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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
Primary Principle to be APP
piled to Town Elections
in the Future.
MUST TAKE OUT PETITIONS

A complete reformation Of the method
of conducting town meetings in Wis
consin will occur next spring as a result
of the passage of the Bichler bill to
which executive approval was given on
Thursday, Since the organization of
the state in 184S town meetings in
Wisconsin have been conducted on the
old New England plan. No official bal
lots were used. All business was trans
acted by reclamation. The Bichler
bill provides that the electors of any
town or village shall hold caucus at
least seven days prior to the day Of
holding the election. Candidates for
office are to be nominated by the eau
Gus or by nomination papers signed by
the electors of each town or village,
equal in number to 10 per cent of all
the votes cast in such town or village
or all candidates for governor at the
last preceding elections. From the
caucus records or official nomination
papers the town or village clerk shall
make up a printed ballot, and the cleo
tion shall be conducted under the Aus
tralian system. The new law pro-
vides that both the nominations and
the election shall be conducted by the
official ballot system. In reality, it ap-
plies the general primary election law
to town meetings. The bill embodies
the most radical departure made in
election laws since the primary cleo
ton principle was adopted when Sena-
tor La Toilette was governor of the
state.
The names Of the persons nominated
at the primary or caucus and none
other shall be placed upon the official
ballots. In case no nominations are
made, the spaces in which names of
candidates may be printed or written
shall be left blank. Ballots not pro-
vided by the respective town or village
clerks shall not be counted In any
election, but any voter may write upon
his ballot the name of any person for
whom he desires to vote for any Office,
in such place as to indicate the Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
Jeffery Co. Puts in a New
Compound Engine at
Rambler Plant.
MUST INCREASE BIG OUTPUT

Convincing proof Of the permanence
OF the motor car industry, as well as
the Importance of modern factory
equipment in the production of auto
mobiles, was furnished when another
giant cross compound engine, directly
connected to huge alternating cur
rent generator, was installed in the big
Jeffery works at Kenosha.
This new unit, which comprised in
shipment fourteen carloads, with a. to-
tai weight of over one half million
pounds, has a capacity of twenty-five
hundred horsepower and will have for
its foundation a concrete block. weigh
ing approximately three million pounds.
The fly wheel of the engine, owing I'd
its high rim velocity of seven thousand
feet per minute, is cast entirely Of steel.
It's diameter is twenty-three feet and
it weighs sixty tons. The generator
alone has total weight of over seven
ty tons.
This great revolving mass Of steel
has a total weight of one hundred and
sixty tons and rotates at one hundred
revolutions per minute on crank shaft
which is twenty-five feet long and
weighs thirty two tons.
In addition to this new power unit,
the Jeffrey power plant is equipped
with small units, making a grand total
capacity of three thousand, nine hun
dred and twenty-five net horsepower.
In the boiler equipment there are five
separate five hundred horsepower units
with a coal carrying equipment with a
capacity of thirty tons per hour. Over
head storage is provided for three hun
dred and thirty tons from which the
big CRATES are supplied by gravity. In
addition, yard storage is provided for
fifteen hundred tons.
These important additions to the pow
er equipment of the Jeffrey works are
all part of the general plan for a
large increase in production during the
coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
DEATH OF JOHN G. GLEICHMANN.
Well-known South Street Grocer Expir-
ed at His Home This Morning.

John G. Gleichmann, ffty-one years
Of age and for many years the propri-
etor of a grocery on South street just
west Of the tracks Of the Chicago &
North Western Railway, died at his
home at an early hour this morning
after a long illnesse from tumor OF the
brain. The condition Of Mr.. Gleich-
mann had been considered critical for
many weeks.
The deceased was a son of the late
Christian Gleichmann one of the pio-
neer settlers of the town of Pleasant
Prairie and he was born and raised IN
that town. He worked with his father
on the farm for number of years and
then came to Kenosha and opened the
grocery store on South street. His
widow is the sole surviving member Of
the family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Leaving mutual savings banks out
Of account, about three-ffths of the
commercial banking power of the
United States lies outside of the na-
tional banking system. There are. over
sixteen thousand state banking institu-
tions, with over a billion dollars CAPT
tai and surplus and seven and half
billions of individual deposits.
It is exceedingly doubtful that many
of these state institutions will join in
the federal system proposed by the
Glass-OWen Banking bill. The princi-
pal objections are: First, the enormous
power vested in seven political APP
pointees constituting the reserve board /;
second, that a bank joining in the
scheme must invest one-ffth of its
capital in stock that can never pay
more than five per cent.
The scheme proposed by the Glass
owen Dill can De worked without the
cooperation Of state banks. It would
still effect dependable rediscount
market for commercial paper. With
only the national banks joining there
could be no such breakdown of the
country's banking system as occurred
six years ago. But any scheme of bank
coordination which is so little attrac-
tive to the banks themselves that a
majority Of them hold aloof from it
falls decidedly short of the ideal. A
more liberal and confding temper
toward the banks would improve the
bill.-Saturday Evening Port.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
DEAD AT ELK MOUND.
Relatives of Clark Knowlton are Sought
by the Kenosha Police Today.

Chief Of Police O'Hare had tele-
phone message from the chief Of police
at Elk Mound, Wis, this morning ask
ing him to make an effort to find some
trace Of the relatives of Clark Knowl-
ton, supposed to be a former Kenosha
man, who is dead in that city. Knowl-
ton is said to have brother by the
name of Fred Knowlton, now living in
Kenosha. The police were not able to
locate any Of the relatives Of the man
today. The body is being held pending
the finding of the relatives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

At the rate inquiries are coming in
with regard to the method of obtain
ing aid under the mothers pension bill
passed at the last session, it does not
look as if the $4,000 appropriated to
carry out the provisions of the bill
would go far, provided, of course, that
all of the counties of the state decide
to come under the law as they are expect
ed to do. Unless the supervisors and
Judges are very watchful, payments I'M
der this bill are going to mount up rap
idly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE
New Theatre will Have a Seating Ca
pacity of 100 People With Splendid
Provisions for Exits Kinemacolor
Machine to Show Wonderful Pictures

Frank ]. 0'Brien s new theatre on
the ground floor Of the Elks building
on Wisconsin street, is to be ready for
occupancy the first week in Septem-
Der and it is to be christened .EThe
Princess Theatre. When completed
the new theatre will have seating
capacity Of more than seven hundred
people and the building of an addition
on the rear Of the building has made it
possible to install a stage which will
be as large as the stage of the Chica-
go theatre bearing the same name. The
stage will. be fully equipped with fly
lofts and galleries and it will be pos
sihle to use the theatre for the presen-
tation Of plays as well as vaudeville.
The entire. interior Of the house is to
be rebuilt and when it is reopened there
will be scarcely a trace of the old
I" Bijou Theatre y With the rebuild
ing and the change in name the Bijou
Theatre will be little more than
memory The new theatre will have
wide Hobbies, rest room, and smoking
room. It will have wide aisles with
plenty Of exists and the whole will be
dressed in very beautiful manner.
Boxes on each side Of the stage will
have room for the accommodation of
fifty people and in the rear Of the thea
tire there will be two club boxes which
will be reserved for box parties.
The electric equipment Of the new
theatre is to be of the most modern Dos
sible plan. Tt will have special cleo
trical effects for the stage. Commodi-
Gus dressing rooms will be placed in
the basement of the theatre at the rear
Of the stage and they will be fitted up
to meet the requirements of the most
fastidious stage stars.
One of the features of the new thea
tire will be the pictures. Manager
O'Brien has signed contract for the
right to produce the famous Kinema
color pictures in Kenosha. These pict-
lures are now seen in few cities in
Wisconsin and the new Princess will
have the exclusive right for their pro-
duction in Kenosha The right to these
pictures was secured at an expendi-
cure Of thousand dollars.
The interior decorations of the new
theatre will be most pleasing and every
seat in the auditorium and in the gal
leries will have a clear view f the
stage.
Manager O'Brien has already com
pleted arrangements for booking which
will assure him some excellent attrac-
tion for the house He will have many
of the bookings Of the big vaudeville
circuits and it is possible that he will
also have some of the so-called legiti-
mate companies during the season.
The, work on the front Of the theatre
had been delayed on account of the
failure of the iron beams to arrive.
but it IS thought that they will all be
ready for setting this week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
TURKS IN FIERCE FIGHT.
Battle Royal Takes Place in Turkish
Boarding House Saturday Evening.

There was an outbreak among the
Turks in Kenosba on Saturday night
when battle royal took place at the
Turkish boarding house on Wisconsin
street. A half a dozen men had part
in the affair and three of them were
arrested by the police department. and
brought into court this morning on
charges of making disturbance on
the street. Sam Merish, who is alleged
to have been the cause of the disturb
ance, at first entered plea of not
guilty, but later he admitted his guilt
and paid a fine of dollar and costs.
Similar fines were paid by Mike satish
and John schark, the other men ar
rested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
.PULNOT0R SOUGHT IN Vain
Young Woman Had Been One Of Thir-
teen Who Had Gone to the Lake from
Elgin for a Weekend Party-Was
Supposed to be an Expert Swimmer.

Miss Florence Foss, aged "a years and
a Well-known young woman Of Elgin,
H., was drowned in Powers lake late
Saturday afternoon. She had been
bathing with a party of friends in the
lake and jumped off a boat into deep
water. She came up smiling and her
friends believing that she was an e1,
pert swimmer had no idea that she was
in danger. She never came up the see
ond time. The body was recovered Is
minutes later aud although efforts were
made to resuscitate her for more than
an hour they were unsuccessful. The
body of the young woman was taken
to Elgin on Sunday afternoon and the
funeral will be held there on Tuesday
Miss Voss was a member Of a party
of thirteen young women from Elgin
who had gone to the lake to spend a
week end vacation. Miss Yoss and two
of her friends reached the lake on Fri
day afternoon and they had made pre-
parations for the coming of the other
members Of the party. She was declar-
ed to be the jolliest member of the
crowd of girls. The other members of
the party arrived on Saturday after
noon and shortly after they reached the
lake they decided to go in bathing. AS
Miss Voss could not swim she had not
brought bathing suit with her, but
one of her friends managed to borrow
suit from one Of the men at
the hotel where the young women
we're stopping and Miss Voss went
into the lake with the other mem
hers Of her party. She had rowed out
a hundred feet into the lake and be-
lieving that the water was shallow she
stood on the end of the boat and dived
into the lake. She came up smiling
and showed no signs Of being in trou-
BILE. AS she was attired in a man IS
UdtHiLS suit tHG ulGn dDUub JA0 Ioh6
who make it their work to look out for
any one in danger did not think it pos
sible that she was not an expert swim
mer and they paid little heed to her
until the screams of her companion in
the boat gave notice that she had gone
down and had not come up. Within a
few minutes the body was recovered.
A pulmotor was rushed to the lake from
Lake Geneva and for more than an hour
the men at the lake continued to work
on the body hoping to bring back some
spark of life. The young woman had
swallowed great amount of water and
from THE first the physicians in attend
ance declared that the task of reviving
her was hopeless one.
This is the first drowning accident to
take place at Powers lake in many
years and Miss Voss was so popular
with the guests at the resort there that
it caused profound sorrow. The young
women of the party returned to Elgin
with the body on Sunday evening
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
CUDAHY MARKET BURGLARIzED
Burglars Get Small Amount of Change
at West Side Market Sunday Night.

Report was made to the police this
morning that the cudaby Meat Mar
ket, No. 2, in the Crook building near
the corner of Rowland avenue and
Market street had been entered by
burglars some time Sunday evening.
The men made an entrance to the
building through rear window and
got away with some six dollars in
money. The robbery was discovered
when the place was opened for bust
ness this morning. The police lave ab-
solutely no clew to the guilty parties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
K. G. MEMBERS HAVE OUTING.
More Than Two Hundred of Kenosha
Council Go to Horlick's Dam.

The annual outing of the members of
the Kenosha Council of the Knights
of Columbus was held on Sunday and
more than two hundred of the members
of the council made the trip to Hor-
lick's dam, west of Racine, where an
all day program was carried out. There
We're baseball games and races and all
sorts of athletic sports provided for
the amusement of the Knights and
their friends and a great basket din
ner was served at noon. The outing
proved to be the most successful ever
held by the members of the Kenosha
council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
GIRL HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Quarrel Started at Dance at Amber
son Park Ends in Shooting on How
land avenue Alex sawaki Charged
with Shooting Declares His Innocence

Kenosha had its usual weekly shoot
ing ARRAY just after ten O clock Sun
day night when William Kurvenski, 26
years of age and residing at 1924 Grand
avenue, Racine, was shot down on
Rowland avenue just short distance
north of Anderson IS park. He is now
in the Kenosha hospital suffering from
the effects of wound in the right
shoulder from thirty eight calibre re-
volver and he is expected to recover
Miss Anna Kuzinski, who was with
Kurgenski at the time of the shooting,
had a bullet whizz past her ear but she
was not injured.
| Doctors I'll. A. Robinson and f. E
Andre are attending the wound OF
/ Kurvenski and they believe that he will
recover. AS yet they have not been
able to locate the bullet. 1t entered
the feshy part of the body just below
the right shoulder and evidently struck
a rib and was DETECTED along the rit
and probably lodged near the back
bone.
Just after four clock this morning
Police Officer Cezak arrested Alex Sa.
waskL at his home at ITO N. Fremont
avenue and he is in Jail charged with
the shooting. He declares that he is
innocent and that he never saw the Ra.
| cine man or the young woman with him
After the arrest Of Sawaki he was
taken to the hospital and he was posi-
lively identified by Kurvenski as the
man who had shct him
Later the young woman who is EN-
ployed as a waitress at the Fischer no
tel went to the police office and identi
fed Sawaki as the man who had used
the gun. The young woman was still
greatly excited and she could give the
police no connected story of the shoot
ng.
Kurvenski had come to Kenosha on
Sunday evening to attend the big pic
mic given by the Polish people at An
derson s park. He had been dancing
with Anna during the evening and a
little while before the shooting a man
came up and attempted to force the
girl to dance with him. Kurvenski re-
sented this intrusion but there was no
fight between the men at the time.
Later Kuryenski and the girl left the
park and they started to walk north
along Rowland avenue. They had gone
but short distance when a man walked
up behind them and without any warn
ing began shooting. The first shot went
past the young woman and the second
took effect in the shoulder of Kurven-
ski. Great excitement prevailed and in
this excitement the wouldbe slayer es-
capped. 1t is said that the man who
did the shooting ran north along How
land avenue. Members Of the crowd
sought to follow him but he distaneed
them and escaped. Within ten min
utes after the shooting the police had
been called to the scene of the crime
but they were unable to make any ar
rests. Every officer on the force was
put to work on the case
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
NEW MINISTER INSTALLED.
Large Crowd of People Attend Cere-
monies Attending the Installation.


The Rev. P. l.. G. Hansen, formerly
Of Manden Neb was given a most cor
dial welcome to his new duties as pas
tor of the Danish Lutheran church on
Sunday when the formal installation
ceremonies took place. The installation
sermon was preached by the Rev Mr..
Bing of the Racine church who paid a
high tribute to the splendid work done
by Mr.. Hansen in the pulpit and along
other lines for the advancement Of the
church in Wisconsin and other states
Following the sermon Mr.. Hansen made
few remarks. During the service .spe-
cial music was furnished BY the choir
Of the church. Following the formal
service an informal reception to the new
minister was held.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
LADIES SPECIAL AUGUST OFFER

$500 saved on every ladies suit or
coat ordered from us during August It
will pay you to look over our hand
some styles and patterns. You II be
surprised at the prices. We also make
up suits and coats from your own goods.
Cleaning, pressing and repairing.
Work called for and delivered. Our
store open Monday and Saturday even
ings, until further notice. Chas. H.
Curtiss, 165 Park street. Phone
1900. advdWaS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07
RUSH FOR LICENSES.
One New Law Goes Into Effect But the
Other is Not Yet Off the Press.

There was rush for marriage IL
censes in the office of the county clerk
today, prospective bridegrooms seeking
to keep away from the annoyance of the
new law demanding a medical essaslniTla
ton. There will probably be at least
another day of grace as this morning
the clerk did not receive the law de-
manding the examinations. He did re-
ceive the law against the marriage of
cousins and one application for Ii
cense was turned down. The applicants
were Joseph Wage and Miss Georgia
Margaret Christie Wage of Chicago.
The application for this license was
sent by mail and the clerk at once mott
fed the bridegroom that he would have
to arrange to be married in some other
state. 1t is expected that copy Of the
medical examination bill will reach Ke-
nosha not later than Wednesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

A. D. Young who has been advertis-
ing manager for the S. and ]. Gottlieb
Company for the past three months has
resigned his position and will return
to his home in South Bend, Ind He
will either go into the employment Of
one of the big ores at South Bend or
go into business for himself. Mr..
Young has made many friends during
his short stay in Kenosha who will be
pleased to wish him success.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Frank Hyatt Of Elgin, H., was ar
rested here Sunday on charges of in
toxication. The man had the button
Of prominent society on his coat
He was ordered to get out Of town and
stay out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

The Evening News is still busy NOV
ing to the new building on Wisconsin
street. The business offices have been
moved to the new building and the
publication of the paper at the new
plant will probably start on Wednes
day. All business is now being tran
sacted at the new bull
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

John Lasewsky, residing on the west
side Of the city, reported to the police
that he had been robbed of $40 on last
Saturday night One suspect has been
arrested in connection with the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

The Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany is running cars on the south side
of Market Square today. The cars rum
ming to the west from the square have
changed their route so as to run over
the tracks recently used by the inter
urban cars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Mrs. Florence Portwine and daughtep
Mercedes, Jos. A. Gleisner, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. T. Rhodes and daughters
5eraldiao and Janet, visited in Nils
aaukee sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

Paul Morrison and Miss Anna Peter
son, both Of Kenosha, were quietly
married by Judge Randall at the NUM-
eipal court room on Saturday after
noon. They will make their home IN
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-08-07

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Kenosha visitor ca sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-26
Boston = orec asst,

Boston. Nov. Forecast for los
ton aad vicinity EAR ednes'aS
with risine temperatures THURSDAY
probably fair; Moderate south to#"es
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-26
Democrats Are Anxious and
Seek Conference on Currency

Washington, Nov. 25-The currency
situation took an unexpected turn in
the Senate, today, when Democratic
leaders decided to summon party
conference at once, to dispose Of the
points of differences and 10 attempt
to unite party members behind a bill
that would have the support Of Pres
ident Wilson,
Tho conference viii begin at II
o'clock, tomorrow II was said by
Democratic managers. tonight, that its
conclusions would not BE- binding but
that it was expected the Democrats
would be able to agree upon vital fea-
lures of the band unit upon the pend
ing bill. The second days debate upca
the big reform measure was notable
for the absence OF show of iu-feelins
between the advocates of the differ
ent currency plans represented by the
Owen and Hitchcock bills.
Senator Hitchcock held the Senate
for more than an hour with his speech
in support of the bill agreed upon by
himself and the five Republicans of
the Senate committee. His remarks
were characterized by recognition of