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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09

country road could be paved with either
brick or asphalt or cement. No one
disputes that, but the money to do it
with must be paid by somebody, and
the people of the respective townships
cannot afford any such system as that.
Cities with dense populations can only
afford paved streets, and then they are
continually bonding their city to DO
so. To start out with highway sys-
tenn costing $4,000 mile in county
where you have 600 miles Of highway,
and expect to improve the highways
generally of your county along the
same lines viii result in a burden
which the people cannot stand. The
townships of this county have been
getting along fairly well with their
highways as they are, and improving
them as fast as they could afford to.
While it is fine thing to have perfect
highways, it is also a good thing to
have the best farm buildings that
money can furnish. It is also very
nice thing to have a $4,000 motor ear
to come to town instead of driving
your team.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914.

To dust off a latin phrase that the
hate Editor Gully frequently made use
of, fVox ropui, vox Del" In other
words, the majority rules.
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New York. April 7.
WHEAT-wea

WHEAT-weaker demand inactive; No.
1 northern, 99S4c; No. 2 red, $1.O5; No. Z
hard, 9s15c; May, 9sAc; July. s4sso; Sep
TENDER. 921ac.
CORN-Easier. light business; export,
T5sc; No. 8 yellow, 7615e; Argentine. 771zc;
July, CSC.
OATS-Steady, light trade: No. 2 white,
450451ac; standard, 441kQ45c; No. white.
HQ441hc.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
HATS CLEANED.

Hats cleaned to perfection. Get
your hats cleaned for Easter at a very
moderate price and good work guar
anteed at the Public Shoe Shine Par
lors, 1o4 Park St *advaS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
JEFFERY BOWLING LEAGUE.

In the Jeffrey Bowling League the
Jeffrey Four won The odd from the
Spark Plugs and the Four Wheel Drives
won three from the Jeffrey Six. The
scores follow:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09

Wallace ingalls, of Racine, who has
made a considerable study Of things
political, has written an extended ar
ticle on the Wisconsin highway law.
The article has a lot of sensible sug-
gestions. In part Mr.. ingalls, says:
There are at least two fundamental
objections to this measure, First: It
opens the door for an unlimited expe1-
diture of money. Second: It's provi
sions in effect work complete de-
struction of local township control
under the proposed system.
The state highway commission To-
Gated at Madison, consisting of five
members with no salary excepting that
two of the members are under salary
in the state university is to control
the expenditure of about four millions
of money this year in this STATE for the
improvement of highways. This money
is furnished one-third by the towns,
onethird by the counties, and one
third by the state. In it's last analysis,
all comes from the people, irrespective
Of how it is apportioned.
No one is able to estimate with this
opportunity for unlimited expenditure,
the amount which will be required
for highways under this new system
next year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
NOW Is THE TIME.

To have your car overhauled. We
have experienced men to do it. Phone
1911
dwtfadv Russell Bros, Garage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
REMEMBER.

We win have full line of Easter
candies, eggs, rabbits, novelties, etc.
Watch our window. American Candy
Kitchen. advtf
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Realize no Great Benefit.

This generation will realize no prac-
teal benefit from the attempted I'M
provement of highways according 20
the methods adopted under this sys
them as it will be years and we may
say ages, with the expenditure Of
enormous sums of money, before any
impression can be made upon the
highways of this state, if the kind and
character of improvements which have
been inaugurated are continued The
townships of this state under the super,
vision of their respective town boards
of supervisors under the law as it now
is, separate and distinct from this new
system, have had supervision of the
highways of their several towns ever
since this state was organized, and uu-
der the old system they have gradually
improved their highways, not perhaps
sufficiently to meet the esthetic tastes
and notions of some people who are
able to drive $4,000 car at forty
miles an hour, but for all ordinary
purposes of travel, the respective towns
have made rapid strides in the i'm
provement of their highways. There
are no complications about the i'm
provement of a country highway. 1t is
not the subject of expert knowledge
1t is question today, as it always has
been, of simply grading, crawling,
dragging and keeping free from stone
Gravel is obtainable in every town in
the state in practically inexhaustible
quantities. 1t makes a better road
than the state highway commission is
supervising in many of the towns to-
day. There is not board of super
visors in single town in the state that
is not competent with the assistance,
given it by the statute, to construct
and improve highways because grading
and graveling is tho be-. known method
and the simplest, and this they are do
ing and have been doing for many years
until they have made their roads in
their respective towns FIVE hundred per
cent better than they were ten years
ago. They have been doing all the
people of their respective towns could
afford, and doing it as fast as they
could afford to do it, and will ulti-
mately have all of their roads gravel
ed and graded. The tendency of the
new scheme is to chloroform local
town pride in the construction of its
highways because it takes away
their interest in it.
Towns Want Good Roads
1t is all right and good thing to
have 'be best roads in every town
that money can construct The better
the construction, the better the road.
1t would be a nice thing if every
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
Destroys Local Control.

The tendency of modern legislation
is to destroy local control Of business
affairs. The people in townships and
municipalities are gradually being sep,
arated from immediate control of their
own business. This is the progressive
spirit. By SO doing it is left in doubt
il the minds of many people as to
which way we are progressing. AS to
local control of business, the people are
indicted as incompetent and told that
IL is much better that their business
affairs be handled by commissions over
which they have no control and whose
discretion becomes law with no fixed
boundaries whatever; a sort of delegat-
ed authority for the safety of an in
competent public. But as to the right
of franchise at the polls, the rights of
each individual is strenuously guarded
and he is not to be permitted to dele
gate his privileges in the selection of
officials or candidates nor have any
thing to do with representative assem-
blies as he is thoroughly competent to
exercise individually the sacred right
of franchise in a direct vote for all
officials; state, county, and town, but
when it comes to business matters,
property rights, and public affairs in
volving his own community and the
upbuilding of his township, it is much
better that he be stripped of all voice
in such important matters, as illustrat-
ed by the powers vested in the state
highway commission under this new
system. 1t is said that this is pro-
gressive measure, but the only reason
for so terming it is because it is new,
as everything new nowadays must be
progressive.
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Wallace ingalls, of Racine
Shows Dangers of Estate
Aid" For Highways.
TAKES POWERS FROM BOARDS

Racine Attorney Contends That Rule Of
State Has Not Been Successful and
That Road Building Work Could Be
Better Handled by Home Boards.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
City Seeks Easement For
Sewer Before Granting a
New Contract to Elec. Co.
NO RAISE IN CITY SALARIES

Council Goes on Record as Being in
Favor of Special Session of Legisla-
ture to Reduce State Taxes-City
Treasurer S Report Shows Balance.
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Scheme is Impractical.

All the highways in the state may
ultimately be brought under this sys-
TEN, and when this is done, the local
towns will have little, if anything, to
say as to the improvements of their
own highways except to pay taxes. It
is manifestly an impractical scheme
for five men at Madison to look after
the construction Of all the highways
throughout this state, which contains
$4,000 square miles; is 400 miles long,
and about $50 miles wide, with. ap-
proximately 10000 miles of highway.
Racine county has 600 miles of
highway. Last year, under this new
system, about three miles were IN
proved at an expense of over $4,000 a
mile. At the same rate and the same
expense, it will cost Racine county
100000 to improve it's highways,
and it will take 200 years to do it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09

The red fire evidently is impartial,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
Towns Want Good Roads.

1t is all right and good thing to
have 'be best roads in every town
that money can construct. The better
the construction, the better the road.
1t would be nice thing if every
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Chancellor Approves Plan
to Compromise Old B. and L.
! Litigation for $4,000


TRENTON Aug. 1S.-The proposed
compromise for a lump sum of $4,000
of the suit against the directors of
the defunct State Mutual Building
& Loan Association of Camden, by
the receivers of the company, was
approved by Chancellor Walker to-
day.
The suit had been instigated to re-
cover from the directors the money
alleged to have been lost because of
mismanagement of the company
This litigation had been proceeding
very slowly and it possibly would have
been years before final adjudication
could be secured. The receivers came
into court about two weeks ago with
proposition that the entire matter
be settled by the payment of $50. 600
and in the event of the acceptance,
distribution could be made to stock
holders Immediately.
The only objection was made by
Campbell Darlington, representing the
Assets Realization Company, Of New
York. The matter of the compensa-
ton of the three receivers, Thomas
r. French, former Senator Samuel
4. Robbins and George j. Bergen.
was taken under advisement by the
chancellor. They have asked the
court for a fee of $4,000 each
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
American Woman, Refugee
from Germany, Tells of
Seeing Battle in the Sky

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Mrs. NJ. j..
Harris West, of Montgomery, Ala, a
passenger on the New Amsterdam,
which arrived from Rotterdam last
night, told of having witnessed a
fight in the air near Elten. Belgium.
The party of which Mrs. West was
a member left Berlin two days after
war was declared, proceeding into
Belgium on a troop train. Her story
of the fight follows:
"On reaching Elten, on the from
tier, we were startled at the sound
of firing Our attention was at
traeted aloft where we saw several
aeroplanes circling about.
1.-THE soldiers told us that several
of the aeroplapes were French and
that their pilots probably were on a
reconnoitering expedition Several
German aeroplanes were in the air
and shots were exchanged between
them and the Frenchmen.
THE train halted so suddenly that
we were damned against each other.
The soldiers hastily disembarked and
trained their guns in the direction Of
the Frenchmen. One of the French
machines was seen to wobble and
fall precipitately TO the ground.
Whether it was caused by the Ger
man gunfire we were not able to
learn"
Mrs. West said 1t took her party
three days to reach Rotterdam.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Congressional Probe of
Standard Oil Business
Methods Urged in Senate

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Congres-
sional investigation of charges that
the Standard Oil Company is re-
straining trade in various oil fields
by refusing to purchase from the pro-
ducers, was proposed in a resolution
today by Senator Chiffon, of West
Virginia.
Through ownership and control of
pipe lines, the resolution says, the
Standard Oil Company has for years
fixed the price of crude oil "at its
pleasure and practically made the oil
market" that it recently has revolu-
tionized conditions in the oil business
not only as to price, but by refusing
to run more than 25 per cent of oil
produced and in refusing to buy the
products of the wells, has brought
about chaos and ruin"
The resolution was referred to a
committee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
WILSON WARNS
u. S. AGAINST BIAS


ours, which is, of course, the first
in our thoughts and in our hearts,
should show herself in this time Of
peculiar trial a nation fit beyond 9TH
ers to exhibit the fine poise of I'M
disturbed Judgment, the dignity of
self control, the efficiency of dispas-
sionate action; a nation that neither
sits in judgment upon others nor is
disturbed in her own counsels and
which keeps herself fit and free to do
what Is honest and disinterested and
truly serviceable for the peace of the
world. .
shall we not resolve to put upon
ourselves the restraint which will
bring to our people the happiness and
the great and lasting influence for
peace we covet for them?"
The President is understood to be
deeply concerned because naturalized
Americans who came from countries
now at war are taking sides in public
discussions of the European war. On
previous occasions he has publicly
spoken against what he termed
"hyphenated Americans" declaring
that citizens of the United States
should be Americans only, not Irish
American German-American or other
classifications of the sort This feel
ing is understood to have prompted
the issuance of his statement today.
Prior to the issuance Of the state
ment, officials close to the President
made 1t clear that Mr. Wilson was
fully determined to take no part n
the dispute between Japan and Ger
many over the situation in the Far
East.
While the Germany-Japan question
was not referred to in the statement,
it became known that the President
regarded with disfavor efforts he be-
lieved were being made to embroil
the United States in the controver-
sy in the Far East or in Europe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18

tention Of Germany was centred on
Kiau-Chau. which had been acquired
by lease from China as part Of the
indemnity for the killing of German
missionaries In Shantung.
During this period of Chinas trans
formation, the German contention Is
that England was foremost In China's
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. After the China
Japan war, when China's weakness
was for the first time disclosed, the
breakup of China Is said by Ger
mans to have been widely discussed
by English public men, this phrase
being changed later to spheres of
influence" embracing England at
Hong Kong and the Yang-Tsi. Ger
many at Kiau-Chau, France in Ton
kin. and Russia at Port Arthur and
Manchuria.
The Russo-Japanese war ended
Russia's claims on Port Arthur Man
churia and Korea; and thereafter
Japan took a dominant place in these
territories, all of which had been a
part of China or under her sover-
eighty Thus, according to the Ger
man view. China's territorial integ-
rity was no more violated at Kiau-
Chau than it was by the possessions
of the ether great powers England
France, Russia and Japan-which
continue to be held without any sug-
gestion that it is a violation of
China's territorial integrity. There
fore, Germany is expected to ask why
she should give up Kiau-Chau in or
der to preserve China's Territorial in
tegrity." while England, Japan and
the other great powers retain their
possessions in China
Throughout the efforts of various
powers to secure territory in China,
the attitude of the United States has
been to encourage and protect China
against the ACKNOWLEDGMENT. While
this has led the United States to
favor the territorial integrity" of
China as a general principle of fair
ness, this country has never gone to
the extent of guaranteeing to China
the protection of her territory, or of
objecting to the large foreign colo
MES nov established in China.
Secretary Hays open door" policy
was in accordance with the general
principle of China's territorial integ-
rity and the equal rights of all coun-
tries in China. But the "open door,
policy did not resist the establish
ment of foreign colonies i1 China, but
maintained that all such colonies. as
well as the ports of China, should be
open to the United States on equal
terms with other countries. 1t is
pointed out, therefore, that the Amer
lean policy throughout. both as to
territorial integrity of China and the
open door" in China. has been one
of principle to secure fair and equal
but has at no time de-
veloped into a policy of forcible in
sistence against foreign colonies at
Kiau-Chau or elsewhere.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
DEMOCRATIC RULE
FAILED, SAYS ROOT

SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 1s.-Ad-
dressing the New York Republican
State convention, which met here to-
day under the novel condition of be-
ing without power to nominate candi-
dates for office, since the new primary
law calls for their selection by the
voters of the party at the primary
election on September %, United
States Senator Elihu Root, the tenn
porary chairman of the convention,
pointed out the most essential factors
which might lead to Republican sue
cess this fall.
II is. as he noted, the first time in
eighteen years that the Republican
party of the State comes to the cleo
ton of its State government and its
national representatives as the party
of opposition, both in the State and
nation. The party was about to ap-
peal. he said. to the voters of the
State. not only for judgment upon
the conduct of the government by the
Democratic party at Albany, but also
in Washington.
He charged that since the Demo-
cratic party took possession of the
national government a year and a
half ago, with a program by which
thew proposed to set free every Amer
lean from the incubus of too great
success by others, to reduce the cost
of living, and to give new life ana
prosperity to American production
and commerce." 1t had failed.
He took up particularly the ex-
periments with the tariff, which he
asserted had been carried out in a
spirit of hostility to American indus
try, and suggested that perhaps the
time has now come when the Ameri-
can people are ready again to try
the protective system upon it's merits
and to call for legislation inspired by
a spirit of friendliness toward Ameri-
can Industry" He believed no one
could claim any reduction in the gem
eral cost of living as a result of the
tariff for revenue only.
He likewise attacked the Demo-
cratic program in relation to the
financial system and the control OF
trusts and corporations. He re-
marked that eight months had passed
since the banking and currency act
became law, and that the delay in
putting this into operation together
with the proposed legislation against
trusts and corporations, had had an
i'll effect on the country. THE spirit
of the dominant party" he said, in
dealing with these business prob
lens. impressed the enterprise of the
country with sense that the gov
eminent is hostile"
Enterprise halts." he continued,
because 1t distrusts and fears the
Democratic party In the meantime.
while private enterprise is repressed,
control grows"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Canadian Parliament TO
Expedite War Measures
By the Assoeiated Press.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. 1S.-With the
opening of Parliament this afternoon
by the governor general, the Duke of
Connaught, legislative sanction was
to be asked for the military measures
the government has taken in the
emergency arising out of the Euro
pean war and to provide for the I'M
precedented state of internal affairs
in Canada which the conflict may
precipitate.
Members of both Conservative and
Liberal parties seemed to be conf
dent that the session should be of
short duration. Party leaders are
understood to have reached an un-
derstanding to facilitate the passage
OF such measures as were to be sug
gested in the governor generals
speech from the throne.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-18
Young Holds NOrdica's Ashes
and Her S500,000 Jewelry

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-John c.
Tomlinson, attorney for George w.
Young, declined yesterday to discuss
a report from Boston that a legal bat
tie for the ashes of Nine. Lillian Nor
dica, wife of Mr.. Young. may result
from Mr.. Young's refusal to deliver
to the singers three sisters the urn
and ashes which he brought from
London, where Nine. Nordica's body
was cremated
In a copy of the alleged will of Nine.
Nordica, which has been filed for pro-
bate here and which Mr.. Young has
refused to accept as genuine, it was
directed that the body be cremated
and her ashes given to members of
her family.
When Mr.. Young went to England
for the funeral he got his wife's jew
els, worth more than 100000, and his
wife's ashes. Both were put in safe
deposit vault in New Jersey, where
they are now. Surrogate Cohalan will
hear the case on August 26.