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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
ALLEN IS VICE PRESIDENT
First National Directors Consider Plans
for Enlargement of Banking House
All Banks Show Good Resources
at Opening of the New Year.


No important changes were made in
the directorate or officers of the banks
of Kenosha when the annual meetings
were held on Tuesday in keeping with
the federal and state laws. Charles
Chester Allen was named as vice
president of the First National Bank
this being the only change in the of
fetal force of that bank In the other
banks and the Northwestern Loan and
Trust company no changes were made.
The opening of the new year finds
the banks in Kenosha in excellent
condition. The First National bank
and the Merchants and Savings bank
have both shown large increases in re-
sources during the year just closed and
the Citizen IS bank, the latest conner
to Financial row" in Kenosha show
ed at the end of the first fortnight
deposits of more than $4,000.
The most. interesting development of
the annual meetings was the move
ment on the part of the directors Of
the First National bank for the en-
largement of the banking building.
The plan is wholly in the preliminary
state, but the directors feel that more
room is needed and it is probable that
during the next few months plan
will be worked out either for the ex-
tension of the building or a re-arrange-
ment which will give the bank more
room for the regular transaction
of business.
The officers and directors of the
banks for the new year are as follows:
First National Bank.
Directors-C. @. Allen, Charles T.
Jeffrey, A. H. Lance, Chas. H. Pfen-
mig, Chas. G. Brown, R. F. Howe.
Officers Chas. G. Brown, president;
G. G. Allen, vice president; VIM. H.
Purnell, cashier; A. w. NFrantz, assist
ant cashier; M. G. Boerner, assistant
cashier; G. I. Ozanne, auditor.
Merchants and Savings Bank.
Directors-H. B. Robinson, H. W.
Jeffrey, N. Rowe, Joseph N. Funck,
G. P. Robinson, G. E. Remer, w. w.
Vincent, w. j. Birmingham, w. j.
Frost, M. Werve, Chris Petersen, Fred
Larsen, Maurice N. Funck.
Oficers-H. B. Robinson, president;
E. W. Jeffrey, vice president; N. Rowe,
cashier; Joseph N. Funck, cashier.
Citizens Bank of Kenosha.
Directors-N. j. Werner, w. NJ.
Burke, E. 7. O'Brien, George Har-
baugh, Frank Oberst,. Frank Nelson,
Frank Kraft,
Oficers-N. J. Werner, president;
Walter M. Burke, vice president; E.
T. O'Brien, cashier; T. II. Kiamer,
teller.
Northwestern Loan and Trust Co.
Direetors-George Yule, Henry F..
Jordan, VIM F. Fisher, G. C. Allen,
VIM. W. Strong, James Cavanagh,
Chas. G. Brown.
Oficers-Chas. G. Brown, president;
George Yule, vice president; Chas. c.
Brown, treasurer; VIM. Fl. Purnen,
secretary; w. G. Crosby, assistant
secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

to better conditions the men were put
to- work at daybraak' and they had in
structions to- clear off the crossings
and then get busy and clear off walks
in all parts Of the city, The streets
in many cases were icy, Their foun-
dation made it decidedly bad for the
automobiles to navigate but no serious
accidents were reported.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

The old national highway, author
ICED in Jefferson's day, which afford
ed access by stage 10 the capitals Of
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Missouri,
is being repaved through Ohio,
largely with brick, in order to pre-
vent it from falling again into it's
recent state Of decay,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Christmas good cheer" furnished
leat for the Kenosha post office build
ng all day Tuesday as during the
corning the postmaster turned over to
he custodian of the building two
yreat baskets filed with Christmas
messages and they were taken to the
basement and burned in the furnace.
n the basket were total of more than
en- thousand postal cards which had
)een mailed by Kenosha people to
friends in this and other countries and
Il of them bore message Of Christ
mas greeting. Many of them were
decorated with holly and mistletoe and
il of them were sprinkled over with
he tinsel which has been ruled against
30 many different years by the men in
,harge Of the operation of the post
,Hice department. Many Of the cards
rad postage enough ON them TO carry
hem to foreign lands but this fact did
lot make them any less the good fuel
for the flames in the big post office
furnace. Some of them were decorat-
cd with ribbons and some of them had
wonderful paintings on them which
rad been put on by hand. All alike
ant into the fuel pile l.gery one Of
rata Cards ha& pseA uel% AJr a perlou
of more than two weeks in order to
give the people who sent them chance
to call and claim their property. Not
"a single call had been made for the
cards.
Every year the post Office gets this
stock of Christmas post cards during
the holiday season. For years warn
ings have been published telling the
people that cards covered with tinsel
are mailable only when they are en-
closed in tight envelope, every year
the children Of the schools have been
told this fact but each year the supply
of tinsel cards grows larger. Hundreds
of dollars were expended for the pur-
chase of the cards and as much more
for the mailing of them. Before they
were consigned to the furnace every
one Of them passed through the hands
of the canceling clerk and every stamp
was cancelled before they were sent to
the furnace. Hundreds of other cards
where the names and addresses had
been placed on the cards have been
returned to the original owners and a
large number of the cards have been
sent to the dead letter Office at Wash
ngton. These were cards which had
plenty of postage and were encased in
the proper envelopes but which had
Incomplete addresses. Few people have
INV appreciation of the amount of I'M
mailable post cards coming into the
Kenosha office every year. The big
bunch of them always come during the
holiday season but there is bunch of
Them to be destroyed every month.
''It ism It so much the value of the
cards. said Clerk Balm at the general
delivery window, Gas the fact that
hundreds of people have been disap-
pointed. There is lot of stories of
fife told on these cards which the gov
eminent has declared not proper to go
through the mails. Some contain ten
der messages to friends in far away
lands and others are of an intensely
personal nature. Wherever we can
find out who sent the cards we return
to them but a great mass of them must
be burned on account of the fact that
there is absolutely no way to tell from
whom they had been sent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Rome, Jan. 12-It is unofficially
reported that the German Crown
Prince has been recalled to Ber-
lin probably to assume a regency
on account of the Illness of the
Kaiser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

People are kicking on the telephone
,rvice again. just remember Mr..
anager that keeping eternally at it
the only way to get and keep good
rvice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
/, CROOKED BRIDoE =

The north central states were set
tied chiefly by people who passed
over this road. Scores of stage
coaches and hundreds of wagons
made up its daily traffic prior to
1850. Among the interesting relics
Of the earlier period is the crooked
bridge in Belmont county, whose
lines describe compound curve.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Those Racine bankers who are going
open a bank right in the same build
as the one that failed are showing
new brand of-fnanaial darina-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
SHORT NEWS BULLETINS.

Washington, Jan. 12-Secretary
Lansing today telegraphed General
Carranza calling for prompt pun
ishment of the Villa bandits who
executed seventeen Americans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

$15 to $18 ladies coats at $8.e5.
Block Bros, Mighty purchase sale com
Fgidau. adui12
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

The shape Of the bridge has always
been mystery. 1T is as substantial
as when built and will be utilized for
the new pavement.
The flavor of antiquity about this
road; its inns replete with traditions
of noted guests, coupled with it's
modern surface, is expected to make
it a favorite route for auto travel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
THE WORLD MOVES.

So do Bohm and Hansen. Telephone
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
Post Office Custodian Burns
Up Great Mass Of Mail
Matter Which Failed to
Follow Regulations.
keeps FURNACE fire BLAZING

Two Great Baskets Filled With Christ
mas Messages of Good Cheer Furnish
Fuel to Heat Kenosha Post office on
Clean Up Day Tuesday Afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Elite confectionery, the home Of the
: .---1- - 1919
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

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Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
YALE REGAINING
OLD-TIME STRENGTH
For First Time Since 1911
Bulldog Promises to Give
Harvard Real Fight.
CRIMSON Is SOME WEAKER

New York, Nov. ll.-As the foo
ball season grows older the outlool
for one Of those Sold-time Yale-Har
ward games--real contest in which
each side is very much in the figh
down to the final whistle-become.
brighter. 1t is several years sine,
the Ellis have been able to make tha
annual game much of contest bach
In 1911 to be exact. In the four in
tcrvening games between these tVl
rivals the Crimson won decisivelS
each time. Harvard's victories vert
won by scores of 200, l5-5, 500 ant
400. Indications point to bettel
things for the spectator and for Yal,
this season, even though the gam,
may not result in victory for thu
Ellis. 7.
Two conditions, apparently passed
were responsible for these one-sidet
games. Yale dropped below mediocre
in foot bali after years Of unparalleled
success at the game, years of leader.
ship in fact. As the New Haven univer.
sity refrigerated in the gridiron sport
Harvard came up with flock Of the
greatest foot ball players ever gath.
cred in one fold. Bradlee, Watson
Coolidge, FRANKIE, Wallace, Storer
Gilman and Parson were stars OF a
high order. Coached by the best
that foot ball affords, it is no wonder
that the Crimson was able to ride
rough shod over the disorganized
Yale teams, rendered weaker by q
shifting coaching system.
This season shows Yale apparently
gaining it's old place as a foot ball
power and Harvard receding some
what from it's super strength of re-
cent years. Harvard's present team
is no weakling and Eddie Casey may
yet prove himself as great as any Of
his recent predecessors under the
Crimson spotlight. But until the 1916
team at Cambridge shows more stead
mess than it has shown to date it
must suffer by comparison with the
teams captained by Storer, Brickley
and Mahan. Captain Dadmun has a
strong team, strong enough perhaps
to win both Of his remaining big
games, but it is likely to encounter
more opposition at New Haven on
November Is than any Harvard team
has had from Yale since 1911.
The Els gave evidence OF real scor-
ing power against Washington and
Jefferson, likewise a weak defense
agains the forward pass. The Penn
sylvanians scored as many touch
downs this year as in their victories
over Yale in the last two seasons,
yet never had a chance to win. The
differences was in the. Yale attack,
which appears to be assuming some
real strength, certainly long overdue
at New Haven.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
NATIONAL NEEDS
= NEW CLUB OWNERS
Magnates of Old League Today
Pay Too Much Attention to
Gate Receipts.
BRooKLYNs MAKE BREAK

The National league could stand for
a few more real sports in its member
ship and for a more pronounced and
determined policy in dealing with
base ball problems. The old-time
magnates, who wea.hered many a
sporting storm together, are practi-
cally gone. The Robinsons OF Clevc-
land and St. Louis, Jim Hart of Chi.
cago, John T. Brush Of the Giants and
that old triumvirate up in Boston
are no longer in the league. These
men, while keen enough on the bust
ness end OF the game, were also
sportsmen Of high type who looked
upon base ball as a pastime as well
as a business proposition. All OF
them lost money at times, but they
all stuck in the game through thick
and thin for love of the sport.
Today far different crowd of mag
mates direct. or misdircct, the affairs
Of the league. The average club
owner today, frightened by the unfair
demands OF the players, palng under
the Nominations Of Davy Fultz and
fearful that his club will have TO pass
a dividend bends all his energies to
the money end OF the game, The
talk is of crowds more frequently than
it is of scores. The players reflect
this money mad disposition.
No more disgusting exhibition was
ever made than that Of the Broolyns
when, after clubbing away the first
game of the worlds series by anna
flourish playing, they thought not Of
the game but only of the gate re-
ceipts, and even accused the national
commission of holding out few
tickets from the official count. This
act forever doomed the Robins to
among all true sportsmen,
and they will never be popular cham
pions
This commercial spirit which ami
mates many OF the magnates and
most of the players OF the National
league must be curbed and closely
checked,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Dream Almost Comes True and He
Plays Most of the Game in a Trance

Dreams may not always come true,
but they come true often enough to
satisfy Sam Kinnier, Bellevue's six
foot-two center and candidate of the
Bellevue college rooters for a posi-
ton on the mythical all-state team.
Kinnier had vision Thursday night
that he would be laid out in the third
period of the game with Peru Friday
afternoon and carried off the field
by his teammates. The vision just
failed Of coming true, for it was in
the first period that Sam received a
bump on his Uranium which stretched
him out on the turf. The Bellevue
players were getting ready to carry
Sam off when he revived in time to
hear the Peru rooters shout, TCarry
him off; carry him off; get sub; get
get SUBJ" That aroused the Irish
blood in Sam and he determined to
finish the game. -
He played the game Of his life dur
ing the next three periods and proved
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Golf Tournament
Luring Linksmen

Lakewood, N. j., Nov. ll.-With
anything like normal weather the
chances are that the Country club of
Lakewood will be favored with quite
a field of golfers for its annual au-
tumn tournament scheduled for No
vember 80, December | and Q. AL
though Thanksgiving is usually as
ISOLATED with turkey and day at
home, the club at Lakewood long
since broke down precedent by start
ing its tournament on the holiday in
question.
There were times when the club
moved the date forward because of
bad weather encountered toward the
latter stages of the month, but in the
opinion Of some of the regulars the
event never seems the same held at
any other time.
Already a good field is assured.
Max Marston (the Baltursol amateur
who has won six chief cups this sea-
son, said that he intended to play,
and SO did J, H. Worthington, the
English golfer who won at Atlantic
City and H. A. Steiner of Inwood,
runner up in the same meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12

tower of defense for the redskins.
But he swears that he does not re-
member thing during the remainder
OF the game, not even that he re-
covered tumble by Haney of Peru
on Bellevue's forty-yard line, which
aided in bringing the ball down to the
Normal eleven's three-yard line just
before time was called at the end OF
the first half. He was carried off the
field at the end Of the game, but on
the shoulders of the purple aud gold
rooters.
Whether or not Sam makes the all
state team remains to be seen, but his
work this year has earned him niche
in the Elk Hill Hall of Fame beside
Tom Moore, Bud Kearns, Freddie
Paulson, Brewie Brown, Grant Benz
son, Dave Primrose, Guy Moose and
the rest of the legendary wearers Of
the purple and gold in the dear, dead
days beyond recall, when the Indians
triumphed so regularly over Wes-
leyan, Hastings and Doane.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Some Records Made
IN 1916

A compiler OF the dope has counted those
events as among the noteworthy things OF
the base ball season that hns Just come tt
Its close.
leagues-three In the American and one In
the National. The pitchers who performed
these fsaiS were: Leonard OF the Red sox
against 81. Louis; Foster OF the Red sox
agairst Washington: Bush OF the Athletics
against Cleveland and Hughes OF the
Braves, against Pittsburg.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the great
pitcher Of the Phillles, set up a new white.
wash record by pitching sixteen shutout
games. The old mark was thirteen, held
by Mathewson.
Zach Wheat Of the Brooklyn Robins made
ono or more safe hits in twenty-nine consec-
utivo games In the twenty-nine games he
poled total OF forty-five satellites.
The New York Giants won tweuty-six
consecutive games and, In doing so. shat
of twenty straight made by Providence In
1884.
In losing twenty straight games the Ath-
letics tied the American. league retord for
consecutive defeats The Msckman also
hung up a new mark for defeats In one
season with III games In the lost column.
against ll3 registered by Washington In
1904. the worst previous record.
The Iron man" stunt, or pitching and
winning two games in one afterrfcsn, was
performed by four big league twirlers.
They were: Davenport OF the Browns,
pitching against the Yankees; Perritt Of the
Giants, against the Phillies; Alexander OF
the Phillies, against Cincinnati and DEM
aree of the Phillies. pitching against the
Pirates,
Outfielder Eddie Mensor, playing with
the Spokane Northwestern league team,
took part In ia games and handled 2ss
chances without an error.
Kenzie Kirkman. outflelder of the 81.
Joseph team of the Western league. made
thirty-two hits In thrty-nine times at bat.
Ty Cobb, In 1919. set record Of thirty one
hits In thirty-nine times up.
The st Louis Browns won fourteen games
In row, the best performance in the Amer
lean league this season for consecutive
games won
Every club In tho American league. with
the exception Of the Athletics. led the race
for at least one day. Cleveland, New York
Boston and Washington were up there most
Of the time, while the others enjoyed the
privilege for shorter periods. including ties.
after leading the American league bats
men for nine years in succession Ty Cobb
lost the batting championship to Iris
EnaaEeP
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
CLASSY WELTERS
APPEAR IN FIELD
-Britton, Lewis, Badoud, Richie
and Others Should Make Elk
element in These Ranks.
BRITToN Is STILL THE BEST

New York, Nov. ll.--A few shor
months ago welterweights were SC
scarce the class was almos extinct
The only men in that division were
few overgrown lightweights who
no longer were able to cheat or
their weight and were fore I'D to lead
a lonesome life with little Or no com.
petition. OF late all that has beer
changed and now there are more wei.
tiers than any other class Of boxers.
Some Of the good men in that d.
vision are Jack Britton, who claims
and is generally recognized as the
champion; Ted Lewis, the most dan.
gerous contender; Abe rt Badoud
who says he is the cham pion Of Eu-
rope; Willie Richie, the former
lightweight title holder; Marty Cross
who is just as dangerous hitter as
his brother Leach was, among the
lightweights and almost as interest
ing a performer; Johnny Griffiths, the
western flash; Mike ODowd, another
high class westerner; Jimmy Duffy
OF Lockeport, and host of others
of lesser note.
With all that talent available il
behooves some enterprising pro-
moter to stage a welteTweight tourn-
amcnt. Now that the heavyweights
are so scarce and the" good light
weights have all fought and refought
each other to distraction the welters
should come into their own. While
Britton seems to have a strangle hold
on the title, he no longer is as young
as he was and it is by no means sure
that he can go through the whole
field without a setback.
Willie Richie says he is willing
to make another trip to New York
provided he is offered one or two
good bouts. Richie, however, has
some strange ideas of what he is
worth as an attraction, and they do
not conform exactly to those OF the
promoters. The beating he received
at the hands Of Ted Lewis last win
ter has detracted somewhat from
Ritchie's drawing powers, but he fails
to make any allowance for that. How
ever, he is an interesting performer
and always is welcome here.
Richie ONCE won a decision over
Britton when both we're lightweights,
and they would go we'll again. Marty
Cross is anxious to tackle Richie. II
this pair could put up anything like
the battle between Leach Cross and
Richie it would be worth any
amount.
Battling Ontega, the best middle
weight developed on the far coast
since four-round bouts took the place
of the twenty-round affairs, is conf
ing to New York in search of fame
and fortune. Many OF the men who
have been advertised as California
wonders, only to prove rank failures
here. we're really never heard of in
that section. Ontega, however, is in
dorsed by the leading critics of Cali
fornia, who predict that he will be
a sensation in the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Rube Sohauer Signs Up
With MINNEAPOLIS Girl

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 1l.-Rube
Schauer, former pitcher Of the New
York Nationals, last season with the
Louisville club of the American as
ISOLATION, and who was drafted this
fall by the Philadelphia Athletics, was
married here recently to Miss Martha
Chicken of this city. Schauer met
Miss Chicken while he was playing
with the Superior team Of the North
ern league three years ago. They
will spend the winter at the pitchers
home in Garrettson, N. D.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Jimmy Kane to Sue
The Western Loop
For Large Damages

Jimmy Kane, former Rourke and
Sioux City first baseman, will file a
suit for $4,000 against the Western
league, alleging conspiracy. Jimmy,
who spent the summer i'll Omaha, has
returned to his home at Scranton,
Pa, and announced in that city his
intention of filing the damage suit
against the Western league.
Kane will allege conspiracy on the
grounds that he was denied employ
ment as ball player by a Western
league ruling. Jimmy was released
by Sioux City last spring and when
he tried to sign with Wichita he dis
covered that the league had a rule
under which released player could
not be signed by another club in the
league for sixty days.
He has been informed, he says, by
his lawyers, including Dave Fultz,
president Of the players fraternity,
that he has grounds for action in the
United States courts under the law
conspiracy. He will charge
that he was denied employment all
summer by the conspiracy.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Minnesota Hopes to Cop
Biz Nine Wrestling Mix

Unusual interest is being manifested
in wrestling at the University of
Minnesota this year, and more than
twenty men, including members Of
last years squad, are out for the
team. Coach Ohmstad expects the
Gopher grapplers to prove strong con-
tenders for the Big Nine" cham
pionship, which will be decided at
the State University Of Iowa in
March.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Ed Holly Knows How to
Fool EN- on Aue Stunt

A ball players penchant for lying
about his age is proverbial, but the
testimony Of the wife of Ed Holly in
her suit for divorce offers new an
gle. She says in her suit that Holly
told her a ball player had to have a
young wife, so he deserted her and
picked up with girl Of more tender
years. took her south with him and
passed her off as his wife, apparently
with the idea that her youth would
give the impression that he also was
youngster. And he seems to have
fooled them in Mobile at that
Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-12
Minneapolis Buys Rose,
TWirIer From Seattle

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 1l.-BiIl
Rose. a right-handed pitcher, has been
purchased by the local American as
ISOLATION club from the Seattle team
OF the Northwestern league. Rose
was the leading twirler in the North
western league in 1916. He started
out well in 1916, but i'll luck followed
him all season. He lost number OF
"ames by one run.