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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
OFFICIALS HAVE CLOSE CALL.
Automobile in Which Judge Belden and
Others Were Riding Ditched as
Result of a Collision.

Judge E. B. Belden, Clerk of the Cir
cult Court B. NJ. DeDeimar and Deputy
Sheriff w. j. Frazier had hair raising
experience on the Geneva Road near
the Shield Is farm in the town of Bris-
tol just after nightfall on Thursday
night when the automobile in which
they were riding was pushed off the
road and into the ditch when it was
run into by small car driven by
Charles Robetrs of Beloit The Judge
and the members of his party had spent
the day at The ice fields and they were
returning TO Kenosa. Frazier was at
the wheel. The Beloit man was driving
west at fair rate of speed and
Frazier had slowed up his car in order
to allow the other automobile to pass
Roberts swung his car too far off the
road and when he saw that he was go
ing into the ditch he swung the wheel
about and ran directly into the Frazier
automobile, forcing it off the road and
into the ditch. Fortunately the car did
not turn over and none of the officials
were severely injured. 1t took an hour
and half to make repairs which would
permit the automobile to run into Ke-
nosha. With the temperature at zero
the wait along the country road was
anything but pleasant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
sCHLoEDER DEATH ACCIDENTAL.
Coroner's Jury at Waukegan Declares
Death of Kenosha Man was "Un-
avoidable Accident

That he "came to his death from
accidental burns, sustained while at
the Wilder garage" was the verdict of
the coroner's jury at the inquest held
over the remains of John P. Schroeder,
Kenosha man who died at the Jane Me
Alister Hospital in Waukegan Wednes-
day morning as the result of burns sus-
tanned Saturday evening.
Schroeder remained at the garage I'M
til a late hour, to watch the establish
ment until the arrival of Fl. G. Wilder,
the proprietor, who was out of the city
on business. He had spent the earlier
hours of the evening repairing his car
in the garage.
The automobile owned by Schroeder
was total loss, adding to the loss to
the family in the tragic affair. A sim
gular feature of the affair rested, how
ever, in the fact that although Schloe-
der s trousers were almost totally con-
sumed, the flames ate around roll of
bills. containing 81 that he had placed
IN his watch pocket.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
SLAVS HOLD BIG MEETING.
Forr Hundred of Them Attend Union
Meeting of Slavish Societies at
Which Mayor Is Speaker.

Four hundred Slavish residents of Ke-
nosha held great union meeting at
Tatra hall on Sunday afternoon at which
time strong pleas were made for a
higher form of citizenship among the
Slavs of Kenosha. Men prominent in
national organizations Of the Slavs were
speakers at the meeting and all of them
urged the members of these organiza-
t1Cn. in Kenosha to seek the highest
form of citizenship. On the program
was Mayor Charles Pfennig who spoke
of the responsibilities which the ma
tion accepts in connection with the edu-
cation of the alien born and he de-
clared that the only reward the people
of the city asked was that the new
citizens appreciate the opportunities of
fefed. All of the speakers urged their
fellow countrymen to conduct them
selves in such way that they would
be real credit to their adopted coun-
try.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
ARMENIANs HOLD MEETING.
Members of Armenian Church Meet at
the Guild Hall and Name Officers
For the Wear

A large numebr of the Armenian par
ish connected with the Episcopal church
in Kenosha met at the Guild Hall on
Sunday afternoon and after electing of
fieere for the new year laid plans for
regular parish work. Ninety people
hare been listed as members of the
Parish. Neshan B. Antaramian was cleo
ted as president of the organization for
the year; H. Katchian, secretary; John
Sogeghian, treasurer; Harry Oharomian,
collector, and Margaret Caroglanian,
keeper of the seal. No regular rector
viii be employed by the congregation
but it is planned to hold afternoon ser
vices at st. Matthews church at Sun
days as may be arranged with the rec
tor of that church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
ASKS SUPPORT OF KENosHA DAY
Mrs. Zalmon G.. Simmons Urges That
Kenosha People Attend Allied
Bazaar on Kenosha Day.

Thursday, January Is, is to be IKE
nosha Day" at the American Fund for
French Wounded at the Allied bazaar
in Chicago.
This booth was turned over to the
Kenosha committee as q recognition of
the work done by them during the past
nine months.
The following women are to assist
during that day: Mrs. E. L. Grant,
Mrs. George Eddy, Mrs. Ives, Mrs.
James Cavanagh, Mrs. Douglas Newell,
Mrs Roger Kimball, Mrs. N. A. Rowe,
Mrs. A. II. Lance, Mrs. George Milne,
Mrs. Nathan Allen and Mrs. Zalmon G..
Simmons.
The committee is anxious to have
"Kenosha Day" the banner day of
the week in the North Shore booth
Citizens of Kenosha are urged to at
tend the bazaar on that day, and are
and make some purchase or leave some
contribution that will help swell the
fund for that days work. No coin is
too small; no check too large.
If unable to attend, any contribu-
ton can also be sent to any member
of the Kenosha committee who will see
that it reaches the cash box in safety.
The bazaar is open from l o'clock
noon to il p. m.
This Allied bazaar is designed to
give financial support to the war suf-
ferers of the Allied nations, and every
cent that is made will go into war re-
lief work through the many well or
gained funds that are represented
there. These societies include not only
the nations of the ten Allies, but the
Lithuanians, Slovaks, Bohemians and
Poles, whose countries have been made
destitute by the war.
The cause of the bazaar is the cause
Of suffering humanity in many parts of
the world, and is likewise the expires
sion Of sympathy of the great cosmo-
poltan city of Chicago and her suburbs
to those suffering people, all of whom
are represented in greater or less de-
gree within her reunions.
1t is the hope of confident expecta-
ton of all those who have contributed
so generously to making the bazaar a
success that their efforts will not only
not have been in vain but that the re-
Spouse of the people of this locality
will be in proportion to their means
and sympathy for those the bazaar is
designed to aid. Let Kenosha do her
share!
Mrs. Zalmon G. Simmons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18

Giles Myrick, aged II years, direct
descendant of King Edward |. OF Eng
land and character about Kenosha
for many years, died at the Kenosha
Hospital just after six o'clock Thurs
day night as result of burns which he
suffered on December 30 of last year.
Myrick had been living in one Of
the apartments in the Harrison build
ing near the corner of Exchange and
Park streets. He lived alone and on
the night of the fire he had been sitting
in chair with a blanket thrown over
his lap. He went to sleep and the
blanket fell off his lap and caught fire
from small stove. When the depart
ment arrived, it was found that the
old man had been badly burned about
the feet and legs, and the flames had
also caused slight burns about the eyes.
He was taken to the hospital. At the
time it was not believed that the burns
were of dangerous nature, but he
was in badly run down condition and
it was declared at the hospital today
that the burns had brought death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
ATHLETIC CLUE FORMING.

The young men who took part in
the road race form Che neuclus of
new club that is being formed for the
purpose of promoting and fostering
athletics and outings. Fourteen per-
sons met together last week and de-
cided to organize such a club to en-
courage distance running, hiking, track
and field athletics, basketball, indoor
baseball, baseball, soccer and regular
football, as well as boating and swim
ming and boxing, wrestling, etc. The
aim of the club is to have teams in
all the above lines for games and con
tests at home and away from home.
The young men invite all interested to
meet with them. The group will meet
at the Commercial School building
Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. A con-
stitution and name will be decided at
the meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
K. H. S. SENIORS TO ACT.
1917 Glass is Rehearsing "Sierra, the
Girl from the West" to be presented
in Rhode January oath.

Again Kenosha is to have the OPP
portunity to see a high school play and
the good entertainment of those that
have preceded the 1917 production, it
is safe to say the public has pleasant
evening in store.
The young men and women of the
aggregation have entered into the pro-
ject heart and soul and with the as
sistance of Miss NJ Grace Robinson of
the Northwestern University who is to
act as coach, they promise to put on
something well worth seeing.
The characters to be played allow
scope for much ingenuity and distinc-
tive acting and those who have seen
the rehearsals say the amateurs are
putting much life and distinction into
their roles.
We are told that Miss Edna Gail
who has something Of local reputa-
ton as an elocutionist is cast for the
climber with aspirations to gain
the top of English society; playing OPP
posite is Berdette Holt, deep in the
agonies of the bashful lover; Miss
Ethel Gregnon, slow English girl,
trying desperately to assume the piq-
uaney Of the American and learn her
fascination; and Frank Williams as a
correct wooer' will set an example
for every love1orn swain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
HELD INSTALLATION.

The Court of st. Margretha, No. 647,
held its annual installation of officers
Wednesday night with the state depu-
ty, Mrs. Siegfreid of Milwaukee, act
ing as installing officer. The officers
installed were: Chief ranger, Barbara
Loef; vice-chief ranger, R. Susan Stein
bach; recording secretary, Elizabeth
Altringer; financial secretary, Elnor
Stelnbach; treasurer, Katie Bach; trus-
tee, Lillian CRUDE; second trustee. An
ma Holzemer; third trustee, Margretha
Trap; senior conductor, Mary Krue-
ser; Junior conductor, Margretha Flett;
inside sentinel, Jennie Cook; outside
sentinel, Mary steinbach; delegate,
Katie Bach; alternate, Catherine Alt
hoff; chaplain, Father Nickel; physi-
elan, DR.. Thompson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
ARTISTIC
Be HEARD JAN. e
Probably Only Opportunity
of Season to Hear Mrs.
''Dick" Welles Play
Is Next Week.
SELDOM APPEARS PUBLICLY
Has Been Filling Chamber Engagements
to Exclusion of More Public AT
fairs - Is One of Kenosha's
Most Popular Women.
SELDOM APPEARS PUBLICLY

Mrs. Richard Welles is to give what
will probably be her only public con-
cert in Kenosha this season when she
appears in the Guild hall next week on
Tuesday night under the auspices of
Miss Winifred Middleton who is giving
series of concerts there.
Mrs. Welles is woman Of extraordi-
nary musical ability and since last fall
when she decided seriously to return to
her profession of pianist, after neglect
ing her music for nearly five years
for civic and social activities, she has
been warmly welcomed by the chicago
musical circles where she had been a
favorite in the past.
Almost Immediately she began re-
ceiving invitations to play and has had
several flattering engagements for
chamber recitals in the best known
homes of that city and Highland Park.
One of her recent programs was given
before an audience composed sof the
group of music lovers who have given
their support to the Symphony concerts
in Chicago and through whose efforts
the Ravinia Park Opera was kept alive
until it maintained a foothold Since
autumn her time has been spent in
studying, in giving chamber recitals
and in attending the opera which she
has done from three to four times a
week. She is devoting her time wholly
to her music.
Her beauty and her personality are
such that one needs only to have the
most casual acquaintance with Mrs.
Welles to be fascinated by her indi-
vidualism and there is little doubt that
many will attend the concert through
a personal interest as we'll as through
the assurance that her playing is of
more than ordinary excellence.
Already tickets have been disposed
Of to friends in Chicago, Racine and
Milwaukee who are embracing this OPP
portunity to hear her play. Among
those from Milwaukee who are to be
present will be Dudley Crafts Watson,
who does musical and art reviews for
the Free Press as we'll as writing their
theatrical critiques and filling the mani
fold duties of the director Of the Mil
waukee Art society.
The recital bids fair to eclipse in
popularity the other numbers Of the
series.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
FOUR SUSPECTS RELEASED
Police Find After Long Examinations
That Assaults They Were Connected
With Had Nothing to Do With the
Injury of the Racine Man.

The mystery surrounding the death
eral days ago as a result of wounds
received in a fight, has not been solved.
Saturday night the police believed
that they were close to a solution OF
the mystery and four young men were
arrested and held pending further ex-
animation. They told the chief several
stories of an assault which took place
in an alley and the other two of an
assault which was said to have taken
place in a jitney bus, but when the
police went deeper into the case they
found that both men who had been
beaten in these assaults were alive and
both had fully recovered from their
wounds. The men who had been con-
nected with these assaults admitted
that they did not know the name of
the man assaulted and they al de-
clared that they had been acting in
self-defense when the assault was made
The stories of the four men arrested
were clean and straightforward and
the chief ordered the release of all of
them.
The rather unusual developments of
the investigation may bring to light
several other assaults which have been
made on men in Kenosha which had
not been known to the police depart
ment but Chief O'Hare insists that he
is working along the right line and
that he is convinced that within a
short time he will get at the facts con-
nected with the assault made on Kos
terman.
There has been so many stories told
about the manner in which Kosterman
was injured,' said the chief this morn
ing, that it is like looking for a nee
die in the hay stack. We are however
working ON new line now which I
believe is going to unearth that NEE
de- am not going to give out the
facts that we have found in the Kos
terman case until we get the men we
want. Of course it is possible that this
will be another false lead and that we
will find that the victim of the assault
in question was not Kosterman."
The body of Kosterman was buried
in Racine on Saturday afternoon and
the father and brother of the Young
man are urging the Kenosha police to
take every possible ster to arrest and
punish the men who were responsible
for his death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
VICE PRESIDENT Way READY
TO PLAY "SHOW DOWN
FIRST BABY TO NAME.
Zion City Fireman has Bouncing Boy
and Chief Overseer Will Have a
Chance to Show His Power.

The first baby to be named by Over
seer Voliva, according to his statement
in Chicago last Tuesday, when he made
known his ruling that in the future
every baby born in Zion would be nam
ed by him, will be a son born to Mr.
and Mrs. George Stried, 2719 Elizabeth
avenue, Zion City. A bouncing baby
boy kicked up his heels and cried some
when he first saw the light of day this
morning, and remembering the Over
seer's ruling, the Zion correspondent
called up the Stried residence and com
plimented the folks on the fact of
their having the privilege of having the
first born to be chrisctented by the
Overseer, and new voter at that.
But Mrs. Stried. Georges mother,
didn' t know so much about that She
thought they could name the baby
themselves, and so the Overseer will
have to hurry with his list of names
to select from.
And, by the way, George Stried is a
member of the Zion City fire depart
ment. He is also special policeman,
and when he came into the station this
morning, he knocked carefully on the
chiefs door and was commanded by a
stern voice to "come in.
Stried came in smiling as wide as a
cOlored boy would do with a slice of
watermelon, and the chief knew at
once what was up.
" "A boy,'' gasped the fireman, and
all s well.
"Want to stay home,'' asked
the chief.
emo need to-" was the reply, and
the happy fireman went down town and
perhaps heralded the good news, for he
was happy in the thought that he was
doing his part to build up Zion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
WILL GET LONG LEASE.
Kenosha Steamboat Company to Get
Twenty Year Lease of Docks at
Waukegan for It's Business.

The Hill Steamboat Company 'of Ke-
nosha is going to get twenty year
lease of the municipal docks at Wau-
kegan. This agreement was reached at
a conference between the officials of
tn company and the Waukegan com
missioners on Thursday afternoon and
the lease will be drawn up within the
next few days. 1t will contain clause
providing that the Hill company re-
linquish its rights if it should go out
of business and the lease can not be
transferred to some other company.
For long time the company has been
held back from making a definite in
vestment at Waukegan on account of
its inability to get proper lease from
the city there. It is thought that the
present agreement will clear away all
difficulties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18

One of the pleasant happenings re-
birthday celebration of Mrs. H. E.
Saunders eightieth birthday on Sun
day. Her house was fairly filled with
beautiful flowers received from her
many old friends here in the city and
dozens of people called during the af
ternoon. Mrs. Saunders is one Of the
women upon whom the years rest light
.ly and one never thinks of her as at
all in the class of the cold" Although
her health has not allowed her to go
about much just recently she has kept
in close touch through her reading and
her intercourse with friends with the
big events of the day, political, liter
airy and artistic, and is a charming
conversationalist always. She has been
identified for years with the cultural
side of Kenosha IS life. She is a mem
Der of the Woman g Club, and of the
Woman 8 Alliance, and she was a char
ter member of the senior Dickens Club:
and because Of her ability to read well
she has been in much demand as an
amateur reader at club meetings. The
old friends who "broke bread'' and
slipped coffee with Mrs. Saunders yes
terday will remember a delightful af-
ternoon. No invitations were sent out
and the guests who came did so on their
own initiative, and because they want
ed to be with her and to wish her hap
piness on her birthday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
PAY PIERCE HEIRS $4,000.
North Western Railway Company Set
ties Claim for the Accident to
David e, Pierce.

Tn County Court hearing this
morning Judge Taylor authorized the
administration for the estate of the
late David E. Pierce, former well
known Bristol man, who was killed last
November when he was struck by d
North Western train on trestle in
Bristol, to settle any claim which tne
heirs to the estate might have against
the railway company. While admitting
no liability for the death of Mr. Pierce,
the company, through its attorney, Of
fered the estate a settlement of three
hundred dollars The settlement was
accepted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
Descendant Of Kings.

While Myrick was being looked after
by the city officials when he died, he
was one of the most distinguished men
in Kenosha from point of lineage and
one of the few in this country who
traces his ancestry to the kings of Eng
land. He was a direct lineal descend
ant Of King Edward the First. The
Myricks of America are descended
from the purest Celtic stock. This fact
is established by Burke's peerage
which is the accepted authority on all
matters pertaining to the ancient and
great families of Great Britain. In the
edition of 1887 paragraph is given
over to the American Myricks. 1t
says: "The Myricks are of the purest
and noblest Cambrian blood and have
possessed the same ancestral estate and
residence Bodorgan, Anglesey, Wales,
without interruption above thousand
years. They have the rare distinction
Of being lineally descended from both
the Sovereign Prince of Wales of the
Welsh royal family and from King Ed
ward the First, whose eldest son was
the first prince of Wales of the English
royal family. Descended from long
line of legal ancestry the Myricks oc-
cupied the throne of Wales in the sixth
century and their heirs for many gem
erations following. Their descendants
had among them, many men of promin-
ence, in the church, in the army, in the
letters and in representatives in for
eign courts. Six were knighted by the
different sovereigns of England"
Four of the brothers of the Myrick
family came to America in 1886 and
settled at Charlestown, Mass. They
were soldiers under Miles Standish The
Myricks were active participants in the
Colonial and Revolutionary wars.
John Myriek, father of Giles Myrick
came to Wisconsin among the first set
tiers of Kenosha county and he was a
pioneer of the town of Paris where
Giles Myrick was born.
Myrick had lived in Kenisha for
many years. He was for years cook in
the old Hartman restaurant and later
he worked in similar capacities in other
places in the city. For many months
he had been in feeble health and he
had lived alone IN the rather squalid
quarters in the old building On Park
street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
Giles Myrick, Old Resident
Of Kenosha County Who
Traced His Lineage to
Most Royal Blood of
England, Dies AS
Result of Burns
And Old Age.
SEEK RELATIVES IN CHICAGO

Old Man Had Worked AS Cook In
Kenosha Restaurants and While
Feeble on Account of Age and Sick
ness Sustained Severe Burns on the
Last Night of the Old Year-Royal
Lineage Was Known to Few of the
Men With Whom He Had Associated
During Many Years of Residence In
Kenosha County.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18

DR.. and Mrs. L. E. Kaltenbach close
their Park avenue home today and to-
night start on their journey to Florida
They will be in Cocoanut Grove and
open their home there, Shady Nook, on
Thursday. DR.. Kaltenbach viii remain
for month, returning to Kenosha the
fifteenth of next month but Mrs. Kal-
tenbach and her children with a sister
from Birmingham, Ala, viii stay on
until some time in May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-18
General Manager of Wiscon-
sin Gas and Electric Com
pany Suggests Confer
ence With City Ofic-
ials tOSettle all Rail-
way Difficulties.
SAYS He WILL Be ON The JOB

Insists That He Will Come to Kenosha
Prepared to Act If Any Practical
Proposal Can Be Made for the Bet
terment of Service Here - Mayer
Pfennig Ready to Act for the City
at Any Time That a Conference Can
Be Arranged And Early Action Is
Forecasted.