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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
DISTINGUISHED MAN HERE.
William e. E1sen, Writer of Text Books
for Children, Inspects Schools
of Kencsha Tuesday.

William E. Elsen, former superin-
tendent of the schools of Cleveland, O.,
and the author of the reading books
now in use in the schools of the city,
spent Tuesday making an inspection of
the Kenosha schools. He is one Of the
most distinguished school men IN the
United States and at the end of his
days inspection he declared that the
schools of Kenosha had many excel
lent features to recommend them. Tt
has been a most interesting day to
me, I he told his entertainers Tuesday
evening. Kenosha offers many sug-
gestions to the builders of a modern
school system Mr.. Elsen is widely
known to Wisconsin teachers as he was
formerly superintendent Of the schools
at Superior. He now gives his entire
time 10 the visiting of texthnoks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
STRICT SECRECY Maintained
IF Facts In Regard to Case Are Known
In Kenosha They Are Not Given to
the PubIc-Charges Filed in Wash
ington and Hearing Is Ordered.

Kenosha is long way from any OF
the bases of the army or the navy, but
a court martial was held in Kenosha on
Saturday. Friday the revenue cutter
g Tuscororao slipped quietly into the
harbor bearing a full corps of commits
stoned officers to whom was assigned
the task of hearing charges which had
been fled in Washington against Surf
man Lonergan, a member of the Keno
sha Coast Guard. The hearings Of the
court were all on board the Tuscorora
and no facts in regard to the matter
have been made public. The little
company Of United States officials
stationed in Kenosha waved every one
aside when efforts were made to dis
cuss the drum head'' court. "You
must understand, said one Of them,
"that the regulations Of the United
States Coast Guard Service make it
impossible for any Of the employees
of the station to make any statement
in regard to what transpired. at a court
martial Most Of the men seen insist
ed that they knew nothing Of the pro-
ceedings aboard the Tuscorora. It is
understood that the charges which are
of minor nature, were fled in Wash
ington and the commissioned officers
aboard the Tuscorora were instructed
to proceed at once to Kenosha and
make an investigation Of them. The
revenue cutter was in charge Of Cap
tain Sill, but the names Of the commits
stoned officers in charge Of the court
martial were not made public. In the
two days that the cutter was in Keno
sha many witnesses were called to the
carpet but all of them were advised
that the testimony they gave was just
as secret as testimony given before a
federal grand jury.
It was declared that the facts in the
case would be made public at the time
the decision of the court martial is
given out from Washington. The surf
man who was the subject of investiga
ton has not been suspended from the
service and it is intimated that
there IS no reason to believe that he
viii be suspended.
The court martial was the second to
be held in Kenosha in twenty years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
STUDENTS WON'T LOSE VOTE.
Kenosha College Boys at Be1oit and
Madison Demand Ballots to Vote
by Mail This Year.

Kenosha boys at Madison and Beloit
and other college centers, are not going
to lose their votes at the national cleo
ton. Every one of them are going to
vote by mail if necessary. All are first
voters this year. Francis Hackett and
Gordon Hackett at Beloit, were furnish
ed with ballots and afidavits this
morning and County Clerk Jones sent
ballots to Alfred f. Haubricht and
George Becker who are students at the
University of Wisconsin at Madison on
Saturday. It is expected that about
a dozen Of the college boys will vote
by mail this year. The special ballots
for mail voting are now in the hands
Of the county clerk and they are being
sent out as fast as the requests for
them are received.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
HAS A REAL, PROBLEM.

The biggest problem that County
Agent Russell III. Jones has is, tsWhat
the dickens to do with the Rossetski
family" There is a mother and
seven children Of the family and the
father, B. Rossetski, is serving term
in the state prison at Waupau. Mrs.
Rossetski and the children like Keno
ha and they have declared their inten-
ton of staying here even if they starve
to death. On the other hand the
county agent insists that they should
be returned to Chicago where they
have legal residence. It is admitted
that the family is suffering from the
lack of many of the necessities of life
but the county agent can not legally
help them on account of the fact that
they properly are charges on the city
of Chicago. The pauper commissioner
Of Chicago has ordered Jones to ship
the family back, but the family has re,
fused to go and the county agent has
no way to enforce the order.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02

Many years ago government officials
from the war department came to Ke-
nosha and held court martial to in
vestigate charges against a man con
nected with the Kenosha lighthouse.
This hearing was not surrounded
by secrecy and the public was adj
mitted to the hearings which were
held at the lighthouse.
The court martial has caused consid.
cradle comment among the people liv-
ing in the neighborhood Of the Coast
Guard station mostly on account Of the
fact that the secrecy has been imposed
upon the people who were called be-
fore the officials as witnesses.
Captain Fountain was sought for In
formation. "Not a word in any way"
was his only response. Eff the gov
eminent has any facts it desires to
make public in regard to the visit of
the Tuscorora to Kenosha they will be
given out through official sources.
The Tuscorora was in the Kenosha
'harbor on official business. This is all
that, I can say"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
CELEBRATE RILEY DAY.
Catholic Woman's Club Observe Day
Which Was Planned Before
Poets Death.

When the program committee of the
Catholic Woman s Club set aside a GER
tain day in October to be observed an
nually as Riley day, James Whitcomb
Riley was still alive. When the date Of
observance came he had passed on into
the great beyond.
One Of the most successful OF all the
meetings of the club took place Satur-
day in the knights of Columbus Hall.
The hall as decorated with a profusion
of autumnal foliage, pumpkins and sill
houettes Of witches and COLLINS.
The program was opened by a violin
selection by the Misses Van Vie and
Henrietta Gottfredsen with Miss Alice
Gottfredsen at the piano. Mrs. W. F..
White gave a short talk on current
events following Miss Anna Conner
man, the reader for the afternoon.
The club felt itself particularly for
tunate in being able to call upon one of
its members for a paper, illustrated
with readings from the dead poet.
Miss Gonnermann gave a sketch of
Riley life speaking of the influences
that helped to make his poems what
they are. She concluded her paper by
reading the ever popular AN Old
Sweetheart of Mine, = 'ELittle Orphant
Annie, = "The Bear Story" and 1EOut
to Old Aunt Mays the first two Of
which were cantellated to piano ac-
compartment by Miss Ferry. The
poems were charmingly read and enthu-
siastically received.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
MRS. CARTER GETS DECREE
Judge Randall Grants a Divorce in
Suit of Rachel M. Carter VS..
Oscar II Gartar

In the Municipal court late Tuesday
afternoon Judge Randall handed down q
decree Of divorce in the suit of Mrs.
Rachel NJ Carter against her husband,
Oscar 4. Carter. The couple were mar
ried on December II, 1912, and have no
children. Both are well known in Ke-
nosha. Mrs. Carter alleges cruelty in
her complaint and her husband appear
ed to contest the granting of the decree
making answer to the suit in the nature
Of general denial Of all the charges
and filing q cross bill alleging cruelty.
The question Of alimony was not set
lied when the decree was handed down,
the court announcing that he would
hand down supplemental order on
Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
LAYING IN FOR DOLLAR DAY.
Kenosha Merchants to Have the Big
gest Offerings Ever Made in the
City for Bargain Day.

Kenosha's annual "Dollar Day" is
a week from next Thursday and it is
going to be the biggest bargain day in
the history of Kenosha. More than
seventy of the merchants of the city
have arranged to have special offerings
to tempt the dollars out of the people IS
pockets and it is declared that big
markets in New York and other cities
have been searched for the most at
tractive offerings. HThere never was
time in Kenosha when dollar would
buy any more than it will on Dollar
Day. said Secretary Theleen of the
Retailers Association, this morning.
The cost Of living may be high, but
this is to be the supreme merdchandis-
ing event of the year for Kenosha peo-
pie and the merchants are going to
make great big price concessions to
teach the people of Kenosha that this
IS dandy town to trade in.0
Nearly every one Of the seventy stores
interested in the day is going to have
one great big leader and it is expected
that there will be more people looking
for bargains than ever before. The
Evening News Special Dollar Day
number is to be issued a week from
tomorrow and the forms for that edi-
ton have been closed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
REGISTRATION LISTS swELLED.
More Than Two Thousand Names Add
ed to the List of Voters in Keno
sha by Tuesdays Work.

It may be that Kenosha people are
not taking an interest in election but
this is not shown by the reports of the
registration boards in charge of regis
tration on Tuesday. Nearly two thou
sand names were added to the voting
lists at the various polling places on
Tuesday. A lot Of men who had not
voted for so long that they had been
forgotten by the election inspectors
turned out on Tuesday and got their
names on the lists. There was an I'M
usually large number Of new voters on
hand for the day and it is declared
that the total registration of the city
wall be well over the FIVE thousand
mark. With such a registration more
than ffty-fve hundred votes are ex-
pected In the city and the total for the
county on next Tuesday may reach the
seven thousand mark. The corrected
lists of registered voters will be ready
for publication later in the week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
SHOT" STUFF TO JOURNAL
Suit Is Brought to Get on Record Facts
In Regard to Company's Failure to
Keep Secret Messages Filed
In the Local Office
lFrom wednesday s Daily

" rum Wy GuuCbAay ? iJ8Al5 y
The most unusual suit ever brought
against a telegraph company in Wis
cousin, went on trial in the Circuit
Court in Kenosha this afternoon when
the suit Of Walter r. Marlatt against
the Western Union was called to trial.
The suit is brought with the purpose
of placing on record what is termed by
the plaintiff willful and repeated VIC
lations Of the rules Of the company as
to secrecy of messages and violations
on the part Of agents of the company
of the state law against the revealing
of the contents Of confidential mes
sages to other than whom they are
addressed.
The plaintiff is correspondent in Ke-
nosha for number of papers and dur
ing the state bowling tournament re-
Gently held in Kenosha he had an ex-
elusive contract with the Milwaukee
Free Press to furnish that paper with
reports of the tournament. Later he
was asked by agents Of the Western
Union in Kenosha to render a similar
service to the Milwaukee Journal. He
declined to accept the commission and
at the time warned the local manager
of the company not to make any at
tempt to send press dispatches filed
for the Free Press to the Journal. The
records Of the company show that on
at least three nights, all Saturdays,
during the tournament, the confden-
tial messages sent to the Free Press
were transmitted to the Milwaukee
Journal at practically the same hour
they were sent to the paper to which
they were addressed.
The contention of the plaintiff
is that If the Western Union Tele-
graph Company may repeat news dis
patches at will to papers to whom they
are not addressed that the business OF
every correspondent in the country
may be ruined in order to permit opera
tors of the company to earn few
cents paid the company by papers who
are unwilling to deal with regular
correspondents and pay fair compen-
sation for the services rendered
The company some time ago made a
formal offer to confess Judgment and
pay damages, but in the belief of TIE
plaintiff, the amount offered in settle
ment was not in keeping with the Of
Tense against all newspapers committed
by the defendant company. The suit
promises to attract wide attention
among newspaper men and it is dis,
tinctively fourth estate action.
The company in it's answer to the
complaint has admitted that the matter
sent by the plaintiff was transmitted
against his will to the other paper, but
it holds that it was news matter In
tended Cor publication and that for
this reason it was not of confidential
nature. It is expected that the hear
ing Of the evidence in the case will
be concluded on Thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
KEPT WEDDING SECRET.

Glen Balloon, son of the late James
Balloon, whose mother, Mrs. Balloon re-
sides at Al Sheridan Road, greatly
surprised his Kenosha friends by the
announcement of his marriage July 2,
at Crown Point, Indiana, to Miss Celia
Barron, daughter of William Barron Of
Chicago.
Mr.. Balloon met his bride when en-
ployed on the Chicago Tribune force
two years ago and from this meeting
grew the romance which resulted in
his clandestine marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Balloon will be at home
at 81 Sheridan Road after December /.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
FACTORIES FURNISH WATER
Lines of Hose Are Hooked Up With
Pumps at Plant of the Mash Motors
Co. and the Black Cat Textile Co.
Much of Loss Was Insured.

The city had the worst fire Of the
year on Tuesday evening within twelve
hours of the time when the danger of
lack of water was to be eliminated and
as result Of the fire one house on
Newell street was practically destroyed,
a garage burned to the ground and it's
contests destroyed and another house
badly Quilted by the flames. Heroic eff
forts were applied to get water to fight
the flames and with the assistance of
more than two thousand feet of hose a
line of hose laid from the scene Of the
fire to the plant of the Black Cat Tex
tiles company and another line Of hose
a thousand feet long laid to the pumps
of the Nash Motors company the chief
Of the fire department. managed to get
pressure to fight the advance Of the
flames. The aid from the factories
made it possible to save the remaining
houses in the block.
The house almost totally des-
troyed was the property of John Sisto
as was the garage in which the fire
started. The other house belonged to
Sisto Potenziane. The blaze broke out
in the garage which was situated about
ten feet distant from the two houses.
The fire was discovered just after
eleven o'clock and before the alarm
was turned in the flames had spread so
rapidly that hctk of the adjoining
houses were on fire and blazing mer-
rily. The department made a record
run to the scene of the fire and the
chemical tanks were used in an effort
to put out the fires and prevent spread
ing to other buildings in the block
while memoirs of the fire department
went to the hard work of hooking up
for a water supply with the two fac
tories. With the coming Of the water
the fire was easily extinguished the
pressure on the hose being pretty close
to the pressure offered from the city
mains under normal conditions. OF
course there was some delay in getting
the long connections made but Chief
Isermann declared that it would have
been impossible to save the Sisto house
OF the garage under normal conditions.
Much Of the household furniture was
removed from the Sisto house and. the
loss of $500 reported as result of
the fire was due to the destruction of
the building. In the garage was Ram
bier automobile and it was completely
destroyed with the building. The loss
on the garage and contents was placed
at thousand dollars. The damage to
the other house was in the neighbour
hood of $500 and it was covered by an
insurance of $4,000. Sisto had insur-
ance on his house, garage, automobile
and furniture amounting to $3.50 but
this will not be sufficient to cover
the loss.
The origin Of the fire is something
of mystery. 1t started in the gar
age and Sisto believes that some one
went into the place and possibly drop
ped lighted match. He had not used
his automobile since last Sunday and
had not been in the garage.
The fire caused great excitement IN
that section of the city, many people
fearing that large amount of terri
tory would be covered by the flames
and many buildings wiped out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
MOTHER ASKS PAY FOR son
MRS. Eva Nemet Whose Son Was
Drowned at Bathing Beach Says the
City was Negligent to Extent of
$4,000 Old Stairway Again.

The legal department. of the city of
Kenosha is going to be busy at the
next term of the Circuit Court as today
the mayor ard the city clerk were
served with two suits for damages for
personal injuries, the total demand be-
ing fifteen thousand dollars. Mrs. Eva
Nemet has brought a. suit against the
city for ten thousand dollars on ac
count of the death of her son, Steve
Nemet, who was drowned while bath
ing at the Municipal Court beach on
the evening of July 18th last. In her
complaint against the city the mother
asserts that it was the negligence Of
the city which cost the life OF her
son. She declares that the city had
opened the bathing beach as place of
amusement for the people and that it
had accepted the responsibility of
making the beach reasonably safe for
the people who visited it. She holds
that no protection was thrown about
bathers in the way of life lines for
warnings of deep water.
Nemet could not swim and he had
gone to the beach with q party Of
friends. When search was made for
him his body was found floating in
one of the holes in Che sand OF, the
beach left by the contractors who had
put in the intake for the new water
plant. AT the time claim was fled
with the Common Council. 1t is the
first time that the city has been
asked to pay damages for this
kind of an accident and the trial
of the case will be watched with
considerable interest.
Old Stairway Bobs UP.
The old stairway in the Germano
building at the corner of Market street
and Rowland avenue, hobs up serenely
again as the basis for suit brought
by Francis M. Cottle in which he de-
mands damages to the amount of
five thousand dollars. Cottle fell into
the stairway area on November 20,
1915, and he claims that he was per-
manently injured as a result of his
fall DIR, and Mrs. G. A. Germano and
James II. Jensen are also named as
defendants in this action.
The Germano stairway occupies
pages of the records of the city coun-
Gil. No permit was ever granted by
the city for the installation of the
stairway, but the contractors in charge
Of the building made provisions for it
and on the demands of the owners the
stairway was put in. The council on
several occasions directed that it be
closed up and the matter finally got
into the courts where judgment was
rendered in favor of the city. Many
of the older members of the council in
the battle against the stairway contend
ed that the stairway would result in
suits being brought against the city.
Cottle stumbled into the stairway
and was terribly injured. He sought
compensation from the city, but the
city held that it was not responsible for
the stairway and therefore could not be
responsible for the claim for damages.
Both cases are expected to be tried at
the next term Of the Circuit Court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
SONG RECITAL AT THE HOME or
MRS. WELLES.

On Sunday afternoon, November 5th
at 300 O'Clock, Mr.. Kreidler of the
Chicago Opera Co, viii give a song
recital at the home of Mrs. Richard
Welles, 463 Park avenue. This pro-
gram is open to the public. Tickets
price $1.O0; can be obtained from Mrs.
J. K. Wheeler, telephone 444. The
seating capacity is limited and tickets
must be procured in advance as there
will be no sale at the door, advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02

You can save money by placing your.
order with us this fall for spring de-
livery. No payment required until
your purchase has been placed on your.
cemetery lot next May. al2 Church
Etxaat. MoEges Granitaago. advn8A
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02

Anne Peat-Fink, piano and organ;
Albert Fink, violin, of Milwaukee. In
Kenosha Thursdays. For information
inquire Of Mrs. E. G. Seward, "a Eng
ish Court. adynz
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02

Lest some of the aldermen may have
forgotten, we want to say that current
gas bills are still charging that extra
nickel per thousand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
$3.50 NUT COAL $50.

Call SO for the best prices on coal.
coke or wood. Office 1874 n. Rowland
avenue Seaver Coal Co. *advn7
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
With Apologies to George Frederick Root,

CHORUS.
The Union forever, hurrah boy, hurrah1
Down with the soldier, up with the pen.
For he kept us out OF war, boys, rally once agan,
Shouting the cry Of watchful waiting.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-29

sands of acres o fland that must be re-
claimed and put into cultivation. There
is no need of once fertile land lyinS
idle. 1t can be reclaimed by proper
drainage, thus adding to the state :
wealth and removing source which
breeds disease. Numerous successful
drainage projects were pointed out to
show that there are great possibilities
associated with the drainage movement.
Among these, he referred to the canals
which have been dug in Walton. Gwin
nett and Banks counties.
Georgia, with all her resources and
advantages, has untold opportunities FOR
advancement" said DR.. Hardman. I'VE
have had too much politics for the state
good. What we need is more work and
less worry; more business and less poll
tics; more trained business men hold
ing public office and fewer politicians.
Don't be a party to keeping Georgia
weighted down with politics. 1t is hurt
ing your interests. Just because you do
not feel it directly, don't be deceived
as to this statement" In advocating
biennial sessions of the legislature, he
declared that he knew Of nothing the
state could do that would have better
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-29

effect in killing the political germ. RS
meeting every two years, he said, ti4
annual hatch-out of political eggs would
be done away with
DR.. Hardman was strong in his de-
nunciation of the present fee system by
which solicitors general in some i'm
stances, draw princely sums for thei:
service. He declared himself in favof
Of paying the prosecuting attorneys an
annual salary just as judges are paid
then require them to do the work ell.
GENTLY and honestly. Under such q
plan, he said, justice would come nearer
being administered in our courts.
DR.. Hardman is making great drive
through the eastern mountain belt this
week Every county included in Ei4
itinerary will be carefully worked alona
the same lines that he has followed
since he became a candidate for govern
or. His start today gave him much en-
enlargement and 1t is said that hts
Habersham friends are preparing to eN'
tend him a big ovation in Clarkesvil.e
on Tuesday. From there, he goes ID
Cornelia, Demorest, Toccoa and otner
POINTS in the eastern section Of thd
state.