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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
DIVORCES ABSENT WIFE.
Samuel Walchli Gets Decree from
His Wife Elizabeth Walchli.

In the circuit court on Friday af-
ternoon Judge Belden handed down a
decision Of divorce in the suit of
Samuel Walchli against his wife Eli
zabeth Walchli on grounds of deser-
ton. Mrs. Walchli is now in SWitzer-
land and she was not represented at
the hearing of the action but affida-
Wits were presented in which it was
stated that Mrs. Walchli had stated
when she left for Switzerland that she
would never return to live with her
husband. There were no other a1te-
cations Of the complaint it being
claimed that the wife preferred to
live abroad while her husband insist
ed on living in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
DEATH OF MRS. SARAH KNAPP.
Woman Long a Resident of the City
Died Thursday Afternoon.

Mrs. Sarah Knapp, aged 70 years
and a resident of Kenosha for many
Years, died at the home of sister, Mrs.
Joseph sculiy on Pomeroy street, late
Thursday afternoon after long i'll
ness from complication of diseases.
The deceased was the widow Of the
late Charles Knapp, one Of the eartF
settlers of Kenosha. She was born in
New York May 10, 1912 and came to
kenosha with her husband when a
young woman. For some time she had
made her home with her sister.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
EASTMAN WINS HIGH HONOR
Kenosha High School Basket Ball Team
Fails to Land in Finals of Basket Ball
Tournament Held at Beloit Thursday
and Friday Afternoons,

henoSha high school debaters failed
to win the interstate debating trophy
at the final contest with Freeport at
Beloit on Friday afternoon for the
debaters from the Illinois city got a
two to one decision over the Kenosha
boys after one Of the best debates
ever heard in the state. The team
from Kenosha, however, was not dis
graced as Lawrence Eastman, one of
the members of the team was award
ed the trophy as the best debater in
the Interstate contest.
The team representing Kenosha
was made up of Lawrence Eastman,
Robert Lilly and Paul Windesheim
and they defended the negative side
of the question: s'Shall Equal Stuff
rage be Granted to the Women Of Hi
nois and Wisconsin The Freeport
debaters had won their way into the
finals by defeating teams from some
of the best known high schools in
Illinois and the Freeport rooters were
at Beloit in force to support their de-
baters. Kenosha sent only a small
company with it's speakers.
On Thursday afternoon Evansville
and Beloit debated for the consola
tion honors In the state and the James
vile team won two to one victory
and rs awarded place second only
to the Kenosha team in the state.
The debates have caused lot of
excitement among the students of the
Kenosha high school and the work
done by the team has awakened
strong interest in public speaking
among the students. The work of the
teachers who were in charge Of coach
ing the members Of the team is worthy
Of high praise.
The Kenosha team of basketball
players failed to get in the finals in
the Beloit basketball tourney for after
defeating TT. Atkinson, rated as one
of the strong teams in the tourney,
the Kenosha boys went down to de-
feat before the strong Beloit team by
score of 46 to Is. GAINESVILLE and
Beloit teams are playing the final con-
test of the tournament this afternoon
at Beloit.
In the preliminary games Evansville
defeated Fit. Atkinson 81 to s; Beloit
defeated Lake Geneva, 81 to 9; Keno
sha defeated TT. Atkinson, q to 4. In
the second round Elkhorn defeated
Kenosha, by winning by score of
rs to Is and in the semi-fnals James
vile defeated Elkhorn, q to 10.
The Kenosha high school students
are well satisfied with the showing
made by both the debating team and
the basketball team. Kenosha is new
to the state tournament game and the
Kenosha debaters winning the first
honors for the state, was big victory
for them. jim another year the Keno
sha boys expect to be able to put
over an Interstate victory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
The railway and the steel compan-

The railway and the steel compan-
les are becoming involved in con-
troversy as to which is responsible
for the accidents caused by broken
rails which are becoming alarmingly
numerous, the railroads contending
that the breakages are due to the
poor quality of steel furnished them
and the steel companies replying that
the railways are getting exactly the
quality of steel they pay for, but in
the meantime the travelling public is
taking the risks. What the public
wants is to have the railways take
whatever measures are necessary to
protect the travellers as far as posi-
BILE from these accidents and it is
willing to have the question of re-
sponsibility for past smashups left
to the courts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28

The rapidly increasing rentals for
business property in the down town
district should result in a great i'm
provement in the class of business
buildings in the near future. Plans
are already on foot for the improve
ment of many store and Office build
ings and competition for tenants will
induce other property owners to i'm
prove their holdings with more mod
ern buildings. There is no city in
the country where so much business
is transacted as is done in Kenosha
whose down town business district
presents such dilapidated appear
ance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
GERTIE BECK PARoLED
Young Woman Refused Admission to
Reformatory to be Ward of Court

h'eAOAin@'OiS 70 DC ward OF court
Gertie Beck the eighteen year old
girl arrested in connection with the
investigation Of the relations of By
mum Mcdowell with certain women of
Racine and Kenosha and afterward
denied admission to the State Indus
trial School for Girls is now a ward
of the municipal court. On her return
to Kenosha Judge Randall took up the
case with attorneys and it was de-
cided that it would be unfai1 to send
the girl to the State Prison at Wau-
pun and she will be given a chance to
make good. The Judge has issued a
formal order paroling her with the I'M
derstanding that any violation of the
parole may result in her being sent to
one of the state institutions where her
age will be no bar to her reception.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
DEATH OF MATTHIAS DEGEN.

Well known Wagon Maker Died This
Morning After Long Illness.
Matthias Degen, aged 81 years and
for many years employed as a wagon
maker at the factory Of the late
Nicholas Pirsch and afterward with
the new management Of the company,
died at his home on Dayton street,
just after eleven o'clock this morn
ing after a long illness from compli-
cation of diseases. Mr.. Degen had re-
sided in Kenosha for many years and
was widely known among the people
of the city and county. He is surviv-
ed by large family of children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATIONS.

For President, Vice President and Dele
gates to the National Convention of sew
eral parties as enumerated below, for the
Assembly District of which Kenosha Coun-
ty comprises the whole.
To the County Clerk:
The following are the candidates for
President, Vice President, Delegates to the
National Convention of the several par
ties to be, voted for at the Judicial and
National Delegate election to be held on
the first Tuesday of April, A. d. 1912, be-
ing the second day thereof, for whom pc
titions or nomination papers have been
filed in the office of the Secretary of State
as required by law. Said names have been
arranged and are herewith certified ac-
cording to the provisions of Section So of
the statutes.
PROHIBITION PARTY.
Petition for President.
Oliver W. Stewart.
Eugene W. Chafin.
Petition for Vice President.
Emil L. G. Hohenthal.
Finley c. Hendrickson.
DeIegates-at-Large.
D. W. Emerson, Emerson. Wis.
w. P. Masseure. Arcadia, Wis.
Thomas w North, Stevens Point, Wis
J.-Rurritt Smith, 120 S. Henry ST., Madi-
son, Wis.
Alfred B. Taynton, 5o4 W johnson ST.,
Madison, Wis
Byron E. Van Keuren, Oshkosh, Wis.
Beverly White Maiden Rock, Wis.
John e. Clayton, 377 18th ST., Milwaukee,
Wis.
District Delegates.
NJ. S. Kellogg, GAINESVILLE, Wis.
L. II. Park, Racine, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
LEGAL NOTICES.
SON~0S0No~oO~~N~N~oON0~0S
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL AND MA
TIONAL DELEGATES
ELECTION.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Office of the County Clerk.
Kenosha, Wis, Mar. %, 1912

kenosha, Wis, Mar. p, 1917.
To the Electors of Kenosha County:
Notice is hereby given that q gen
eral election is to be held in the sew
eral towns, wards, villages and cleo
ton precincts in the county of Keno
sha on the End day Of April 1912, at
which the officers named below are to
be chosen, the names of the candidates
for each Office to be voted for, whose
nominations have been certified to or
filed in this office, are given under the
title of the Office and under the APP
propriate party or other designation,
each in its proper column.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
new LAW is MADE PALMER
Teachers Will Be Forced to Elect at
\ Once Whether or Not They Will Ac-
cept Provisions of Law-P Pensions to
be Paid After September 1st.

The board Of education in Kenosha
and the secretary Of every town board
in the county has received a communi-
cation from the secretary of the
teachers pension bureau of the state
calling attention. to the operation Of
the new teachers pension bill which
is now in effect. Reports of earnings
ef the teachers must9be made at once
and the various boards are urged to
have their teachers file schedules at
once. Accompanying the letters is the
following explanation of the work
ings Of the new law.
To the School Boards of Wisconsin,:
The board of trustees of the teach
ers' insurance and retirement fund
desires to draw your attention to the
provision in the law requiring school
boards to retain from the salaries of
all teachers who come under the law
one % per cent of said salaries if
the teachers have taught less than
ten years and two ~ per cent if they
have taught ten years or more. Fail
ure to comply with the law may in
volve your district in trouble in secur-
ing the state school money. The fol
lowing classes Of teachers come under
the law:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
Information to Voters.

The following instructions are Civ
en- for the information and guidance
of voters: (a) A voter upon entering
the polling place and giving his name
and residence, will receive a ballot
from the ballot clerk which must have
endorsed thereon the names or initials
of both ballot clerks, and no other bal
lot can be used. Upon receiving his
ballot the voter must retire alone to
a booth or compartment and prepare
the same for voting. A ballot clerk
may inform the voter as to the proper
manner of marking a ballot, but he
must not advise or indicate in any
manner whom to vote for.
To vote for county judge mark with
a cross (x) in the square at the right
Of the name of the candidate for whom
you desire to vote if it be there or
write any name that you wish to vote
for in the proper place.
To vote for delegates to national
convention whose name is printed on
the ballot, make a cross (x) in the
square after the name of the person
for whom you desire to vote.
Each voter is entitled to vote for
one person for president and one per-
son for vice president of the United
States; for four delegates at large
and for two district delegates to the
party national convention.
The ballot should not be marked in
any other manner. If the ballot be
spoiled, it must be returned to the
ballot clerk, who must issue another
in its stead, but not more than three
in all shall be issued to any one voter
Five minutes time is allowed in booth
to mark ballot. Unofficial ballots or
memorandum to assist the voter in
marking his ballot can be taken into
the booth ,and may be used to copy
from. The ballot must not be shown
so that any person can see how it has
been marked by the voter.
After it has been marked it should
be folded so that the inside cannot be
seen, but so that the printed endorse
ments an SIGNATURES of the ballot
clerks on the outside may be seen.
Then the voter should pass out of the
booth or compartment, give his name
to the inspector in charge of the bal
lot box, hand him his ballot to be
placed in the box, and pass out of
the voting place.
A voter, who declares to the presid-
ing officer that he is unable to read,
or that by reason of physical disabili-
ty he is unable to mark his ballot, can
have assistance of one or two election
officers in marking same, to be chosen
by the voter; and if he declares that
he is totally blind, he may be assisted
by any person chosen by him from
among the legal voters of the county.
The presiding officer may administer
an oath in his discretion as to such per-
sons ability.
Russell Fl. Jones,
dwm25-a1 County Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
BY Election.

l.. All such above mentioned teach
ers whose contracts were made prior
to June IL, 1911, or who began their
actual teaching for the school year
1911-19192 prior to September j, 1911,
and who have notified. the school
board and the board of trustees of
their election to come under the law
2. All persons who were regularly
employed as teachers in the public
schools Of Wisconsin, outside Of Mil
waukee, during the winter and spring
terms of 1911 Irrespective Of the
time such teachers may have made
their contracts for the school year
1911-1912), and who have notified the
school board and the board of trustees
Of their election to come under the
law.
Unless the legal per centum has al
ready been retained, the clerk of the
board should begin with the next pay
ment Of salary and retain the required
amount for both the present and past
months salaries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-03-28
BY Compulsion.

All persons who were not regularly
employed as teachers in the public
schools of Wisconsin, outside of Mil
waukee, during the winter and spring
terms of 1911, except those teachers
whose contracts were made prior to
June u, 1911, or those teachers who
began their actual teaching for the
school year 1911-1912 prior to septem-
Der /, 1911.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
patents.
A Five Billion Dollar Crop.

\ corn crop of 3,I69I37,ooo bushels,
more than the biggest crop ever before
grown in any country in the world, is
the record of this countr''s most re-
markable agricultural year in history,
according to the November report of
the Department of Agriculture, issued
a few days ago, which completed the
governments preliminary estimate of
the nations principal farm crops.
The crop of corn was worth on
November I to farmers $I,85o776,ooo.
The enormous sum of &I7I,I34,ooo
represented the farm value on Novem-
Der first of the United States crops Of
corn, hay, wheat, oats. potatoes, barley,
flax seed, rye, and buckwheat. With
the value of the growing cotton crop
and the crops of tobacco, rice, and
apples. the aggregate value of these
principal farm products will amount to
we'll beyond $5,ooo.ooo,ooo.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
Memorial to Livingstone.

All the civilized nations of the world
IT is anticipated, according to reports
from London will join with England
in celebrating the one-hundredth ami
versary of the birth of David Living
stone, the famous Scotch explorer and
missionary on March Io, 1913.
The London Missionary Society. in
whose services Livingstone first went
10 Africa. is making the arrangements
for an international commemoration of
his centenary, the principal events ot
which will be two great gatherings in
London. Besides this, the society will
endeavor to raise $4,000 to found a
Livingstone memorial station, while the
directors of Charing Cross Hospital,
where Livingstone studied medicine, al
ready have started fund, which will
be utilized in building a new wing to
that hospital, as memorial to the
great leSplorer. whom, Stanley, found
in the heart of darkest Africa.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
The Congested Lower House.

The National House of Representa-
tives, when it comes together for its
extra session, will resemble a public
school in a congested municipal dis
trict that lacks accommodations for its
many applicants. There will not be
seats and desks enough for the 435 who
will then present their credentials, and
no time to meet the deficiency in a
permanent form. Even some of the
old members may be Inconvenience,
as their seats will have to be removed
TO make room for the benches, where
the new comers will be required to sit.
The embarrassment will extend to a
minor degree to the office rooms as
well. There are only go of these and
about thirty-hve are occupied by COM
mittees. Every member hitherto has
had an entire room TO himself, but it
now looks as though some would be
required to share their accommodations
with fellow-members.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
The Referendum in Oregon.

According to the Portland Oregonian
the result of several elections held
there recently-among them a special
charter and bond election at Portland l.
goes to prove that the citizens no
longer mean to tolerate the overload
ing of the ballot with promiscuous
measures and that the taxpayers mean
to call halt on public expenditures
that are not absolutely essential to the
development of the city.
The vote vetoed number of meas
ures because the people are determined
to put stop to the abuse of the initia-
tive and referendum. An official
commission proposition was defeated
because it was loaded with a muItiplic-
ity Of socialistic schemes and horde of
offices. The Oregonian SAYS: The
people are impatient of the gross abuse
and oyeruse of the initiative and refer
endum," and it advises voters when
in doubt 10 vote no." Later at a sue
ceeding election it added to this ad-
vice: When not in doubt vote no.
unless there is clear call to vote yes"
The Oregon citizens, besides, had to
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
PUBLIC HEARINGS
IN TRUST CASES
Attorney General Wickersham to
Recommend Action by Congress.
Plans Comprehensive Report.

Attorney General Wickersham will rec
Ommend legislation in his forthcoming an
nuarreport to provide for public hearings
cial masters in trust suits under the
Sherman antitrust law. This recon-
mendation is the outcome of the ac-
tion of the circuit judges of New Eng
land in ordering, several months ago.
that the hearings I'm the case of the
Federal government against the United
Shoe Machinery Company be held in
private. Mr.. Wickersham was opposed
to this plan and regarded it as contrary
to the interests of the public to hear
these cases behind closed doors. The
officials of the Department were so
provoked by the decision that for a
while the advisability of filing a GER
tificate of prejudice against Judge Put
nam. one of the New England judges
who made the order. was considered
This plan was rejected. however. on
the ground that the other two circuit
judges had concurred in the decision.
Mr.. Wickersham will recommend that
all hearings of trust suits be held in
public. and that the matter be regu-
lated by law of Congress rather than
by direction of the circuit judges.
Mr.. Wickersham also will include in
his report a summary OF the trust pros
ecutions with the final result of each
one since he has been at the head of
the Department of Justice. AS it will
be his last annual report before retir-
ing to private life. Mr.. Wickersham in
tends to have 1t cover the entire period
of his administration rather than limit
1t to the last fiscal year
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
HEAVEN
Heaven is a state Of future bliss and
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good ola siysash.s

Heaven is a state of future bliss and
present hope.
No one knows just where Heaven is
and few of US are very confident OF
reaching the real place, owing to the
fact that In order to inhabit Heaven a
man must have practiced up until he
can exist without causing any one else
any bother or unhapplness.
This requirement has cut down the
emigration to Heaven 10 a very small
figure annually. II only those people
Heaven 1t is growing more slowly than
Albany, n. Y.
Heaven Is spoken of by all competent
authorities as a place Of greAt delight.
and an ideal place for perpetual resi-
dence. We can well believe 1t, owing to
the vast number OF people who can't get
into Heaven.
There are no proud and naughty So
ciety folk in Heaven to make the ordi-
nary citizen with large feet feel like a
superhuous incumbrance on the planet.
There are no peevish and ill-natured
people in Heaven. A person could clerk
in a store in Heaven for 100000 years
and not be bullied by a customer.
There are no gossips, lazy people or
chronic borrowers in Heaven. There are
no law-breakers or quarrelsome people,
and Of millionaires. politicians, and law
yers the population shows only a trace.
All Of these lacks make Heaven by
far the earth's most desirable suburban
place OF residence. II resident of
Heaven Is in trouble he deals out num-
bers to those waiting to help him. as
barber deals out checks on Saturday
night. II a resident starts financial
scheme in Heaven. he hires the most
competent authority in the place to tell
The Washington herald., 1912-11-22
Abuse of Patent Law.

An article in The New York Journal
of Commerce shows how manufacturers
are taking advantage of the Supreme
Court decisions on the patent law 10
control the prices at which their prod
ucts may be sold by retailers. A break
fast food maker has taken out a patent
on the box in which he puts up his
cereal. and a Michigan court has sus-
tanned him in bis contention that cut
ting the price Of the breakfast food in
the box is a violation OF the patent
Under this ruling all that a manu-
facturer of any product has to do in
order to fix the retail price OF it is to
put in into some box or wrapper. and
produce patent on the same, which
does not need to have any new and
special mechanical features. Manu-
fadurers. according to the same
paper. are patenting the pictures
or designs on their boxes and expect
to have the prices. which they fix for
their products, protected under those
patents.
All this is an abuse of the purposes
of the patent law. To protect the
rights of a man who makes the design
on a breakfast food box it is not neces-
sary to fix the price of the food con-
tanned in it This is stretching a patent
to cover an end not contemplated in
the granting of it.
Amendment of the patent law seems
to be one of the things necessary.