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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
FILES SENSATIONAL COMPLAINT.
Mrs. Mary Olson Brings Action for
Divorce Against Charles Olson
in the MunicipaI Court.

One of the most sensational suits for
divorce ever filed in Kenosha county
has been fled in the municipal court
by Mrs. Mary Olson against her hus-
band, Charles Olson. The complaint
alleges that the couple were married at
Grand Haven, Mich, on June 23rd,
1907. Mrs. Olson alleges cruelty and
drunkenness. The sensational complaint
relates to the alleged relations between
Olson and a six year old daughter.
Mrs. Olson declares that the treatment
accorded her by her husband became
such that she finally left their home on
the 10Th of October and she is now liv-
ing with her parents in Milwaukee.
She demands divorce, the custody of
the one minor child and such alimony
as the court may see fit. Olson has
fled no answer to the suit. It will
probably be taken up by the court
within the next month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
LAY OVER SIDEWALK WORK.
Council Decides Not to Take Any
Chances on Putting in Sidewalks
During the Present Year.

Kenosha is not going to have any
more new sidewalks this year as the
common council has decided that it
would be unsafe to make any more
contracts for walks this year. With
cold weather approaching the contracts
which were let on Monday night were
let with the understanding that the
work is not to be done until after the
opening of the new season in 1916. It
is just possible that some of the CON
tractors will decline to accept the work
under this condition. In the meantime
the action of the council will be decid-
edly acceptable to the sidewalk de-
inquents as with the walks being built
In the spring of 1916 the cost of them
will not be placed on the tax roll I'M
til the fall of that year. Many defec-
tive walks are on the list for rebuild
ing, but under the action of the coun-
ell all of this work will be laid over
The street department will be ordered
to make an inspection and take care
Of such walks as are regarded
dangerous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04

they are able to make such payments.
These payments are not made irksome
and it is seen in the report that many
voluntary payments have been made.
1t is planned to develop this system
just as far as possible. These "loans'
to people in need are purely honor loans
and no effort has been made to make
collections through the courts. Many
people who have received aid show a
real willingness to repay the city for
the money advanced.
The report shows that since the first
Of August eleven families have been
discharged from the city rolls. These
included fifty-three people. A number
of these families had been securing
full support.
During the quarter the city depart
ment took care of four patients in the
Kenosha hospital, one was taken to the
city poor farm, and the city was called
to bury one unfortunate. The number
Of residents at the city poor farm has
been increased from thirteen to fifteen
during the quarter, This is the regu-
lar return of the winter patients to the
poor farm.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04

the police late Monday evening but the
officers have no clew to the identity of
the daring thieves.
On Monday afternoon report was al
so made to the police that the Office
of DR.. 7. w. Ashley in the Gottfredsen
& Nicoll building on Main street had
been entered early Monday morning or
late Sunday night. This Office was en-
tered in the same manner as the at
torney's Offices In the Tarbell building.
The burglars made richer haul at the
offices of DR.. Ashley. They got away
with several dozen pairs of eye glasses
and spectacles and with number of
surgical instruments. The robbery was
discovered on Monday afternoon.
Robberies of offices of professional
men have been reported from several
surrounding cities and it is just possible
that these same men worked in Keno,
sha early Monday morning and that
the robbery of the office of the district
attorney had no significance further
than the fact that the burglars thought
that they might be able to find little
cash in the drawers in the office desks
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
REAL CHICKEN IN COURT.
Big Buff Cochin Hen is Evidence Pro-
duced Against West Side Woman
Charged With Larceny.

A big buff cochin hen cackled away
in a basket up at the municipal court
this morning. She had been called as
the chief witness in the action Of the
State VS.. Mrs. Frances Istanek, who
had been arrested on charges Of lar
ceny on the complaint of Joseph Green
valid. The complainant claimed that
the big hen was his property, but that
she had finally been located after a
considerable search at the home of
Mrs. Istanek The defendant in the
case declared that she had been cruelty
wronged and that she had nothing to
do with the Greenwald egg producer be-
ing in her yard. The hearing was ad-
journed until a week from tomorrow
and Mrs. Istanek gave bonds to the
amount of fifty dollars. The big fat
hen joined the brood at the home of
Clerk Of the Court John Wattles where
she will visit until the question Of her
ownership has been decided in court
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
OFFER PRAYERS FOR PEACE.
Special Prayers for Peace in Europe
Offered at Many Churches in
Kenosha During the Day.

All Souls Day. services were held
in many of the churches in the city to-
day. At the Roman Catholic churches
the day was set aside as one for pray
ers for the soldiers in the war in
Europe and for prayers for peace in
Europe. The order of the archbishop
setting aside today as day for prayers
for peace was observed in all of the
churches of the city. The day was a
particularly interesting one in the
churches in which members are made
up of foreign born. These people
thronged the churches at all of the
services of the day and a devout appeal
for peace was made by the priests of
all the churches In several of the
churches offerings were taken up to aid
in caring for people rendered destitute
by the war. In several of the churches
special services at which prayers for
universal peace will be offered will be
held this evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
SLATER UNDER FIRE.
Big Lithuanian Aims Blow at the City
Attorney and Gets Away After
Being Felled by Henry Kotz.

The facts in regard to an interesting
little encounter which occurred on Main
street late Sunday evening were barred
in the municipal court this morning
when two big strapping foreigners
pleaded guilty to charges of making a
disturbance on Main street and paid
the customary fines. The two men and
number of their friends had engaged
in an argument on Main street about
nine o'clock Sunday night and from the
talk City Attorney John Slater who
was standing in front of his Office talk
ing with Henry Kotz, believed that
they were going to do some one bodily
harm. Like real citizen the city at
torney sought to stop the slaughter.
AS two of the men ran to his side of
the street he caught hold of them and
shouted, "Here stop this fighting"
Just about this time another of the
men aimed blow at the city attorney
catching him behind the ear and knock
ing off his glasses. Mr.. Kotz who is
admitted to be in training for the race
for sheriff entered the fight at this
stage and with well directed blow
from his right felled the man who had
attacked the city attorney. Then a
police officer came. Mr.. Slater still had
his two men but the big fellow who had
been felled by Kotz had crept into the
alley and he managed to escape. The
men declared in court that no one had
been in danger of serious injury. The
city attorney blushingly admitted that
he had sought to be of service in pre-
venting trouble and he asserted as well
that he had suffered no serious trouble
from the foreigner blow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
MANY DISCHARGED FROM ROLL
Report Shows That Only Eleven Ke-
nosha Families Are Receiving Full
Support from the City and Number
Is Being Reduced on all Rolls

The fact that Kenosha industries are
employing more men and that more men
and women are finding steady and pro-
ftable work, is reflected in the quart
erly report of the pauper commission
which has been filed with the city
clerk. It covers the last three months
and it shows that in this time not only
has the number Of families receiving
full support from the city been greatly
reduced, but the number receiving par
tial support has also been cut material
ly. In fact the number of people on
the dependent rolls Of the city just at
present is smaller than it has been
in years. Commissioner Saftig has
been busy and with the revival of the
busy times in Kenosha he has kept in
touch with the manufacturers and has
seen to it that men with families have
been put to work and made self sup
porting.
The roll Of the people receiving full
support from the city at this time in
cludes but eleven families with total
of forty-four people, A large majority
Of these people are children under four
teen years of age who under the pres
ent state statutes are not permitted
to go to work. During the three
months there was total Of fifty fami-
lies receiving full or part support
from the city. This included a total of
one hundred and ninety two people of
which one hundred and thirteen were
under the age of fourteen years. The
second ward had no dependents on the
city during the quarter, but all of the
other wards were represented in the
long list Of names submitted. Nearly
all of the families who came onto the
pauper lists during the days when work
was hard to obtain, have been returned
to the self supporting class and the list
is now made up largely of the wives
and children Of men who have deserted
their families or of people who by age
or infrmity have been forced on the
tender mercies Of the people at large.
An interesting report Of the fnan-
cial transactions of the department. for
the quarter is made a part of the re
port. The report shows total receipts
of 1924 and expenditures of $2,3O8.92
The cash on hand at the end of Octo-
Der amounted to $1,405.52
In the column Of receipts are many
small entries representing amounts that
people formerly on the pauper roll
but now working and earning living
for their families have paid toward
settling for care given when the times
forced them to apply for the city's aid.
This is one of the movements along
new lines. People applying to the city
for aid are given to understand that
they will be expected to pay back
amounts advanced by the city when
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
TRYTOOPEN The DRURY VAULT
believed That An Effort Was Made to
Secure Valuable Papers But Plans of
Burglars Are Shrouded in Mystery.
No Clew to Their Identity.

Burglars in Kenosha are getting bold
again. They burglarized the office Of
the district attorney probably on Sat-
urday or Sunday night and at the same
time entered the offices of the law firm
of Fisher & Fisher in the Tarbell build
ing. District Attorney Drury is not
able to say just when the burglary took
place. Monday afternoon he noticed
that several little things were missing
from the Office and when he made an
investigation he found that the lock
on his door had been jimmied. - He
went across the way to the offices of
Mr.. Fisher and found that the doors
to this office had been opened in the
same manner. At the Fisher Office moth
ing had been disturbed and the only
thing missing was few postage stamps.
At the Office of the district attorney his
entire supply of postage stamps and a
small amount of money had been taken.
There is deal Of mystery connected
with the burglary and the police are
working along the theory that the
thieves entered the Office of the district
attorney with a view of securing valu-
able evidence which was locked up in
his safe. The vault in the Drury office
had been tempered with and evidently
the burglars had worked for several
hours In an effort to open it. 1t has
two combinations and it had been set
to work on what is know as the " short
combination. The burglars made the
mistake of attempting to open it by
the long combination.
1t is not known when the burglary
was committed. 1t may have been Sat
urday or Sunday night or Monday
morning. The district attorney did not
discover the fact until late Monday
afternoon when he went to enter the
vault to secure some papers. Then he
found that the combination had been
tempered with.
81 do not see what anyone could
want from my Vault said Mr. Drury
this morning. 81 know of no case
pending IN which any matter OF inter
est is in my keeping and it is evident
that burglar would have little use
for the usual run of papers which are
stored away in the vault Of lawyer.
These burglars evidently were looking
for something but so far as can see
nothing is missing from the vault and
the things taken from the desks in the
Offices would not be valued at more than
couple of dollars
When Investigations were made it
was found that the thieves had made
pretty thorough search in the Office
Of the district attorney but at the Off
ces of Fisher & Fisher they had evident
ly just entered one Of the drawers in
which petty cash and stamps were kept.
The case was placed in the hands of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Paroled Prisoner Alleged to Have Fled
from Kenosha on Saturday With
Wife of Another Man.

Wife of Another Man.
In the municipal court on Monday
afternoon warrants were issued for the
arrest of Joseph Hines and Mrs. Fran
cisco Dymzenski on statutory charges.
The couple is alleged to have disap-
peared from Kenosha on Saturday af-
ternoon taking with them one Of the
children of the woman and money be-
longing to Walter Dymzenski. The
home of the Dymzenski family is on
South Sheridan Road and Hines had
lived at the house as a boarder He
was to have appeared in the municipal
court Monday morning to answer
charges of abandoning his wife and
child, but when the case was called he
failed to appear and his bond was de-
clared forfeited and the sheriff ordered
to arrest him and bring him into court
for sentence. Later in the day Walter
Dymzenski appealed to the district at
torney for the arrest of both Hines and
his wife. He asserted that on last
Friday he had complained against the
relations between his wife and Hines
and that his wife had promised that
there would not be any more reason for
complaint. When Dymzenski returned
from work at noon Saturday his wife
was missing. So was Hines. It is
thought that the pair went to Chicago
and the detective bureau in that city
has been asked to make an effort to
locate them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
D. A. RS. TO VISIT MILWAUKEE,

The Kenosha chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, will be the
guests of the Milwaukee chapter on Fri
day of this week. The invitation in
cludes luncheon at the Aberdeen hotel
and visit to the public museum after
ward to see the Colonial exhibit there
which is one of the most complete and
interesting covering that period in the
country outside of Washington, D. G.
At the D. a. R. meeting yesterday in
the residence of Mrs. Roy K. Dorr, Dur
kee avenue, the Mines H. H. Lane and
Otis Trenary gave a report of the state
d. a. R. conference.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
Outer Breakwater Crops Out.

A plan for the building of an outer
breakwater with view of retaining
lot of land from the lake for park
purposes was brought up by Alderman
Tully, but it did not receive a great
deal of consideration from the council
The move suggested was the old plan
of building a breakwater from the end
of the Simmons pier to connect with
the beach at Kemper Hall or Park
Row. No figures were given as to the
cost of the proposed work, but the
alderman suggested that the city set
aside ten thousand dollars annually for
this work
The aldermen were apparently in no
mood for the consideration of the mat
ter and the suggestion was laid over
until after the annual budget is made.
Several of the members of the council
are friendly to the proposed plan and
1t is just possible that some movement
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04

At the funeral of the late Henry
LANCE held on Saturday afternoon, the
service was in charge of the Rev.
Fred Ingley of st. Matthews church,
and he was assisted by the Rev. T. r..
Faville, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04

The members of the city council had
a chance to go on record in regard to
the ordinance providing an eight hour
day and an increased wage for city
workmen at the meeting on Monday
evening and the test vote taken indi-
Gated that the proposition is not going
to meet with favor when it comes up
for final vote--if it ever reaches this
stage. 1t would require a three-fourths
vote Of the council to pass the - eight
hour' ordinance and at the meeting on
Monday evening the friends of the pro-
posed change were unable to get a
majority vote on a motion to demand a
report from the committee at the next
regular meeting. Alderman William
Goodman, who had fathered the ordi-
nance, was responsible for the matter
being brought up on Monday night
When the street committee made no
report on the petition for the eight hour
day Alderman Goodman at once made
a demand for a report, but it was not
forthcoming The committee insisted
on having further time. 1t looked like
il wanted indefinite time and Alderman
Goodman brought matters to head by
making a motion that The committee
be ordered to report on the question
not later than the next regular meet
ing. This reached a vote with the
following result:
Ayes: Alderman Rowe, Tully, Mar
tin, Goodman, Joachim, Smith and
i Willems.
Nays: Alderman Roberts, Sullivan,
Shearer, Anderson, Kisten, Burt, Rauen,
Donahue, Gundlach, Barr and Bounsall.
South Street Opening Deferred.
The opening of South street to con
meet with Third street and the opening
OF Third street to Pleasant Place struck
a snag when the council came to con
firm the award of the commissioners.
Two objections were filed against the
report of the commission. One by
Math Bode and one by Mrs. Fannie
Hough. Both protested against the
awards Of benefits and damages on the
ground that it was inequitable. There
appeared to be possibility Of remov-
ing the objections Of Mr.. Bode without
court action, but the objection of
Mrs. Hough appeared to be a more
serious one and it was declared that
she was ready to file an action in court
If necessary to prevent the opening of
the street on the report of the commits
sion. A motion was made to confirm
the award, but this was lost when the
council adopted an amendment to lay
the whole matter over until the next
regular meeting. In the meantime an
effort will be made to have the prop
erty owners directly interested in the
opening of the street make some agree
ment to relieve the city from the pay
ment of damages should such be as
sessed in court action. It is thought
improbable that such an agreement can
be secured, but formal meeting of
all property owners interested will be
held later on and an effort made to
reach the agreement.
Outer Breakwater Crops Out.
A plan for the building of an outer
breakwater with view of reclaiming
lot of land from the lake for park
purposes was brought up by Alderman
Tully, but it did not receive a great
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04

Violets and chrysanthemums at L.
Turner & Sons, Florists. d-wadvn15
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-04
Move to Force Report Of
Committee Fails to Get
Majority Vote Of Mem
bers of City Council.
SOUTH ST. OPENING Deferred

Project for Outer Breakwater Bobs Up
serenely But It finds Little Sym
pathy With the Aldermen and Is
Laid over Until Budget Is Made.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-11-04

How often did it happen in our
''big war" that the line of battle was
maintained and the victory won by
the bravery of the colonel? Would
those splendid Napoleon guns have
been captured at Perryville but for
! the daring lead of THE colonels of
Maneys Brigade? Would the onset
of Rosecrans's army against the cen
ter of the Confederate line at Chick
amauga have been successfully re-
sisted and held in check for two
hours but for the field and staff of
Cheatham's Division? And for a
like reason would the Confederate
line in Dead Angle, at Kennesaw,
have withstood that terrific assault of
jeff c. Daviss Division in that mem
orable attack of January 81, 1864?
Hardly. Yet how much praise or off.
cial notice did they receive? None
that occurs of record. Incidents of
this kind are found in every battle.
If on the advance the colonel leads
the column, if on the retreat he COW
ers and protects the rear, if in camp
he drills the battalion, sees that
guard is mounted and pickets posted,
the password and countersign Sc
cured and given to the officerof-the-
day; hears all complaints; sees that
his men are clothed and fed, and at.
tends to all matters of discipline
health and sanitation. In fact, he is
never free from labor, care and duty.
Annoyance in camp, labor on march,
danger and responsibility in battle
these and he are one and insperable.
Ease and leisure may come to others
but never to the regimental com
mander. These duties, cares and
troubles are never recognized or APP
preciated by those of higher rank.
OF the $50 infantry colonies from
Tennessee, how many are known to
history? None. How many are known
outside of his baillwick? A half-doz-
en- probably. Yet the glory, honor
and success of her soldiers are due to
the labor, intelligence and courage of
her regimental commanders. 1t has
ever been thus, and no doubt will con-
tinue so to be. In event of war, if a |
place of ease and safety be desired,
don't choose that of colonel. And. to
add to his discontinue in civil life.
no one of sufficient prominence to run
for constable or the Legislature is
ever dubbed with lesser title, than
that of colonel. Truly his way, like
the scriptural transgressor, is hard,
not only in war but also in peace.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-11-04
RAISING "OLD GLORY" AT A
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS HOME

We take the following extract from
an article in the Confederate Veteran
of October, 1915, entitled: THE Con-
federate Home of Kentucky"
We reproduce it here to show
some of our friends of the north. who
SILVER at the mention of display. of
the Confederate flag, and to show
that these aged veterans of the south
are loyal to the flag of their country
although they cherish their old bat
tie flag. They would not be true SOL
diers if they did not. No one outside
of the veterans life of both the Fed
eral and Confederate can understand
why we love our colors, for which
we were ready to die, no matter on
which side we fought, and we have
respect for each other in that mat
ter:
RAISING THE FLAG"-We fin
ished our tour Of the different build-
lngs just Ia time for the exercises at
tending the raising of United States
nag over this Home for Confederate
Veterans, which was the basis for an
interesting celebration on that July
IL, and the presentation and accept
ance were so inspiring and patriotic
in character that the event was al
most dramatically impressive. As we
reached the front entrance of the
main building the veterans of the
Home were already seated on the
lawn and the speakers and guests
and choir filled the big circular We
randa. The invocation was given by
Rev. John T. Thomas. pastor of the