Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 1

Vs" llAfii 'S 'V AB the News All the Time the Reason AB Kenosha Reads This Paper Evening News We Carry More Want Ada Than Any Paper in Wisconsin Outside of Milwaukee NUMBER 269 KENOSHA WISCONSIN TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 1910 VOLUME 1G HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC TO GET NORMAL VOTE CORKER STOKE LAID Primary Election Seems to Be Bringing Out Average Vote i of the Various Parties oteworthy Ceremonies Mark Laying of Corner Stone of the New City Hall ALL CANDIDATES CONFIDENT THOUSANDS MARCH IN PARADE Scholey acted as Chairman for the day and thanked the people for the splendid turn out and presented CaLin Stewart the City Attorney who introduced the Hon Thomas Kearney of Racine as the speaker of the day After the address "by Mr Kearney Mr Stewart presented to tjie city a handsome American flag the gift oi Joseph Lindl the architect or the build-' ing Then in a short speech presented the Mayor with a trowel and tiie Mayor in sight of cheering thousands pulled on the overalls and jumpers worn by the other members of the Union and took the trowel As the big stone was put in place a copper box was cemented into the cavity in it This box contained a list of the city officials a list of the county officials a program of the eorner stone laying eopies of the papers published in Kenosha coins of the realm and a historical sketch of Kenosha and Southport prepared by Alderman Marlatt of the Second ward NMayor Scholey himself laid the stone and then the committee from the Union took hold of the work and- completed the corner While the ceremonies were in progress the bands played the National Anthem and as the Mayor laid the stone he was greeted by prolonged cheering This came as the ending of the ceremonies but the entire day was observed as a holiday and during the afternoon the yisiting officials from Waukegan Racine and other cities were shown about the city in automobiles In all it was one of the greatest Labor Day celebrations eArer held in Kenosha and the committee in charge is entitled to high praise for the success of the day Members of the Caledonian Society Make Merry at Grove The Caledonian Society held its fifth annual picnic Monday at Piper Grove In spite of the threatening weather of the morning one of the largest drowds that has eer attended the yearly gathering Avas in attendance About fifty members and friends sat down to dinner 4id each car in tne afternoon brought large additions The committee on games consisting of Messrs Lockhart Wright and Morse presented a decidedly interesting schedule The principal events ana winners were as follows: Boys lemon race won by Russell Mainland companion race Mrs Mahan lemon race Henrietta Gott-fredsen 100 yard race Conrad Shearer shoe race Henrietta Gottf red-sen smoking race Archie Wright Indoor base ball throwing Miss Margaret Simpson lemon Russell Mainland shoe race Dunlop tug of war Mesdames Barr Anderson Eich Lockhart Marks and Mainland and tug of war Eich Gottfredsen Mainland Eich and Mainland tug of war Messrs Eich A Wright Shearer Thompson Marks Anderson Chalmers and Webb Betting on the Outcome of the Primary is Decidedly Light and it Will 7 Late Tonight Before the Outcome Known JP Threatening Weather Fails to Dampen the Enthusiasm of the People and Ten Thousand People Take Part in The Ceremonies Kenosha City Hall Joseph Lindl Architect LAKE ENDS TROUBLES GO BACK TO SCHOOL home with their father The former husband of the woman claimed that their troubles had been brought on through the workings of religious fanatics connected with the Dowie church at Zion City Mrs Jensen had been a close follower of the Dowie religion and it is thought that her zeal in the cause finally dethroned her reason The three children of the unfortunate woman are Edward Jensen residing at Zion City Mary and Christiana Jensen living with their father in Kenosfia Mrs Jensen had made her home with the son at Zion City and he was called to Kenosha Sunday evening to arrange for the burial of the remains 3000 Kenosha Boys and Girls Return to School After Summer Vacation Mrs Carrie Lange Jensen Drowns Herself in Lake Under Tragic Conditions TO ADJOURN COUNCIL MEETING DOSEMAGEN HOME SCORCHED REFUSES TO ACCEPT ANY AID USUAL CROWDED CONDITIONS Some New Teachers on Hand to Greet Students in the Different Departments A Sketch of the New teachers This Yea Woman is Alleged to Have Been Deep- ly Interested in Dowie Faith and it is Supposed to Have Brought Temporary Insanity Fire Department Called out Saturday Evening on Account of Small Blaze The fire department was called out just before nine last Saturday eTening on account of a fire in the home of Joseph Dosemagen on Hansen street The fire originated in a clothes closet in the house and the origin of it is a complete mystery Two people were in the house at the time the fire broke out but neither of them could assign any cause for it The department made a hurried run to the fire and extinguished the blaze after damage to the amount of $50 Members of the Common Council to Adjourn meeting slated for Tonight The Kenosha city council will meet in regular session at the City Hall this evening but the meeting will be adjourned until next Monday evening in keeping with -an agreement reached at special meeting of the alderman on Sunday afternoon The most important matter slated to come before the council is the matter of hearing objections to the pa-ing of Elizabeth street and this matter will be taken up at the adjourned date It is not expected that there will be rrjore than one or two objections to the paving No other matter of great importance Avas slated to eome before the meeting this evening Veterans of Civil War of Racine and Kenosha Counties Meet at Union Grove MEETING IN CONGRESSMAN COOPER THERE ADTO TDRNED TURTLE Annual Meeting of Kenosha Country Club Held at Club House Monday Evening Party of Kenosha People Haye Narrow Escape From Being Crushed Under Auto DIRECTORS ELECTED FOR YEAR TOP SUSTAINS WEIGHT OF GAR The battle of the primary ballots is on and by seven this evening the fight will be lost and won Indications from the various polling places in the city are that an average primary vote will be brought out but the voting was not brisk enough this morning to give any assurance that any primary records will be broken and in the city the voting will have to get a lot heavier during the closing hours if the vote cast is as large as that cast at the city election in April It- was a busy day for the candidates and many of them took a personal interest in the getting out of the Amte Some of them had carriages at the polls and nearly every one of the state candidates had workers at every place to get a last shot at the voters before they made their decision as to candidates Out in the rural districts it is stated that the voting was a little more lively than in the city but even in these districts it was declared that there was no reason to suspect that more than a normal vote would be east The factional differences in the Republican party it is declared ha'e disgusted many of the old- Totprs in the rural districts and they have openly declared that they do not intend to vote at the primary Interest in the Republican county primaries centers in the fight betwben Gon-nermann and Curtiss for the nomination for Assemblyman both men claim that they will be nominated The strong LaFollette sentiment- is aiding Curtiss materially as he has sought the office purely as a supporter of the senior senator and has announced that he will support LaFollette for senator regardless of the action of the primaries Gonnermann has refused to make any statement in regard to his vote for United States Senator and has declared that the action of the county representatives two years ago in refusing to vote for Stephenson after he was nominated at the primary shows the fallacy of making such pledges: Indications are that the fight between the two men will be decidedly close The only bet found on the results was in favor of Curtiss The fight between the three candidates for the Republican nomination for county treasurer brattraeting a little i nfefest Dorothy has not been very active in the campaign but at-that many of his friends declare that he will be nominated Harmam and Schmitz however are both confident that they will get a good representative vote in both the city and rural districts In the Democratic ranks the' fight is for the nomination of a sheriff and George Kreuscher Andrew Stahl and George McCarron are held as favorites in Party leaders see no chance for the nomination of John A Thom or Andrew Anderson and the manner in which the line up is named at the present time would indicate the nomination of Kreuscher with Stahl second- and McCarron third However the friends of McCarron who has made a very active canvass of the city and county declare that he will win and friends are just as positive that he will be returned as the nominee Senator Isaac Bishop is being given the fight of his political career by Charles Everett of Racine and it is declared by the Racine leaders tha Everett will defeat Bishop Bishop declares that indications are largely in his favor Bishop lias never let up in his campaign for the nomination and he has visited every portion of the two counties He is also accredited with having the so-called as he has declared that he is going to vote for LaFollette for Senator No line can be secured on the state candidates in the county and the people do not seem to be taking any great interest in this feature of the primary It is conceded that LaFollette' will carr' the county as a candidate for United States Senator The results of the primary will not be knoArn until long after midnight as ballots are being used and it will take a long time to tabulate the The corner stone of the new City Hall was laid on Monday morning and with so great ceremonies as to make the day one of the greatest municipal celebrations in the history of the city With threatening weather as a handicap the members of the committee had feared for the success of the celebration but notwithstanding the weather the turn out of the people of the city the turnout of the representatives of the laboring classes and the turn-out of the people from the county and from surrounding cities was as great as to 'make the gathering one of the most noteworthy ever held in Southern "Wisconsin Notwithstanding the Aveather and the other attractions of the day it is certain that no less than ten thousand people witnessed the great parade Monday morning and watched the ceremonies attending the laying of the corner of the splendid new municipal building Kenosha people showed their loyalty to Kenosha and despite the gathering of the clouds the city was put in festival array early in the morning and when the parade moved -just after ten Ojjielck it moved along streets Homely decorated with flags and ban ners The parade while worked up in less than ten days was a great showing for the city It was primarily a labor day parade and hundreds of workmen walked behind hands of music but in addition to this scores of members of military companies and more than a thousand of the members of the various civic societies turned out to help make the eATent a notable one The parade moved west on Market streets under the lead of Alderman Stemm who acted as Grand Marshal of the day and he had as his aides men well known to the various organizations of union' labor All along the parade the people had decorated their residences and the line of march was lined with people all the way from Market Square to the North side park In the automobiles at the head of the line were the distinguished guests of the city including officials of Waukegan and Zion City and back of them came the officials of the City of Kenosha The right of the line was given to the members of the Knights of Pythias who turned oat sixty strong in uniform Just back of them Captain Beit Fowler led his famous Forester team of the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica -and right in front of the automobiles marched band of Teter-ans of the wars of the First Kaiser Following the automobiles came the Carpenters Union 500 strong headed by a band and back of them were the brick layers a hundred strong dressed in natty uniforms of white duck Then came the painters in the same sort of a uniform but distinguished by the fact that they carried red white and blue umbrellas Then came the Simmons employees band heading the long list of civic societies in the parade In this portion of the parade marched hundreds of members of the Loyal Order of Moose the members of Dania Society members of the White Eagles St Guards St Society and St Society and the Polish Young Men Society all of which were headed by bands belonging to the different organizations Then came the SlbAric and Lithuanian societies and the display made by these societies was one of the big features of the parade Floats representing many of the industries and mercantile companies of the city followed and the Kenosha Fire Department brought up the rear of the procession In the display of the Are department was the new auto fire wagon which is soon Jo become a part of the equipment of the central fire station Lead-ing the parade was the Kenosha Brass Band arid in the long line of marehing men and floats were' more than a half dozen musical organizations TA hen the parade reached the site of the new building the crowd of people which filled all tlie-available spaee about the building was estimated at from ht to ten thousand and it certainly mas the greatest assemblage of people een in Kenosha in a decade Mayor IP Three thousand Kenosha school children wittTclean faces and decked out in their best bib and tucker started this morning for school with the opening of the new year of the el ly schools and notwithstanding the fact that it was the largest crowd of school children ever entering the Kenosha schools the Bcad of Education is going to be able to take care of all of them There will of course be crowded conditions in some of the schools and the board has opened three basement rooms but the arrangements will insure the comfort of the children and it is certain that none of them will be turned away For the pajst three weeks Superintendent Mary Bradford has been preparing the parents and the children for the opening day and things moved like clock work this morning Every room was in readiness for the coining of the children and most of them went to the bilildings with books and equipment to begin work without further delay So much preliminary work hail been done that it is expected that the rooms will be fully organized and down to work by Wednesday morning The attendance at all of the schools shows an increase over the preA'ious yeqr and the attendance at the High School sets a new high record There is the usual large number of students from the country districts at the High School A meeting of the principals and teachers is being held this afternoon to com- plete the arrangements for the opening of the routine Avork on Wednesday morning The public school teaching force of Kenosha consisting pow of eightv-two men and women has a number of new members this fall BelieA'ing that thp public will be interested in learning something about those who are to engage in the important service oP teaching tlicir children a brief account is giren of the professional preparation and the teaching experience of these teachers Oliver Thompson the new principal of the high school has made careful preparation for his work along both academic and professional lines With him teaching is a profession studied as law or medicine are studied and entered not as a stepping stone to something else but as a life work He is a native of Waukegan Illinois and a graduate of the Lake Forest UniAersity He has studied a yean at the Fitchburg Massachusetts Normal School and had a fellowship in physchologv and Pedagogy at lark university Worehester Mass The last named institution is to the teacher ambitious for good professional preparation what Johp Hopkins University is to a Doctor or Columbia Law School is to a lawyer During the past year Mr Thompson has been at Madison doing post graduate work in education and science His teaching experience which to a certain extent has alternated eritli his (Continued on jQage 8 Troubled the breaking up of her home and the loss of her children and thought to be laboring under temporary insanity brought on by religious mania Mrs Carrie Lange Jensen divorced wife of Knut Jensen night watchman aX the plant of the Windsor Spring Company ended her troubles by jumping into the lake off the South street breakwater just before five Sunday afternoon A half hour later the body was recoArered by members of the Kenosha Life Sawing creAv with the aid of police officer Fred Bradley Mrs Jensen had been living with her son at Zion City and it is supposed that she came to Kenosha on Sunday afternoon with a view of committing suicide by jumping into the lake For half-fin hour before she plunged into the wafers of the lake she had sat on the sidewalk fifty yards from the breakwater watch- ing the moving waters Her actions had attracted the attention of the people in the neighborhood She seemed to be muttering a prayer Just before fire she left the sidewalk and started toward the breakwater Without hesitating for a minute she leaped from the breakwater into the rising seas People Apho had seen her rash act ran to the breakwater in hopes of being jablq to save woman and the Misses Stacy Avho live in the neighborhood secured a clothes line and threw it out to the woman but she was either unconscious or in her determination to die refused to accept aid The two young women finally managed to get the cloth 03 line about the body of the unfortunate woman In the mean time the life saving crew and the members of the police department had been summoned Police officers Bradley Maher and Euting hurried to the scene of the tragedy and Bradley craAvled down the breakwater and notwithstanding the fact that he AA'as drenched by the warms he managed to hold on to the body until the life sartors arrived and aided him to bring it up on the breakwater Dr Lansdowne was called when the body was remor-ed from the lake and for a half hour efforts were made to resuscitate the woman but Avirhout results The remains were removed to the Miller Stanton morgue and later eor-oner Andre summoned a jury to view the remains The tragic death of the woman comes as the end of years of troubles -Mrs Jensen was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Christian Lange well known among the Danish people of Racine She was born in Denmark May 20 2869 and came to this country with her parents when she was six years old She was married to Knut Jensen in Chicago twenty years ago this nlonth and the couple had spent much of their life in Kenosha More than two years ago Mrs Jensen secured a divorce from her husband in the Circuit Court and she was given the custody of the three children lmt in the past six months her two daughters had left her and had gone ta make their Following the custom established a number of years ago the veterans of the Civil War in Racine and Kenosha counties met for their annual reunion at Union GroA-e on Monday and representatives from eTery post in the two counties were present at the reunion which despite the inclemency of the weather proved to be one of the most interesting gatherings of the veterans ever held in the two counties All of the prominent officials of the A-arious posts were on hand for the reunion and during the day many interesting little gatherings were held at which the representatives of the various regiments and companies ifi the great struggle told again the stories of the CiA-il War The Kenosha delegation Was one of the largest from any of the cities represented In addition to the large number of members of the Grand Army there was a large representation from the members of tire Relief Corps in the two counties and the members of the corps spread a great basket din ner at noon for the A'eterans and their friends An interesting program was carried out firing the day the prineipa1 speeches being made by Col AWat-trous of Milwaukee a great favorite with the members of the Grand Army in Wisconsin and by Congressman A Cooper of Racine Congressman Cooper paid a great tribute to the memory of the men who lost their lives in the great struggle and gare high praise to the lofty citizenship of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic Col Wattrous recalled in a happy vein many incidents of the war aud told stories of the fighting qualities of men who had been prominent in the Kenosha-Racine county regiments During the day the Memorial roll was read and this showed that quite a number of the members of the association had answered the last muster call during the year just closing The business meeting of the association was held in the afternoon and Lunn of Racine was named as President of the organization for the coming year The eommanders of the various posts in the two counties will serAre as vrice presidents and Charles A Leonard of Kenosha was named as secretary and treasurer The 1911 reunion of the veterans will be held sX Evergreen Park and it will be in charge of the Racine Post The annual meeting of the Kenosha Country club was held at the club house on Monday erening and the annual reports of the officers showed that the season now drawing to a close had been one of the- most successful in the history of the club Many new meim bers liaAre beerf added to the lists during the year and the greatest interest has been taken in the club erents The report of the treasurer of the club showed that there was a deficit of about $S00 for the season but this total deficit was made up by popular subscription before the close of the meeting The deficit Avas largely due to losses incurred through the operation of the dining room at the club and it is not an unexpected deficit Members of the club realize that it is impossible to serve meals such as are served at the club with a profit Considerable work has been done in adding to the property this year and all of these improvements are paid for At the annual election of directors Charles Allen Charles Chester Allen and Chester Barnes were elected to succeed themselves as members of the board of directors While there are no more big tournaments scheduled for the season the links will be kept open until late in October The recent rains have placed the greens and fair green in excellent condition and it 3s certain that the enthusiastic Kenosha golfers will keep the ball rolling until off the field by the early snows of winter The election of officers for the nev year will not take place until the regular winter meeting of the board of directors to be held next February Four Avell known people had a narrow escape from injury on Saturday night when au automobile belonging to Charles Allen and driAren by Elmer Hansen turned turtle and went into a ditch on the Wilmot road near the Shields farm The occupants of the car who had a particularly narrow escape from serious injury included Miss Gertrude Allen and her guest Miss Wright Robert Allen and Elmer Hansen The members of'-'the party had spent the eArening at one of the Kenosha lakes and were on their Avay home when the accident occurred Mr Hansen at the wheel had noticed a big water hole in the road and had turned to the side of the road to aAoid the hole The road seemed to be perfectly firm but weeds concealed the decline over the ditch and one of the wheels Avent off the road and Avithout warning the automobile turned o'er The glass front and the top of the car saved the occupants from being crushed The car went ov-er striking on the top and the glass and the four passengers of the car crawled out from under it practically uninjured The car which was of the Rambler make Avas not Dad-ly injured and it was brought into Kenosha under its own power early Sunday morning The members of the party waited in the roadway until another automobile bound for Kenosha came aJong and they managed to reach their homes before midnight The escape of tfie party Avas a decidedly fortunate one OFFICIAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any person or persons caught mutilating disfiguring or breaking any street signs or posts within the limits of the city of KenOsha will be arrested and fined ten (10) dollars for eac offense By order of the Common Council of the City of Kenosha August 15th 1910 Dated August 18th 1910 sl9 Geo Harrington City Clerk KENOSHA BRANCH Of the Milwaukee New Mount Clemens Hot Baths Prof unique master masseur and chiropodist Ladies treated by expert lady attendant by appointment Room 11 Mever Block Market Square Kenosha Wis Tel 347 We have recently added a new seven passenger car to onr rental service also a five passenger Call the Arthur Gardiner Garage phone 191 7 it.