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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
MEET AT GREEN BAY.
Kenosha People Interested in Gather
ing of Wisconsin City Officials.

While the city council sat down
hard on appropriations for "ioy
trips" for the officials of the city at
the meeting on last Monday night a
number of the members of the com
mon council will go to Green Bay to
attend the seventeenth annual conven-
ton of the Wisconsin League of
municipalities. The program that is
to be offered for this convention is of
especial interest to Kenosha aldermen
on account of the fact that the prin-
cipa1 topic of discussion will be
" Municipal Collection and Disposal of
Garbage Reports will be made of
the work that has been done along
this line by Wisconsin cities and it is
certain that lot of information of
greatest value will be available. Al
derman Conrad Shearer is chirman of
the special committee in charge of
working out the plan for the collection
of garbage in Kenosha and he has ar
ranged to have full detailed report
of the discussion furnished at the con-
vention and the Green Bay officials
plan tho make the meet the record
meet in the history of the association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
DELEGATES TO ROAD MEET.
Highway Commissioner Herzog and Dan
o. Head Named to Represent County.

Governor Philip on Saturday after
noon appointed County Highway Com
missioner John F. Herzog and former
Mayor Dan O. Head, President of the
Kenosha Automobile club, as delegates
from Kenosha county to the North
western Road Congress to be held at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. to 7. There
will be representatives from four states
present at the convention and it prom
Uses to be the most interesting road
meeting ever held in the Northwest.
Many interesting topics have been ar
ranged for and lot of attention will
be given to suggestions for the i'm
provement Of work done on the rural
roads. 1t is expected that the High
way commissions of al, states repre-
sented will have speakers on the pro-
gram. Former Mayor Head and Mr..
Herzog are both planning to attend
the conference and it is probable that
several other road enthusiasts from
Kenosha county will attend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

Under the law the chief of police
is now member of the license com
mittee of the common council but the
new law will make little change in the
conditions in Kenosha All of the in
formation in regard to the manner in
which any or all Of the saloons Of the
city have been conducted in the pos
session of the chief has been at the
disposal of this committee of the coun-
ell at all times and the only difference
the operation of the new law will make
in Kenosha will be that the chief will
make out his report on the places that
have come under the unfavorable no.
tice of the police department as part
of his regular work instead of wait
ing until he is asked for it. With re
gard to the provision Of the law re-
curing stated visits to all saloons, it
may be said that If the heads of the
police departments of the state did
not look after conditions closer than
they are required to by this law they
would not know much about them. AS
a matter of fact the members of the Ii
cense committee of the Kenosha coun-
Gil have kept pretty close tab on every
saloon in the city and will continue to
do so.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
ALICE HEAD SERIOUSLY HURT
Milwaukee Girl Is Taken to Waukegan
With Crushed Shoulder But Other
Members of Party Escape With Slight
Bruises When Auto Turned Over.

Three people from Pleasant Prairie
and two from Milwaukee, had a re-
markable escape from death when an
automobile turned over on the Sheri-
dan road three miles north of Wauke-
gan just after four o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon. Only one of the members of
the party was seriously injured. She
was Miss Alice Head of Milwaukee,
who had been guest at the home of
Matt Stahl in the town of Pleasant
Prairie. Her left shoulder was crush
ed when she was caught under the
machine and she was taken to the
McAlister hospital in Waukegan.
Other passengers in the automobile
were Will and Jess Stahl, both sons
of Matt Stahl, Miss Phoebe Teuson of
Milwaukee, and Miss Polly Mayer of
Pleasant Prairie.
The members of the party had gone
to Waukegan early Sunday afternoon
and after spending a short time at the
home of relatives there had started to
return to the Stahl farm in Pleasant
Prairie. Will Stahl was driving the
automobile and when he attempted to
turn from what is known as "the golf
road" into the Sheridan road the car
turned over. All five Of the young
people in the car were caught under
the wreckage, but all of them manag-
ed to escape serious injury with the
exception of Miss Head. She had
been riding in the tonneau of the car
and was caught under the back por-
tion of the car. AS soon as possible
an automobile was secured and she was
taken to the hospital in Waukegan.
The Stahl automobile was badly
wrecked. The members of the party
left it in the ditch at the side of the
road and returned to the Pleasant
Prairie home on an electric car.
1t was an unlucky day for the
members of the Mayer family for JUST
about the time Miss Polly Mayer was
caught under the Stahl automobile her
mother, Mrs. Joseph A. Mayer and two
smaller children, had narrow escape
from serious injury when buggy in
which they were riding was struck by
a "speeder" on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railway just south of
Truesdell. Mrs. Mayer had attempted
to cross the track and had not seen
the near approach of the speeder. All
of the members of the party were
thrown from the buggy which was
wrecked. Mrs. Mayer and her children
however escaped without serious in.
jury
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
DEPUTY A LIFE SAVER
Racine County Motorcycle Deputy
Credited With Saving Four Lives.

Racine County Motorcycle Deputy
Credited With Saving Four Lives.
Motorcycle Deputy Grover Lutter
saved the lives of four Kenosha peo-
pie last evening, when he pulled their
Ford car from the brink of a twenty
foot embankment just as it was top
ping over. The driver of the light car,
who refused to give the deputy his
name, was blinded by the light of an
automobile in which Deputy Lutter
was driving.
He pulled his car to one side of the
cement road near the second crossing
of the Chicago & North Western road
and got it so close to the edge that it
leaned over the deep ditch in peril
GUS manner Deputy Lutter ordered
the driver of the car in which he was
seated to turn around, hitch a rope to
the Ford and pull it to safety. It could
not have remained IN its position very
long without falling into the ditch.
The occupants of the ear were scream
ing and shouting for assistance. Lut-
ter, at the time, was bringing speeder
he had arrested into town.-Racine
Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
DEATH OF ALBERT MoREHoUsE.
Father Of Kenosha Mail Carrier Died
in San Francisco Last Wednesday.

Letters received in Kenosha on Sat
urday afternoon announced the death
of Albert Morehouse, father of A. R.
Morehouse, the well known Kenosha
mail carrier. Mr.. Morehouse died in
San Francisco on last Wednesday
evening just twenty-four hours after
his son had reached his bedside. Mr..
Morehouse was born and raised in the
neighborhood of Antioch, ILL.,, but he
went to California with his brother,
the late Louis Morehouse, many years
ago and had since been a resident Of
that state. A. R. Morehouse was call
ed to San Francisco little over a
week ago on account of the illness of
his father. The remains were taken
to San Leandra, the former home of
the deceased where interment took
place on Saturday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
DEATH OF MRS. RAPHAEL sERpE
Prominent Woman of Holy Rosary Con-
gregation Died in Chicago Sunday

Mrs. Michalena Serpe, aged thirty
seven years, wife of Raphael Serpe, 1911
North Fremont avenue, and one of the
best known of the italian women OF the
city, died in Chicago on Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Serpe had been i'll for some
time and two weeks ago she went to the
home of friends in Chicago to seek a
new line of treatment for her illness.
The announcement of her death came
las shock to her friends. Mrs. Serpe
had resided in Kenosha for the last
ten years and she had been very active
among the women of the Holy Rosary
church. She was a devoted Christian
woman and deeply beloved by the peo-
pie who knew her in her private life
and church work. She had been a lead
er in church and charitable work
among her people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
LACK or CARE CAUSES SMASH
Minister Was Riding Bicycle Near the
Corner of Rowland Avenue and Eliz-
abeth Street and Automobile Passed
Over His Leg.

The Rev. P. L. G. Hanson, pastor of
st. Mary Is Danish Lutheran Church on
Grand avenue, met with very severe
injuries on Saturday afternoon when
he was, run over by an automobile
driven by Joseph MeconWzzi at the
corner of Rowland avenue and Eliza
beth street. The well known minister
is confined to his bed and while his
injuries are very painful it is expected
that he will be able to be out again
in week or ten days. The severe
injury to Mr.. Hanson has caused a
great deal Of anxiety among the Dan
ish people Of the city and especially
among the large membership Of
the Danish church.
Mr.. Hanson had gone to the Danish
school on Rowland avenue just before
noon on Saturday and had been busy
there until after one clock when he
started to return to his home on Grand
avenue. He was riding north along
Rowland avenue when the automobile
Rowland avenue to run east on Eliza
beth street. Instead Of making the
wide turn as has been the custom at
the corner the driver of the automo-
bile made short turn and he failed
to see Mr. Hanson who was riding
along the right side of the street on
his bicycle. The automobile struck
the bicycle and Mr.. Hanson was
thrown twenty feet to the pavement.
One Of the wheels Of the automobile
which was loaded down with a crowd
of people on the way to a picnic, pass
ed over the leg of the minister. An
ambulance was called but before it
arrived Mr.. Hanson had been taken
to the parsonage in a jitney. DR.. P
E. M. Jorgensen was called to attend
him. An examination showed that Mr.
Hanson had been terribly bruised.
lit was feared that the bone in his
leg had been splintered, but later it
was declared that no bones had been
broken. The minister was put to bed
and it is probable that he will be taken
to the hospital tomorrow for an X-Ray
examination. He has been in great
pain since his injuries and it is fear
ed that he may be laid up for a con
siderable time. The minister declar-
ed in his story to the police that the
driver of the automobile was not run
ming at high rate Of speed. The
driver himself insisted that he did
not see the minister in time to pre-
vent the collision.
Lack of knowledge of the rules Of
the road seems to have been response
bic for the accident. 1t is claimed
that had the automobile made a wide
turn at the corner the accident could
have been averted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
REDUCE INSURANCE CHARGES.
Postof1ce Gets Formal Notice of Re-
duction on Parcel Post Insurance.

Postmaster R. Y. Baker this morn
ing received from the department at
Washington notice of the reduction Of
rates charged for the insurance of par
eel post mail. In the future fee of
three cents Will be charged for the in
surance of packages up to five dollars
in value, five cents for packages up to
a value of twenty-five dollars, ten cents
for packages to value Of fifty dollars
and packages valued at not over one
one hundred dollars will be insured
for a fee of twenty-five cents. 1t is
expected that the reduction of rates
will result in the insurance feature of
the parcel post being much more gen.
orally used.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

An enjoyable time was reported by
all Of those who attended the First
United picnic given by the Plous
Bros, proprietors of the Union Dye
Works of Kenosha and Racine, which
was held at Thomas Grove on Sunday.
Autos conveyed employers and EN-
ployees to and from the grove. The
day was spent in playing all sorts of
games, dancing and racing. Plates
were set for fifty, supper being serv-
ed t $50 p. m.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
BROKE OFF TELEPHONE POLE
Automobile Runs Into Pole at Corner
of Exchange and Park Row and Puts
Phones and Lights Out of Commission
for Many Hours.


gave her name as just Miss Perkins Z
and who evidently had never had a
great deal of experience in driving an
automobile, paralized electric light
service on the streets of the south por-
ton of Kenosha last night and left a
lot of houses in that section Of the
city without telephones. She hurried
away from the scene of the accident
without any one getting her address
or even the number of the automobile
she was driving and the public service
corporations have force of men busy
today making repairs of damages
Miss Perkins, had brought a
party of Racine friends down to show
them Kenosha and just after eight
o CLOCK Sunday evening she was driv-
ing east along Park Row. She decided
to turn into Exchange street and
swung her automobile around too
quickly and instead of it. making the
turn to the north in safety it crashed
into telephone pole. In some
miraculous manner none Of the people
in the machine were even bruised.
The automobile struck the telephone
pole with such force that it splintered
the pole and a great portion of the
top Of the pole broke and fell, but the
guy wires held it from striking the
automobile. While the pole was the
property of the telephone company it
was also used to carry the wires of
the Wisconsin Gas and Electric Com
pany and it served as support for a
big arc lamp. This lamp fell with a
crash and the arm falling from the top
of the pole carried down bunch or
live wires which sputtered away and
proved a menace to passing automo-
biles until repairs could be made and
the wires cut. All Of the tungsten
street lamps twenty three in number,
in that section Of the city were burned
out and the crossing of the telephone
and electric light wires caused tele-
phone service to be cut out in the
Country Club and at many homes in
that section of the city.
Miss Perkins, did not have a
chance to see the havoc she had
wrought. She was just too tickled on
escaping without any one of her party
being seriously hurt that she started
her car and went on off toward Ra-
cine. The Racine police when asked
in regard to the matter, said that they
did not know any "Miss Perkins, !"
but that they would make an effort
to locate her.
The Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Company had loss of hundred dol
lars as a result of the accident and it
is probable that the loss to the tele-
phone company was just as large.
The car driven by Miss Perkins Z
had broken fender and the radiator
was badly bent up, but the car would
run all right and it evidently was in
condition to carry her to Racine
and safety.
The police are in doubt as to how
the young woman will be located, but
one of them slipped up to Racine this
afternoon to make an examination Of
disabled ears in the garages there and
it is possible that the young woman
will be located. The public service
corporations here believe that some one
should settle for the damages done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

AS the number of the automobiles
on the highways is multiplied by the
price reductions Of the past year or
two, the complaints become more than
ever numerous of the people who
UhogD the whole road.
The owner Of his own car, in the
great majority of cases, is reasonably
careful. 1t costs him good money, and
he has no liking for repair bills.
With hired chauffeurs the case is fire.
quently different. They are young fell
lows who have often acquired little
prudence of their own. They would
not have to pay for new car if their
machine was smashed.
Also they acquire great deal Of
skill, so that they can turn out the
least possible distance, and make the
turn at the last possible moment before
collision. They come tearing down the
middle of the street. Other cars go
ay out on the side. The speeder keeps
rejoicing along in the center of the
road, thus abandoned to his sole use,
ana COuSIdbuldb6S IluS6lL LUdG HIS
daring operation saved him from los
ing two seconds by making curve.
Owners of car that is operated in
such fashion should realize what a
coarse and brutal appearance such man
ners make.
With a great many men, the line up
at the bar of some road house along
tie route is more than half the fun of
the trip. A dry run without way
side irrigation is fruitless excursion
to them. One treat leads to another.
BY the time the party is on the way
home the driver is treading on air. His
confidence in his own accuracy and
nerve is vastly enhanced. He also will
not turn out until the last second, and
then for the fewest possible inches.
The social end of a great many motor
trips lies in the hand Of the women of
the party. If they can be made to real
ize that liquor and automobile opera
ton do not work well together, and
impress this feeling on their men
friends, a good many trips would not
end up in the ditch.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
GOES TO HIGHER COURT.
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Case
Of G. Foth Against Rope COMPANY.


Of G. Foth Against Rope Company.
The suit of Clarence Foth against
the lMacomber and Whyte Rope com
pany, recently tried in the circuit
court of Kenosha county, is to be
heard by the supreme court of the
state on the motion of the defendant
and it has been put down for hear
ing during the August term of the
court. In the trial of the case in the
circuit court Foth was awarded dam
ages to the amount of $1,000. Foth
was injured at the plant of the defen-
dant company on the morning of June
9th, 1913, when he was operating a
cable machine. His left arm was
caught in the machinery and much Of
the flesh torn from the arm. In his
suit he claimed permanent injury and
asked for $4,000 damages In the
trial of the case the defendant oues-
toned the jurisdiction of the court on
the grounds that the action for dam
ages, if there was one, should have
been brought in keeping with the pro-
visions of the workmen IS compensa-
ton act. The court denied motion
to dismiss the case on the ground of
lack of jurisdiction as well as motion
to direct verdict for the defendant
company. The case then went to the
jury with the verdict of 81 800 as the
answer. It is said that many manu-
facturers have shown keen interest
IN the case on account of the questions
relating to the Interpretation of the
workmen S compensation act.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
While it is admitted that Racine is

While it is admitted that Racine is
now away ahead of Kenosha in provid-
mig parks and Fairgrounds for the COM
fort and recreation of its people, Keno
sha is on the way to catching up. When
the lands on which the park commission
now has options come into the possess
ion of the city which will be about the
first Of October, if there is no delay in
the council in passing the park bond
issue voted by the people at the special
election, Kenosha will have property
which can and will be developed into
as fine system of parks and play
grounds as can be found anywhere in
the country and at what in comparison
to the cost of parks and Fairgrounds in
other cities is very moderate expense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

The Kenosha Lodge of Moose
won honors in Milwaukee on Sunday.
More than two hundred of the mem
bers of the local lodge went to Mil
waukee to attend the big Moose picnic
there. The local lodge wen the gold
cup offered for the lodge outside of
Milwaukee having the largest crowd
at the picnic. The Kenosha Moose
drill team covered itself with glory
and won the silver trophy offered for
competition among the teams.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
LADIES DAY AT COUNTRY CLUB.
Women Of the Kenosha Club Plan Golf
Match and Luncheon for Wednesday.

Announcement was made this morn
ing that plans were under way to have
a weekly "ladies day" at the Keno
sha Country Club and the first of these
days is scheduled for Wednesday,
August 25th. There will be a golf
match and luncheon. The golf match
will start at nine O'Clock in the morn
ing and the luncheon will be served at
half past twelve. Fifty cents will be
charged for the luncheon. The com
mittee in charge is hopeful that every
lady of the country club viii enter for
the golf match as it is planned to
make these matches a feature of the
club life during the remainder of the
season. Registration for luncheon
must be made by noon on Tuesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
spEEOERS FACING NEW COURT
Weber and Miss Vera Fife, His Fair
Companion in Kenosha Courts, Both
Named in Suit for Divorce Brought by
Weber's Wife in Chicago.

When pretty Vera Fife Of Chicago,
was arrested in Kenosha on June 18th
and charged with "speeding'' on Mil
waukee avenue, "Terrible Emil of
the Kenosha police force paved the
way for an action in the divorce
courts of Chicago. She had with her
at the time Arthur r. Weber, a Chi
cago automobile tire salesman, and
when the pair got into court Weber
showed willingness to do pretty
nearly anything to prevent the fact
that ne and Miss Fife had been in
Kenosha becoming public.
1T was unfortunate that neither
Weber or Miss Fife had money enough
to pay the fine of ten dollars and the
costs of the action and Weber was
forced to leave a good watch belonging
to his brother in order to get the auto
mobile out Of the garage where the
police had placed it. Weber at the
time declared that he had rating
with Bradstreet, but he insisted that
he would be willing to give up this
rating rather than have the facts of
his presence in Kenosha known. How
ever, when he left the gold watch with
the clerk as surety for the fine it was
not long before this fact travelled to
Chicago and ID came to the notice
of Mrs. Weber. She made the Keno
sha trip one Of the pertinent causes
for q divorce and filed her action
in the circuit court of Cook county on
Saturday afternoon.
In her complaint Mrs. Weber declar-
ed that Miss Fife was her husband Is
sweetheart and that the trip which
ended in the pawning of the watch
here was only one of the many trips
which had been made by Mr.. Weber
and Miss Fife. Miss Fife is named in
the suit brought by the wife. So is
the Kenosha trip.
1t was asserted in the complaint
for divorce that Weber taught Miss
Fife to drive her new car and then
he just kept right on instructing her
along other lines
Weber is said to have property
valued at $4,000 and his wife has ask
ed not only for divorce but that she
be given a reasonable share of the
property. 1t is said that Miss Fife
was well known to a number of peo-
pie in Kenosha, but none of them APP
peared at the time she found it neces-
sary to have her escort pawn his watch
to make possible her return with her
automobile to Chicago. 1t is possible
some of these people will appear when
the divorce case is heard in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Rouse Simmons left this after
noon for an extended western trip.
She viii visit at San Francisco and
later go TO Portland for visit with
her son, G. B. Simmons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

Miss Gertrude Holbeck returned to
her home in Chicago Saturday after
spending two weeks with Mrs. Scully.
Miss Holbreck was accompanied by
Miss Marie Antinette Ratigan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

The Misses Brister, Gottfredsen,
Cooper, Truax, Newman, Miller, Hast
ings, Burns, Bingham, and Kent have
gone to Twin Lakes for week s out
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26

William G. Ketcham, a former Ken
osha man but for many years member
of the detective force of the Chicago
police department died in that city on
last Friday No announcement of the
time of the funeral has been received
here.