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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
Head Camp of Woodmen to
Meet in Chicago to Change
Rates January 23rd.
LOCAL MEMBERS INTERESTED

A great deal of interest is being
taken in the special meeting Of the
head camp of the Modern Woodmen
of America, which will begin in the
| Globe Theatre, in Chicago, Jan. %, to
consider the REIMBURSEMENT of-rates
made necessary by the new uniform
law for the regulation of fraternals.
Local Woodmen will attend the meet
! ing,
The changes, which will involve a
material increase in rates, will AFFECT
nearly 100000 members, with the
largest membership in Illinois and adj
.jacent states. AS the largest of the
fraternals, the action of the Woodmen
will influence the decision Of many
other fraternals, which are considering
rate increases.
The Illinois insurance department.
and representatives Of other depart
ments have been asked to verify the
conclusions of the actuaries who have
prepared the new proposed rates.
The officials felt that the computa-
tions and deductions would command
greater respect from the delegates if
they have been officially approved by
the insurance departments. The insur
ance commissioners of number of
I'd +n oh fha
meeting of the head camp and officially
advise the delegates as to the bearing
of the new uniform law for the reg
ulation of fraternals on the PROPOSE
lions to be considered. The directors
and executive council of the Woodmen
will meet at Rock Island Monday to
prepare for the Chicago meeting.
The special committee has prepared
two forms, a whole life plan and "a
term plan, the term members being
permitted to change to the whole life
plan without medical examination at
any age below so.
The whole life rates provided that
all present and future members, at the
ages between IS and As, shall pay a
fixed monthly rate, beginning with IS
cents per $1,000 at the age of is and
increasing annually to maximum of
So per ST 900 at the age Of 45.
For present members beyond the age
of As the rate will continue level ac-
cording to age until it reaches a
maximum of So per $1,000 at the. age
of 81. This plan will apply to all
present members beyond that age.
Various options are provided to meet
different conditions, and it is declar-
ed that the new rates will be adequate
to meet all Obligations without any
further advances.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
PAVING AGENTS BUSY.
Property Owners on Man, Streets Be
ing Asked to Petition the Council.

Agents of the various contracting
companies in this section of the state
have followed the lead of the White
Construction company and a number of
solicitors are busy among the property
owners of the city seeking to stir up
an interest in street paving and it is
thought that as a result of this agi-
tation the city council will be asked to
pave more streets this year than in any
year in the history of the city. The
solicitors are working especially in the
residence districts of the city and Pc
t1itions have been started for half
dozen streets. The property owners
seem to take kindly to the proposition
and it is probable that the street as
sessment committee of the council will
be swamped with petitions within a
short time. The people are advised that
they may sign these petitions without
obligating themselves to accept any
certain kind of pavement ,as after the
petitions have been presented the c0un-
Gil must direct that bids be taken for
all of the various kinds of paving.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
DECIDEDLY OFF YEAR.
No Supreme Justice to Be Elected This
Year-Fight Must be on Delegates.

This is decidedly off-year spring
election so far as state officials are
concerned and there will not be a single
candidate for state offices on the bal
lot for the spring election. This is the
year that there is to be no candidate
for justice of the supreme court and as
result the only connection of the
state with the spring election will come
over the selection of Democrat and Re
publican delegates for the two national
conventions. AS yet there has not been
petition filed by delegate and it is
just possible that some OF the districts
will be overlooked in the nominating
of delegates. City Clerk Harrington has
not as yet received his official cleo
ton dope' from the county clerk or
the secretary of state, and he has IS
sued no petitions save to the Social
Democrats and the list of the candi-
dates of this party viii not be made
public until after the referendum vote
is counted. IL is probable that this will
not be concluded until late in Febru-
airy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
SHOW SETS RECORD
Head of Rambler Exhibit
Says Milwaukee Show Is
Worthy of Patronage.
KENOSAA PLANT AS ADJUNCT

Even the promoters are surprised at
the size of the vast crowd of men,
women and children who attended the
annual show of the Milwaukee Auto
mobile Dealers Association during the
first two days.
The city is crowded with visitors,
many of whom have come hundreds of
miles to select their motor cars for
1912.
Al. Reeke, one Of the promoters and
manager of The Thomas B. Jeffrey
Company Of Milwaukee, commented on
the great success of the show as fol
lows: E'Talk about prosperity, why the
lpeople of the middle west have the
money and most of them can buy any
car they want. 1t is not SO much
a question of the price as it is com
fort, convenience appearance and
quality.
Many own cars and know how to
select what they want. Take our ex-
perience with the Rambler line of
moderate priced cars the sales are 60
ing far beyond~eur expectations. That
Cross Country seems to fill the bill in
every particular where the purchaser
wants roomy, five passenger car that
he can drive himself. With eight inch
upholstering, lots of leg room, big
wheels and tires and long wheel base,
its just the thing.
Our closed cars are in such demand
it is doubtful if we can supply all
that are wanted. The Sedan, a four
passenger Inside drive coupe, is a year
ahead of the times and is the ideal
winter car for the usual size family.
The Rambler factory at Kenosha
has been made an adjunct to this
show, and many customers and others
have planned to join our guide on the
eight O'Clock morning train and see
the immense plant in the forenoon, re-
turning to Milwaukee in time for
lunch.'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.

Kenosha Council No. 273, Of the
Royal Arcanum, held their annual n
stallation of officers Monday night, at
which the following officers were in
stalled:
Regent-Dr. J. F. Hastings.
Vice Regent-Geo. B. reSman.
Past Regent-Geo. n. Bliss.
Chaplain-August Schu nacher.
Treasurer-Charles A. Tarbell.
Collector-Basil Medley.
secretary--Charles t. Abbott
Guide-Charles Neiman.
Warden-James Brown.
Sentry-Herman Tanck.
Orator.. J. Hammond.
Trustee. W. Decou.
Delegate-G. n. Bliss.
w. c. Hood Of the Racine Council
acted as installing officer, being assist
ed in the work by his corps of musi-
clans. After the installation an in
formal smoker and nj lsieal entertain
ment was INDUCED in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
START WORK MONDAY.
Chicago Contractors Get Permits for
Erection of Factory RuiJdinps

Chicago Contractors Get Permits for
Erection of Factory Buildings.
John Haigh and Son, of Chicago,
contractors, who viii have charge of
the erection of the buildings for the
MacomberWhyte Wire Rope company,
this morning made formal demand
upon the city engineer for permit for
the erection of the buildings and work
on them will be started next Monday
morning. The late Joseph H. Tully was
the lowest bidder for the contract, but
following the sudden death of Alder
man Tully the owners of the plant de-
cided to award the contract to the Chi
cage company, which was the next low
est bidder. Plans had been laid for the
work to be taken over by the sons of
Alderman Tully, but the Macomber-
Whyte company feared that such a
plan might be attended with delays in
getting the work under way and they
decided to give the contract to the Chi
cago company. Contractor Haigh was
in Kenosha Tuesday making arrange
ments to start the big buildings and
he is hopeful to have them completed
in the early spring. The city engineer
will give the company grades at once
and there viii be no delay in the work
on account of the failure of the city
to provide grades.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
PLEASANT PRAIRIE IS ANXIOUS
Feared That Men Killed May Be Men
Who Went to Hibbing After Destruc-
ton of Plant in This County Year
ARo-,No Details of Explosion.
(From FridaY,s dailv.l

This was an anxious day for the peot
pie OF the village of Pleasant Prairie
as early this morning messages were
received at the village stating that the
new plant of the Z. I. DUPONT de Ne
Mours Powder company, erected at
Wilpin, Mimi, after the destruction of
the Pleasant Prairie plant less than a
year ago, had been destroyed by an
explosion on Thursday evening. Two
men were killed in the explosion, but
this is as far IS the details have been
received. Joe Geers, the man who was
in charge of the Pleasant Prairie plant
left this morning for Hibbing, the
nearest station to the wrecked plant.
and it is possible that some details of
the explosion and the names of the
dead will be received on Saturday. At
the offices of the Pleasant Prairie plant
Manager Brady was seen and he de-
clared that no details Of the explosion
had been received there, save the bare
facts that the plant had been partially
destroyed. Geers, he said, left this
morning for Hibbing.
just after the destruction of the
Pleasant Prairie plant the plant at Will
pin was put in operation. In fact, for
some time before the local plant was
destroyed the company had been at
work on the Minnesota plant with a
view Of havino it take aves LARGE
amount of the business chat had been
done at the Kenosha county plant. With
the destruction of the plant at Pleas
ant Prairie nearly all of the men who
had been employed there were sent to
Hibbing and it is feared that the men
killed may be former Pleasant Prairie
men. "There are five of the men who
formerly worked at the Pleasant Prairie
mills working in the Hibbing plant. -
said Manager Brady. "All of them arc
foreigners and have no records by
which could give the names Of them.
We are hopeful that none of these men
were killed, as we fell convinced that
had they been killed we would have
known of the fact before thus time. I"
None of the men who had occupied
places of trust at Pleasant Prairie went
to the Hibbing plant and the men who
did 60 were for the most part common
laborers who had been working at the
business for only a few years. These
men took their families with them when
they left Pleasant Prairie, but they
still have relatives in the village.
The plant at Hibbing was one of
moderate capacity and it is not thought
that the explosion was in any way q
duplicate of the one which occurred at
Pleasant Prairie. On account of the
conditions of the weather and the re-
mote location of the powder plant, it
has been impossible to get MESA es
through to Wilpin and the head offices
of the, company at Wilmington claim
that they have no facts on which to
give out any detailed story of the ex-
ulosion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
WILL AID IN STATE CRUSADE
From This County Urged to
Demand Change in Law so as to Give
The County so Per Cent. of Amount
Collected on Estates-Otiaer Business.

AT the session of the county board
this morning the members by unani.
nous vote adopted resolutions asking
that the law governing the collection
of inheritance taxes be changed by the
state legislature so that the counties
of the state would receive not less
than so per cent. of the total amount
collected. The passage of the resolu'
tion was the main business of the morn
ing session of the board and while the
members were unanimous in the decis.
ion that larger amount of the fund
should be left with the counties there
was some difference of opinion as to
the best method of getting the matter
before the state legislature. The reso-
lutions passed by the Kenosha board
will not be sent to all counties in the
state, but only to such counties as can
be counted on to aid in making the
| fight for the change in the law. The
text of the resolutions adopted by the
board follows:
HWhereas, the inheritance tax laws
of Wisconsin as amended by the legis-
lature provide for the division of the
amounts paid on basis of seven and
one-half per cent. to the county and
ninety-two and one-half per cent. to
the state.
And, whereas, it is recognized as
manifestly unfair for the state to take
the matter
the greater proportion of said tax than
one-half thereof.
"Therefore, be it resolved by the
county board of Kenosha county, Wis
consin, that the legislature be request
ed to amend said inheritance tax law so
that so percent. of the sums collect
ed under said law remain in the coun-
ty treasury, and so per cent. thereof to
be forwarded to the state treasurer,
less expense of collection as now pro-
Yided.
s'Be it further resolved, that a copy
of this resolution be forwarded by the
county clerk to the state senator and
assembyman elect from this district, at
the next session of the legislature, with
request that they do all in their pow
er to further the requisite adjustment
of the inheritance tax laws of the
state.
"And be it further resolved, that
the county boards Of the state of Wis
consin be, and they are hereby re-
quested, to cooperate to bring about
the purposes recommended by this res
olution.'
For the most part the resolution IS
similar to the one adopted in Racine
county, save for the fact that the coun-
ty board of this county will be little
more careful in seeking support for
the proposed change in the law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
ATTENTION q. A. z.

Fred S. Lowell Post No. $50, have
been invited to attend a banquet and
the goth anniversary of Gov. Harvey
Post, No. II, of Racine, on the evening
Of Jan. % at $3.50 p. m. All com
rades are requested to attend. The
Post viii leave on the ear at Market
Square at $50 p. m, and the 5:45
D. m. car on the NJ. r. K. Free car
fares to all comrades Of the Post.
BY order,
c. E. Likes, oomdr.,
OWLS :. Coshun' Adlt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF
ELIZABETH ST. WEST OF
CRATE ST.

You are hereby requested to be
present at the meeting to be held in
the Office of the city engineer next
Sunday, January 81, 1912, at 200 p.
H., for the purpose of adjusting the
difference in paving assessments.
Jery truly yours,
August Baltzer,
100 City Engineer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
FOREIGNERS MUST Be COUNTED
Government Anxious to Know Number
of Foreign Born People in the District
Covered by Kenosha ofice-Expect
Bank to Open in Next Three Weeks.

lHeIC is contemplating the eSta DISH
ment of a postal savings bank at the
Kenosha postohice, but the exact date
for the opening of the bank has not
as yet been set. Postmaster Baker
thinks that the preliminaries will be
arranged within the next three weeks.
There has been a large number Of
blanks sent to the postmaster in order
that he may furnish the statistics
needed by the government in determin-
ing on the opening Of the.Aank. These
statistics cover a wide range. They
must show the amount of money orders
sold by the Kenosha Office in the past
year and the amount of these orders
to be sent to foreign countries. The
question Of the foreigner and his deal
ing with the postoffice is especially
looked into by the government and
Postmaster Baker has been directed to
give to the government the percentage
of Polish, Lithuanian, italian, Austrian
and Russian born people in the city
Experience has taught the government
that large percentage of such people
in any city assures the success of pos
tai savings banks.
The first postal bank was establish
ed less than year ago, but vast
amount of statistics have already been
compiled in regard % them and these
show that in cities where there is a
large percentage of foreigners the
banks are most successful. The Keno
sha postoffice does decidedly large
business in the issuance Of foreign
money orders and in fact it is thought
that Kenosha will rank with the larg-
est of the cities in this postal district
in the amount of this business. 1t is
declared that the foreigners send their
money to their home countries that it
may be deposited in government banks
and it is thought that the opening of
a savings bank here will result in
large amount of~their money being left
in the local office. In addition to the
money sent to foreign countries the
foreigners of Kenosha have shown
willingness to invest their money in
postofice orders and these are held the
same as certificates of deposit i'll the
banks.
Kenosha will be one of the last of
the larger cities Of Wisconsin to have
a bank of this kind. When the depart
ment began the opening Of the banks
the local office made no request that
a bank be opened here and for this
reason the claims of Kenosha for
bank were not considered until recent
~. Inspectors were sent here and the
result was that the postofice depart
ment at once directed that the bank
be opened in Kenosha.
It is not probable that there will be
any increase in the clerical force of
the Office with the opening of the bank
as where other banks have been opened
it has been the policy of the depart
ment to have the business of the bank
carried on by the men who have been
in charge of the money order and re
gistry department of the Office. How
ever, it is probable that within a short
time the business at tire Kenosha bank
will grow to such propo tions as to de
mand special clerks to take care Of it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
CALIFORNIA.
THE LAND OF "ouT DOOR LIFE
AND UNEQUALED ATTRACTIONS.

Marvelously rich in flowers and
fruits; possessing all the natural adj
vantages that go to make life worth
living Every home comfort and travel
luxury provided on the four high class
through daily trains Of the Chicago
and North Western Ry.: The San Fran
cisco Overland Limited; The China and
Japan Mail; The Los Angeles Limited
and The Centennial State Special.
Full particulars on application to
Ticket Agents, The North Western
Line. dwj1s-25
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

For sale or trade. Built of the most
expensive and toughest special ma
terials made, and cost over $4,000.
Guaranteed to do so rifles per hour.
viii take all the abuse you can give
her and last a lifetime. J. have no
eurther use for the car and the price
IS very attractive. NJ. A. Kent, 753
Prairie avenue. dwj20
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

No formal action has as yet been
taken for an appeal from the decision
of Judge Belden as to the constitution
atty Of the Baker law and it is pos
sible that the case will not go to the
supreme court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Kenosha Temple No. Z, Pythian Sis
tiers, will entertain members of Racine
Temple and wives and daughters of
Kenosha Knights Of Pythias at pub
lie installation at Castle Hall, Friday
afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

/ Members of the Kenosaa Council of
the Knights Of Columbus held a pleas
ant social session after the regular
meeting on Tuesday evening. Arrange
ments were completed for All enter
tainment for the ladies On next Fri
day evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Louis A. Blu Dahn, of the Pomona
Realty & Development company, of
Eau Claire, Wis, is. endeavoring to in
terest Kenosha residents in Yakima
valley real estate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

A petition for administration of the
estate of the late E. ]. English was
filed with the county court on Tues
day afternoon. The value of the estate
is placed at $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18
NOTICE.

To the Stockholders Of the Littand
Mfg. Co.
In the last directors meeting it was
decided to advance the price of shares
from $l1.oO to $500 on February j,
1912.
I*jls q. Littmann, Pres.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

William f. Wright, who has spent the
past six months in this city, leaves on
Thursday for New York, to sail for
Scotland on Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

Ernest Valentine has recently re-
moved to this city from Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-01-18

The annual meeting of the Kenosha
Hospital association will take place
on February Sth.
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-29
GUARD SAVES BOY
AFTER SlOG2 UPSETS
F|SHERMEN'S BOAT
Devotees of Rod and Reel
Swan Away, Leaving
Youngster to His Fate.

The s,oop Penguin. piloted by Capt
n. -. Beebe. was sailing out OF Graves
end Bay from her anchorage OF the
timer PARK pier In the gray OF the early
morning to-day when suddenly cry
came from under her bows and before
the skipper could Jam his helm over she
had smashed into rowboat containing
two men and a boy The men made
good time 10 the shore. leaving the boy
to nj. fate. He chung to the top OF the
overturned rowbost as long as he could
while the sloop jockeyed about in the
aim light: but before she could get he'p
% b,,, his hands slipped and he went
down.
The boy would certainly have been
drowned had It not been that August
pll,man. the llfe-saver at the uImcr
park Pier. was already UP and standing
=, tho pier. lie saw the accident and
,he boys plight. and leaped INTO the
bay DIlman had TO dive 20 get MIN.
The youngster was unconscious when
no reached land, but Il was not long be-
fore the water was all pumped out OF
him and he was able to tell his rescuer
,ha, he was Brother Reter OF No. AZ
East Fifty-eighth street. and that he
was nine years old.
He had been standing on the end OF
the pier when the two men came down
and got into their rowTboat. and ask ed
him II he wanted ride. He went with
thav Afn ~ al nQh In
their excitement losing an oar 1t was
while they were trying to make the best
of their way back to land with a single
oar that they were run down by the
Penguin.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-29
head and n could cry a little with his
arm around mol!
CHE WILL EVEN FORGET SHE'S
A SuEERAGEIIE.

''Ln the most modest and feminine
way she will try TO make herself attrac-
tive TO him whom she has picked out as
her king OF man. She will curl her hair
and put a ribbon In IT, She will wear
dainty. light dresses and practise pieces
on the piano. She will listen 20 him
alphabetically and happily. without
venturing contradictions and argu-
ments. II she has ever had any silly
little ideas about suffrage she will for
get them. because IN her heart every
woman knows that a man has a horror
Of strong -mindedness.
"Es wants to be the strong one, to
shelter and protect his wife msn-
tally ana physically. Spiritually, OF
course. every good man likes to look
mp TO the woman he marriss. the
pure angel 40 he tsnder1y terms
her In his heart. But In the other
crises Of life he yoarns to be the
protector, ana the happy woman 10
she who lets herself be protected.
There Ia just one little black spot In
this beautiful wilderness OF love-" the
sentimental incurable concluded. with q
pensive sigh. 1T is that horrible emo
ton We call Jealousy.
II suppose young girl In love never
escapes at least a touch OF jealousy, II
she cares for a man she cannot bear TO
see him made happy and interested by
others. particularly by other women.
And the more the girl cares the more
deeply she suffers. Jealousy Is the thorn
that belongs 90 the rose OF love.
Therefore. I would caution youna
men to be very careful not to make
their sweethearts Jealous and unhappy.
But n this Inadvertently happens. the
younw men should realize that the bitter
words have been spoken only through
an excess Of love. and the little quarrel
should be made up with a kiss"