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The state herald., 1913-11-14
Tax Fight.

A majority Of the newspapers Of tho
state. outside Of Denver. arc taking u
justiiiablc interest in the controversy
between Assessor Grsndstand Pitcher
and tho State Tax Commission. Alarge
amount Of information has already been
disclosed. which places thsswide- mouth.
The state herald., 1913-11-14

II is now reported that the recall Of
Judicial decisions adopted by vote Of
the people Of the state at the last cloe-
ton, may result In a tie up Of tho bills
for expenses Of the militia In the coal
strike I'LL after the next election.
The supreme court will be asked to
order the state auditor TO issue eertin-
Gates Of indebtedness with which TO pay
the expenses Of the militia In the strike
The state herald., 1913-11-14

II this order is made by the supreme
court, under the recall of judicial de-
cisions, this decision of the court may
be referred to a vote of the people at
the election in 1914.
The recall Of decisisi ons may be q re-
form measure but 1t does not seem to
fit in an emergency such as the State
OF Colorado is called upon to face at
present.
The state herald., 1913-11-14

Some Of the eastern states expert
enced fierce and destructive blizzard
the first Of the week while we out here
i'm Colorado were enjoying the most
delightful fall weather that any one
could wish.
The state herald., 1913-11-14

Johnson of the above named Bank do somn that
the above the Of knowledge and belief
J. H. Painter, Presidedt Robt L. johnson, Cashier.
Attest Majority of Directors A. Scheunemann T. Nelson
H. C. Hargreaves, A. A. Shafer.
Subscribed and to before this 9Th day of Nov
1918. (SeaD W. D. Kelsey Notary Public
My commission expires January 8. 1917
The state herald., 1913-11-14

The reception Monday evening at the
residence Of Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Trego
given by the First Presbyterian church
In honor Of the new members, was Of
an epoch making character. About
eighty were present, The services be-
gan with singing Blest Be The Tie That
Binds. followed by the Lords Prayer
In unison. Addresses were then deliy-
cred by the pastor. In behalf Of the con
grcgation: by J. W. Van Kirk In behalf
Of the session; and byJH. l.. Colver as
representing the Young Peoples Chris
tian Endcavor Society.
During the course OF the evening in
strumental music OF different kinds and
plays were interspcrscd. worthy Of
special mention and greatly enjoyed
were the readings by Mrs. NJ. 7. Nell
son.
Beginning with the first Sabbath Of
|Septcmbcr. and almost every Sabbath
since, additions were made to the
church until the whole number TO datc
amounts 10 twcnty.ono Of which only
i've are young children. II goes with
out say ing that the Refreshments In the
|way OF sandwiches. cnkes. fruit and
coffee were excellent and abundant.
Everybody. including the little ones.
were made happy and the occasion viii
long be remembered.
The state herald., 1913-11-14
Silo Saves 10c Per Day
Per Horse

In the current issue Of Farm and
Fireside, in the Live Stock and Dairy
department, Ralph Brown writes an ar
ticle showing how silos are great farm
economy. After writing specifically on
the subject, he goes to make the fol.
lowing general summary:
"A silo will put the small farmer on
his feet. Silage makes possible saw
ing Of 10 cents day on Il cows ration.
II you feed 10 cows for 200 days, you
will have saved $500 on your feeding
bill as compared with other rations.
Ten cows feeding for 200 days will re.
quire 400 ton silo. A concrete silo Of
such capacity can be built for about one
That means something to the farmer
But that is not all Of the problem. 1t
has been proven by test the corn cut
and stored as silage will yield 10 per
cent more milk and II per cent more
butter fat than nm equal amount Of corn
cut and fed ms dry forage. .-Merino
Breeze.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
HORSE sWIMs HARBoR.
Animal Which Fell Into the Harder at
Main st. Rescued by Lifesavers

A big delivery horse owned by F. T.
Joerndt, the Milwaukee avenue mer-
chant caused lot of excitement this
morning just after seven o clock when
he fell off the docks near the Main st.
bridge. The horse showed stubborn
disposition and finally the life saving
crew was called to all in removing him
from the harbor. A rope was put about
the head of the horse and the crew
started to tow him to the station. The
horse swan portion of the distance
and then refused to exert himself. The
members of the crew managed to tow.
him to the beach After the rescue the
horse returned to the docks at the
bridge and continued his monotonous
work of aiding in the operation of a
hoist. He seemed to have suffered no
inconvenience from his plunge into the
water
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
ENTERTAINMENT A SUCCESS

The play and operetta given by the
pupils of Miss Bess Marion Anderson,
teacher of elocution and dramatic art,
and Miss Glendora Barnes, teacher of
voice, was a great success. Every seat
was taken and all The players received
hearty applause. The audience was
greatly impressed by the naturalness
of the elocution of students, and full
free voices of the vocal students. For
gotten" by Cowels, and God S Eter-
nifty" by Noel Johnson were sung by
Miss Eva Huff pupil of Miss Barnes.
Miss Huff has magnificent dontralto
voice and sings with much coloring
and ease
The persons that came from out Of
town to attend the entertainment were:
Miss Beatrice Dolan, Miss Gladys
Grove, Miss Celia futile, Miss NJ.
Karraseh, Miss Louisa Bmkey, Mrs.
Reynold Dolan, Mrs. Eva futile, of
Zion City ILL.,, Miss Mabel Griggs
aud Miss Fanny Framer, OF Wau-
kegan, Ill. A recital by pupils of Miss
Anderson and Miss Barnes will be
given at the First Baptist church, on
Thursday evening, June 9Th. Every
body welcome. Admission 1oc. adv.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
LEFT KENOSHA A WEEK AGO
Man Formerly Belonged to the Brick
Layers Union Here But Little Is
Known of His Family identified by
Card Found in His Pockets.

II. McLane, AZ years of age and
resident of Kenosha for some time, met
instant death on Friday afternoon when
he was run down by a train on the
tracks Of the Pennsylvania Railway
company, near South Chicago. The man
had attempted to cross the tracks when
he was struck by an engine and in
stantly killed. The body was thrown
fifty feet from the tracks. 1t was pick
ed up and taken to the Murphy morgue,
1856 South Chicago avenue, where it is
still being held pending the arrival OF
friends of the man from Kenosha.
When the body was examined cards
were found in the pockets Of the clio
thing indicating that McLane had for
merly resided at 314 julius street in
this city and the local police were at
once asked to make an investigation
and try and locate friends or relatives
of the dead man. G. Hebson, who re-
sides at the number in question, was
found late Friday evening and he told
the police that he knew McLane but
that he did not know where any of his
relatives could be found. McLane for
merly worked as a brick layer in Ke-
nosha and was member of the local
union. The records Of the union show
that he was dropped on the first day
of May last. After that he remained
in Kenosha for some time and it is
thought that he went to Chicago less
than week ago.
McLane was a quiet and unassuming
fellow and he had not made any state
ments in regard to his past life or his
family while he was in Kenosha. The
records of the union Indicate that he
had come to Kenosha from Chicago and
an address in Chicago found in the re-
cords Of the union may aid the police of
that city in locating his relatives.
McLane is said to have been living
at boarding house a short distance
from the place where he met his death
and so far as can be learned he had
not worked at his trade since he left
Kenosha.
Members of the local union will make
an effort to aid the Chicago officials to
find some relatives of the man and it is
pretty certain that the body Of the un-
fortunate man will not be allowed to
be buried in/the potters field
So far as is known in Kenosha, Nc
Lane was not married. He had board
ed at several places in Kenosha and at
none of these places did he make any
mention of having wife or children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
HAVE TROUBLE WITH CUPID
County Clerk Jones Asks State Attor-
ney in Chicago to Investigate the
Marriage of Charles Olsen and Miss
Denman, Both of Chicago.

County Clerk Russell H. Jones this
morning declared that he would make
an effort to have the states attorney
Of Cook county investigate the ac-
tion of the Rev. FL. Fay Tyler, pastor
of the Auburn Park Congregational
Church in Chicago, who on Friday
evening officiated at the marriage of
Charles Olsen, aged 10, and Mabel
Denman, aged Is. The ceremony of
the marriage was performed on Wis
consin license and the laws of this
state provide penalty of fine of
$500 for the soIemnizing of such a
marriage by any one not permitted I'M
der the laws Of the state. The Wis
consin law strictly provides that mar
riage under Wisconsin licenses may be
performed only within the confines of
Wisconsin. When Olsen and his bride
came to Kenosha on Friday afternoon
and secured the license they were ad-
vised that they could not be married
in Chicago or in any place outside the
state of Wisconsin.
The couple had troubles of their own
getting married. They left Chicago
early Friday morning with the idea Of
being married at Waukegan and they
were refused a license there on account
of the fact that the groom was under
the legal age. A telegram to Chicago
fixed this and the mother Of the groom
Joined them and came to Kenosha and
gave her consent for the marriage. She
asked that her son be married by a
Presbyterian minister, but when it
was found that there was no minister
of this denomination in Kenosha she
consented to having the knot tied by
Methodist minister.
Just as soon as the young couple re-
ceived the license they took the first
train for Chicago and went to the
church over which Mr.. Tyler presides
and were married The minister sent
letter to the county clerk last night
asking for some information in regard
to the filing of the return. In his let
ter he stated that he was formerly a
minister at Oshkosh and that the fact
that his credentials were on file at Osh-
kosh gave him the right to perform
the ceremony. It is now held that the
couple are not married according to the
Wisconsin law. Clerk Jones has mott
fed the minister and the two young
people Of the facts in the case. No
reason was assigned by young Olsen
and his bride for seeking to be mar
ried outside Of Chicago.
Olsen gave his occupation as boil
ermaker and stated that he was son
of Thomas Olsen. Miss Denman is a
daughter Of William Denman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
GETS SIXTY DAYS IN JAIL.
Madison Man Who Stole Pressman S
Wheel Sent Up for Long Term.

Don It try to steal bicycle belong
ing to any one connected with news
paper Office This is the one best
bunch. Roscoe Banks, q years of age,
who came to Kenosha from Clintonville,
Wis, on Friday, learned this in the
municipal court this morning when he
drew fine of $25 and costs with an
alternative Of spending sixty days in
Jail. Banks was arrested late Friday
afternoon after an exciting chase fol
lowing his attempt to steal a bicycle
belonging to John Gallatin, pressman
employed at the Evening News Office.
Gallatin had left his wheel in front
Of the store of the Werve Furniture
Company on Park street and he came
out Of the store just in time to see
Banks pedaling away with the bike at
a speed that was astounding. He gave
chase as did several other employees of
the News office. Banks had a good
start, but he was not fast enough with
his feet and when he reached the Ma
sonic Temple he abandoned the wheel
and took to his heels. By this time
his pursurers were close behind him.
Myron McGeehan at this point entered
the chase. He was advised by the pur-
suers to stop Banks and he found it
necessary to land on him with his fist
to stop him, but he stopped him all
right. Later on Gallatin and his
friends managed to hold Banks until
Patrolman Bradley and the patrol
wagon arrived. Banks declared in
court this morning that he had plan
ned to sell the wheel IL order to get
money to return to Madison. He
pleaded guilty to charges Of petty
larceny.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
CITY TESTS WATER.
Laboratory in Basement Of City Hall
Used for Water Tests Now.

The city of Kenosha is going to make
its own water tests in the future and
the laboratory in the city hall base
ment is now the busiest place connect
ed with the health department. More
than a score Of samples Of water tax
en- from the lake are being tested. The
test is being made to ascertain the eff
fectiveness of the alternating of the
water and it is expected to show some
interesting results. DR.. j. J. McShane
is in charge of the tests and he is be-
ing aided by G. A. Jennings Of Chicago
who is in charge Of the installation of
the chlorinating plant. 1t is the plan
of the health department to make all
water tests for the city in the future
and it is thought that considerable
amount can be saved to the city by
this work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
DAUGHTER RECEIVES PROPERTY
Court Holds that Deed Given and Later
Destroyed by the Father of Mrs. Cor
nelia Rottman Must be Held Good
Appeal in Case Expected.

Faith in the value of a recorded deed
was somewhat shaken among the legal
lights of Kenosha this morning when
Judge James Wickham of Eau Claire
handed down a decision in the case of
John Mckinney as executor of the es-
tate on David Lonergan against Corne-
liza Rottman ct al. The hearing of the
case has been watched with greatest
interest on account of the unusual ques-
tions of law presented. In his decision
Judge Wickham holds that Mrs Rott-
man is entitled to title to the proper
ty notwithstanding the fact that it was
admitted that deed to the property
given her years ago had been destroyed
by her father and that subsequent to
the making of this deed, the father had
given second deed by which the prop
erty was transferred to his wife. Lon
ergan, according to the findings of the
court, transferred the property in ques-
tion to his daughter, Mrs. Rottman in
1903. The deed was not recorded but
returned to the father for safe keeping
and later he destroyed it.
For many years Lonergan and his
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Rottman occu-
pied the property in question, the lat
ter furnishing board and keep for Mr..
and Mrs. Lonergan. There was later a
quarrel in the family and Lonergan set
tied with his daughter and her husband
by paying them $500. Later he made
the deed transferring the property to
his wife and this deed was duly re-
corded in this county. After the death
of Lonergan, Mr.. and Mrs. Rottman
claimed the property as theirs and the
matter has been in both the county and
circuit courts. In his decision Judge
Wickham holds that the deed of Loner-
gan and his wife to Mrs. Rottman must
stand as the settlement made did mo-
in any way affect the validity of the
deed which had been destroyed and that
in absence of a transfer of the property
the title must remain with Mrs. RotC.
man and her husband.
1t is probable that the case will later
be appealed to the Supreme court oD
account of the Unusual propositions of
law found in the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
HOLD WOMAN AS A vAGRANT.
Margaret Count of Waukegan Given
Option in Municipal Court.

Margaret Count, q years Of age, and
said to be the daughter Of a former
police officer at Waukegan, was ar
raigned as a vagrant in the municipal
court this morning and Judge Randall
gave her the usual option of going to
jail OF getting out Of the city. It was
not the first time that Miss Count had
been picked up by the police of the
city. She has caused considerable
trouble to the police. She assured the
court this morning that she would
leave Kenosha and never return. The
young woman first broke into the lime
light in this county when she was ar
rested in connection with shooting
affair at the Old Settlers grounds two
years ago. Since that time she has
been much in Kenosha. If she returns
to Kenosha she will be given the usual
sentence of bread and water" meted
out to all Migrants.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
TOM SCOTT INJURED.
Third Ward Supervisor Kicked in the
Face by a Horse

Thomas Scott, president of the In
dependent Ice Company and County
Supervisor from the Third Ward of the
city met with very serious injuries at
his barn this morning when he was
kicked in the face by horse. He was
terribly disfgured, both his right and
left jaw bones being broken. Mr.. Scott
had gone to the barn shortly before the
accident and had planned to drive to
his farm in the town of Pleasant Prai-
RE. One of the barn men was harness
ing the horse for Scott and he walked
behind the animal Without any warn
ing the horse let go catching Scott full
in the face. He was rendered uncon-
scious by the blow and knocked to the
floor of the stall. 1t is thought that
he was kicked several times before he
could be removed.
Doctors Cleary and Pugh were at
once called to the barn and they dress
ed the wounds. Mr.. Scott will be laid
up for many weeks and he will be
lucky if he escapes being SCARED for
life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
SEEK MISSING HEIR.
Son of Justice Blum, Who
Disappeared Seven Years
Ago Sought by Courts.
MOTHER HOLDS SONS SHARE

The story of the strange disappear
ance of Roy Blum, a son of Judge
Henry Blum of Silver Lake in this
county, was brought to light this
morning in connection with the fling
for probate of the will Of Mrs Mary
Blum, mother Of the missing man.
Roy Blum disappeared from Boise
City, Idaho, seven years ago and since
that time nothing has peen heard from
him. Blum was SO years of age when
he left Silver Lake seven years ago to
go to the Idaho city to work as rail
way man. He had been a railroader
for several years. Shortly after he
reached Boise he wrote to his mother
and in the letter. he declared that he
had been offered a much better posi-
tion at Salt Lake City, Utah and that
he planned to leave Boise at once and
go to Salt Lake. Nothing was ever
heard from him after this letter.
Members of the family during the
seven years have made search in
every city between Boise and Salt
Lake City but they have not been able
to get trace of the missing man and
1t is now thought that he must have
been killed years ago. Under the terms
Of the will of Mrs. Blum the portion
Of the estate which would have gone
to the missing man is to be held in
trust by the court for ten years. IF
no trace of him is found in that time
the amount is to be turned over to the
other heirs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29

rupture. They desire that if possible
a bitter fight be avoided and it IS prob
able that rather than take the chances
of such a fight and the political en-
mites which might accrue over such
a fight they viii abandon the special
session idea. This does not mean,
however, that there win be an adj
journment Of this legislature. 1t would
simply mean that the senate would re-
main in constructive session to pre-
vent McGovern appointments and that
the assembly would go away from
Madison with an understanding that
the business was all concluded and
that only few members would col
lect from time to time so as to give
opportunity for the senators to reject
any appointments the governor might
make
There is no relation between the
special session idea and the construe-
tive session of the legislature to pre-
vent the confirmation of McGovernor
appointments. The LaFollette leaders
do not intend to allow Gov. McGovern
to make any interim appointments if
they can help it, and they will figure
out some way of keeping the senate in
constructive session even if 81 the bio
issues are disposed of before the legis-
lature actually quits Madison.
The whole situation carries with it
much political intere~t and this state
has by no means seen the last yet of
great political battles if the outlook
at the present time is indicative of
anything.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
MAY BUILD BIG SHOP
North Western Ry. Co. Said
to be Interested in the
Weyhe Farm Purchase
STORY IS DENIED LOCALLY

The latest story to be given out in
regard to the purchase of the Eiba
Weyhe farm near Winthrop Harbor is
that the farm is to be used as the site
Of great repair shop to be erected by
1.-THE Chicago & North Western Railway
Company.
This statement is made on the au-
thority of banker at Waukegan who
is said to have been interested in the
negotiations for the sale of the prop
erty to Chicago real estate men. 1t is
declared at Waukegan that it is the
purpose of the railway company to
build shops at the Weyhe farm to take
care of repairs and rebuilding of the
cars used on the Milwaukee division
Of the road. 1t has been an open secret
for some time that the railway com
pany was anxious to get its car shops
out of Chicago on account Of the pres
ent crowded condition there and on &C
count of the impossibility of securing
land for the extension Of the plant. 1t
is declared in the Waukegan story that
it was the original plan to build these
shops at Berryville but that the COM
pany now feels the need of location
farther south.
Employees of the railway company
in Kenosha when seen today declared
that they had heard nothing of the al
legged change in plans in regard to the
shops and they had no knowledge Of the
alleged purchase of the Weyhe farm
for the railway company. Bankers
here are inclined to doubt the story as
it is known that the proposed purchas-
ers of the property have been making
efforts to secure a considerable loan on
the property from banks in Kenosha.
If the land were sought by the rail
sway company it is pretty certain that
it would not be necessary for the
agents making the deal to 60 out and
lUoh IoI ivan W SWING Inc u0ol' ho-
cal men who have been connected with
the negotiations admit that they have
no idea to what use the property will
be put but they state that they have
been given to understand that it is
sought for manufacturing purposes. It
is said that the railway company will
begin the Improvement Of the land near
,Berryville about the first of August
and that the new switch yards will be
completed early in the coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
DEATH OF MRS. r. A. LEAHY.
Mother of Mrs. VIM. j. Barden Died at
GAINESVILLE on Friday Afternoon.


Mrs. Thomas A. Leahy, mother of
Mrs. William j. Barden of this city and
well known to many Kenosha people,
died at her home at GAINESVILLE just
after one o'clock Friday afternoon.
Mrs Leahy had been in failing health
for some time ana she was operated on
about month ago. The deceased was
ffty-four years of age. She was born
in Plateville and spent much of her
life there She is survived by her hus-
band, Thomas A .Leahy, widely known
as railway man, one daughter, Mrs.
son, Thomas Leahy of Calumet, Mich.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-29
CARVER, GRADE TRorTER.

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. 1874. Terms: SO to insure live
foal. advwtf