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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
CONCERT SEASON
AIDS CLUB FUND

The Chicago Concert Ensemble will
appear in Kenosha in a series of three
recitals this season, under the aus
pices of Kenosha College Club which
will add the proceeds of the musicales
to the scholarship fund, One Of the
principal aims of the club is to aid a
worthy girl to secure permanent
footing in college or university by the
loan of the scholarship fund on very
attractive terms and in order to have
the fund available the club members
have planned a series of undertakings
for the purpose of securing the neces-
sary amount.
But the series Of concerts will have
a social and civic value in addition to
being of material aid to a worthy
cause; members of the College club
realize the necessity for presenting
worthwhile musical entertainment to
the public of Kenosha. The Chicago
Concert Ensemble appearing in Ke-
nosha under the club auspices in the
spring of the year, was acclaimed by
an appreciative audience and it was
therefore decided to present the orch
estra in series of concerts during the
fall and winter. Since the former APP
pearance in Kenosha two new artists
have been added to the personnel.
George Dasch is the conductor of
the Chicago Concert Ensemble. The
orchestra, which has been heard in a
series of Sunday afternoon concerts
at the Art Institute in Chicago, is
most prominnt in Chicago musical cir
cles. Orchestral extension concerts
have been a very successful feature
of the Ensemble activities. The OBJ
ject Of the concerts is to extend the
influence and knowledge of orchestral
music by bringing to scommunities the
opportunity of hearing good orchestral
music played by artists; and also,
while gratifying the desire already ex-
istent for good music, to further
arouse interest in and develop appre-
citation of the orchestra.
The first in the series of local con-
certs will be given at the Elks club
Monday evening, November 8. The
name of the assisting soloist will be
announced later. The further concerts
will be given January 31st and April
II. 1921. The following are chairmen
Of the committees arranging for the
concert series: Mrs. c. H. Gephart,
ticket committee; Miss Yerda Noren,
program committee; Mrs Jessel Whyte
reception committee; Mrs. Maurice
Needham, publicity committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Death Summons
Mrs. Byron Turk
Mrs. Margaret Turk, Wife of Byron
w. Turk, Dies at Home on West
Street After Long Illness.

Mrs. Margaret Turk, aged so years,
the wife of Byron w. Turk, died just
after eight o'clock on Friday evening
at her home at $40 West street after
a long illness from complication of
diseases. The deceased had been in
failing health for several years and
had been seriously i'll for the past
few weeks. For this reason death was
not unexpected.
Mrs. Margaret Friedley Turk was
born in Kenosha, October list, 1859, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Friedley, two pioneers of Kenosha
county. She had lived in this city all
of her life and had many friends to
whom her death comes as a personal
sorrow. She is survived by her hus-
band, Byron w. Turk, of Kenosha, and
by one son, Albert r. Turk, of Chicago.
She is also survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Louise Furby Of Racine, Mrs.
Carrie Backenhauser of Muskogee, Ok
lahoma, and the Misses Catherine and
Elizabeth Petrie, of Kenosha, and by
two half brothers, William Petrie and
Chris Kruger, both of Chicago.
The funeral services will be held on
Monday afternoon at one o'clock at the
home at $40 West street with inter
ment following in the family plot in
the Green Ridge cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
ANOTHER SURPRISE MARRIAGE.

Friends Learn of May Marriage of Miss
Mayme Kauher and B. MarthaIer.
Interesting instances Of secret mar
riages Of Kenoshans have recently been
disclosed, but it remained for Miss
Mayme Kauf1er and Bernard Marthaler
to completely stun their friends with
announcement Of their marriage today.
Mrs. Marthaler has been the inspira-
ton for several pre-nuptial parties re-
Gently given by friends who believed
her bride-elect and whose marriage
to Mr.. Marthaler would take place to-
day. Instead Of the announcement Of
the solemnizing of the nuptials today,
it was learned that the couple had
been married since May 29th. The
marriage took place in Waukegan and
no one was admitted to the secret.
Mrs. Marthaler is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kaufer of Sheboy-
gan, Wis. She has been making her
home with her sister, Mrs. Anna Wa
terstradt, and has been popular in her
social circle during her residence here.
Mr.. Marthaler is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Marthaler Of Beaver Dam.
Wis. Mr.. and Mrs. Marthaler will
make their home on Sixth avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Let Commission
Decide or Rates
Louis Mock Declares That He is Ready
to Furnish Water for the Peo- >
pie OF KenOsha Center.

Louis Mock, who is declared to con-
troll the water supply for the subdivi-
sion known as Kenosha Center, declar-
ed today that he was willing to agree
to furnish water to the people of the
district and refer the matter of rates
to be charged for the service to the
Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
Mock recently secured an injunction
to prevent property owners in the
"Center" connecting up mains with the
city water company. He declared that
as yet he had collected no money from
the people and that he believed that all
differences as to rates could be AMIGA
bly, settled by an appeal of the whole
matter to the Railroad Commission
The property owners will be given a
chance to accept this offer before there
is any further court action.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Charles Hallager Resigns from the Police De.
partment after Being under Fire
of Charges.
Il. WOFSKY RELATES HIS STORY
Police Officer Denies Charges Brought Against Him but
Resigns Hearing Before Commission Is
Closed on Friday Evening

"Can a police officer in uniform
witch the nose of common tax payer
and demand fifty cents and get away
with it?
This was the question that the po-
lice and fire commission was asked to
answer on Friday night when Chief of
Police Owen O'Hare appeared before
the commission and presented formal
charges against Charles Hallager, a
former member Of the police depart
ment. The decision was not handed
down by the commission, for before
the commission took vote as to
whether or not the charges against
Hallager should be sustained and he be
summarily dismissed from the force,
the officer rendered his resignation to
the commission and the acception Of
the resignation closed the incident so
far as the commission was concerned.
Members of the commission intimated
that the resignation of the officer was
a "sort of mutual understanding"
Wofsky Makes Charges.
The charges against Police officer
Hallager, while filed before the COM
mission by Chief OHare, who had sus-
pended the officer on September 18th,
were made by Heiman Wofsky, the
keeper Of a restaurant on North Main
street. Hallager and Wofsky were
both before the commission at the ses-
sion on Friday evening and while Hal
lager referred to the incident as a bit
of pleasantly" the restaurant keeper
declared that it was far from pleasant.
Wofsky told the members of the
commission at the trial that the police
officer had entered his restaurant on
the evening of September 18th, just
after eleven o'clock. 81 was counting
up my cash and getting ready to close
the restaurant" said Wofsky, "when
the officer came in. Ha was in uniform
and appeared to be sober"
Asked for Fifty Cents.
"Hallager walked up where was
counting my money and asked for 80
cents" continued Wofsky. ~ asked
him why I should give him any money
and when l did not come across with
the money, he caught hold of my nose
with his hand and again demanded the
money. called in some pedestrians
and then the officer left the place"
Wofsky reported the occurrence to
Chief O'Hare on the day following and
the chief promptly suspended Hallager,
pending a hearing Of the charges be-
fore the commission
Denies the Allegation.
Hallager, in his testimony before the
commission, admitted that he had been
in the restaurant on the date in ques-
ton. but he declared that he had made
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
WILL NOT PRUNE
SCHOOL BUDGET
Council Finance Commit
tee Agrees to Recommend
Budget as Presented.
TOTAL ABOUT 100000

Kenosha may put the pruning knife
to her expenses for the coming year,
but the pruning will not be done along
the line of support for the common
schools of the city, as at the joint
meeting of the finance committee of
the common council and the finance
committee of the board Of education
held at the Office of the mayor on Fri
day evening, it was decided that the
full budget asked by the board of edu-
cation would be recommended to the
city council for passage as a part of
the tax levy.
This will mean a tax of a little over
ten mills for the support of the schools
of the city for the coming year, the
total amount being in the neighborhood
Of 100000. Mayor Joachim and Presi-
dent Glerum of the board of education
were both present at the meeting and
the session was a most harmonious
one. Every item in the school budget
was carefully considered and no seri-
Gus objection was made by the fnan-.
cial heads of the council to any of the
items.
No Chance for Pruning Here.
eve did not find any place where
we considered the budget higher than
the needs of the schools demand" said
Chairman Pabst of the council com
mittee this morning, "and we shall rec
ommend to the council the adoption of
the budget as sent to US by the board.
The only item which appeared very
high was the item for teachers sal
aries. We know that the salaries of
the teachers have been properly ad-
vanced by the board and that the open
ing Of new school buildings has de-
manded new teachers. This item was
passed"
Undoubtedly the report Of the COM
mittee will be adopted by the council
without debate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
KENOSHA LADIES
LEARN TO VOTE
Judge John Slater Address
es Audience at Coliseum
Last Evening.

About seventy-fve ladies of Kenosha
gathered last night in the Coliseum to
hear an address by Judge John c. Sla-
ter, city attorney, on the duties as we'll
as the privileges of the vote. Judge
Slater impressed upon the women the
Importance of choosing the right man
for the right place. Prejudice should
not be factor in the election of any
candidate, he said, but the person most
fitted for the place should be elected.
In the course of his address, Mr.
Slater brought out the point that there
were two kinds of Offices. The legis-
lative branch of our government and
the administrative.
Warns Against Political Orators.
"The women must realize that the
burden Of placing the right man in
office is theirs as we'll as the male vot-
ing population and in voting they must
not be swayed by political orators" he
said. ut is the duty of every woman
who now has the privilege to vote to
help maintain the best governm ent
possible, and the best way to know how
to cast your vote is to study intelli-
gently the especial fitness Of the can
didate for the Office"
After the talk by Judge Slater, Mr.
Frazier, Democratic candidate for
sheriff, introduced Mr.. Supplies, who
spoke at length on the desirability of
having Frazier Booster Club" The
idea took we'll with the ladies and Mrs
John Smith was appointed temporary
chairman of the booster club. Mrs.
Smith then announced that sub-com
mittees would be appointed and that
the ladies would again meet in the
Coliseum at $3.50 Thursday afternoon
for the purpose of forming perma-
nent club. The ladies were very much
impressed with the new power con
ferred upon them, and big meeting
is expected next Thursday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Negotiations Nearly Clos
ed for Sale Of Heating
Property on Main St.
TO BUILD THEATRE
Milwaukee Theatre Syndicate
Said to Want Site for Erec-
ton of Main St. Theatre.

The exchange of a large block of
Main street real estate was anticipated
this morning when it became known
that negotiations were practically clos
ed for the sale of the property at 316-
318 Main street owned by John Keat-
ing and formerly occupied by the Sam
Lee Laundry and a shooting gallery, TO
a Milwaukee theatre concern which is
planning to erect moving picture
theatre on this site. No details of the
transaction have been made public but
attorneys who have had the negotia-
tionus in charge declared that the deal
was assured and that full particulars
would be announced early next week.
The consideration in the deal was not
made public as no papers have yet
been filed but it is understood that
the realization will be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
1t is known that the plan of the
Milwaukee syndicate is to erect mod
ern and up-to-date motion picture
theatre building on the site with the
possibility that Office rooms may also
be provided in the building. The tran
saction if completed will mark the
passing of one Of the old landmarks Of
Main street and will open the way for
a long needed improvement in the real
estate Of that part Of Main street.
There were also rumors that the Mil
waukee firm might be interested in the
lot adjoining the property and now
owned by the Pacini estate but these
rumors could not be confirmed in the
least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Report Promises
"Good Business

Washington-Go business for this
year was predicted by the report Of
the committee on statistics Of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
today despite their showing that re-
cent developments had brought dis
turbances in certain lines of manu-
featuring. The report describes buy
ing as of liberal volume but on a sane
and safer basis than heretofore. 1t
declares that "cloud on the auto
mobile horizon seems to have antici-
pated more economical method of
distribution" 1t also describes the
condition in agriluture and admits
the probability of decrease in prices.
Building construction is said to have
come almost to a standstill because
contractors are tied hand and foot by
the unreliability and uncertainty of la
Dor, high prices, scarcity of material
and the impossibility of securing f.
nancial backing for any construction.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
PARENT-TEACHER COUNCIL MEETS
Interesting Business Discussed at Fri
day Meetiup-Plan Convention

Interesting Business Discussed at Fri
day Meeting-Plan Convention.
Discussion of the annual state con-
vention Of Wisconsin Congress of Mo-
theirs and Parent-Teacher association,
which will be held in Milwaukee No
vember 4 and 5, in connection with the
annual State Teachers association con-
vention, featured the Friday after
noon meeting of the .Kenosha Parent
Teacher Council at the High School
building.
Tentative plans for the convention
sessions which will be held in the
Museum lecture room indicate an at
tractive progrom for the considera-
ton of delegates. Professor William
McKeever of the University of Kansas
and prominent as an author and maya
zine writer, will address the conven-
ton on the subject of child training.
Mr.. McKeever is addressing the Illinois
Welfare conference at the University
of Illinois this week. Miss Ellen Sabin
of observation-disclosures will give the
convention address Of welcome. Mrs.
Louis Fetherstone of Chicago will give
a talk on child welfare. Mrs. Feth-
erstone has an enyiable reputation as
a lecturer and her address is being
eagerly anticipated.
Mrs. Henry Sullivan of Milwaukee
has been secured as parliamentarian
for the convention sessions. She is
II, arvr &c ono of $ho hast n. iii MAN
tarians in Wisconsin and the commit
tee in charge feels that it has been
extremely fortunate in securing her
services. She is member of the state
board of the association.
The event Of the two day conference
will be banquet at the Hotel Pfister
on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 4.
Prof. Urban of Sheboygan viii enter
tain the assembled guests with an IL
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Soon Break Ground
for New Theatre
VIII Start to Sink Foundation for New
HippOdrOme Theatre Early in
October.

The building Of the new Hippodrome
Theatre, the splendid new structure
which was made possible by the mer-
ger of the Rhode and Virginian theatre
interests, is now assured, according to
the announcement made by the officers
of the association today. Steps will
be taken next week to take down the
billboards on the building site on Pearl
street and to sink the foundation for
the new structure.
The promoters of the new theatre
have found splendid support from Ke-
nosha capital. It was announced this
morning that the following was a par
tial list of the stockholders in the new
theatre building:
Joseph G. Rhode, A. H. Lance, J. D.
Rosenblum, Kenosha Lumber Co., E. J..
Sullivan, R. ]. Smith, Edward Dayton,
Fred L. Dayton, George S. Whyte.
Robert E. Kupfer, Jos. D. Sullivan G.
Co., Lynn T. Hannahs, William Gold
stein, J. Stern, Frank Nelson. John
Brine, Joseph Funck, Kenneth Kenne-
dy, NJ. J. Isermann, Thomas A. Sulli-
van, Walter ]. Cumiskey, H. E. Barden,
Jacob J. Gottlieb, George W. Greiner,
DR.. T. w. Ashley, Kenosha News Pub
fishing Co., Edward A. KoIpin, w. J.
Frost, A. B. Mccall, A. H. Quigley, b.
c. Brennan, John B. Wallig, Adelaide
Kupfer, Birmingham Lumber Co., w.
w. Vincent, ]. Jacobsen, P. J. Moohan,
Charles H. Pfennig, Louis Robsel, G.
M. Becker, H. Lencioni, George J. Nc
Dermott, Frank Hams, John Hams.
Beulah English, G. A. Stella, C. C.
Allen. William Pirsch, Charles Collins
and Richard Cavanagh.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Italian WOrkmen
Favor Agreement
(By Associated Press)

Milan-Incomplete returns from the
referendum held today to determine
the sentiment of the working men to-
wards the agreement recently reached
at the instigation Of the govrnment be-
tween employees and employers rela-
tive to the solution of the present in
dustrial situation appear to show that
the agreement has been approved by &
large majority. Syndicalists and an
archists are said to have directed
their followers not to vote on the
proposal In Genoa the workers ap-
pear to have adopted the agreement
by a large majority. In Voltria the
vote was 240O to % for the agreement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

Illustrated talk on his trip abroad with
the Milwaukee Journal party Mrs.
G. N. Tremper, president of the state
Parent Teacher association will pre-
side at the convention. Each local
association is planning to send dele
gates.
An announcement of much interest
to the council members at Fridays
meeting was the securing of Mrs. F.
w. Garberry of Milwaukee, by the Uni
yersity Extension department, as a
special parent-teacher organizer. The
need for specially appointed state
organizer has been great and it is
thought that with the appointment Of
Mrs. Carberry parent-teacher work will
be given a boost in Wisconsin.
Miss Edna Cameron, director of mu-
sic in the schools, asked the members
of the council to start a fund for the
purchase of records to be placed in
the schools in order that students
may develop a taste for the worthwhile
in. music. Members of the council
decided that the movement should be
given the needed support.
Plans were laid for a third city
county conference to be held in the
Elks' club in October. Members of
the city council viii be hostesses. De-
tails will be announced later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30

no demand on Wofsky for money and
that the entire incident had been a bit
OF pleasantly. After the evidence had
been taken and the commission was
ready to make some decision, the cues
ton of the resignation of HalIager was
brought, up and when the commission
intimated that it would accept the
resignation, Hallager presented it.
The man had been member Of the
police department for eight months.
Chief of Police 0'Hare and Secretary
Meissner of the department were also
called before the commission to give
evidence in the case.
The trial of Hallager was the only
thing of Importance to come before the
commission at the regular monthly
meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
DESERTED WIFE
ASKS POLICE AID
Mrs. Stanley Trigoingsand
Two Children Fail to Find
Husband and Father.
MAN SOUGHT BY POLICE

Tragedy stalked into the police of
man who spoke with a French accent
and had lot of little Frenchy ways,
carrying a baby of eleven months in
her arms and with another little girl
not over two years toddling along be-
side her came and appealed to the po-
lice to find her husband. The hus-
band Stanley Trigoing, a former Ke-
InosEn man, disappeared three weeks
ago and since that time the wife and
babies had heard nothing from him.
The little family used to live over at
q house on Pleasant street. Trigoing
was q high grade mechanic and he was
making big wages at one of the Ke-
nosha factories but three weeks ago
they sold their furniture and went
down to Joliet to visit with relatives.
Then the husband and father disap-
Ipeared
Hid Her Pride and Came Back.
Mrs. Trigoing did not let her rela-
tives know about the fact that she
back home to Kenosha," she told her
uncle and Friday she dressed the two
little girls up in their best clothes
and started for Kenosha to join him.
She reached Kenosha just after five
o'clock and went to the home of a
friend who had been neighbor She
could not find shelter for herself and
babies during the night and she went
to the police office. maybe he will
come back some time" she told the
police, Somehow I just happen to
think that he may be in Racine but
he acted queerly just before he left
Joliet. He never said goodbye" to US
or anything" The littlest baby cried
piteously as the mother told the story
just as if she knew something Of the
tragedy of it all. "She has just come
out Of the hospital" said the mother
as she nestled the baby up a little
closer. The child appeared feverish.
II guess she is just all tired out and
ought to be in bed" the mother con
tined. The woman had just a little
money but not enough to find home
for the children and she let it be IN
derstood that she had not asked for
aid before she left Joliet.
Put Riddles To Bed.
One of the police officers went out
and found room in the neighborhood
and the children were tucked into bed.
Then the police called the Racine po-
lice and told them to make an effort to
find Trigoing. Today arrangements
are to be made to send the woman and
the two little girls over to relatives in
Illinois where it is expected that they
will find some one to provide care for
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
HARDING PREDICTS
GLOOMY FUTURE
Dark Days Are at Hand for America
Unless We Get Back on Main
Road Says Harding.

Marion, 0-That the future Of the
United States will not be as bright as
the past was the prediction of Warren
G. Harding, Republican candidate for
president, here today, in speech made
to travelling men, unless the United
States travels different route in the
future. He declared that unless a
change is made soon that the American
people will be having a "no hour day.
and that Industrial plants will be idle
Harding urged for Americans the
brand Of Idealism "That is not too
proud to work"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-09-30
Correspondence
C0urtship Does mt Bind

The story of correspondence court
ship which resulted in marriage but
in a marriage which failed to stick,
is told in the suit filed in the circuit
court today by Claud Johnston who
demands a divorce from his wife, Clara
Johnston. They met by correspondence
and were married in Chicago, Decem-
Der 10, 1913. According to the com
plant Mrs. Johnston deserted her hus-
band in January of the following year
and while he has for the past two
years maintained home for her at
Kenosha she has failed to join him in
this city. Johnston in his complaint
declared that he does not know the
present whereabouts of his wife. At
torney NJ. G. 0'Donnell is representing
the husband in the suit,