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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08
COUNTY AND NEARBY
Matters of Current Interest BY
Telegraph and Mail.
Crimes, Casualties and Remarka be
Incidents that have Lately
Happened Hereabouts.

Edward Gabbey, a Mount Pleasant
farmer, dropped dead last week while
delivering a load of hay to livery
barn in the city.
Roy ROdwell, aged 81, living in the
town of DellOn near BarabOo, was &C
cidentalIy shot and killed by his faith
er Joseph Rodwell, while they were
hunting.
Rev. August Lutz, formerly pastor
of the Batavia Zion church, has sued
three parties for damages amounting
to nearly $4,000 alleging that maIic-
ious reports spread by them have de-
famed his character and ruined his
reputation as a minister.
Robert Hensler, aged 81 of Milwau-
kee, has been sued for divorce by his
spouse aged 76, after a welded life
of % years. Mrs. Hensler alleges
cruel and inhuman treatment in her
plea and asks for absolute divorce and
alimony.
The Chicago, Kenosha Hosiery COM
pany has perfected an American-made
aniIine dye after experiments cover
ing many months and an expense OF
100000. The new dye is said to be
equal if not superior to the German
product.
KenOsha county is without funds for
the first time in twenty-five years to
pay its current expenses and the board
will meet next Saturday to confer on
the matter of making a loan until the
taxes come in.
Mrs. William Scott Of Racine, was
stopped in the business district by a
thief who took her handbag contain
ing nearly $1,000 in cash and certi-
icates of deposit. A number of auto
mObiIists chased the robber who final
~ escaped his pursuers.
Mrs. Helen Beesick of Racine, aged
76 years, was badly burned by having
her clothing catch fire from the stove
when she was making breakfast. She
rushed into the yard where the flames
were put out by neighbors who saw
her awful plight She may die.
"A child born to Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Carlson of Grantsburg recently has
neither arms nor legs. Mentally it is
said TO be normal, the body and fea-
lures are we'll developed and the inter
nal organs sound A fund has been
started by the physician in charge to
be used for the child's education and
maintenance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08

Myron Savage, a La Crosse rabbit
hunter, saw the fluffy tail of a bunny
cOttOntail disappear in a brush heap
and upon prodding the pile was startl-
ed to see a red fox dart out. He
brought home a fine pelt.
Thomas Kelly, an inmate of the Mil
waukee soldiers home, will celebrate
on Dec %, his 1O1st birthday. Mi.
Kelly is spry and active and takes his
meals with utmost regularity. He has
always used tobacco and liquor in
moderation.
EwaId Klabunde, aged II, of Sar-
ona. died at Eau Claire following a
hunting accident near his home He
was seated in a runway waiting for a
deer when his rifle fell and was dis
charged. The bullet penetrated his
abdomen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eastman of
Oconomowoc, were almost asphyxiat-
ed by escaping gas in their fiat. Mr.
Eastman awakened in time to call for
assistance. His wife was in a worse
condition than he was but both are
recovering.
Bert Dahl of Glenwood City, aged
is, lived twelve hours following the
accidental discharge of his own shot
gun. Dahl who was hunting, stood
on a log for moment and accidental
ly fell. The gun went off and the
charge entered his body.
Fourteen churches of Oshkosh have
united in a great revival campaign
and at recent service 10000 people
were in attendance and 100 converts
were secured. To a recent date 500
persons have accepted christianity
as a result of the labors of Hart and
McGann, the evangelists.
Bernice Droeger of Appleton, aged
10 and good looking waitress in a
local hotel, has been the object of
favor from the local SWANS since they
found the young woman had inherited
$4,000 from an uncle. Miss Droeger
will come into her fortune when she
becomes twenty-one.
Robert Dillon, Arthur Tauber, Ray
mond Warren and Ernie Beal, four
Madison boys, all under twelve years
of age, are held on charges of having
robbed several places, committing pet
ty thefts and breaking windows in
one of the school buildings. The boys
have admitted number of violations
and their cases will be investigated by
the district attorney.
Joseph Baltrano of Milwaukee, found
that the rifles in a shooting gallery
where he had gone to prove his ability
as a marksman, were apparently un-
able to find the target. Baltrano be-
came angered and drawing his own re-
volver badly frightening the other
patrons of the place by firing at the
target with it. He was arrested by
a nearby detective and fined for car
rying concealed weapons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08
All Mixed Up.

''Well, how did you come out with
your jury duty?'
II don't like it." confessed Mrs.
Wombat. "When the lawyer for the
plaintiff got through l was sure he
was right. When the attorney for the
defendant finished / felt certain he
was right. When the Judge got
through 1 didn't know who was right.
Louisville Courier-J OurnaL.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08

Elmer Mcdonald, aged &c, cocaine
addict, received twelve year sentence
in the Milwaukee municipal court af-
ter being convicted by the jury of bur-
glary. Mcdonald who was recently
released after serving a long prison
term, wept when he was sentenced.
He denied being guilty of the robber-
les and claimed that he had never been
given a chance Judge A. G. Backus
in delivering sentence told Mcdonald
that long sentences were the only rem
edy for repeated offenders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-08

J. L. Sammis of the college of agri-
culture proposes a general system of
branding Wisconsin cheese with the
made in Wisconsin" brand. His rea-
sons for applying these advertising
labels to the product of the Badger fac
tories are that Wisconsin cheese is
good and deserves wider advertising
than it has ever received and cOnsum-
ers generally prefer labeled or brand
ed goods to the same article supplied
them in bulk or iii a plain package.
The brand enables them to recognize
by sight as we'll as by taste the article
they like and to call for it by name.
Mr.. Sammis predicts that the de-
mand for Wisconsin cheese in compar-
ison with unbranded products from
other countries would increase more
rapidly if our cheese was labeled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
CAPTURE TOMMY, LARUE.
Kenosha Barber Wanted as Parole
Violator Is Arrested in Indiana.

Tommy La Rue an elusive Kenosha
barber who has caused the police of
Kenosha no end of sleepless nights dur
ing the past three months was arrest
ed at South Bend, Indiana Tuesday
night and he will be brought back to
Kenosha at once. He is charged with
violating his parole in the municipal
court and also with leaving several I'M
settled accounts behind him. LaRue
was arrested months ago on charges
of failure to support his wife and
minor child but so strong a plea was
made for him that he was given the
benefit of the parole law. He violated
his parole and left Kenosha III the
early part of August and since that
time the police have been making an
effort to locate him. LaRue is said
to be member of well known Michi-
gan family and it is said that he may
claim considerable inheritance from
the estate of his mother. His mother
died in Grand Rapids, Mich. shortly
after his arrest here. 1t is understood
that LaRue will come back to Kenosha
without extradition papers and po-
lice officer was sent to South Bend to-
Gay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
SOCIAL CENTER WORKERS TO
ADDRESS TEACHERS.

Practical methods of developing a
schoolhouse into a social center will be
stadied at the state teachers conven-
ton at Milwaukee, November 4th and
5th, under the direction Of E. J. Ward,
social center organizer of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter of President Wilson,
Miss IONA Gale, the Wisconsin author,
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the ma
ton commission OH industrial relations
and Carol G. Pearse, president Of the
Milwaukee Normal school, will take
prominent parts in the program which
is being arranged. Since 1911 the
number of Wisconsin schoolhouses used
as social centers has increased from
eightv-six to five hundred and nine,
largely through the work of Mr.. Ward
and John L. Gillin of the university
Mr.. Ward has very recently written a
pamphlet on the Schoolhouse as a
Polling Place, and is now writing
stsThe School house as . Community
Center X
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
LEWIS LOSES FIGHT.
United States Court Holds Against
Right Hand Man of Dowie Estate.

John A. Lewis, pretender to the title
estate, has lost his last chance of vic
tory in a decision just handed down
by the supreme court of the United
States in the case of John A. Lewis,
as executor, etc, ct al, petitioners VS..
William d. Holmes, ct al; petition for
writs of certiorari to the United States
circuit court of appeals for the seventh
circuit. The petitions were denied.
The question involved was whether
Zion was personal estate owned by
the late John Alexander Dowie, or
whether it was trust estate, held by
Dowie for the members of his church.
In the Holmes case which first was
brought into the courts some ten years
ago, it was decided by Federal Judge
X. M. Lands of Chicago to have a
receiver appointed. John A. Lewis
contended that as executor under the
will of the late Mr.. DoWie he should
have administered the affairs Of the
estate.
After several years had passed he
began litigation in the courts in
which he aimed to overturn all the
acts that had been done by Judge
Lands through the receivership.
The circuit court Of appeals Of the
United States went into the details
of the case very thoroughly, reviewing
all the evidence presented. In ruling
against Lewis, the judges declared that
if he wished to have his claims con
sidered he should have brought suit
Immediately after the receiver was ap-
pointed by Judge Lands instead of
allowing several years to elapse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
AUTO AND STREET CAR COLLIDE.
Charles Hansen Finds it Impossible
to Get Between Car and the Fence.

Charles Hansen, driving Ford auto
mobile found out just after six O'Clock
Tuesday night that it was impossible
to drive an automobile in the space
between a West Main street car and
the fence guarding the right of way of
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
Hansen was coming from the north and
when he saw the car coming he obeyed
the rules of the road and turned to the
right. The car was moving at a slow
rate of speed and the automobile was
squeezed into the five and half feet
of space to the extent that it was con
siderably damaged. The car had sew
eral windows broken in it. Hansen
was not thrown from his automobile
and he escaped without scratch.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
ASK A NAVAL TRAINING CAMP.
Nearly 5000 Send Request for Tt to
Secretary Daniels.

civilian naval training camp at the
Great Lakes Naval station is formally
requested in petition sent to Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels today. The
documents contain the names of nearly
5000 representative citizens, million
aires, merchants, clerks and mechanics
in Chicago and nearby cities.
w. M. Lewis, secretary of the Navy
league in Chicago, has forwarded the
petition, which has been preceded by
much correspondence with the navy de-
partment on the subject of sailors
training camp. The plan has been en-
dorsed by navy officers to whom it has
been submitted.
''The Great Lakes Naval Training
station has brought the Importance of
our navy home to this section of the
country as nothing else could wrote
Mr.. Lewis. "The proposed courses
would serve to strengthen this infu-
ence. Nothing you could do would meet
with more general favor here. Y
The proposed camp would embrace
three courses: LIST, q summer course for
school and college youths; I'd, a
month 8 summer camp for business
men; Sd, a winter course for great
lakes sailors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
AFTER MORE ASSETS.
Trustees of the United Refrigerator
Co. Seek Accounts from Racine Men.

The trustees for the bankrupt United
Refrigerator company having filed a
petition with Referee in Bankruptcy
Milton J. Knoblock regarding certain
accounts assigned by the bankrupt
company to G. r. Carpenter and B. Hin
rich of Racine, those interested in the
matter were given a hearing by Mr.
Knoblock Tuesday.
The petition asked that the accounts
assigned to Carpenter and Hinrichs as
agents of the Commercial and Savings
bank be regarded as assets of the Unit
ed Refrigerator company and be usedu
as such for the benefit of the various
creditors of the company B. Hinrichs
gave testimony tending to show that
the assigned accounts were now the leg
al property of the defunct bank and
could not be used by the, trustees of
the Kenosha firm.
No decision was reached and the
hearing was adjourned to next Tues
day, Oct. 90. 1t is expected that the
matter will be definitely settled on
that date and then the bankruptcy pro-
ceedings will go ahead without further
delay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
HUSBAND GRANTED DIVORCE.
Edward s. Mack Gets Divorce From
Beulah Mack, Gets Custody of Son.

In the municipal court this morning
Judge G. E. Randall handed down an
order granting divorce to Edward S.
Mack from his wife Beulah B. Mack
Charges of infdelity were made and
Mrs. Mack did not appear to contest
the granting of the decree. Howard
Reber a man well known in Kenosha
was named in the suit. On the stand
the husband gave evidence of a sensa-
tional nature and declared that his
wife had admitted to him chat she had
been unfaithful to her marriage vow
on the third of last July. Mack de-
manded the custody of the one minor
child and it was awarded to him. Mrs.
Mack was not in court nor was she
represented by an attorney but Peter
Fisher, Jr., the divorce counsel declar-
ed that she had made statements to
him which he believed warranted the
granting of the decree. Mr. Ia93k
is said to be living ii henosl Z INC
couple were married at West Chicago
Oct. Is, 1907 and they had lived in
Kenosha for several years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
FOLLOW LETTER AS cLEw.
Officials Still Hopeful of Finding Man
Who Assaulted Salem School Teacher

District Attorney A. L. Drury and
Sheriff A. F. Stahl are still working
vigorously in an effort to locate the
man who committed an assault on Miss
Mary Brockmeier, the Salem school
teacher on last Sunday night. An in
teresting letter sent to Miss Brockmeier
from railway junction in Iowa pur-
ports to have been written by the man
who committed the assault. The off,
cials have declined to make the letter
public but they declare that it was 8
typewriter letter and unsigned. ~
am of the opinion that this letter was
written as a ''blind, - said the dis
trict attorney this morning. We have
spent lot of time on this ease and it
is possible that we are working along
right lines and that arrests viii be
made within a few days
The letter was turned over to the
district attorney and the sheriff by
Miss Broekmeier. She declared that
she never knew any one living in the
town from which the letter had been
postmarked.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
NO ARRESTS ION THE FIRE. =
Story of Mrs. Goerndt Not to Be Fol
lowed by Wholesale Arrests.

There was rumor floating about
the city on Tuesday night which
brought real concern to lot of peo-
pie. 1t declared that warrants were
being made out for the arrest of lot
of people following the relation of the
story of Eva Major Goerndt. Tt caus-
ed quite a ruction among some of the
so-called prominent men. The rumor
failed to find any foundation at the
Office of the district attorney. The Off
cials smiled when they heard of the
fear of some of the people hut it was
stated that there were no warrants on
the fire and that there had been no
developments in the case that would
warrant any frenaied action on the part
of the officials. The Chicago news
paper men were back in Kenosha this
morning with pencils and cameras anx-
ious to write up some one and get some
one : picture The serious view that
the Chicago papers are taking of Mrs.
Bull and Mrs. Goerndt is giving the
a let of amusement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
ADMITS failure OF BIG PLAN
Last Public Appearance Was When He
Spoke Before Commercial Educators
In Kenosha Many Graduates of
Sheldon School Working Here.

Arthur F. Sheldon, widely known in
Kenosha as a teacher of business men
has gone into retirement a man brok-
EN- in health and finances. Announce
ment was made today that he had sold
his great estate of eight hundred acres
of land at Area, III. to Clarence N.
Durand of Libertyville, the former
treasurer of his school, and Sheldon
himself is in sanitarium seeking rest.
Mr.. Sheldon made what was probably
his last appearance as business teach
er In Kenosha in July last when he
came here to be the principal speaker
before the Wisconsin Business Colleges
annual convention. On the following
day he entertained these teachers at
bis estate at Sheldonhurst and shortly
after this he went to the sanitarium.
The failure of Sheldon has its pathetic
side to it. Sheldon only few years
ago was regarded as an authority on
business methods and he was also re-
garded as one of the weaIthiest men
in the Chicago district. He came to
Kenosha early in his career as a teach
er of business methods and his methods
were formerly in vogue in Kenosha
factories. Several of the big Kenosha
plants maintained schools for the IN
struction of their employees in Sheldon
methods Every once in while Mr..
Sheldon who had been given the title
of plato of Business came to the
city and his lectures 3esw about him
MANY OF the men who ma1 been most
prominent in the business affairs Of
Kenosha. His ideas on business man.
agement were regarded as authority.
For the past two years this business
had been slipping away. Sheldon went
to Europe and sought to extend his
teachings over wider area and left
the big business in this country in the
hands of employees. Tt was only
short time before his royalties began to
fall off and it is declared that the
schools which he fathered were not
nearly as successful as they had been.
Sheldon was dreamer as well as a
business philosopher. At one time he
planned to build great school plant
in the neighborhood of Kenosha but
lust after these plans had been made
the business began to wane.
At his last appearance in Kenosha
people were impressed with the fact
that he was losing his grip as teacher
Of business methods and it was admit
ted that his lecture was disappoint-
ment
The failure of Sheldon came as a
big surprise to many people in Keno
sha today. Hundreds Of men and wo-
men who have been educated under his
teaching through his correspondence
schools are employed in the Kenosha
Offices It is said that the big estate
near Libertyville will be sold out as
farm property just as soon as buyers
can be found. Sheldon is said to have
received in the neighborhood of $780,
00o for his holdings there being mort
cages to a large amount against the
property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
SEND INSPECTORS HERE.
Postofice Department to Make Exam
nation of Demands of Local Office.

In response to the demand of Post
master James German for more help
in the carrier department of the Keno
sha postoffice a letter has been receiv-
ed from the department stating that
"general inspector" will be sent to
Kenosha at once with an idea of aseer-
tanning just what is needed to bring
the service of the local Office up to the
highest degree of efficiency. The in
spectors are expected to reach the city
within a week and the postmaster is
hopeful that the new service will be
inaugurated on their order before the
opening of the new year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
soMERs wooDMEN MEET.
Kenosha Members of the Order Are
Speakers at Big Meeting.

The members of the Somers Camp
of the Modern Woodmen of the World
had big gathering at Woodman hall
at the village on Tuesday night on
opening a campaign for new members
Members Of the order from several
surrounding cities and villages attend
ed. The principal address of the even
ing was made by Judge G. E. Randall
of Kenosha, who strongly urged the
principles of Woodcraft. Other Keno
sha speakers included: Consul Fl. A.
.Bruner and Clerk Glenn G. Huff. Quite
a party Of the Kenosha Woodmen went
out to attend the meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-21
FAILED TO PROTECT TRACKS
Little Girl Was Injured More Than
Three Years Ago and Company De-
cides That 1t Is Cheaper to Settle
Than to Fight or Protest.

Because 1t has failed to properly
protect its crossings and right of way
in Kenosha the receivers of the Chi
cago and Milwaukee Electric Railway
company this morning paid another big
bill for damages when check for
$3.50 was turned over to Mrs. Mary
Madison, mother Of Genevieve Madi-
son, six year old girl. The little
Madison girl was injured on the right
Of way Of the Chicago and Milwaukee
at a point a thousand feet south of
the Kenosha station nearly three years
ago. The child was then three years
old and she toddled onto the tracks
of the railway and before the car could
be stopped by the motorman she had
been struck. The accident was un-
usual When the car struck the child
the current by which it was operated
was grounded and the child suffered an
electric burn as a result of which she
was in the hospital for many months.
No formal summons and complaint in
the suit against the company was filed
but papers had been prepared charging
the company with failing to observe
the laws of the state in properly pro-
tecting its tracks and the company re-
fused to make contest in court. In
addition to the damages of $3.50 the
company has also agreed to pay all Of
the expenses connected with the long
care Of the child by Kenosha physi-
clans,
The fact that the company has taken
no steps to protect its tracks against
trespassers makes the tracks menace
to that section of the city. Hundreds
of children are playing ON the vacant
lots through the territory traversed by
the Chicago and Milwaukee line and
nearly every day reports of narrow
escapes from accidents are sent to the
police and city officials. just what
action can be forced to make the COM
pany properly protect its tracks with
fences is q matter that is to be taken
up by the transportation committee of
the common council.
The Northwestern Railway company
may also be required to fence in some
Of its trackage on the west side of the
city along the line of the Western di-
vision.
The attorneys for the little Madison
Girl admit that she has now entirely
recovered from her injuries but they
claim that no amount of damages would
compensate her for the pain suffered
through the months of illness following
the slight accident.
The Chicago and Milwaukee is find
ing failure to properly protect tracks
and crossings a costly matter in Keno
sha More than eleven thousand dol
lars has been paid this year in the
settlement of damage suits and several
other big claims are now pending
against the company The transporta-
ton committee of the council has made
repeated demands for better protection
but the company has indicated its will
+ngness to take chances of paying per-
$ nal claims rather than to make the
fixed expenditure of maintaining gates
or watchmen.