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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
SEEK owNEEs OF WATCHES.
Police Seek Women Who Have Lost
Gold Watches in Past Two Years.

The police of the city are making
an effort to locate the owners of two
ladies watches. One of the watches
was part of the loot taken from Olga
Ebert, recently sent to the state in
dustrial school and the other is one
that is alleged to have been found at
Anderson Park nearly two years ago.
No claim has been made to the police
for either of these watches. One is
engraved in the name of Carrie Cling
ham, but no person of this name can
be found in the Kenosha directory. 1t
is thought possible that the woman
may be resident of Waukegan and
the police there have been asked to
locate her. Any one knowing anything
about either of the watches will con-
Ter favor on the owners by notify
ing the chief of the police department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
SELLS CIGAR FACTORY.
Dan Hahn to Give His Attention to Re-
tail and Jobbing Trade in Future.

Dan Hahn, probably the best known
of the cigar manufacturers Of Keno
sha, sold his cigar factory to hrs
brother, j. J. Hahn, and will retire
from the manufacturing business at
once in order to give his entire atten-
ton to his rapidly growing wholesale
and retail trade. Mr.. Hahn has con-
tracted to take the entire output Of
the factory operated by his brother
and in addition he will place many
new lines in the retail store on Main
street. The change will not make any
difference in the home Of "Hahn S
Court but in a short time a hand
some new home for the court will be
provided. Contracts have been let
for new decorations and new furniture
and when the work is completed the
Hahn store, including the court
will be one Of the most attractive
places on Main street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
JOHN SEYMOUR DEAD.
Old Resident of Racine County Died
in Kenosha Friday After Long Illness.

I John Seymour, an old resident of
Racine county and resident of the
town Of Dover, for more than thirty
five ears, died at his home on Dayton
street on Friday after long illness
from Bright disease. The deceased
was native Of Ireland where he was
born June "a, 1910. He came to this
country when he was eighteen years Of
age and for fifteen years was employ
ed by the late P. B. Hutchinson in
Chicago. Thirty-fve years ago he re-
moved to Racine county and for many
years he was employed by the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Com
pany. He came to Kenosha six weeks
ago. He had been i'll since last
August. The deceased is survived by
his widow and five children, James,
Bernie and Mrs. O. j. Williamson of
this city; William of Racine, and Ed
ward of Burlington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
FATHER JOHN B0TT COMING
Assistant Pastor of St. George Church
has been Very Active During Two
Years Work in Kenosha and Many
People Regret His Leaving.

The Rev. Nicholas Mass, popular as
sistant pastor of st. George Church, is
to have parish of his own as the
archbishop has issued a formal order
naming Father Mas as pastor of St.
John S Parish at Monches, Wisconsin,
and it is probable that Father Mas
will leave within week to take up
his duties at the new parish. The
plans for his transfer have not as yet
been fully completed. He will be sue
ceeded as assistant pastor of st.
George Church by the Rev. John Bott
of Racine. Father Mas has been as
sistant in st. George Parish for the
past two years and in this time he has
made many friends in Kenosha. He
has an especially strong hold upon the
young people of the big parish. Father
Mas first came to Kenosha under the
passionate Of the late Rev. B. Elskamp
and after his death he remained in
charge of the parish until new priest
was named. His new parish at Monches
is one of the best in the diocese of
fered for the younger members of the
clergy. st. John s parish has large
membership and it is one of the ae-
tive parishes of the diocese The Rev.
Father Malone now in charge of st.
Thomas Church in this city, was form
erly pastor at st. John S Church.
The Rev. John Bott, who has been
assigned to be the assistant of Father
Nickel at the big Kenosha congregation
is a former Racine boy. He was re-
Gently graduated from st. Francis
Seminary and was ordained to the
priesthood this year. He has many
friends in Kenosha and it is certain
that he will be given warm welcome
by the members Of the Kenosha parish.
Father Mas has been so active
in the work of the young people of
the church that the decision of the
archbishop to take him to another
parish has been learned with regret by
the members of ST George Church.
They, however, believe that the new
parish will offer him much wider
field for service and he will have the
best wishes of the people of Kenosha
in his new field.
Father Mas has been active in pro-
noting all movements for the welfare
of the city and his activities along
lines of municipal improvement have
been of great value to the people of
the whole city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
STREETS ARE FLOODED.
Heavy Rain Sunday Night Brings too
Much Water for Catch Basins

Kenosha had water everywhere this
morning for the rain which started in
just after nine clock Sunday evening
proved to be one Of the heaviest rain
falls ever known in the city. Catch
basins were stopped up by leaves and
limbs stripped from the trees by The
heavy rain and in many places side
walks and streets were flooded by the
great downfall Of water. The fats
west of the city were covered with
water to a depth of foot or more
and the sewers out in that neighbor-
hood was filed to overlooking. Many
reports of flooded cellars reached the
city officials this morning and they
came from nearly every part of the
city. A big force of men were put to
work this morning by the street de-
partment in an effort to get the catch
basins opened up and thus allow the
water TO run off. Chicago street west
of the city hall looked like lake this
morning. Excavation had been made
for paving the street and there was
no provision for carrying away the
water and it stood seven inches deep
all over the street. The rain was gen.
eral throughout the county and in sew
eral places it was accompanied by
heavy fall of hail. The hail did con-
siderable damages to the growing crops
and farmers in the towns of Pleasant
Prairie and Somers report that the
crops were down as result of the
wind and hail. Little damage result
ed to the wires in and about the city
as result of the storm and the public
service corporations reported every
thing in working order this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
Jury Commission Must have
New Lists Before the LIST
Of Next November.
HIT At ILLEGAL ELECTORS

Clerk of the Circuit Court B. NJ. De-
Deimar has sent out a notice to the
jury commissioners of the county mott
flying them that some steps must be
taken to purge the jury lists Of the
county Of illegal jurors. Under a law
just received from Madison provision
is made that the jury commissioners
meet once each year before the first day
of November and place a new list of
jurors in the box from which the vari-
Gus panels are drawn, The same law
applies to jurors named to serve in the
municipal court.
For years the list of jurors placed in
the box and from which venires are
drawn has been selected from the var
ious poll lists returned by the election
officials in the various districts of the
county. Many electors who have voted
in past years are not citizens and it is
known that the names of many of these
men are included in the list of names
in the box. Under the new law the
name of every man placed in the box
must be the name of a citizen. The
purging of the lists of jurors will I'M
doubtedly take some time and it will
be necessary to make up an entirely
new list for both Of the courts in the
county.
This is one Of the results of the oper-
alton Of the new Wisconsin laws which
provide that the elective privilege be
given only to citizens. Evidence has
'oeen secured that at the spring cleo
tions held last April men voted in both
the city and county who were not eligi-
BILE under the law. In most of these
cases the men had been voters in the
city or county for many years and when
they appeared to cast their ballots their
right Of suffrage was not questioned. |
The name of man can not get or the
jury list unless it on the list of an cleo
tion board and the finding Of the name
of man not citizen on the jury list |
may lead to prosecution for illegal vot-
ing.
The recent change in the court terms !
provided by the new state law will !
make it possible for many men to get |
in applications for second papers in
time to have them heard at the next !
term of the court. Judge Belden has |
announced that the next day for hear
ing these petitions will be or October
18th. Ali applications fled for the Sep
TENDER hearing before the passage Of !
the new law will be heard at that time |
and in addition all applications filed
before July 18th. 1t is expected that
there will be from go to 100 petitions.
There will be one more naturalization I
day before the general city election to |
be held in 1914, but it will come just |
before the election and any delay would |
make it impossible for petitioners to
vote at that election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
Pioneer Miller of Truesdell
Died at Noon Today After
a Lingering Illness.
LONG A RESIDENT OF COUNTY
(From Thursdays Daily.l

Jacob Alsted, aged sixty-seven
years Of age and one of the best
known of the pioneers of the town of
Pleasant Prairie, died at his home at
Truesdell village at noon today after
long illness from cancer. III. Al
SEED had been i'll for many months an0
for the last three weeks his condition
had been considered critical. Few men
in this section Of the county were bet
ter known than Mr.. Alsted as for the
past forty years he had been in charge
of the mill at Truesdell which bore
his name.
The deceased was native of Den
mark. He was born Christmas day,
1916, in Denmark. He was one of the
Danish pioneers of this county, having
come to Kenosha from Denmark in
1867. Two years later he went to
Truesdell and built the mill which was
the only flour mill in the county. He
had been active in the business for
forty years. He took an active inter-
est in the affairs of the town of
Pleasant Prairie. He was a member
of the Kenosha camp of the Modern
Woodmen of America and of several
atLo1 ornapizo +ionc
Surviving him are his widow, one
daughter, Mrs A. B. Werve of Waterv-
let, Mich, and one son, Edward 7.
Alsted, who was associated with his
father in the business at Truesdell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
CHANGE CURB ON GRAND AVE.
Property Owners Consent to Change
for Improving West End of Street

The street assessment committee
this morning gave their consent to a
change in the curb for the improve
ment Of the west end of Grand avenue
and instead of the sand stone curb de-
manded in, the original specifications
for the street the contractor will be
given permission to put in concrete
curb and gutter combined. This
change in the specifications has re-
ceived the sanction of every one OF
the property owners as demanded by
the common council. Under the new
plan the cost of improving the street
will be materially reduced. The
change in the curb and gutter will
make a difference Of $500 on the as
sessment for each fifty lineal feet Of
the street. With the change in the
curb it is not thought that there will
be any further delay in the paving
of the street and it is expected that
the work will be completed early in
August.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
HONOR FATHER HELLER.
Members of Bristol and Wilmot
Churches Present Purses to Pastor.

Rev. Jos. p Heller Of Bristol, was
made the recipient of very pleasant
surprise on Sunday evening, his tenth
anniversary as pastor, when number
of his parish from Wilmot called at
his residence and presented him with
a purse of $4,000. On Thursday even
ing his parishioners of Bristol and
host of friends from neighboring towns
gathered at his home and also pre-
scented him with purse of $4,000 as
him and their appreciation of his
kindly services.
Father Heller is one of the best
known and most popular priests of Ke-
nosha county aud he enjoys the re-
spect and esteem of all who know him
regardless of creed. Of kind, open
hearted and genial disposition, he
makes friends of all whom he meets.
He is never happier than when in
position to do them a service.
During his pastorate he remodeled
the church at Bristol, built the new
parsonage and also the beautiful
church at Wilmot which was destroy
ed by lightning on june 18th. He is
now engaged at the task Of replacing
It with solid brick structure. After a
most enjoyable evening spent at his
residence, the company departed, wish
ing Father Heller many more happy
years in their midst.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
MANY ROADS join IN CONTEST
Assurance That Money will be Spent
in Manner TO Secure Permanent Re
suits Loossns Purse Strings of Keno
sha People Interested in Highways.

With the assurance of experience
that money contributed for the aid Of
building roads in Kenosha county will
be wisely used and that results of a
permanent nature will be secured Ke-
nosha business men and manufacturers
are making generous contributions to
the fund being raised by the Kenosha
Automobile Club to secure the pay
ment of prizes in the road contests
now under way. Already the commit
tee has secured in the neighborhood
of $500 and it is certain that the full
$4,000 needed to meet the awards Of
fered will be secure before the 9th of
August when the contest ends.
More than a dozen lists have been
taken out by property owners on the
various roads about the city and all
of these people are making an effort to
win the prizes. With first prize Of
81, 200 the winning road is assured an
expenditure of at least $4,000 for road
next year and the road
winning the second prize is assured a
permanent road at least a mile in
length. Nearly all Of the petitions for
subscriptions provide for the building
of a concrete roadway fourteen feet
in width. The members of the club
regard this as the proper width for
roadway adjoining the city. However,
the people who favor narrower road
will not be barred from the contest.
1t is expected that some money will
be raised on every road leading out. Of
Kenosha. If the road fails to win the
prizes the petition provides that the
money may be returned to the donors,
but it is thought that in most cases
the people will insist that the money
be paid into the town board in order
to make certain some work on the road
In question. Nearly all the roads now
leading out Of Kenosha are in the
county highway system and all of
them may secure state aid for i'm
People along the Sheridan
road nosed out of the first prize last
year promise to make great effort to
win the first prize this year and half
a dozen of the leading property own
ers are now at work securing subscrip-
tions for the fund. The list Of dona-
tions so far received by the automo-
bile club for this fund follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
ENGAGEMENT rs ANNOUNCED.
Miss Ruby Tillotson to be the Bride
of Leslie G.. Lease.

4 birthday dinner was held at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank I. Til
lotson, 465 Lyman avenue, last Friday
evening, in honor of their daughter $
birthday. Plates were laid for twenty
eight guests and four course dinner
was served. The surprise of the even
gagenent of the hostess, Miss Ruby NJ.
Tillotson to Leslie G. Lease. The even
ing was passed by toasts and games
and all joined in hearty congratula-
tions to the young people whose mar
rage will take place during the COM
ing holidays.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
MOTHERS TO GET PENSIONS.
State Senate Passes Law Providing
for the Care of Widows.

The state senate on Friday passed
the bill providing for mother's pen
sions and the bill is now up to the
governor for his signature. The bill
modelled after similar legislation in
other states aims to provide for 5he
support of mothers left with large
families of children so as to make it
possible for the children to be given
proper educational advantages. In
Kenosha county the administration of
the law will be vested in the munich
pal court. Under the law the pensions
are paid in part by the state and in
part by the county in which the pen
sioner resides. The enactment of the
law has been strongly urged by sew
eral people from Kenosha county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
MARRIED AT MANISTEE.
Miss Ethel Perrin Becomes Bride of
John Gasser of Kenosha SATURDAY..

A wedding of interest 10 many Ke-
nosha people, took place at st. Mary 5
Church at Manistee, Mich. on Saturday
morning when Miss Ethel Perrin, well
known young lady of Manistee, was
married to John Gasser of Kenosha.
The ceremony was attended by many
friends of the bride and groom and
wedding breakfast followed at the
home of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Gas
ser reached Kenosha this morning and
will make their home on Grogan street.
Mrs. Gasser was formerly a resident
of Kenosha and she is well known to
many people in the city. The an
nouncement of the marriage will come
as a surprise to many of the friends
of the bride and groom as they had
carefully concealed their plans for the
wedding from Kenosha friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17

Mayor Head AM the city council
their first victory for better conditions
in Kenosha as a result Of an appeal
10 the railroad commission this morn
ing when the commission issued a
formal order directing the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway Company
to put in proper toilet rooms at the
west side station on Elizabeth street.
This is the first case brought by the
city to be favorably answered by an
order Of the commission. The order
of the commission is in part as follows:
An investigation of the situation
was made by member of our en-
gineering staff. He counted the num-
Der of persons boarding cars at the
station from 6:45 a. m. to 1857 p. m.
on Thursday, June IL, 1913, and ascer-
tanned as nearly as possible the period
of time during which each person re-
nained at the station prior to taking
car. His report shows a total of
342 waiting passengers, including 26
children. Of this number 80 waited
at the station from 10 to 30 minutes
and 81 waited over 20 minutes. In
other words, As per cent waited over
10 minutes and 10 per cent over 20
minutes. -Four persons waited more
than so minutes for car. During the
period Of observation no loafers con-
gregated at the station, and with the
exception Of three or four friends of
the station agent, no persons other
than passengers used the building.
These observations were made on
Thursday; but the testimony shows
that the travel at the week end is much
heavier than on other days That the
average number of passengers using
the station is greater than the number
observed by our engineer is borne out
by an examination of the ticket sales
dG NVhooho' LhO blChcg safes dppIUAl-
mated 48 per cent of the actual num-
Der of passengers boarding cars on
June IL. This ratio applied to the
ticket sales indicates that about 400
passengers a day boarded cars during
April and May, and about $50 day
during the last 10 days in May. This
would mean that during the TO day
period approximately 700 persons wait
ed at the station more than 20 minutes.
In the light of the testimony and of
our engineer s report, we find that the
station facilities at Kenosha are in
adequate and that the installation of
suitable toilets is necessary to fulfill
the requirements of adequate service.
Although cars equipped with toilet ia
cihties are operated on an hourly
schedule, the fact that large number
of passengers wait so long as 20
minutes makes it imperative that such
convenience should also be provided
at the station for the comfort of the
patrons OF the railway.
1t is therefore ordered that the re-
spondelt the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway Company install aal
maintain in its depot in Keposha,
Wisconsin, adeuate, modern toilet IA
cilities for the use of its patrons.
Sixty days is considered sufficient
time within which to comply with
this order.
Dated at Madison, Wis, this 18th
day of July, 1913.
Railroad Commission of W,scaysiu.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
WILL WE'D WENDELL KUMLEIN
Well-known Kenosha Girl VIII Marry
at Bombay, India, and Make Long
Trip to the Interior by Elephants
VIII Enter M. E. Mission Work.


gun at Lawrence College at Appleton
SIX years ago Miss Eva Theleen of
Kenosha, daughter of Charles G. The
leen, will sail from New York on next
Thursday on twenty three thousand
mile wedding trip. On October LIST at
Bombay, India, in little Methodist
Mission Church Miss Theleen will be-
come the bride of Wendell Kumlein,
now teacher in one Of the schools of
the Methodist church in the interior
of India.
Miss Theleen also plans to enter the
mission work of the church and before
leaving New York next week she will
take the examination before the board
of foreign missions of the .denomina-
ton. She has been assured a place as
a teacher in the India school after
her marriage.
The trip will be one of the most no.
table wedding journeys ever taken by
Wisconsin woman. Sailing from
New York she will be accompanied by
her father as far as Stockholm, Swe-
den, where the two will spend a month
visiting with relatives. On August
25th Miss Theleen will sail from Stock
holm for fourteen thousand mile
journey to Bombay. She will make
this long trip alone and will be on
the steamer for more than six weeks.
At Boz bay she will meet her intend
ed husband and after the marriage
ceremony they will start for a trip Of
800 miles into the interior of India.
The entire trip will be made by
elephant train.
Mr.. Kumlein is a son Of Wendell
Kumlein of Whitewater. He and Miss
Theleen entered college at Lawrence
at the same time and their college ro-
nance was well known to many Of the
students Of the Methodist college.
Shortly after the graduation exercises
in 1910, Mr.. Kumlein offered himself
to the mission board as a missionary
teacher and he was accepted and sent
to the interior of India. The twenty
three thousand miles which separated
him from the old college halls did not
in ally way interfere with the romance
started in college days and shortly af-
ter ne began his work his engagement
to Miss Theleen was announced. He
had planned to seek a vacation and
return to Kenosha for the wedding
ceremony this fall, but the work was
50 exacting and his corps Of teachers
in the little school far east of Suez
was so small that he found it impossi-
BILE to get away to make the long trip
home and he recently cabled Miss
Theleen and invited her to meet him
in Bombay for the wedding. At the
city Wnere Gne SchO0l is located Jnefe
are but seventy-fve white people and
these are made entirely of missionaries
Of the various churches and officers of
the English army in charge of the gar
rison. The remainder of the popula-
ton Of more than eighty-fve thousand,
is made up entirely of Hindoos
Miss Theleen is we'll known to the
graduates Of Lawrence. After her
graduation she gave two years to
teaching and was employed in the
schools at River Falls. She plans to
remain in India for five years before
returning to her native land.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-17
ARRESTED AS BIKE THIEF.
Seventeen Year Old Boy Had Many
Bicycle Parts at His Home.

Joseph Kartz, seventeen year old
boy, was arrested by Chief of Police
Owen O'Hare at his home ON JENNIE
street on Friday night, charged with
larceny. At the home the police re
covered thee bicycle frames and IA
large number Of bicycle parts Kartz
'laimed that he had bought the por-
lions Of bicycles from boys living in
the neighborhood, but one of the
Frames was identified this morning as
part of wheel which had been
stolen three weeks ago. The hearing
Of the case was continued for week
and the boy was released on bonds
pending the further examination.