davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
BRISTOL MEN IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Alvin and Ray Marsh Have Narrow
Escape When Automobile Turns
Turtle on the Geneva Road.

Alvin and Ray Marsh, both well
known young men of the town of Bris-
tol, had narrow escape from death
on Friday evening just after six
O'Clock when the Ford touring car in
which they were riding turned turtle
on the Geneva road half mile west
of the Mungen tavern. Alvin Marsh
was at the wheel and the car was be-
ing driven at a good rate of speed over
the nine foot concrete road. He was
forced to turn out to permit another
automobile to pass and the car skidded
and turned over into the ditch at the
side Of the road three feet deep.
Marsh and his brother were buried un-
der the wrecked car, but they managed
to tear away the back curtains and
crawled out of the wreck. The car
was badly wrecked. Alvin Marsh was
badly cut by flying glass from the
broken wind shield and his brother
Ray escaped with slight bruises.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
GIVE HANDSOME GIFT.
Six Layettes Presented by Catholic
Woman's Club to Associated
Charities Today.

The Catholic Woman's club today
presented the Associated Charities with
six complete layettes. These gifts, it
was said at the Charities office, are
among the most desirable which the in
stitution can receive, and it was further
stated that dozens more are needed, as
there are many, many women who meet
their aceouchment without preparation
for the babe's clothing.
The layettes furnished by the Cath
olic Woman's club are comprehensive
and contain nursery pins, CASTLE soap,
medicinized toilet powder for the baby
beside the more conventional wool
stockings, bootees, flannel bands, flan-
mel shirts, three night gowns, Gertrude
petticoats, two pinning blankets and
three dresses. The garments are all
nicely made by hand and the little
dresses are trimmed with hand GRO
cheted and tatted laces.
These layettes have been furnished
in varying numbers every year by the
Catholic Woman Is club and have been
of the greatest value to the charity
workers as the garments have been cut
upon approved scientific lines and serve
as models t. the mothers to whom they
are given, for making others. The clio
thing is al made simply and may be
easily copied.
The layettes, if bought ready made,
would cos in the neighborhood of
twelve dollars each, so that the money
value of the gift is something over sew
enty dollars. And the value to the mo-
Their in having standard in baby clio
thing set for her is even greater, ac-
cording t. the social visitors who will
distribute them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
STEWART SPEAKS IN KENosHA.
Tells of Work Being Done by
the 'sFlying Squadron

Oliver Wayne Stewart, former mem
Der of the Illinois legislature and
national character in the war on the
liquor traffic. made a short visit to
Kenosha Sunday on his way to Mil
waukee where he addressed a meeting
last evening. Mr.. Stewart spoke to
fair sized audience at the Park Ave.
Methodist church at three o'clock. He
told of the work of the Flying Squad
ron, group of men, including Elk
Governor Hanly of Indiana, aud Judge
Lindsey of Denver, which visited every
large city of America, including the
capital of every state, last year in the
anti-saloon campaign. He said that
the Flying Squadron gave material aid
to the states of California, Oregon,
Washington and Idaho in their cam
paigns against the saloon and intimat-
ed that this movement was largely re-
sponsible for the "dryn victories in
three of these states.
Mr.. Stewart spoke of the justifca-
ton for the permanent organization of
the Flying Squadron Foundation which
is not connected with any of the temp
erance forces now in the field, such as
the Prohibition Party, the Anti-Saloon
League, the w. G. T. u, but is in sym
pathy with all of them and ready to
cooperate with any of them, wherever
there is an opportunity to assist in a
campaign against the saloon.
He said the effort of the Squadron
on the Pacific coast cost the organiza-
ton one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars without dollar of expense to
the people of these states in which
they worked. The Squadron went to
the assistance of the temperance forces
in South Carolina on their own es-
pense and gave assistance which re-
suited in South Carolina going dry by
a vote of two to one.
The history of the Prohibition cause
in Vermont was outlined. That state
had a prohibition law for many years
which was SO weak that it was prac-
tically dead letter from the start and
was finally repealed because of its in
effectiveness. Vermont will vote again
upon the question of prohibition this
year, as well as Michigan, Ohio, Mis-
souri, and Chicago. The Flying Squad
ron will give its assistance in all of
these campaigns. Mr.. Stewart closed
his address with an appeal for funds
for the support of his organization,
arguing that the liquor forces pour
their money into every locality where
their business is threatened and to off
set this the temperance people must
rally to the aid of the anti-liquor traf-
ic war wherever it is waged. The
people responded generously to the
appeal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
DEATH CALLS PIONEER WOMAN.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cantwell Died at Her
Home on Exchange Street just
Before New Year Came.

Mrs. Elizabeth CantWell, aged seven
ty years, widow of the late John Can't
well and one Of the best known of the
pioneer women Of Kenosha, died at her
home on Exchange street just before
midnight Friday night. Mrs. Cantwell
had been i'll with grippe for the week
previous to her death, but few
minutes before death came she was
cheerful and appeared to be improv-
ing. She was stricken with heart dis
ease. Mrs. CantWell was born in the
town of Pleasant Prairie, January 16,
1874, and was a daughter of the late
James Taffe She had spent nearly all
of her life in Kenosha. She was de-
vout Christian woman and had been
very active in the work of st. James
church. The announcement of her
death came as great shock to a large
circle of friends. Surviving are two
sons, William and John Cantwell of
Kenosha, and three daughters, Mrs
Elizabeth Moran Of Chicago, Mrs
Frank Lansdowne and Miss Alice Cant
well of Kenosha. Funeral services were
held at st. James church this morning.
They were very largely attended and
a great company of friends followed
the remains to their last resting place
in the family plot at st. James GENE
terry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
DEATH OF MRS. JAMES WALLIS
Woman Formerly Well Known in re
nosha Died as Her Home in Vir-
ginia on Last Friday.

Mrs. Eliza Halves Wallis, aged about
6S years aid for many years resident
Of Kenosha died on last Friday morning
at the family home at levels, Va. Mrs.
Wallis was the wife of James Wallis,
former well known Kenosha contractor
and she had been making her home in
Virginia for the past twelve years. Mrs.
Wallis was born in Langford, England,
and she came to Kenosha in 1874. She
was woman Of high intellectual at
tainments and before coming to this
country she had taught school in Eng
land for several years. Her marriage
to Mr.. Wallis took place in Kenosha
1874. During her long life in Kenosha
she was very active in the work of the
Park Avenue M. Il. church and in or
carnations of the women of Kenosha.
She is survived by her husband and
three children, Miss Minnie Wallis. and
Albert Wallis who resided with her in
Virginia and Arthur Wallis of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
FAILED TO SEE WARMING sign
Man Long Employed as Foreman Of ST.
Paul Road Between Truesdell and
Russell Crushed to Death While
Working in Fog Saturday.

Death rode the rail in the fog on
New Years day afternoon and Sven
Peter Anderson, ffty-one years of age
and widely known among the Swedish
people of Kenosha and the surround
ing country, met instant death when
the speeder on which he was riding
the tracks Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road, was struck by fast
north bound passenger train His man
gled body was thrown to the side of
the track just south of Russell, H.
The train sped ON its way after
hurting the mangled form Of Ander
son into the ditch. Later the body of
Anderson was brought to the Hansen
morgue in Kenosha and the officials of
Lake county, H., are making an inves-
tigation into the accident today.
Anderson formerly lived at the vii
lage of Truesdell and he was widely
known in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
He was in charge Of the section of the
Chicago and Milwaukee road between
Russell and Truesdell and a half hour
before he was hurled to death he had
left Truesdell to make an inspection
along the tracks to point south Of
Russell He had forgotten that it was
New Year 8 day. He had stopped a
minute at Russell and then had gone
down the road evidently thinking that
10 was Sunday and that the "flyer''
which passed Russell just after one
O'Clock daily but not on Sunday Of
fered no danger.
The engineer on the train did not
see Anderson and his little car until
1T was too late to stop his train. An
derson had no chance to escape The
train was running at frightful rate
OF speed and IA was hurled into the
ditch at the side''of the tracks. Ander-
son himself had been running at good
rate of speed and he seemingly had no
thought of danger. He evidently did
not see the approaching train coming
through the fog until it was right on
top Of him.
The killing of Anderson cast a pail
over the New Years day festivities at
Truesdell and over many of the Swe-
dish homes in Kenosha. Anderson had
been born in Sweden November %,
1864. He came to this country more
than thirty years ago and for the past
nine years be had resided with his wife
and children at the village Of Trues-
dell. Only short time ago he remoy-
ed from Truesdell to Taylor's Grove
that he might be nearer his work.
He is survived by his widow, three
sons and three daughters. All of them
are widely known in Kenosha and
Pleasant Prairie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
COOK AIDS DELAvAN MEN.
General Manager for Wisconsin Gas &
Electric Here Aids Work on
New Plants.

D. E. Calender, general manager of
the Wisconsin Gas & Electric company,
has been elected director and vice
president of the Whitewater Electric
Light company aad the United Heat,
Light 6 Power company at Delavan.
Control of both Of these concerns was
purchased by the Racine corporation
last week.
Local managers have been appointed
for both places but the administrative
work will be conducted from Racine.
G. Fl. Cook, Kenosha manager for the
Wisconsin Gas & Electric company, has
been in DeIavan several days during
the last week assisting in planning i'm
provements to be made in the electric
service there.
Despite the cold weather, construc-
tion crews are now engaged in extend
ing the high voltage service line west
from Burlington to Delavan, and south
from Fort Atkinson to Whitewater.
The old plants will be dismantled as
soon as the connections are made with
these lines
At Whitewater the rate for public
lighting will be cut in half next month
and there will be reduction of COM
mercial rates to point comparable
with the rates in this city. Reductions
in price will be made in Delavan in
April.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
MADE DEAN OF MARQUETTE.
Rev P. H. Devlin, One Time Kenoshan,
Named as Dean of Musical Depart
ment Of Big School.

The Rev. Ference Fl. Devlin, widely
known In Kenosha, has been named to
succeed the late Father John E. Her
mann as Dean of the Marquette Con-
servatory of music at Milwaukee. Fa-
Their Devlin is native of Kenosha and
was graduated from Marquette as a
member of the class of 1894. In 1913
he returned to Marquette from Creigh-
ton University where he had taught
for five years. At Creighton he had
charge of the university orchestra and
band. At the monthly. meeting of the
faculty of Marquette to be held on
Tuesday Father Devlin will be formally
received as dean of the conservatory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
says that despite the greatly disturb,
ed condition of the world for the last
fifteen months, due to the war, agri-
culture in the United States prospered. =
To be correct, he should have said that
by the aid of the war agriculture in
the United States has prospered. Since
the war began there has been an in
crease OF 80 per cent in the value of
farm products, and this 32 per cent is
net profit to the farmer, assuming that
he had previously been making any
profit at all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

The convention committee of the Re
publican state central committee has
decided TO treat each county as a sep
arate unit in determining the represen-
tation at the Madison convention, and
on the basis Of ore delegate for every
one hundred votes cast in 1912, there
will be 1876 delegates. The counties
Of any one congressional district, in
caucusn will do The selecting of dele
gates for the national convention and
the result will be accepted by the con
vention. The convention itself will
name only the four delegates t-large.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
MARRIED ON NEW YEARS DAY

The marriage of Miss Julia Morrison
and Thomas Harry Brown, both well
known young people Of Kenosha, was
the first event of real interest in Ke-
nosha on New Year s Day. 1t was eele-
brated at ST. Thomas Church at half
past five O'Clock Saturday morning and
was attended by only a few close
friends of the bride and groom. The
ceremony was read by the Rev. Father
Malone. A wedding breakfast followed
at the home Of the bride. After a short
honeymoon trip Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
will be at home to their friends at No.
AS Edward street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
| COUNT ON kENOSHA LOANS
No Mention Made of Any of Officials
Of Kenosha Concern in Indictments
Returned by Racine Grand Jury
After Long Deliberation.

The affairs of the United Refrigera-
tor and Ice Machine company of Ke-
nosha did not figure largely in the in
dictments returned against Charles r.
Carpenter, former cashier of the Com
mercial and Savings bank of Racine
and B. Hinrichs, the president Of the
same bank who were arrested in Ra-
cine on last Friday. Carpenter was
charged with embezzlement, classifying
records, perjury, accepting deposits
for an insolVent bank and making
false statements to mislead the Of
ficials. There are twenty-eight counts
in the Indictment against Carpenter
and five in the Indictment against the
former president of the bank. Carpen-
ter was released on bail of $4,000 and
Hinrichs on bail of $4,000
The only mention of the United Re-
,, frigerator and Ice Machine company of
this city in the indictments against the
Racine bankers is found in the fifth
count of the second indictment against
Carpenter, None of the former of
fcials Of the refrigerator company
were called as witnesses before the
grand jury indicting the two Racine
bankers and the evidence of deals with
the Kenosha company is supposed TO
have been given by Milten H. Knob
lock, the referee in bankruptcy, who
handled the affairs Of the United Re-
frigerator company after the fling of
the petition in bankruptcy. None of
the former officials of the Kenosha
company are mentioneds in connection
with the indictments voted by the
grand jury. 1t is understood, however,
that they will be called as important
witnesses in the trial of Carpenter
when the matter is taken up probably
in February. The one count Of the
indictment referring to the dealings
| of the Racine bank with the Kenosha
| company is as follows:
"That Charles R. Carpenter, on the
| nineteenth day Of June, 1914, then
| cashier of the Commercial and Savings
bank, did willfully, unlawfully and
feloniously misapply the moneys, funds
] and credits of the said bank, with in
! tent to convert the same to his own
use and to the use Of the United Re-
/ frigerator and Ice Machine COM
| pany, by then and there receiving
the proceeds of certain note Of the
| company, as such cashier, and failing,
neglecting and willfully refusing to
credit the amount to the account of the
| Wisconsin National bank Of Milwau-
| kee, and which it was his duty to ere
dit or cause the amount to be credited
| to the said bank, with the Commercial
and Savings bank, as he well knew
should be credited, but which in truth,
was not credited or caused by him to
be credited by him, or to any other ac-
count, until the twelfth day Of Sep
TENDER. 1914, by which failure, neglect
and Wlllful refusal to make credit, did
| then and there intend to iniure and
defraud the Commercial and Savings
bank, and other persons unknown to
the jurors. And the jurors declare up
on their oaths that Charles R. Carpen-
ter did wilifully, feloniously misapply
said funds, money, etc.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Now that the honeymoon is officially
closing the President can give his at
tention to little Of the work down in
Washington again. Perhaps the First
Lady of the Land will prove of value
in giving few hints.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
DEATH OF MISS ANNA HAeAN.

Miss Anna Hagan, aged forty-one
years, Of Chicago, sister of Mrs. John
Thomas, died at the home of her sis
ter on Grant street, this morning.
She had come here for a visit on
Thanksgiving day and had been i'll
since that time. She is survived by
her brother, Thomas Hagan, and two
sisters, Mrs. o. B. Madden of Chicago,
and Mrs. John Thomas of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

kilograms were received Sin Keno
sha today announcing the death Of
Mrs. Harry Kelley which occurred on
Saturday evening at Dan Diego, Cal.
Mrs. Kelley was formerly Miss Ada
Griggs, daughter of Edward Griggs Of
Milwaukee and she had visited in Ke-
nosha on many occasions. No details
OF her death have been received by
Kenosha friends She was a cousin Of
Mrs. A. W. Frantz of Durkee avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

It is estimated that the 1915 trade
balance in favor of the United States
will aggregate $1,75O,oO0,OOO. That is
somewhat different from the monthly
balance against US before the outbreak
of the war
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Another automobile accident took
place on the morning Of New Year s
day at the corner Of the Lake Shore
road and Fairfield avenue when one OF
the Nelson taxicabs skidded and ran
into buggy driven by Henry Tennes-
sen. The buggy was wrecked but the
occupants of it escaped with slight
bruises
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Since the first of the year 1915
the population of Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut, has grown from $4,000 to 10000,
due to the war boom. Bridgeport is
giving credit to Europe and not to the
Democratic administration for this
prosperity. Prior to the outbreak of
the war, it was suffering depression
with all the rest of the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
Mrs. Carl Skotski was arrestad

Mrs. Carl Skotski was arrested on
News Years day charged with firing
a revolver in the yard about her home
on the west side. She entered a plea
of not guilty when arraigned in the
municipal court this morning and the
hearing of the case was adjourned I'M
til January 7th. She was released on
recognizance bond
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

France proposed to purchase fifty
ships for its merchant fleet, but aband-
oned the plan as too costly and in
effective, yet there are some alleged
statesmen in the United States who
propose government purchase of ships.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

The Wausau Record Herald puts a
little ginger into it by remarking
g Hereafter we shall at least be spared
the sensation Of utter wretchedness
by reading about The lonely man at
the White House. ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Moran and
son, Frank Moran; William P. Eng
lish, Mrs. Charles English, Matt Moran
and Thomas Hogan, all of Chicago,
came to Kenosha this morning to at
tend the funeral of the late Elizabeth
Eantwell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Now that the two big celebrations
are over you can give little time to
checking up the records Of the men who
will be out looking for offices in April.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

Edward Gilbert of Milwaukee, spent
New Years day with friends in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06

H. Benson Of Waukegan, spent Sun
day afternoon in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
People Throng Streets and
Shout Welcome to 1916 in
Noisy Throngs on Fri
day Night and Saturday.
THOUSANDS ATTEND PARTIES

whistles Blow, Bells Ring and Happy
People Shout and Sing as 1915 Slips
Away to Give Way to 1916-Rain
and Fog Fail to Deter Pleasure.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-22
CONGRESSIONAL RETURNS As
SURE PRESIDENT WILSON OF
DEMOCRATIC UPPER HOUSE
DURING NEXT FOUR YEARS.
PLURALITY OF FOUR VOTES
IN LOWER HOUSE CLAIMED
One independent, One Socialist and
One Progressive Socialist Elected
Miss Jeanette Rankin, Republi-
can Of Montana, Is First Woman
to Be Sent to Congress.

New York, Nov 11.-Congressiona
election return which are nearly COM
plete assure President Wilson In the
forthcoming administration a Demo-
cratic Senate but with five districts
undecided the best that the Democrats
could claim was a plurality of four
votes in the House.
Upon the basis of revised returns
the Democrats have elected 215 men,
bers OF the House and the Republic
ans I'll. In addition there have been
elected one independent, one Social
list, one Progressive Protectionist.
Democrats Control Senate.
The Senate, according to latest fig
ures, will consist of 81 Democrats and
AZ Republicans, a majority of II. The
Democratic majority in the present
Senate is Is.
An unusual feature of the result is
the election of the first woman to
Congress, Miss Jeanette Rankin, Re-
publican, apparently has been elected
in Montana.
The House, according to the latest
returns, will be divided politically as
follows:
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-22
LET US FORGET "-.W|Ls0N
NATION Is NOW UNITED, PRESI
DENT DECLARES.
Executive Issues No Statement Re
garding Election While Visiting
Daughter in Massachusetts.

Williamstown, Mass, Nov. 11.-1n a
speech here before several thousand
persons who came from nearby towns
to congratulate him on his reelection,
President Wilson said:
Il want to say that now the cam
palgn is over we must think of only
one thing and that is not of parties,
but of the interest of the great coun.
try we all love. Let us forget all our
differences and unite for common SER
vice. Only in that way can we work
for the great nation that has given US
liberty and peace.
Politics." he continued, lis after
all means of getting something done;
of putting forward ideas. It is a
fight, but the man who does not love
the fight has no red blood in his
veins"
The Presidents second speech OF the
day here was delivered before a crowd
Of men from North Adams, Pittstield,
and other towns, who came here by
automobile, trolley and railroad trains
and marched to the home of Francis
B. Sayre, the Presidents son-in-law,
where Mr.. Wilson is staying. The DEL
egation surrounded the house and
cheered until the President appeared
on the porch.
Mr.. Wilson, after thanking the
crowd for this generous outpourirg, :"
said he had to come to Williamstown
to avoid making public speeches.
"You will forgive me if I do not dis
cuss public AFFAIRS" he added.
During the day the President was in
communication with Democratic ma
tional headquarters regarding the
progress Of the counting of the ballots
In the election. He made no state
ment, however. : the delegation be-
gan leaving, a man called out: "Three
cheers for Baby Sayre," and they we're
given.