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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
District Atty. Drury Gives
Long Hours to the Brief
in the Koscak Appear.
TO Be HEARD ON NEXT FRIDAY

District Attorney A. L. Drury is
working practically night and day this
week getting. out brief in the case of
the State of Wisconsin VS.. George Kos
cak for an argument of the famous Ke-
nosha county case which is to be taken
up by the Wisconsin Supreme Court a
week from today. Attorney General
Walter G. Owen of Madison will ap.
pear with the district attorney in the
argument of the case. 1t is certain
that the record in the case will be the
longest record ever submitted to the
supreme court in any criminal case
taken up from this county.
The brief Of the defendant, which
was served on the district attorney less
than week ago, consists of more than
one hundred and fifty printed pages.
1t IS unusual as a supreme court brief.
There are no long legal arguments to be
found in it, but the appeal is based al
most entirely on statements of the evil
dence in the case. The argument at
times becomes eloquent and the appeal
appears more like an argument before
a jury in the lower court than q pres
entation of issues to supreme tribunal
before which error in trial is being
urged. The attorneys for Koscak have
made an unusual demand in the appeal.
1t is not that the case be returned to
the circuit court for a re-hearing. but
that on the evidence submitted the SUI
preme court release Koscak from pri-
son and vindicate him. In the brief
served by the defendant Is attorneys,
Baker and McMynn, much space is Civ
en- to the discussion of the evidence of
detectives and considerable stress is
laid upon the argument between one of
the witnesses and the district attorney.
The response to this brief, which is
being prepared by the district attorney,
will cover more than two hundred
printed pages Nearly all of the ex-
tended record of testimony taken in
the case is to be included in the brief
submitted to the supreme court and in
addition to this brief stating the facts
IN the case and the evidence taken at
the hearing before the lower court the
attorney general will file supplement
tai brief dealing with the legal ques-
lions to be considered by the court.
There is so much labor attached to
the preparation of this case that I fear
that with night and day work it will
be impossible to have the records ready
In the time set for the hearing of the
case. If possible, however, we viii no.
ask for an adjournment of the hear
ing said the district attorney. 1--WE
are just as anxious to have this case
disposed of as are the attorneys for the
| defendant and if it is in any way pos
sible we will be ready to appear in
court and argue the case a week from
today, the date set by the court. -
Koscak from his cell in prison may
be watching the appeal with interest,
but no word has been received from him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
KERWIN MAY SEEK REELECTION
Spring Election Will Bring Ballot for
Members of County Board of Educa-
ton and for Justice of the Supreme
Court to Succeed Justice Winslow.

Not all of the interest in the coming
spring election is being centered in the
city, for the people living in the rural
districts of the county are going to
have a real election in April as this
year is the year for the election of a
codnty superintendent of schools As
yet there are no candidates in the field,
but it is said that County Superintend-
ent John J. Kerwin of Silver Lake is to
be candidate for reelection. Mr.. Ker-
win has served the county in this capac-
ity for many years and it is pretty GER
tain that he will be candidate that
will be hard to beat. There is no talk
of any opposing candidate from his own
sex, but it is declared that some of the
women of the county believe that the
time has come for the women of the
county to be represented in the educa-
tional field. The election of Mrs. r. II.
Welles as school commissioner at the
last city election in Kenosha has shown
the women of the county the chance of
electing woman to be the head of the
county schools. Members of the Keno
sha County Suffrage league in the towns
in the county are declared to be strong
ly in favor of the nomination of a wom-
an for County Superintendent. These
women have pointed to the success of
the city schools under the direction of
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford It is admitted
fba{ caxrara1 Of tho oil
ers of the county would not be adverse
to being candidates for county superin-
tendent, but it is pretty certain that
there will not be more than one woman
candidate On the ballot.
Petitions for candidates for County
Superintendent must be fled directly
with the county clerk and the names of
all candidates having the requisite num-
Der of names will be placedeon the reg
ular election ballot. There is no pri-
mary election for the elimination of
candidates for this office.
If the County Board of Education
law is not repealed before the spring
elections are held the lectors in the ru-
raj districts will be called upon to elect
one member of the County Board of
Education AL women voters in the
county under the law may vote for the
Office of County superintendent and for
the office of member of the County
School Board.
At the spring election a Justice or
the supreme court will be elected to
succeed Chief Justice John B. Winslow
The petitions of Judge Winslow are
now in circulation in this county and
they have been largely signed. It is
declared that there will be opposi-
ton to the reelection Of the Chief JUS
tice, but as yet the opposing candidates
have not come into the open and it is
not probable that they will make their
appearance until short time before
the time for filing petitions. In this sec
ton of the state no man would be
strong enough to, defeat the Chief JUS
tice, but it is declared that in some sec
tions of the state there is a sentiment
in favor Of a change on the bench.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
CLOSE DEAL THIS AFTERNOON.
County Officials Close Up Purchase of
Site for tuberculosis Sanitarium.

John T. Yule, chairman Of the Keno
sha County Board, and County Clerk
Russell FL. Jones were busy this after
noon closing up the deal fer the pur-
chase Of the Jeffrey farm in the town
of Somers which is to be used as site
for the new Kenosha County Tubercu-
losis Sanitarium. For the past week
District Attorney Drury has been maxi
ing an examination into the title of the
property and he gave his sanction to
it this morning. The purchase of the
farm is made subject to lease held by
Frank Runals, which will not expire
until next November, but it is not
thought that this lease will in any way
interfere with the work on the sani-
tarium. The plans are expected to be
ready for the sanction of the board at
the special meeting next week and it is
expected that contracts will be let early
in March. The comittee in charge is
anxious to see the completion of the
new institution during the coming
building season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
Interstate Passenger Rates
To Go Into Effect After
the First of March.
KENOSHA FARES TO Be CHANGED

A new schedule of interstate passen-
ger traffic fares will become effective
March LIST If the plan of the Western
Passenger association, which filed the
new traffics with the Interstate Com
merce Commission Saturday at Wash
lngton, natures. Passenger rates will
be boosted from cents to 215 cents
per mile. Interstate travel in Wiscon-
sin or any other state will not be af-
fe3ted, but passengers wishing to reach
points without the state, in the pur-
chase of tickets at both local stations
will realize shortly, however, that rail
road travelling has increased materially.
The schedule has been agreed to by
twenty-seven railroad systems operat-
ing approximately $4,000 miles of track
west Of Chicago. 1t has been filed a
month and a half previous to Feb. Is,
the date of the beginning of the freight
rate hearing by the interstate com
merce commission at Chicago, so that
any complaints against the railroads
could be investigated by the commits
sion during the time of the other rate
hearing.
In decision given some time ago by
the commission the increase to 215
cent fare was advised. Similar adj
vances have been made in the territory
where the Central Freight association
predominated The board made no OBJ
lection to the increase.
Under the plan which will add APP
proximately 100000 to the Golfers of
the railroad systems annually the in
creases will affect all interstate fares
west of Kenosha and Chicago and st.
Louis north of the Missouri Kansas
line, west to the Rockies and north to
the Canadian border. Thus, interstate
fares from points in ten different states
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kans-
as, Nebraska, North and South Dakota,
Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Minnesota will increase.
Included in the list of railroads which
seek the change are the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul, the Chicago and
Northwestern, the Santa Fe, the Alton,
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Bur
1ington, the Chicago Great Western, the
ST. Paul, the Chicago, Peoria and St.
Louis, the Chicago st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis and Omaha, the Minneapolis and st.
Louis, the Missouri Pacific, the Rock
Island, the st. Louis and San Francisco,
the Union Pacific, the Wabash the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
DEATH OF MRS. JOHN TURNooK.
Well Known Pioneer Woman of County
Died in Salem Wednesday Morning.

Mrs. May Turnock, aged, sixty years,
wife of John E. Turnock, one of the
best known of the residents of the
town of Salem, died at the family home
in the village of Salem on Wednesday
morning. Death resulted from diabe-
tbs from which Mrs. Turnock had been
sufferer for many years, but her last
illness had been Of week s duration.
Mrs. Turnock was a daughter Of the
late Charles and Mary Orvis Curtiss
and was born in the town Of Salem,
November 5, 1854. She had spent her
entire life in the town of Salem. She
took great interest in the affairs of
the community and was leader in
church and social work among the peo-
pie of Salem. She had been very ac-
tive in the work of the Liberty Corn
ers Church. She is survived by Ter
husband and two SONS, Charles Turnock
of Kenosha, and Reuben Turnock of
Salem. She was sister of former AS.
semblyman Walker NJ CurtisJ of IRE
vor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
PLAN POULTRY SHOW.
Kenosha Chicken Fanciers to Have a
Chance to Show Stock at Coliseum.

Chicken fanciers Of Kenosha county
will have an opportunity of displaying
their choice breeds during the coming
Farmers Institute in March, as ar
rangements have been made to use the
basement Of the Coliseum for display
of Kenosha county poultry and pet
stock. The Retailers Association will
give the usual blue, red and white rib
bons to prize winners in the different
classes, in addition to other valuable
articles for first prizes. Already forty
entries have been assured, and it is es-
timated that there will be over one
hundred birds competing. P. G. Fuller,
252 Newell street, a leader among the
raisers Of fancy breeds of poultry in
Kenosha, viii have charge Of the show,
and entry blanks can be secured from
him or at the Office of the Retailers As
ISOLATION. Arrangements will be made
to have the judging of this part of the
general exhibit done by one Of the
members of the State Agricultural
College.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
SEND TRIO TO PRISON
Three Men Who Took Automobile from
North Side Garage 60 to Waupun.


North Side Garage go to Waupun.
Nicholas Scheutz, George Kimball
and Joseph Smith, the three North Side
men arrested several days ago in con-
nection with the taking of the automo-
bile of H. NJ Weinstock from his gar
age on Lake avenue, and who afterward
entered pleas of guilty to charges of
operating an automobile without the
consent of the owner, were this morning
sentenced to terms of one year each in
the state prison at Waupun by Judge
Randall All of the young men declared
that they did not believe at the time
that they were violating the law and
one of them asserted that he went into
the scheme on account of the fact that
one of his companions claimed that he
had used the automobile on a former
occasion. They insisted that they had
no intention of stealing the automobile,
but that they were simply going for a
ride. The court held that the condi-
tions surrounding the case were too Sc
rious to be overlooked and gave the
three boys the minimum prison sentence
under the law.
1t is probable that the disposition of
this case will have a tendency to put
an end to borrowing automobiles in
Kenosha. The young men with the
good time regulations viii be out of
prison in little over six months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
ASK AID FOR PALESTINE.
Kenosha Jews Asked to Furnish Fund
to Aid the Starving in Holy Land.

J. D. Rosenblum, leader among the
Jewish people of Kenosha on Thursday
afternoon, received telegram from
Louis Brandies, the famous New York
leader of the Zionist movement, asking
that some immediate steps be taken to
aid in raising funds for the care of the
starving people in Palestine. A ship
load of provisions is being sent from
New York to relieve the distress and
it is declared that $4,000 is needed at
once to carry out the plans. Mr.. Ros-
enblum has made an appeal not only
to the Jewish people in Kenosha, but
to those of other races who may be
willing to aid the worthy cause. The
subscription is being taken by Mr..
Rosenblum and any funds may be sent
direct to him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
A. scHAEFFER's MOTHER DEAD.

Mrs. Victoria Schaeffer, aged A
years, the wife Of Frank Schaeffer, and
the mother of Anthony Schaeffer, the
Kenosha boy who has been missing
from the United States navy for more
than five years, died at the family res
idence on Noble street just after ten
o clock Thursday night. Death resulted
from dropsy. Mrs. Schaeffer became
known to the officials Of the Navy De-
partment when she demanded that IN
animation be made to find her son, who
examination be made to find her son,
who was alleged to have been shang-
haied at a southern port and taken
aboard British vessel. Worry over
the continued absence of the boy is
said to have caused general breaking
down in the health of the mother. No
trace of the young man was ever found.
Mrs Schaefer was daughter of Max
Olszowski. She was born in Germany,
but had resided IN Kenosha for many
years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Kearns of Racine defeated Ole in
last nights pocket billiard game by a
score of 80 to 100. High runs, Kearns
70 and p, Ole Is and IA. Ole led up
to 70 balls, when Kearns made his two
high runs of the game. The total for
the two nights play was Kearns 800,
Ole 212. Schmitt and Kearns will PLAY
800 ball home and home match IN
about two weeks, the winner to play
Hascall of Milwaukee, for the state
championship.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

George M. Keefe, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Keefe of Kenosha, was the
hero of the last trip of the big steamer
Iowa of the Goodrich line which sank
in the lake mile out of Chicago Thurs
day morning after having been crushed
in the big ice foes. Keefe, who is a
wireless operator, was the last member
of the crew of seventy-one people to
desert the sinking steamer and like a
real hero he remained at his post of
Frank Lowry, an injured fireman, had
been carried from the steamer. When
the big steamer stuck her nose under
the great cake of ice and began to sink
Keefe was at his station. When the
captain gave his order for the crew to
seek to save their lives Keefe rushed
to his post and started his buzzer going
and began to flash signals to other
boats and to the shore stations seeking
aid for the men who were forced to
make the journey to safety across the
ice foes. The main body of the crew
fled at the first call, but Keefe stuck to
his place on the rapidly sinking vessel.
just five minutes before the big steamer
masts disappeared under the swirling
water Keefe left her and walked over
the ice far behind the other members Of
the crew. Lowry, the injured man, who
was being carried to safety by rescuers,
kept shouting to the other men to get
| Keefe, but the Kenosha wireless oper-
ator was the coolest man in the whole
| bunch Another Kenosha wireless Oper-
ator, Albert Junker, was on the Ala
| bama which had made the way through
the ice for the Iowa and Junker had
his part in the excitement of the day in
that he warned the other boats to keep
away from the sinking Iowa, fearing
that other boats would be caught and
crushed in the ice. Both Keefe and
Junker are graduates of the Kenosha
Wireless school and both Of them have
been working as operators on the Good
rich boats since their graduation.
Keefe had remained at HIS post and
had been in communication with the
wireless station in Chicago until the ris-
ing waters put his instrument out of
commission. @tGoing downs sinking
rap" was the last flash that came
f m him on the sinking steamer. After
he reached the shore in safety he told
his story of the loss of the big steamer.
eve had vicissitudes from the time
We left here last Friday night. When
we started back from Milwaukee we
got stuck in the ice just out of the city
for a whole day We reached Racine
last night and after difficulties there
started for Chicago between four and
| five 'clock in the morning
"Four miles off the government light
house we got wedged in the ice again.
We fought it from to 'clock. Then
it began to close in on US, the ice, and
we saw the impending doom of the ship.
The huge cakes of ice were crushing the
boat. I sent a message, almost fran
tic call to the Goodrich Office as fol-
| lows:
" Boat is breaking badly. Afraid
She s going to sink. Send tugs
"That was the second message. The
first one sounded the alarm of peril.
"When she started to sink I sent my
S. o. g.:
Z" Going down; sinking rapid;
then the jarring shoot down broke me
away from my istrument. I hurried
from the boat. We walked for mile
or so on the lake on the ice.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Marriage licenses have been issued
for the marriage of the following cou-
pies: John Repka and Mary Jakebik,
Cleo Casebeer and Dora Janisky, all az
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Racine has found way to employ
prisoners serving terms in The county
Jail there. These men are being used
in repair work on the Racine county
court house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

DR.. J. B. Spa1ding was the first man
to make an effort to wrest the checker
championship from Jack Lynch. In
the three games they played on Thurs
day afternoon the doctor never got
man as far as the king row.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Walter Alexander of Milwaukee, was
confirmed as member of the railroad
commission by the state senate on
Thursday. He succeeded David Har-
low as member of the board this
morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

and from these | have prepared COM
parative table, showing the facts about
Wisconsin cities. With your permission
this will be given in later issue of
this paper"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

A license has been issued for the
marriage of William Alfred Davis of
Pleasant Prairie and Miss Esther
AIaude Hartung of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Miss Elsie Swan was rendered sur
prise party at her home on julius st.
Wednesday evening by number of
her girl friends. A very pleasant time
is reported.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

The equipment of the Heyman store
on Main street has been improved by
the addition of a model fitting room.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
School Officials Declare That
Figures on Cost of Educa-
ton in Kenosha Err.
COST PER PUPIL LOW IN CITY

Figures Submitted from the Books of
the Board of Education Show That
Cost Should be Placed at Little Over
$31 and Not at $44 Per Annum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
Geo. Keefe Kenosha Wire
less Operator Hero of the
Sinking of the Iowa.
FORGETs SAFETY FOR DUTY

Highest Praise is Given to Kenosha
Man Who Stuck to His Buzzer Until
the Rising Waters Drove Him to Save
His Own Life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Try a Want Ad.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-17
Be PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Look young! Nobody can tell if you use
Grandmother s simple recipe of
Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back the natural color and lus-
tire TO the hair when faded, streaked or
gray; also ends dandruff. itching scalp
and stops falling hair Years ago the
only way to get this mixture was TO
make it at home, which is mussy and
troublesome. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for "'Wyeth 5 Sage and
sulphur Compound you will get
large bottle Of this famous old recipe
for about 80 cents
Don t stay gray! Try it, No one can
possibly tell that You darkened your
hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampen sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
time; by morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application
or two, your hair becomes beautifully
dark, thick and glossy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-17
Member of the Associated Press.
NOVEMBER II, 1915.
CHRISTMAS APPROACHES.

During the joyous Christmas season
which is rapidly approaching it has be
come an almost universal custom to
make presents. In a great majority OF
cases articles for this purpose are pur-
chased, and to meet the demands of
trade the stores make preparations
weeks and even months ahead.
The people, however, do not always
do their share, and as a result much
of the shopping incidental to Christmas
is delayed to the last week and often
to the very day before Christmas This
is so apparently unfair in most cases
it is a wonder any reference ever has
to be made to it, but the fact is, de
layed Christmas shopping has become
so pronounced an evil that retail mer-
chants consider it one Of their real
problems. \ little forethought on the
part of patrons, coupled with real ac-
ton, would in short time reduce this
evil to minimum, and all concerned
would benefit
Man s inhumanity to man has been
/ discussed from every angle, but man =,
/ iuhumanity to clerks has not been
brought home emphatieally enough tC
bring about reform. Were all who have
the necessary funds to start THEN
Christmas shopping even now in the
middle of November, buying an article
occasionally as conditions warrant, il
would impose less hardship on the
purchaser himself, and certainly upon
the vast army of clerks who serve dur
ing the year so well, so intelligently
and so cautiously.
! Crowding a week so full of har,
work and often actual suffering thai
clerks break down under the strain
is not much of compliment to our
boosted modern humane methods o.
carrying on business, and anythin:
done to lessen the strain is worth
while.