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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

went back to the watch case and start
ed to work again. Five minutes later
Rather, the other clerk, returned from
his dinner.
Stark recalled after the discovery of
the robbery that he had heard the front
door open and close while he was wait
ing on the mysterious Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan. This caused him no SUSPECT
ons as often men come into the
jewelry store and adjust their watches
and go out again.
Evidently the thief who secured the
jewels was well acquainted with the
operation of the show cases used in
the store These cases have a safety
device on them which cannot be
opened without making considerable
noise unless by a man fully accustom-
ed to handling them.
II believe that the burglary was
planned long time ago, said Mr..
Dale, "and the people just waited
here for chance to make the haul.
Probably the man who actually got
the jewelry had been in Kenosha for
week or more and the pair who act
ed as the decoys came into the city on
Saturday afternoon. I feel certain
that I passed the pair just as I left
the store on Saturday noon. The stock
is protected by the Jeweler IS Security
Alliance and notified this organiza-
ton of the robbery just as soon as it
was discovered This does not insure
me against loss, but every possible eff
fort will be made by the best detec-
tives in the country to secure the re
turn Of the goods and the arrest and
prosecution of the thieves. IF I could
get hold Of the rings before they are
reset it would be an easy matter to
identify them. I feel certain that the
man who called himself Morgan =
was armed and that he had planned to
kill Stark if necessary to successfully
carry out the plans for the robbery.
Looking at it from this angle i
am glad that they got away without
killing any one. I"
Plnkertons operating for the Jewel
er's Security Alliance, were in Keno
sha early Sunday morning acting With
the local police in an effort to get
some clew to the people connected
with the daring robbery.
The amount of jewels secured is one
Of the largest ever reported in rob
berry of the kind in Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
HUSBAND woULDN HELP WASH
Christina Elenewska Tells Story of
Cruel Treatment in Action for
Divorce Filed Today.

Leopold Elenewska, a Kenosha Rus
sian, refused to help his wife with the
washing and this and lot Of other
things that Leopold did and did not do
arr enumerated in an action for di-
voree brought by his wife, Christina,
in the municipal court this morning.
The summons and complaint in the
suit alleges that the couple were mar
ried in Kenosha in 1911 and have
spent most of their life here since.
The wife alleges that her husband
forced her to work all day in the fac
tory and do the homework at night
and that when she insisted that he help
with the washing he treated her most
cruelty. She declares that the cruelty
of the husband found expression on
many occasions. The wife asks the
custody of the one minor child and
alimony as may be determined in the
Judgment of the court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
SELL BONDS THIS AFTERNOON.
Many Financial Concerns Bid for
$4,000 Sewer Issue Which Is Being
Sold This Afternoon.

Kenosha is selling its fourth bond
issue of the year this afternoon and
representatives of bond houses in all
parts of the country are here to bid
on the issue of $4,000 worth of sewer
bonds issued to defray the cost of build
ing the intercc z sewer. All of the
big bond hou Chicago were rep
resented and III addition there were
many new faces among the bidders. The
R. E. Grant Company which recently
bought the Park bonds offered to take
the new issue at the same rate without
the city asking for bids but the offer
was turned down. AS there is lot of
money seeking investment just at pres
ent it is thought pretty certain that a
large premium will be offered for this
Kenosha issue. Kenosha will later in
the year have another bond issue of
$4,000 for the building of the Lake
avenue breakwater.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
DROVE ON THE SIDEWALK.
Hugo Lencioni Does All Sorts of
Stunts With New Automobile
on Saturday Evening.

Hugo Lencioni has brand new high
powered REQ automobile and he DEM
onstrated what it would do to the
crowds which gathered on Park street
on Saturday night. This automobile
runs just as well on the sidewalk as
on the road and Lencioni had driven
up onto the walk near the Hotel Ke-
nosha when Police Officer Amberlang
arrested him on a charge of reckless
driving. Amberlang got into the auto
mobile and told Lencioni to drive to
the police station. His intentions
may have been all right, but as he
started to turn into the alley back of
the Scholer grocery store he ran head
on into telephone post. Coron ar
Millager was right on the job standing
against the post and he had a narrow
escape from injury. Lencioni' IS car
was so badly damaged that he and the
police officer were forced to walk the
rest of the way to the station. In the
municipal court this morning Lencioni
admitted that he might have been
guilty of "reckless driving and he
paid fine of ten dollars and the costs.
It was stated that the automobile had
been damaged to the extent of two
hundred dollars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
SEEK RACINE RoBBER HERE,

Just about the time the local police
officers received report of the robbery
of the Dale store Saturday night they
received report from Racine asking
them to look out for clever iewelry
robber who was allege dto have robbed
one of the Racine stores. Local Of
ficers at once connected the robbery
in Racine with the Dale robbery. Later
in the evening Racine officials came
to Kenosha to seek the Racine bur-
glar. They cleared up matters by re-
porting that the burglar in Racine had
entered a private house on College Az
enue just after six clock. He had
made haul of jewelry and was in the
act of climbing out of window in the
house when a single shot was fred at
him. 1t was claimed that the man
came to Kenosha with his loot but no
trace of him has been found in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
LET THE WOMEN DO TT.
They Want To Make Your Christmas
Gifts and Save You the Trouble.
Ready Made Presents at Bazaar.


There will be great doings in the
Congregational church parlors next
Thursday afternoon and every feminine
chick and child of the Congregational
fold is deeply interested in the event.
1t is a Christmas sale they are plan
ming with cafeteria lunch to be run
continuously from the opening of the
bazaar at 2 p. m. until it's close when the
last article is sold that night.
The idea is that any energetic shop
per who would like to stay steadily
through, industriously providing Christ
mas surprises foT beloved friends and
relatives without taking off the Gus
tomary hour for lunch may do so and
be refreshed at the cafeteria without
spending time looking for meal out
side. The cafeteria offers tidbits like
hot escalloped oysters, baked beans,
home made bread, doughnuts, cake and
preparations of vegetables.
In order to make the work more eff
fective, different groups are taking
charge of different departments. The
Ladies Aid will sell babies garments,
fancy work and aprons and conduct
the cafeteria. The Social Circle will
have the home baking table and that
Of Christmas candies; the Kandoo club
will have japanese tea room and sell
Japanese prints.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
BARS WALKING ON THE TRACKS
North Western Railway Company Or
ders Recent Law Passed by the
Legislature Enforced in Kellosha.

If you are not an authorized
newspaper reporter, don t walk on the
tracks of the Chicago and North
Western Railway company. If you do
you are liable to a fine of anything
from dollar to fifty dollars and costs.
At the last session Of the legislature
a new law was passed against tress-
passing and the officials of the North
Western road have asked that the po-
lice of Kenosha enforce this law to
the letter. Under the new law the
newspaper reporters are the only peo-
pie privileged to walk on the tracks
Just why they are exempted from the
fine does not appear in the statute.
Copes of the law have been posted all
along the tracks of the company in Ke-
nosha and it is understood that the of
icials of the company will demand the
arrest of every tresspasser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
MANY ATTEND DANCE.

The kindergartners were the star
performers at the entertainment at the
Weiskopf school Saturday night, the
first social center dance given there
this season.
Before the dancing proper began
twelve little men and maids from the
Gillett kindergarten under the direction
of Miss Kelly tripped through some of
the kindergarten dances known as
skips." They went through the
graceful exercises with evident appre-
citation of the rythm. One tiny baby
performer had so much individuality
and was so cunning and so original in
her gyrations that she won the hearts
and the applause of her audience.
The auditorium of the school was
prettily decorated in yellow and white
chrysanthemums and the lights, shaded
with shades of same colors, cast mel
low and soft light on the dancers.
The six piece orchestra which furn-
ished the musical part of the program
was .skillful and appreciated.
David r. Fogwell talked on social
center work.
A group of Folk dances was danced
by several of the performers and the
Eighth grade octette sang.
Dancing by all followed the formal
program and the grand march was led
by Mrs. Meyer, president of the Weis-
kopf- Gillett P. 7. A. and Mr.. Fogwell.
Those in charge were pleased that
the attendance reached $50 and feel
that the success of the social center
dance is assured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
JUST COULDN'T LET GO.
John Samoska Pleads Guilty to
Grand Larceny and Pays Fifty
Dollars and the Costs.

John Samoska, west side foreigner,
had a unique defense when he was ar
raigned in the municipal court on Sat
urday afternoon charged with stealing
$3.50 belonging to his friend Mike
Ruchiko. Samoska admitted that he
had gone to the home of his friend and
that he had discovered the money on
the table and had allowed his hand to
linger lovingly above it when he
was seized with a cramp in the hand
He asserted to the court that it was
physical impossibility for him to let
go of the money. He managed to put
his cramped hand into his pocket later
and after the police arrested him and
he had admitted his guilt the cramped
hand went to his pocket again. He
dug up the entire amount of the money
which had been taken and paid it over
to Ruchiko and in addition to this he
paid a fine of fifty dollars and the
costs of the action to the clerk of the
municipal court. The cramp in his
hand seemed to have disappeared en-
tirely when he left the court room.
It might be added that there was
nothing left in his pockets to induce
new cramp.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

Masons from all parts of the state
will be in Milwaukee during the week
to attend the ffty-second annual re-
union of the Wisconsin consistory.
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Ma
sons. The opening event will be SEES
sion of the Wisconsin Lodge of Per-
lection on Monday when degrees will
be conferred Robert T. Hazelwood,
thrice potent master, will preside The
convocation of the Wisconsin council,
Princess of Jerusalem, will follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
IS AUTHOR OF OUTING STORIES

Friends Of Peter Herman, who for
several years was Kenosha's premier
baseball player and enjoys a reputation
as hunter and fisherman, are inter
ested in a recent contribution to the
Outing Magazine in which Pete"
tells the story Of a recent duck hunting
trip to Tustin, Wis, in a most enter
tanning manner The hope is express
ed that "Pete' will not cease in his
literary endeavor for his fund. of hunt
ing and fishing yarns would make a
whole lot Of mighty interesting read
ing for any magazine. Local sports
men are awaiting with interest his
next story.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
GROWS TO CLUB ROOM SIZE.

Members of the club of business and
professional women, recently formed,
have increased their number since the
first meeting to almost double the or.
iginal size.
At the meeting of the club Wednes.
day it VIII have dinner served in the
clubroom of the Hotel haywood.
AS no permanent secretary has been
appointed to send out notices of meet
ing, the members are asked to regard
newspaper announcements pertaining 20
club meetings as official.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

Kenosha housewives would do well
to beware of the workings of clever
female swindler who secured fifteen
dollars through her scheme in Wauke-
gan yesterday. She calls at the home
and engages the woman of the house
in conversation, asking if the home is
for sale. She remains long enough to
secure information on the housewife s
personal affairs and then makes use
of it. In Waukegan she went to a
daughter of the woman Intercepted,
borrowing fifteen dollars under the pre-
tense of securing medical attention for
her informant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

X \ X
This message was sent to the presi-
dent of the United States on Saturday
evening by the Kenosha Lodge No.
1887 of the Independent Order of Vilz-
ings and signed by a committee com
posed OF Oscar Erickson, G. Ell. Nelson
and Oscar Ostrom. At the same time
the same committee sent a telegram to
Governor William Spry of Utah asking
him to commute the sentence of Hills
from from hanging to life Imprisonment
Svea Lodge No. 210 also send an APP
peal to Governor Spry and President
Wilson in behalf of Jos. Hillstrom.
The governor of Utah has ordered
the officials in charge of the execution
of Hillstrom to proceed with the
execution of Hillstrom on next Fri
day morning at daybreak.
Hillstrom was a member of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World He
had lived in this country for sometime
but he has not renowned his allegi-
ance to the King of Sweden and Swe-
dish organizations throughout the
country have been active in seeking
his release or at least new trial for
him. Hillstrom was convicted Of the
murder of former Chief of Police Nor
ton at Salt Lake City. The sentence
of death was pronounced on him, but
the execution which was to have taken
place nearly month ago was delayed
on a request of President Wilson To
Governor Spry. The president acted
at the suggestion Of the Swedish con-
sui in Washington.
Mr.. Ericsson the first signer of the
telegram to the president, was seen on
Sunday and asked to give out such
facts as the organization had in re-
gard to the innocence of Hi1lstrom or
the facts on which they based the ex-
pressed idea that he was innocent
Mr.. Ericsson stated that he had read
the full reports of the trial and that
he was convinced that the evidence
Hillstrom. He held that the matter
had been taken up at the meeting of
the Vikings on Friday evening and
that the society had decided to appeal
to the president Tt rs understood that
similar appeals have been sent in from
lodges of the order all over the country
Ericsson admitted that the Kenosha
members Of the order had not been adj
vised of any facts which had not ap-
peared in printed articles on the trial
Of Hillstrom. He also admitted that
the Swedish consul had been very fac-
tive in urging the present movement
"We simply want the governor of
Utah to make it possible that Hills
from have a new trial" said Ericsson
"We do not believe that the trial he
has had was sufficient He acted as
his own attorney, thinking that there
was not the slightest chance for him
to be convicted. We believe that the
fact that he was member Of the In
dustrial Workers of the World had
more to do with his conviction than
any evidence presented and that the
jury was prejudiced against him from
the first.
Ericsson asserted that should Hills
from be proven guilty after having a
chance for a proper defense, there
would be no desire on the part of the
Swedish people in this country to have
him saved from paying the full pen
atty of the law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

Hunters who have been in the woods
the last few days say the female deer
are "wise' to the law passed at the
last session of the legislature. They
seem to understand they will not be
fred at. Hunters say does and faWns
are plentiful this fall, but that buck
deer are scarce.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18


To His Excellency, Woodrow
Wilson, President Of the Unit
ed States:
The Independent Order of
Vikings Of Kenosha, Wis, most
humbly beseech Your Excel
lency to halt if within your
power, the execution of Joseph
Hillstrom, now confined in the
Utah prison under sentence of
death. We firmly believe in his
innocence and intend to prove
same to the world.
Most respectfully,
Independent Order of Vikings
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

The Misses Loretta Eddy and Hazel
Brady spent Sunday in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18
Local Swedish Society Asks
President and Governor
of Utah to Stay Execu-
ton Till New Trial.
SAY HILLSTROM IS INNOCENT

Members of the Local Organization De-
clare That in Their Belief the circum-
stantial Evidence Was Not Suf-
flcient to Fix Crime on Alien.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

Chas. Lester of Beloit, transacte,
business in this city Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-18

Y. I. Downing was in Chicago on
Sunday.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-08
OPPORTUNITY OF UNITED STATES
 TO INCREASE ITS COMMERCE

~ NE would think that our great manufacturers and mer chants who trade with foreign countries would see
 what is presented to them in Spanish America Brazil and Argentina empires of themselves Germany trade with them during the past twenty years has made her rich and they have but just awakened into usy life But their languages To obtain their full trade and confidence Americans tabsh business houses here learn their languages and study carefully what kind of goods and they want what form they want them and what they have give in change
 Then the government should make possible the sending ships tre in regular lines that they may be expected certain days and this not for few mOnths term The true of Chile and all other South Ameri- states only in less degree.
 This carried a few years would famiarize Ameri- with the of those countries and where small investments would expand great prses and thus open fields for young capable Amer and would likewise divert the hosts of southern Europe who streaming westward from their native countries regions where the soil is cheap and the language and religion accord with their
 Our country needs this diversion of there are but two through which land obtain the money necessary to be prosperous On is through mining the precious metals the other through trade and the Europe should have such market there for years There will follow both stricter economy and failure purchase account of the poverty that will follow treme dOus devastation.
 When the there will be a cessation of building ships Public improvements will in great part cease pier and less expensive food will be eaten years of closest economy will be absolutely necessary
 In the lands of the world country should at be laying the foundations for vastly increased trade
 One would think that president and congress would this and put things the accomplish it. One would think great manufacturers and merchants would set the wheels motion to siege effectively the opportunity now presented.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-08
TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHOSE
 RECORD IS AN ENVIABLE ONE

COMLIANCE with the request of "A Readar will
 tempt in our humble way, pay fitting tribute to the
 memory of the late John Muir, after whom Muirs glacier in Icy Straits, named
 To those who only knew John Muir by the records he gaved the rocks the lofty heights the trees the valleys everywhere the wd he takes thought colossal nteec tual stature.
 He loved get in the wake of glacier and tell of all the changes had made in its long journey, and how had covered it's trail with verCure and flowers.
 He rOamed weaponess through the widest and most in accessible of the mountains wild dis turbed him. His theory that the fercest of them friendly when they found who wished them harm and not afraid, and they in accord with him.
 Had he been chained to civilization of two things would have happened He would either have beaten his life out in longing for the unattanab would have broken into song htat would have been higher and clearer and than before His pen pictures of nature all prose poems.
 chantment to read.
 1t is said he finished scholar but the truth they did him little good after he had learned to read and write It from his post graduate in the hills that he drew his wisdom, rather should say that placed his mind in full accord with all that grand and high in and gave him the inspiration to tell what he in dcon beyond the pass of any school to teach.
 It from such soul his that the savag's idea of haven that wuOd be neve1-ending hunting ground evolved.
 It is queer that John Muir should hay sded from pnou mona. The idea of such dying in comfortable home uncanny.
 His death is great loss. California should give burial in Yosemite valley great rock and waterfall which the birds make their nests and besides which the flowers bloom for if spirits back visit world at times as some believe, there where his spirit will and it is hard to believe that if there and listens mteny they will hear the breeze something like the of breeding wings
The Cordova daily times., 1915-01-08

ExPresdent Taft against national prohibition giving as the political machine that might be built attempt enforce it. That is phase of the question that few have thought of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-25

Douglas, 'and he was game to the
last. But when he died of that sheer
hunger of the Antarctic wilderness oi
ice and snow, Mertz and 1 had to cal
his carcass. We ate the bony parts
first, breaking every bone so as to
get out the marrow. Raw dog meat
may not sound well at the distance
or when one is this far removed from
the ultimate hunger in which the
stomach seems to attack its very self
but there 1t tasted as good as any
thing you ever ate.
Almost Turned Cannibal.
FINALLY Mertz began to stcken and
to weaken, and in few days, Janu-
airy a. it was, he died. / almost
turned cannibal, so staryed-out was
my condition, but with ii all buried
him, and then started back on the
hundred mile tourney that lay between
me and safety. Sore OF body and sick
of mind, 1t was more by crawling than
by walking that was able to get back
to camp, only to see the Aurora dis
appearing over the horizon. 1t had
left provisions for me, however, and
six men to search for me. Nothing
but Providence saved me from the
tate OF Meltz and MINIS. ("
Sir Douglas showed pictures of beds
OF coal that tell of time when tropic