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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
cUP1Do CLUB NOT FOR LOVE
Kenosha Girls of studious Nature En-
tertained by Racine Member


The Cupido Literary Club of Keno
sha, a highly select coterie of young
ladies employed in the office of the
Jeffrey Automobile Factory, came to
Racine last evening and were enter
tanned at the home. Of Miss Isabelle
Mertle on Washington avenue, a mem
Der from this city. The club IS organ
lied for educational purposes and gen
eral culture rather than social and is
intended NOT only to keep the members
posted on what is happening in the
present times, but also to study The
great men and events of the past.
Emerson, was the subject up. for
discussion last evening, different mem
bers reading papers on this greatest of
American philosophers. His ideas. of
ethics, the relation Of man to man, and
the strain of optimism, which runs all
through his essays were wildly brought
out during the readings and the discus
sion which followed. After an even
ing spent in this manner, and sum
med up by refreshments served by the
hostess, the guests departed for home,
much pleased with their lot. Those
present were the Misses Mary Ward,
Louise Thomas, Bertha Herman, Anna
Anderson, Lillian Citizen, Isabelle Mer-
tie, Edna Leonhardt and Jeanette
De Haven Times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
Pioneer Resident of County
Died at His Home in Bris-
tol ON Friday Night
LONG A RESIDENT OF COUNTY

Stephen D. Gethen, one of the best
known residents of the town of Bristol
and a man widely known among the
pioneer residents of Kenosha county,
died at his home in the town of Bristol
Friday evening at the age of go years.
Death was due to a natural breaking
down due to advanced age.
The deceased had been resident of
Kenosha county since 1845. He was a
native of Schenectady County, New
York, where he was born November 81,
1877. He was married in 1912 to
Miss Louisa Gates in Schoharie County.
New York and three years later he
came with his wife to this county.
Since that time he had been a resident
of the town of Bristol.
Mr.. Gethen took an active interest
in the development of the town and for
many years held town offices. He was
one of the most active supporters of
the schools in that section of the
county and for more than fifteen years
served on the school board of his town
district. He also held the offices of
road commissioner, supervisor, asses
sor and treasurer of the town of Bris-
toll. Mr.. Gethen is survived by three
sons, John Wesley Gethen, who resides
at Kimball, South Dakota; E. R. Geth-
en- of Hebron, ILL.,, and Frank Gethen
who resides in Bristol.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
JUR|ES OF STUDENTS
New Plan Will Be Tried at
Trial of Offenders at Uni
Yersity of Wisconsin
PLAN TO REDUCE OFFENsEs

The old Anglo-Saxon principle of JUS
tice which has become firmly engrafted
into American government, that man
accused of crime is entitled to a
trial by his peers, is to be established
in practice at the University of Wis
consin. The faculty Of the Badger
state institution has determined to PEI
tition the board of regents for permits
sion TO establish a student court in
which shall be tried members of the uni
versity community who will be accused
of otfenses against the disciplinary
peace of the institution. The plan
was proposed to the faculty by Presi-
dent Charles R. Van Hise, and to him
it was proposed by the so-called student
conference committee, a body of lead
ing students representing all the differ
ent classes, societies and organizations
of students of the university. The
proposal was referred to committee
composed of Professors F. G. Hubbard,
G. ii. Banting, H. B. Throp, F. W. Roe
and w. Il. Westermain. Favorable
consideration of the proposal was given
the report of this committee at an adj
journed meeting of the faculty Monday
night and the next step is to secure
the approval of the board of regents.
The plan as outlined in the report of
the faculty committee is as follows:
ga student court shall be consti,
tuted consisting of nine members, six
seniors and three juniors, the seniors
to hold office for one year, the juniors
for two years. Nominations for mem
bership in the student court shall be
made by the executive of the student
conference committee from the male
students Of the sophomore and junior
classes, two men to be nominated for
each one to be elected. Elections
shall be by the student conference com
mittee in May of each year except that
in the first court the election shall be
I held rs soon as feasible after the es-
tablishment Of the court by the action
of the board of regents. The mem
bers so elected shall supersede their
| predecessors Immediately upon their
election. Vacancies occurring in the
court shall be filed in the same man
ner. Nominations will be made from
the class of the member withdrawing
Other portions of the report set out
the processes of trial, keeping of
records, report to the faculty and exc
eution of sentence of suspension, as
well as processes of appeal Original
jurisdiction is to be had by the court
| in all cases except alleged dishonesty
in examinations and offenses alleged
during summer school.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
FAIL TO GET RECORDS
Register of Deeds Unable to Get Rec
ords From State Statisticians

Register of Deeds P. G. Torrey is
still having trouble in getting the
records Of vital statistics for the years
1907 and 1908 from the state stats
ticians and Notwithstanding the fact
that the legislature passed law direct
ing that copies of these records be sent
to the various counties nearly year
ago the state has not sent out the
records. No records of births and
deaths have as yet been received in
this county and only portion of the
records of marriages have been made
available. Register Torrey has been
forced to answer lot of questions of
people seeking these records but he is
unable to place them on file until they
are returned by the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
BOTH ARE CONVICTED
Men Charged With Passing Worthless
Checks Fined in Milwaukee Court

Edward M. Strass, former manager
for correspondence school in Kenosha
and his partner, G. w. Finch, were
both convicted of passing worthless
checks in the district court of Milwau-
kee on Friday afternoon and were SEN
fenced to pay fine of 800 and costs.
The attorneys for the men gave notice
of an appeal to the municipal court.
Strasss was charged with having pass
ed number of worthless checks drawn
on the Merchants and Savings Bank
in this city and the officials of that
bank were the chief witnesses against
him. AS Strass is member of well
known family in Milwaukee it is under
stood that a hard fight will be made
to secure a reversal of the verdict.
Finch was not known in Kenosha, he
having been in charge of the business
for the schools in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
GRANTS POWERS TO BISHOPS
Bishops Given Right to Settle Questions
Regarding Marriages of Catholics


A decree has been issued by Pope
Plus, granting important civil and re-
ligious powers to all the bishops of the
Catholic church throughout the entire
world. The new decree by his holt
ness gives to all bishops the right to
settle all questions regarding the mar
riage of Catholics without reference to
the authorities at the Vatican. This
is regarded as one of the most sweep
ing orders issued by the Pope
No word of the decree has been re-
ceived at the archiepiscopal residence
in Milwaukee. Archbishop Messmer
is absent from Milwaukee, and his
secretary, Rev. Bernard G. Traudt, de-
clines to express an opinion until the
text Of the decree has been received
from Rome.
.'We never accept press dispatches
as authentic on these Matters said
Father Traudt. "They are liable to
be in error and any expression of
opinion now would be premature. The
archbishop spoke of the dispatch,
which he saw in the papers before he
left the city, and said he had no
opinion to offer nor statement to make,
until he had received official advices
from Rome.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
MALONEY TO HOLD RECEPTION
Postmaster Will See That the People
Have Chance to Inspect the New
Building When Keys are Turned
Over April l.

There will be no music and oratory
to marx the dedication Of the new Ke
nosha postofice building as Postmaster
Malonev has decided that the people
of the city do not care for such cere
monies and instead of regular dedi
cation The new postofice will be opened
for the reception of the people of the
city a few days before it is regularly
opened for business.
F'There seemed to be no desire among
the people Of the city for a celebra
tion,'' said Postmaster Maloney this
morning, and | guess we will just
open up the new building with a recep
tion to the people of the city and then
get down to business as soon as posi-.
BILE. If the people care to arrange fo1
a dedicatory ceremony | am convinced
that the plan would meet with the
hearty support Of the supervising ar
chitect and his aids and the govern
ment would be glad to have the people
go just as far as they like in arrang-
ing for such a ceremony, but the gov
eminent officials will not make any such
arrangements and the only dedication
that viii be provided by the officials
will be the turning over the keys of the
building"
Inspector Boyd who has been repre-
scnting the government in the erection
Of the building has notified the super
visng architect that the building will
be ready for occupancy by the first
of April. The contractors were hope
full that it could be turned over by the
first of March but this is now shown tc
be impossible.
The work of plastering the building
will be completed by the end of next
week and at that time the final finish
ing will be started. This will not re.
quire 4 great deal of time as every
piece of the lumber to be used in the
finish Of the building has been prepar-
ed and finished with the exception of
the last coat of varnish The finishing
was made in the plant of the Cullen
Company at GAINESVILLE and every piece
of it will be ready to be put in posi-
ton.
Postmaster Maloney has been mott
fed that the furniture for the interior
of the building which is being made at
Neenah and in Washington will be
ready for shipment by the middle of
March. The furniture is the most
modern ever put in a postofice build
ing by the government and all the de-
mands made by Postmaster Maloney
were met without bubble by the of
ficials. There will be only a few OF
the articles of furniture in the present
Office moved to the new building and
these articles will be typewriters and
stamping machines. Every modern APP.
pliance for the handling of the mail
matter win be installed in the office
by the government.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
PETITIONS FOR ALL CANDIDATES
Social Democrats Plan to Get Into City
Campaign at a Very Early Date

Leaders among the Social Democrats
in Kenosha on Friday took out papers
for candidates for every office to be
voted for at the coming city election
and it is the announced intention of
the Socialists to have candidate for
every Office. The candidates are to be
selected by referendum vote which
will be started at once in order to have
the full list of candidates given out
by the latter part of this month. 1t
is declared that the Social Democrats
see a chance for the election of Of
fcials in several of the wards and that
they will make hard fight for the
candidates. William Kaufman still
has the honor of being the only Social
Democratic candidate elected to the
common council. He represented the
Fifth ward in the council for two
years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
FORM BIG COMPANY
Mitchell-Lewis Co.. of Racine Incor
porate With $4,000, 900 Canital

The largest financial deal in the his
tory of Racine was contaminated when
the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company was
incorporated with capital stock of
800 100000
The deal means the amalgamation of
all the interests of the Mitchell and
Lewis families.
The officers of the new company are:
William Mitchell Lewis, president
and general manager; Henry G. Nit
chel, first vice president; George B.
Wilson, second vice president; Frank
L. Mitchell, treasurer; Henry Plow,
assistant treasurer; G. V. Rogers, secre-
tary; H. E. Redman, assistant treasur-
er; G. James Gibson, sales manager; J.
w. Bate, designer and general super
intendent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20

The suit of Robert Ladwig vs.. The
Jefferson Ice Company, the decision in
which was recently reserved by the
supreme court, was not heard by Judge
Belden in the circuit court at Elkhorn,
but in the county court of Walworth
county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF KENO
sHA CREAMERY COMPANY

All creditors of Kenosha Creamery
Company having claims against the
company not heretofore filed with Will
liam T. Fisher, of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
must do 50 prior to January 25th,
1910. dwj22
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20

Traffic on the Northwestern was
again interfered with on Friday after
noon on account of collision between
two trains at Cudahy No one was
injured in the wreck but the tracks
were blocked for several hours
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20

When in doubt try the want ads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20

This store has only been open since late
Itember and the stocks offered during this Gle
new and fresh bought for this seasons selli1
clear decks for my new and large stocks of sE
which will soon be arriving. Merchandise i
must keep changing for the new offerings
being shown here therefore the following Low
the month of January:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-01-20

Many tickets have been sold for the
annual Elks Charity Ball and the fune-
ton promises to be more successful this
year than in any preceding year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07
Clothing Sac

That is attracting everyone who
is interested in buying clothes at
actual savings of over half on
suits, overcoats and rain coats.
Picking is good from the biggest
clothing stock in the entire state.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07

point of view of sanitation, and her
unvarnished report of what she saw
was published In the daily press. There
followed a storm Of protest, of right.
eous Indignation, and the city superin.
ttnd.nt arm ounced in the same papers
that he thought the inspector must be
mistaken, but If such conditions exist
ed they must be. remedied at On ce, and
that at certain time tmentioning a
date three days Iater), he. himself.
would inspect those buildings to see If
i the report was correct. He did SO.
md grsvely announced that he found
no such conditions as had been de-,
seribed: in fact, the buildings were re-
markatIy clean and we'll kept. II IL
had not been SO tragic, 1t ~,ud have
been comic. Perhaps 1t Is because
women sec the tragedy Of thing like
this that they arc sometimes said to
be destitute OF sense OF humor.
What am trying to make clear is
this, that women. because of the cry
Of "opIitics," dare net be deferred fr,m
diseharging their duty to Children.
Perhaps-it may be-we shall even
tuzIIy see that there is 10 work that
men and women cannot better do to-
gethcr than separately.
In Conclusion.
And now may ! say in conclusion, |
have taken it for granted that you, my
ncighbcrs and friends, have not asked
nc to come back here merely to dis
course entertain.ngly-ifit were In my
power to do so-upon some. abstract
subject. or even to deal In &c; vrallties
with some question of social or civic
interest. have taken 1t for granted
t!,.t you would have me bring what.
ever / have to say to bear directly
upon your actual conditions.
In a way. speak from outside Of
West virginia la, although West vir-
alnian, and perhaps such point Of
view may be helpful t. you In your
work for the upbulIding of the State
we all love. 1t Is in the hope that 1t
may be SO that | have spoken thus
fran ky. q.
Governor Hughes said. In an earnest
address some months ago: "The test
Of our progress Is not In the money we
leave, nor in the ingenuity we display
In various ways. but 1t is:in the en-.
largement Of the area of our opportun.
ity and the expansion of our collective
Ite."
~ eovet for West Virginia the con,
ttnuous enlargement Of its opoprtuni l.
ties for all and the continuous expan,
SIGN of its collective life.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07
,MaNNlkGToN sATH- $50
: @ go. LETES DEFEATEp..

At the Normal gym last Saturday
evening the Union Business College
basket ball team Of this city deteateu,
the Warrington Athletic Club team by
the large score OF 20 to H. The score
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-02-07
FAlRMoNT, w. VA.
Schedule Effective May 80. 1909,

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Subs-6arner Tor CroWeI; refere.,
Henderson; scorer. Garner: timer,
Reinheimer; time Of halves, 60 min;
utee. n, s5t
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uPHoLSTERIN0

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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
importance of Understanding
How Trees Grow.

1t is not claimed that horticultur
list or an agriculturist must under
stand all the processes of nature III
order to carry on his business but it
is claimed that the more he under
stands about such matters the better
he can proceed with his work. Aloug
with theories we must have the eX
perience that comes by trying our
theories. If our theories are based
on scientific knowledge, they will
greatly assist us in our practice. We
all know that trees and plants grow
but many do not know how they grow.
t'or ages men have grown fruits,
grains and vegetables without know
ing how they grow but sic ence has
stepped in and now we may know how
growth is made and this knowledge
will help us in our efforts to assist
nature.
To clearly understand this relation
of science to practice let us take
specific case. We plant young tree
that weighs a pound, we give 1T
proper conditions for growth which
we may designate good soil, sunlight
and warmth, water and proper cult
walton. IL many cases the tree grows
till it weighs a ton. Here is an in
crease of 1899 pounds in weight.
Where does this increase come from?
Has the tree created the added
weight? No. A tree cannot create
ANYTHING neither can a man. l have
lying before me a scientific work en-
titled: ''The Soil, Its Nature, Rela-
lions and Fundamental Principles OF
Management, by f. H. King, profess
sor of agricultural physics in the Uni
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-07-01
BY f. WALDEN.

versity of Wisconsin,. From this
able work l make the following quo
tation: "No discovery of modern
science is more fundamental and far
reaching than that of the indestructi
bility of both matter and energy, and
equally fundamental is the other fact
that, do what we will, we can neither
create the one nor the other" The
Soil page 81. No we'll informed per-
son at this day will call in question
the truth of Prof. Kings statement.
We talk about destroying things by
fire and in other ways but in reality
we do nothing of the kind. We mere
Iy change the combination or the
form of what we speak of as be-
ing destroyed but not a particle OF
mat ter is annihilated. Equally true
is it that when we talk about creating
things we merely change their form.
In some sense a carpenter may create
house but we all know that he takes
from the store-house of nature his
wood, stone, iron or steel and paint
and forms a new com bination. He
brings nothing into existence and in
a sense he creates nothing.
Incidentally we may say that as
nature can not create nor destroy
anything, we must believe in the
eternity of matter and force or we
must believe in an Intelligence that is
above nature aud hence, Supernatural.
We must take one or the other OF
these horns OF the dilemma. We must
look up to God as the Creator or we
must make a god out Of nature but
such a god is helpless one for nature
can neither create nor destroy. Such
a god can neither he feared nor ador-
ed.
Coming back to our growing tree
and realizing that the tree has not
created this additional weight, we
may ask where did these additional
1899 pounds come from? They came