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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Mary Hansen Died
Early This Morning
Mrs. Mary Sorensen Hansen Died at
Home on the Geneva Road This
Morning.

Mrs. Mary Sorensen Hansen, the
wife of Andrew Hansen, died at the
home on the Geneva road in the town
ship of Bristol early this morning af-
ter asshort illness.
She was born November 2, 1866, in
Denmark and was the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Mas Peter Sorensen. She
came to this country in 1892 and spent
most Of her life in this county. On
March %, 1898, she was married to
Andrew Hansen. She was a member
of the Royal .Neighbors and she had
taken an active part in the life of her
community. 80
She is survived by her husband, An
drew Hansen; two daughters, Mrs.
George Jensen and Mrs. Otto Manning
of Bristol; one brother, Christ Soren-
sen of Salem; and three sisters, Miss
Jean Sorensen of Chicago, and two sis
ters living in Denmark; her father,
Mas Peter Sorensen, is also living in
Denmark.
The funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 300 o'clock from
the residence on the Geneva road with
fnterment following in the North Bris-
toll cemetery.
81 Il
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
ACCOUNTS FOR
SONS ACT HERE
Mother of Edwin Burden,
Arrested Here, Ex-
plains Accident.
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE

That Edwin Burden, the man who
was arrested by Kenosha police when
he was found riding on the rear plat
form of a Chicago and North Western
express train in "his birthday clothes
is not responsible for his actions was
the information received today by
police here. Mrs. Louise Temple,
mother of the young man, has asked
that the police here help her get in
touch with Burden so that she may be
able to get him to come back to his
home at Pitcher, Okla. He has al
ready been released from custody
here and has returned to Waukegan
where he told police he had job as a
painter.
The letter from the mother includ-
ed note to the young man and this
is being forwarded to Waukegan
where an attempt will be made to de-
liver it. to the man.
Says He Had An Accident.
The mothers explanation of the
plight Of. her son is self-explanatory
It was addressed to the Chief of Po-
lice and reads as follows:
81 have a clipping sent to me from
a Kenosha newspaper telling of man
who was arrested there and giving his
address as Pitcher, Okla, and his name
Edwin Burden. / am afraid that he
is my son as he was hurt several
years. ago in an automobile accident
when he suffered a fractured skull
and was unconscious for eight hours
and it was eight days before he knew
anything. At times ever since then
he has not been in his right mind and
if he is sick and has the least bit of
fever he is out of his head. We lived
near the railroad and one night when
he had fever from smallpox he got
found him he was in coal car on the
railroad telling everybody he was
running the train.
Wants Him At Home.
"I am writing this to you so that if
it is my boy you will know that he
has done nothing wrong, and / want
you to be sure, and let me know at
once how he is, won't you, please
And please let him come home as soon
as he is able. think he must be sick
and anyone knows that any human
being in his right mind would not
get on the train without his clothes
on"
The letter was signed Mrs. Louise
Temple, 418 South Francis street
Pitcher, Okla.
Lieut.. Charles Rock replied to the
woman at once telling her of the sup
posed present whereabouts of her son
at Waukegan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Can't Make Living
Selling Soft Drinks
.Sozina Rotchh Fined $175 for Posses
Ms. sion of Alcohol in New Munster
a& rg5 +, Saloon on August 6.

Because he couldn't make enough
money to support his family of five,
Sozin Ratchki quit his job at the Ann
erican Brass company and rented a
soft drink parlor at New Munster.
@"But I@ididn't see how you could
make better living selling pop out
in New Munster" Judge Slater told
him when brought into the munich
pal court today to face charges of pos
session Of. alcohol following a raid on
his place by state raiders on August
s. sFYou were selling liquor, that's
what you were doing"
The raid was made by B. c. Parkin-
son, G. L. Erdahl, and w. A. Steven
son at the place which Mike Zahorsky
and Rotchki were running. They had
purchased the saloon from William
Ebert and were still operating on
Ebert's license. They found a pint
TASKS half full of moonshine and an
other ,half-pint containing alcohol.
er Rotchki was fined SITS and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Kenosha in Thirteenth.


Chicago, Ill., I--7B. E. Ewing,
today appointed acting administrator
of the thirteenth district, with head
quarters here, said following the an
nouncement that Assistant Secretary
Andrews of the treasury, was seeking
for the New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, st. Louis and Chicago. districts
important business men of estab-
lished reputation fifty thousand, or
one hundred thousand year men, to
be administrators.
Mr.. Ewing, who returned yesterday
from Washington, said he would un-
dertake to reorganize the district Sep
TENDER 1, when his appointment is eff
fective unless the man sought by the
government should be engaged and
ready to take Office by that time. In
the latter event, he is expected to be
retained to assist in establishing or
ganization under the new plan. Mr..
Ewing has been acting director for
this district handing $1,000 permits
annually since removal of his pre-
decessor a short time ago. The dis
trict comprises Illinois, except 20
southern counties and all of Indiana
and the eastern district Of Wisconsin.
Captain A. G. Townsend, now goes
to st. Paul as acting administrator of
the fifteenth district.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Interurban Smashes
Ford; Nobody Hurt

A Ford coupe in which three Mil
waukee men were riding, were struck
by a northsbound T. NJ, E. R. and L
Green Special at 1:45 o'clock this
afternoon as, it was driving on to the
Lake Shore road from the Uneeda
Rest cottages.
Henry Flasch, Jr., 722 Fourteenth
street, driving the car, received a
slight bruise on the leg; Ed. Zim-
norman, also of Milwaukee, was
bruised on the arm and leg, and
John Pileski, 81 Chambers street
Milwaukee, received slight cuts on
the hand and arm.
Undersheriff Joseph Knipfer and
Deputy Sheriff Steve Robinson were
called. to the. scene, but no one was
injured seriously enough to demand
medical. attention. The car was COM
pletelye smashed and was taken to a
local garage, while the men continued
on their way to Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Rescues Child
From DTOIDning
At Lily Lake

Ralph Booth, of 7ls Albert street,
proved himself hero on Sunday.
afternoon at Lily Lake when he res
cued Miss LaVerne WEIGH, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Welch, of Az
Florence avenue, from drowning.
1t seems that three women of a
party which was camping on the
shores of the lake, decided to go bath
ing late Sunday afternoon. Among
these was the Welch girl. She evil
IDENTIFY, waded out beyond her depth
and became stuck in the mud. The
Shiny ooze held her so tightly that
she was unable to move, and she cried
for help. Ralph Booth, who happened
to be the only man nearby, rushed
out to her assistance without even so
much as taking off any of his clothes.
Booth brought tho girl to dry land
safely, but only after endangering his
own life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Board Accepts Report of
Committee to Settle
Contractors Claim.
SET OPENING DATE
Settlement of Claims Clears
Way for Settling Date for
the Formal Opening. z

Kenosha county's new courthouse
will be formally opened on next Tues
day. This was the announcement
made this morning by the building
committee acting on authorization CIV
en- by vote of the county board OF
supervisors at the session of the board
Thursday afternoon. The plans call
for the throwing open Of the building
to the public throughout all the day
Tuesday and in the evening with suit
able ceremonies to mark the occasion.
The program for the dedication is be-
ing prepared by the committee and
will be announced in full probably on
Saturday.
The way to set the date for the op-
ening of the magnificent new court
house was opened Thursday afternoon
when the board came to an agreement
with the Hutter Construction COM
pany, contractors rof the building, re-
garding the claim for damages caused,
it was alleged, by failure to deliver
the site to the contractor at the sched-
uled date. With this settlement
reached the contractor agreed to turn
over the building to the county at
once. 1t had been previously accepted
by the board.
Settle for $S9,6s5.
The sc element reached with the
contractor on. the delay claim, tech
nically known in 1.-The negotiations as a
claim for extras, was that the county
was to pay to the contractor $39,686.
The original claim was for $66,511.S5.
The board on Thursday morning after
discussing the claim authorized the
building committee to confer with the
contractor relative to settlement and
took a recess for that purpose. The
committee late in the afternoon re-
ported back, recommending the settle
ment for $39 ,6S5 which the contractor
agreed to accept.
GeByea tyeter4of ID to 2 the board
accepted the report and authorized
the county clerk to pay the claim.
Those supervisors voting in favor OF
accepting the report and paying the
claim were: Supervisors Brooks, Ba-
con, Spartz, Robinson, Zerfas, Rhodes,
Kersting, Prddle, Rohr, VanBendegon,
Surerus, Roders, Elsenand Berquist.
Supervisors Filbin and Wicks voted
against the acceptance of the report
and Supervisor Grosvenor was absent.
a. Settle Other Claims.
BY the same vote the board accepted
a report. settling the claim of the
Thomas Heating Company for ex-
penses incurred by the delay in Sc
curing the site for S2618.S2. This
claim of the Uihlein- Ortman Electric
company for $3o1.O2, based on the
same question was also allowed by the
same vote.
There is also a claim for extras
from the E. ]. Sullivan company
which has the plumbing contract, and
this is now in the hands of the COM
mittee.
The county board also acted favor
ably on petition for the building of
bridge on the Plank road in the
town of Paris.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
AGED WOMAN
HIT BY AUTO
Mrs. Alex Kent Seriously
Injured When Thrown
i. d to. Curb BY Car.
CALLED UNAVOIDABLE

Mrs. Alexander Kent, 512 Prairie
avenue, was severely injured at eight
o'clock on Sunday evening when she
was thrown to the curb in front of
hex. home on Prairie avenue by car
driven, by F, E. Raynan, 80 North
Michigan gavenue, Chicago. Rayman
was driving Packard touring car
west on Prairie avenue when Mrs
Kent left the automobile of Roy Blair
553 Congress street, to walk across
the street to her home. She had
reached within eight feet of the curb
when she was struck by the right
fender of the Packard, throwing her
against the curb.
Blair and Rayman rushed to her
rescue and took her to the Kenosha
hospital where DR.. C. H. Gephart was
called 10, attend her. At the hospital
it was discovered that the aged wo-
man was. suffering from a badly dislo-
Gated left shoulder, decorations on the
scalp and face, and and a slight con-
cussion of the brain. Her condition
today was reported as not in danger,
but it will be several weeks before she
will be able to leave the hospital, it
was said.
No charges were placed against the
Chicago driver after an investigation
showed that the accident was unavoid-
able. s "
Other Accidents Over Weekend.
Edward Kalles, of Chicago, driving
a Knight car, collided with a car driv-
en- by Harry Grisinger, of Kenosha, or
South Sheridan road Saturday night
about nine o'clock. Kalles had five
other men in the car, which had been
rented from a Chicago firm. Both
cars were damaged by the impact.
Binding headlights were said to have
been the cause of the accident.
Arthur Pierce, r. F. D. No. 4, driv-
ing Ford coupe west on the Geneva
road Saturday night about eight
O'Clock had head-on collision with an
Oldsmobile touring car driven by Lud-
wig Sunde, 1925 North Richmond
street, Chicago, Sande was driving his
car east on the road. The collision
took place just west of the Silverlake
Corners. Seven people were riding in
the Oldsmobile car, four adults and
three children.
Mrs. OFT, Mrs. Spencer and Irwin
Rainier, all passengers in the Oldsmo-
bile were quite badly cut by flying
glass. Both of the cars were thrown
to the side of the road by the terrific
impact and turned over.
Deputy Sheriff C. F. Erickson re-
ceived notice of the smash at the Co
penhagen garage, and hurried to the
scene to assist the injured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Two Relatives
Called by Death
Two Relatives of Family of Peter
Jacobs. 4O1 Orange ST., Died /.
Over Weekend.

Death messages came twice to the
home of Peter Jacobs, 401 Orange
street, during the week end to tell of
the demise of relatives of the family
The first message came Saturday re-
porting the death early that morning
in St. Louis of Casper NJ. Wagner, q
brother-in-law of Mr.. Jacobs and q
man well known in Kenosha. Mr.
Wagner is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lena Wagner and by four daught-
ers, Mrs. Demuth, of Los Angeles;
Mrs. Belknap, Canyon City, Colorado;
Mrs Kirk, Brooklyn and Mrs. Lynch
of Chicago.
The remains were brought to Chicago
on Sunday. The funeral services will
be held at the Mt. Carmel church in
Chicago Wednesday morning at ten
o'clock with interment following in the
family plot in the Mt. Carmel GEM
etery.
The other death message came on
Sunday reporting the death of Mrs
Elizabeth Kersten, aged "a years, q
sister of Mrs. Peter Jacobs and OF
Mrs. Hubbard Schwan, % Milwaukee
avenue. Mrs. Kersten died Sunday at
her home in Howard, South Dakota
Despite her advanced years she had
been in good health until few days
ago, when she suffered a stroke OF
paralysis, from which she never re-
gained consciousness. Last winter she
had been in Kenosha to spend several
weeks with her sisters here.
Besides the two sisters living in
Kenosha, she is survived by two sons
Martin, Rapid City, S. D., and Ted,
Howard, S. D. and by two daughters
Mrs. eraser and Mrs. Smith, OF
Howard, S. D.
s. Mrs, Kersten was former resident
of Kenosha and has many friends here
to whom the news of her death will
come as personal sorrow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
KenOshan's Father
Dead in Chicago

Word reached Kenosha this morn
ing of the death in Chicago of Ed
ward H. Brown, father of Harry s.
Brown of Kenosha. The son is now
on motor trip through the east and
has been informed of his fathers
death. He is now en- route to Chica-
90. The deceased had often visited in
Kenosha and had many friends here
to whom the news of his death will
come as personal sorrow. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Della J.
Culley Brown, son, Harry S. Brown,
Of Kenosha, three brothers, Herman,
Joseph and William Brown and by
one sister, Mrs. Dora Fowler. The
funeral services are to be held at the
late residence at SALT Bernice avenue
Chicago with interment in the Elm
wood cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Old Settlers Grounds to
Remain Open for Public
Directors Old Settlers Association Renew Pledge Taken In
Original Charter Taken Out by Association When
the Grounds Were Purchased

Use of the old Settlers Grounds or
Paddock's Lake along the Geneva road
by the public as has been customary
in the past is to be continued, accord
ing to an announcement made this
morning by the directors of the as
ISOLATION. It is the plan of the as
ISOLATION to leave the grounds open
with the intention that motorists may
halt there and enjoy them. The park
ing space on the south side of, the
highway will also be available for
parking space for those who use the
grounds. w. 800
In recent years the association has
been beseiged with requests from
various organizations and associa-
tions to rent the grounds, including
the pavilion, and all Of these have
been refused, inasmuch as such &C
ton would not be in keeping with the
policy adopted when the grounds were
purchased in 1877 While the grounds
are to be open to the public for gem
eral use, still they will not be leased
to any political or religious or
organization as a gathering place and
it is not intended that they be used
as such. The annual Old Settlers Day
picnics will, of course, continue to be
held there each year as in the past.
No one will be allowed to pitch
tents there for continued stay, which
also has been refused in the past.
Had 500 Stockholders p
The old Settlers association first
secured the grounds for its regular
meeting on Fox river, and for many
wears held it's annual gatherings
there. Finding that location rather
inaccessible, the association pur-
chased its present grounds on Pad
docks lake. There were 500 stock
holders in the association when it
was organized, but many Of these are
now dead. The articles Of organiza-
ton, however, are binding on all the
stockholders living and set forth
clearly the use to which the grounds
shall be put.
Copies of these articles Of organ
/ ization were sent out to the directors
in connection with the announcement
of the plans for continued use of the
grounds. They read as follows:
Article First The undersigned
have associated, and do hereby as
sociate themselves together for the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
FIRE DAMAGES
ITALIAN CHURCH
Sixteen Hundred Dollars
Damage by Flames at !,
Holy Rosary Church.
STARTED BY CANDLE

A candle falling from stand on
the altar is thought to have been re-
sronsible for sixteen hundred dollar
fire that broke out in the Holy Rosary
church, at 1913 South Rowland avenue,
just after one o'clock on Sunday af-
ternoon. %~s
Fire companies from all stations
answered the call and soon had the
fire under control.
Might Have Been Worse.
According to Assistant Fire Chief
Michael E. Jacobs the. confagration
might have been much worse if the
department had not been called as
soon as it was. When the apparatus
arrived the fire had already spread to
the walls and was slowly creeping up
to the ceilings. Fire between the
walls also hampered the work of the
firemen.
Exact cause of the fire could not be
determined but it is believed that
candle, which had been used in the
morning service, and which was left
burning, fell from its stand and ignit-
ed loose tapestries.
Before the flames could be checked,
over sixteen hundred dollars damage
had been done. The building, which
is in the heart of the italian section
of the city, has, been used as social
center by the Italian community, but
for the time being such activities
have been halted.
Valuation on the building has been
placed at $4,000. At the present time
it is insured for $4,000. .E
Small Rubbish Fire.
Firemen from the central station
were called to the back door on Sun
day when small rubbish fire broke
out in a barn located at 263 Market
street and which is used to store tele-
graph cable. A few of the FIRE lad
dies grabbed up some chemical tanks,
dashed down the alley, and put out
the flames.
There was practically no damage
done. The flames were allayed to
some children playing with matches.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Man, 20, Takes
f.. His First Ride u
s''. y. In an AirpLane

William Petersdorf, 703 Park street,
and seventy years of age, probably
had what he would term the greatest
thrill of his life on Sunday afternoon,
namely: that of taking a ride in an
airplane.
Fifty or more years ago, little did
Petersdorf think that some day he
would fly over the house tops like q
bird. True, some fanatics had pro-
posed such thing, but all such state-
ments were branded as false.
Yesterday, what he had at one time
dubbed as the impossible, came true.
1t took quite little inducing to
get him into "that contraption with
wings" but after he saw his son-in=law
calmly get in and take a seat, he
also decided to "risk his life"
Pilot Van Low flew directly over
the old gentleman's home and gave
him squirt at the place from the
air.
"That's great stuff" was his short
remark after they had again come
down to earth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Woman's Death
Was Accidental

Eau Claire, Wis. A cor
oner's jury investigating the death of
Mrs. Clara. Moulden, 81, of Anderson,
Ind, who was killed in an auto col
lision near Fairchild, south of here,
Tuesday, last, night returned verdict
of accidental death, due to an unavoid-
able accident.
Mrs. Moulden was thrown through
the windshield of the car of Mr.. and
Mrs, Charles Somers, Anderson, Ind,
with whom she was returning after a
visit with relatives at Park Rapids,
Mimi, when the machine collided with
a car sdriven by Antoine Pelhek, Fair
child, whose wife was also thrown
through the windshield but escaped
with slight injuries Mrs. Moulden's
death was due to a severed spinal
cord.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

IS F. +
but the appearance of additional bills
is giving officials reasons to believe
that there are still others working on
it. 1t is estimated that about $500, 900
worth of the bogus bills were printed,
but whether all of these are or will
be passed into circulation is not
known. eeH. &
Send Out Description.
The federal office at Washington
has issued a description of the bill
and this is being passed on to all Ke-
lnosha merchants for their scrutiny:
the counterfeiter has check letter
&C" with face plate number 656;
signatures, Frank White, treasurer of
the United States, H. v. Speelman,
register of the treasury; portrait Of
Washington. All of che counterfeits
bear the number C656 which appears
In small print just above the name
Frank White on the right hand side
of the portrait of Washington.
This is very dangerous counter
felt the warning goes on to say,
printed on bleached genuine paper
with silk threads. The gold coloring
but the printing on the face of the
note is somewhat blotchy,s .ohliterat-
ing many of the fine lines of the
lathework around the border Of the
note. The background and face of
the portrait of Washington. is par
ticularly bad, and special attention
should be given to the portraits on
all bills. The notes so far received
do not bear the same large serial
numbers, so this number cannot serve
as guide to detect the counterfeit.
Pay particular attention to the face
plate number C656 and the portrait of
Washington"
Notify Police Department.
All counterfeit notes must be turn
ed over to federal authorities at
once, and in the event that some Ke-
noshan should be presented with one
of. these notes and the counterfeit is
detected, the party presenting the
note should be detained and question
ed, and unless known to be a reput-
able citizen should be turned over to
the police and they in turn will notify
the federal authorities at once of
their discovery
L.