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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
BUSINESS men TO AID PLANS
Successful Social Organization Among
Employed Girls of the City Seeks to
Make Plans For Care of Young Wo-
men Who Are Out of Employment.

A movement for a wide extension
of the work of the 'Girls Recreation
Club" was started at the meeting of
the board of directors of the organiza-
ton held at the club house on Friday
afternoon and within a short time
business men of the city will be asked
to aid the women of the club in provid-
ing new and larger quarters for the
use of the young women. The club
house on Bond street is proving too
small to permit the carrying out of
the plans of the members of the or
ganization and if the work of the club
is to be extended larger quarters must
be secured. Mrs. Edith Brown Cav
anagh, president of the board of direc-
tors has been authorized to name a
committee made up of three business
men to act with the directors in a
crusade to make the club more helpful
to young women of the city.
The Recreation Club is one of the
real valuable social organization of
Kenosha. Some people in some way
have an insane idea that the Recrea-
tion Club is reformatory organiza-
ton largely given over to taking care
of girls with court records, but this
idea is far from the facts. The club
is made up of well known young wom-
en- of the city, none of whom ever saw
the inside Of court room and it is or
gained wholly for recreation and edu-
cational purposes. 1t is not reforma-
tory in any way and has nothing to
do with Big Sister movements or any
movements along these lines. 1t is. a
social club for the younger women of
the city who have taken an interest in
the lives of young women who are en-
ployed a portion or all Of the day.
The interest shown in the club in
the past few months has been very
gratifying and its membership has
been increasing rapidly. At the pres
emit time sixty-two girls are active
members of the club and they have
their regular meetings and the club
house is open for their use at all times.
The problem that is especially inter
esting the young women now is the aid
of unemployed girls and providing
temporary homes for young women who
may be seeking employment in the
city. There is no place in the city
where these girls may go and be as
sured home under the right condi-
tions and the young women of the club
feel that great deal of good can be
done by opening home for such girls.
In order to open and maintain such
a home money will be needed and the
club members will make an effort to
start fund for the furnishing of such
home by holding a bazaar in the fall.
At this bazaar many contributions
from friends Of the home will be Of
fered for sale.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
CHIEF rs VICE PRESIDENT.
Chief O'Hare Named for Second High
est Office of Police Chiefs of State.

Chief o Hare Named for Second High
est Office of Police Chiefs of State
1t is Vice President O'Hare now
At the concluding sessions of the
annual convention of Wisconsin Police
Chiefs, held in Milwaukee on Friday
afternoon Chief Owen O'Hare of this
city was elected vice president of the
state association. Chief John T. jam
sen of Milwaukee, was unanimously
chosen as president of the association.
Chief O'Hare has been an active mem
Der of the state association since its
organization and has taken a great in
terest in the work. On his return from
Milwaukee Friday evening he declared
the session to be the best ever held by
the police officers and that great
many suggestions of helpful nature
were made. Kenosha has been suggest
ed as the place for the holding of the
next convention of the association and
the final decision in the matter will be
made by the exec tive board later in
the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
PARKER FOR CONGRESSMAN.
T. T. Parker OF This City Named by
Prohibitionists for CONGRESSMAN.

Attorney Calvin Stewart is not going
to have monopoly among Kenosha
men so far as running for congress is
concerned as reports from Madison to-
day show that Truman T. Parker, well
known real estate and insurance man
of Kenosha is also running for con-
gress, and what is more, Parker is not
going to have any struggle to get his
name on the ballot for the election.
Mr.. Parker has been nominated by the
prohibition party to succeed Congress
man I'll. A. Cooper and as there is no
other candidate he is certain Of nomi-
nation 81 am not worrying any over
these political honors,' said Mr.. Park
er this morning, land you can take 1t
from me that they have been thrust
upon me. At the state convention of
the prohibitionists I was suggested for
the Office of member of congress in the
First district, but I had no idea that
petitions had been circulated until I
was invited by the secretary Of state
to file my declaration today
The state prohibitionists will have a
full party ticket in the state, but it is
not expected that the party will have
any candidates for Office in Kenosha
county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
Trades and Labor Council is
Busy Planning For the OBJ
servance of Labor Day.
TO HAVE PARADE AND PICNIC

Members of the Kenosha Trades and
Labor Council have begun to make
plans for the annual celebration Of
Labor Day and committee of five
members of the council under the
Craftsmanship of A. G.. Sharpe, are
completing the plans for the annual
holiday Of the toilers. The committee
believes that the celebration this year
will be one of the most notable ever
held in the city and efforts are being
made to have organized labor united in
support of the observance of the day.
Featured in the celebration will be a
big industrial parade. 1t is expected
that the members of every union con-
nected with the Trades and Labor
Council will march in the parade and
that many of them will have floats.
Civic organizations are expected to be
represented in the parade and it is hop
ed that special display will be pro-
vided by the city. No Labor Day
would be complete without the picnic
and it is planned to hold the annual
picnic at Schend's Park A varied
program will be provided for the picnic
including sports and games for men,
women and children and music and
dancing both afternoon and evening.
The members of the committee have
met with a great deal of encourages
ment in making the plans for the cele-
bration and they believe that the cele-
bration of Labor Day this year will
be more notable than any held in Ke-
nosha in ten years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
EMBARGO ON PARCEL POST.
No Packages for Either France or Ger
many Being Accepted at Kenosha.

Following orders received from the
postmaster general Postmaster Robert
Verne Baker has announced that an
embargo has been placed on all parcel
post packages from the United States
to Germany and France and no parcels
to either of these countries will be
dispatched from the local office. 1'The
formal notice of the government states
that this action has been taken on
the request of the postal officers of the
two countries named" said Mr.. Ba-
ker this morning, and of course we
can accept no parcels to either of the
countries. Kenosha has sent a very
large number of parcels to both of the
countries and the embargo will affect
the business of several of the local
manufacturing concerns. It is expect
ed that the order will remain in force
until the close of the war in Europe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
DECIDES SUIT IN FAVOR OF CITY
Evidence Of Former Alderman Geo. g.
Wade Made it Necessary for Clerk
to Give Testimony and Bench Trans-
ferred It's Activity to the Hospital

The most extraordinary court SEES
sion ever held in Kenosha county was
held on Friday afternoon when the en-
tire machinery of the municipal court
was removed to the Kenosha hospital
and one of the big open air porches
of the hospital was converted into a
court room. This plan was adopted in
order to make it possible for City Clerk
George W. Harrington to appear as a
witness in suit brought by the city
against the Wisconsin Gas and Electric
company.
1t had not been planned to call the
city clerk as a witness but late Friday
afternoon when former Alderman Geo
Wade took the stand to testify in re
gard to the actions between the city
council and the Railway company his
evidence threw cloud on the right
of the city to collect from the com
pany for the work of filing IN Jerome
creek at the Ashland avenue crossing
The former alderman testified that he
had been chairman Of the street com.
mittee at the time the work was done
and that his memory of the transac.
ton was that the work of filing in
there had been part of the back fill
ing done following the construction OF
the trunk sewer and that under these
circumstances the company should not
have been asked to pay the bill. The
evidence of the former alderman was
voluntary and it was given without
suggestion from the city attorney, bot
it left the evidence in the case in such
a condition that it looked for a time
as if the city would be forced to aban-
dan it's claim against the company for
the Ashland avenue work.
City Clerk Harrington was declared
to be the only man who could give
testimony which would stsaighten out
the middle. AS the city clerk had re-
Gently been operated on for append
citis and was unable to leave his bed
Judge. Randall suggested that the
court be taken to him at the hospital.
An automobile was secured and the
judge and the clerk and all of the at
torneys and witnesses interested in the
case were loaded up and the trip to
the hospital was made in short order
Taking possession of one of the porches
tables were provided for the court, the
clerk and the attorneys and then the
city clerk was wheeled out on the porch
on wheel chair, His records had
been taken to him and in short time
he untangled the evidence and showed
the error of former Alderman Wade
in his testimony. The error was due to
the fact that two bills of almost the
same amount had been paid by the city
for the work.
After hearing the testimony Of the
city clerk under this most unusual con-
dition Judge Randall rendered iudg-
ment in favor of the city, the amount
of it being little over 1900, the to-
tai amount claimed in the suit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
Popular Superintendent of
Kenosha Hospital to Re-
tire From Work Here.
BOARD SEEKS new LEADER

Mrs. Helen De Spelda Moore, for the
past five years superintendent of the
Kenosha hospital and the most popular
superintendent ever connected with the
institution, has fled her resignation
with the board of directors of the hos
pital association with the request that
she be relieved from her duties on the
first day of September. Mrs Moore
has not accepted another position, but
she desires to take long rest and for
this reason has given up the work in
Kenosha. The resignation of Mrs.
Moore has caused great regret among
the members of the board of directors
and at the meeting to act on the resig-
nation the directors suggested that in
stead of accepting the resignation that
it be burned, but Mrs Moore insisted
that she desired to retire and her
wishes were considered as final and the
resignation accepted. The retiring
superintendent will remain in charge
at the hospital until such time as her
successor has been selected and has
had chance to work into her new du-
ties While it is stated that the mem
bers of the board have practically
agreed on the new superintendent the
name of the new official has not as vet
been made public.
One of the members of the board OF
directors of the hospital paid tribute
to the loyal service of Mrs. Moore this
morning. sit is matter of deep re-
greet" she said, "that Mrs. Moore is
not to remain at the hospital. The five
years that she has been in charge have
been years of uninterrupted progress
for the hospital. When Mrs. Moore
came to Kenosha she found the hospital
affairs badly disorganized and she took
hold of the big problem with yigor and
brought order out of chaos. She had
much to do with the equipment of the
present building and her management
of it has brought the Kenosha hospital
to plane higher than any to be found
many Of the smaller cities. 1t should
be said that the retirement of Mrs.
Moore is in no way due to any friction
over the management of the hospital
and today every member of the board
of directors would be more than pleas
ed to have her withdraw her resigna-
ton. We feel that in her retirement
the hospital is sustaining great loss.
We are not seeking applicants for the
position as the members Of the board
have practically agreed on a new super.
intendent.'
The work of Mrs. Moore at the hos.
pital has been especially notable in the
organization of the nursing force. She
has shown her willingness to give all
her time to the work of the hospital
and under her direction the work of
the training school for nurses has been
greatly extended.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13

The city officials are not worried
over the threats OF property owners in
the vicinity OF the river to send re-
port to the state board of health on the
condition of that stream with request
for immediate action by that body.
AS matter of fact most of the Of
ficials and particularly those who have
to receive the constant complaints on
the condition of the river would be
glad to have the matter brought to a
head in some way. They are fully
aware of the fact that the condition
of the river at this time and for some
years past is no credit to the city and
they are as well informed Of the dan
gers OF having an open sewer-for that
is all the so-called river is now-right
In the center of thickly populated
district as any one else After giving
the problem of remedying conditions
considerable study and taking the ad-
vice of sanitary engineers of experience
In dealing with similar problems in
other cities, they have decided that the
only way in which the conditions com
planned of can be cleared up is by the
construction of an intercepting sewer
into which all of the filth from the
: factories and the gas works and from
the sewers running into the river at
present can be turned That is the So
luton of the problem arrived at from
the standpoint of the city, but the city
has so far been unable to secure the
easements for the building of this
sewer, some of the difficulties which
the city has encountered in trying to
forward this work having been put in
Its way by the people who are now com
planning, of the condition of the river.
This is the remedy proposed by the
city, but the officials are not going to
be stubborn in the matter and they
would be glad to have the experts of
the state board of health or any one
else suggest some feasible plan to get
rid of the filth now pouring into the
river. By all M as call in the state
board of health and see what can be
done. Everybody is agreed that it is
time to do something to clean up this
open sewer and the advice of the
board may prove valuable. Further
more the board has wide powers and
1t may be able to issue orders in this
case that no one can prevent being
carried out. Nobody is particular as to
the means used to get this work start
ed so long as it is done
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
CHASED INTO HALIFAX.
Kenosha County People Aboard Steam
er Which is Forced to Give Up Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donsing, who
went abroad to spend their honeymoon
following their marriage in the town Of
Somers, are seing some Of the results
of the war. They left Liverpool a
week ago on board the Cedric, bound
for New York and wire received from
them this morning stated that the
steamer had been chased into Halifax
by German cruiser and they have no
idea when they will leave Halifax to
continue their homeward trip to New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donsing are
both well and they admit that they are
enjoying their experiences hugley. No
details Of the case Of the Cedric is Civ
en- in the telegram to the friends in the
town of somers. Mr.. Donsing is a
brother-in-law Of Matt Rasmussen of
Somel
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
CORRECT TIME BY WIRELESS.
Thomas Lockhart to Have First Wire.
less Telegraph Signals in Kenosha.


Thos. S. Lockhart, the Main st. Jew
eler, is to have the first time signal in
the city with the time corrected by
wireless telegraphy. Worl,men were
busy today installing a wireless station
on the roof of the Kimball building
near the corner of Main and Wiscon-
sin streets and the station will regulate
the clock in the Loekhart store.
These signals are sent twice daily, at
II noon and at 10 p. m. eastern time,
and as there is just one hour 8 differ
ence between eastern and central time
the signals are received here at IL a..
m. and p. m.
Wireless time service is recognized
by all authorities as being the most
accurate and never varies over one
hundredth of a second. I.
While this outfit was installed chief
ly for the time service, still other sig
nails from all parts of the country may
be received, if so desired. Mr.. Lock
hart received many visitors today and
is glad at all times to demonstrate his
radio outfit. The constructive installa-
ton was done by Messis. R. NJ. and E.
S. Lamb the well known radio men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13

Prospects are good that Kenosha
county is to be worthily represented
at the state fair and that the exhibit
to be sent from this county will com.
pare favorably with that sent by any
OF the fifty counties of the state which
have reserved space for exhibits. This
county has the produce to make a first
class showing and if the farmers do
not make one it will not be because
they cannot, but because they fail to
take any interest in the fair. The
county board has made an appropria-
ton to cover the cost Of assembling
the exhibit in this city and preparing
the products sent for display at the
fair and whether or not the county is
to be represented at the state fair IN
the future depends entirely on the
showing made this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
HEAD GIRLS GET 1919, 900.
Share Equally in Estate-Mrs. Margar-
ct Perkins is Given Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Head Gates of Wash
ington, D. c.; Mrs. Katherine Head
Breck of New York City, and Mrs.
Margaret Head Perkins of CLOG Ken
more avenue, Chicago, daughters, are
made equal benefciaries in the 1915, 00(
estate of franklin III. Head, pioneer
Kenosha lawyer, in his will admitted
yesterday to probate in the probate
court of Chicago. The former Head
homestead at 2 Banks street, Chicago
was given to Mrs. Perkins, who kept
house for her father until his death,
and the residue of the estate is di-
vided equally among the three daugh.
tiers. The estate consists of $314,000
personal property and $4,000 in real
estate
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
DEATH OF MRS. j. M. srEBB1Ns.
Well Known Kenosha Woman Died at
the Home on Park Ave- ON Thursday.

Well Known Kenosha Woman Died at
the Home on Park Ave. ON Thursday.
Mrs. Esther Stebbins, aged seventy.
five years, widow of the late James NJ.
Stebbins and one of the best known
of the pioneer women in Kenosha, died
at the family residence on Park aven.
ne at FIVE o'clock Thursday afternoon
after long illness from a complication
of diseases. Mrs. Stebbins had keen
i'll before her return from California
months ago and early in July she went
to the Kenosha hospital. After week
at the hospital she returned to her
home greatly improved, but relapse
came shortly after her return home
and she had been confined to her room
for the past three weeks. Mrs Steb-
bins was daughter of the late Ezra
Simmons, one of the pioneers of Keno.
sha county. She was born in Oneida
county, New York, Feb. 81, 1889. She
was twin sister of Ezra Simmons.
Mrs. Stebbins came to Kenosha with
her parents when she was only three
years OF age and since that time she
had resided in Kenosha or in the i'm.
mediate vicinity. She is survived by
one son, zalmond Stebbins, and five
daughters, Mrs. Frank Loomis of
Evanston, Mrs. j. K Wheeler of Ke-
nosha, Mrs. Ruth McKinnon of Chica-
go, Mrs. H. R. Boyer of Glendale, Cal.
and Mrs. Douglas Newell of Kenosha.
Announcement of the day and hour of
the funeral will be made on Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
DEATH OF MRS. IDA sE1eA1,.
Well Known Austrian Woman Expired
at Kenosha Hospital This Morning.

Mrs. Ida Seigal, aged forty years,
and one of the best known of the Aus
trian women of the city, died at the
Kenosha hospital just after eight
O'Clock this morning after a long ILL
ness from complication of diseases.
Mrs. Seigal is the wife of Louis SeigaI,
10 North. Pleasant street. She was
born in Austria, but she made her home
in Kenosha for more than twenty
years. She had been active in church
work among the women of that nation
ality.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
SMALLPOX AT ZION CITY.
Three Cases Of the Disease Said to be
Under Quarantine in That City.

Kenosha health officials are keeping
pretty close tab on Zion City just at
present on account of the fact that
report from Waukegan states that
there are three cases of smallpox in
Zion. Waukegan has placed an embar-
go on food stuffs being sent from Zion
to Waukegan. At the present time
hundreds of men who live in Zion City
are being employed in Kenosha. Most
of these men come 20 Kenosha every
morning. Health Officer McShane is
making careful investigation Of the
Zion City matter and if it is found
that any of the men coming to Keno
sha have been exposed to the disease
they will be vaccinated at once. IF
they decline to submit to vaccination
they will be barred from working in
the city !.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13
INTER COUNTY REUNION.
Somers Camp to Act as Hosts to Wood
men of Racine and Kenosha Counties.

Members Of the Modern Woodmen of
America in Racine and Kenosha coun-
ties and there are more than three
thousand of them, are to have big
family reunion at Petrifying Springs
on Labor Day. The Somers camp of
the order is to be the host for the day
and on Friday letters of invitation
were sent out to every camp in the two
counties and assurance has been given
that all of them will be represented
Judge G. E. Randall has been named
as the principal speaker for the big
inter-county picnic and it is probable
that there will be a lot of Woodmen
notables from different parts Of the
state to take part in the ceremonies
of the day. The members of the Som
ers camp declare that they will make
the biggest event for Woodmen ever
held in this section of the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13

The county has the army worm and
the city has the cotton moth and be-
tween them they are going to cos, the
people of Kenosha, city and county, a
lot of money thfs summer. Very lit
tie attention has been paid by property
owners to the ravages Of the moth in
their trees this summer and lot of
the beautiful shade trees have been
damaged so that they cannot recover.
The dropping of the dead leaves shows
that many of the trees will be gone
before fall; and their loss is irrepair-
able.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-13

The members of the council will con-
fer favor on the taxpayers of the
,ity if they require the school board 20
be little more explicit on some of the
items of the budget that body has pre-
scented through the finance committee.
Nobody wants to deprive the schools
of anything necessary to maintain
them at the highest possible standard,
but for the next year and possibly two
the expenses Of the board should be
cut to q minimum.