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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
THROW OPEN JEFFERY PLANT
Big Auto Making Plant to be Opened
for Visitors at Farmers Institute.

The Thomas B. Jeffrey company has
notified the Kenosha Retailers asso-
citation that it will do its part in the
entertainment of the large number Of
people coming to the city next week
for the farmers institute. The Jeffrey
plant is to be thrown open for inspec-
ton of the visitors and it is planned
to make this one of the big shows of
the institute In order to properly ac-
commodate the people who will want to
visit the big plant the Jeffrey company
has planned to run regular jitneyn
service from the court house to the
plant during the three days of the in
stitute. Automobiles will be in wait
ing during these days to take visitors
to and from the plant. Every depart
ment of the big plant will be opened
to visitors and special men will be en-
ployed to see that the visitors are prop
erly piloted about the plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
FAILED TO HEED WARMING
Man Had Gone to Nearby Saloon to Get
Pail of Refreshments for Workmen
and Walked Directly in Front of On
Rushing Train In Kenosha 10 Years

Frank Mockus, aged forty-eight years
and employed as porter at the saloon
of his brother Victor Mockus on North
Chicago street, met fatal injuries Just
after half past five clock Wednesday
evening when he walked in front of a
passenger train on the Chicago and
North Western road at the Garden
street crossing. The man was picked
up and placed in an ambulance, but he
died on the way to the KeDosha hos
pital. Dr. Palm who was called to at
tend him declared that his neck had
been broken and that he also had a
compound fracture of the right ankle.
The body was removed to the Hansen
morgue and Coroner Millager is MAX
ing an investigation. Tt is probable
that an inquest will be held Just as
soon as the members of the crew in
charge of the train can be brought
to Kenosha.
Mockus on Wednesday afternoon had
gone to house on Third street owned
by his brother to do some carpenter
work and he had several men working
with him. Just before the accident oc-
Cured he had gone to one of the sa-
looms in the neighborhood of the depot
to get "can" Of beer for the work
men and he was returning to tie Third
street house when the accident occurred.
Mockus seemed to be more engaged in
protecting the contents of the pail he
carried than he was in his own safety.
The train was pulling into the station
running at rate of probably fifteen
or twenty miles an hour and the en-
giLeer saw Mockus on the track and
sounded the whistle several times. IF
the man heard the whistle he paid no
attention to it.
At the time the body was taken to
the morgue the identity of Mockus was
in doubt. When the body was examin-
ed it was found that the man wore a
coat which had formerly belonged to
John P. Bruins, member of the police
and fire commission. Bruins was appeal
ed to in the effort to solve the mystery
of the identity of the man, but he de-
clared that he had given the coat away
some time ago. Later in the evening
one Of the Bruins family remembered
that the coat had been given TO Mockus.
Tn the meantime Victor Mockus had
started a search for his brother and
this brought him to the morgue and he
at once identified the body.
Frank Mockus had been resident of
Kenosha for more than ten years and
he was employed in the tannery for
more than eight years. For some time
he had been working for his brother
as porter at the saloon on the north
side. He was never married.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Kenosha candidates for Office have
never taken advantage of technicalities
to gain advantage over their rivals, so
that there has been no argument over
the ruling of the city clerk that petit
tions of candidates will be received by
him up to the time Of the closing of his
Office Monday. Where or not the fact
that the last day for filing petitions !,
under the reading of the Law falls on
Sunday extends the time another day
is one of the points on which our cleo
ton laws are not clear. To the average
citizen it would seem that with all our
elaborate reforms of the election laws,
provision should have been made to
make the practice the same all over
the state
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
MANY COMING TO KENosHA.
Fire Prevention Assn Hopes to Finish
Inspection of Kenosha in One Day.

Inspection of Kenosha in One Day
There Is going to be some company
OF inspectors in Kenosha when the in
spection is made by the members of
the Wisconsin Fire Prevention Associa-
tion on March 10th, as President Dalton
Of the association, has sent ont a call
to all members of the association to
gather at Kenosha This would mean
some forty inspectors and it is thought
with such an army Of inspectors that
the work of visiting all the buildings
in Kenosha can be completed in a sin
gle day. This will mean that inspectors
representing practically all of the big
fire insurance companies will have a
part in the work. The chief of the fire
department received copy of the call
sent out to the members from President
Dalton this morning and he is making
preparations to show the visitors every
possible courtesy The inspection of
the water hydrants in the city will be
placed in charge of the Wisconsin In
spection Bureau and it is understood
that there will be company Of men to
take charge of this work and that it
i'll be completed in a single day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
Thomas S. Scott Elected Ex-
allied Ruler of Local Lodge
at Meeting on Thursday.
NOT ON REGULAR TICKET PUT UP

Thomas Scott was named Exalted
Ruler of Kenosha Lodge No. $50, Be
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
at the annual meeting of the lodge held
on Thursday evening. The election OF
Mr.. Scott as the trail blazer of the herd
came as surprise His name had not
been on the formal ballot printed for
use at the election and he was named
from the floor just before the balloting
started. His election was made unani-
nous after he had received a majority
on the first formal ballot. The election
brought real excitement and real spirit
to the meeting of the Elks and when
the result of the vote was announced
the Exalted Ruler-elect was received
with glad acclaim and following the an
nual custom he responded with a
speech.
Mr.. Scott has been member Of the
Elks for many years, but has never held
an Office in the order His selection as
Exalted Ruler from the floor comes as
high honor. He has always taken
great interest in the work Of the order
and it is certain that under his leader
ship the Kenosha lodge will make rap
id strides forward The next most
sought after office, that of represen ting
the lodge at the session Of the Grand
Lodge at Los Angeles next July, went
to retiring Exalted Ruler Roy K. Dorr
by unanimous vote on the first ballot
cast.
The reports of the secretary S desk
showed that the year just closed had
been mos prosperous one for the Ke-
nosha Lodge of Elks. Many new mem
bers have been received and the total
membership is now close to the four
hundred mark.
At the meeting on Thursday evening
it was announced that plans had been
made to give a complimentary banquet
in honor of John M. Kehlor, Past Dis
trict Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler and
Judge Q. E. Randall, the present Dis
triet Deputy. This is to be held at the
club rooms on the evening of March 16.
Covers will be laid for four hundred
members of the order and it is expected
that Elks will hit the trail to Kenosha
from many Wisconsin cities. Many
prominent officials of the order will at
tend the banquet.
The full list of officers named for the
new year is as follows:
Exalted Ruler-Thomas S. Scott.
Esteemed Leading Knight George B.
Alleman.
Esteemed Loyal Knight Sidney NJ.
Jones.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight-Arthur
j. Walsh
secretary-B. NJ. DeDiemar.
Treasurer G. Crosby.
Tiler-W r. Harrison.
Trustee, 5 years-Peter Fisher Jr.
Delegate to the Grand Lodge-Roy
& Dorr.
Alternate-John M. Kehlor.
The annual installation of officers
will take place at the first meeting in
April an it viii be made gala event
in the order.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11
BAKER HAS JUST MONTH MORE
Local Candidates For Postmaster Get
Busy as Time For the Expiration of
the Term of Present Postmaster Gets
Nearer-No Word From Wilson.

Candidates for the Kenosha Post
more month from today the term of
Robert Verne Baker, the present post
master, will expire, and Postmaster Ba-
ker has already begun to get ready for
moving day and he will have all the
affairs Of the Office ready to turn over
to his successor on the last day Of his
term. However, it is possible that the
present postmaster will have to remain
in Office for little longer as it is said
that the naming of the Kenosha post
master is still very much up in the air,
and the powers that be among the dem
ocratic leaders have not as yet reached
an agreement.
If there is no special session of con-
gress the appointment of the Kenosha
postmaster will be recess appointment
and he will have to wait until the SEN
Ute is in session again before his APP
Ointment is confirmed. President Will
son has shown his willingness to APP
point new postmasters to take the
places just as soon as the vacancy is
made by expiration of terms. This plan
was followed in Milwaukee, in Fond du
Lac, in Oshkosh and in Racine, and in
all of these places the appointment was
made just about three weeks before the
end Of the terms Of the republican
holders Of the office For this reason
the local seekers for the Office are Of
the opinion that the appointment of a.
postmaster for Kenosha will be made
during the coming week and their
friends at Washington are being bonn
barded with letters and petitions in
final effort to swing the Office to one
candidate or the other.
There have been no dark horses
brought into the race for the Kenosha
office. 1t is generally believed that the
three leading candidates are John @.
Slater, James German and Walter
Burke, with Sheriff Andrew f. Stahl
and Col. W. w. Strong as possible APP
pointees of the president. Calvin Stew
art has been mentioned as a possible
candidate, but he has not been active
~ any way LII SeShllS inc ONCE. "A
lot Of quiet work has been done in the
past few days and it is declared that
this quiet work has had the effect Of
making the question of just who is to
get the big plum decidedly unsettled.
Letters which have been sent to the
president suggesting the appointment
of one candidate or the other have
brought courteous responses, but the
president SO far as can be learned, has
made no suggestion of the man he is to
name and it is generally believed that
while he has personally considered the
Menosha situation that he has not made
1ij his mind as to who will be honored
One thing is certain and that is that
there will be no change in the office of
assistant postmaster and Michael F.
Zens will continue to hold his position,
unless ousted for cause No better
assistant postmaster is serving in Wis
consin and as Mr. Zens is under the
civil service and congress has refused
to pass a law making the Office of as
sistant postmaster a political plum, it
looks as if he would be able to hold
the Office just slong as he sees fit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Kenosha officials are watching with
interest the progress in the legislature
of the bill which provides that street
cars must be run with the rear doors
open. IF this bill goes through it will
compel the street railway people to car
ry conductors on all cars during the
rush hours at least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

The sanitarium has two distinguished
guests this week. They are the Right
Rev. Louis W. Burton, bishop of Lex
ington, and the Hon. Clark e. Carr of
Galesburg, I'll.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Jacob Papane, Kenosha man, suffer
ing from tuberculosis in the first stages,
has been committed to. the state sani-
tarium at Wales for treatment. He will
be taken to the sanitarium on Tues
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

2 1t is reported that former United
States Senator Isaac Stephenson who
closed his term on Thursday, is plan
ming to spend considerable of his
time at his farm in Kenosha county.
The senator declared that he was glad
to be through with public life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Bogardus of Chi
cage, visited with Kenosha friends on
Friday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

DR.. Thompson has opened an Office
ir the Burke Bldg. Hours from to
{ p. IN. and . to $3.50 p. m. advdwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-11

Try g Want Az.
Evening journal., 1915-08-07
CHAMPION OF CLEAN SPORT.

Sporting Life" Of Philadelphia. the
oldest sporting paper in America.
which for many years has confined it.
self entirely to baseball and trap
shooting, has vastly broadened its
scope by including in its repertory Of
sports football. golf. tennis. hunting,
fishing, yachting. motor boating. ath-
letics. basketball. bowling, automo-
billing, billiards and harness racing,
each in season. These are all clean
and legitimate sports. which blend
well with baseball and trapshooting
For the purpose Of accommodating so
many additional sports. the paper has
been enlarged from 30 pages to 40
pages, without additional cost TO the
reader. the price of the paper remain
ing at five cents the copy. Sporting
LIFE thus remains not only the old
est and best. but is also now the
largest sporting paper in this coun-
try and well worth the patronage Of
all lovers Of clean sport by reason of
the excellence of its contents. its
scrupulous cleanliness in all depart
ments, and It's high literary, artistic
and business standards. Sample
copies can be obtained from the pub
fishers without cost. for the mere
asking
Evening journal., 1915-08-07
PLAYGROUND MEET.

Jimmy Malloy was the high in
dividual scorer in the Delaware Play
ground meet yesterday Afternoon, with
rs points. Austin Gildea was close
behind with "a. The next contest Tor
the ribbons will be Thursday after
noon. August IL, at 230 O'Clock.
A. The winners of the various events
were as follows:
10o-yard dash (Seniors)-First. J..
Malloy; seconds. J. shapnon; third.
F. Gildea
10O-yard dash (Juniors) First, A..
Gildea; second. ]. ODonnell; third.
H. Rimlinger.
Quarter-mile relay-First team. ].
Malloy. G. Begley and F. Gildea:
second team, J. Clark, Eckley and
O'Dcnnell; third team, ]. Clark, Rim
linger and Tomsyez.
Elephant race-First. Faragher and
Thomson; second. ODonnell and
Jones; third. A. Gildea and NJ. Nalley.
Wheelbarrow race-First, Faragher
and Booth; second, A. Gildea and r.
Gildea, third. Norton and Kelley.
Standing broad jump-First ]. NAL
10y; second, ]. Shannon; third,
/ ODonnell.
Running broad jump-First ]. Nal
10y, second, J. Shannon; third. J.
Norton.
Ginning contest-A. Gildea, 20; j.
Norton. 70.
, Half-mile relay race-Won by T.
Shannon, E. Begley, f. Gildea and J.
Malloy.
Grounding contest--A. Gildea, S3;
]. Norton, 20.
High jump-First. ]. Malloy; sec.
ond. F. Gildea; third, ]. Norton
I Pole vault-First. ]. Norton sec.
ond, F. Gildea; third. ]. Malloy.
Evening journal., 1915-08-07

The game season Is close at hand. /
Dame Nature is already spreading
her autumn garb over forest and field.
and in a few short weeks shooting
the sport OF spprts-will be at It's
height. In fact the Grand Ameri-
can Handicap and its thousands Of
trapshooters are preparing the way
to a festive week tAug 1920, az
Grant Park, Chicago.
Apropos Of this great event comes
the thought that with the hunting
season so close at hand trapshoot-
ing should form a particularly fine
pastime for truing up ones aim and
getting ones eye and arm into ac-
ton.
! There Is nothing like trapshooting
for keeping a hunter up to form
! have heard some field shooters vent
I ure the remark that the sport was
! notwithstanding Personally,
am inclined TO differ. for It has been
my bitter experience to find number
of goose eggs" hung up on what
otherwise might have been a fine
looking score sheet.
There is nothing particularly easy
about getting" clay birds. and II one
follows the rule closely one Is apt
to find that sport has many contln-
gencies that will tax his skill There
are some good game shots that make
very poor scores at the trap On
the other hand there are great
many good trap shots who are also
good field shots. and a majority of
these men will tell you that their
success in the field is principally due
TO their constant practice at trap
shooting.
The snap shot aims and doesn't
knew 1.-THE trap shot snaps his
game and knows that he has aimed
The snap shot will kill everything
that jumps one day and miss horri
bly, the next. The trap shot will
! shoot I'm midseason form day in ant
} day out Now. there must be a rea
J son. as they say in Battle Creek, anC
} that reason probably lies in th'
fact that one shooter is a scientifical
b ly trained machine, while the othel
! just happens.
} The fact that a trapshooter know
Z Just where his target Is TO rise Is M
{ positive proof that he can cover
and get II in an instant" That pig
I con is apt to take unto itself a
- most mystifying angle and all previ
e GUS calculations may be upset. In
). cidentally once Saucer" gets nm
a der way its speed is greater tina
Q that OF the swiftest bird. and. q
II pretty fine judgment on the part {
= the shooter is essential.
y. Frankly. the automatic trap and n
"a clay pigeon offer great opportunitiI
r for practice. but II one desires
more strenuous test there is a lit
arrangement called a handtrap tn
F is we'll worthy OF consideration.
Evening journal., 1915-08-07
RATH FALLS FROM GRACE.

Maurice Rath. the former Reading
Tri-Stater, and major leaguer. is not
the sensation of the international
League this season that he was in
the past. Maurice annually assembled
TO the ma jors after playing a thrill
ing game in the minors and after a
while he would be sent back to the
International or some other circuit
for improvement. He played With the
Athletics Cleveland and Chicago
White Sox at various times and is
now cavorting in the infield fer the
Toronto Internationals. He is bat
ting at a mark OF only 264. Rath in
past years always swatted around the
300 mark, and led the international
League in hitting prior to being pur-
chased by the White SoX This sea-
son he seems to have struck a slump
He starred at third base for the Read
ing club in 1909, succeeding Home
Run Baker when the latter joined the
Athletics.
Evening journal., 1915-08-07
TRAP SHOOTING
GENERAL SPORTS
RSESaEy,I.R5:28,'te,1IIj5.;lTS,!I]DlS3 :2 ;.

There is one particular advantage
that the handtrap has over its larger
brother. the automatic and this lie
the fact that it enables a shooter to
obtain conditions in practice that are
very similar to those prevailing in
field shooting.
With the handtrap targets may be
thrown into the trees or sprung so as
TO just clear the tall grass
The targets glance readily from the
houghs of evergreen trees and from
hardwood trees. provided they do not
hit a good-sized limb fairly. Very fire.
quently the shooter will break a tar
get which has glanced at a consider
able angle from some limb. This
kind Of practice teaches the shooter
10 make instant allowance for the
change of direction OF a bird which
is weaving its way among the trees.
Hitting or missing in this kind OF
shooting is largely a question Of judg-
ment of time. u Is a common error
to shoot too quickly. Handtrap prac-
/ tice steadies this kind OF shooter. be-
cause he learns that an approciable
length OF time Is necessary TO make
certain Of hitting the object at which
he shoots. and he learns that he has
just a little more time at his dis
posal than he has previously been
apt to allow. The nervous shooter
Is thus taught TO be more careful
On the other hand. the slow shoot
er who never before could wing
quickly enough to cover a lodging
bird is taught TO trust more TO in
stinct. have seen some great i'm
provement in field shooting In cover
as a result of a moderate amount OF
handtrap practice.
Evening journal., 1915-08-07

The United Boat Club is planning
to have an elaborate river carnival on
September Is. for canoes and motor
boats 1t is expected that more than
100 boats will be in the procession
and from present indications It Will
greatly surpass the fine showing made
last year.
The committee Of arrangements is
composed of w. S. Piper. Or. Elwood
S. Garrett. w. J. McCorkindale. Leslie
r. Beardsley and John w. Reynolds.
On August 10 the club will hold a
smoker in its clubhouse quarters on
the Christiana River.
The United Club also expects to take
part in the events of the Delaware
River Yacht Racing Association on
August u.
Because of the havoc wrought by
the severe storm Tuesday night there
is an unsettled condition among the
small pleasure craft in the local wa
ters. It is said that at least eight
boats that got way during the storm
have not been recovered Much dam
age was also done TO the boats that
did not break away. This state of
! affairs will interfere with the Sunday
boating trips of many owners as the
| day will be spent in getting things in
ship shape. Many of the boats that
usually are seen on Sunday trips were
drawn out on shore TO safe them from
the floating debris carried by the
raging Brandywine and have no
since been launched
Rumors have come from Solomoni
Island. in the Chesapeake. that the
fish are being mobilized there. The!
have received the annual warning
Evening journal., 1915-08-07
BASEBALL VS.. SENTIMENT.

That there is still sentiment in base
ball is proved in the transaction
which made Mike Kahoe the scout
for the Boston Braves. Gaffney, the
owner of the club. and Griffith. have
for years been warm friends. II was
at the suggestion of Griffith that Gaff-
ney purchased the Braves and when
he expressed a desire to have Kahoe
do his scouting, he being very popu-
lar with George Stallings, Griffith
felt that he could probably do both
Gaffney and Stallings a good turn by
allowing them TO open negotiations.
This resulted in Kahoe going to the
Braves, and appears as having done
a great favor to his friends and for
.mer employer.