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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
MANY MERCHANTS FAVOR 1T
Lights to Be Put in as Private Enter
prise-Cost Expected to be Lower
Than for Lights Recently Installed
by the City Down Town.

The southwest business district is
going to have ''great white way''
of its own if plans now well under way
go through and it is thought that they
will. An agreement is being made by
| West side merchants for the installa-
ton of decorative street lights on a
part of Elizabeth street, two blocks of
Rowland avenue centering at Elizabeth
street and portion of the busy bust
ness district on Salem avenue. The
lights are to be installed by private
enterprise and not under the, city or
dinance plan. Many Of the business
men have already signed the agreement
and it is declared that the plan has met
with the most cordial support from
property owners and tenants. AS yet
no final decision has been made in re-
/ gard to the kind of lights to be in
stalled. Many of the West side people
favor the cluster lights and it is posi-
BILE that this light will be selected
rather than the single light fixtures
now being used in the down town dis
tricts of the city. The men promoting
the West side decorative lights will
buy their own standards and fittings
and the contracts to be let will be for
the installation and the furnishing of
current. The experiment is going to
be a mighty interesting one for the
business men all over the city. Some
of the men in the Rowland avenue
district believe that with private en-
terprise lights can be maintained at a
lower cost than by public installation.
IF this plan works out it is probable
that in the future similar lights will
be installed under the private owner
ship plan. The movement on the West
side is well under way and it is expect
ed that the districts in which the lights
will be installed will be outlined within
the next few days. The promoters of
the plan hope to have the lights in
stalled by the first of the new year.
| It is declared that the business men
about the corner of Market street and
Rowland avenue are also showing an
interest in decorative lights and it is
probable that some plan will be pro-
posed to these men at an early meet
ing. With decorative lights in two
outlying districts the old business por-
ton of the city is going to be forced
to look out for its laurels.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
NOT EFFECTIVE IN soMERs.
Order of Railroad Commission in Re-
gard to Skip Stops Effects Only
Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light company has sent out formal
notices with view of correcting a
report recently issued in connection
with the decision of the Wisconsin
Railroad Commission in regard to the
elimination of the skip stop schedules.
This order it is declared refers only to
service of the company in Milwaukee
and does not apply to any lines of the
company in this county. The stops
made in the town of Somers are to be
continued just the same as before the
order was issued and no other stops
will be added to the schedule as re-
suit of the order Of the commission.
No petition has been sent to the COM
mission from the people of Somers and
stops in this town were not considered
in connection with the revisal of the
schedule. The company is anxious to
have the impression that more frequent
stops would be made in the town of
|Somers corrected. There has been no
change made in the schedule there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.

The United States civil service COM
mission has announced an examination
for the county of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
to be held at Kenosha and Burlington
on January %, 1916, to fill the position
or rural carrier at Kenosha and vacan-
cies that may later occur on rural
routes from other post Offices in the
above mentioned county. The exam
ination will be open only to male citi-
zens who are actually domiciled in the
territory of a post office in the county
and who meet the other requirements
set forth in form No. 1877. This form
and application blanks may be OBJ
tanned from the offices mentioned
above or from the United States Civil
Service commission at Washington, D.
G. Applications should be forwarded
to the commission at Washington at
the earliest practicable date.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
WAS TERRIBLY INJURED.
Hans Hanson Loses Use of Hands and
Feet by Fall From Load of Hay
on Saturday.

Hans Hanson, aged 80 years, farm
hand employed on the farm of Frank
Gleason in the town of Pleasant Prairie
met with very serious if not fatal in
juries at the Gleason farm on Saturday
afternoon when he fell of load of
hay. He struck on the back of his
neck iniuring his spine. He was taken
to the Alexian Brothers hospital in Chi
cago Saturday night by county agent
Russell Fl. Jones. At that time the en-
tire lower part of his body appeared to
be paralyzed and he had little use of
his hands. He was however able to
speak. The surgeons at the hospital
declared that it might be possible to
save the man by an operation and de-
cision was to be made today as to what
course would be followed in, the treat
ment of the case. Hanson had been at
the Gleason farm for about month.
He came to this county from Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
MAY GO TO ASYLUM.
Price Goodwin Eccentric Bristol Char
acter Held in Jail Pending
Investigation.

Price Goodwin, an eccentric old char
acter, who has been resident of the
town of Bristol, is held at the county
Jail pending an Investigation into. his
mental condition. Goodwin is said to
be in serious condition and it is ex-
pected that he will be taken to Men
dota for treatment tomorrow The old
man has been a tradition of Bristol for
a quarter of a century. No one ever
knew much about his former life. He
was said to be member of famous
English family but for years he had
lived alone in an old shack south of
the creamery in South Bristol and he
had TILED little patch of ground. It
was asserted that for years he received
regular remittances from wealthy rela-
tives in England. He is now broken
in health and spirits and he has no
relatives in Bristol to take care Of him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
MAYORS BRoTHER-1N-LAw HURT
Henry steder, Well Known in Kenosha,
Severely Injured in Chicago
Accident.

Henry steder Of Chicago, a brother
of Mrs. scholey, wife of Mayor M. j.
|Scholey, met with very severe injuries
in Chicago last Saturday and he is now
in st. Elizabeth s hospital in that city
under the care of surgeons. Steder is
employed by the Carson, Prize & Scott
company as a driver of one of the big
trucks of this company. At the time
of the injury he was handling some
heavy trunks. One of the trunks
slipped off the truck and he was crush
ed under it. He was taken to the hos
pital and an examination showed that
he had four broken ribs, an injured
spine and many bad bruises. 1t is
feared that he will be laid up for many
weeks. Tie injured man is well known
to many people in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
OFFERED TO TAKE TEN YEARS.
Peter Tori Brought Back for Trial on
Grand Larceny Charge Gets
Year in Prison.

Peter Tori, an Italian, arrested in
Milwaukee some time ago charged with
stealing two fifty kronar notes from a
Swedish engineer in west side board
ing house has gone up to the state
prison at Waupun to serve term of
one year. He was sentenced by Judge
Randall late Saturday afternoon after
he had pleaded guilty to charges
of grand larceny. Tori appeared to
be sour on the world and he Informed
the court that he was entirely agree
liable to sentence of ten years in
prison or anything else that the court
would give him. The district attorney
recommended a sentence of three years
but after looking up the law it was
found that term of a year was the
maximum penalty under the law.
"Well I guess I'll have to be satisfied
with that if it's all you can give me, =
was the only comment of Tori as he
went back to jail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Members of the Kenosha county
board and other officials of the city
and county worked mile under ground
over at Oglesby, ILL.,, on Thursday
afternoon when they went down into
the mines of the Marquette Cement
company and under the leadership Of
County Chairman John P. Spartz they
took the picks of the miners and dug
the shale and rock out of the eternal
Illinois hills. The trip under grounds
was made in one of the electric trains
of the company and it proved to be one
of the most interesting junkets ever Of
fered for county board of Kenosha
county. After they had mined the
shale and stone far under ground they
carried it to the surface and watched
the mills grind it into the COM
mereial cement that is used for road
building
1t was great day for the "county
dads'' with something new breaking
every minute from the time they drop.
ped out of Kenosha in the cold gray
dawn of the early morning until they
got home tired in the evening. Break
fast was ready when the party reached
Chicago and at nine o'clock they left
on a Rock Island train for LaSalle.
At the splendid new Kaskaskia hotel
a dinner was served by the cement
company at which covers had been laid
for twenty guests. Harold Dickinson,
the son of the president of the big COM
pany, presided at the dinner. Alters
dinner the members of the party were
taken in automobiles to the mines att
Oglesby and the trip to the mines
followed.
One Of the most interesting features
of the day was the trip through the
mills where the stone is ground into
cement. Later the members of the
board were given a chance to see testsl
of the finished product.
On the return trip the Kenosha
party left LaSalle just after four
O'Clock. Supper was ready when the
train reached Chicago. Most of the
men returned to Kenosha early I'M
the evening.
The members of the party included
Chairman Spartz, Supervisors Elver4
mann, Fleming, Leet, Tobin, Grosvenor,
Link, Anderson and Brister, County
Highway Commissioner John Herzog.
County Clerk Russell Fl. Jones, City
Engineer B. G. Brennan, J. M. Stolen
werk of Paris, Harry Dixon of Somers
and William and Dick O'Donnen of
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
WIDER USE OF SCHOOLS.
$3.50 Kenosha People Used School
Buildings for Recreation Purposes
in Eighteen DAYS.

The extent to which school buildings
In Kenosha are being put to wider uses
is shown in report of David FogwelI
which will be submitted to the board
of education on Tuesday evening. The
report shows that in eighteen days in
the last week of October and in the
month of November $500 Kenosha
people used four of the city school
buildings for recreational purposes.
The report shows that in the eighteen
days there were 1928 children visited
the school buildings for other than
school purposes and 3,03S adults at
tended various functions given. The
schools used for these purposes were
the Balm, with 1884 registered; the
Columbus, with 2,136; the Frank, with
1 ,086 and the Weiskopf, with 1884.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO ACT
Five Men Who Had Money Enough to
Pay Fare Sent Back to Minneapolis
Others Are Thrown Out of City as
Migrants by Police and Sheriff.

Traficing in the prosperity of Keno
sha, Minneapolis employment bureau
is to be investigated on the orders of
District Attorney A. l.. Drury of this
| county. For the past months there has
| been a steady stream of men from Min
neapolis to Kenosha. They came with
bag and baggage seeking work and
declaring that they had been sent here
at orders of local contractors. Last
Saturday night five foreigners arrived.
They applied to the police for aid in
locating contractors who were to en-
ploy them. James Kennedy, the man
in charge Of considerable sewer work
in the city, was appealed to and he
declared that he had given no orders
to the Minneapolis bureau to ship the
men to Kenosha. He declared that the
men were victims of a scheme to OBJ
tain money under false pretenses.
The men all had receipts showing that
they had paid ten dollars each for jobs
! in Kenosha. The five men who arrived
! on Saturday night were sent back to
Minneapolis on Sunday night and a
telegram was sent to the police of Min
neapolis asking that an investigation
be made into the report that the en-
ployment bureau there was receiving
money under false pretenses.
Many foreigners have come into Ke-
nosha from Minneapolis in the past
few days and it is declared that no
one in Kenosha had made any agree
ment to hire them Most of these men
had just money enough to pay their
railway fare from Minneapolis to Ke-
nosha. Here they sought shelter at the
tramp room Sunday night. There were
thirty-one men in the tramp room and
/ nearly every one of them declared that
he had come to Kenosha at the sugges-
ton of employment bureaus who had
promised them employment here.
These men were taken out in squads of
five each this morning and shown the
limits of the city and ordered not to
return. Many of these men told stories
of how they had expended their last
cent in paying railway fare to Keno
sha under promises of employment.
[ don It know what to think of the
stories of these men, said the chief
of police this morning. Contractor
Kennedy has told me repeatedly that
he has ordered no men sent to Keno
sha and that he will not be responsible
for the employment of any of these
men. There is no doubt but that the
foreigners are being fooled by some
one and that they have paid consider
able money to some one for jobs in
Kenosha. We don It want these fell
lows hanging about Kenosha and the
only thing that we can do is to tell
them to get out.
1t is declared that some of the men
have gone to the western part of the
county in hopes of securing work
about the ice houses until such a time
as the ice harvest starts for the winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.

notwithstanding the rumors afoat
that the business Of G. G. Sehulze will
be discontinued, I desire to announce
to my friends and the public in general
that I propose to continue the music
business with the assistance of Miss
Florence Blush, who is familiar with
all details of said business. Mrs. G. G..
Schulze, 800 Main st. advdw11
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
CAPTAIN kENOSHA REGULARS
Son of Pioneer Kenosha Pump Man Won
Fame in Kenosha as First Baseman
and Pitcher of Famous Ball Team
Leaves Widow and Daughters.

Memory was busy in Kenosha today
and the glories of Kenosha Oh the base
ball diamond were being recalled
through tears for early today tele-
gram from Pensacola, Florida, an
nounced the death of Frank E. Adams.
He was better known in Kenosha as
SsMaje.0 Adams and under this title
The was captain of the ttKenosha Reg
Iulars the most famous baseball team
ever organized in Kenosha. All over
town the report of the death of
Maze Adams brought sorrow to the
old timers. There were many stories
told of his prowess as an athlete in the
old days and sorrow was expressed over
his death.
Mr.. Adams died at the winter home
of his family at Pensacola, Florida, on
Saturday afternoon. He had not been
in good health for months and little
over a month ago had gone with his
wife to Florida in hopes that the
climate would restore his health. He
had been sinking for several days be-
fore his death. The announcement of
the death of Mr.. Adams came as a
great surprise in Kenosha as even his
closest friends were not aware of the
fact that he was dangerously i'll. The
remains will be placed in a vault at
Pensacola and later they will be
brought to Kenosha and buried in the
family plot at Green Ridge cemetery.
Frank E. Adams was native of
Kenosha. He was son of the late
James Adams pioneer pump maker
of the city and he spent much of his
life here He was educated in the
schools Of the city and was a graduate
of the Kenosha High school in the
early eighties. In 1884 he was one of
the men active in the organization of
the "Kenosha Regulars. He was
first baseman on the team for many
years and then he went into the box
and took the place Of Peter r. Schmitt
as pitcher. The Kenosha Regulars
gained fame all over this section of
the country in the six years that the
team held together and many men who
played on the team have since be-
come prominent in the business and
social life of the city. A lot of
the most interesting history of the
eighties in Kenosha conferred about
| the games played by the "Kenosha
Regulars. y The famous victory of the
team captained by "Maje" Adams
over the Racine team at the state fair
way back twenty-five years ago is the
brightest page in the sporting history
of Kenosha. Adams was natural
baseball player, a real representative
of the old bare hand league.
| He did not give all of his time to
baseball but for years he was associ-
ated with his father in the pump bust
ness in Kenosha. After this plant was
closed up Mr.. Adams accepted a posi-
tion as a travelling salesman for a
pump supply house and for the past
twelve years he had travelled out of
Milwaukee for this company. He is
survived by his widow and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Lawrence Scott and Mrs. w.
D. Kyle, both of Milwaukee.
Announcement of the time when the
remains will be brought to Kenosha
for burial will be made later in the
year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Before there are any candidates in
the field for aldermen, a lot of fellows
will have to have someone draw them
a diagram to show them just what
ward they can seek Office in after the
redistricting becomes effective.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

They are advertising civil service
examinations for oil inspectors. We
had always thought that the average
knowledge of an oil inspector was to
be shown in his ability to carry the
home county for the prevailing politi-
cal candidate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Now that the county board has met
and borrowed the money the incident
will be considered officially closed. It
it improbable that the present board
will have any more chance to dabble
with either taxes or appropriations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

AT that the fish merchant had the
right idea. His romancing did not
hurt anyone but himself but it did
keep a lot of officials of two counties
nretty busy for day and a half.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
FOR SALE HoLsrE1g BULLS.

Our prices are reasonable. Large
calves, and yearling bulls. They are
backed up by A. R. O. stock. Frank
Holt & Son, Pleasant Prairie, Wiscon-
sin. Phone 3S-5006. adv.w35
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

Senator Husting has had the right to
he title for whole week already and
Washington still stands. Mayville is
xnected to make itself heard in the
ational halls of congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

We have few bushels No. Z Silver
King seed corn; also some white cap
yellow dent Of 1914 crop. Get in your
order searly as the supply is limited.
Jensen and Olsen. *advw34
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16

DR.. Thompson has opened an oaice
in the Burke Bldg. Hours from 2 to
4 p. m. and Z to $3.50 .. m. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-16
Mile Trip Underground Into
the Mines of Marquette
Cement Co., at Oglesby,
Illinois, Thursday.
MERRY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Spend the Entire Afternoon Watching
Various Processes in Connection With
the Manufacture of Cement at Big
Illinois Plant-Many Tests Made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-07-15
The Old Boys Fiddletl.

At the "Fiddlers" contest last Fri
day evening we had the time of our
life. That VIC have some real, genu-
inc, simon pure fddlers in this vicin-
ity is sure thing. The contestants
wore Emmett Kyle, Texas Bill
Burchett, Jim Cole and John Culver.
Many more could have been secured
had the time been longer that the old
boys might have been found, but as
it was we certainly were highly en-
tertained. John Culver took first
money and second money was divid-
ed among the other three. The
judges were: Todd Ackerley, Geo.
Fesler and Frank Daily. That their
decision was just was generally con-
ceded the crowd. The audience
was not as large as we had expected,
but the time given was too short to
try or expect to have largo audi
ence, but every one in attendance
enjoyed themselves to their full ca
pacity. Uncle Jimmy Cole and En-
met Kyle entertained the crowd and
brought forth many laughs by their
stepping off few old time stunts.
Mr.. Cole is man over seventy years
of age and to see him stepping off
jig with the old time vigor, would
put many of the young men Of today
to shame. He certainly was lin
Der one when he was in his prime.
Taking into consideration the many
hindrances, this was certainly the
best entertainment that Grand River
has had in many years. We hope to
see something of the kind again be-
fore many months, and we no doubt
will for those participating will not
be slow in again taking part and
many more can be secured who will
handle the bow for the editication
of the crowd. Too much credit can
not be, given Emmett Kyle for the
success of the undertaking.-Grand
River Local.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-07-15
John Made it Go.

Don't advertise if you believe you
are wasting money. Let your COM
petitor waste his money on advertis-
ing, and perhaps in this way you will
''put him out of business!" Fix his
clocks for him! Just stand back and
laugh at him when you see him
squandering his money for ink!
Once there was boy named John,
we believe his last name was Wanna
maker, or maybe it was Moneymaker,
anyhow his name was John, with
some sort of maker attached to his
last name. He owned fifty yards OF
calico, three pair of jean pants, half
dozen pair of home made socks and
five pairs of boots. He called this
dry goods store through Philadel-
phia paper and offered to sell pair
of socks for 80 cents. The didn't-be-
lieve-in -advertisingr merchants made
fun of him. Young John spent $65
with the Philadelphia Ledger to ad-
vertise just one time on less than
500 worth of goods. He was eau
toned by the merchants who knew
it didn't pay!" 1t was through SYM
pathy," they said, "for his poor
mother, that they offered him ad-
vice" But John didn't listen to
them, and went and blew his money
foolishly and today poor John sees
the result of his misdoings-he has
so many large dry goods stores that
he can barely find time to study his
Sunday school lesson-Calmar Cour-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-07-15
Dela-Hettinger.

Mr.. Don E. Della, of Hettinger, N.
d., and Miss Beulah Baker, of Grand
River, drove over to Leon last We'd
nesday afternoon and were united in
marriage at the home of DR.. j. O.
Woodmansee, the ceremony being
performed by Justice John Wood
mansee. They were accompanied to
Leon by the brides father, Joseph
Baker, and two Of her brothers and
the bridal party returned to Grand
River that evening and after visiting
there a few days will go to their fu-
ture home at Hettinger, N. D., where
Mr.. Della is engaged in farming. The
bride is popular young lady OF
Grand River who has many friends
who extend their hearty congratula-
lions for her future happiness and
prosperity.