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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
Achen Buys Site
for Chandler Home

One of the biggest real estate deals
of the year, in the Milwaukee automo-
bile field, was closed on Saturday when
F. W. B. Achen, former sheriff of
Kenosha county and president of the
Achen Motor Company, acquired the
property at the southwest corner of
Oneida and Jackson streets where it
is planned to erect one of the finest
automobile salerooms and service sta
tions in the middle west.
The property, with a frontage of 100
feet on Oneida street and $50 feet
on Jackson street, is an ideal location
for salesroom. 1t is situated IL the
very heart of Milwaukees motor car
activities, and is big enough to per
nit the construction of a building
large enough to suit its purpose for
years to come.
Mr.. Achen, who has contemplated
the building of a new home for the
Chandler and Cleveland on this site
for some time, has just returned from
the east where he inspected many of
the most complete service stations in
the country. Many of the ideas &C
quired on the trip will be Incorporated
in the new building, along with a num-
Der of features which Mr. Achen has
had in mind for several years.
Though it is planned to erect a two
story building at this time the founda-
ton will be constructed to take care
of four more stories at some future
time. The building will be of rein
forced concrete and brick.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
DEATH CURVE
ORDER Is OUT
Wisconsin Railroad Com
mission Orders Sheri-
dan Road Changes.
RAILWAY MUST PAY
Commission Orders Work to Be
Carried Forward to Make
Road Safe.

The most important case yet to come
up under the new law which author
lied the railroad commission to assess
| benefits against a railroad company
where Improvement or relocation or
reconstruction Of a highway grade
crossing of a railroad, diverts a ma
terial portion of the traffic SO as to
eliminate danger, was determined by
the railroad commission today. The
finding being reached in Kenosha this
afternoon.
The Wisconsin highway commission
submitted to the railroad commission
a plan for so relocating a portion of
the Sheridan road in Racine county as
to make possible the elimination of
two highway crossings of the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway and the
substitution of another crossing. At
the last hearing of the matter by the
railroad commission, Engineers Tork-
elson and Weymouth represented the
highway commission, N. ]. Wilcox rep
resented the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway company, and Mr. Myers
some interested property holders.
Surfaced With Concrete.
The two crossings in question are
on the federal aid trunk system and
will be surfaced with concrete south
to the state line. 1t is one of the most
heavily travelled roads in the state and
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way which it crosses here is double
tracked and there are frequent train
movements at high speed.
The railroad commission in it's find
ings says that were it not for the
changes proposed by the highway COM
mission a separation of grades would
have to be made to provide for the
reasonable safety of the travelling
public. "By relocating the highway"
says the railroad commission, "such a
reduction in the traffic on the cross
ings in question will be reasonably
adequate and the possibility of a grade
separation extremely remote" The
order of the railroad commission lust
issued directs the Chicago and North
western Railway company to pay into
the state treasury the sum of $29. 900
and when the relocation is accomplish
ed the railroad company must install
at each of the two crossings automatic
signals in place Of the flagmen now
required.
Can't Increase Benefit.
In discussing the amount of the
benefit assessed the commission saws:
If the statute is to be construed as
requiring the payment by the railroad
of sum reasonably equivalent to the
benefits received without taking into
consideration any question of the ex-
ira cost growing out of the relocation
or perhaps regardless of the cost of
the entire project, then the sum as
sessed in this proceeding should be
considerably greater than s29 900.
Until the courts have determined 9th
erwise, however, the commission does
not feel justified in constituting this
statute so as to require the payment
by railroad of sum greater than
the additional cost over and above the
cost of improving an existing route
.thout grade separation made neces-
sary in order to eliminate crossings
or to divert traffic therefrom."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

!. Milwaukee, Wis-Ex-Mayor David
s. Rose announces that he will not be
a candidate for mayor of Milwaukee.
at has been understood all along that
1 would not be a candidate if it were
necessary to make fight in the pri-
mary" Mr. Rose said. "The sugges-
tions that should be candidate came
from local parties. 1 told them that
unless l could receive the Endorsement
of both committees and go through the
primary without contest I would not
enter the race. 1t now appears that
there will be primary fight, with the
usual bitterness, and I have decided
not to run"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
Christian Faith
Faces Reputation

London.-Bishop Weldon, Dean Of
Durham, declared in an interview that
society is threatened by forces which
repudiate the Christian faith" The
Bishop has just returned from a con.
ference on Christian reunion at OK.
ford which was attended by both con-
formist and non-confnrmist ministers
There was "a general agreement, he
stated, as to the necessity of drawing
churches together.
"The world is rocking under mems
feet" he said. Society is threatened
by forces which repudiate the Chris
tian faith and the Christian moral
code. The church runs grave risk
of losing her influence upon national
life; the decadence of regular church
going has long been cause of anx-
iety. The statistics of divorce are
alarming and it may be necessary to
rebuild human morals from the foun-
dation.
Meanwhile the church is disregard
ed because she is divided. 1t is too
much to expect that the world will
listen to her when she speaks with
many discordant voices. Unity alone
will be the secret of her power. The
same need which has driven political
parties to coalition, drives reformed
churches to federation. The oppor-
tunity has come with the necessity.
1t is now or never. If ecclesiastical
craftsmanship does not avail itself
of the spirit excited by war, the
chance of Christian reunion of Chris
tian inter-communion will be lost and
may not recur in the life of the living
people"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
January Record of
Pneumonia Cases

Pneumonia during January took $40
lives and influenza 256, in Wisconsin,
figures compiled by the state board of
health show. The effe cts of the
epidemic during that month may be
seen by comparing the death lists with
DEFENDERS, when pneumonia was
credited it'll 246 deaths and influenza
with TIA. The deaths from all causes
reported in January were 2,874, the
death rate being -1.S per 1000 popula-
ton.
Pulmonary tuberculosis also made
advances over the December record,
there being ITO such deaths, an in
crease of 40 over the preceding month.
Other forms of tuberculosis took 20
lives.
Mortality in January from other
important causes was; Typhoid fever,
Z; diphtheria, 90; scarlet fever, 20;
measles, Z; whooping cough, %; diar-
rhea, enteritis, under years, Al; men
nights, 20; puerperal septicemis, ID;
cancer, 14S; violence, 81.
Of the violence and other unusual
forms of death there was one each
from lead poisoning, tetanus, street
cars, freezing, ptomaine poisoning,
motorcycles, explosion, homicide, wood
alcohol poisoning, circular saw, and
hand saw. Others were: Fractures,
1S; accidental falls, II; burns and
scolds, ~; erysipelas, 9; suicide, g..
railroads, g.; conflagration, 6; illums
mating gas, 3; automobiles, shotgun,
smallpox and accidental drowning,
2 each.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
SOLON FAILS AS
EUCHER SHARK

The town of Somers prides itself on
its euchre players and a lot of people
in that town now are convinced that
they have been spoofed terribly as
they sent sent Peter M. Anderson up
to Madison as a member of the assem-
bly, and he qualified with a creditable
record. But Somers is disappointed.
After all his experience with real
sharks up at Madison, Assemblyman
Anderson failed to qualify as a euchre
player. Of course, considerable has
been said Of his prowess in handling
right and left bowers but someone
overlooked the joker.
The abilities Of the assemblyman to
come to the scratch and qualify at eu-
chre were put to the test at the Elks
Club on Monday afternoon when the
asesmblyman with Champion N. E.
Thompson went to bat with John Her
zog and Charles L. Holderness of
county building fame
Game Long and Furious.
The game was long and furious. In
fact the contestants played II games
regardless of the fact that the assem-
blyman and his champion partner were
always behind, 1t was II to in favor
of the Kenosha players when the game
ended and the assemblyman and his
partner were still kicking to continue
with the idea the luck must turn
some time"
The Kenosha pair took three troun-
cings from the Somers' champions,
Lyle and Thompson, but evidently the
mistake of Somers came when it sub
stituted an assemblyman for euchre
player.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
Large Amount of
Beer in Zion City

Zion City, Ill.,-An inventory just
completed by Joseph L. Bishop, Police
Magistrate here shows that the total
number of bottles of Milwaukee beer
which remained after the famous beer
spilling in this city on November 21st,
of last year, is 81, 1913. On November
Fl is it estimated that the authorities
at Zion City spilled $4,000 bottles of
beer which was seized by the Zion
police during the raids of last August,
when SO trucks and touring cars laden
with Milwaukee beer were captured
and the drivers arrested. The inven-
tory shows that there still remains
at the Zion police station and at
storage warehouses IN this city, 554
cases of beer, 378 barrels, 18 IL
sacks, making total of 1882 twelve
ounce bottles, and 5,136 twenty-four
ounce bottles, making grand total of
52,728 bottles, or 5,607 gallons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
PUTS KENOSHA
ON RED-X MAP
Miss E. Timme Starts Sur
vey of Kenosha County
for Red Cross.
JUST GETTING READY"

Kenosha county was put more en-
phatically on the Red Cross map of
the United States on Monday after
noon when Miss Elizabeth Timme,
formerly superintendent of the Ken
osha Service League, but more recently
connected with the head Offices of the
Central Division of the American Red
Cross in Chicago, came to Kenosha to
start the work of making a Red Cross
survey of the county. 1t is in keeping
with the general plan of preparedness
of the Red Cross to get accurate data
on each county of the state so that in
the case on any disaster they will
know what forces can be modified in
that district.
Asks Many Questions.
Miss Tinme has lived in Kenosha
practically all of her life but she adj
mitted that the Red Cross survey
sought many items of Importance
which she had to look up before she
returned to the Chicago offices. She
spent the greater part of the day
Monday seeking information at the
court house on which will be based
the report for Kenosha's pigeonhole
in the big offices of the American
Red Cross.
How many doctors are there in
Kenosha county?" was one of the
questions which she asked and immed-
lately after that the number Of nurses
which might be expected to answer an
emergency call in this country. She
wanted to know the names and sizes
of all of the smaller towns in the
county, the number Of churches and
schools, the four newspapers of the
county, the number of arces of ground
under cultivation and a score of other
things.
May Goes with Report.
Accompanying the report will be a
map of Kenosha and of Kenosha
county which will be placed on file at
the Chicago offices of the Red Cross
to be used whenever necessary.
"I'm just we'll started on the sud
vey", said Miss Timme as she finished
the first row of questions and then
she explained that the many phases
of the work. Of the Red Cross made all
Of this data necessary. whatever
happens, then" said Miss Timme,
"the Red Cross will be able to cope
with the situation in an intelligent
way and render real service to Ke-
nosha and Kenosha county"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
.KENOSHAN IN
WAR ROMANCE

Cupid sprung one of the most inter
estlng surprises of all Kenosha war
romances this morning when announce
ment was made of the marriage of
Miss Mary Bradbury Bristow, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Bristow of
Chicago, to Zenas H. Pitcher, formerly
top sergeant of Battery E, and the SON
of Mrs. Mary G. G. Pitcher, of 1876
Eagle street, Kenosha. The wedding
was solemnized Monday afternoon at
two o'clock at the home of the bride
groom's cousin, Raymond G. Hitch
cock, 5720 West Ohio street, Chicago,
the Rev. DR.. j. Laid Thomas, pastor
of the Austin Methodist Episcopal
Church of Chicago, officiating.
A Red Cross Romance.
The wedding revealed one of the
most interesting war romances which
Kenosha has ever known. Early in
war days, Miss Bristow was a Red
Cross worker in one of the branches
of the organization in Chicago. In
one of the packages sent away to the
soldiers, at the instruction of the Red
Cross officials, she placed her card.
This package found its way to Sergt.
Pitcher when he was stationed at
Camp Macarthur, Texas, and started
correspondence which lasted through
out the war.
Several months ago, Sergeant Pitcher
returned from service overseas. When
he reached Chicago, the first thing he
did was to call up his war sweetheart
and arrange for their first real meet
ing. Since that time Miss Bristow
has been frequent visitor in Keno
sha and has made many friends here
who wish her every happiness.
Married Quietly in Chicago.
The wedding was attended only by
the very close relatives and friends of
the couple. Miss Bristow was attended
by her sister, Miss Charlotte Osgood
Bristow, of Chicago. The bride was
charmingly dressed in dark blue
travelling suit and carried shower
effect of brides roses. The bride
groom was attended by his cousin,
Raymond G. Hitchcock. Attending the
wedding in addition to the Immediate
family Of the bride was the bride
groom's mother, Mrs. Mary Pitcher and
Mr.. and Mrs. Asbury Vale of Kenosha.
The bride is graduate of the
St. Charles High school of Chicago and
of the DeKalb Normal school. She
was leader in war work in the neigh
borhood in which she lives in Chicago.
Zenas Pitcher was one of the first Ke-
noshans to answer the call to the
colors. He marched away as top SER
geant of Battery E early in the war
and served overseas for nearly two
years. He is graduate of the
Kenosha High school and one of the
most popular and promising young
men in Kenosha.
A Truck Honeymoon.
Recently Mr.. Pitcher accepted a
position as salesman for the WHITTIER
Motor company in charge of the east
ern district of Ohio He was driving
q truck through to his territory and
following the wedding the bride and
groom hurried away on a" truck
honeymoon" They will make their
home for the present in Ashland, the
center of the territory assigned to the
Kenosha salesman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

"It is the judgment and sentence of
the court that you, August Blank, be
confined in the state prison at Wau-
pun, Wisconsin, at hard labor, for and
including term of thirty years be-
ginning at noon today"
1t was the concluding chapter of the
most sensational case in the history
of Kenosha county and Judge James
E. Tully had the distinction of writing
the last word.
August Blank, pal of Loveday and
Carlson, stood before the judge in the
Municipal Court this morning and in
low voice said, Guilty" to a charge
of dynamiting the vault of the
American Brass Company and robbing
it of part of its contents. The hear
ing lasted possibly ten minutes, but it
was devoid of features.
Like his pals, Loveday and Carlson,
Blank saw the "end of the road" He
took his medicine without linching.
The district attorney read the COM
plant which had been changed as in
dicated in the Evening News on We'd
neday. The crowd which thronged the
court room moved little nearer
toward the bench. "You understand
what this means Blank" said Judge
Tully. Blank nodded assent and in a
low voice said, Guilty"
Blank was handicuffed to Detective
Charles Rock as he stood before the
bench and he looked tired and like
he wanted to get off to prison just
as soon as he could.
: Nothing to Say.
Blank had nothing to say in regard
to sentence being imposed. mo sir"
was his answer to the usual question.
In sentencing the last of the bandits
Judge Tully told Blank that he had
taken into consideration the fact that
his pleading guilty" had saved the
county the expense of trial of the
case and lot of trouble for the Of
fcers. He told Blank that he was ac-
cused of one of the most serious Of
lenses against the state. 81 know
that" Blank told the court. 81 under
stand fully what I am charged with
and the penalties"
Blank was hurried back to Jail and
told to prepare for the his trip to the
northern prison city.
The sentence was not the maximum
under the law. Judge Tully could have
given Blank term of forty years, but
it was the idea of the officials that
the thirty years sentence would be
satisfactory to all concerned. 1t was
stated that with this sentence Blank
would be ready to leave the prison
about the same time as Carlson and
Loveday if they should some time
win a parole.
Blanks wife was not IN court. He
stood alone in the prisoners dock
without an attorney or friend to
plead for him. He smiled as he left
the court room and seemed to be glad
that his conscience was clear, even
though he was sentenced to work for
the state for a generation. AS Blank
left the court room Chief O'Hare and
District Attorney Fisher and Detective
George Goodwin were busy receiving
congratulations on the final cleanup
of the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

London.-King Georges latest pho
tographs show that he has revived a
fashion set long ago by his father,
King Edward-his trousers are creased
at the sides instead of down the CEN
ter. This style of crease never at
tanned great popularity except among
few elderly courtiers, and tailors
now say that in their opinion most
men will stick to the old front crease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
Milwaukee Lid filters
Were Arrested Today
(By United Press)

Milwaukee first two of the
dozen Milwaukee alleged lid-tilters in
dicted by the grand jury Friday, wore
arrested coday. They are, Martin
Chednek and John Rupar. Rupar is
charged with making 500 gallons of
wine and selling so gallons. Chednek
is charged with making TOO gallons
and selling quantities in gallons to
three different persons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
TITUS REFUSES JOB.

lBy United Press1
Neutrality-suspicious. Titus has writ
ten President Wilson asking his nomi-
nation as a member of. the shipping
board be withdrawn, it was announced
at the White h@use today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

! Madison-The Wisconsin supreme
court today granted new trial to
George E. Hamilton, of Racine, con-
victed of the murder of Edward "
Warner on January Is, 1917. The court
indicated that there was insufficient
evidNece to prove the states conten-
tom
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

Boston, Mass.-Eleven Massachusetts,
towns were on record today as having
voted for license at their annual town
elections held yesterday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
AUGUST BLANK
GETS 80 YEARS
Third Member of Trio Is
Sentenced by Judge
Tully Today.
GOES TO JOIN "PALS"
Arraigned on Burglary with
Dynamite Charge" and
Gets Long Term.
BULLETIN.

Sheriff Meyer announced this
afternoon that August Blank, the
last of the bandit trio, would be
taken to the state prison at Wau-
pun to begin serving his term of
thirty years, early Friday morning.
Blank completed his arrangements
to leave for prison this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

Kansas City-Three bank attaches
were shot, one fatally, when -four UNI
masked bandits attempted toi hold up
the Southside bank here today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11

Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Bosstetter of
Milwaukee spent Monday as the guest
of friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
$1,343.S6

Jos. Funck, u easurer, =
James Millar,
w. N. Fink,
C. E. Dewey,
Auditing Committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-11
ANNUAL REPORT
OF WORK DONE

The annual report of the Kenosha
Chamber of Commerce was in the
hands of the members of that organi-
cation this morning. The report. one
OF the best works of Secretary Rich
ard Francis, covers the activities of
the organization from October /. 1918
to October 2, 1919. 1t details the ac-
tivities of the various organizations
within the Chamber of Commerce and
dwells at some length on things at
tempted and things accomplished. The
report shows that practically every
one of the general committees CON
nected with the organization was kept
busy with some form of work during
the year and that results were at
tanned.
Financial Report Interesting.
The annual financial report of the
organization is interesting in that it
shows that many people failed to do
their duty to support the organization
and that this failure brought the or
ganization pretty close to financial
straights. When the new secretary is
named in the next few days, it will be
necessary to make GALLON the mem
bers for immediate payment of dues
in order to provide for the proper run
ming expenses of the organization.
Here is the balance sheet for the year
as submitted to the members:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-06-17

ner Of the southwest quarter of said
section. q, all in township north.
range west, being the point where
said drainage ditch shall terminate;
and that in additional to said princl-
pal ditch above described there
should be constructed an additional
ditch or lateral to said drainage dis
trict and system along the following
route, to-wit:
of the southwest quarter OF section
80, township north, range 8 west.
thence running in an easterly diree.
tion along the section line between
sections 80 and 81, and 20 and 80,
and 28 and 80 and 27 and "a to a
point 610 feet west from the south.
east corner of the southwest quar-
ter of section 2, all in said township
and range, being the same point
where said principal ditch also termi-
mates.
That the Board of County Com
missioners OF Grady County, Okla
homa, on the said 9Th day of April,
1920, appointed three viewers as pro
yided by law. to view the line and
route of said, proposed drains and
to report after actual view thereof,
whether the proposed improvement
if practicable and necessary or OF
private or public utility and benefit,
and II they should so find. then to-
report and recommend the best route
for the proposed drain and whether
any portion of same should be bridgi
ed and whether the work of con
structing the same should be by al.
lotment to the several interests or by
contract; and thereafter on the 10th
day of June, 1920, said viewers filed
sioners of Grady County. Oklahoma,
their report in writing as required
in said order, and did report and find
that the Improvement as proposed
was practicable and necessary and
of private and public utility and ben
eft, and did report and recommend
the best route for said proposed drain
and Improvement to be along the
following lines and route, to-wit: