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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-08
]. ]. BLAINE AS sACRAFICE
Evidently Favors Putting
an Independent Candidate in Field
But Someone Else viii Have to Sac
rifice His Political Reputation.

Politicians in Kenosha took consid-
cradle interest today in telegram
sent from Washington by Senator Rob-
ert M. LaFollette in which he declined
to come to Wisconsin and enter the
race as an independent candidate for
governor. 1t is now said that John j..
Blaine of Boscobel, he who ran a re-
publican democratic campaign for the
election of Woodrow Wilson two years
ago, may be forced into service against
Emanuel Philip and John Karel.
The message which LaFollette sent
from Washington will be read with in
terest by the faithful. It follows:
Washington, D. G., Oct. 8, 1914.
F|Mr. Richard Lloyd Jones, Madison,
Wisconsin. Your telegram of Friday,
authorized by conference of twenty pro-
gressives, requests answer yes or no, to
the question whether I will be an in
dependent candidate for governor. In
response TO an earlier telegram from
you, asking same question, | requested
you to communicate with Mr.. Rogers,
my lawyer partner. You say your con-
ference thrashed out and refused to ac-
cept the proposition that I authorized
him to submit, namely, that under no
circumstances could / become can
didate until the wishes of the voters
should be ascertained by submitting the
question as to my candidacy to the
voters by petition to be circulated in
every precinct in the state. While I
recognize the high character and the
influence of the men in your conference
[ can not accept their call upon me as
an expression of the sentiment of the
voters Of the state. am, therefore,
compelled to decline the call Of your
conference to become an independent
candidate.
Gin justice to myself and the cause
to which I have given some years of
my life, allow me briefly to suggest
my reasons. The primary vote was
small, the nomination was by minor
ity and involved complete reversal
Of the established policy of the state.
For these reasons it has been my per-
sonal opinion that there ought to be an
independent candidate. But do not
think these facts warrant public Of
fetal, who has been elected to serve in
another capacity, in becoming an indie
pendent candidate upon the call of a
voluntary conference without action on
the part of the voters on which to pre-
.dieate such candidacy.
1t is my view that, as I have been
assigned to serve in the senate by the
people of Wisconsin, I have no right,
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DISTINGUISHED AS A SOLDIER
Stricken With Heart Disease without
Warning at the Home of Jay Bailey
Where He Had Been Spending Sum-
mer-Wife and Children Survive

Warren E. Baker, aged seventy
years, brother of Myron A. Baker of
this city and man widely known
throughout Kenosha county and North
ern Illinois, dropped dead at the home
of Jay Bailey in the town of Somers
just after four O'Clock Friday after
noon.
Baker had for years made his home
at the Bailey home during the summer
months and in the winter months he
had resided at North Chicago. He had
been seemingly in the best of health on
Friday and he had eaten hearty din
ner with the members Of the Bailey
family at noon and had laughed and
joked after dinner was over. During
the afternoon he had been working
with Mr.. Bailey in the basement of
the house. The two had been construct
ing a potato bin. A few minutes be-
fore he fell dead Baker turned to
Bailey and said: cit is getting pretty
warm down here and I am going out
and set under the tree and get lit
tie air as he left the basement he
turned and joked with Bailey and with
hearty laugh he climbed up the cellar
steps and walked out into the yard. A
few minutes later Mrs. Bailey, who
was working in the kitchen of the
house, looked out of the window and
saw Mr.. Baker laying on the ground.
She called her husband and when they
reached Mr.. Baker he was dead. 1t is
thought that death was due to stroke
of heart disease.
Warren E. Baker was one Of the pio-
neers of Kenosha county. He was a
son of the late Elisha Baker, one of
the earlier settlers of the county and
he was born within stones throw of
the spot where his lifeless body was
picked up on Friday afternoon. He
was educated in the schools in Somers
and early in life he learned the trade
of a carpenter. When the civil war
broke out Mr.. Baker was one of the
first of the Kenosha county soldiers to
enlist in the volunteer regiment and
he saw four years of service. Several
times he won distinction on the field Of
battle. After the war he returned to
Somers, but later he went to North
Chicago where he had lived for many
years. He is survived by his widow,
one son and two daughters. His son,
Clarence S. Baker, is assistant post
master at North Chicago.
The body was brought to the Han
sen morgue on Friday afternoon after
Coroner Millager had made an investi-
cation into the case.
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arbitrarily, to throw over that employ
ment and permit myself to be urged
upon them for another.
I believe that ON principle they have
the right to call me from the national
service to the state service. If this
had been done, / would willingly lave
entered that field, for there can be no
higher call to civic duty than respond
ing to the will of the people.
The views express apply to my can
didacy and not necessarily to any can
9idate your conference may select. 1t
is the right of the voters, or Of any
group of them, to bring before the peo-
pie an independent candidate who, hav-
ing no ether convicting official obliga-
ton, is free to become such candidate,
and thus determine whether the voters
desire to abide by the result of the
primary. Our statutes expressly pro-
vide for this.
You and your associates have decid
ed ON this course and, to avoid further
complicating the situation in Wiscon-
sin, I shall not be an independent can
didate for governor, and shall so pub
licly announce. This relieves me from
expressly rejecting the advice of my
who oppose my becoming a
candidate at a time when I am just
recovering from a protracted illness.
Please accept for yourself and con
vey to your associates, my appreciation
of their consideration and the cordial
expression of my good will.
Robert M. LaFollette.
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BANK DIRECTORS MEET.
officers of Commercial and Savings
Will Pay Dollar for Dollar.

There was meeting of citizens, con-
sisting of a committee of five, held last
night to discuss the Commercial and
Savings Bank of Racine closing and to
devise means for the relief of the stu
alton. Bank Examiner Koult was
present and the affairs Of the insti-
tuition were discussed and figures given.
This morning the directors held a
meeting. Upon the authority of a di-
rector of the bank it can be stated that
not a single depositor will lose a single
cent, that each and every one will be
paid dollar for dollar. It will take
perhaps thirty days to get the matters
in shape and then the bank will open.
It would appear that the stockholders
would have to submit to an assessment
temporarily.
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GIT WORK ON FARMS.
Factory Workers Temporarily Out of
Work go to Rural Districts.

The local employment bureau, con
Quoted by the Manufacturers associa-
ton, has been instrumental in placing
over two hundred men on the farms of
Kenosha county during the past six
months. Business at the factories be-
ing dull, The bureau management sought
to connect the man with the job wher-
ever possible. A large number of
those who went to the farms were new
arrivals in the country, and it is hoped
that their liking for farm work will
cause them to become permanent resi-
dents Of the rural districts Until work
at the factories improves, the bureau
will welcome calls for help of any kind
whether the jobs be long or short. En-
deavor will be made in all cases to send
out in response to calls respectable and
worth persons to whom work is a
blessing.
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CoURTED DEATH NEAR soMERs.
Charles Rockefeller of LENA J, Ia, Ar
rested Late Friday Afternoon.


Counting death in horrible form,
Charles Rockefeller, aged twenty-three
years and said to be from LeMars, Ia,
stood in front of fast train on the
Chicago and Milwaukee road near the
village of Somers Friday afternoon.
He was directly in the center of the
track and would have been ground to
death had it not been for the fact that
work on the track had caused the men
to lay switch a few feet from the
place where he was standing and the
fast train went over to the other track
and the LeMars man was unframed
He was arrested by James Nelson of
Somers and brought to the county jail.
The man declared to the officials that
his father had murdered his mother
and was serving a long term in the
Iowa prison. He appeared to be brood
ing over something and an examination
into his mental condition will be made
The man is well dressed and the officials
believe he is of the better classes.
kilograms have been sent to LeMars
seeking more facts in regard to him.
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SEEKS MISSING WIFE.
Carl WEIGH Asks Police to Find Spouse
Who Disappeared September 21st.

Carl WEIGH, who formerly lived at
522 Middle street, has applied to the
police to make some effort to find his
wife who disappeared from their home
on the afternoon of September 21st
and of whom no trace has been found.
WEIGH declares that he went to work
on that day and when he came home
he found that his wife was gone and
that she had taken the household furni-
ture with her. Some time ago Mrs.
WEIGH secured a warrant for the ar
rest Of her husband on charges CT
abandonment, but it was thought that
they had arranged their family differ
ences and were ready to live together.
The police believe that Mrs. WEIGH is
still in Kenosha and that she is being
cared for by relatives and they are not
making any special efforts to aid the
husband in the case.
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FIND MAN INSANE.
Edward Rapp, Who Suffered from Lock
jaw and Liquor Sent to Hospital.

jaw and Liquor Sent to Hospital.
Edward Rapp, thirty-four years of
age and said to be member Of well
known family at Ripon, was adjudicat-
ed insane in the county court this
morning and he will be taken to the
state hospital at Mendoza tomorrow.
Rapp is an unfortunate. Some months
ago he had one of his arms caught in
a corn cutter and it was terribly man
gled. Infection set in and he suffered
from lock jaw. For the past week he
had been in a straight jacket at the
Kenosha hospital. When he began to
recover from the attack of lock jaw
other complications of a mental nature
set in. 1t is alleged that these were
due to the excessive use of intoxicants.
Rapp is now hopeless wreck. Efforts
are being made to locate his relatives
in Ripon. For some time previous to
his injury he had been employed as
farm hand in the town of Somers.
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first publication September 8, 1914.

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First publication September 8, 1914.
NOTICE OF SALE.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT
COURT-KENOSHA COUNTY.
.. c. Hansche and Lewis A. Hansche,
Mrs. C. p. Graeff formerly Anna Pirsch)
and Charles e. Graeff, her husband,
Kate Mungen formerly Kate Pirsch)
Elizabeth Fischer formerly Elizabeth
Pirsch and Arthur Fisher, her hus-
band, Mary Pirsch, Carrie Pfrsch, Celia
McGrory formerly Celia Pirsch) and L.
q. McGrory, her husband, Minnie hup-
fer and William NJ. Kupfer, her husband,
John b. Pirsch and Minnie Pirsch, his
wife, George r. Pirsch and Elizabeth ).
Pirsch, his wife, Matt Hermann, The K.
alton, and Nicholas Pirsch Company, a
corporation,
Defendants
BY virtue Of and pursuant to judg-
ment and decree Of foreclosure and sale
rendered and entered by the above named
court In the above entitled action on the
2nd day of September, A. D. 1913, in favor
Of the above named plaintiffs and against
the above named defendants, j, the I'M
dersigned, Sheriff Of the County of Keno
sha, in the State of Wisconsin, shall offer
for sale and sell at public auction and
vendue at the front door of the court house
Kenosha, and State of Wisconsin, on Sat
urday, the 18th day of October, 1914, at
two o'clock in the afternoon Of that day,
the following described mortgaged prem
Uses directed in said Judgment, TO be sold,
or so much thereof as may be sufficient
to pay the amount due to the plaintiffs
upon the said Judgment for principal, in
terest and costs, together with the ex-
penses of such sale, which said premises
are described in said judgment as follows,
viz:
The north forty-one (41) feet Of lots
seven 10, eight (8) and nine (9), in block
twenty nine 900; also portions Of lots
numbered seven ~ and eight (8), in
scribed as commencing at point forty
one (4D feet southerly from the northwest
corner of lot seven ~ aforesaid, on the
west line thereof; thence running south
erly, on the west line of said lot seven
~, forty-three (43) feet; thence easterly,
parallel with the north line of said lots
seven 90 and eight ~, across the same,
to the east line of said lot eight 49, (;
thence northerly, on the east line II said
lot eight (S), forty three (43) feet; thence
westerly, parallel with the north line of
said lots, to the place of beginning; said
lots are numbered according to the plat
and survey of the village of Southport,
now city of Kenosha, recorded in Racine
Ing in the southeast quarter IS. %. u of
section thirty one (31), in town two (2)
north, of range twenty three (23l east, and
in the first ward of the city OF henoSha,
IN the county of Kenosha, and state of
Wisconsin.
Terms Of Sale: Cash.
Dated, Sheriff's Office, Kenosha, Wiscon-
sin, September 3rd, 1914.
r. w. B. ACHEN, Sheriff,
KcnoSha County, Wisconsin.
Cavanagh, Barnes & Cavanagh,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Kenosha Wiscf sin. w25
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OFFER SPLENDID COURSE.
Kenosha Lyceum Course to be Made Up
Of Fifteen High Grade Entertainments.

Kenosha Lyceum Course to be Made UP
Of Fifteen High Grade Entertainments.
The most meritorious course of en-
tertainments ever offered in Kenosha
winter months under the direction of
the Kenosha Lyceum Bureau and this
organization of churches and other or
CARNATIONS in the city have planned to
put on course of fifteen high grade
lectures and entertainments, beginning
with a concert by Madame Schuman-
Heink on the evening Of October 18th.
The Lyceum Course has been organ
lied to meet the demand for high grade
entertainments in Kenosha during the
winter months and uniting in this eff
fort to furnish the people with the best
in entertainment are The Schubert
Club, Grace English Lutheran church,
First Congregational church, Park Ave.
M. e. church and the Womans Club
of Kenosha.
The entertainments are to be given
at the Coliseum during the winter
months and they are to be given at
price lower than has ever been possible
for high grade entertainments in Keno
sha in the past. A membership ticket
will be sold for one dollar and the
holders of these tickets will be allowed
to secure reserve seats at cost of
twenty cents for all the entertainments
with the exception of the Schuman-
Heink concert where the charge to-
members will be fifty cents.
The rate for the entertainments has
been made unusually low with an idea
not of making money-but in order
that the greatest possible number of
Kenosha people may be able to at
tend the entertainments.
The course has been selected with
great deal of care and while the
Schumann-H eink concert is the biggest
feature other attractions are all of the
highest grade. No outside agencies
are interested in the production of the
course and should there be any balance
in the treasury after the cost of the
entertainments are paid it will be d.
vided among the organizations partici-
pating. The putting on of this splen-
did course is in the nature of an ex-
pertinent and if the r-y.-4 meets with
the approval Of the public this year it
is probable that the plan will be con
tinued from year to year.
The full list of attractions to be
offered follows: Madame Schuman-
Heink; Mrs. Lake, lecturer; The Ora
torio Artists, concert; The Ben Greet
Players, in a production of Twelfth
Night; Bohemian Kyrl, concert; DR.. E.
A. Steiner, lecture; Barnards Orches-
ira, concert; Edward Amherst OFT.
lecture; Laurant & Company, magic;
Maurer Sisters, concert; The Cavaliers,
troop of seven people in concert;
John B. Wooley, lecture; Bolander Or
chestra, concert; The Music Makers,
speciality quartette; and the concluding
number of the course will be the
Estelle Gray Concert Company.
It promises to be the biggest enter
tainment course ever given for Keno
sha people and it is expected that no
less than a thousand tickets will be
sold for the course.
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JOINS ELRoY FIRM.
Attorney r. p. Clark Returns Home to
Join Notable Firm of Lawyers.

R. P. Clark, formerly well known
young attorney of Kenosha, has closed
his offices in the Ames building and has
gone to Elroy, his home town where
he will form partnership with julius
T. Dithmar, one of the best known
lawyers of that section of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Dithmar was recently named as as
sistant United States district attorney
fer the western district Of Wisconsin,
and much of the work in the Elroy
Office will be turned over to Mr.. Clark
at once. In the year Mr.. Clark has
been in Kenosha he has made many
strong friendships and his friends will
wish him success in hs new field of
labor.
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first publication September 10, 1914.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENOSHA COUNTY COURT-IN PRO-
BATE.
In the matter of the guardianship of
Mary j. Irwin, an incompetent person.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all persons against
Mary ]. Irwin, an incompetent person, of
the city of Kenosha, in said county of Ke-
nosha, will be examined and adjusted by
the County Court of Kenosha County at
the regular terms OF said court to be
holden at the county court room, in the
City of Kenosha, in and for said County,
on the first Tuesday of December, A. D.
1914 and on the first Tuesday of May,
A. d. 1916, at ten o'clock A. M. of those
days; also that the time until and includ-
Ing the first Tuesday of April, A. D.
1916 is the time allowed and limited for
creditors of said Mary J. Irwin, an incom-
petent person, to present their claims for
examination ana allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 9th day of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1914.
BY the Court,
GEO. W. TAYLOR,
WA. County Judge.
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AUCTION SALE.

Having sold farm viii sell all per
sonal property at auction, including
horses, tools, grain, feed, etc.,
on esday, October goth, commencing
at IL a. m, on the John Scharding
arm, located miles west of Kenosha
on the Plank Road, IL miles north
and l mile west of Pleasant Prairie.
*w25adv Ferdinand Lentz, Prop.
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MODEST HERO FOUND.
A. G. Iken, Employee of Jeffrey Co.,
Saved Child from Being Struck.

Saved Child from Being Struck.
The name of the modest hero who
saved a little child from being run
down by an automobile on last Satur
day evening has been discovered. He
was A. G. ken, an employee of the
Thomas B. Jeffery Company. This fact
was not made public by Mr.. Iken, but
by people who witnessed his heroic &C
tion in saving the life of the child.
The identity of the Racine man who
ran the automobile has not as yet been
discovered, but it is thought that he
will make good his promise and see to
it that Mr.. Iken is properly rewarded
for his kindly and heroic act in saving
the child from injury. Mr.. Iken is
making no claims for reward and he
was not seriously injured by being
struck by the Racine car.
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AUCTION SALE.

Will sell at public auction on the
farm known as the Frank Waldo farm
located II mile north and / mile east
of Woodwork, miles west of Keno.
sha on the Geneva Road, on Friday,
Oct. %, 1914, personal property con.
listing of cattle, horses, tools, machin-
cry, feed ,etc. commencing at 10 a. M
xw25adv Frank Lentz, Prop.
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AUCTION SALE.

Having sold farm will sell at pub
lie auction all personal property, in
GLIDING horses, cattle, farm machinery,
tools, grain, ETC., Tuesday, October ID,
on the Old Wiley Place, located 7
miles west of Kenosha on Geneva Rd.,
commencing at 1880.
*w24adv Joe Siran, Prop,
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First publication October /, 1914.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENOSHA COUNTY CoURT-IN PRO-
BATE.
In the matter of the estate of Anna Gill
Iette, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands Of all persons against the
estate of Anna Gillette, deceased, late of
the City of Kenosha, in said County of
Kenosha, will be examined and adjusted by
the County Court of Kenosha County at
the regular terms of said Court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the
City Of Kenosha, in and for said County,
on the first Tuesday of February, A. D..
1915, and on the first Tuesday Of May,
A. d. 1915, at ten o'clock A. M. of those
days; also that the time until and includ-
Ing the FIRST Tuesday Of April, A. d. 1915,
is the time allowed and limited for cred
itors of said Anna Gillette, deceased, to
present their claims for examination and
allowance
Dated at Kenosha, the Goth day of Sep
TENDER, A. ID. 1914.
BY the Court,
GEO. w TAYLOR,
W.T. County Judge.
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AUCTION SALE.

4 A large sale of horses, cattle, farm
machinery, tools, grain, etc., on the
Muntzenberger farm, located miles
south of Kenosha or 8 miles direct
south of O'Neils' Corners, on Thurs
day, October 18th, 1914, commencing
at 10 a. m.
*w24adv Joe. P. Christman, Prop.
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DR.. John B. spaulding was notified
today that he had been named as
medical examiner for the Badger
Athletic Club. He viii represent the
state athletic commission in the ex-
animation of all boxers who may go
on in shows in the Kenosha arena.
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If you have a farm to sell or prop
erty to trade for city property, see me
at once. F. S. Symmonds, I'll Public
Service Building, Kenosha. Phones
1130 and CTS. WITT
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The members of the Kenosha Lodge
of Elks had pleasant social session
at the club rooms on Thursday even
ing. Plans are being made for the
initiation of large class of candidates
on the evening of October 18th
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First publication August %, 1914.
SIMMONS

First publication August q, 1914.
SUMMONS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, MUNICIPAL
COURT, KENOSHA COUNTY.
TILLIE HILLA, Plaintiff,
VS..
LOUIS HILLA, Defendant.
THE STATE on WISCONSIN. TO THE
SAID DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days after service of this
summons, exclusive of the day of service,
and defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid; and in case of your fail
ure so to do Judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand of
the complaint, of which a copy is on file
in the Office of the clerk of the Municipal
Court of said county.
ALFRED L. DRURY,
PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
p. o. Address-210 Market Street. Keno.
sha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. WA
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Fred Bostedter won the bowling
prize for high score at the Academy
during the month of September. His
high score was 277. The prize was
bowling ball