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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
DEAD ONES ELIMINATED
Number of Incomes to be Assessed In
This County to be Smaller Than in
Former Years-State Slow in Getting
Out Blanks Tor Collection of Tax.

Assessor of incomes, Joseph E. Dali
ton came into his office this morning
and started work on his annual task of
getting out the blanks for the assess
ment Of individual and partnership in
comes in Kenosha county. It is his plan
this month or the first of February and
the blanks are now being made out. 1t
is expected that the number of blanks
to be sent out this year will be in the
neighborhood of three thousand The
first year that an income tax was levied
in Kenosha county more than forty
FIVE hundred blanks were sent out, but
the experience Of the last two years
has taught Che assessor lot Of things.
He has been able to pick out the dead
timber from the assessment lists and
this year blanks will be sent almost
entirely to men and women who are
known to have taxable incomes This
plan is being followed all over the
state under the direction of the state
tax commission and the elimination of
the "deado ones has had the effect
Of reducing materially the cost of the
administration of the income tax law.
This does not mean that any one is 60
ing to escape the income tax as the as
SCISSOR is busy all the time making per-
sonal Investigations and there will be
lot of names on the roll this year
which did not appear last year.
The task of getting out the blanks is
an enormous one and the state tax
commission has been a little slow in
getting the blanks printed for the vari-
Gus counties. It is certain that the
Kenosha county blanks will be here by
the last of the month and before that
time Mr.. Dalton will have his lists re-
vised so that the work of sending them
out will require only few days. There
have been few changes in the law COW
Iering the income tax collection this year
and the state commission has made no
new regulations The only change is in
the collection of the tax for dividends
paid by corporations and it is under
stood that no effort will be made to
send blanks to the stockholders Of these
corporations.
Under the law the blanks must be in
the hands of the assessor Of incomes
by the first day Of March and Kenosha
people are assured full month in
which to figure out their incomes and
the exemptions which may be given
them under the law. After the blanks
are returned to the assessor they must
be sent to the state commissioner for a
final examination.
The commission is now getting the
operation of the law into such a shape
that it is possible for the assessors to
keep close tab on incomes and it is
thought that the tax will be more
equitably assessed this year than in
other years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

During the last few years several
cases OF severe, permanent, injury to
the eyes have been reported, caused by
the liquid contained LII the small rub
Der core of certain goif-baEIs, which
have been cut open by curious children
Almost invariably the history is that
some child finds an old goIf-baH with
it's covering partly off He removes
the rest of the cover and rubber and
then comes to the core ball; this he
bounees until it bursts, or punctures it
with knife. The contained fluid
spurts out onto his clothing ana in
to his eyes.
There are apparently two makes of
golf-balls on the market each contain
ing different, highly eaustic sub
stance One contains a mixture of
barium sulphate, soap and alkali.
Balls Of another make contain solu-
ton of zine ehlorid AS a result of
these accidents, a bill was intro luced
in the Legislature of Massachusetts to
prohibit the sale of golf-balls which
contained any car~tic fluid. The Unit
ed States Golf Association issued
warning to all persons against the dan
gerous practice of cutting open golf
balls. 1t was thought because of the
publicity given this danger that furth-
er warning would be superfiuous.
Within the last few weeks, however,
three additional accidents due to the
opening % golf-ban cores have occurred
near Boston. These accidents are re-
ported on recent issue of The Journal
of the American Medical Association.
It seems wise, because of the repeated
occurrences OF these accidents, again
to all the attention Of The public to
this dangerous practice.
OF the four children injured only
one escaped permanent injury while
the other three each practically lost the
use Of one eye, It can be seen from
the eases reported how serious such
accidents NAV be, and how necessary 1t
is that parents and children should be
warned against this danger.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The resolution to submit the question
of issuing 100000 in bonds for a new
school building to the voters passed
the council Monday evening by a
unanimous VOTE This is in line with
the agreement made between the coun-
Gil and the school board at the time
the scheme for tearing down the old
high school building brought out such
unanimous protests from the taxpayers
of the city. 1t is understood that the
project to tear down the old high school
building has been dropped, but a
special committee of the school board
has been appointed to find site for
a new high school building and, if the
board issue is voted, the board expects
to build next summer. The matter is
now to be put squarely up to the peo-
pie OF the city and both the council and
the school board are relieved Of the re-
sponsibility of making decision. The
outcome of the referendum will depend
largely on the course taken by those
who favor the erection of the new
school between now and the time the
voters must pass on the question. The
people of the city have never denied
the schools anything necessary to main.
tain them at the highest standard and
we believe that they are ready to as
sumo the additional burden of this big
bond issue if they are shown that 4
new building is needed The amount
OF money asked is sufficient to provide
q school b4ilding such as few cities Of
the size Ct Kenosha can boast and an
effort should be made to convince the
people who~will have ito foot the hills
that they are going to get the worth
Of their aloney in every way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
Plans Completed for a Mid
Winter Chatauqua Festival
at Congregational Church
NOTED ENTERTAINERS COMING

Kenosha is to have its first Chautau-
qua festival as it is announced that
under the auspices of the Illinois Ly-
ceum Bureau Of Chicago, mid-winter
Chautauqua will be given at the First
Congregational church beginning on the
afternoon of February End and contin-
uing for four days. Both matinee and
evening programs will be rendered and
the chautauqua promises to get a lot
Of support from people of the city who
are pleased with this form Of enter
tainment
Kenosha is one of the cities of Wis
consin in which this mid winter festival
is to be gwen and with arrangements
for programs in many cities the pro-
motors of the movement have managed
to offer very high class program of
entertainments at price which is no
higher than is made for the summer
the Chautauqua promises to get lot
bles. Mrs. G. A. Lincoln of Chicago, is
in charge of she promotion of the fes-
tival in Kenosha and she has complet-
ed all arrangements for the opening
concert. Already many season and
family tickets have been sold for the
festival and it is expected that the
various entertainers will be greeted by
large crowds on their appearance in
this city. The program arranged for
the festival is one of of decided merit
and it contains several of the best
known to the lyceum bureaus.
The list of enterta iners scheduled for
the four day festival includes a variety
of entertainers. There will be q num-
Der Of very high grade musical numbers
including the Meta W. Legler Concert
party. The Royal Hungarian Orches
ira and the Edward Clark Concert
Company.
Featured on the program will be
Woodman, the cartoonist; Louis Will
Hams, who has popular program of
electricity; and Mister Munger, char
acter lecturer. The dramatic readings
will be by Louise Loveday, a woman
who has & very high standing in this
line of work.
One Of the real features will be the
lecture by Frank Z. Jaynes, the special
lecturer fol the Municipal Service
League Of Chicago.
More definite announcement Of the
programs for the different days Will be
made lateF. Il is certain that Keno.
aha people will take kindly to the
oAautauaua and that every number on
the program will be greeted by
large crowd,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
Ruling Of Railroad Commits.
sion Raises Fare on Inter-
urban Railway Line.
HIcKLE MORE TO MILWAUKEE,

A copy of tine decision of the state
rate commission ON nates TO be charged
ON tine Imter%bam lines off the MilwHI-
kee EIectKIe RafIway amid I4HgiEf Conn
pany WAS received today by City At
tOrmey john C. SIster and lit us noted
fhat tine commission has increased the
rates for travel on the Milwaukee, Ra-
cine and KemGshs lime just when
these new rates Will 60 into effect is mot
known and mo- instructions have been
received ait the local Offices or from the
general offices at Milwaukee,
In regard to rates on fine milwaukee,,
Racine and Kenosha Line south from
the public service building IN MiIwau-
kee the commission says
eeFtor through Hnterurban passenger
service upon tine Milwaukee, Racine
and Kenosha imteruFtsm lime uniform
rate of two cents per mile, computed
TO the nearest one cent for the actual
mileage, except the mileage incEuded
Within the single fare limits of the city
of Milwaukee to Oklahoma ovenue for
which the charge shall I'm every case be
computed at four cents and tine dis
tance between GooEd street and Mead
and Twenty-thfrd streets, In the city
of Racine, for which charge shall in
every case be computed at five cents.
The commission permits the com
pany to charge single fare of SIXTY
cents between Milwaukee and Keno
sha an increase of FIVE cents.
The present rate between Racine and
Milwaukee is forty cents and for
round trip ticket sixty cents is eharg-
ed. Under the commissions order the
railroad company can charge forty
cents from Milwaukee to Goold street
and forty-fve cents from Milwaukee
to Twenty-third and Mead streets,
The following figures show the dis
tanees between Milwaukee and GER
tain points on the interurbah line
and the amounts to be charged pas
sengers between Milwaukee and points
named:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
Chicago's Streets of Mil,ions--Secre-
tary McAdOO.

The first bank in Chicago to APP
ply to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo in Washington for permis-
sion to enter the new federal reserve
system and accept the terms In the
new currency bill, the National
Bank of the Republic, was the first
also to urge the clearing house ex-
aminaions which now are in general
favor throughout the country to
safeguard the public and the banks.
ant is located at the corner which
now is the financial center, Monroe
and LaSalle streets, one the old and
the other the new street of finance.
A large part of this banks business
is with commercial concerns whose
paper will have better recognition
under the new act. One of the di-
rectors, John v. Farwell, was very
active in the currency reform move
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
DEATH CLAIMS KATE KAISER.
Woman Widely Known in Bristol Died
in Kenosha Thursday Night.

Miss Katherine Kaiser, aged so years
and a woman widely known throughout
Kenosha county died at her home on
Dayton street just before midnight
Thursday evening after long illness
from dropsy. Miss Kaiser had been i'll
for more than q year but her illness
was not known to be critical and the
announcement of her death will come
as surprise to her friends. For many
years the deceased had resided on the
old Kaiser homestead in the town of
Bristol, but she removed to Kenosha a
year ago and had since made her home
on Dayton stree.
Katherine .aiser was daughter of
Nicholas Kaiser one of the early pion-
eer residents of Kenosh,s. Her father
came to Kenosha from Luxembourg, Ger
many in 1852 and Miss Kaiser was born
here two years later. In the late if
ties the famil. renewed to the farm in
the town of Bristol. After the death
of her father many years ago Miss
Kaiser took upon herself the manage
ment of the farm and she had been most
successful in the management Of it,
She is survived by one brother, Nicho-
las Kaiser of Munster, Texas.
In the last years of her life Miss
Kaiser had taken great interest in
the fight that is being made for the
eradication of tuberculosis in Wiscon-
sin and she had been one of the largest
givers TO the fund to support his move
ment, It is thought from the large
estate that she left a provision is made
for continuing her support to this work,
Funeral services will be held from
st. Thomas church at half past nine
Q clock next Monday morning and in.
terment will be at the family plot at
st, James cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Mayor Head has but one object in.
view in making up the new lists of the
election officials for the several wards
and precincts of the city and that is
to pick the most efficient men available
for the positions. Inasmuch as there
will be no party tickets in the future
and the elections are non-partisan there
can be no objection to his picking men
for their ability rather than their party
affiliations. Many of the men on the
old list of election officials were thor
Oughly up to their jobs, but as much
cannot be said of all Of the men draw
ing pay for this work and it is expected
that the changes made will result in
a very noticeable Improvement in the
work of the election boards in some of
the wards and do away with some of
the delays in getting the returns.
While there will be no adherence to
the strict rules apportioning the repre-
sentatives of the different political
parties in the wards which were in
force before municipal elections were
made non-partisan, it is probable that
each of the political parties will have
about the same representation on the
board as formerly when the lists are
finally made up, but all that the vot-
ers want are honest, capable boards to
handle the business of election. If they
are satisfied the politicians will have
to be.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
PLEADS TO LARCENY.
Young Man, Well Dressed and Well Ed
ucated Pleads Hard Times as Excuse.

Pleading inability to get work and
hard times as an excuse, Joseph
Sitazewski appeared before Judge Ran
dali in the municipal court this morn
ing and pleaded guilty to charges of
larceny. The young man who is but
seventeen years of age, appeared to be
well educated and he was well dressed.
He declared to the court that he had
been out of work for two months and
that he stole ten dollars in order to pay
bills. There was nothing to show that
any of the money taken had been
squandered in diotous living. Judge
Randall continued the case until later
and will make an investigation of the
story told by the young man. Frank
Wielgat, a brother-in-law of The defen-
dant, was the complaining witness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The petitions for the commission
form of government are being very
carefully checked up and when a deci-
sion is arrived at as to the validity of
this petition it win be based on a full
knowledge of all Of the facts in re-
gard to the signatures. Whatever de-
cision is made it is believed that it
will be one that can withstand any at
tacks that may be made either by the
friends or opponents of the commission
form. We believe that fully thous-
and more voters than affixed their
names to that document would have
been willing to sign it if they had been
given an opportunity to do so and it is
unfortunate that petition was not
turned in about which there could not
have been any argument.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
NORMAL SEEKS KARNEs.
Manual Training Supervisor of Kennsha
Sought for Position in Oshkosh.

The Oshkosh Normal school is look
ing into the Kenosha school situation
with a view to taking one of our teach
ers to fill a position requiring special
experience and skill The position is
that of a manual training teacher who
can take charge of the practice teach
ing in the city schools of those student
teachers who are taking the Normal
school course IN industrial education
Frank Karnes, manual training supper
visor for Kenosha, is the man Ghey
want.
President Keith of Oshkosh visited
Kenosha Thursday evening to see MRS
about the possibility of Mr.
KaFnes' release. MIR. Keith had pre-
viously investigated the condition of
the mammal training work I'M Kemosha
and was impressed with the meth0d of
the course, and with tine
way In which 1T WAS being eUeeuted
The salary paid in such a position
makes 1t an attractive one from the
business standpoint, while the Oppor-
tunities afforded by a state normal
school position, together with it's Sc
curity of tenure, makes such an offer
an attractive one from the professional
standpoint.
Mr.. Karnes has not yet decided mp
on the question, but I'M any case he Will
not leave until his successor is found
and duly installed in his place Tt is
hoped that he viii decide to remain
in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Automobile owners who are driving
thei rcars without 1914 license tag
should remember that they are doing
SO ON suffrance and not because any ex-
tension of the time for the taking out
of licenses has been granted by law.
Every owner has perfect right to his
own opinion of the constitutionality of
the law, but in spite of much talking
mo attempt has been made to question
the law in the courts and it stands as
it was passed originally. The old IL
censes expired ON the last day of De-
cember and any one who is driving
without new tag is liable to fine.
The police have not been arbitrary in
the enforcement of the law, but any
time they decide that no cars can be
run without the new tags, that settles
lit. Owners have no right to any
extension of time for the payment of
their license fees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Probably none Of the members OF the
council would maintain that the city
had any legal right to hold OUT on
the gas company any payments due I'M
der contract or that any court would
sustain any such action, but it has
proven a very effective method Of Sc
curing a clean up of long outstanding
accounts between the city and the COM
pany. Moreover, the city is willing to
bring friendly suit if that is the kind
of receipt the company wants so long
as the money is paid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The plain citizen who tries to obey
the injunction, "Watch your congress-
mani is apt to find himself in vel
ter of statistics now and then that does
not greatly assist him in Judging of the
value of his representative at Wash
ington.
An Illinois newspaper, for example,
has prepared fer its readers a table of
the attendance of the members of the
Illinois delegation during the recent
special session. Just one of these
representatives answered every roll
call, although several others approach
ed this record. One of the senators
missed 63 roll calls, the other missed
IA. But as the voter is beginning to
lfrown at the q or 40 or even GA abb
sences recorded against the man for
whom he cast his ballot a year ago, he
is warned that many of these roll calls
were unimportant, being demanded
merely to disclose the presence or the
absence Of quorum, which, when
found, did nothing but mark time while
waiting for the senate to act upon
the currency bill.
May it not be, them, that the con-
gressmen who answered to the most
roll calls were in reality poor judges
of the relative Importance of things,
and that those who were absent were
probably making better use Of their
times The plsin citizen cannot be
sure.-New York Evening Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The will of the late Katherine
Sehmitz was fled for probate IN the
county court tAis morning. Two lega-
cies Of a hundred dollars each are
made to the Rev. 4. J. Nickel and St,
George church and the remainder of the
estate is left to members of the family,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
DIED FAR FROM HOME.
Word Received of the Death Of Mrs.
VIM Voight at Waterfall, Australia,

Word has just been received from
Waterfall, Australia, Of the death of
Mrs. VIM. Weight Of this city. Mrs,
Voight left here on Jan. 18th last year
to visit her father, J. w. Craven st
Gayndan, Australia. but was taken sud
denly Ill upon her arrival at Sydney
and removed to the sanitariam at
Waterfall, where she died Oh April 20.
Nothing Lad been heard from Mrs.
Voight since her arrival at sydney and
notice of her death came as a great
shock to both relatives and friends,
The deceased was twenty three years
Of age and was born at Moreombe, Eng
land. She is survived by ler husband
and one child. William, but Of this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Billy Sunday has been invited to coz
duet a series of meetings in Milwau-
kee. The meetings viii be under an
association formed among the churches
OF the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15
THURSDAY, JANUARY Is, 1914.

The water bills were due on Novem-
Der 10th and the delinquents whose
water is being shut of cannot complain
that they are being unduly pressed
for payment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

The Eiks are planning for another
big festival on next Thursday night.
A class Of ten viii be initiated and
there viii be social session and din
aer following,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

There is good skating at Pike Creek
and the boys are making merry there
every night. Some Of the people living
up near the creek are urging that the
city provide few leo Kinks for the Use
Of the skaters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Mrs, 3. A, Deoeimar and daughter,
Ruth, returned to their home in Gin
einnati today after visit with Mr.,
and Mrs. p. c. Torrey,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

A call hes been issued for special
session Of the Racine Geunty Board to
be held an January aaHd to take up the
eeuFt AeHsa middle
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Ida Ericsson entertained stag party
Friday evening at her home, eos Ridge
street Ia honor Of the Z. b. d. Club.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Miss Grace Morris Of Milwaukee, ID
spending few days with friends and
relatives In KeaosAa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-15

Try a Waut Id
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-05-29

two women in the district. They moved
to the Olinghouse district last year
whore Mr.. Tamney recently acquired
valuable placer holdings and Mrs. Tam
ney 5 life was exaeted by the Grim Reaper
at a time when life held greatest ptomise.
Surviving are the husband, two in
font sons, one two aud one half years
old and the other two weeks, an aged
mother, four brothers and three sisters,
the mother and brothers aud sisters be-
ing residents Of Wyoming. where tho
family located in carly days. The mother,
Mrs. S. NJ. Morgan, wns in attendance
at the funeral OF her daughter and has
taken the two babies in charge to sup
plemcut mothers care
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-05-29
Correspondence
Bijou Valley
os Our ResaiA' Correspondents
From Lazy BilLl

Forrest Head LETT Tuesday afternoon
for Denver.
Mrs McCeuley called on Mrs Casey
"wednesday afternoon.
Horny RubeelS was transacting brsi-
ness in Elbert Monday
Omar Wilson, the deputy assessor, was
Through the Basin Monday.
W. D. Balance is in hospital in Col
orado Springs. He underwent an oper-
alton.
Misses Bertha and Mia Allison started
taking music lessons from Mrs. Stone
iaet Saturday.
Misses Lillian Mecauley and BerthA
Allison made a flying trip to the Fort
Thursday morning.
Or. Chandler, Mrs Vote and Mrs
johnson called to see Freeman Rubeck
"Wednesday afternoon.