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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
LEFT TO COMMITTEE.
Sewer Committee Must Decide as to
What Action VIII be Taken
on Broken Sewer.

The city council met In special ses-
sion on Friday evening to consider the
oblems of the intercepting sewer fol-
lowing the submerging of some humid
red and fifty feet of the sewer in the
Kenosha river on Thursday afternoon.
An hour was spent in discussing the
matter but at the end of the discussion
the council decided to refer the mat
to the committee ON sewers for a
complete investigation with the under
standing that decision would be made
at another special meeting to be called
early next week. City Engineer Bren-
nan made a report to the aldermen
showing just what had happened to
this section of the sewer and he recon-
mended that the only way to get a
proper foundation for the sewer would
be for the city to drive a double row
OF piles and cover this piling with con-
crete. It was estimated that the cost
OF this work would be in the neighbor-
hood of twenty-five hundred dollars
and after this is done it will be neces-
sary to reconstruct the sewer. The
total cost will probably be in the
neighborhood of thirty-eight hundred
dollars. The question as to whom
should stand the expense of the work
was not discussed by the aldermen. 1t
is understood that if piles are to be
driven to get a bottom for the sewer
that the cost of this work must be
charged to the city as the contract
with the Kennedy company askes no
provision for this sort of work. The
contract did provide for putting in a
lot of extra concrete to get proper
footing for the sewer and this work
was done by the contractor. The
sewer committee was not given power
to act in the matter, but it is to make
a REPORT at the adjourned session of
the council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
.AUsTRO. HUNGARIANS LEAD
Children Born In Twenty-one Foreign
Countries Being Educated in City
Schools and Many are Children Of
Foreign Born Parents.

As was recently reported, a count of
the school enrolment cards in the of
flee of the superintendent Of schools
showed q total Of 1894.
Another count has just been complet-
ed for the purpose of getting the facts
regarding nationality. In recording
nationality, teachers are directed TO
observe the following practice: Where
the child was born in foreign land,
he or she is recorded as of that ma
tionality, as Russian, Italian, etc.
Where the child was born in America,
and has parents who were foreign
born, a hyphenated term is used, as
Polish American, Scotch American.
Where the child and his parents are
both American born, and, the grand
parents are of foreign birth. the resent
is shown by putting the word indicat-
ing descent after the word American,
as American (Polish.)o This means
in the school records that the child is
Of the second American born family
of Polish descent or in other words,
that the child 8 grandfather came from
Poland, and that his father is
American born
Some of the cards that have been
sent into the superintendent office
from other than the public schools,
have not always made this discrimina-
ton, but the following summary may
be regarded as fairly accurate report
of our school population, as to ma
tionality.
Total number of children enrolled in
the schools, 1924. Of these the Ameri-
cans-(the real United Statesianso
for at least three generations) number
1886, or twenty -six per cent of all,
while those foreign by birth or by i'm
mediate descent are 4348 or seventy
four of all.
There are found to be represented in
the Kenosha schools twenty-four diff
ferent nationalities, as follows: Ger
man, Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenian
Creation, Servian, Swedish, Norwegian,
Danish, Dutch, Belgian, English, Irish,
Scotch, Welsh, Canadian, Italian.
French, Swiss, Armenian, Russian, Pc
lish, Finnish, Lithuanian.
In the following summary the Hun
garians, Slavonians, Creations and
Austrians are classified as Austro-
Hungarians.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

From the above it is seen that the
total of foreign born children in the
schools of Kenosha is Cos. Foreign
speaking children are given special
help in each of the FIVE large public
schools by the teachers Of tile ungrad-
ed room in that building. But since
these teachers have many Others to
help, the foreign speaking child does
not always get that prompt assistance
to working English vocabulary which
he needs. The school board has, there
fore, had in contemplation for some
time the establishment Of one or more
special schools for the foreign speaking
children where they may be placed as
soon as they arrive and where they
may be taught enough English to do
the work of the grade in which they
belong. This plan will doubtless be
carried out as soon as the completion
of the Lincoln school relieves the con-
gestion in the more centrally located
buildings and room can be found
for the purpose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
CHRISTENSEN PAYS A FINE.
komancing Racine Fish Merchant Is
Fined Fifteen Dollars and the
Costs In MuniciuarI Court.

Romancing Racine Fish Merchant Is
Fined Fifteen Dollars and the
Costs In Municiparl Court.
Jake Christensen, the romancing Ra-
cine fish merchant, did a little to
square himself with Kenosha county
late Thursday afternoon when he
pleaded 'fguilty' to charges of oper-
atlng an automobile without license
III the municipal court. Judge Ran
dali imposed fine of fifteen dollars
and the costs of the action and with
the imposing of the fine he had few
things to say to Christensen about
fake hold ups. Christensen was very
penltent and he told the court that he
needed money and that for this reason
ne had framed up the hold up Christ
ensen was given every possible chance
to go on record and he informed the
court IN vigorous language that he had
not been held up or robbed. Up in
Racine after Sheriff Stahl had expos
ed Christensen the fish merchant told
the newspaper men that he had adj
united that he had not been held up in
order to avoid being incarcerated in
the Kenosha jail To these men he
insisted that his former story was true.
His admissions in court here on Thurs
DAY LETT no chance for doubt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
START NEW BUILDING.

wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
to Have Better Facilities for
Making 'tKenosha' Gas.
Up in Racine this morning the Wis
iconsln Gas and Electric company broke
ground for new $4,000 addition to
the retort house of the Racine Gas
Light company. The new building is
to be ready for occupancy by the first
of next July and with it's completion
the capacity of the plant will be largely
increased. The building of the new
plant has been made necessary on ac-
count of the large amount of gas that
the company is now sending from Ra-
cine to Kenosha, Corliss, and other
points. 1t is declared that the new
plant will insure a much improved SER
vice to the consumers of gas in Keno
sha. With the increase in the Racine
plant there is little reason to believe
thai the old gas plant in Kenosha will
ever be utilized by the company as it
has been found cleaner and cheaper and
more satisfactory to supply gas from
the Racine plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
HOLD INSTITUTE HERE.
State Sets March 9th and 10th AS Dates
for Holding Farmers Institute
In Kenosha.

KenooSa is to have a farmers insti-
tute this year as this morning Joseph
N. Funck, chairman of the committee
of the Retailers Association in charge
of the work of securing an institute
received word from Madison that
March 9th and 10th would be the dates
for the Kenosha institute. The state
department. viii send to Kenosha some
of the best known workers in this line.
The work of planning the program for
the institute will be started at once
and it is certain that there will be
many added features provided. The in
stitute will be under the direct super
vision of the Kenosha Retailers Assoc
citation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
Paul Zalianski Badly Injured
When Benzine Tank on a
Dump Heap ExplOGes
With Loud Report.
TANK IS BLOWN TO PIECES

People living out in the neighbor.
hood of South Fremont avenue late
Friday afternoon, may have thought
that an army of one of the bellieerent
nations had gone over into Lake
Michigan and was throwing bombs In
to Kenosha. 1t was nothing like that
The explosion which rocked that ror
ton of the city along about three
o'clock in the afternoon was Just the
explosion of a benzine tank at the
junk yards of J. D. Rosenblum. The
only person hurt in the explosion was
Paul Zalianski, who resides at 672
Engel street and while he was badly
cut and bruised and hurled through the
air for some twenty feet it is declared
this morning that his injuries are not
of a serious nature.
The tank in question was a cast iraa
cleaning tank, fourteen feet long an(
seven feet high. 1t had been used II
one of the cleaning establishments o.
the city and when it had outworn it,
usefulness it was sold for junk to tn,
Rosenblum company. The big pile O
cast iron had been thrown in with
heap of other metal and no attention
had ever been paid to it.
1t was found that on the pipes con
nected with the tank were a numbe,
of valves which could be utilized ant
Zalianski was sent out with hamme}
and cold chisel to cut these valve.
off. He did not get very far for til,
first spark that few off the cold chise,
went into the pipe and caused the ex
plosion. There must have been a con
siderable amount of benzine and Other
explosive chemicals left in the tank E.
the explosion was sufficient to blow the
tank into thousand pieces.
Zalianski was hurled over against
fence with sufficient force to break
down the fence and portions of the
ruined tank were thrown all over the
yard. Zalianski was dazed when he
was found by fellow workmen and the
police ambulance was called and he
was taken to his home and DIR. J. IT.
Holm was called to attend him. Ar
examination showed that he had
great cut in the head and bad bruises
all over his body. He complained Of
lot of pain and for a time it was
thought that he had been seriously
injured internally. This morning he
was able to be about, but he was
terribly sore
The explosion was the most unusual
in the history of the city and it caus-
ed great excitement in the neighbor
hood. Some people believed that there
had ben an explosion at the Pleasant
Prairie power plant
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
OPEN NEW BANK THURSDAY.
Citizens Bank Of Kenosha to Thow Open
It's Doods to the Public
Next Week.

President N. j. Werner Of the Citi-
zen y Bcnk Of Kenosha gave out formal
notice today that the new bank would
open for business on next Thursday
morning. The work Of fitting up the
banking house will be completed Mon
day and examiners of the state banking
department will be here on Monday and
Tuesday to go through the assets of the
bank and Issue to it formal permit for
'ening. The opening day promises to
one OF great interest and the offic-
ials and stockholders Of the new bank
will be on hand to welcome the public
to one Of the most handsomely appoint
cd banking houses in this section of the
country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Despite the boosted prosperity
this country is said to be enjoying
New York is the only one of the seven
large cities that shows bank clearings
as large as were recorded for the same
period in either 1912 or 1913. For the
week ended November IL, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Boston, st. Louis, Balti-
more and New Orleans reported bank
clearings materially less than in the
corresponding week in 1912 and 1913.
All these cities report larger clearings
than in 1914, which proves that the
war has pulled the country part way
out of the financial hole into which
Democratic legislation had thrown it.
Not one of these cities had clearings
as large in 1914 as in 1912.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
DIRECTS SUCCESSFUL TEAM.
Kenosha Boy is Business Manager of
Prize Winning Quartette Of
u. of w. Singers.

Ben Buckmaster, student in the
University of Wisconsin is the bust
ness director of the U. of w. Hawaiian
quartette which won in the competitive
prize offered by the University for the
best musical performance given in the
armory last Saturday by U. of W.
teams.
The quartette of American boys was
trained by university student who was
born and lived most of his life in the
Hawaiian islands and in this way has
become familiar with their peculiarly
sweet and haunting music as well as
the use of the native instruments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
FRATERNAL ORDERS ELEcr.

Mrs. Joseph Loef will head the W.
G 0. F., st. Margaretha Ct, No. CAT,
for the coming year. She was elected
Oh. R. at the annual meeting. Other
officers are: V. c., Mrs. Susan Stein
bach; recording secretary, Mrs. E. AL
tringer; financial secretary, Mrs. Jake
Seifert; treasurer, Miss K. Bach; trus-
tees, the Mines. M. Trap, P. H. Werir
and John Holzemer; Sr. Con-, Mrs. J.
Flad; sentinals, the Mines. j. Cook and
E. LANCER; chaplain, Rev. A. Nickel;
local examiner, DR.. George Thompson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

That poor old eight hour day ordi-
nance seems to be getting a bump all
around the circle. Mayor Bading has
just vetoed an eight hour ordinance
in Milwaukee. Strange as it may
seem Socialistic Milwaukee upheld the
veto of the MAYO,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

These checks sent out by the Keno
sha bank to the members Of it's Christ
mas club ought to be the best possible
means for recruiting members for the
same kind of a club next year.
$4,000 is lot of money and it looks
lot more when one remembers that it
is the product of penny andf nickel
savings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Of course candidates for Mayor are
supposed to have preference Just at
present, but if any fellow wants to
start spending money on race for
Sheriff there will be no OBTAINING hand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

If the money spent on the peace
cruise on the Oscar II could have just
been spent for some warm clothes for
some of the men in the trenches it
would prohahly have been appreciated
q lot more
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

It looks as if the Republicans in
Congress are the real insurance policy
for the President S plan for prepared
ness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

When they go broke in sheboygan
they stay broke. The council there
has just refused to make any transfers
of money from one city fund to an
other. Here's a suggestion for Keno
sha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

There is one encouraging sign in
Kenosha county this year. The clos
ing year shows that there has been a
decrease in the number Of divorces
granted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

When they come to torpedoing boats
belonging to our own Standard Oil the
case is getting critical.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-10
At the Palace Theater by the
Popular Lewis Oliver
Players.

An enthusiastic audience witnessed
the opening play entitled The. Ten
derfoot,' presented by the Lewis
Oliver players last night at the Pal
ace, theater. THE Tenderfoot" was
dramatized by Charles Tyler several
years ago and proved a real melo-
dramatic treat with plenty of comedy
and romance to give 1t the proper
amount OF seasoned entertaining
qualities.
1t is play dealing with life ON
the Mexican border. A young Amer
lean goes to Mexico for adventure and
receives more than he bargains for.
His friend. Dave Barrett, fights an
Indian who has insulted his sister,
and in the quarrel kills him. Val,
the American. saves his life, and is
taken into the Barrett home and
treated as one Of the family. A love
affair is the outcome between Dawes
sister and the young American, which
ends as all real love affairs should.
The comedy throughout thep lay is
very strong and the scenery worthy
the dollar and a half show.
Beautiful souvenir photographs OF
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Salvation army. by George Bernard
Shaw. Louis Calvert. the noted En-
glish actor. was prominent in the
cast.
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MEXICAN BORDER
PLAY PRESENTED

Mr.. Jack Lewis will be given away
free at the matinee Saturday after
noon. ;3r. Etlt-bl : - =
Commencing Monday, the Lewls-ol-
liver players will present "The Lion
and the Mouse"
Additional proof that Producer
Thomas H. Ince is firm in his intcn-
tons to supply the amusement world
with stupendous Indian spectacle
dramas was furnished this week by
the announcement that fifty more
redskins have been added to the tribe
now encamped within the big Ince-
Vile domain in the Santa Monica
mountains.
1.-The Destroying Angle" is today's
feature at the Bijou theater.
The kindling of love In a mans
heart for Mary Ladislas in The ne
stroying Angel is. apparently, the
signal for tragedy to stalk forth.
None escape it. and three pay the
penalty with their lives. The tilrall
is finally dissipated when the right
man with charmed life anue,-- INT
until he does come upon the scene a
trail OF human misery ana ..so..
marks Mary Ladislass nath du-i-.,
life. There is powerful climax to
1.-THE Destroying Angel anording
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THE runLic SERVICE COMMISSION
OF WEST yIBGrNA.

CAPITOL BUILDING. cHARI.gsToN.
A meeting OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, held
on Saturday. the 9Th day Of November, A.
D. 1915,
Case No. ~. ri
bridgeport Natural Gas aud oil company.
application for authority to increase rates,
Whereas, application to increase rates
mas this day been made by the above
named, bridgeport National Gas and oil
company:
1t Il hereby ordered ths, leave be granted
to any person interested to file objectIous
TO said application before The Public Sery.
ice Commission at any time before the
lttn day OF December. 1915. aud that this
matter be set down for hearing at a srs.
sion OF the commission to be held at the
Capitol building, In the city Of Charieston.
on the said 18th day Of December, ioia. al
two O'Clock y. M, at which time ali per.
sons Interested may appear and make .ucA
objections as they may sec fit
u IN further directed that COPY OF this
order he published by the applicant onco
esch week FOR four successive weeks In two
newspapers or opposite politics. n such
there be- and OF general circulation In the
County OF Harrison. and that capy OF said
proposed rates be filed for public inspec.
ton In the office OF the mayor and NJ the
post office In the town OF bridgeport. and
that due return thereof he made to this
commission.
a Copy.
Tests:
n. II. BERNHEIN.
Secretary.
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is roconclled to her, and that dainty
Vivian Martin is the wife, will give
the reader a hint that a good play
we'll played is to be expected from
this famous director. but 1t does not
suggest the care and painstaking do
tail which he always imparts to his
work.
For Maurice Tourneur is IN artist
In pictures; he has wonderful fac
ulty of seeing life from a dramatic
he is a natural dramatist:
stories scenarios. plays arc mere cues
or SUI gestions to him: he makes pie
lures out OF his own Imagination.
whatever the theme may be.
Lucius Henderson is completing
the Anal scenes in his FIRST Broadway
Universal Feature. 1.-THE Strength OF
the Weak" adapted by w. A. Lathrop
from the well-known play. It Will
be In six reels and Mary Fuller WIN
be starred
Grace George appeared at New Ha.
ven In the first American production
Of Major Barbara" the play Of the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-10

on the well known stage success Of
the same name. Maurice Tourneur,
the famous director whose recent
triumphs. "Trilby" and 1.-The Ivory
Snuff Box" will be fresh in the
memories Of motion picture goers, is
responsible for the direction of this
picture.
The brief information that Hol-
brook Blinn plays the part Of a hus-
band who perceiving his young wifc
in compromising circumstances, with
another man. divorced her and then
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-10
FAST GAME
Expected Tonight When the
MISUNDERSTANDING and
ShinnSton Elves Meet.

Tho Washington Irving high school
basketball team will play Its iirst game
of the season at S:15 o'clock Friday
evening in the Washington Irving
gymnasium when Il meets the Shinns-
ton high school five.
While It is the first game Of the sca-
son for the local Aye the shinnston
team has been playing for several
weeks and will have m advantage over
the local boys, but Coach Arnett hopes
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his boys will mako UP the difference
in superior playing and a more thor
ough knowledge OF the game.

The local team has IN exceptianiiy.
hard schedule this season and hopes
TO annex tho state Championship so Il
will have to got busy right away as q
loss of n game to the Shinnston team
might cause complications later in
tho season.
Captain Dawson will use the follow
ing players in the game against.
Shinnston tonight: Peck or Reed at
center. Coulson and Morrison at for
wards and McNary and himself at
guards.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-10

Trunneile or Marc Macpormott has
ever done better work than that in
THE Destroying Angel" Incident
ally. this is tho first feature in when
these popular players appear to-
gether.
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ice, and will be shown at the Bitou

ice, and will be shown at the Bijou
theater today. Pisa
1.-THE aid of the Wild" a three-act
society drama. will be the top of Sat
urday's bill at the Bijou. Another
Wallingford picture. "a Trap for a
Trap" will be shown and the program
will close with Pathe News. The
two Pathe News pictures received ut
the Bijou will be shown hereafter on
Friday and Saturday of each week.
%
The big screen Offering for today
and tomorrow at the local Paramount
theater-the Robinson Grand-is VIII
liam Foxs master film production of
Theda Bara's great triumph. Carmen"
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Mabel Trunnelle as Mary LadIslas
and Marc MacDermott as Hugh
Whitaker every opportunity to rise
TO great dramatic heights.
THE Destroying Angel" is five
reel Edison photodramh, released
through Kieine-Edison feature serv-