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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
COLD STILL CONTINUES.
Ice Companies Bring Men for Ice Har-
vest on Special Trains to Work.

Kenosha is still in the grip of the
below zero winter weather and from
reports of the weather man there is
no reason to belize that there will
be any let up in the cold for several
days. The mercury stood at Is de-
grees below zero at eight O'Clock this
morning and during the night it reach
ed 20 below, the lowest record for the
winter. The cold wave has pasalyz-
ed business in Kenosha and the streets
of the city are practically deserted
today, people preferring to hover about
fires at their homes to attempting to
shop in this kind of weather
The ice cutters are not taking any
chances with a possible coming CT mild
weather and Friday afternoon great
gangs of men were brought from Chi
cago on special trains to work in the
ice fields in the western part of the
county. The shipping of ice will start
Sunday and it is expected that great
quantities of ice of the best possible
quality will be harvested within the
next few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11

German Baker, Arrested
Here, Admits Burglary
Charge in Milwaukee.
A. j. H0RLICk FlEECED

William Pfautz, arrested in Kenosha
early Thursday morning on charge
OF having been connected with q burg
larry in Milwaukee, made full con.
fession to the officers Of Milwaukee
on Friday and will probably go to pri-
son in a few days to pay the penalty
of his crime. Pfautz pays tribute to
the work of the Kenosha police land
he declared after his confession that
he was able to put it all over the
police in Racine, but that ne could
not slip by Danish police officer in
Kenosha and was promptly landed in
Jail.
Pfautz had "a lot of fun passing
through Racine and he caught as his
victim none other than A. j. Horlick,
the former mayor OF the Belle City.
He knew that Horlick was generous
to fault and managed to make a real
'touch' when he told the former
mayor that he would have to pawn
his gold watch if he could not get
something to eat and place to sleep.
Rather than see the poor German bak-
er pawn the watch "that his mother
had given him years ago. Horlick
opened his purse strings and gave the
fellow sixty cents for a dinner and
provided him with night IS lodging
The man met Horlick in front of the
Racine hotel in Racine and ut once
''braced' him. He told long hard
luck story and wound up by offering
to pawn his watch for the price of
the meal and lodging. The mayor look
ed the watch over and thought that the
fellow was telling the truth and hand
ed him the money. Then the fellow
insisted on selling the watch to the
former mayor, but he told him that be
had better keep it and to get around
to the Horlick factory in the morning
and that he would get place to work.
By morning the former mayors gift
had been spent and Pfautz had been
arrested at Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
NsTALLs NEW OFFICERS.
Kenosha Chapter Of Eastern Star Had
Interesting Meeting Thursday Night.

The annual installation of the officers
of the Order of the Eastern Star took
place at the Masonic Temple Thursday
evening. The officers installed follow:
Worthy Matron-Mrs. Bertha Haw-
lins.
Worthy Patron-John S. Hughes.
Associate Matron-Mrs. Emma Kus-
terle.
Secretary-Miss Jessie Maloney.
Treasurer-Mrs. Eliza Randall.
Conductress-Mrs. Mary Millager.
Associate Conductress-Miss Laura
Sammons.
Chaplain--Mfs. Louise Berger.
Marshal-Mrs. Mabel Millager.
Organist-Mrs. Carrie Slater.
Star Points.
Adah-Mrs. Ruby Stevens.
Ruth-Miss Edna Rash.
Esther-Miss Maud Potts
Martha-Mrs. Dagmar Cheeyer.
Electa-Mrs. f. MeCandless
Warder-Miss Ethel Hawkins
sentinel-Henry Hastings.
Trustee-Mrs. Hattie Mckenzie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
HAS LED IN CHURCH ACTIVITIES
Board of Deacons of Church Have as
Yet Taken no Steps to Secure Sue
cessor for MIR. Wall, Who Will Re
main with Congregation Till March /,

The Rev. Axel F. Wall. for the
past three years pastor of the Swedish
Baptist congregation in Kenosha and
most active among the protestant min
listers of the city in the prom otior of
various religious movements, has an
nounced that he will leave Kenosha
on March LIST to accept a call to the
Second Swedish Baptist Congregation
at Seattle, Wash. The Rev. Mr.. Wall
announced mis- resignation to his con-
gregation here on New Years day. but
the members of the congregation have
been hopeful that he would withdraw
the resignation and remain in Keno
sha. The health of members of Mr..
Wallis family and particularly that
of his little daughter is such that he
has decided that it will be necessary
for him to seek another climate for
them and he has now announced that
he must carry out his original plan of
going to Seattle.
The work of Mr.. Wall in Kenosha has
attracted attention among the Swe-
dish Baptists in all parts of the country
and several times i'll the past year his
services have been sought by. other
congregations. Last summer Mr.. Wall
and his family spent short time at
Seattle and at that time he became
acquainted with the Swedish Baptists
of the western city and it was init
mated that he would be called to the
Second church there. The church is q
strong organization of about hundred
families and it is thought that the
coming of the Kerosha minister will re-
suit in great upbuilding Of the CON
gregation.
When Mr.. Wall took charge of the
Kenosha parish it had only small
membership with little church build
ing wholly unsuited for the needs Of
the congregation. Within a year he Sc.
cured the building Of the splendid
church and parsonage on Elizabeth
street. The property of the congrega
ton is valued at more than 500, 900
and it has only & small Indebtedness
on it.
Since the coming of Mr. Wall TO
Kenosha the membership Of the con-
gregation has been doubled aud many
influential men and women have been
brought into the church. The board
Of deacons of the church strongly
urged Mr.. Wall to Iemain in Kenosha
and as yet no steps have been taken
to secure new pastor for the church.
1t is expected that the new man will
be in charge before Mr.. Wall and his
family leave for the west in March.
The active work of Mr.. Wall in or
CARNATIONS for social betterment in
Kenosha has caused the public an
nouncement of his resignation to be
received with regret among the officers
aud members of all of these organiza-
tions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
AFTER TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
r. M. Jackman Demands Forfeit of
Charter Of Western Union.

Attorney r. M. Jackman of Madison,
has requested Secretary OF State F'rear
to forfeit the charter OF the Western
Union Telegraph company for the rea-
son that the company has removed
state cases started against it from the
state court to the federal court. Secre-
tary Frear has submitted vhe matter to
Attorney General Bancroft for an opin-
ion as. to what action he shall take.
Mr.. Jackman states that if Secre-
tary Frear fails to comply with his
request he will start mandamus pro-
,feedings against him. According to the
statutes, all corporations licensed to do
business in this state shall forfeit their
charters when they remove state cases
from state courts to federal courts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
GRANTS TWO DIVORCES.
Municipal Judge Randall Hears Cases
of Domestic Relations on Friday.

Judge Clifford E. Randall in the
municipal court on Friday afternoon
handed down interlocutory DEGREES OF
divorce in the suits of Evan Evensen
Stem against Mary Stem and Milan
Schenlitz VS.. Thressa Schemitz Both
charged their wives with infdeity and
in both cases the DEGREES were given
to the husband In the first case 1t
was alleged that the defendant had
deserted the plaintiff at Williams Bay
clipping with another man, but the
name Of the man was not given.
Schemitz, who has lived in Kenosha
for years, charged his wife with adul-
terry. 1t is claimed that Mrs.
schemitz is still living in Kenosha, but
she did not appear to contest the de-
cree.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
PLAN MANY BUILDINGS
Jeffery Company to Erect
New Service Buildings in
Several Cities.
model BUILDING IN CHICAGO

Announcement has been made by
The Thomas B. Jetfery Company that
plans have been completed and con-
tracts let for the erection of the new
Rambler sales and service building in
the newer Back Bay district of Bos-
ton, fronting Commonwealth avenue
and Hinsdale and Cummington streets,
while work has already been started
on the big Rambler service building
for Chicago.
The Boston building will be four
story freproof structure planned by
Somes and Parsons, architects. 1t will
be 216 feet long, will have a frontage
on Commonwealth avenue and set back
1877 feet, with the open space attrac-
lively graded and laid out. This
property has been leased for term Of
twelve years at a rental Of $4,000.
A magnificent exterior is shown by
the plan, the total floor area being
10000 square feet and this building
will be used for show rooms, sales and
service headquarters for Boston and
vicinity. No expense will be spared
to make the new building an imposing
addition to the newer automobile
district.
Everything will be SO arranged as
to give pletny of light and air and at
the same time make it as near fire.
proof as it is possible to have a struc-
ture of this kind.
Work on the foundation will be com
menced at once so as to have it ready
for occupancy during June of this year.
The Rambler service building in Chi
cago will be one of the most complete
| in the United States. IT is being
erected on the northwest corner of
Indiana avenue and twenty third
street on lot 150x165 feet. This
property has been leased for term
of fifteen years at rental of $165,000.
The aim of the Rambler people is
I to give to their owners the most COM
plete service that is possible. There
are seven hundred Rambler cars run
ming in Chicago now and this number
is rapidly increasing
The service and secondhand car
departments will be located in the new
service building, while the principal
salesroom will remain at zoos Miehi-
gan avenue, Just one block south of
the Blackstone Hotel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
CUTS DOWN FORCE.
Six Men Are Let Out by City Engineer
at the Close of Work Today.

The running expenses of the city en-
gineer Office were reduced sly day
this afternoon when City Engineer
Baltzer Topped six men off the payroll,
the list including rodman, an instru-
ment man and four inspectors. 1t is
expected that there will be a further
reduction in the force within the next
two or three weeks. The men who were
let out of the service included Rodman
Charles Desmonia, Instrument Man
Seymour Jacobsen and Sewer Inspec-
tors S. r. Kerr, Thoms Hoban, George
Althrom and Louis Kautenberg. There
IS no work for any of these men to do
during the winter months. 1t IS ex-
pected that several of the men will be
put back on the force with the open
ing of the spring construction work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
SoMERS PIONEER DEAD.
Bernard Ok Dies at His Home in Som
ers on Friday Night.

Bernard Ok, aged 76 years, a
pioneer resident of the town of Som
ers, died St his home northwest of the
city just after eleven O'Clock Friday
evening after a long illness from com
plication of diseases. Mr.. Ok was
native of Grmany where he was born
Oct. 3, 1885. He came to this country
more than forty years ago and settled
in the town of Somers where he had
since resided. He is survived by a
widow, two sons and one daughter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
TO HAVE GENERAL INSPECTION
Attorney j. E. Florin of Madison
Spends Day in City Making Investi-
cations for State Department-Says
City Must Wait Till Spring.

kenosha must wait until spring to
get rid Of the old shacks in the bust
ness district of the city, as Attorney
y. g. Florin, of Madison, attorney for
the state fire marshal's department,
came to Kenosha Friday afternoon and
after making a trip of inspection with
the chief of the fire department and
big bunch of the city officials he de-
clared that he could see no chance for
Kenosha to get relief until spring.
"'The state department has wide pow
ers in the condemnation Of buildings, !"
said Mr.. Florin, after his trip of in
spection, ''but the law provides that
we can only make reasonable orders
and to order any building rebuilt at
this time of the year would be unrea
sonable and we would have trouble sus-
tanning such an order in the courts.
have taken up the matter pretty
thoroughly with the chief and the city
officials and / believe that we can work
out plan which will take care of all
the troubles of Kenosha and give the
city much better conditions along many
lines. My suggestion is that six or
eight engineers be semitic Kenosha by
the state building department just as
soon as the building season opens and
that these men make a complete and
systematic examination of every build
ing in the business district of the city.
Such an examination would not only
result in orders being issued for the
destruction of several Of the old shacks
in the business district, but it would
bring to light large number of the
defects in the buildings that the people
Of Kenosha know nothing about. 1t
would result in the getting rid of rub
bish piles and the engineers of the
state would undoubtedly find lot
Of defective wiring in some OF the best
buildings Of your downtown district.
There are undoubtedly buildings which
should have better fire protection and
the engineers would make this possible.
It is absolutely impossible Tor US to
do anything until the winter is over,
but we are now in possession OF facts
in regard to the city which will make
| it possible fo- us to get ready for the
general cleaning up.
Attorney FIorin declared that por
ton of the Wulff building at the cor
ner of Church and Wisconsin, streets
would have to be torn down and that
he doubted if any of the building
could be rebuilt. He declared that por
tions of this building were dangerous
and that people now living in it should
be forced to find other quarters. He
visited half dozen other buildings in
| the downtown districts and had q list
of more than twenty buildings which
are to be investigated later by the state
| department. Tt is now declared that
Deputy Fire Marshal Norton will not
be sent to Kenoshss next week but his
visit will be delayed until spring when
it will be possible for the department
to take some positive action. In the
meantime, the city attorney and the
city engineer are busy at work on a
building ordinance which will be PEE
sented to the council at an early SEES
sion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
FORM ALFALFA CLUB.
Wisconsin Farmers Eeing Urged to
Cultivate Alfalfa.

When few weeks ago it was an
nounced that alfalfa clubs would
be organized i'll every Wisconsin
county many were inclined to think
that q radical step was about
to be taken. They we've not aware
of the fact that the people be-
hind this move had studied the sit
uation for many years and were sure
of their footing before they started
the movement. The 1910 census throws
some light upon the alfalfa crop in the
various parts of the country that is of
interest. Heretofore it has generally
been thought that the west, and es-
pecially the irrigated states, had
great advantage over Wisconsin in the
production Of alfalfa. Let rs see
what the census figures disclose:
Value per
Acres. Value. Acres.
Idaho :. .soS,S92 $6,62l,46O $2143
Colorado !. (. 5OS,S92 9,7O9,15O 1908
Wisconsin 1895 561.983 1874
Idaho is the only state for which the
figures on irrigated areas alone are
available at this time and we find that
the value of irrigated alfalfa per acre
is $22.47 which is 1877 per acre less
than Wisconsin.
Of the states in the humid belt for
which the figures are available, we find
that Iowa had 29,141 acres with a
value of $24.65 per acre and Michigan
5,553 acres with value of S24.45 per
acre. This showing for Wisconsin al
falfa will be an encouragement TO Wis
consin farmers who have been led to
believe that the state was not well
adapted to the production of alfalfa;
they show that the people back Of the
movement for forming alfalfa clubs
knew what they were about, and that
the general introduction Of alfalfa will
add millions of dollars per year to
Wisconsin s annual agricultural output.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11

Among the names signed to the call
for conference Of the Wisconsin
Democrats favorable to the candidacy
Of Woodrow Wilson for the Democratic
nomination for the presidency which
is to be held at Madison some time
in the near future, are those Of some
of the most active and aggressive mem
bers Of the party in the state With
these men behind his candidacy, his
primary election campaign Will be well
looked after.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
RURAL. CARRIER EXAMINATION.

An examination for the position of
rural carrier will be held on Saturday,
Jan. 81, 1912, at the postotfice. AS a
result of the examination it is expect
ed that eertifcation will be made for
filing the position of carrier on rural
route No. IS and for other vacancies
on the rural force as they may occur
in the future. Applications may be
obtained from the secretary, Board of
Civil Service Examiners at the post
Office, which should be filed with the
commission about ten days prior to
the date Of the examination.
G. Maegaard, Secv.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
OLD Time BIDDERS BACK AGAIN
City Gets Five Bids for Small Piece of
Paving and Bids Have Range of More
Than 2,oOO-Property Owners on
Pleasant Street Object TO Width.

CUIIlulIlGGS
the common council on Friday after
noon opened bids for the paving of
Exchange street between Pearl and
Deming streets and the job will go to
the White Construction Company Of
Milwaukee, which company had the
lowest bid for the work by over $500
The total cost Of the job will be
1897 and the cost will be just a lit
tie lower in proportion than the cost
of paving Elizabeth street. The price
per square yard of pavement is exactly
the same as the Elizabeth street Job,
but the excavation is lower and this
reduces the cost to the city, but not
to the property owners. Property
owners ON Exchange street will pay
exactly the same price for their pave
ment as the Elizabeth street property
owners paid. Chris Petersen of Keno
sha was second bidder for the contract,
his bid being $1S,365. The opening of
the bids was Of interest on account Of
bidders were back on the job. For the
first time in years Kenosha had James
Cape and Sons Of Racine as bidder.
The Western Improvement Company
(John O. Jones) is still looking for
nj
was here in person to bid for the
work The other bidder was the
McCugo- Bullock Company Of Wauke-
gan. The detailed bids of the FIVE
bidders follow:
White Construction Company. Paw
ing, $1.69 square yard; sand stone
curb, 56 cents foot; excavation, 80
cents per yard. Total of bid $17, $4,000
Chris Petersen. Paving, $1.75 square
yard; curb, SIS cents; excavation, 40
cents. Total Of bid, $1s,365.
James Cape and Sons, Racine. Paw
| ing, $l.80 per yard; curb, so cents; ex
| cavation, % cents. Total of bid,
$1S,s70.
McCugo- Bullock Company, Wauke-
gan. Paving, $1.85 per yard; curb, So
cents; excavation, 35 cents. Total of
bid, s19,371.
Western Improvement Company, Ra-
cine. Paving, $1.9S per yard; curb 60
cents; excavation, so cents. Total of
bid, $2O,13o.
The work of paving the street is
expected to be started the first of April
and it is specified in the contract that
it be completed by the first of Septem-
ber The street is to be paved with
brick on concrete foundation. The
brick to be used has not as yet been
selected, but it is pretty certain that
the Barr block will be used. The brick
shipped to Kenosha from the Barr fac
tories for the Elizabeth street job are
admitted by experts to be as good or
the best paving brick ever laid in
Kenosha.
Some objections are being made to
the proposed paving of Pleasant street
| between Prairie avenue and Strong
street, some of the property owners in
sisting that, the plan to pave the street
to a width of thirty feet should not
be carried out. These property owners
hold that a twentyfour foot street.
is plenty wide. This matter will prob
ably be taken up by the council at
an early meeting and before the con-
tract for the paving of the street is
| LEFT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
BEING MlsLED
Insurance Commissioner Extern Sends
Requests to Liability Companies Rep
resented in the State for all Books
and Instructions.

Local agents Of several liability and
casualty companies will within day
or two receive orders from the head
office of their respective companies to
turn in their books of rates and in
sGructions to agents as a result OF a
letter sent out from Madison by In
surance Commissioner III. L. Ekern.
In his letter to the companies Mr..
Ekern enclosed a letter from G. H.
FCrownhart, chairman Of the state in
dustrial commission, which administers
the workmen's compensation act and
according to Mr.. Crownhart the insur-
ance companies have misrepresented
the law to so great an extent that en-
ployers generally possess wrong ideas
as to its contents and intent.
The following companies are among
those affected by the insurance COM
missioner request for a recall Of rate
books: Employers Liability Assurance
corporation, London, England; Fidelity
and Casualty Company, Baltimore,
Md; United States Fidelity and Guar
antee Company, Baltimore, Md; Aetna
Accident and Liability Company, Hart
ford, Conn; Casualty Company of
America, New York; Frankfort Marine
Acc. and Plate Company, Frankfort.
Germany; London Guarantee and Ac-
cident COMPANY, London, England;
Rev Amsterdam Casualty Company,
New York; Ocean Accident Insurance
Company, Detroit, Mich; Travellers
Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn;
United States Casualty Company, New
York.
The foreign liability companies, ac-
cording to Chairman Crownhart's let
ter to the insurance commissioner, re-
Gently combined in putting out q uni
form rate book with instructions to
agents. These rate books are exactly
the same except as to the outside COW
ers and were printed in the east after
the companies had organized confer
ence. Mr.. Crownhart says in his let
ter:
The instructions to agents interpret
ing the compensation act ase practical
ly all wrong, or misleading. 1t is diff
fcult to see how these companies could
honestly issue such instructions.
He then points out specific instances
in which the instructions are erroneous.
He directs attention to the instructions
wherein they inform agents that the
cost under the compensation act is un-
limited, and in commenting upon one
item of the rate book, says:
EFThis statement is so foolish as to
suggest an attempt on the part of
the companies to befog instead of to
state the truth.
In closing his letter Chairman
Crownhart says:
"We are of the opinion that the
foreign liability companies should
withdraw their present rate book and
substitute new rates and new in
struetions to agents. y
| Commissioner Ekern has acted up
On his suggestion and in his letter
to the companies says:
"In view Of the misleading charac-
ter of the statements contained in the
instructions, l shall be pleased to have
you withdraw any rate books contain
ing any such matter, and to advise me
of such withdrawal.
| Under the law the insurance COM
missioner has absolute power to
| force the withdrawal of the rate books.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-11
BUSINESS MEN INVITED.

I. G.. Hickman, president of the Mil
waukee Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton, has addressed letter and a
pamphlet indicating, in a clear and in
teresting way "The Value of the Au-
tomobile Show" to more than three
thousand industrial and mercantile
concerns in Wisconsin, accompanied by
an invitation to visit the Milwaukee
Auto Show in the Auditorium, Janu7
AIRY IS to 10.