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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
INJURED IN RUNAWAY.
w. McKeon Picked Up on w. Prairie
Avenue and Taken to the Hospital.


William McKeon, well known Pleas
ant Prairie farmer, met with slight in
juFies just before midnight THURSDAY
evening when he was thrown from a
buggy at the west end Of Prairie Ave.
McKeon had attended an entertain
ment in Kenosha and he had started
for home just after eleven clock.
A half an hour later he was found ~
ing on the street in a seni-conscious
condition. He was taken to the Keno
sha hospital in an ambulance just af-
ter midnight and was found to be suf
fering from number Of severe bruises.
1t was stated that the horse which
McKeon was driving became frighten-
ed just after the North Western Rail
way tracks were crossed and he started
to run. McKeon hung on to the lines
as long as possible but he was finally
thrown from the vehicle. The horse
ran to the McKeon farm. At the hos
pital it was found that the injuries of
Nc Keen while painful were not of a
dangerous nature and he was able to
leave the hospital this morning and re-
turn to his home in Pleasant Prairie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
SENT TO POOR FARM THURSDAY
Hard Working Man Could Not Stand
Ignominy of Being Pauper and
Eluding Men at the Farm Went Over
Into Woods and Committed Suicide.
(From Saturdays Daily.)

Broken in health and spirit and
stung by the ignominy of becoming
charge at the city poor farm, John Mo-
kowski, aged SO years, formerly resid-
ing at No. 318 Garden street, and for
many years hard working and self
respecting man slipped away from the
city poor farm just after seven O'Clock
this morning. Three hours later his
dead body was fund hanging to a tree
on the Runals farm quarter of mile
from the city institution. Mokowski
had indicated that he was tired of liv-
ing and it is evident that he carefully
planned to take his life Mokowski
had been resident of Kenosha for the
past ten years and had been a hard
working man. Much of this time he
had been employed at the plant Of the
Simmons Manufacturing Company, but
for the past three or four months he
had been a sick man. He had suffered
from nervous disease and had been so
i'll that he had been taken to the Keno
sha hospital. On account of his illness
he had not been able to work and all
of his savings had been used up in pay
ing for medicine and care. On last
Thursday afternoon he had applied to
the city for help and was sent OUT to
the poor farm.
Mokowski was about the farm early
this morning and just after seven
O'Clock he announced that he was going
to walk to town and get his coat Which
had been left at his former boarding
house. AS he walked away from the
farm one of the men saw him playing
with piece of cotton clothes line Just
as soon as the keeper, George Meyer,
discovered that Mokowski was missing
he feared that the man might commit
suicide and he Immediately called the
police Office and asked that an effort
be made to find him and send him back
to the farm. Officers were out search
ing for him when the call came an
nounclng that he had committed sui
eide. The body was found by one of
the boys from the poor farm. Keeper
Meyer hurried to the Runals woods and
cut the old man down, but he arrived
too late, for while the body was still
warm the old man was past resuscita-
ton
Coroner Millager was called and after
ne had heard the story of the case he
declared that it would be unnecessary
to hold an inquest. The remains were
removed to the Misehler morgue and
the funeral will probably be held on
Monday.
Mokowski was well known among
the Russian Poles of Kenosha. He had
come to this city more than ten wears
ago, leaving his wife and four children
IN Russia. He had been employed near
ly all the time he was in Kenosha and
receipts in his trunk showed that he
had sent nearly all of his earnings TO
the wife and children in Russia. In fact
the man had sent more than five Run.
dred dollars to his relatives during the
past year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
Elevation of Red Cross Building-Nrst Picture.

The corner stone of the National
Headquarters of the American Red
Cross, dedicated to 1.-THE Memory Of
the Women of the Civil War;" was
laid at Washington by President
Wilson, Saturday, March q, in the
presence of distinguished audience,
including former President Taft,
and members of the Cabinet, the
Supreme Court, the Diplomatic
Corps, the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
The first memorial to be erected
in the United States to the heroism,
sef-sacrifice and patriotism of
women, the magnificent structure
grace Seventeenth street, and will
face the White House grounds in the
entire square between the Corcoran
Art Gallery and Continental Hall, of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. White Vermont marble
will be used in its construction and
its style will be Georgian Colonial,
corresponding to the White House.
The total cost, when completed,
will be 100000, of which, 1857 900
was spent for the site. Congress ap-
propriated $4,000, and the remain
ing 100000 was donated by Capt.
James A. Scrymser, of New York,
Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. E. H. Har-
riman and the Rockefeller Founda-
ton. The memorial is to be com
pIeted by the spring of 1916.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

The idea of Red Cross memorial
was conceived by Capt. Scrymser,
who made the first dolAtion to the
fund and who was instrumental in
securing the rest Of the money nee
essary for the erection of the struc-
ture. Working hand with him was
Miss Mabel T. BoarGman, whose
energy and executive ability was re-
sponsible for bringing the matter to
the attention Of Congress and who
was the moving spirit in the choos-
ing of the site, the supervision of the
designs and the arral. cement of the
interior disposition.
Associated with Capt. Scrymser
and Miss Boardman were Breck
Trowbridge and Goodhue Living
ston, of New York, architects of the
building, both of whom come from
families prominent in the history of
the United States, Mr.. Trowbridge
being the son Of the late Gen. VIM.
P. Trowbridge, of Connecticut, and
Mr.. Livingston being a great grand
son of Chancellor Livingston, who
inaugurated Washington and was an
ambassador to France. The architects
enjoy an international reputation,
their most recent buildings being the
j. P. Morgan bank, the Bankers
Trust Company building and the
Altman building, III New York, and
the Palace hotel, in San Francisco.
The Assembly Room will be the
most magnificent in the building.
Mrs. Adolphus Busch has donated
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
WOULD CLEAR AWAY OLD CASES
Many Defendants Out on Parole and
Effort Will be Made to Dispose of
All the Cases. Many Civil Cases
Slated for Trial During the Term.

Nearly forty cases are scheduled to
be tried at the April term of the mum
cipal court which opens week from
Monday and at this term Judge Ran
dali is going to make an effort to clean
up the calendar which has been pretty
badly congested for the past year.
Many cases have been continued from
term to term and the defendants nam
ed in them allowed to go on parole.
The effort will be made to make some
provisions for the disposition Of these
cases at the coming term. There are
no cases in which there is a great pub,
lie interest on the criminal calendar,
but several Of the civil cases noticed
for trial promise to be decidedly inter
esting. It is expected that the jury will
be kept busy for a week at least in
disposing Of these cases. The calendar
for the term as prepared by Clerk John
L. Wattles is as follows:
Criminal Calendar.
State of Wisconsin VS.. Peter j.
Wlllems.
State of Wisconsin vs., William
Lucas
State Of Wisconsin vs.. Charles
Giras.
State of Wisconsin VS.. Walter E.
Christian.
Z State of Wisconsin vs.. Lee Hagopian.
State of Wisconsin VS. Joe Bielski.
State of Wisconsin VS.. Sam Jefcock
State of Wisconsin vs.. Lewis Capelle
State of Wisconsin VS.. Julius Frnyak
State of Wisconsin vs.. Joseph Orient
State Of Wisconsin vs.. J. G. Rapa-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

$4,000 to be applied to It's finishing,
It viii be entirely in white with
crimson hangings, symbolic of the
colors of the Red Cross, red and
white. A plan is on foot for the
Women's Relief Corps of the North
to join with the Daughters of the
Confederacy of the South for the
purchase of three large stained
glass windows, one to represent the
northern organization Of women, an
other Of the Southern women, and
the third, the Red Cross.
In addition to the speech Of Prest-
dent Wilson, the program at the lay
ing of the corner stone included an
invocation by the Rev. Henry N.
Couden, Chaplain Of the House of
Representatives; a historical sketch
by Miss Mabel Boardman, and the
benediction by Bishop Harding, Of
Washington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

Incidentally the promoters of the
farmers institute from Madison took
home with them one real lesson from
the recent farmer S institute here.
That was that the time is past that
"poor stuff will interest a Kenosha
county farmer. The talks at the insti-
tute which were not up to snuff failed
to attract even ripple of interest.
The Kenosha institute showed a lot
of weak spots in the list of speakers
and they will be remedied before an
other year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
ToBIN AND UPsoN WIN.
Town Chairman of Pl. Prairie and Bris.
toll Re-nominated on Thursday,

$500 NNNAA11"ti VI L IL L lo1IlS oIlQ Bits
toll Re-nominated on Thursday.
Patrick Tobin and Willis A. Epson.
both prominent as members of the Ke-
nosha county board during the last SEES
sion, will probably serve on the board
for another year as at the caucus in
Pleasant Prairie on Thursday afternoon
Supervisor Tobin was re-nominated for
the office of town chairman, getting
ninety-foUr out Of the ninety-seven
votes cast. The lead of Supervisor Up
son in Bristol was just as pronounced,
he having sixty-one out Of sixty-four
votes. Supervisor Epson is one of the
members of the committee in charge of
the building of the tuberculosis SAM
forum and his nomination at the Bris-
toll caucus insures his election for an
other year. Members of the board had
taken considerable interest in the Bris-
tol caucus on account of the fact that
Mr.. Uuson was to be one of the com
mittee in charge of the building of The
new county institution. 1t is said to be
possible that a trump ticket will be
put into the field in Pleasant Prairie.
This would be in keeping with the ac-
tons of this town in other years
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01
Farmers Given New Incent-
i've to Turn Farms Into
Beet Fields This Year.
SUPPLY AFFECTED BY The WAR

The high price of sugar, consequent
on the European war, will result in a
marked increase in the production Of
sugar beets in Wisconsin and especially
in Kenosha county Refusal of Euro
pean countries to export sugar has
caused manufacturers to turn to Ameri-
can farmers to make up the shortage
in the market.
1t is expected that fully six thous-
ad Wisconsin farmers will plant large
acreage of sugar beets this season.
Officials of the sugar factories in Me-
nominee Falls, Chippewa Falls and
Madison have announced that these
plats will run, and it is believed that
similar announcement will be made
soon regarding the plant in GAINESVILLE.
The average Wisconsin farmer devotes
about three acres to beets and each fac
tory can handle the crop from six
thousand acres. This means that two
thousand farmers must be signed in
territory tributary to each factory.
The average yield is eleven tons to the
acre and the average price is $3.50 a
ton, delivered at the shipping point.
Agents of the companies are already
drawing up contracts with the farmers.
The planting season opens the first of
May and the factories begin operation
about October /. They generally re-
main in operation three months. Each
of the Wisconsin plants represents an
outlay of $4,000 in buildings and
equipment.
Richard G. Wagner, of the Wiscon-
sin Sugar Company, who has just re-
turned from an investigation Of condi-
tions in Holland, Denmark, Germany,
Switzerland and Italy, speaks thus of
the conditions in general:
(" Germany won t ship out any sugar,
although the country has a sufficient
supply to last two years. The aim, 7
think, is to plant the sugar ground to,
other products. So long as these con
ditions exist beet raisers are assured a
price at least as high as was paid in
former year.
'NThe farmer likes to raise beets be-
cause they are a good rotation crop.
They have roots which reach down
much farther than the usual crop and
these roots, broken off in pulling form
humus that greatly enriches the soil. !,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

c. D. Holt underwent second oper-
ation at the Augustana hospital in
Chicago on Monday afternoon Re-
ports from the hospital today are very
encouraging and it is expected that
Mr.. Holt will be able to return to his
home in this city within month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

Charles Kline, former chairman of
the county board, who was taken seri-
ously i'll while serving on the Aulozi
jury on last Saturday, was back in
court this morning and made no request
for excuse from service. He is greatly
improved in health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

Churches in the city are making the
usual elaborate preparations for the OBJ
servance of Easter on next Sunday.
Special musical programs are being ar
ranged for all the churches in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

The humane side of the law was
featured at the session of the circuit
court today when Ernst Fechner of
Kenosha, was excused by stipulation of
attorney in a case, because he had a
little child serious i'll at hons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

After all it is just possible that the
dope fend may have vested rights
The government has for years permit
ted men to make him dope fend and
it looks to the ordinary man as if it was
up to the government to take the same
steps to protect these people that the
state is forced to take to pro-
tect the insane. The government
has for years reaped harvest
of revenue off the Importation of drugs
and the care Of these people whose lives
have been ruined by the greed for
revenue is more than Humanitarian
problem-it is now sacred duty.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

A united republican party in Wiscon-
sin is pretty sure of accomplishment
and the man who seeks to put faction
alism into the ranks during the next
two years is pretty certain to be re
garded as persona non grata. It might
be added that it don't make any diff
ference how many titles the aforesaid
person has ahead of his front name.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

pert, proprietor of the Eagle Credit
Clothing Company.
State Of Wisconsin VS.. Thomas
Zahoski.
State of Wisconsin VS.. Jess Sharp.
State of Wisconsin VS. Jess Sharp.
State Of Wisconsin VS.. HENRY Carney
State of Wisconsin VS. Emanuelle
Capella.
State of Wisconsin vs. VIM. Latin.
Civil Calendar.
Charles w. Price '. William Matthias
A. P. Chapman v. Myra Chapman
J. Euting vs.. John Fl. Hegeman.
Armour & Company VS.. Stanley
Luckman, August Waska and Walter
Schlager, co-partners operating and do
ing business as Schlager & Company.
Elsie Bellas vs.. Joseph Bellas.
J. Daniel Schmelling vs.. Frank
Campbell.
Helen B. Petracci VS.. Domenicke
Petracci.
Christine F. Werner VS.. Christ Levi
son and Marie A. Levison
City of Kenosha VS.. Barelli & Vale
zano, co-partners, whose individual
names to plaintiff are unknown and
Sebastian Rineli
Adam Lazarewich VS.. Antonio Laza
rewich
Anthony Fredson vs. John Turnock.
Morris R. Silverman VS.. J. G. Rapa
port and Eagle Credit Clothing Com
pany.
Jensine Gadsted VS. Thomas Gadsted
Mueller Kuehn Company, compora
ton, VS.. Leo Rose and Peter Fisher, Jr
Mueller-Kuehn Company, VS.. Lee
Rose
Helena Ludwig Klemm and Olga
Klemm, husband and wife, VS.. Reinhold
Schaefer and Augusta Schaefer, hus
band and wife, and Fred Kramer.
Mary E. Beall VS.. Louis TT. Beall.
Morris Plous and Louis Plous, CO
partners, trading under the firm name
and style Of Union Dye Works, vs.
American Express Company, a corpora
ton and Krit Motor Car Company, q
corporation.
stefanye SAMUEL vs. Sam Nemeits
zis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Herman of
South Milwaukee, spent Monday after
noon with friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-04-01

A Chicago man writes, "Will you
kindly tell me who is the mayor of Ke-
nosha?' And this is fame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14
ROSEN FIGHTS WELL,
BUT LEVINSKY WINS
Lanky West Philadelphia Sur
prises Douglas Fans by Civ
ing, Battler Hard Fight.

Elongated Joe Rosen, of West Phila-
delphia' proved tartar for Battling Le-
Whisky the Sheriff of Stratfosd, Conn.
and who may be put up for Mayor there at
the next election, at the reopening of
the Douglas A. G. last night. While Le-
Whisky was an easy winner at the con-
clusion of the contest, Rosen made a
host of friends by his good exhibition
and surprised many spectators by re-
naming on his feet at the Anal gong.
For the first four rounds Rosen had
Levinsky guessing at times with a left
Jab, which blow sent the Battlers head
back on several occasion as IL his neck
was on hinges. Joe's footwork was brill
liant, too, and Bat missed a few hard
right-hand punches to the Jaw.
However, in the last two rounds. La
vinsky's body punishment had a ten
dency to weaken the lengthy one, and
Bat was able to rip up enough right
hand uppercuts to make Joe hold on,
PoseN'9 0ose was bleeding at the end of
the set-to and he seemed tired. while
Levinsky was as fresh as when he araA
entered the ring.
In the other bouts Joe Welsh won fror,
Tommy Cranston, Kid Patillo defeated
Charley Smith. Young Carberry trimmed
frankie Wheeler and Preston Smith beat
Johnny McAvoy.
DR.. B. A. Cooper and Al Cooper, Cleve-
land night fans, who are vacationing M
Atlantic City, came up to PhiladeInbis
last night to see Battling Levinsky in
action. ="
The open-air Garden Club will remain
closed for the remainder of the summsr
promoter Pop O'Brien has decided 10
open another arena at Allegheny avenue
and B street The first show vii ho
staged Monday night with Johnny Nelson
and Eddie MeAndrews in the windup.
Willie Moore claimant 10 the yvsit.-
title or Pennsylvania. Is establishing az
enVious reputation on the baseball dIs-
mond as he has In the SQUARED circis
he Is playing brilliant game OF bail for
a s9uthwark aggregation pastimlnE un-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14
THE TEN THOUSAND-DOLLAR Arm
The Tricks Bruno KneO-Trou6les of Charlie Gru6b-Tke
CanarieS Come to Toum and Charlie Has q Most
DepIOrGble Breakdown.
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
The Worlds Most Writer of Baseball Fiction

the sporting pages of the papers, and this
was the situation when the Blue Jays
came winging home for the four games
which were to close the season. AS luck
had 1t, the four games were with the club
which was crowdlng Grubb's men hard
for the pennant-the Canaries, so called
because 1t was believed that they had
once shown a streak of yellow.
There was nothing yellow about the
way the Canaries twittered when they
rolled into town, needing three games to
win the flag. They modestly announced
that they would win all four, and tho
local fans howled.
Old Bruno had been parboIling his ten
thousand-dollar arm for a week, and was
far from satisfied with its condition. He
had pitched a hard game on the road-lz
innings-and he felt 1t from elbow to
shoulder and back again. Though he
massaged himself industriously and
worked out each day. he congratulated
himself upon the fact that "Heinie" Pitt
man, Beau" Nash and "Dud" Belcher,
all reliable pitchers, were going we'll
Bruno was as game as an old man need
be, but he had no wish to volunteer
against so tough an outfit as the Canary
batting order. Bruno, being his own
boss. liked to pick his victims Why not?
Nash led off for the Blue Jays, and the
Beau won his game on cannon-ball speed.
Dud Belcher went in for the second game,
and sustained defeat in II innings.
On the third day poor Charlie Grubb
offered his oyerladen back to the last
straw. The score was a tie at three
apiece when the Blue Jays began to hit
in the eighth inning-began to hit with
one out and Grubb coaching off third
base. McRae and "Skeets" Tilford, the
two heaviest hitters on the team, were
coming up. McRae slammed a fast ball
into centre field, and was off around the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-14

bases like deer. Jimmy McLennon. the
Canary centre fielder. played the BAH on
the fence, and when McRae was between
second and third. the dullest fan on the
bleaehers saw Jimmy relay to ''Wingo"
Jones, back OF second base.
Hold him hold him!" howled piggy
Powell. who was coaching behind first
base.
Grubb lost his head completely. and
sisnalsd MoRae to keep on to tho plate.
ana the boy had no choice hut TO obey
the manager. Wingo Jones whipped the
ball home 80 feet ahead OF MeRae-as
needless a slaughter as was ever seen on
professional diamond.
Coming from any coaeheF In the world
the olunder would have been inexcusable:
coming from poor Charlie Grub. II near
ly preeipitated riot, and the demonstra-
tion swelled tenfold when skeets TiIford
drove out the single which should have
scored McRae from third And II that wa
not enough. the Canaries banged ont the
winning run in their half OF the ninth.
Grubb's error Of judgment-pieking tha
kindest name for it-had thrown away a
eineh on the pennant. and HelnIe Pitt
man. who had pitched a remarkable