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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
FINISH ARSON CASE TO-DAY.
State Weaves Tangle of Circumstantial
Evidence Against r. J. Steinbach
in the Circuit Court.

The case of the State VS.. J. J. Stein
bach, charged with burning the Lawler
ice house at Twin Lakes, will probably
reach the jury some time late this af-
ternoon or at the latest on Wednesday
morning. Weaving web of circum-
stantial evidence the district attorney
and the assistant .attorney general of
the stae examined many witnesses on
Monday afternoon and this morning.
Not one of the witnesses testified that
they had seen Steinbach set the FIRE,
but one of them declared that he had
seen Steinbach on the runway near
which the fire originated only a short
time before the fire. Many witnesses
came in from Twin Lakes to testify.
It is probable that the state will demand
the discharge of Steinbach with the
closing of the state case and if this is
denied by the court that the defense
will introduce many witnesses to show
the character of Steinbach Mrs. Stein
bach and two children sat with the
defendant in court today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Business Man Charged by
Louis Hansnann With
Assault With Intent to
DoGreatB Bodily Harm.
FOLLOWS BATTLE ON Street

AS the outcome of one Of the most
sensational assaults ever known in
Kenosha a warrant was issued in the
Municipal Court this morning for the
arrest of Abe Prince, well known Park
street cleaner and dyer, charging him
with assault with intent to do great
bodily harm. The complaining wit
ness was Louis Hansmann, who was
terribly beaten by Prince in fight
which took place on Park street just
after nine o'clock Monday night.
Both Prince and Hansmann were
taken into custody by the police officers
following the trouble on the street and
both were released short time later
without bonds. The stories of the bat
tie between the two men were at
variance, but the police declared that
Hansmann was assaulted with unneces-
sary violence. Prince declared to the
police that he had struck Hansmann in
self defense after the complainant
in the criminal action had sought to
make an assault on him.
Prince asserted that the trouble
found its origin in his recent marriage
to the step-daughter of Hansmann.
Mrs. Prince had been away from the
city since the marriage and she return
ed late Monday evening and her hus-
band met her in front Of the Hansmann
home on Park street. A minute later
the two men were engaged in the bat
tie of left hand compliments and wal
Tops. Neither party to the action
showed any willingness to discuss the
trouble at length with the police of
fcers and Mr.. Hansmann sought to
protect as far as possible the name of
his step-daughter in the case.
It was declared on Monday evening
that the matter had been amicably
settled, but early this morning Hans
mann, still suffering from the effects
of his wounds, appeared in the Munich
pal Court attended by his attorney,
R. Y. Baker, and the warrant charging
the serious criminal offense against
Prince, was issued on his complaint.
As a great crowd had gathered on
the street on account of the fire at the
Wulff building the domestic tragedy
caused great excitement and great
crowd followed the two men to the
police Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
old ORGAN FACTORY
WEATHERS Big FIRE
Win Put Condmts
In Sheridan Road
Telephone Company Announces That
the Orders of the Common Council
Will be Fully Complied With.

The Wisconsin Telephone Company
has announced that it win comply with
the Kenosha underground ordinance to
the letter and the old fight over the
conduits which are to carry the through
lines along Sheridan Road has been
settled. The construction crew now at
work in Kenosha will lay conduits for
these wires and all of the poles used
for carrying the big cables, not on
private property, will be removed be-
fore the first of July. The company
found very serious objections to the
removing of these poles and cables, but
the members of the council insisted
that the company follow the ordinance
to the letter and engineers for the COM
pany took up the big problem of caring
for these through wires and they have
solved it in a manner which promises
to be entirely satisfactory. The tele-
phone company will be the first of the
public utility companies to comply with
the council order. All of its under
ground work will be completed by the
first of July.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
CHILDREN ENTERTAIN NICELY.

Assisted by some of their teachers
and pupils of the older grades, the kim
dergartners of the city gave a pretty
entertainment last night to an audi
ence which filled the assembly room of
the High School, and which was ap-
preciative of the efforts of the young
sters who danced, sang and went
through their pretty little games in a
most fascinating manner.
The charm of these young actors was
their utter ignoring of their spectators.
They were acting because that was the
proper thing 0 do and the only ap-
proval they craved was that of their
own consciences, plus the knowledge
that their teachers were satisfied. 1t
was refreshing to one used to the way
of the grown-up actor and an added
attraction to the kiddies' performance
to see chem just glancing out of the
tail O. their eyes at the teacher in the
wings to see if all was well. and ignor-
ing the audience entirely. To them the
audience was mere incident. their
concern was to do their stunts accord
ing to rule and regulation, trusting
that the spectators would be pleased
but not worrying about whether they
were
The children s part in the entertain
ment was not all Miss Harriet Mac
Arthur of the Balm School sang charm
inely a group of SONGS, including
Spring is Here, = Cradle Song and
"Sun Beams Harold Curtis and the
Misses Irene and Jessie Barden all
sang pleasinelv The living pictures
were beautifully worked out and every
single one who posed in the great
green frame had something of beauty
and grace to add TO the program.
The pictures represented songs and
as they were being shown the song APP
propriaFr to each was sung.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
755 DEMAND REFERENDUM
List of signers Includes People Prom
Every Section Of City and 1t Contains
List of Many Representative Men
Clerk to Prepare Notice at Once

The dry fight is officially on, for just
after five o'clock Monday evening
representatives of the Kenosha Citi-
zens No License League filed with the
city clerk the formal petition demand
ing that the question of license be sub
mitted for the vote of the people at
the April election. In this petition
seven hundred and forty-fv people Of
the city demand that the question be
submitted A careful examination Of
the list of signers of the petition shows
that it has been generously signed in
all parts of the city. Every ward and
nearly every block in the city is repre-
sented by signatures on the petition
and lot Of voters who had been con
sidered ''pretty wet'' have added their
names to the list. There is so great
a majority of names, more than is de-
manded by the law, that it will prob
ably not be deemed necessary to have
the petition signers checked up. The
law demands that the petition be sign
ed by ten per cent of the voters at the
last city election. This would demand
four hundred and seventytwo names.
Before the petition as filed it was
placed in the hands of committee and
every name against which any ques-
ton might be raised was stricken from
the petition. 1t is claimed that almost
every one of the seven hundred and
forty five signers can be properly To-
Gated through the city directory.
City Clerk Harrington informed the
committee in charge of fling the petit
tion that he would at once make plans
for the proposed license election. The
law makes no provision for the sub
mission Of the petition to the Com
mon Council and it will not go before
the council in any way.
The question of license will be voted
on a special ballot and this ballot will
be considerably smaller than the regu-
lar election ballot. Tt will contain the
question, "Shall Kenosha License Sa-
loons.'' It is probable that on the
same ballot the question of issuing
bonds for the building OF the new
school will be submitted. The fact
that both questions are submitted on
the same ballot promises to increase
the vote on both questions.
With the fling Of the petition the
issue between the "Wets'' and the
"Drys'' has been clearly drawn and it
is certain that the campaign will be a
whirlwind from now on. Both Of the
factions in the city are making a com
plete organization in every ward and
the battle is to be fought out on strictly
impersonal lines. Ward organizations
for the Drys were formed in several
of the wards on Monday evening. The
Vets have made no announcement of
the line of campaign they will follow,
but it is understood that the fight will
be directly under the management of
the Retail Liquor Dealers Association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
COUNCIL ORDERS
BROAD ST. CHANNEL

nance. 1t did not come up in any form
and the committee was given further
time to make it's report.
The matter of trimming shade trees
was left entirely in She hands of the
park commission with the understand
ing that the work will be started at
once and the trees trimmed wherever
the trimming is necessary.
Selling of sand from the island has
been discontinued by council order and
the park board will also carry out this
order.
The council decided that E. B. Sgd
ney was still janitor of the City Hall
and dropped further consideration of
electing new janitor
Considerable time was spent discuss
ing the improvement of the Rategan
road and it was decided to improve it
with cinGers as rapidly as the cinders
could be secured. Seventy-fve cents a
load will be paid for the cinders and
the city may have lot of trouble Sc
curing teams to haul them at this
price.
The amendment providing that dogs
and cats be kept out of meat markets
and other places where meats are sold
was passed.
Notwithstanding all the thrills of
the evening, the council adjourned be-
fore eleven o'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
DEATH OF MRS. PETER GRoB.
Death Comes Suddenly to Well Known
Resident of South Sheridan Road
Thursday Tight.

Mrs Elizabeth May Grob, aged So
years, the wife of Peter Grob, died very
suddenly at the family home on South
Sheridan Road late Thursday evening.
Death resulted from asthma complicated
with heart disease. Mrs. Grob was ma
tive Of England and she came to this
country when she was five years of age.
For many years she was q resident Of
Providence, Rhode Island but has made
her home in Kenosha for the past five
years. She is survived by her husband
and two children. Funeral services will
be held at the family home on Sund y
afternoon at three o'clock with inter
ment at Green Ridge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
CHANGE IN PROBATE Law.
Judge of County Court May Aid Peo-
pie Where Estates involved Amounts
to Less Than One Thousand Dollars.

A new law was added to the statutes
on Monday which is Of especial interest
to people who may be called upon to
settle small states in the County Court.
The law confers upon the county Judge
the right to aid people in drawing
the papers necessary for an immediate
settlement of such estates. The law
reads as follows:
Section l. Section 2455 of the
statutes is amended to read: Section
2455. In the settlement Of the estates
of deceased persons in the County
Courts Of this state in which there shall
be no contest and the value of such
estate, as shown by the inventory and
appraisement made and filed in such
matter, shall not exceed the sum of one
thousand dollars, the Judge of said
court or his clerk, If the party or par
ties so request, shall draw all the
papers necessary for the settlement and
distribution of said estate free Of
charge. Such judge or his clerk may
also without charge, when requested
and when there is 70 contest, draw any
necessary papers illa any guardianship
proceedings CT minors, where the value
of the property of the minor or minors
in said proceedings does not exceed five
hundred dollars; and also any papers
necessary in any proceeding for the
sdoption of dependent, neglected or
delinquent children, as defined in
chapter 30a of the statutes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
SAW RUIN WAR WROUGHT
Says Lithuanians Are Suffering AS
Much as Belgians - Asks for Aid
to Buy Food for the Starving
Women and Children.

You hear much of the suffering of
the Belgians. That of the Lithuanians
is greater for both armies have march
ed and remarched through its terri
tory, demolishing and destroying. The
Lithuanian people are houseless, cold,
starving and they look to America for
add said DR.. Julius j. Bielskis, presi-
dent of the Lithuanian National Coun-
Gil OF America, organized to further
the work of aiding this suffering peo-
pie Dr. Bielskis was in Kenosha yes
terday, and he told a News writer Of
the dreams which he and his people
have of their re-establishment as a
government, independent of both Ger
many and Russia when peace shall
have come.
DR.. Bielskis spent five months in
Lithuania just recently, returning to
America last December, and he wit
messed with his own eyes the depreda-
tions of the soldiery, he saw starving
children, he saw villages all in ruins,
dead girls piled up in the trenches
evacuated by the German army, and
he saw other horrors, but he said he did
not want to talk Of those-that his
only object was to interest the Ameri-
can people in the cause of aid to the
LithuanianS
"There are about 100000 Lithuani-
ans in the United States of which near
ly 10000 are in Chicago - DR.. Bielskis
said, "but they are not well-to-do, and
while they are giving freely of what
they have, they have so little that if
any great amount of good is to be done
for the people of that nationality still
in the war racked land, it must be
through the efforts of those who have
no blood ties with them, as well as by
those who are Lithuanian Americans.
FtThe money which is raised in this
country is sent to the Swedish com
mittee, made up of prominent Swedish
people, and from Sweden the relief
can be administered through Wilma,
the Lithuanian capital city.
"Because all the horses have been
taken from them, the farmers are
obliged to resort to the most primitive
methods of cultivation of the land, and
as much of the territory has had its
topsoil blown off and will not for many
decades be tillable again, the amount
of vegetation which can be raised is
far below that necessary to take care
of the starving inhabitants. Every ar
ticle Of food or articles used for the
production of food have raised in price
so tremendously that it is practically
out of the reach of the masses of the
people. For instance cows that sold
before the war for $35 now cost $3.50
and more. Other commodities have in
creased in price at the same rate"
DR.. Bielsl1is has an interesting per-
sonality and the appearance of an
American more than that Of the ac-
cepted Lithuanian tyne. Although he
has been in this country 0nt EIGHT
years he speaks excellent English. He
said he came here for the purpose of
cettino his education when he had fin
ished the preparatory schools of his
own land, and it is. evident from his
manner that he ACCOMPLISHED his desire,
lust as it is evident that he is a mem
Der of the higher class of Iithuanians.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
BACK FROM WAR SCENES.

]. ]. Bielsksis, president of the Lith-
uanian National Counsel of America, re-
Gently returned from a trip to Lithuania
to study conditions brought about there
by the war of the past three years. He
was dinner guest this noon of the Rev.
Fathers Conway and A. Balinski He
leetured last night in st. Peter IS hall on
the north side.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
BY Vote of Fifteen to One
the Council Orders Street
Assessment Committee
to Go Ahead and Clean
River and Let Con-
tracts for Open
ing Channel.
FIRE AND FIGHT DELAYS WORK

of the Council Get First Pro-
test on Paving from People on Divis-
ion Sydney Is Left as cantor
of the City Hall After Long Discus
sion--Aldermen Go On Record as Be-
ing Ready to Vote on Proposed ordi-
nance for the Pasteurization of Milk
Sold In Kenoshas
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22

Lucien Lance who has been in Cuba
for six or seven weeks returned Sun
day. His trip was curtailed because of
tie revolutionary troubles which have
disturbed Cuba to some extent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Blaze Which Broke Out In
Jensen and Olsen Feed
Barn Causes a Loss of
Eight to Ten Thou
sand Dollars Near
Eight O'Clock
Monday Eve.
CHARGES PLOT TO BURN

Owner of Building Appeals to the Polics
And Brings In Chicago Detective to
Make An Investigation of the Fire
Asserting That It Was Started In Eff.
teen Different Places in the Barns
Feed Co. Loses Pair Of Mules and
Much of It's stock-Fire Attracts a
Record Crowd.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
ARTIST HoNORED.
Spicuzza, Whose Pictures Came to Ke-
nosha Last Fall Under Auspices of
Woman's Club, Wins.

Kenoshans who had the pleasure Of
seeing the exquisite pastels and water
colors by francesca Spicuzza which
were shown in the w. w. Vincent resi-,
dence on Prairie avenue this winter un-
der the auspices of the Woman IS Club,
will be much interested in learning
that one of his spastels recently won
honor for Spicuzza when it was exhi-
bited in the national exhibition of wa
ter colors and pastels in st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
This picture which took the first
prize is entitled Midsummer Pas
time" and is one of those luminous,
joyous, impressionistic, poetic and riot
ously colorful things which Spicuzza
loves so we'll to do and does so we'll.
st. Paul Writer Pleased.
Here is what the art critic of the
st. Paul Pioneer Press for March 4th
has to say of the medal winner: "The
Spicuzza, which wins first honors in
water color and pastel, is captivating.
It is a rather large picture, done all in
pastel unless the painter laid on an
even color, an under-wash in certain
spaces. I hardly think he did. It is
pastel of a decided and a dramatic
merit. - =
Midsummer Pastime' is a scene of
bathers, just water and figures; full of
color, and, most particularly, full of
JOY. It is not of Palm Beach, nothing
so sophisticated as that. It is scarce
of an American beach. Perhaps it is
Of Italy, whence Spicuzza must have
come. It might have been Of some of
the bathing places of the Spanish
coast, possibly San Sebastian.
Paints Light Like sorolla.
It is impossible not to think of
Sorolla when one looks at "Midsum-
mer Pastime. - Not that the technique
is in the least like Sorolla. But the
vivid high light is there, and the joy
of it. There is touch OF swagger in
the manner which is not Sorolla, which
perhaps we shall come to look on as
Op1CuAha. LII any ON6AG IL d pICGuAO
worthy of its honor.
There is at least one other Spicuzza
in the exhibition, the portrait of an
Italian woman, called "Mother," and
with refectively motherly expression.
Tt is painted in dark tones, low brown
in key; remarkably well painted hands.
And, in technique, study which is
certain to make any painter or any
student of painting stop, and perhaps
debate.
His Mothers Picture Shown.
In connection with this it is inter
esting, perhaps, to note that Spicuzza
made the picture in question from
sketches which he made with his thumb
box right down on the Milwaukee
beach of our own Lake Michigan, in
spite of the puzzlement of the st. Paul
writer over the locality of the scene.
Another interesting fact is that the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
Kick on Street Paving.

The first protest against the council
program for the paving of streets in
the city came from the people of Divi-
sion street who sent a petition signed
by practically all of the property own
ers on the street between Lake and
Milwaukee avenues, protesting against
the improvement ON the street on the
ground that the paving was rot needed
and that it would be of no benefit to
the property owners. The council re-
ferred the petition to the street and
alley committee.
A resolution to provide that the city
pave no streets where ninety per cent
Of the property owners protest was
taken up later in the meeting. 1t will
probably be adopted.
The council decided to add the alley
between Main and Exchange and Wis
consin and South streets to the list of
pavements to be completed this year
The council received a petition for
the annexation of the property of John
Butcher and Mayor Charles H. Pfennig
located south of Selma avenue and the
matter was referred to the committee
on judiciary. The property consists of
11.76 acres and there are no electors
residing in it. 1t is expected that an
ordinance providing for the annexation
Of the proprty will be passed at an
early meeting of the council.
Several of the members of the coun-
Gil presented statements that the pas
teurization ordinance had been held up
from the council on account of the
nearness of the city election and AL
sderman Boylan, chairman of the com
nittee, was asked to make public the
list Of the protesting arguments. He
refused to be smoked out and the in
cident ended with Aldermen Shearer,
Joachim, Smith and Donahue declaring
themselves ready to vote on the ordi
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22

Joseph Fl. Meier, Formerly of Mil
waukee, used to make the compilations.
The 1917 directory is the centenary
edition. It was published in Milwau-
kee from 1886 to 1911; first by Hof-
mann Brothers and then by the M. H.
Wiltzius Company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22

The City Council at it's meeting on
Monday night voted Is to / to dig the
channel at Broad street to connect the
river and the lake and the street as
sessment committee was instructed to
advertise for bids for the work of
as may be necessary to carry out the
plan. The plan was recommended by
the committee on rivers and harbors
ard the city engineer and no active
opposition to it was made among the
members of the council. The report of
the committee provided that the com.
mittee proceed at once with the work
but that the actual opening Of the
channel at Broad street be delayed until
such time as the intercepting sewer,
planned to clean the other end of the
river and now in course of construction
is COMPLETED. This will make the time
for the actual opening Of the channel
decidedly indefinite as the city has
lot of fights to fight before the sewer
along the river is completed. When it
came to vote on the final carrying
out Of the river project, the vote was:
For the channel-Alderme Roberts,
Barr, Shearer, Thomey, Bounsall, Rock
well, Stein, Boylan, Fischer, Joachim,
Wachs, Smith, Wade, Goodman and
Hoppe. No-Donahue.
Thrills Delay Council.
The meeting coming as it did on the
last night before primary was one Of
thrills and delays The council had
just got nicely settled down to taking
up committee reports when the fire
alarm sounded and the flames which
were licking up the old Wulff building
lighted up the council room and the
aldermen fed to see the fire. A recess
of half an hour was declared.
just after the council got through
with fire seeing and resumed work, a
family row which started over on Park
street finished in the police office and
the council took another informal ad-
iournment to witness the closing act
of the domestic tragedy. Between the
fire and the fight the council dissipated
about an hour of it's time, but the two
incidents served to put the aldermen
upon their toes for the entire evening
and they came as a decided break in
the monotony.