supply Men to
Companies in Need.
FEW idle men IN WISCONSIN

A widely advertised demand for la
Dor by the industrial interests in vari.
Gus parts of the state has been noticed
for some time, and today caused W. M.
Leiserson, who supervises the state
free employment offices, to issue a
statement telling employers how and
where to get plenty of help.
"tThe shortage Of common laborers
is a serious problem in many sections
of the state,' he said. "The Wiscon-
sin free employment Offices were de-
signed by the industrial commission to
meet just such situations as well as to
help the idle workmen to find employ
ment quickly. The offices are helping
out many employers not only in the
cities where they are located but also
in distant parts of the state. Employ
ers are advised to take advantage of
these facilities to send representa-
tive to the offices who can personally
pick out his men.
cit is not possible to supply all the
demand for common laborers, but en-
ployers can secure good many by
getting in touch with the free employ
ment offices, especially with the office
in Milwaukee, where several hundred
laborers may be found every day. Rail
road and construction companies and
several machine shops and foundries
now send agents down to the Milwau
kee Office almost every day and they
are to pick up crews of from twenty to
thirty men. Advertisements, news
items and communications are now
appearing in the press almost daily
telling of the shortage}of labor in vari-
GUS sections of Wisconsin, and still the
laborers do not come. The demand
will be at least partly met by appli-
cation to the free employment offices.
"During the last week several lum
Der companies and construction COM
panies have appealed to the Milwau-
kee office to help them to get 1aborers.
They were told that if they sent some
one to Milwaukee and were willing
to advance the railroad fare they could
probably pick out some crews. The
companies took advantage of this op-
portunity and laborers have been Sc
cured in this way for work in Mellen,
Kimberly, Laona, Manitowoc and other
places. Milwaukee is naturally the
largest labor center in the state. The
free employment Office there has a
large waiting room and employers who
send agents to the Office can almost al
ways pick up some men from the
crowd
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
MUST Be USED IN the COUNTY
City Pays 900 of Auto Fees but City
Roads May Not be Maintained by
Money Returned by the State-6oo
Vehicles Licensed in This County.

County Treasurer c. P. Walhg this
morning received from State Treasurer
Dahl a check for $1,453.33 being the
amount returned to Kenosha county
from the fund collected by the state
under the new law providing for the
licensing of motor driven vehicles.
This is the three fourths of the amount
paid in from Kenosha county remain
Ing after the expense of collecting the
fees was paid Under the law the re-
naming one-fourth goes to the treasur-
er of the state highway commission to
be used in extending state highways
The report of the number OF automo-
biles licensed in this county has not
been sent out as provided by the law,
but it is estimated that full 500 motor
driven automobiles have paid the fees
to the state. In addition to this there
have been at least 100 MOTORCYCLES
licensed in the county. 1t is figured
that the cost of the enforcement of
the law is about one-fourth of the to-
tai amount received. The automobiles
under the new law must pay an annual
tax of five dollars and the tax for the
motorcycles is two dollars. All taxes
arc payable on the first day of Jan
uary but the report on the funds is
not sent out until after the end of
the fiscal year Of the state on July 1st.
This is the first time that Kenosha
county has shared in the division of
monies collected as fees for automo-
biles and other motor driven vehicles.
AS is customary with laws devised by
the state legislature the cities and in
corporated villages are not taken into
consideration in the division of this
money and under the law the money
is placed in special fund for the re-
pair and maintenance of highways in
tie county. 1t is however expressly
stated that no part of the money may
be expended in any city or incorporat-
ed village. In Kenosha county more
than ninety per cent of the automo-
biles taxed are owned in the city of
Kenosha and yet not one cent of the
money received from these fees will
be spent within the limits of the city.
1t is claimed that the payment of this
money will in measure reduce the
highway taxes to be paid by the cit
les but that the cities are not to get
any direct good from the return of
the funds.
The county board at its coming SEES
sion must make provision to raise
fund for the repair of such county
highways as have been built this year
with state aid and in the future it
will be necessary for the county to
maintain these highways. This fact
may lead the people in the rural towns
to see to it that the roads are built
with great care in order to prevent
there being great expense to the
county for repairs in the future. When
this idea gets firmly rooted in the
minds of the people it is thought that
they will demand that all roads built
by the county be of the most perma-
nent possible nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

An examination Of the report of the
chairman of the pauper committee of
the council shows that the city is bet
ter off just at present in the matter of
having fewer dependents to care for
than it has beer in some time. A con-
scientious effort to purge the pauper
lists of the city of names Of persons
who have no real claim on the city for
support has resulted in cutting down
the expenses of this department very
q materially, but it is believed that a
further examination of the antecedents
and records of some of the people on
the pauper roll will result in further
reductions. Not so long ago it was
not very difficult matter to get aid
of one kind or another from the city
and there is some ground for the
suspicion that political debts were oc-
casionally settled with the help of this
department Of the city but there has
been noticeable falling off in the
number of applications for assistance
since it has become known that all ap-
plicants would be rigidly investigated
before they were permitted to GET on
the rolls. The work of the Associated
Charities along this line is making It
certain that the relief furnished not
only by the city, but by societies and
Individuals is reaching those who are
entitled to it and who really need it.
The report shows one thing very plain
ly and that is that the greatest cause
OF the increase in the pauper lists of
the city is caused by the crime of wife
desertion and the city might save some
money IN the long run, looking at the
matter from purely business stand
point, by running down and prosecut-
Ing the deserters to the extent Of the
law. A few terms in the penitentiary
Tor wife desertion would improve con.
ditions in this city. There have been
instances also when paupers being sun
ported by the city, had relatives, in
some cases sons and daughters, amply
able to care for them, and law that
will compel these unnatural relatives
20 provide support for their aged and
lLntirm kin is needed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Weather Conditions Which Prevailed
i'll 1888 Being Reported This Year.

A great many people will be inter
ested in the fact that the year 1912 is
virtually a repeat of 1888. This is
demonstrated emphatical1y in the
monthly meteorological summary is
sued by the weather bureau at Chi
cage. The weather chart published in
this circular for the past forty-two
years gives the mean temperature for
July, 1888, as Is degrees Fahrenheit.
The chart for July, 1912, gives exactly
the same. The precipitation for July
1885, is 1893 inches, and for July, 1912,
is 1856 inches.
A great many have thought that July
this year was what might be called a
wet month. Looking back, however, it
is found July, 1899, had 6.66 inches of
RAM; while going back still farther in
1889, $50 inchest of rain fell The
dryest July in the last forty-one years
was in 1874, with precipitation of SO
inch. July as a whole, seemed to be a
pretty cold month, but in 1891 we find
mean temperature Of 81 degrees,
which is 6 degrees colder on the ave-
rage for the same month than this
year.
In other words, the seasons are not
changing, as a great many believe, but
during various periods they repeat
themselves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
HIT D1soRDERLY DANCES.
Police Chiefs of the State Go On Rec
ord For Reforms Along These Lines

The deaf knell of the unregulated
dance halls in Wisconsin was sounded
in the convention of the Wisconsin As
ISOLATION of Chiefs of Police in Mil
waukee, when the convention went on
record, as follows:
Resolved, That the chiefs of police
of Wisconsin, in convention ass uied
favor strict regulation of all public
dance halls to the end that the evil and
demoralizing influence resulting there
f1om may be minimized if not entirely
suppressed.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President-August Scheick, Sheboy-
gan.
Vice President = Thomas Malone,
Wausau.
Secretary-Treasu Donald Mckay
Waukesha
Neenah was chosen as the next meet.
ing place,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
THURSDAY, AUGUST Is, 1912.

A few doses Of the medicine that
Sheriff Stahl is administering to train
crews who block crossings in the coun-
ty might cure this old nuisance in the
city. The size Of the fine assessed is
the first case Of this kind brought into
the court in some time, should be
enough to convince the railroad off
Gals that the complaints Of blocked
crossings in the county have been nu-
merous and vigorous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Optimistic reports of the great re-
turns to be derived from the income
tax and the low cost Of collecting it,
said to emanate from the state tax
commission are being sent out from
Madison, but the people of the state
will wait for the actual figures before
modifying their views of this measure
to any great extent. The income tax
is the most unpopular law ever put on
tie statute books of the state and the
only redeeming feature Of the law is
the promise of it's sponsors that it will
bring in large revenues. If it fails
there, it will be all to the bad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15


the method that must be followed by
supporters of former President Roose-
welt should they seek TO put ticket
in the field in the state and county.
This is fully covered in statute en-
acted by the legislature at its last SEES
sion The section is No. GLIB and it
provides especially for the nomination
of independent candidates. Under the
statute the petitions for such candi-
dates must be filed fifteen days prior
to the election as that the independent
candidates will have plenty of time
to think the matter over. The peril
nent paragraph of the new law fol-
lows:
l. Independent or non-partisan
nominations may be made for any
Office to be voted for at any general,
special, or city election,
2. Such nominations shall be made
by nomination papers, containing the
name Of the candidate, the office for
which he is nominated, his business or
vocation, residence, post-office address,
and except as otherwise provided by
law the party or principle he repre-
sents, if any, expressed in not more
than five words.
3. To each separate nomination
paper shall be appended the affidavit
of a qualified elector to the effect that
h. is personally acquainted with all
the persons who have signed the fore
going nomination paper, that they are
electors, and that their residence, post
office address and date of signing are
truly stated therein. But such affidavit
shall not be made by the candidate
named therein.
4. Such nomination papers shall be
signed, if for a candidate to be voted
for throughout the state, by at least
one thousand voters thereof; if for a
candidate to be voted throughout a
county, district, or other division less
than the state, or within q city or
ward, by at least three per centum of
the whole number of votes cast at the
last preceding general election, but in
no case by less than fifteen votes.
5. Each voter shall sign for but one
candidate for the same Office, and shall
add his residence, post-offce address
and the date of signing.
6. Such nomination papers shall be
| filed as follows: For candidates to be
voted for throughout the state or any
division or district embracing more
than one county, in the Office Of the
secretary of state, not more than forty
nor less than fifteen days before the
election for which the nominations are
made; for candidates to be voted for
wholly within one county, in the office
of county clerk, not more than forty
nor less than fifteen days before such
election; for candidates to be voted
for wholly within one city, in the office
of the city clerk, not more than fifteen
nor less than four days before such
election.
z. All such nomination papers shall
be destroyed by the officer with whom
they are filed, on the first day Of Jan
uary next succeeding the election.
except such papers as may be material
to any investigation or litigation then
pending, which shall be preserved until
the final determination Of such inyesti-
cation or litigation. All nomination
papers heretofore filed and in the Gus
tody of any such officer shall be de-
stroyed forthwith.