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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
SUGGEST Wire DEFECTS
State Deputy DeclaresE Every Clew Given
Will Be Followed Closely But Indi.
Gates That the Cause of the Fire
May Have Been Defects in Wires.
(From "Wednesday S pailxl

?
William G. End, deputy state FIRE
marshal on Tuesday afternoon started
an investigation into the fire which
Quilted the portion of the old Wulff
building at the corner of Church and
Wisconsin streets on Monday night.
The owners of the building laid before
the state fire deputy mass of facts
from which he is expected to work out
case of incendiarism, but it is adj
mitted by Deputy End and the local
police officers that they have no clew
to the identity of the persons guilty of
burning the building if it was set on
fire. There is vague story of a man
who appeared to be unde~ the influence
of liquor who was seen in the piano
store in the building some hours before
the FIRE. He talked incoherently and
it was declared that he seemed anxious
to get the lay of the building. This man
has not been seen since the fire was
discovered and the police and Deputy
State Fire Marshal have not been able
to discover his identity.
"Miss Wu1ff seems to be convinced
that the building was fred" said
Deputy End this morning, but we
have no evidence to this effect. [ have
made eobsIt sbl 4 .amins. Of the
burned portions of she building and
while this investigation has not shown
the exact cause of the fire it would In
dieate that there was defective wiring
in the portion of the building in which
the fire started. If the wires were de.
fective it would have been an easy
matter for the fire to have started IN
many ,arts of the building at once and
it might have been burning for some
time before the blaze broke out so
that it would be discovered by pedes-
TRANS passing the building. We do not
want to say that this was the cause cf
the fire, but the building was in bad
condition and particularly liable to just
such kind of a fire. W. are going 20
follow every lead that has been pre-
scented to us by the owners of the build
ing and arrests will be made if we find
any evidence of incendiarism.
Members of the local fire depart-
ment are cooperating with the
state in the investigation which is
being made.
Miss Wulf has announced to the
building department of the city that
no effort will be made to rebuild the
rear portion of the building, but the
r,1inc will na oIeanad M, and IN tho Site
of the portion destroyed by fire
modern business building will be erect.
ed. This will be built practically from
the ground up, the only part of the
old building being used being the walls
recently put up. It is expected that
this work will be started just as soon
as the insurance adiusters have placed
the loss or the building and it's cons
tents as result of che fire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
ESCAPED IN PAJAMAs.
Emanuel Epstein of This City has Mar
row Escape in Big Hotel Fire
at Los Angeles.

The fact that Emanuel Epstein, well
known Main street business man, had
a narrow escape from death in a great
fire in Los Angeles, is told in letters just
received from that city. On March
10th the New Rosslyn Hotel in Los
Angeles was Quilted by fire and the
eight hundred guests of the big hotel
escaped in various degrees of undess
uniform. Mr.. Epstein, who had an
apartment on one Of the upper floors of
the big hotel, took to the fire escape
clad only in his paiamas and made his
way to safety on the ground below by
way of the fire escape. For four hours
he was forced to stand with the other
guests with paiamas as his sole article
of clothing. While the hotel was badly
damaged by the fire, the Kenosha man
did not suffer any great loss as the fire
did not destroy his trunks and other
personal effects.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Probe Common
LotU Marriages
Their Relation to the Eugenics Princi-
pie in wisconsin is Subject Con-
sidered by State Board.

Common law marriages and their re-
lation to the eugenics principle in this
state are the subject of compilations
recently made by the state bureau of
vital statistics, to which a few deduc-
tions have been added. In 1914. 81
common law marriages were solemn
lied in various parts of the state. IT
1915, the number of such unions had
declined to "a, as reported by registers
OF deeds. These were as follows:
Brown county, /; Dane county, Z;
Oconto county, 16. For 1916, and up
to March l, 1917, II common law mar
riages were recorded, as follows: Dane,
4; Monroe, /; Oconto, 5; Sank, 2.
No common law marriages were re.
corded in the state Office prior to 1914,
and it is improbable that any consid-
cradle number of such marriages were
contracted before that time The
state bureau Of vital statistics holds
the opinion that the comparatively
large number of these marriages has
been due to the supreme court decision
upholding the legality Of this sort Of
marriage and to the eugepi2s pi arfego
law.
"Were it not for the decision Of the
supreme court sustaining the validity
of this kind of marriage, said an
official, "unquestidnably there would
have been but very few of such
marriages in the state. Many parties
took this method of evading the law
for the reason that a medical certif-
cate could not be obtained and they
would have been required to postpone
marriage until such time as clean
bill of health could have been fur
nished. All will agree that this is
very desirable even though it had re-
suited in a slight decline in the num-
Der of marriages occurring in the
state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
FRIENDS HOPE FOB FREEDOM
Steinbach Takes Stand In His Own De-
tense and Tells Jury He Is Guiltless-
Case Is Argued to the Jury During
Much Of the Morning.
(From Wednesday s Daily


J. ]. Steinbach, charged with arson
in connection with the burning of the
big ice houses of the Harry Lawler
Company at Twin Lakes on January
3rd, will know his fate before night
fall. Just before three o'clock this
afternoon Judge Belden submitted the
evidence in the case to the jury and
the friends and attorneys of Steinbach
are hopeful of an early verdict.
Court officials who have followed
the trial with a good deal of interest,
expect an early verdict of the jury.
The entire morning was given over
to the argument Of the case on the
part of the attorneys.
Steinbach took the stand in his own
defense on Tuesday afternoon and told
a rather clear-cut story of his entire
connection with the ice cutting bust
ness at Twin Lakes. He denied many
of the statements which had been made
by the witnesses for the state and laid
greaE stress on the fact that he had not
been near the runway on the night Of
the fire, He asserted that the men who
had testified to seeing him there were
mistaken. Ia declared that he had not
belonged to any labor organizations
and that when he left Evanston to go
to Twin Lakes on the Monday before
the fire he had gone on account of the
fact that he had seen an advertisement
for men to work in the ice fields. He
asserted that on the train a man who
gave his name as "Burns" had given
him the assurance that he could find
work at the Lawler ice houses. He as
serted that he had not been near the
ice house at the time the fire broke out
and that the first he knew of the fire
was when the men in the saloon had
told him of it and that he had left the
saloon in company with lot of other
men after the announcement that the
fire was raging. Steinbach made a good
appearance on the stand and his evil
dence was brought out so to make
direct contradiction to every piece of
evidence against him presented by
the state.
After Steinbach had told his story
several men from Evanston were put
on the stand as character witnesses.
These witnesses all declared that Stein
bach had borne an excellent reputation
in Evanston and that he had never been
arrested for any crime and that he had
stood well in the community.
At the conclusion of the evidence of
the state the attorneys for the defen-
dant made the usual motion for the dis
charge of the defendant on the grounds
that the state had not presented suf-
ficient evidence to have the case go to
the jury. This motion was over-ruled
by Judge Belden and the defense at
once started to present it's evidence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
TACKI LEADS CARLSON Big
SmitA Goodman and Donahue All Can
didates for Reelection Run Behind
Opponents and Primary Indicates
They Will Have a Hard Fight.

The city primary on Tuesday brought
few surprises. Every one of the mem
bers of the Common Council whose
terms will expire, were re-nominated,
but three Of them, Aldermen Donahue,
Smith and Goodman ran second to OPP
posing candidates. Peter f. Tacki had
d long lead over Charles Carlson in the
race for the nomination for justice of
the peace. Tack gained great strength
on the north side Of the city, carrying
all Of the north wards by big vote
over Carlson The returns would indi-
cate that Aldermen Smith, Goodman
and Donahue and several of the other
aldermen will have fight on their
hands to secure their places for an
other term One of the features of the
primary was the large Socialist vote.
In the north wards this vote was I'M
usually heavy. The city at large cast
little over three thousand votes at
the primary. The council met in special
session at eleven O'Clock this morning
and canvassed the primary vote.
The tabulated vote east at the
primary was as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
WOULD DIVORCE ACTRESS.
Ernest j. Valladores Asked Divorces
from Actress Wife Who
Deserted Him Here.

Declaring that his actress wife has
deserted him, Ernest J. VaIlad3res OF
Kenosha, by his attorney, George w.
Taylor, has fled an action in the
Municipal Court demanding release
from the bonds of matrimony which
bound him to Mrs. Dora NJ Valladores.
The defendant is supposed to be in New
York at the present time and she is
said to be a member of theatrical
troup which has its headquarters In
that city. Valladores and his wife
were married in Chicago, March 9th,
1915. They lived together for just six
months and then, according to the COM
plant of the husband, the wife deserted
him and he has not heard from her
since. They have no children. Valla.
dores is employed in the sales agency
of local automobile company. The
trial of the case viii come up at the
next term of the Municipal Court
and it is not expected that the
wife viii contest the granting of tbs
decree.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
PRINCE rs RELEASED.
Abe Prince Charged with Assault
Gives Bonds of $500 and Hearing
Is Continued

Abe Prince, arrested late Tuesday
afternoon on charges of assault with
intent to do great bodily harm, was
arraigned in the Municipal Court
Monday afternoon and the hearing of
the case was continued until March
%. Prince was not forced to plead to
the information against him. and his
attorney promptly furnished bonds of
$500 to secure his release. No state
ment in regard to the case was made
when it was called in court but A. E.
Buckmaster who appeared for Prince
declared that he would plead self-de-
Tense. It is just possible that the case
against Prince will be withdrawn be-
fore the date set for the adjourned
hearing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
SPECIAL
SESSION ON
APRIL End
BULLETIN.

Washington, Mare 21-President
Wilson today issued call for a
special session of congress on April
3, when he viii lay before the ma
tion's legislative body the admin
istration IS final plans for dealing
with the new German submarine
menace. 1t had been planned to
have the extra session convene on
April 10th, but in view of the
serious turn of affairs brought about
by the sinking of three American
merchant ships with resultant loss
of lives, the president and his ad-
visers deemed it advisable to sum-
mon the senator's and representa-
tives back to Washington at once,
in order to be prepared to meet
any emergency.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
LOCAL OFFICIALS IN DOUBT
Proposed Law Would Give Cities Power
to Make Ordinances Regulating OPP
GRAFTON of Cars and Extensions
Of Lines Of Companies.

The state legislature threatens to
aid Kenosha to solve its traffic prob
lem as on Tuesday afternoon a bill
was introduced into the legislature
comforting on cities in the state power
to regulate, by ordinance, the opera
ton Of street railway lines. Copies
of the bill were received in Kenosha
this morning and they are being very
carefully considered by the city Off
Gals.
II would not like to go on record
ON this matter until [ had studied the
bill, /" said Mayor Pfennig. II can
see value in cities regulating these
utilities, but [ can also see grave re-
sponsibilities in the city taking upon
itself the duties of regulating the bust
ness of privately owned corporation.
The matter is of interest to Kenosha
just now and / can see that the bill in
measure works out plans which have
been suggested for the operation of
the railway in Kenosha"
Under the terms Of the bill every
municipality shall, by ordinance, de-
termine the character of the service to
be rendered sfand shall have power to
enact any reasonable rules as it may
deem necessary to improve the quality
or eharaeseg of the kind OF product or
service to be furnished or rendered by
such public utility or street railway"
The bill gives the munich atty pow
er to acquire existing street railways
or to construct, operate or maintain
independent systems.
The possibility of the bill passing
the legislature is a good deal of a
question. It is declared that local
regulation of street railways will not
be opposed by the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric Company if the bill is made
sufficiently elastic to provide that the
cities in which this company operates
shoulder some of the responsibilities
of operation. It is an open secret that
the company operating many lines
from a central office in Milwaukee
would be. glad to have all Of these
lines more or less controlled by cities
if the company could be insured the
earning Of a fair rate on its invest
ment and be assured Of depreciation
charges.
s. B. Way, general manager of the
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
has made such proposition for the
operation Of the lines in Kenosha and
the matter is now under consideration.
Mr.. Way has recently sent letter to
the mayor asking for further confer
ences in the matter in order that a
definite plan along this line may be
worked out for presentation to the
council. It is expected that this meet
ing will be held early in next week,
but the inal report of the special rail
way committee will probably not go
to the council until after election.
The officials are hopeful that some
satisfactory basis may be found for
the settlement of all points of differ
ence between the city and the com
pany
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
NOTICE no coNTRAcToRs.

Sealed proposals win be received at
the Office of the City Engineer in the
City Hall at Kenosha, Wis, until
Monday, March Goth at. 500 o'clock
P. NJ. for excavating about $500 cubic
yards of material on Washington
Island in this city, in accordance with
plans and specifications on file in the
Office of the City Engineer.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
The Board of Water Commissioners,
m15-22-26 By B. G. Brennan, supt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
NOTICE.

I wish 20 announce to my friends and
the public IN general, that T have not
raised my prices When T do, I will
advise you of same through the press.
Yours truly,
VIM. J. Dickhaut,
m2SdTadT 269 Park St:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
ROYAL LEAGUE NOTICE.

The Royal League. bowling tourna+
ment has been postponed until Tues4
day, March 9th. BY order of coms
nitteeI .edYaa
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
NOTICE KNIGHTS OF PYTH1As

Stated convention Wednesday, Mar
21st. Rank of Esquire will be con
ferred. Visiting Knights welcome.
adv I. D. Rogsnhlun,, e. R. IS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
NOTICE TO srRANGERs.

If the Quality Restaurant cannot
satisfy you with a meal-you cannot
be satisfied. adyftf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22

ESQ taxiesb serTies. Phone 125.
naT o. ninhts Rdvm3l
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22

Supper served at $50 o'clock. Price
IS cents, children % cents. Homemade
candy for sale. advm21
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lContinued on page Al
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
SUPPER.
Congregational Church, Thursday,
March %, 1917.

Menu:
Beef Stew With Biscuit, Brown Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes.
Mashed Rutabagas.
Rails Pickles
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
BURKE TELLS OF new HOMES
Members Of Club Have Interesting
Statement in Regard to Advance of
Big Movements in Kenosha-Pledge
Cooperation for Greater Growth.

Touching upon Kenosha S
prospective growth, it may
be interesting to you to
learn that engineers from
the Wisconsin Telephone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
HOUSE
BYS0NGHE SINGS
Lecturer on Psychology Of Gospel
Speaks of Life as symphony In
Splendid Address.

nr. E. L. House began his lectures
OH The Psychology of the Gospel in
the city with three addresses yester-
day. tn the morning he spoke at the
Broadway Presbyterian church on
1.-THE Traus6gurat and was heard
with great interest. Ia the afternoon
q good audience heard him ON An
Available God" In this the speaker
showed most graphically that we have
q God who knows. q God who can.
God who cares. and a God who viii In
the evening a large audience heard
him in the First Methodist church on
'The Symphony of Life. lie said in
part:
Every mans life is a symphony Of
some kind. lit should he. Of the best.
Every man sings a song OF some kind
and the song he sings gives him his
rating he the world Why some men
go ap and why some men so down
is known when we know . mans song
The world is very quick TO sense q
man and a song witnesses to the
truth as nothing else IN the world.
Profession is not so much as practice
Some men pray on Sunday and some
PRAY on Monday and the rest Of the
week. Two kinds Of song ought to be
avoided, the song that is set TO rag
time and the song that is of key
This is rag time age, but the music
that lasts is the kind that has some
great thought and purpose back Of it,
When men have no higher thought
than good time or just their bust
ness. when women think OF nothing
but tbe next party or the latest fash
ION they beth are singing to the ia
ra-ra- boom de-aEe And what lot Of
ss-H-
ing roughshod ever their fellows, and
are not much more than rasplng files
and crosscut. The man who grips and
is beloved is the man who sings on
the keys-raakes his life helpful,
good and inspirational
This afternoon he spoke on "Realiz-
ing God and tonight ne gives his
famous lecture THE Power of the
Mind Tomorrow afternoon the sub
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
Killers ABtiseptic OH Known as
Snake Oil
VIII Positively Relieve Pain in Tth rec
Minutes.

Try it right now for rheumatism
neuralgia, lumbag0s sore, sJiH and
swollen joints pains IN the head back
and limbs. Germs. buuions, ere After
one application pain disappears as II
by magic
a never-fai1ing remedy used inter
nally and externally for coughs. colds
Group. sore throat. diphtberia and ton
slIlitfz
This oil IS conceded TO be the most
penetrating remedy known It's prompt
and immediate effect in relieving PAM
is due to the fact that il peuetrates Il
the affected parts at once. AS an illus
tration, pour 10 drops Oh the thIckest
piece OF sole leather and it Will pene-
trate this substance through ard
through II three minutes.
Accept no substitute This great oil
is golden red color only Every bottle
guaranteed 25c and soc bottle. or
money refunded. Thomas Drug Co.
(Adv.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26

111e neglect q pain anywhere. bat
fA2 out what causes Il and conquer the
cause. = pain in the kidney region may
put YOU on rour back tomorrow. Don't
Diane tbs weather fer swollen feet Il
nay be am advance warning Of
57ssht.s disease. A pain in the stom-
sen NAV be the first symptom Of ap-
Iend5estis. a creak in a Joint may be
TIE roreruuaer Of rheumatism. Chronic
headaches more fhan likely warn you
q serious stomach trouble. The best
way p to keep in good condition day IN
and day cat by regularly taking GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM OIL Capsules.
cod bE reliable druggists Money re-
minded If they do not help you. Be
ware Of substitutes The only pure
imported Harlem OH Capsules are the
GOLD MEDAL Adv1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
- aIHnIlR- -.

A.Icyda Of Chicago. q Japanese who
for seven years was in the Japanese
navy and who is graduate OF several
American universities aud now inter
osta5 in y NJ q A work addressed
members OF the mems class of tEe
First Baptist church yesterday morn
ing on How Became q Christian.
He was accompanied by mis- son. aged
10. q hoy OF remarkable talents. who
is a wizard in mathematics and . car
to0nt Isl of no mean ability
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
GALL COMPANY A
To GUARD BRIDGE
ANDTHE ARSENAL.
Trao7s Modified by Lieutenant ". VI.
Scott Immediately After Receipt
81 Orders.
rFcHJITNG CAUPAIGN OPENS


Orders received a1 noon today
hs WaIar r. I'll. DuaaviH Ia Rock
island directs him So take TOM
as.aae ST Rock island and 4 Of
-E.IfHa Sc Rock Island arsenal at
aara. EHer were scheduled 10
.eera tine armorg this afternoon.
HaHs agueat instructions 10 re-
r-aa ta $50 men were issued and
a recruiting station for the local
guar8 was established at the ar
Hars with statement fr8m
militia authorities that 149 men
era needed Immediately.
Taa guard via bee used in pro-
tarrHz tHa Rock Island bridge,
fHa arsenal grounds, shops and
taa locks and wafer power plant.
GsarE Island arsenal has more
taau ## mna Era ahe ordnance de-
ra-.H.HI attachment from tire
reluia United States army az ifs
barracks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
THE TOWN TICKET
TO ELECT
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES

Assistant supervisors - G.. r.
PEI ers, John Scheuermaun. J. T.
Bauer. George r. Garrison, John
hileoiB.
justices or the peace Carl
kuehl, Cornelius Buckley, Roy
Stringer, George Henry, Christie
pher Cannon.
Gonstables- sam fitzpatrick. 5.
G. faidel, Herman Sturm, Anton
hOpp and John SChIemmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-26
DEMANDS FOR MALE
HELP ON INCREASE

The demand for male help far eZ-
caeded the applications Tor positions
The past week at the Illinois free en-
plovment bureau. 1923 Second avenue.
according TO the report made today by
Superintendent Cornelius Donovan.
One hundred and twenty men applied
for work. while l5S male applications
for help were received, 1917 being Civ
en- work. In the female department
G6 applied for work. 5s applied Tor
help and 3a were given w0rk.