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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

All of the women of Kenosha who
have had any experience in mission
and rescue work among the girls and
young women of the city viii endorse
the recommendation to be made in the
Forthcoming report of the vice commits
sion to the legislature that the appoint
ment of women police officers in cities
of the first, second and third class be
made compulsory upon the police and
fire commissions The experiment of
having a woman with police powers
constantly on duty to look after all
cases in the police courts involving
women and girls and to have general
supervision over dance halls and other
places of amusement frequented by
girls and women and especially to keep
watch on saloon s'parlors and cafes
where liquors are sold has been tried
with very gratifying results in many
of the cities of the country and thei
need of such supervision in every city,
of any size is only too apparent. Iti
safeguards the thousands of young girls
who because of the hard conditions un-i
der which they live are forced to takei
their pleasure where they can find themi
and furnishes that ounce of prevention
which in their case is certainly worth!
many pounds of cure. Practically UNI
limited amounts of money are available,
for reformative measures which in the
great majority of cases would never,
have been required had a small per-
centage of the money been used in pre-
tentative measures, one of which, andl
one Of the most effective is these wom-i
en- inspectors or police officers or whatJI
ever they may be called. Kenoshai
where employment in some of the bigt
industries has attracted hundreds of
girls and young women to the city whot
must make their homes in boardingI
houses is peculiarly in need of just this
sort of supervision but its Importance
has somehow failed to impress the of
ficials and mission workers of the city,.
From every standpoint it would bel
economy to use little more money!
than is now devoted to the support Off
missions, jails, reformatories, lying INF
hospitals, free dispensaries, poor houses,i
and asylums in dealing with the prob
lem of the 'unfortunates where i'll
originates There viii be opposition to
this recommendation of the vice CONT
mission at Madison as matter Off
course, but none of it will come FROM
those who desire to see conditions in
telligently dealt with. ana. ~, al
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
ON STATUTORY CHARGE.
Mrs. Frances Grissmayer and Bernhard
Hoefer Arrested Sunday by Police.

Charged with a statutory offense Mrs.
Frances Grissmayer and Bernhard Hoe
fer were arrested at house at 304
Park street just after nine CLOCK on
Sunday evening. The arrest was made
following a complaint to the police by
the former husband of the woman The
two had been divorced six months ago
under an interlocutory decree and they
had continued their troubles after the
action in the divorce courts. The man
made full confession of his relations
with Mrs. Grissmayer He was placed
in the city lock up and the woman
taken to the county jail. It was claim
ed that the two had been living at the
Park street house for some time. When
arraigned in the municipal court this
morning both pleaded guilty to the
charges against them and fines were inn
posed by Judge Randall. Mrs. Griss-
mayer was fined $50 and the costs of
the action and her companion was sen
fenced to six months in jail at hard
labor with fine of 500 and costs to
be paid after the Jail term is over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
SCHOOL CENTERs POPULAR
MI. and Mrs. G.. N. Tremper and Mrs.
Mary D. Bradford Make an Investi-
cation and Find Many Things to Re-
commend Wider Use of Buildings.

Principal Geo. n. Tremper, Mrs.
Tremper and Mrs Bradford made a
tour of the school social centres Of
Milwaukee Friday night They were
taken about by Harold 0. Berg, who
is in charge OF this movement in Mil
waukee. The attendance last month
was 4l,000, total evenings of attend
ance. In two Of the buildings the work
ing men and boys of the neighborhood
were enjoying the privileges Of the
shower baths, in another a fine swim
ming tank filed with clean warm water
was ready for use. In every building
there were rooms where games were in
progress, a fully equipped pool room be-
ing one attractive feature in every
building. Carefully planned contests in
various games were in progress, one of
the most interesting of these being
basketball. Sewing classes were visited
and classes where women were being
instructed in the making of garments
for their children One woman display
ed with great pride pretty dress for
her little girl which she had just com
pleted. Reading rooms were seen in
every building. Glasses for foreigners
were in session, just as we have them
in Kenosha on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings
Mr.. Berg told of the provision be-
ing made for the education of men for
naturalization. These men, numbering
several hundred, meet in classes, and
are instructed by lawyers and law
students, who have been become inter
ested in this phase of the social centre
work. The course is prolonged and
thorough, although pressure was
brought to bear to hasten it in antici-
patton Of the spring election
Most of tho rooms in use were school
rooms, which every day after school are
cleared of their desks and transformed
by other furniture into place for the
evening activities. The school seats
are fastened on boards in sets Of three
OIL four, and these are readily removed
an placed in the dressing rooms, when
the school day is over. Five large
school houses are now in full use every
night of the week, and on Saturday.
This morning Mr.. Berg begins work
with a training class of fifty or more
who are preparing to take charge of
the play ground work next summer.
He intends to have we'll prepared
force of men and women ready when
the out-of-door activities begin.
IN one building an orchestra was in
training.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

pending the further investigation OF
the case. On the report of the physi-
clans that the man had not died from
drowning District Attorney Drury
took charge of the correspondence and
other matters connected with the case
and he is making vigorous investiga-
ton.
Contald has wife and three children
and in the past few weeks he had
been completing arrangements to have
them join him in this country, and it is
possible that the wife and children are
now on their way to Kenosha. After
his disappearance telegram was re-
ceived from nephew in Detroit, Mich,
which intimated that an uncle had gone
to Greece and it is presumed that he
had planned to accompany the wife and
children to this country.
Contald had been i'll for several
weeks and Thomas, who seems to have
been his closest friend, declared that he
believed that the man had committed
suicide. 1t is hard to see just how the
body would have been found at the
point it was had the man committed
suicide The absence of water in the
lungs preclades the drowning theory
and if he had wandered away and died
from exposure the officials find it diff
a small sum of money,
cult to see how the body would have
been found on the edge of the lake.
There is no doubt but that Contald
had suffered from mental trouble and
among his effects was found a petition
for an examination into his mental con
dition which was made in Milwaukee,
but which evidently was never formally
presented to the court
Thomas claimed that for some time
the man had stunned the company Of
others and that he had repeatedly ask
ed what they would do with him if he
became insane
Contald was man of considerable
education and he held a high position
in the small colony of Greeks in Keno
sha. He came here from Milwaukee,
where he had resided for a number of
year and where it is thought that he
had some property The land contract
for the purchase of the farm in juneau
county was found in his pockets, with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
Dean of Village of Russell
Died Very Suddenly on
Saturday Evening.
LONG 4 RESIDENT or RUSSELL

DR.. William B. Levin, aged II years,
dean Of the Village of Russell and wide
ly known all over Kenosha county,
dropped dead at his home at Russell on
Saturday evening just after seven
O'Clock. Death is supposed to have
been caused by the bursting of blood
vessel in the brain. DR.. Levin had not
been in the best of health for some
time, but he had been able to attend
to his duties and a minute before he
died he had arranged to go to the
Woodman Hall to attend the annual in
stallation of the Russell Camp of the
Modern Woodmen of which he had been
member for many years. He had
eaten 8 hearty supper and had picked
up his overcoat in preparation for
leaving the house. He had one arm in
the coat when he toppled and fell over.
He died before members of the family
reached him.
The death of DR.. Levin marks the
passing of a man who had much to do
with the development of Pleasant Prai-
RE and Southeastern Kenosha county.
Dir. Chilly" as he was Familiarity
known to his friends, was born in Eng
land, but was raised at Russell and he
spent his entire life in the village He
was a veterinary surgeon, but he had
taken medical course as a youth and
to many people in the town of Pleasant
Prairie and in Lake county he had act
ed in the capacity of " family doctor. ~
He was an expert as veterinary and
his services had been in demand in all
parts of the lake shore territory. He
was regarded as an expert in many
lines. Physicians often times objected
to DIR. Billy prescribing for patients
and three times he was forced to go
into court, but no jury was ever found
which would convict him of any viola
ton of the law DR.. Levin was a man
noted for his kindness of heart. Many
a stormy night he rode miles to aid
some poor family and after the long
ride refused to accept even the meagre
fee which the family could offer. He
was not rich man, but he left a.
heritage of real riches in the hearts of
the people in and about Russell DR..
Levin was soldier in the union army
during the war of the rebellion. He
enlisted in the service as boy and
served through the entire war. He
spent more than a year l. the "opens =
at Andersonville prison. Since the
death of his wife many years ago Dr.,
Levin had been in failing health, but
he had been able to continue the prac-
tice of his profession up to the time
of his death. He is survived by one
son, Ray Levin, and one daughter, Mrs.
Howe. He was a member of the Ma
sonic order, the Grand Army of the Re-
public and many other organizations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
Notable Service Held by Members of
Local Armenians at st. Matthew IS.

One of the most notable church serv-
ices ever held in Kenosha was the Ar
menian celebration of Christmas which
was held at st. Matthew s church on
Sunday afternoon. The Service was at
tended by practically every member of
the Armenian colony in Kenosha. A
priest of the church came up from Chi
cago and brought with him his assist
ants and the service continued for more
than three hours, all of the forms and
ceremonies of the Armenian church be-
ing followed Many of the Armenians
are members of the English church and
they are devout worshipers. The Rev.
Fred Ingley has proffered to the Ar
menians of the city the use Of St.
Matthew s church for occasional serv-
ices and plans will be made to have a
rector come from Chicago to have
charge of these services.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
E. S. Jordan Of The Thomas
B. Jeffery Company Sees
Advance in Business.
GETS WIDE SPREAD REPORTS

La connection with the opening of
the automobile show in Milwaukee, T..
S. Jordan, sales manager for the Thorn
as 3. Jefery Company, has given out a
very interesting interview on business
conditions. He says:
careful canvass of more than six
hundred responsible dealers identified
with the Jeffrey organization through
out the. United States soliciting their
opinion of the present BUSINESS situation
has just been completed The wide
spread character Of the information
gathered is assured owning to the fact
that the Jeffrey company has respon-
sible dealers in towns Of all sizes in
every state of the union. The relia-
bility of the information was made GER
tain by the character Of the questions
asked and the insistence of the company
upon the dealer corroborating his own
Judgment by asking the Judgment Of
other people in other lines of trade.
The result should be Of interest to
all students Of economics, bankers, bust
ness men and, perhaps, to the admins
tration at Washington. The conclu-
sions reached are as follows:
The revision of the tariff has had
very little to do with the increased
conservatism of bankers, manufacturers
and property owner.
The farmer, upon whom the prosperi-
ty Of the country largely depends, has
not been affected, except by rumor.
He has lots of money and will buy in
the spring, but not extravagantly.
The sentiment west Of Philadelphia
among automobile dealers and buyers
has changed but slightly within the
year. In the east the opinion Of Wall
street has more weight, and the people
are not buying so many expensive
cars.
Except for the conservatism of bank
ers in extending credit to dealers the
motor gar business, as far as the sub
stantial companies are concerned, will
be just as big az last year.
= ue su1SJ tilcct upoH Lle ulOIOF car
industry is shown in the decreased sale
of heavy cars and the increased sales
of medium priced light cars that are
economical. Il
The passage of the currency bill has
relieved a great deal of tension as far
as loans from small town banks. is
concerned, as they were apparently
waiting for the big city banks to pass
the word along.
New companies are springing up and
new capital is being put into the motor
car business in cities all through the
country, but the demand is for medium
priced light cars of quality.
There is every indication that the
period of retreehment, while it may ex-
tend through the month of January
viii be relieved by better business in
February, with general opening up in
al lines with the opening of spring. 4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
EXPECT TO HOLD PLACE.
Managers of Christmas Seal Campaign
Believe State has Taken Lead Again.

Wisconsin gives promise of again
standing first in the Red Cross Christ
mas Seal Campaign is the statement
Of Otto +. Bradley campaign manager
of the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculos AS
ISOLATION. "The returns are not com
plete enough at the present time, how
ever, to warrant an estimate of what
the total sale will be-
"The money from the Red Cross
Seals this year is to be used in a cam
palgn for the T mlnent dedication or
preventable disease, primarily among
children, Organized relief is the policy
of the association 1t does not give
money to individual sufferers, Such
policy, on the face of it, would be fol
ly. The $4,000 Melted last year from
seals, if distributed among the $4,000
hving cases of tuberculosis in Wiscon-
sin would me&u little more than a half
dollar per case per year without count.
ing the cost of attempting to admins
ter such fund for the whole state of
Wisconsin efficiently and with Justice
which would be impossible.
The association by securing the es.
tablishment Of visiting nurses and sana-
toria has procured care for far more
patients than it could have by spend
ing its limited means on the patients
directly. Furthermore, its work is per-
manent, and will be self perpetuating.
In addition, the education of the gen.
eral public has been even more import
ant.
Two facts should not be overlooked.
"First-During the past five years
The death rate from tuberculosis in
Wisconsin has decreased six times as
fast as the total death rate.
Second Wisconsin now has the
third lowest death rate of all tho forty.
eight states in the Union.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
INSPECTOR KERR INJURED.
Slips on Icy Stairway and Gets Into the
Hospital as Result OF His Fall.

Samuel B. Kerr, real estate dealer
and inspector for the city, met with
very painful injuries en- Saturday night
when he slipped on an icy stairway
leading to his apartments on Main
street and fell to the ground below.
Mr. Kerr had been talking with friends
at the foot Of the stairs and started
to go to his apartments above. Just as
he reached the landing he slipped and
plunged down the stairway. He was
taken to the Kenosha hospital and
while he suffered no broken bones he
was so severely bruised that he will
probably be laid up for several weeks
as a result Of the accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

There is nothing for the Industrial
association to do but collect from the
people who subscribed for lots in the
Ropeville subdivision if it is to meet its
obligations and those who owe the as
ISOLATION for lots viii have to pay if
they have any property that can be
reached by judgment. The men who
must pay have the consolation of know
ing that the lots are growing more val
liable right along and that there is
little chance that they will lose any
thing on their investment in the long
run.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
FEARED ATTACK OF ASSASSIN
Greek Found Dead Had Applied to the
Police For Protection on Last Mon
day But Friends Believe That He
Died from Exposure or was Suicide.

The frozen body Of Ernest Contald,
a Greek As years of age and formerly
residing at 1014 Park street, was found
lying along the edge of the lake two
miles south of the city on the Van Ing
en- farm late on Friday afternoon and
the determination of the manner in
which the man met his death has Of
fered an interesting mystery for the
solution of the police and the district
attorney
Contald was an expert mechanic en-
ployed at the plant of the Thomas B..
Jeffrey company and he was last seen
in Kenosha on last Thursday night. At
nine O'Clock Thursday night he had
been at the home of John Thomas, one
Of his close personal friends and had
left the house to go to hotel to spend
the night Thomas never saw him again
and fearing that he might have met
with foul play that he might have
committed suicide he went to the
police Office on Friday and asked that
the police make an effort to find the
missing man. Hunters walking along
the lake shore just before dusk
Saturday discovered the body. 1t was
frozen and partially buried in the loose
sand along the bank Of the lake and
the water coming in had partly sub
merged it. There were a number of
bruises on the head of the man and his
face appeared to have been cut in sew
eral places. The body was brought. to
the Mischief morgue and on Sunday
morning Doctors McCracken and Ran
dali held a post norton examination
which revealed the fact that the man
had not met his death by drowning. The
physicians gave it as their opinion that
the man had died from exposure and
they held that the bruises on his head
and the cuts on his face were none of
them Of nature which would prove
fatal
Contald was regarded as wealthy
among the Greeks of Kenosha He had
been in this city for five or six years
and during that time he had been MAX
ing payments on a farm in Juneau
county He had been in charge of the
farm and he had something like 500
bushels of potatoes which had been
taken from the farm this year stored
in Kenosha. In addition to his equity
in the farm he is said to have held sew
eraL mortgages. For some time he had
complained of being sick. On last
Monday evening he went to the police
Office and asked that he be given per-
mission to carry a revolver. He told
the officers that he had been advised
that a man was coming from Greece to
kill him and he might arrive on any
day. He asserted that brother whom
he had left behind in Greece when he
came to this country had been killed
six months ago, and that he had been
warned that he also was slated for
slaughter. The police sought to pacify
the man and told him that he had no
need of revolver and that he would
be given every possible protection
This story of the man planning to kill
him had been told to other people,
The man had volumes of letters writ
ten in Greek but the officials have not
been able to secure a translation of
these letters and they are being held
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
ON WILD GOOSE CHASE,
Police Hear Shot Was Fired Through
Door of Residence of Jas. Johnson.

DOOR OF ReSldence OF Jas. Johnson.
The police of the city made hurry
up run to the home of James johnson
on Ashland avenue on Sunday morning
when a report was sent in that a shot
had been fred near the house and that
the bullet had gone through the panel
Of the front door of the house When
the police reached the house they found
that there, was a small hole in the
panel but there was on sign of a bullet
either in the door or on the inside Of
the house. 1t is thought possible that
the hole in the door was made by a bull
let but the police could found nothing
that would indicate by whom it had
been fired or where it came from.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
INSTALL OFFICERS.
Chaplain McCabe Circle has Interesting
Ceremonies of Installation.

Ceremonies of Installation.
The following officers have been In
stalled in Chaplain McCabe Circle No.
25, Ladies Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic:
President Elizabeth A. Likes.
Senior Vice President Marie Sharpe,
Junior Vice President-Carrie Voll-
mer
Chaplain-Della Murdick.
Secretary Hannah Wagner.
Treasurer-Laura Carey.
Conductor House.
Asst. Conductor-Nellie Beecher.
Guard Mary Tower.
Asst. Guard Sylvia Sniffen.
Color Bearers-1st, Florence Likes;
End, Eva Wiedman; Bird, Anna John
son; 4th, Ella Kennedy.
Patriotic InstructorG Grace Almquist
Press Correspondent-Ida Mahlgren
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

a large percentage of the mail these
days for the average business man in
this state consists of assessment blanks
and explanations of the laws under
which the assessments are made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Hiram A. Clapp of Chicago, sales
man sixty years of age, was married
in Kenosha on last Saturday evening to
Mrs. Claudine f. Riley, also of Chicago.
The wedding took place at the manse
of the FIRST Congregational church, the
Rev Theodore Faville officiating. Mr..
and Mrs Clapp will make their home
IN Chicago
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Tie Ashland avenue bridge is ready
for acceptance by the city. The build
ers were ten days late but they came
about as near finishing on schedule time
as any firm that ever accepted CON
tract from the city. !,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The shoe shining stand which has
decorated the corner of Main and Wis
consin streets for several years, was de-
molished today. It is understood that
it will not be replaced The city has
long ago shown an unwillingness to
have this sort of stands in the business
district of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The Methodist basketball team was
unable to play in Chicago Saturday
night owing to boiles explosion which
wrecked the gymnasium where the game
was scheduled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Judge D. H. Flett Of Racine, has been
elected to succeed himself as president
of the board of trustees of the Racine
County Asylum for the Insane.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

R. K. Dorr spent Sunday at AntigoI
at the home of his father who has beeni
seriously i'll for some weeks. He is now'
slightly improved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Murphy of Ex-,
change street, are rejoicing over thei
birth of daughter. Mrs. Murphy andt
the little girl are doing nicely. q. "a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Mrs. John Mahoney, recently operat-
ed on the Keno~ha hospital, is recover
ing and she will be able to return to
her home in a short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Parker of Mil
spent Sunday with friends in
Kenosha.