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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
SHOWS MORE DEATHS
60EEERs new BUREAU AID TO CAVDDATESDIED FROM INJURY
Report of State Department
Shows Increase in Death
Rate in Last Quarter.
MANY DROWNING ACCIDENTS

During April, May and June, 1912,
1913 deaths were reported to the state
bureau of vital statistics by the vari-
Gus local registrars in townships, incor
porated villages and cities in Wiscon-
sin. This is exclusive Of stillbirths
and corresponds to an annual death
rate for the state of lis per thous-
and estimated population. The rate in
1911 was ILL., and 1910 was 11.6, the
1912 rate being slightly in excess of
The report shows a decrease in the
number Of deaths from certain dis
eases compared with the second quar-
ter of 1911, as follows: Pulmonary tu-
berculosis, "a; typhoid fever, 10; diph-
liberia, 10; measles, %; pneumonia,
Al; meningitis, Ga; influenza, 20; puer-
peral septicaemia, "a, and violence 65.
There was an increase in the number
of deaths from the following diseases:
Other tuberculosis, 81; scarlet fever,
20; whooping cough, 8; cancer, So; and
stillbirths, so.
Comparison of deaths by age groups
shows an increase of SO in the number
Of deaths among children under one
year of age; of "a in the age group
from l to 4; and of " in those 65
years of age or over.
Important causes of death with the
number of deaths from each disease
were as follows: Pulmonary tubercu-
losis, $50; other tuberculosis 116; ty-
phoid fever, go; diphtheria, 46; scarlet
fever, rs; measles, So; whooping
cough, 81; pneumonia, 697; dia, rhoea
enteritis under two years, 159; menin-
gifts, So; influenza, %; puerperal sep
ticaemia, IS; cancer, 410; violence,
353; stillbirths, 465.
Deaths from violence during this
period, were: Accidental drowning,
100; suicides rs; railroad accidents 40;
accidental burns, 81; accidental gun
shot wounds, 70; from accidents due to
machinery, IL; from horse vehicles and
horses, IL; accidental poisoning, 10;
accidental suffocation, 8; street car
accidents, 4; lightning, 4; homicides,
3; mining accidents, 2; automobile ac-
cidents, 2; neat prostration, l.
There were two deaths from tetanus,
one from smallpox, and six from in
fantile paralysis. The latter were dis
tributed as follows: One each in Mil
waukee, Rock, Trempealeau, Waupaca,
Waukesha and Winnebago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
ACCIDENT At ZION STATION
Had Failed to Hear Train Coming from
South and Drove Directly in Front of
Rushed to Kenosha but Died
Without Regaining Consciousness.
lFrom THURSDAYS Daily.l

Gilbert Van Fleet, aged 40 years
and one Of the best known business
hen of Zion City dice at the Kenosha
hospital just after IL O'Clock this
morning following injuries received by
being struck by train at Zion City
an hour earlier in the day. Van Fleet
was rushed to Kenosha after the acct
dent and removed at once to the Keno
sha hospital and DR.. IL. A. Robinson
called to attend him. The mans condi-
ton was such as to make an operation
impossible and he died from the
shock of the accident before ne could
be placed on the operating table.
Van Fleet was one Of the best
known men at Zion City. He was a
horse dealer and auctioneer and in his
business he had made the acquaintance
of many people in the town of Pleasant
Prairie and other portions of Kenosha
county. just before the accident Van
Fleet had gone to the Zion City station
with two Waukegan men who were to
have been his partners in business
venture. He had talked with the men
until the train started to pull out and
then still engrossed in his business he
got into the buggy and started to drive
td his home in another part Of Zion
City. He failed to hear the approach
Of the train from the south. He drove
back of the train going south and was
in the very center of the track when
the train coming north struck him. The
horse was instantly killed and the
buggy demolished. Van Fleet was
thrown into ditch near the crossing
AS soon as possible the train was stop
| ped and brought back to the crossing
Van Fleet had been carried to the
platform. He was unconscious, but
still alive and it was decided to rush
him to hospital in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Attorney General Bancroft is right
The way for presidential electors chos-
er not inclined to vote for President
Taft in the electoral college, is to re-
sign, thus permitting the State Cen
trail committee to fill their places, Fur
tier is declared electors of any new
party must go on the ballot as indie
pendents. Certainly there is nothing
unjust about this. 1t is understood the
coz tention Of one original chosen cleo
morally bound to vote for the regular
PARTY nominee, this elector asking for
ruling, given, as stated. But no pres
iGential elector ever yet has affronted
tie moral sense of the country by a
violation of his implied obligation.
Such obligation is not legal one, but
such is by every code of good morals
obligative on electors. We do not,
with many others, think any elector
will violate his moral obligation, not
even this elector, for his career in pri-
vate life is of unblemished personal
honor. 1t is possible this elector has
been misunderstood and if so we beg
his pardon. The right course Of every
elector now elected, favoring Col,
Roosevelt, is to resign and permit the
vacancy to be flled.-Racine Journal
News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

If the proposition TO make the pres
idential term one of six years without
eligibility to re election is ever to come
to anything, now is the time. This
government has been in existence 124
years. 1t might continue for 124 years
more, and yet not present to the popu-
lar vision such another demonstration
of the evil possibilities of the present
system. An ex-president is attempting
to return to the White House as man
on horseback. The president is in a
state of complete panic at the sound
of the hoofs of his charger. The order
ly course Of government is disturbed
and we are Inundated in the eyes of
the civilized world. If, in view of all
this, Congress cannot be induced to
submit to the states such constitu-
tional amendment as shall make the re-
currence of such situation impossible,
the reform in question may well be
written upon the list of things eternal
ly unattainable-St. Louis Republic.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

The state of Wisconsin offers a free
education to every deaf child within
its borders. 1t is a liberal education
in every sense of the word, given with
out money and without price, that the
state provides at the School for the
Deaf at Delavan and no child So affIct
ed should be deprived of the opportun.
ity offered to acquire the knowledge
and training that will fit it to become
a useful, self respecting, self support
ing citizen in spite of the terrible
handicap under which it labors. There
is no charge for tuition or maintenance
at this state school and no parents are
so poor that their deaf children cannot
go there. Persons who know of any
deaf children in Kenosha should take
the matter up with their parents or
with the officers of any of the charit-
able institutions Of the city at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
HOLDS CARDS NOT TOUCHED
Personal Agent to Gov. McGovern
Spends Wednesday in Kenosha Pro-
noting Own Candidacy for Attorney
General Of the State.

Philip Lehner, agent to the governor
and candidate for the Republican
nomination for attorney general of the
state, was in Kenosha on Wednesday
afternoon seeking to secure endorse
ment of his candidacy. Mr. Lehner S
visit to Kenosha was Of interest on ac-
count of the fact that he personally
PASSED on the law passed by the recent
legislature known as the corrupt
practice act" and while in Kenosha
he gave to the men who are running
for office a construction Of the law
which will remove many difficulties for
candidates who are planning to get out
printed matter to advance their candi-
dacies. Mr.. Lehner backs up his in
depreciation of the law with all of his
campaign cards and circulars and none
of them bear in bold face type the
Especial statement of the man for whom
they were issued or the person who
issued them. Under the ruling of Mr..
Lehner candidate has the right to
put just about anything he sees fit on
a card for general circulation so long
as the card bears the name and ad-
dress of the candidate. Mr.. Lehner
holds that the provision of the law is
merely to prevent the anonymous cir
culation of campaign matter and as
agent to the governor Mr.. Lehner
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
NEW ACT IS DEFENDED.
Officials Declare Plan for
Colonized Lands of the
State Will Succeed.
is SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE

Criticisms of the proposed new land
policy for the state, under which col
onies of settlers would be established
under the communal plan, melted DR..
Charles Mccarthy of the Legislative
reference bureau to reply in az inter
view today. Mr.. McCarthy's depart
ment is cooperating with the state
board of public affairs in a study of
the proposed movement. He said:
"Some of the criticisms of the pro-
posed land and immigration plans of
the public affairs board astonish me
because of the ignorance displayed and
the dog in the manger spirit. Some
kind of state control or aid must come
if immigrants viii remain in the state
instead of going to Canada.- We must
do what Canada is doing in order to
compete at all.
"The question which the people of
Wisconsin should consider is: Do we
want settlers for the 100000 acres
of fertile, cut-over land in upper Wis
consin? If we do want them, we have
got to go after them intelligently. We
have TO face our problems squarely
and not dodge them as we have been
doing. Merely advertising privately
owned lands at the state expense ism It
going to solve our land problems. We
reed to advertise the opportunities
Wisconsin has to offer TO settlers, but
we need first of all to open up these
opportunities. Most of the stump land
is fertile land and the people of Wis
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15
EXPECT TO CARRY COUNTY
Leaders in Movement Declare Platform
Appeals Especially to Working Men
and That They Will Rally to the
Roosevelt Standard

With the close of the convention OF
yae National Progressive party in Chi
eago, it is declared that immediate
steps will be taken to form an or
ganization Of the party in Kenosha and
within a short time Roosevelt and
Johnson banners will float from the
mast head in Kenosha. There has been
a lack of leadership among the Roose-
Welt men in this county, but now it is
declared that the organization will be
formed and that the new party will
have a more active organization In ke-
nosha county than either Of the old
parties. James Cavanagh, who was
delegate to the Chicago convention is
expected to be leader in the promul-
CATION of the principles of the new
party in this section of the state. Mr..
Cavanagh, however, has not taken any
active move to start organization of
the followers Of the former president.
There are lots of Roosevelt support
ers in Kenosha county aud this morn
ing a man who had formerly been a
leader among the old line Republicans
declared that Roosevelt will carry Ke
nosha county. "The support for Col.
Roosevelt is widespread in Kenosha
county," he said, "and the colonel is
just as much of a popular idol today as
when he carried Kenosha county with
the record-breaking majority of his
last campaign. The men in the Roose-
welt ranks are planning to organize
and the announcement of their plans
will be made within short time.
do not anticipate at this time that
there will be any county candidates
under the Roosevelt new party banner,
but we are planning on making great
fight for the national ticket. A care
full investigation will show that a
large number of laboring men, the men
who work with their hands are with
the former president They are not
alone, for the party will gather to it's
support many leading manufacturers.
These men were strong for the nomi-
nation of Roosevelt as Republican
and they will be just as strong for
Roosevelt on the third party ticket.
The campaign is going to be of the old
fashioned kind and there will be plenty
Of red fire and hurrah before the votes
are counted in November The vote
for Roosevelt in Kenosha county is
going co be a big surprise to the old
line politicians. There is no politics in
this movement, but it is simply the ex-
preston of the people who are worn
out by unfulflled pledges Of both the
old parties and they are ready to de-
mand change for the better"
1t is declared that within the next
ten days new party Headquarters will
be opened in Kenosha and that the
work to secure votes for Roosevelt will
be on in earnest from that time.
1t is declared that there is plenty of
local financial support for the new
party and that the Kenosha county
leaders will not have to depend on the
national "barrel" for the support of
the candidacy of Col. Roosevelt in this
county,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Waukegan is planning municipal
operation of street railway cars. The
Chicago & Milwaukee company threat
ems to abandon Waukegan SO far as
the local line is concerned, and the
commissioners at Waukegan are anx-
ious to take chance at municipal
operation of the cars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

George Hammerstroen of Chicago,
who admitted that he was coal deal
ed and wealthy, was married in Keno
sha Saturday evening to Miss Julia
Hoehn, a Chicago hair dresser. The
wedding ceremony was performed by
Judge Taylor at the county court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

The committee in charge Of the an
nual meeting of the Racine and Ke.
nosha county veterans of the civil war
met in Kenosha on Saturday after
noon and completed the work of max
ing the program for the reunion. The
program will be made public within
few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Kenosha is not alone in it's fight
with the Milwaukee Electric Railway
company. Rac.re is engaged in first
class row with the officials of the CON-
pany The fighters of the two cities
might form society for mutual pro-
lection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy White started or
their honeymoon trip to Iowa late Sat-
urday afternoon. The members of the
fire department We're unwilling to al
low their companion to get away too
easy and the bride and groom were
forced to ride to the station in the
patrol wagon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Miss Dott Davis entertained num-
Der Of her girl friends for the week
end at Three Oaks, Hooker Lake.
Those present were Misses Mary Bern
sides, Mable Stahl, Rose CIeary, Bessie
Henry, and Anna Anderson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

The annual reunion of the Lake
County Soldiers and Sailors associa-
tion is to be held at Grays Lake on
August q and p. Many veterans of
the Civil war in Kenosha are planning
to attend the two days reunion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

Mauritz Niinines and Miss Hilda
Tizela, both of Waukegan, we're quiet
ly married in Kenosha on Saturday
evening, the ceremony being perform
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Nordgren. They:
left at.onee for Waukegan where they
will make their future home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

The Kenosha county jury commits
sioners have been called to meet on
August 20 to draw the jurors for the
regular September term of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-08-15

T. A. Croker of Madison, one Of the
agents of the Wisconsin state tax COM
mission is in Kenosha making the an
nual report of real estate sales.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
THE DARRoW VERDICT.

The outcome of the trial of Clar- ence Darrow in Los Angeles, last week. was to be expected. To any one who followed the testimony closely, as published, it seems per- fectly natural that a verdict of not guilty was due; for the very fact that there was not any evidence at all credible that connected the de- fendant with the bribery of the jurors alleged to have been bribed. Without doubt there was bribery attempted in the McNamara case, but, like so many of the crimes laid to the door of organized move- ments of any kind, those who com- mitted the overt act were concealed so we'll that it is believable that the counsel defending the men accused in that case were not cognizant of what was being done. Given great cause there rally to it's pro- paganda all sorts and shades of characters; and always where criminal operations seem necessary to farther the cause there will act those who have no connection with the men held responsible for their actions. That appears about the situation in the McNamara. Darrow trials.
 The manifest sympathy of the presiding judge for the accused, as presented in the effuse eengratu- lation from the bench upon the rendering of the verdict, was a bit of grand stand play that could have been omitted, without dero- gating at all from the dignity and self respect of the court. But the judge expects to be candidate for reelection, and the labor union vote is a factor in elections.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
Notice for Publication.
(PUBLIsHER.) (02i34l

Department of the Interior, U S Land 0ffee at Phoenix, Arizona, August s, 1912 Notice is hereby given that Jesse Lee Gatlin, of PsA gonia. Arizona, who, on December 26, l9s made Homestead entry No. 02l34, for VIZ NWl4, VIZ E19 NWA, NEl4 NWl4 sW1l Section p, E17 SEA NE14 and sE1{ NEl4 NE14, Section 2s, Township 22 S., Range r E., c. X $. K. Nef dian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Allen T. Bird, U, $. Commissioner, at Nogales, Arizona on the l7th day of September, 1912. Claimant names as witnesses: Pete Bergier of Pats- gOnia, Arizona Clyde McPherson, of Movry Arizona, Ray Sorrells, of Patagonia, Arizona Harry B. Fryer, of Mowry, Arizona. FRANK H. PARKER, Register.
 August l7-September ll, lyl4
The oasis., 1912-08-24

THOSE who are railing at the exercise of the presidential veto and the weakeness of the American general government in foreign mat ters, should.read up in the history of the adoption of the American constitution, and there they would find that those who framed that instrument considered those very features among it's best points.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
Catholic Church.

Tomorrow, Sunday the 25th inst, two masses will be said in the Sacred Heart church-one at 7:30 and one at 3 a. m.
 At 10 o'clock a. m., a solemn High Mass-feld mass-will be celebrated in camp of Company D, Fourth United States Cavalry, on the hill north of the city.
 All are cordially invited.
The oasis., 1912-08-24

The district attorneys office has asked for trial of Darrow upon another indictment, charging that in that the case against the accused is much stronger. The inquiry arises naturally why that indict- ment was not tried frst2 The usual rule is to bring to trial the stronger case when there is more than one indictment.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
Notice for Publication.
(PUBLISHER.) (0148l9)

Department of the Interior, U. 5. Land .a 9aIs 4, at Phoenix, Arizona August 8, 1912 N91e9 Gg.sol hereby given that Charles Clyde McFneIsU5i e.as5e of Mowry, Arizona, who, on June 3O lsil 8 I5S 5F7% Homestead Entry, No 0l4Sl9, for E4 bja 31 J NW11 SE11, SW4 NE14, Section 34 IoWisngg gglai Range r E., c. < s. R. Meridian has vest IllS[ notice of intention to make Final FiVe .5oTs s9Ts Proof, to establish claim to the lan1 ,.m ayo is described, before Allen T. Bird, U ,; GoI 5aT of sioner, at Nogales, Arizona, on the ZO'n N"s sxit September 1912 Claimant names n.ai,ona. Jesse Tessei L. Gatin % of Hsrshew, Arizona Ilerry Fryer. of Harshaw, Arizona, Peter eirfbiTTfR. Harshaw, Arizona. FRANK H. f"'''
 Register. ho-1 IA lgll
The oasis., 1912-08-24

ACCORDING to the report of the welcome extended Governor John son in San Francisco Monday, ff- teen thousand people cheered until tears stood in fifteen thousand eyes. It is good guess that they were winking the other eye.- Woodland Mail.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
Notice for Publication.
(PUBLIsHER.)
 (03S9)

at Phoenix, Arizona, August 8, 1912. Notice is hereby given that Mortimer T. Holden 9t Elgin, Arizona, who, on August l. 1912, mae mace Homestead Entry, No. 63l6-0SS9 for NE1t Section 29, Township 20 s., Range IS E. G, 4 D. ,. R. Meridian, has filed notice of intention % .o make Final Three Year Proof, to estaelt,iEa claim to the land above described, before Ailea T. Bird, U. s. Commissioner. at NOgales, AT zona, on the 18th day of September, 1912. Glaln
 ant names as witnesses: Clarence L. Beay "' Elgin, Arizona W. T. ROath, of Elgin, ArlLona ats Benjamin T. Powell, of Elgin, Arizona L9IgSY ltT IT K. Carrillo, of Nogales. Arizona FkANA n PARKER, Register. ,o,9
 August 17-September li' Hi-
The oasis., 1912-08-24

yers and judges. Any judicial wor- shiper of the letter of the law and the sanctity of courts will tell you that the law is the sublimation of the common sense of the ages, As a matter of fact law is full of the most abysmal nonsense in the world.
 Take the Grace case in Atlanta for instance. The wounded hus- band, who knew all about the facts. lay in the courtroom for days while the court was taking testimony as to whether or not the woman shot the man. But he was legally dumb. He who knew all about it but was not permitted to tell the simple facts as he maintained they existed. This farce took place because under the law of Georgia the old practice survives, as it does in other state, that in view of the fact that hus- band and wife are ''one flesh" they cannot testify against one another! And now we learn that the prose- cutting attorney knew all the time that the shot was fired outside the hours covered by the woman's alibi; and that his knowledge is based on the fact that he heard the shot. But judges and prominent prece- dent.worshipers at the bar advised him that in view of the fact that he was prosecutor it would not be "ethical" for him to tell the jury the plain facts he was sworn to prove if he could.
 It is we'll for the ancient glOries of the law that schoolboys are kept from practicing law and sitting on the bench. It requires long ap- prenticeship in "the perfection of common sense" to wean a normal mind from some faint glimmerings of that imperfect common sense which guides us in the ordinary affairs of life. It is not without fitness that justice of these days is shown as a blind goddess. She should be sculptured tying on the hoodwink with her own hands.
The oasis., 1912-08-24
Notice for Publication.
(PUBLIsHER)
 (03607)

Department of the Interior, U s. Land once at Phoenix, Arizona, August s, 1907. Notice s hereby given that Geo. W. Parker of NOgales' Arizona, who on February l3, 1912, made Homestead entry, No. 03607 for sl3 sEli sE4 sWA Section II and NWh NEA, secnon H. Township 23 S., Range r E., C. X SIR. Mefl- dian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five Year Proof, to establish claim 10 the land above described, before Allen T. Bird U. 5. Commissioner, at Nogales Arizona. on the 18th day of September 1912. Claimant names as witnesses: Phil HerOld, of Nogaes Arizona, Arcus Reddoch, of Nogales, Arizona w. A. O'Connor, of Nogales, Arizona, William D. Parker, of MOwry, Arizona. FRANK Il. PARKER, Register
 August l7-September IA, sE.
The oasis., 1912-08-24

THE OASIS believes in progress ivism, but it prefers the progress ivism of Robert La Toilette, who has accomplished results, to that of Theodore Roosevelt, who never did anything but talk.
The oasis., 1912-08-24

THIS year all over the East there is another immense crop to be moved, and the railroads are com plaining already of a scarcity of cars. To move everything the trans portation lines will be taxed to their utmost facilities. and the car and locomotive factories are run hing night and day to fill orders.