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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
START WORK JUNE 1sT.
Highway Commissioner Asks Bids for
Building Concrete Roads in County.

After many weeks Of delay County
Highway Commissioner NJ. G. McGee-
han has received from the state com
mission the plans and specifications
for the Improvement of South Park
avenue, the Sheridan road and the
north shore road. All Of the roads are
to be improved by the building Of q
concrete highway fourteen feet in
width. Under the provisions of the
contracts all Of the work must be com
,pleted by the first of August. The con-
tracts demand that work be started
on the first day of June. July first is
set as the date for the completion of
the work on the Sheridan road and
August first for the completion of the
work on the other two roads. Bids for
the work are to be rereived on
May Gath.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

where any person feels aggrievel be-
cause Of the position his property IS.
given upon the map, making it either
manufacturing, mercantile, or resi-
dence property, he can appeal to the
court and ask for an assessment of
beneficial damages under much the
same law as IS now followed in the
laying out Of streets and highways,
and if a jury finds that injury has
been done the value of the property
because Of the limitation placed upon
its uses by the common council, COM
pensation must be given for the in
jury wrought by the segregation
measure.
It is said the measure will be of
great benefit in the future in keeping
the banks of rivers and lakes where
beautiful outlook adds to the resi-
dence value Of the property free from
the presence Of manufacturing insti-
tutions and that great deal in the
way Of hearty will be added 10 Wis
consin cities through the enactment
Of the laws proposed.
In the hearings which have been
held on the bills great many stories
have been told of how in many cities
of the state the most beautiful resi-
dence portions of the cities have, with
out thought, been given up to manu-
featuring purposes when other sites
for the manufacturing industries
would have served equally as well, and
thus kept cities which were by nature
beautiful places with a picturesque
landscape and not, as now, beautiful
only as they have been made beauti-
full by the hand of man. It is claim
ed there is hardly city in the state
that has not suffered because this land
scape gardening legislation was not
adopted twenty-five years ago. In
fact, it is claimed that Wisconsin
cities have been very lax in their
methods Of maintaining their natural
~ beautiful sites for residence pur-
poses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
FATHER rs GIVEN SON.
-
Arthur Van Lydegraf Returned to His
Father by Foster Parents Today.

1 @olAOi Ny OooOA UlOAc0 AoAoJs
Hearing on a writ of habeas corpus
by which William Van Lydegraf
sought to secure the custody of his
eight yea old son, Arthur, whom it
was alleged was Illegally retained
by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Breidt, was
indefinitely postponed by Judge Ran
dali in the municipal court this morn
ing when Mr.. and Mrs. Breldt appear
ed in court and voluntarily surrend-
sred the custody Of the child. For
the past two years the little boy had
found an excellent home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Breidt and so strong an attach
ment had grown up between them and
the child that they had hoped to be
able to retain him. However, when
the father demanded the custody of
the child and sought to secure it by
means of the writ they came into court
and surrendered the little boy. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Breidt were visibly NOV
ed when they turned over the little
boy to his father. but they had been
advised by their attorney that no
other course was open to them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
Herbert Thomey Alderman
of Third Ward WEEDS
Miss Camilla Tobin.
WEDAT ST. MAT HEWS RECT0RY

The official family of Kenosha had
a big surprise this morning when an
nouncement was made that Alderman
Herbert Thomey, considered the most
confirmed bachelor of the common
council, had been married on Wednes-
I.day evening to Miss Camilla Tobin,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Tobin of Pleasant Prairie.
The alderman and his bride COM
lpleted the arrangements for the we'd
ding ceremony with such secrecy that
the facts in regard to it did not be-
come known to the members of the
two families until after Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomey had started for honeymoon
trip. A telephone message from Chi
cago announced the marriage to close
personal friends and relatives.
The wedding ceremony was perform
ed by the Rev. Fred Ingley at the rec
| tory of st. Matthews Church at half
past seven clock Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the evening the alderman
had secured a license and Judge Ran
dali Of the municipal court issued a
court order making possible an imme-
date marriage. The only witnesses to
the ceremony were the members Of the
household of the rector who perform
cd the ceremony.
1t had been known for some time
that the alderman and Miss Tobin
were good friends, but no announce
ment had been made of an engagement
or an approaching marriage.
Alderman Thomey and his bride
have kept secret the place where the
honeymoon is being spent, but it is
stated that they will make their on
Rowland avenue and that they will be
at home to their friends after the first
of June.
Both the bride and groom are wide
| " known in Kenosha city and county.
| Mr.. Thomey is serving his second term
as alderman from the third ward and
he had the honor of being reelected
at the last city election with one of
the largest majorities ever given a
candidate in the ward. He is active
in the affairs of the city and has also
been active in several of the frater-
nal organizations Of which he is a
member. Mrs. Thomey was for some
years stenographer for former Dis
trict Attorney R. Y. Baker.
Friends Of the bride and groom will
be pleased to extend the most cordial
congratulations
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

Improvements farther north. This is
because Of the law making continuous
control a requisite. After the Lincoln
Park commissioners obtain all Of the
road located IN the city of Chicago,
then Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth,
Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park,
Lake Forest and Waukegan will be APP
preached. Without favorable action,
however, on the part of the north
shore park district the whole PROPOSE
ton is suspended.
One of the first great stumbling
blocks of Sheridan road was removed
by the generosity of the Roman Cath
Ole bishop Of Chicago. Calvary Gene
terry blocked the route for a time.
Finally the archbishop gave the right
of way between the cemetery and the
lake which allowed its extension to
Evanston. There it is lost for a
number Of blocks. In Evanston an
ideal opportunity exists, and not a
costly one, of connecting Sheridan
road with the present park system
along the lake shore. The route would
then run along The lake shore from
Calvary as far as Northwestern Uni
versity and could be made as attrac-
tive as Lake Shore drive.
iSkirting around the splendid grounds
Of the north shore territory always in
sight Of the lake, Sheridan road
crosses the new viaduct of the sanitary
district and finds a picturesque way
through Wilmette, Kenilworth and
Winnetha, winding in and out among
the hills past luxurious houses.
In fashionable Highland Park, Sheri-
dan road is lost in ST. Johns avenue
for short bit, but it finds itself
again and at the northern edge of that
suburb it sides over toward the lofty
plateau which overhangs Lake Michi-
Gan; then northWard to Fort Sheridan
that fine army posi-, is among the at
fractions of the journey. In Lake
Forest the engineers of the association
have planned to eliminate many sharp
turns, although in North Lake Forest
the -oad is well located. Northward
still, near Lake Bluff, it is again lost
and finds itself near the naval station.
In Waukegan the road climbs high
ridge hundreds Of feet above the waters
of the lake and steers straight
course by the quaint old houses and
yards of that city which harked back
to the Illinois of half century ago
Northward the course lies through the
rich farming country to Zion City. In
Zion City it has forgotten its inten.
ton of becoming a boulevard, but it
plunges bravely on through mud in
winter and dust in summer toward
the state line.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
must HAVE TWO WITNESSES
New Law Makes Stringent Provisions
in Regard TO Marriage of Divorced
Persons, the Insane, Epileptic and
Idiots-Goes Into Effect at Once.

County Clerk Russell II. Jones this
morning received a copy of the new
Wisconsin law regulating marriages in
the state and if you are planning on
getting married you had better look
up your family history and also take
a peek into the past history of the
other proposed member of the partner
ship. The new law makes several
changes of notable nature in the
application for 8 marriage license and
before any licenses are issued affida-
Wits must be made in the presence of
witnesses. These afidavits are entire
ly different from those in use in the
state previous to the passage of the
law.
The first question in the new appli-
cation after the names of the parties
to be married is an inquiry into the
divorce records and every person Sc
curing marriage license to marry in
Wisconsin in the future must make af-
fidavit that neither of the parties to
the marriage has been divorced in any
court in the state within a year pre-
ceding the date Of the application.
This is in keeping with the divorce
laws of Wisconsin as these laws now
make all divorce DEGREES granted sub
Ject to re-opening within year and
at the end of the year a final decree
of divorce is entered in case there
has been no appeal to the courts by
either of the parties. The law does
not demand that people divorced in
other state wait year before being
married in Wisconsin,, but the afida-
Wit provides that both parties must
swear that there is no legal impedi-
ment to their marriage. 1t has been
held by the courts that decree for
bidding marriage within a year issued
in one state becomes a legal impedi-
ment to marriage in another state.
In addition to barring any divorce
record that may exist the applicants
for marriage must swear that neither
of the parties is epileptic, insane or
idiotic. In case the clerk is in doubt
as to any of the statements made in
the afidavits the law gives him the
power to demand proper vertical
tion All applications for licenses
must in the future be signed by two
witnesses, but these witnesses may be
regular employees of the county
clerk s Office
The new Wisconsin law is along the
same line as laws adopted in other
states and it is thought that the en-
forcement Of it will throw a greater
safeguard about the marriage contract
in Wisconsin. It is not thought that
it will affect the number of marriages
in the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
scHMIERER GIVEN S799.s7.
Judge Wickhan Hands Down Quick
Judgment in Suit on Thursday.

The suit of Philip Schmierer of
Portland, Oregon, against the United
Refrigerator Company, came to quick
termination in the circuit court on
Thursday afternoon when Judge Wick
ham, after hearing the evidence in the
case gave the Oregon man a judg-
ment against the company of $685..
The suit was suit on contract and the
officials Of the Kenosha manufacturing
company held that the Oregon man had
not lived up to the full provisions of
the contract. The court held that the
plaintiff was entitled to judgment
for wages and expense money for the
time he actually remained in the en-
ploy of the company and directed
Judgment accordingly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
CENTER NOT "GHosT BURGLAR
Man Arrested for Entering House of
Blood Manages to Prove an Alibi.

Man Arrested for Entering House of
Blood Manages to Prove an Alibi.
Tony Center, arrested just before
noon on Thursday ON charge of haF-
ing burglarized the ''House of Blood !"
on Anton street, was released by Chief
of Police O'Hare late Thursday after
noon after he had put up al alia] that
was not to be questioned. The police
believe that the man who oualarized
the house was insane. He evidently
was in his bare feet and an examina-
ton showed that he had run through
every garden from Anton street to
Rowland avenue. Chief O'Hare and
his men were at work on the case all
afternoon Thursday but they failed to
get any trace of the man. Mrs.
Joseph Kimeskes, who had identified
Center as the man who entered the
place, admitted that it was possible
that she was mistaken in her identity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

The decision of the school board to
open department for the instruction
of the deaf children of the city is a
step in advance and in keeping with
the high standard it is desired to reach
and maintain in the Kenosha school
system. The new department will not
place much Of burden on the Treasury
of the board as the state contributes
literally to the maintenance of the new
Now that the board has
decided to start this work it is de-
sired that every deaf child in the city
shall take advantage of the opportun-
ity to secure al. education offered by
the board and the people of the city
should report any cases which may come
to their knowledge of deaf children
whose parents neglect to send them to
this school,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
DEATH OF JOHN SYKES.
Well Known Young Business Man Died
at the Hospital Thursday Evening.

John Sykes, % years of age and for
the past year employed as clerk in
the Hahn cigar store on Main street,
died at the Kenosha hospital on Thurs
day evening after a short illness from
typhoid fever Mr.. Sykes had been
at work on Tuesday and was taken to
the hospital on Tuesday evening. The
disease developed very rapidly and
many of the friends Of the young man
did not know of his serious illness.
The deceased was son of the late
John Sykes and was born and raised
in Kenosha. For many years he was
employed in the store of his uncle,
Joseph A. Pitts, but he gave up this
work year ago to 60 into the Hahn
store.
"Johnny" Sykes, as he was fami-
liarly known, had lot Of friends in
the city and his sudden death has
caused great sorrow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
MANY CHILDREN vACCINATED.
Health Commissioner Busy Taking Care
of Barred Arms This Morning.


The little smallpox scare in Kenosha
during the last few days has caused
considerable anxiety in the city ard
the health commissioner has been kept
busy applying vaccine points to the
arms of children today. On Thursday
half a hundred children were vaccinat-
ed at the Durkee school and this morn
ing the office of the health commission.
er was filed with little girls with barred
arms. Many people Of the city have
taken advantage of this chance to
have the children properly Yaccinated.
The board of health has arranged to
furnish all the points necessary to take
care Of the children who desire to be
vaccinated and no charge is made for
the operation DR.. McShane declared
this morning that if the parents de-
sired it he was willing to vaccinate
every child in the city. Vaccination
is regarded by the health board as a
sure preventive against smallpox.
Few people have made any objection
to the vaccination of the children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
MISS FRANCES MILwARD DEAD.
Former Well Known Kenosha Young
Woman Died in Town of Salem.

Miss Frances Milward, aged 20
years, daughter Of John MiIward Of
Kenosha, died on Wednesday at the
home of her uncle, Thomas Flemming,
in the town of Salem after a long i'll
ness from complication Of diseases.
Miss Milward had made her home with
her uncle for some time. She was
well known to many of the younger
people of Kenosha and the announce
ment of her death will be received
with sorrow The funeral will be held
from the Wilmot Church at ten clock
Saturday morning and interment will
be at the family plot at the cemetery
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

The state fire marshal in his appeal
for the construction Of better class
of buildings IN the cities of the state.
saws, that "When man builds house
in the country, it may be that he has
a right to jeopardizc his own life and
property and those of his family and
gamble with the Insurance companies,
but there is no question that the own
ers of property in city or town have
no right TO erect structure that will
be menace 10 the safety of the life
and property of the adjacent owner
It may Dc that this principle is wei
estabiishe1. in some of the cities of the
state which have effective building or
Ginarces but in others, like Kenosha,
where there is no building code worthy
of the name, the right of any property
owners to endanger surrounding prop
erty by erecting buildings of a low
class is seldom questioned. The only
protest is the silent one made by the
insurance companies in the maintenance
Of rates at the highest possible point.
Kenosha has had comprehensive build
ing code ION the way for about four
years and. there are indications that
some kind of an ordinance will pass
the council before long now. Almost
any kind of code would put a stop
to some of the building that is going
on in this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

We hope that the police catch that
motorcyclist who ran down the little
Drysdale baby on Elizabeth street on
Wednesday and speeded up and made
his escape without waiting to see how
badly the child he struck had been in
jured, but the law as it stands is entire
ly inadequate to deal with case Of
this kind; the maximum penalty should
be term in the penitentiary. All mo-
torcycle riders are interested in this
case. The machines are none too pop
ular on the streets now and few more
accidents may lead to a demand for the
enforcement of burdensome regulations
on all riders.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
SHOWING GREAT GROWTH
Report of Officials Shows the organizs-
ton Now has As Councils in the State
with More Than 1000 Members
Plan Many New Lodge Features.

Walter NJ. Burke, John C. Slater
and DR.. J.. E. Kaltenbach, delegates
of the Kenosha Council of the Knights
of Columbus, who have been attending
the twelfth annual session of the stste
organization at Oshkosh returned home
this morning. The session was the
most important gathering of the mem
bers of the order ever held in the
state
Deputy i. L. Kelley of Manitowoc,
made an exhaustive report, which
showed that the financial condition of
the Knights of Columbus is first class.
There has been no phenomenal growth
in numbers, but decided Improvement
has been noted in the character of the
membership, the furtherance of it's
principles and the strength of its pur-
pose. No backward step has been
noted and the influence of the order
is steadily extending.
Cooperation between councils was
urged, these remarks being incidental
to a report on the meeting of council
lecturers in Milwaukee last December.
Comment was also made of Wiscon-
sin S participation last year in the ma
terial meeting of the supreme council
.at Colorado Springs, Colo.
T Taking up the actual work of the
state council through its forty-tbrse
councils, Mr.. Kelley dwelt sfor many
minutes on conditions at the state in
dustrial school for boys at Waukesha,
where the chaplain, Rev. R. T. Ken
ney, Of the Redemptorist order, has
attended to the wants of the 2l6
Catholic boys confined there.
The Knights of Columbus have
been strong supporters of the anti
tuberculosis campaign in the state, it
was announced, and through their
sponsorship thousands of Christmas
seals were sold last year.
Reference was made to the fact
that last year at Green Bay the state
council appropriated large sum of
.Noney for st. Paul's chapel in con-
nection with the state university.
Here All Catholic students attend
services regularly and the cost of
maintaining the Institution, $4,000, is
3erne by the Knights OF Columbus
largely, only one-third being paid in
by. the students themselves.
Much emphasis has been laid on the
big brother movement of the knights
of Columbus in its desire to care for
the boy.
The report Of the state secretary,
w. D. MeGuire Of Bsraboo, contain
ed some interesting statistics. Four
new councils, Lake Geneva, Arcadia,
Waterloo and Whitewater have been
added during the last year and the
two Milwaukee councils have coz
solidated, thus making forty-three
councils in all, and representing total
membership of 1920, an increase of
ISL since last May. The insurance
membership includes 1920 with a
tendency to increase and an associate
membership Of 5000. Manawa has
the smallest membership with forty
eight members and Milwaukee the
largest with 1854. Baraboo has the
largest increase, sixty-two members in
the last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

Under the terms of the contracts Of
fered the cement roads to be built in
the county this summer under the state
aid law must be finished not later than
August 1st. That will give the people
an opportunity to see how they like
them in plenty Of time to vote further
appropriations for carrying on the work
at special town meetings in the fall in
case they are so inclined.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

Mrs. P. P. NJ. Jorgenson, who has
been i'll in one of the Chicago hospi-
tails, is recovering SO rapidly that it
is expected that she will be able to
return home some time next week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. McGruder of Ra-
cine, spent Thursday afternoo1 with
friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

John S. Parker Of Chicago, spent
Thursday evening with Kenosha
friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22

Mrs. Walter Barlow spent Thursday
afternoon with friends in Chicago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-10-23
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-10-23

protested as she came nearer.
II have no other friends, I want no
other, and you are my world
Well, it Is not in me to resist after
that, and for the third time in my life
held her in my arms, where since
that hour she has often been again,
and for the third time I drank the
sweetness Of her lips.
'Do you remember that night on the
Rose Of Devon when first you kissed
mc?" she asked. laughing.
IF should kiss you million times,
sweetheart. as I mean to do" I an
swered boldly. II should not forget a
single one Of them, much less that
"And to punish you for your pre-
sumption, although my heart went out
to you, l confess. struck you; and to
teach you to be dutiful husband, low
ing, devoted to me-" she paused and
laughed again. strike you once more
Whereat she laid her hand once again,
but in tenderness, upon my cheek, fol-
lowing it with a kiss.
l have had his majesty's sword laid
upon my shoulder after had led one
of the kings ships to victory in the
French wars, and l am now, if you
please, Sir John Hampton. We live at
Wherefore Castle. and our children
play on the sward, but the royal ac-
coade meant not so much to me as
that light blow upon my cheek with
which my dear mistress sealed our
plighted troth.
THE END.