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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
C. 6 M. THRICE A DEFENDANT
Husband of Mrs. Mary Turik Demands
Damages to the Amount OF $4,000
and Her Companions Each Ask
$4,000 for Injuries.

Railroad corporations doing bust
ness in kenosha were hard hit today
by the fling of three suits in the cir
cult court in which the aggregate of
the damages is $4,000. Of this
amount $4,000 is demanded from the
Milwaukee Electric Railway Com
pany for personal injuries to people in
an accident at the Prairie avenue
crossing on July 14th. In this acci-
dent Mrs. Mary Yurik, who resided in
the town of Paris, was so seriously in
jured that she died a few minutes af-
ter the accident at the Kenosha hospi-
tai. In a suit brought against the
company, Bert Yurik, the husband of
the woman, declares that her death
was due to the negligence of the COM
pany and it's employees and he de-
mands damages to the amount of $10,-
900 the full amount allowed under the
Wisconsin law. In the complaint it is
alleged that the company had failed
to provide a proper protection for the
crossing and that it was menace to
the lives of people who used Prairie
avenue as roadway.
The second suit is brought against
the company by Mrs. Josephine
Mocha, sister of Mrs. Yurik. She
was in the buggy at the time of the
accident and in her complaint she al
leges that she was permanently in
jured. She asks for $4,000 Alexander
Milkulick, the other occupant of the
buggy who has been in the hospital
fo~ many weeks following the acct
dent, also demands $4,000 for his in
juIies. In the complaint it is alleged
that for a long time the company had
known that this crossing was danger
Gus to people using Prairie avenue and
that demands had been made on the
company for improved conditions. The
city council since the killing of Mrs.
Kurik has taken the matter Of better
protection of the crossing up with the
company and has made formal de-
mand upon the receivers of the COM
pany that either gates be put in or a
Waterman be employed to watch the
crossing both day and night.
The Northwestern Company gets off
easy in the demand for damages for
personal injuries and John johnson is
the plaintiff in the action brought
against this company. He asks dam
ages to the amount Of $4,000 on &C.
count of injuries received at the Main
street crossing when he was struck by
the gates. Johnston is employed as e
teamster at the Allen tannery and it
IS said that he was laid up for many
weeks on account of his injuries.
All Of the cases viii be tried at the
September term of the court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
SEEKS MISSING MAN.
Julius Busnek Sought by Police on
Complaint of Mrs. Anna Youchi.


Mrs. Anna Youchi made complaint to
the police this morning asking that
they make an effort to find some trace
of Julius Busnek who has been living
with the woman and who disappeared
on last Saturday night. The woman is
in delicate condition and is in need
of hospital treatment. It is said that
she is sufferer from consumption and
she was SO weak today that it was a
hard matter for her to make her way
to the police station. The woman al
legged that when Busnek left he took
all of her ready money with him. The
couple admit that they have been liv-
ing together for some time and Busnek
had admitted in court that he would
take care of the woman even though
they were not man and wife. Busnek
has considerable property in the city
and his relations with the woman have
been the subject of a court investiga-
ton on previous occasion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
KNIGHTS IN CAMP

Go. B, c. X. Of Wisconsin under
command Of Captain Alois seiger,
held a military camp Saturday and
Sunday at their camp grounds on the
Gehring farm.
Sunday the Boys entertained delega.
tions from Co. A and B, Racine,
knights Of st. Michael and st. Bene,
dict Of Milwaukee, One of the fea,
lures of the program was the victory
OF the Racine boys, they defeating
picked teams from Milwaukee and Ra,
cine at indoor-outdoor base ball. The
visitors and officers returned to their
homes high in their praise of the local
company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
WOULD AMEND MARRIAGE LAW
Legislators Expected to Ask Physical
Examination of Brides and Grooms

A bill for the physical examination
of brides and grooms before marriage
offered in the 1911 legislature of Wis
consin by Senator George E. Hoyt, a
physician, and never reported out of
committee, will be re-introduced in the
1913 session. The measure was foster
ed by the state board of health. which
will assume like responsibility next
winter. Less than year after the bill
had been smothered, Dean Walter t.
Sumner of Chicago gained widespread
attention by announcing his determine
ton not to marry couples in the
future who do not come provided with
health certificates given after examina-
ton by competent physicians. Forti-
fed with this example the state board
of health will press the new bill for
passage. The last legislature having
passed a large number of health bills,
it is predicted that this class of legis-
lation will not be so voluminous in the
coming session. The state board of
health will bring vigorous support, how
ever, to measures looking to prevention
Of pollution of water supplies. This
program will emphasize the necessity
of drawing water supplies from bodies
Of water into which sewage does not
flow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
DETAILS OF ACCIDENT MISSING
Officials Unable to Find Any One Who
Knew of the Manner in Which the
Man Met His Death angled Body
Indicates Trains Passed Over Him

Alex Bankowski, aged 40 years and
well known to many of \the Lithu-
anians of the city met death under the
wheels of a Northwestern train near
the Lemon street crossing of the rail
way Saturday night or early Sunday
morning. The details of the accident
are shrouded in mystery and it seems
probable that the facts in regard to
the killing of the man will never be
known. The body of Bankowskf was
found at an early hour Sunday morn
ing by Mrs. Mary Kalinowski, who
lives on Northwest Main street, a
short distance from where the body
was found. The condition of the body
indicated that the man had been dead
for many hours and it is thought by
the coroner and the members of the
police department that he was killed
by the north bound train which left
Kenosha just before midnight Satur-
day night. The. body was terribly
mangled. Both legs and both arms
were broken, the skull fractured and
almost the entire body bruised. The
body was so badly mangled that it is
thought possible that more than one
train passed over it.
Bankowsli was employed at the
Allen tanneIy and he had been at
work on Saturday, but no one could
be found that had seen the man late
Saturday night. Early in the eveu-
ing he had been seen with one of his
friends but the police have not as yet
been able to find this man. Bankow-
ski is supposed to have been walking
along the track at the time he was
struck. No train crew made any re-
port of having hit-any one and the
police Investigated the case pretty
vigorously Sunday morning, thinking
it might have been possible that the
man mad met with foul play. An ex-
animation of the body, however,
showed pretty clearly that the man
had been struck and dragged by
train. There is little doubt but that
he was instantly killed.
The remains were taken to the
coroner's morgue early Sunday morn
ing and Coroner Stanton is planning
to hold an inquest over the remains
this afternoon or tonight. In the
meantime efforts are being made to
secure some information from crews in
charge of the various trains that pass
ed the spot where the accident &C.
CURED. 1t has been declared that the
railway men can throw no light on
the accident.
Bankowski had been resident of
Kenosha for some time and was
known as steady worker He was.
not drinking man and for this rea-
son his friends cannot account for his
meeting death in this manner. His
family reside at 161 Fremont avenue
and, he has a brother residing on the
same street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS.

No modern writer of fiction can
claim as many readers as Harold Bell
Wright, his books having sold into the
millions. The most popular of the
Wright novels, "The Shepherd of The
Hills,'' has been made into a play by
Mr. Wright, with the assistance of
Fishery W. Reynolds. The first pres
entation Of f'The Shepherd Of the.
Hills" in this city will be given at
the Rhode Opera House on next Sun
day, matinee and night.
The story has been SO widely read
that resume of it is practically un-
necessary. 1t is a story of the Ozark
mountains and of people that live
wholesome, clean lives, who do big
things in matter-of-fact way. It
is play that makes its auditor bet
man or woman for having seen it.
Seats now on sale at box office. Price
75c, soc, 35c. Call up IS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
Mrs. Susan I'll. Burr is Guest
of Honor at Gathering of
Baptist Church Women.
OBSERVES 18TH BIRTHDAY
(From Mondays Daily

"A reception of great interest to
many of the pioneers of the city and
county took place this afternoon when
the ladies of the First Baptist church
entertained in honor of Mrs. Susan FL
Burr, one of the first settlers of the
city who celebrated her eighty eighth
birthday on Sunday. The reception
was held at the home of Mrs. Burr on
Exchange street, and more than one
hundred Of the ladies of the church
and close personal friends of Mrs.
Burr were present. Notwithstanding
the fact that she has reached nearly
ninety years of age Mrs. Burr proved
charming hostess and she entertained
tie ladies in the afternoon with in
teresting stories of the earlier days in
Kenosha.
Mrs. Burr is one of the last links
connecting the new Baptist church in
Kenosha with the pioneer days. The
father of Mrs. Burr was Elder Jason
Lothrop, the first pastor of Baptist
church in Kenosha. Elder Lothrop
came to Kenosha from Oswego, New
York in 1885, bringing his daughter
with him and he was instrumental in
forming the Baptist congregation. He
was pastor of the church during much
of its pioneer history. Mrs. Burr has
always taken the greatest interest in
the church. She is now the Oldest of
the pioneer women of the city. Sew
eral years ago she had fall which re-
suited in the breaking of one of her
arms and she has never fully recover
ed from the injury.
Many of the pioneer women of the
city were present at the reception and
among the out-of-town guests was
Mrs. John w. Merrill of Kansas Citv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
MUNICIPAL COURT BUSY.
Sixteen Arrests for Disturbance Keep
Judge Randall busy This Morning.

Kenosha was a city of brawls on
Saturday and Sunday nights and as
result of disturbances in various parts
Of the city sixteen defendants were
brought before Judge Randall this
morning charged with violating the
city ordinance by fighting on the
street. The "paddy" wagon was kept
on the move into the various foreign
districts on Sunday evening and the
police officers were worn out bringing
peace to the warning clans. Most of
the men arrested were foreigners and
all of them had forgotten their
troubles this morning and were ready
to settle with the court on terms he
suggested. AS usual the defendants
were nearly all cash customers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The old fight of Clarence Crow and
Herman Piehl over the building of a
barn, which was once tried in the cir
cult court, is now up in the municipal
court. In the circuit court PiehI
sought to enjoin Crow from building a
barn on premises adjoining the Piehl
home, but the court refused to grant
the injunction and the barn was built.
Piehl now seeks to force Crow to re-
move the barn and in addition demands
damages to the amount of $4,000. PiehI
declares that the barn is a damage to
his property and that he is unable to
sleep at night on account of the stamp
ing of the horses. The case is to come
up for trial at the next term of the
municipal court and it promises to be
decidedly interesting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
CASEY JONES FRIDAY NIGHT

Which would you rather laugh Or
Rry-there is but one answer-and
shat is laugh. Now, that's just what
Casey Jones" deals in-laughs.
wholesale and retail, but principally
She former, for "Casey" is such a
fnriously funny character that the hui
NOR is simply contagious, the merri-
ment starts with the rise of the cur
tain and continues necessarily until
the finale of the show. The fun,
music and girls blend deliciously and
the eostuming and scenic equipment is
said to he strikingly handsome. The
attraction opens the season at the
Rhode on next Friday night, under
direction of Rowland and Clifford.
Seats now on sale. Prices 75c, soc,
55c. Call Tel. So for reservations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
LAST WEEK TO Be HOT FIGHT
Candidates to Garry Their Campaigns
to the People With Big Roundup at
Paddock's Lake on Labor Day
County Clerk is Kept Busy.

Saturday was the last day for poll
ticians to get out of the running for
the primary election, but there will be
| no changes in the ballot ana every
candidate who had fled petitions will
stick for the BIG show. With the
close of the time for withdrawing
County Clerk Jones today started the
work of preparing for the primary.
Tie election will demand 1880 bal
| lots for the various towns and wards
and in addition there will be large
number of sample ballots printed for
the use of the various candidates. The
ballot is one of the largest ever put
up for a primary election in the coun-
| ty and is made up of the usual four
sheets. The Republican, Democratic
and Social Democrats all have county
tickets, but there is no ticket for the
Prohibition party in the county. The
Social Democratic party has no candi-
date for district attorney and the Re
publican and Democratic tickets are
| shy candidate for county surveyor.
Friends of John G.. Williams who
failed to file his petitions in time to
get on the ballot as Republican
candidate for this office are laying
nj GY1c 70 h.
writing in his name on primary day.
In order to secure the nomination Will
liams must get more than lao friends
to write in has name, but it is thought
that this will be an easy matter. If
Williams does not get on the ticket
the Social Democrats will secure their
first official of the county by default.
The word is being sent abroad among
the Republicans and they are promis-
ing to aid Williams to get on the
ticket.
In the final week of the campaign
all of the candidates are planning to
do personal work and much Of the
time will be spent campaigning
through the rural towns of the county.
The farmers have not as yet been
aroused to any great enthusiasm over
the primary, but the candidates are
hopeful that the last week will get the
voters in line. A lot Of interest is be-
ing taken in the big political pow
WOW to be held at Paddock s Lake on
next Monday and it is certain that
this will be the windup for nearly all
of the campaigns for both state and
county candidates. It is certain that
there will be a great crowd at the
pow-wow and all candidates for coun-
ty offices are planning to be on the
ground and get in their best ticks.
The expense accounts of candidates
which have been fled show that up
to the present the campaign has been
a decidedly inexpensive one and the
total amount spent by all the candi-
dates would not exceed couple of
hundred dollars.
Clerk Jones expects to be able to
deliver all of the ballots and the vari-
Gus blanks for the primaries to the
election officer not later than next
Friday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
TO Be READY OCTOBER 1ST
Three of the North Wards Still to be
Assessed but Much of the Work Has
been Done-C Commission to Use Keno
sha as a Model for Other Cities.

City Clerk George W. Harrington
has notified the State Tax Commission
that it will be impossible for the city
of Kenosha to conform to the state
laws and file it's statement of assess
ment with the commission on the first
of September as required by law. This
is the first time in the history of the
municipality that it has been impos-
sible to comply with the law, but the
state commission has indicated that it
viii be tickled to death to get the
statement of the Kenosha assessment
by the first of October or even the
first of November, The commission is
deeply interested in the work that is
being done in the city, as Kenosha is
one of the few cities in the state in
which an effort has been made TO as
sess property at something like it's
real value. The commission believes
that the assessment made in Kenosha
this year will be model for other
larger cities of the state and it is
certain that the commission will not
legislate against Kenosha on account
of the fact that the assessment has
been brought nearer the proper values
The STAGE tay levy will not be made
on the assessment made by the as
SCISSORS in Kcnosha but on an arbi-
trary assessment made by the state
board and the figures placed by the
state are expected to be pretty close
to the figures of the local assessors
this year. Kenosha will be one of the
few counties in the state whose valua-
tion will not be increased by the COM
mission this year.
At the meeting of the board of re-
view this morning the assessors re-
ported that they have completed the
valuation Of the popety in the first
five wards of the city and work has
been started in the sixth ward The
work OF measuring the various pieces
of real estate and making a personal
investigation of the houses has all
boon completed and nothing remains
but for the assessors to put down the
assessment to be returned.i 1t is
thought that this work can be com
pleted by the middle of September
aud that the books will be turned
over to the city clerk by that time.
Special clerks have been employed
by the council to do the clerical work
in order not to delay the making of
tho annual tax levy. The increase in
the valuation of the real estate of the
county will be in excess Of ten million
dollars, but there have been few COM
plants on the assessments as the
people who have taken the trouble to
look up their assessments are con-
WINGED that their assessment has been
made on the same scale as that of
their neighbors. The assessors have
found many inequalities in the assess
ments and they have sought to adjust
all Of these so as to make them per-
feetly fair.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

From present indications the pro
posed investigation of alleged crook
Nedness in connection with a pine con.
tract by the council is liable to fat
ten out but the men most interested
on both sides will be making mis-.
take if they allow the matter to dron
where it is. The intense interest
taken by the people of the citv in
the announcement that an inyestiga-
ton of one of the city departments
might be made by the council indi-
Gates that they expect some action bv
their representatives in that BODY in
the way Of a thorough investigation
OF alleged crookedness in connection
with several city contracts and the
men whose names have been brought
into the present middle cannot afford
to let the matter drop where it is.
There is a well defined belief in the
minds of many people that some in
formation that is not of a Esconfiden-
tlal = nature in regard to some old
deals can be extracted if the seekers
after the truth go about the matter
IN the right way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

Voters are warned to take especial
care what candidates they endorse for
legislative Office until they are GER
tain that these candidates will work
in their interests and not be led as
tray from the wishes of their consti-
tuents by the great cry of reform.
Wisconsin is today in a crucial point
of its industrial existence. Radical
laws like the income tax and others
equally obnoxious to industries and
capital must be modified or eradicated
from the statute books or manufaet-
uring industries are to be compelled
to leave the state.-Janesyille Ga
zette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

None Of the candidates for the as
sembly from this district is going be-
fore the people are defender of the
income tax law no matter what the
attitude of the administration may be
towards that measure. The campaign
has demonstrated that the law has
few friends in this district and that
the demand for the repeal of the law
is practically unanimous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

An interested citizen wants to
know why the cars of the through
electric line which are left standing
in front of the public service build
ing anywhere from twenty minutes to
half an hour cannot be started out a
few minutes earlier and make one or
two stops on Milwaukee avenue. Per-
haps he might get satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION on application to the office
OF the company but we doubt it. Tt
is difficult to see what excuse the COM
pany can have for it's refusal to give
the people of Kenosha the same serv-
ice that is given without question
anywhere outside the city limits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

Carl Ultsch and Arthur Petzke, both
Racine boys and minors, were arrested
on charges of intoxication on Sunday
night. The police are making an in
Nestlgatlon as to where the boys got
the liquor and arrests will follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

Mayor Head and the members of the
street assessment committee are busy
today making test Of the cover on the
outlet for the new trunk sewer. If the
top stands the test it will be accepted
by the council ut its next meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

If Voliva succeeds in enforcing his
latest order to the women of Zion to
abandon the prevailing modes and
dress modestly and simply within the
corporate limits~of the holy city he
will have conelusively demonstrated
that he is more powerful than Dowie
ever was.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The Married Men defeated the Single
Men in the big baseball game at the
Eagles picnic on Sunday at Central
Park. The score was II to 10 and the
game was an unusually exciting one.
The game was the big feature of the
picnic given by the Eagles drill team.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The advertisements for the sale of
the Wisconsin properties of the Chi
cago and Milwaukee electric are frank
enough. Intending, purchasers are
advised that they will acquire lot
of unfulflled contracts, lawsuits, pos
sible judgments and troubles of var
ious kinds along with the property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The Silver Springs were defeated
by the Lake Forest team by the score
Of to 1 Sunday afternoon at Lake
Forest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The Iroquois defeated the Standards
at the Rambler ball park Sunday af-
ternoon by the score of IL to l. Lar
son, the Iroquois twirler held the
Standard sluggers safe throughout the
entire game.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

J. D. Allen of Milwaukee was Ke.
nosha visitor Sunday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

In the second game of their double
header the Somer Greys defeated the
Nationals by the score of to 2.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29

The Martin Bros. won from Somers
at the Somers Grey diamond yester-
day afternoon by the score of Is to
10. The all around playing and bat
ting of the Martin Bros. featured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-29
WITH THE AMATEURS.

The Pirates defeated the strong
Waukesha Beach nine by the score of
IL to at the North Side diamond.
The Riversides defeated the Brigh-
ton team at Brighton Sunday after
noon by the score of 10 to 2. The fea-
ture of the game was the home run
drives of Rupp and Hecker.
Batteries: Riversides - Piel and
Johnson; Brighton-Carroll and Jak-
ley.