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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
Crop REPORT GOOD
State Experts Declare That
Crops in Wisconsin have
not been Hurt by Cold.
CORN ACREAGE IS VERY LARGE

Secretary J. c. Mackenzie of the
state board of agriculture on Thursday
issued the following report on the con-
dition of farm crops in Wisconsin. on
June /:
While heavy rains and continued
cold delayed the planting of corn and
potatoes, the condition of crops on
June l is more favorable than the re-
! port issued from this Office on May /,
The general average condition of win
ter wheat in the state is 93.4 per cent
of normal; spring wheat, 95.1 per cent;
winter rye, 95.4 per cent; spring rye,
SO per cent; barley, 95.l per cent; oats,
! 97.3 per cent; clover meadows, 93.S per
cent; timothy meadows, 96.3 per cent;
alfalfa, 92.4 per cent; pastures, 1O1 per
cent.
"The reports predict an apple crop
| of 80 per cent of normal and small fruit
81 per cent of normal. The damage to
fruit trees by insects over the entire
state is only 9 per cent; the damage
to frat trees and small fruits by frost
is Is per cent,
1t is estimated that the corn acre
age will be equal to that of 1912, re-
gardless Of the backward season, the
percentage planted on June / being 70
per cent of the total. The potato acre
age, as compared with 1912, shows a
gain of 2 per cent, with 55 per cent of
the total acreage planted on June l.
Sugar beet acreage will show falling
off of Is per cent; tobacco 16 per cent
and fax 10 per cent. Peas, beans and
cabbage will show an acreage almost
equal to that of 1912.
"Reports from the northern section
of the state show an increase of u per
cent in cleared lands during the last
twelve months. Crop conditions are ex-
cellent with prospects better than the
average at this season of the year. The
reports further show that farm improve
ment is moving forward rapidly. Mod
ern farm buildings are replacing the old
structures and large quantities of woven
wire are being used for fencing.
MANY farmers are realizing the me-
cessity of providing for future wood
supply by giving careful attention to
second growth timber and practicing
rigid economy with the present supply,
although in many localities little
thought or attention is given to the
conservation of the timber lot on the
farm.
"While quite heavy frosts have been
reported in some sections of the state,
apple trees and small fruits have suf-
fered no serious damage"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
KENOSHA Makes MANY ERRORS
Visitors Make One Run in the Tenth
But Kenosha Managed to Get Two
Runs and the Came Games in Fac
tory League Interesting Amateurs

The Kenosha team slipped over an
other victory on Sunday afternoon
when the Columbias Of Port Washing
ton went down to defeat on the north
side diamond by score Of to z. 1t
took ten innings to win the game. The
Ports gave the locals real scare in
the tenth by slipping over run which
looked like the winning run, but the
locals came through with batting
rally in the last half of the tenth and
managed to get two runs.
Birch pitched for Kenosha and al
lowed but seven hits in the ten inn
ings while Kenosha managed to get
twelve hits off Koopman. The Keno
sha team showed a tendency to throw
the ball away and five errors were
charged in the ten innings, these err
rors materially aiding the Columbias
in getting close to victory. The
game was witnessed by eight hundred
people. The score follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
DR.. Spencer of State Board
OF Health Makes Mysteri-
GUS Visit Wednesday.
TO INVESTIGATE "COMPl LIANT"

Officials of the county are consid-
erably mystifed over an inspection of
the county Jail made on Wednesday
afternoon by DR.. L. E. Spencer Of
Wausau, one of the members Of the
Wisconsin State Board of Health. No
complaint has been made against the
condition of the Jail to any of the
local officials but DR.. Spencer reached
here just after noon Wednesday and
declared that he had been instructed
to come to Kenosha by the State Board
and inspect the jail in response to
complaints filed with the state depart
ment. He had with him Dr.. j. j. Nc
Shane and the two officials made an
inspection of the building from attic
to cellar. DR.. Spencer was very I'M
communicative and he did not an
nounce who had made the complaint
or the nature Of it. DR.. McShane de-
clared that nothing was found at the
jail to give any reason for complaint
and that all parts Of the building were
in good condition. The county agent
has met every demand of the State
Board Of Control and the State Board
Of Health in the rebuilding of the
Jail on different occasions and the
only complaint that has ever been
made on the jail was against the
treatment accorded to tramps in the
tramp room.o Some Of the progress
sive members Of the Board of Control
have suggested that these men be bet
ter cared for but the officials of the
county have held that the provision
made for the "hobos' was entirely
sufficient.
Dr. Spencer remained in the city
for only a short time and made no
other Investigations Of city or county
buildings. 1t is supposed that the
mystery attending his visit and the
inspection of the jail will be cleared
up with the arrival of a formal com
munication from the State Board of
Health in a short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

On the Rambler diamond. Saturday
Frost-Wells beat Simmons, score s to
3. This came as a surprise to all, even
Frost-Wells. For them it was good
day while for the Simmons boys it was
an off day, they fielding poorly and
hitting in hard luck Winning of the
game gave Frost Wells their first VIC
tory and it meant the first game lost
this season by Simmons. A feature
of the game was the pitching of Marx,
Simmons man loaned to Frost
Wells.
On the Silver Springs diamond the
Ramblers took the game from the
White Cats, score 10 to s, in an inter
esting game. By winning the Ram
blers went into tie with the White
Cats in the league standing.
The Badger Brass-American game on
the north side was not played Satur-
day, the Badgers being unable to put
a team on the field on account of not
having a pitcher and several players
being on the sick list. American Brass
put team on the field although ad-
vised in advance that no team would
be out to meet them. Whether they
will claim the game by forfeit is not
known at the present writing.
On the Silver Springs diamond Sat
urday, June 21st, the American Brass
and Simmons will meet to battle for
supremacy. This will surely be an in
teresting game. On the Rambler dia-
mond the Badgers and White Cats will
meet and on the north side diamond
the Ramblers and Frost-Wells will get
together.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
COUNTY COURT CALENDAR.

For special June term, being held on
the fourth Tuesday of June, being
June oath, at the county court room in
the City of Kenosha, Kenosha County,
Wisconsin.
|. In the matter of the will of
Peter Zahan, deceased. Final account.
:. In the matter of the estate of
Elizabeth Stahl, deceased. Petition
for leave to sell real estate to pay
debts.
8. In the matter of the will of
Lewis August Tetzlaff, deceased. Fin
al account.
4 In the matter OF the estate of
Jennie Beyersdorfer, deceased. Final
account.
5. In the matter of the will of VII
liam stolt, deceased. Petition for pro-
bate.
s. In the matter of the win Of
Charles Gregory, deceased. Final ac-
count
Z. In the matter of the viii of
Mary s. Blum, deceased. Probate of
will.
5. In the matter of the estate of
Charlotte K. Condron, deceased. Final
account.
8. In the matter of the will of
John shaufel, deceased. Final ac-
count.
10. In the matter of the estate of
John Greedy, deceased. Administers
ton.
First Claim Day.
49, Re will of Gottlieb Koppisch,
deceased.
IA. Re est of Joseph Szumanski de-
ceased.
Is. Re will of Joseph Lancer, de-
ceased.
Is. Re will of Nathan N. Burgess,
u6c6dS6u.
Last Day for Filing Claims Against
the
II. Estate of Paul Adelt, deceased.
IS. Estate of Thomas j. Erwin, de-
ceased.
10. Estate of Louis August Tetz-
laff, deceased.
Second Claim Day.
20. Re will of Israel Van Vie, de-
ceased.
q. Re will of Peter Schlax, de-
ceased.
%. Re gdn of Frank Brudy, ST.,
deceased.
%. Re est. of Charlotte, K. cond-
ron, deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
DUPLICATE LAST YEARS OFFER
$4,000 Will be Divided Between Roads
Raising Largest Amounts by Private
Subscriptions This Year--All Roads
Radiating from Kenosha Entered.

The Kenosha Automobile club has
decided to repeat the contest of 1912 in
an effort to secure the improvement of
roads leading into the city of Kenosha
and the club has hung up prizes of
$4,000 for road work for the coming
year and this money will be divided be-
tween the two roads raising the largest
amount Of money by private subscrip-
tion for road work in 1914 The road
raising the largest amount will receive
prize of $1,000 and the road with the
second largest amount will receive $500.
The only provision in the offer by the
club is that the road must be one of
the roads radiating from the city Of
Kenosha. The money will be available
SO that it may be turned over to the
town treasurer before the date set by
the law.
The conditions Of the contest will be
exactly the same as those covering the
contest in 1912 and it will be closed on
the first day Of August. The commit
tee in charge will be Milton A. Kent,
chairman; II. B. Robinson, DAN O.
Head, FL. F. DeBerge, Peter Fisher Jr.,
Peter Rhode, w. J. Frost and John M.
Kehlor.
It should be remembered that the
amount to be spent on the winning
roads will be six times the total amount
raised by the property owners added
to the amount contributed by the Auto
mobile Club.
In the contest last year the first
prize was won by the property owners
of South Park avenue. $1,000 was rails
ed among the property owners and this
added to the amount Of $1,000, the prize
money, was paid into the town treas
ury. AS result the county and state
is spending on South Park avenue this
year something over $4,000 for perma-
nent roadways. Ashland avenue won
the second prize last year and the
amount being expended on that road
this summer is $4,000. These figures
show that it is to the interest of the
property owners to win the first prize
in the contest.
The members of the county board
promise to be liberal in handling the
road work in the coming year and peo-
pie on many roads leading out of the
city promise to get busy and seek the
prize money. 1t is possible that Park
avenue will again be in the running,
but the success of this road last year
was such that a large amount of the
road will be permanently improved by
the fund raised last year. The condi-
tions of the 1913 contest will be pub
lished widely by the committee of the
automobile club and it is expected that
nearly every road radiating from the
city will raise some money in an effort
to secure the club money. Even though
the road does not win a prize in the
contest it is certain that the money
raised will aid materially in securing
Improvement of the highways.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
TAKE INJURED WOMAN HOME.
Elizabeth Blasky Injured in Camp
Lake Auto Accident to be Taken Home.

County Agent Russell H. Jones this
morning arranged to have Elizabeth
Blasky, the Manistee, Mich, young
woman injured in an automobile acct
dent at Camp Lake five weeks ago
Sunday, removed to her home at Man
istee, Mich. The condition Of the
young woman is such as to cause ap-
prehension among the physicians who
have attended her. Since the ampu-
tation Of her foot at the ankle there
has been developments which indicate
blood poisoning. When told that her
condition was serious the young wom-
an asked that she be taken to her
home. She will be sent to Manistee
on Tuesday in care of relatives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
some FORGOTTEN AMOUNTS
Commission Finds that Property has
Changed Hands Since Claims Were
Made and New Owners have no
knowledge of Nature of Claims.

Members of the commission named to
make settlement of the claims against
the Cleary, White, Newman company
met with unexpected difficulties on Sat
urday when they gave the entire day
to making personal inspection on
places owned by property owners claim
lns damages. Several cases were found
in which the property owners not only
could not show any damages but where
it was admitted that the amount that
the people claimed had been forgotten.
The entire membership of the commits
sion Joined in the inspection and the
members started at the lake shore and
walked along the route Of the sewer
clear out to Charles street stopping at
every place where a claim had been
filed. The time that has elapsed since
the completion of the sewer makes it
pretty certain that it will be hard to
properly estimate damages to the prop
erty in question. In nearly every place
the property owners have rebuilt build
lngs, filled up lawns and repaired fences
so that there is no showing of damages.
In several cases the property for which
damages was claimed had changed
hands and the new owners knew moth
ing about the claims.
AS yet the commission has not made
final determination of a single claim
but it is pretty certain that many of
the claims will be scaled down and
some Of them disallowed.
The commission is convinced that not
a few of the claims were made simply
because the people decided that claim
ing was good, " and that there was
chance to get little easy money.
There are few meritorious claims in
the long list and these are being sifted
out for further consideration by the
commission.
company have shown willingness to
make any payment that the commits
sion may direct and in addition they
have consented to settle some of the
smaller claims without hearings in order
to get them out of the way.
Within few days the property own
ers will be notified to appear before the
commission and show just what rights
they may have to consideration. The
commission has found in few cases
that damages claimed against the con-
struction company should be paid by the
city. These cases are claims for dis
turbing property in building the sewer
without getting a sufficient release of
right of way from the property owners.
reasonable in their claims and it is
probable that most of them will be set
tied by the city paying for the filing
up of lots.
The Cleary, White Company is anx-
ious to get the claims settled up within
the next so days in order that they
may receive the balance that is held
by the city and make final wind up
of their affairs in Kenosha. It is pretty
certain that two of the claims under
consideration vii have to be settled in
the courts and this fact will probably
bring some delay in the final settle
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The representatives Of the indus
trial commission who have been max
ing numerous inspections of the high
school buildings gave no indication Of
their findings before leaving the city,
but their official report will be ready
for the next meeting of the school
board Whatever that body decides
to do with tie building, the recon-
mendations Of committees which have
been making these Investigations will
doubtless be followed to the letter
with regard to doing everything con-
sidered necessary to make the school
building absolutely safe. We do not
believe for minute that any members
Of the board would knowingly take
any chances on the safety of the child
rem who attend school there. There
are wide differences of opinion on the
board as to what shall be done with
the building, but the m smbers viii
unite on the proposition hat if it is
used it must be made safe
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
SPEAKS FOR WOMAN
Mrs. Katherine Van Wyck,
Formerly of Kenoska tells
of Abuse of Women.
NEED OF new INSTITUTIONS

Mrs. Van Wyck, Who Has Had Wide
Experience in Charitable Organiza-
tion Declares that State Fails to Meet
Problem Of Caring for Erring Women
House of correction sentences for
immoral women do not reform them.
This was an assertion of Mrs. Kath-
crime Van Wyck, formerly of Kenosha,
secretary of the Associated Charities,
before the Milwaukee branch of the
Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association
at Westminster Presbyterian Church
in Milwaukee.
Jail and prison sentences are mere
ly punishments; they do not tend to
REFORM declared Mrs. Van Wyck.
Prostitution, she declared, is the re-
suit of industrial ineficiency and lack
of moral training and general ignor-
ance. She cited figures showing that
of 364 committed in one year to the
house of correction for immoral con-
duet, seventytwo had been committed
two to four times previously, fifty
three five or more times before, six
teen more than twenty-five times and
two more than fifty times.
She claimed women offenders of Wis
consin are unprovided for, and that
they are either given short sentences
or their sentences are suspended by
the judge because Of no proper place
to send them. She believes this will
be remedied by the establishment of
a state reformatory for women, bill
for which is now before the legislature.
She said there is but one place in
the state where an erring woman or
girl may remain with her child-the
Martha Washington homeland its
capacity is but one hundred, while
about fifteen hundred are brought be-
fore the courts for immortality each
year.
eThe old idea that fallen woman
will never reform is not borne out by
the facts in the history Of the Bed
ford, N. Y, reformatory,' said Mrs.
Van Wyck. "Girls there are trained
to industrial efficiency and taught
knowledge of general subjects and
their standard Of living is raised, so
that often when they are ready to go
out of the institution they hardly
recognize the clothes they wore when
they came in
Mrs. Van Wyck said large per-
centage of immoral women who 90 to
reformatories are so diseased that it
is rarely less than a year before they
regain their health and are able to
work capably
Mrs. Van Wyck made the statement
that there are many Predetermined
people in Milwaukee who come to the
associated charities that it is impos-
sible to have committed to the home
for the feeble minded because there is
no psychopathic ward where their de-
fects can be tested. She quoted sta
tistics to show that when left at large
the predetermined are several times
more prolific than normal human beings.
She said that while there will soon
be accommodations for twelve hundred
Predetermined at the Chippewa Falls
home, about five hundred have made
applications to judges aud other Of
ficers for commitment to such a home.
Mrs. Van Wyck said students of the
subject were certain that from twenty
to forty per cent Of known prostitutes
are of the high class of feeble minded.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

B. Brunoti, residing at 159 Newell
street, was badly bruised on Saturday
evening when the bicycle on which he
was riding collided with an automd-
bile. Brunoti was thrown from the
bicycle and suffered severe bruises.
The bicycle was wrecked. The police
are making an effort to secure. the ar.
rest Of the driver of the automobile.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

District Attorney Drury, his wife
and daughter narrowly escaped injury
in an automobile accident on the wood
road north Of the city Sunday after
noon. The axle of the automobile in
which they were riding broke, but Mr..
Drury managed to stop the car before
it turned tur The auto was towed
into the city this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

This was something serious. The
ice cream supply Of Kenosha was com
pletely exhausted by five o'clock Sun
day afternoon and the lovers of the
frozen sweets had to wait several
hours for emergency orders to get here
from Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
CARVER GRADE TRoTrER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
of Kenosha, now the property of A.
F. Mcneil of South Bristol, Kenosha,
Co., Wis. Carver will make the sea-
son at the stables on the Barker Pic
kens farm in South Bristol. Registered
No. 1914. Terms: $40 to insure live
foal. advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

Steven Nolan, Bristol man, was
arrested this morning on charges of
cruelty to animals preferred by County
Agent Karnes of the Humane Society.
It was alleged that Nolan had left his
cows for thirty-six hours without milk
ing them Nolan declared that ne was
not certain about the matter and paid
fine Of ten dollars and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The "sea Bird, little craft from
Racine, was picked up disabled off
Kenosha on Sunday afternoon and
towed into port by Commodore Ritter
and Captain Schmidt. After repairs
had been made on the little boat she
returned to Racine under her own
power.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

Charles Fl. Matthews and George A.
Yule won the trophy offered for the
foursome played on the links of the
Kenosha Country Club Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

Three base hit-zeivers. Two base
hits-Rupp, 2; Werwie, 2; Teske.
Struck out-by Birch, 8; by Koopman,
A. Time hours. Attendance 800.
Umpire-Williams.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The K. G. Coop. baseball club won
the first game from the Simmons Cubs
by score of 20 to 5 and lost the
second to the Baptist Sunday school
by score Of II to 5. A large crowd
was present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. O'Donnell spent
Sunday with friends and relatives in
Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

DR.. Beemer, Office corner Market
and Main streets. Tel. 1917. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
With the Amateurs.

The Grosvenor Colts defeated the
Anderson Stars on Sunday morning at
Bonds Woods by score Of IL to 10.
The features of the game were the
pitching Of Cleary who struck out IA
men and the home run Of Anderson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The Athletics defeated the strong
Southport team at the Normal diamond
by the score of to l. The feature
Of the game was Harrington S pitching
with twelve strikeouts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

Kenosha % 2 0 600 0 2-S
P. w. ......O DOL 10 4 0 II
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

man Ko Kos Sunday by score Of
% to II.
III Apaches defeated the Wilmot
baseball team at Wilmot by score
of to 2. Clean all around ball play
ing made the game unusually inter
esting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The Martin Bros. won an easy vic
tory from the Silver Springs by the
score of IL to l. The feature of the
game was the heavy hitting of the
Martin Bros.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The Normals added one more to their
string of victories by defeating the
strorf Van Pree and Ryders of Mil
wanuxee by . score Of TO to 0. The
Normals have not been scored on in
the last 80 innings. The feature of the
game was the pitching and batting of
Marks, who allowed but four hits,
gave two bases on balls and struck
out eight men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19

The Racine Cubs defeated the Kohl