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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Miss Ellen Waldo and John Stratton
Married at Home of Bride.

At noon today Miss Ellen Waldo,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Waldo
of Pleasant Prairie, and John Stratton
of Kenosha, were joined in marriage.
The ceremony was read by the Rev.
Peter Stair, pastor of the Park Ave.
M. E. church, in the presence of the
relatives of the families. The bride
was given away by her father. She
was charmingly attired in a wedding
gown white and carried white
chrysanthemums. Ruth Watkins, a
niece Of the groom, carried the we'd
ding ring. Following the ceremony
a wedding dinner was served at which
covers were laid for fifty guests. The
ceremony took place beneath an arch
of autumn leaves and the house was
beautifully decorated in the autumn
colors, autumn leaves and gladiolus be-
ing used. The bride was formerly a
Kenosha teacher Mr.. Stratton is en-
ployed at the American Brass. Tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. Stratton will leave for
honeymoon trip. They viii make
their home at 713 Pomeroy street and
will be at home after the first of No.
vember. Both are well known in Ke.
nosha and will have the best wishes
Of many friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
ROAD BUSINESS IN CHAOS
Chief Engineer Declares That Money
Contributed For This Year Will Not
be Accepted Under Any Circum-
stances-Donors Offer to Waive

"The state highway commission will
not under any circumstances accept
contributions for road work from indi-
viduals this year. This was the meat
of statement made to County Clerk
Russell Fl. Jones by Chief Engineer A.
r. Hirst of the Wisconsin State High
way Commission this morning. Keno
sha men who had made contributions
for the Improvement Of roads this sea-
son had shown willingness to allow
these contributions to stand regardless
of the ruling Of the supreme court on
the force clause'' of the highway
law, but the state will not accept of
these gifts. Enthusiastic road boosters
Of the Kenosha Automobile Club, have
declared that they would let their
money "ride'' regardless as to the OBJ
legation of the county and state to
raise an equal fund, but this plan does
not appeal to the commission.
The decision Of the court has brought
chaos in road matters and the chief
engineer declared this morning that
nothing would be done in regard to
the payment of funds until after the
commission has secured an opinion
from the attorney general of the state
An entirely new system will have to
be worked out by the state. The
force clause has been used in many
counties, but it is admitted that Racine
and Kenosha counties have called this
clause into use more than any other
counties in the state.
The big question now pending is the
amount of money that the town boards
will allow to stand as appropriations
for road work. OF course under the
ruling of the court the town boards
could demand reconsideration 81
their appropriations and reduce them
but it is not thought that single
town board in Kenosha county viii
take this step so that the loss to thu
road funds from the decision Of the
court will only be the amount of con
tributiOns and the amounts which
would have been demanded from the
county and state as result of these
contributions. The decision will not
effect the work in the western part Of
the county at all as provision for thi;
work has been made without the use
of the force clause in any way, all OF
the money for the work having been
appropriated regularly by the towns
There is no cloud on the title of these
towns 60 funds from the state.
The question is going to be the big
gest question for the decision of the
county board at its coming Novembel
session and it is expected that the
state commission will have had the
matter pretty well threshed out before
the board meets
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
NEW CENSUS REPORT READY.
Department Will Send Out Interesting
Facts in Regard to Revenues.

Director VIM. J. Harris, of the
Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, announces that a bulletin
containing digest of the laws relating
to the revenue systems of the state and
local governments has been completed
and is now ready for distribution.
The bulletin describes in detail the diff
ferent sources of revenue in each state,
including general property taxes, poll
taxes, the inheritance tax, corporation
taxes, the income tax, and business
taxes, licenses, and fees, and in the
case of the general property taxes
erumerates the classes of property sub
ject to such taxes, the methods of as
sessment, equalization, and collection,
and the statutory limitations of the
rates of such levies. The laws relat-
ing to taxation, as shown by the pres
ent bulletin, have undergone great
changes since 1902, which was the date
Of the last report on this subject is.
sued by the Bureau of the Census.
Among the changes to be noted has
been the creation of numerous tax com,
missions in the various states, having
wide discretionary powers over the
administration of the work of local
officials connected with taxation, and
full power over the assessment of the
property of corporations doing business
in two or more counties of the same
state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
RETAILERS GET BUSY.
Association to Aid Farmers in Securing
Permanent Train Service for Winter

Association to Aid Farmers in Securing
Permanent Train Service for Winter.
The Kenosha Retailer s Association
has taken up the fight of the farmers
in the western part of the county to
secure the permanence Of the train
service now in effect between Kenosha
and the western end of the county and
q strong demand will be made on the
Northwestern company by the re-
tailers to have all trains now in sery-
ice continued during the winter
months. The men in the western part
Of the county declare that in past
years people of Kenosha who spend a
part of their time at the resorts on the
Keosha county lacks have given
strong support to the train during the
summer season, but that this support
has been cut off just as soon as the
summer cottages and resorts were clos
cd, The retailers plan to make a
record fight to secure the continuation
of the service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
Mrs. Chas. Kerwin, Promi.
nent at Silver Lake, Dies
After Very Short Illness.
WAS former TEACHER

Mrs. Mary Murphy Kerwin, aged
forty-six years, wife of Charles Ker-
win of Silver Lake and one of the best
known women Of the western part of
Kenosha county, died very suddenly
at her home at the village of Silver
Lake at eight o clock Friday evening.
1t is thought that death was due to
a rupture Of a blood VESSEL in the
brain. Mrs. Kerwin had been i'll for
only few hours. She had been in the
best of health in recent days and the
announcement of her death came as a
great shock to her friends and rela-
tives all over the county.
On Friday morning Mrs Kerwin had
been busy about her home. She had
met many of her friends informally
and had shown no signs of collapse.
At noon she prepared the dinner for
for the family and when her husband
came to the house for dinner she was
singing about the kitchen. She sat
down to pare some potatoes when
without any warning she fell from the
chair unconscious. DR.. Becker of Sa-
lem was called to the house and Mrs.
KerWin was treated for paralysis.
When she failed to regain conscious
ness later in the day other physicians
were called into consultation, but they
could do nothing and Mrs. Kerwin
passed away just after eight O'Clock
Friday evening without regaining con
sciousness.
The death of Mrs. Kerwin marks the
passing Of one of the best known
women Of the county. She was q
daughter Of the late Dennis Murphy
and was born in the town Of Brighton
on April 9, 1868. She was educated in
the rural schools and in the Kenosha
schools and early in life she became a
teacher. For a time she served in the
position of principal of the Durkee
school in Kenosha. She took great
interest in educational work and she
had been active in work for the i'm
provement Of the schools in her
home neighborhood.
Her husband is the sole survivor of
the family. The funeral will be held
from the Catholic church at Brighton
on Monday morning at ten o'clock and
the remains will be inferred at the
family plot i'll the cemetery there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
NARROWLY ESCAPE DEATH.
Somers Farmer and Family Endangered
When Caught on Railroad Tracks.

Chris P. Jensen, prominent farmer
of Somers, with his wife and child,
came near being ran down and killed
by Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway passenger train at the Som
ers crossing, about eleven O'Clock last
night. Mr. and Mrs. Jensen had been
to Kenosha, riding in light wagon,
drawn by two horses. When they
reached the railway crossing the hoof
of one horse got caught between the
rail and planking of the crossing. Mr..
Jensen leaped from the vehicle and re-
moved his wife and child and had Just
got one horse unhitched and clear of
the track when the train came along
ia speed Of forty miles an hour and
struck and killed the other horse. The
vehicle was not injured. The horse
was valued at $3.50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
Letters Sent to Kenoshans
urging Them to Vote No
on Proposed Amendments
.PFENNIG URGES GREATCAUT|ON

oters In Kenosha are being bonn
barded with letters today urging them
to vote for or against the ten consti-
tutional Amendments which arc to lie
submitted to the people at the general
election on November third and many
people believe that the vote on these
amendments IS of lot more import
ance than the election of a governor
and state officers. The efforts are be-
ing made to change the basic law of
the state and the amendments for the
most part are amended, creating new
ways for the expenditure of the public
funds. Organized effort il being made
throughout the state to have the voters
reject all of the amendments on the
ground that the passage of them is go
ing to vastly increase the cost of the
state government. The insurance men
OF the state are making an especial fight
on the amendments giving the state
power to 60 into the insurance business
ON the grounds that this is a socialistic
doctrine and one hurtful to the public
d0 iti ~ dHu dlIdt0 DIT one certain
business.
Assemblyman Charles Pfennig was a
member of the legislature when it was
voted to suggest these amendments to
the constitution. He was seen today
and he said: a have nothing to do
with the literature that is being cir
culated for or against the amendments
but as member of the legislative
body that suggested these amendments
to the people [ feel that the people
should be asked to give these amend
ments their most careful study. They
will be published as part of the gen
eral election notice. 1t should be said
that in the sixty years following the
adoption of the state constitution but
twenty amendments to the consi-
tuition were made and these were all
In the effort to bring more economical
handling of the state s business. Now
to throw ten new amendments in a sim
gle year and with eight others Just
waiting for referendum seems pretty
strong. We are going pretty fast in
governmental lines, but it seems rather
hasty to offer as many amendments in
six years as have been found necessary
in the previous sixty years. There is
merit to some of the amendments and
some of them | regard as hurtful to the
people at large Few Of the voters
will take the time to study the amend
ments. Caution is needed in consider
ing these questions. 1t may be easy to
get amendments to the constitution
but it is difficult to get them set aside
once they are added to the state con-
stitution. 1t might be unfair to warn
the people and urge them to vote
Mo- on all the amendments. but they
should consider them with the same
care that they would consider great
changes in their own business =
Many of the most prominent states
men of Wisconsin have advised the
voters to safeguard themselves by vot
ing mo- on all OF the amendments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
STATE OFFICIALS FAVORABLE
Kenosha Retailers Association Advised
That Leading Men Will be Sent Here
and Provisions Made For Three Day
Grain and Stock Show.

The Kenosha Retailer IS Association
is planning to pull off a star stunt for
the people living in the rural districts
Of the county and plans are now under
way to have the big round up of insti-
tute work among the farmers of Wis
consin in Kenosha the latter part, Of
February or the first of March and
petitions are in circulation asking the
state institute conductors to make
plans for the holding of great three
day gathering of farmers at Kenosha.
The state officials have notified the
committee in charge that they are fav-
orable to Kenosha as the meeting place
for the Ground up and that if the
Kenosha organizations show a willing
ness to take hold of the matter the state
will send to Kenosha not only the lead
ing speakers from their own force, but
secure many prominent speakers from
other states for the great meeting.
1t is proposed to have three days
meeting for the farmers, their wives
and children and in order to do this
it will be necessary to secure the two
largest halls in the city and places for
holding stock and grain shows. The
stock show has always been featured
at the round up of the farmers insti-
tutes and in other years farmers in
all parts of the state have shipped their
stock and grain to the round up.
ba of fa ;c 40
held in Kenosha last year has attracted
the attention of the state to Kenosha
as an institute center and the state
officials like the spirit shown by the
Kenosha merchants in taking up this
work. Many cities in the state will
petition for the round up, but Keno
sha merchants will have the first
call if they can give assurance that
they will make good.
Joseph Funck, cashier of the Mer-
chants and Savings Bank, is at the
head of the committee named by the
retailers to have charge of the insti-
tute. In speaking of the matter, he
said: IF we are to have this great
gathering of the farmers of Kenosha
county and the state, and we feel that
it would be a great thing for Kenosha
to bring these distinguished farm lead
ers to the county, the Retailers AS
ISOLATION must have the cooperation
of the Manufacturers Association and
other organizations in the city. The
proposition is decidedly large one,
but we feel That it can be handled and
handled successfully if the organiza-
tions pull together. The state officials
have shown willingness to get be-
hind the movement to bring the round
up to KeIosha and this is a great
chance for the city and county to show
its place among the cities and counties
CT the state. We will be ready to an
nounce definite plans for securing this
great meeting within a short time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
Local Truck Gardeners Not
Interested in Chicago Par
eel Post Merchandising
BEST MARKET IN HOME CITY

Raisers of garden truck and farm
and especially those with farms ao-
joining the city, are not taking any
great interest in the proposed ''parc.l
post market" in Chicago. Letters have
been sent to these gardeners by the post
master of Chicago and by inviduals and
newspapers in Chicago in an effort to
get them to join the general move
ment of sending garden truck to Chi
cago by parcel post, but these letters
have made little impression and many
of the truck men claim that they have
too good market right here in Keno
sha to waste their time boxing up their
products to send them to Chicago. The
Chicago men backing the plan hope to
enlist the services of practically every
truck gardner between Chicago and
points one hundred and fifty miles from
that city. 1t has been suggested that
truck can be sent to Chicago with the
c. o. d. privilege and that the post
master there will provide for the coll
lection. The scheme provides for the
postofice going into the marketing
business and disposing of the truck
shipped to it.
One of the leading truck gardeners
of the Kenosha neighborhood, when
seen this morning, said: "Of course we
have heard of this scheme of Postmas-
ter Campbell, but we are not taking
great deal of interest in it. Most of
the growers of good stuff on lands
about Kenosha are not looking for any
better market than is to be found in
the city of Kenosha. The men who
peddle their products from door to door
are getting prices higher than they
would receive by shipping it to the
large cities and the Kenosha grocers
have paid good prices for produce dur
ing the entire season. The demand for
this produce in Kenosha is large, in
fact, I think that it is large enough to
take the entire output Of the farms
about Kenosha. / know that at the
present time many of the Kenosha mer-
chants are forced to ship fresh veg-e
tables in from Chicago and Milwaukee
on account of a shortage here. To
send the products to Chicago we must
take the trouble of packing them and
lost shipments would undoubtedly be
numerous and any advance of profit
that we might get would be disipated
in losses in shipment. The scheme does
not appeal strongly to the truck farm
er who has been accustomed to either
his wagon and take the stuff to either
the grocers or the public market and
go home later in the day with his
money in his pocket"
The grocers in Kenosha are watch
ing the development of the scheme with
some apprehension as should the ship
ments Of produce to Chicago become
general this city would be forced to
depend entirely on the Water street
markets for its supply of garde
vegetables.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
Thomas B. Jeffrey Co. Will
Build Trucks For Use on
Bloody Fields of Europe.
BIG ORDER IS PLACED TODAY

Kenosha-made automobile trucks are
to be tried out in actual warfare on
the blood soaked battle field of Eu-
rope as it was announced in New
York this morning that the agents of
the French government had given a
contract to the Thomas B. Jeffery
Company of this city for the manu-
facture of one hundred and fifty motor
driven artillery wagons for the use of
the armies Of the Allies in the great
war in Germany. The delivery of the
trucks is to be started the fifteenth
Of October.
The order to the Kenosha company
undoubtedly came as a result of the
trials of the Jeffrey "Quad" made
by the United States government.
These tests had attracted the atten-
ton of the representatives of many
foreign nations and visits have been
made to the local plant by these agents
in order to find just how fast the
big trucks could be turned out by the
local company. The French govern
nlent today placed an order for LAO
artillery wagons and trucks for other
uses in connection with the fight
against the Germans and these orders
were divided between half dozen
companies in the United States. The
French army leaders will expend
$6,000,000 in this equipment for the
army and Il of it viii be expended in
the United States. All deliveries from
the various plants are secluded to start
on Octoer 18th.
The success of the Jeffrey company
in landing big portion of this great
foreign order speaks volumns for the
output of the company as the Jeffrey
"Quad" has been before the public
for only a few months while compet-
ing companies offered trucks which
had been in service for many years.
The Jeffrey Quad is thought to be
better fitted for actual army service
than any other truck manufactured in
the world and the only question is to
secure deliveries. Doubtless the order
from France is but a forerunner Of
other similar orders from the warning
nations of Europe. The Jeffrey com
pany will find in this order a big
chance for the actual test of the
trucks under the rigid conditions de-
manded in the movement of the great
army of the Allies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
REGISTRATION Notice.

Official notice is hereby given that
the Board of Registry Of each ward in
the City of Kenosha, County Of Keno
sha, State of Wisconsin, will meet at
the places hereinafter designated on
Tuesday, October 9th, and on Tuesday,
October 9th, 1914, between the hours
of 900 A. M. and 500 P. M, viz
First Ward-In the basement of the
City Hall on Market Square.
Second Ward--In the basement Of
the Olrkee School building on Dayton
Street.
Third Ward-Tn the basement Of the
Deming School building or Dayton
Street.
Fourth Ward-In the basement of the
Frank School building on Park Street.
Fifth Ward-In the basement of the
Balm School building on Grand Avenue.
Sixth Ward-In the basement of the
Weiskopf School building on North
Chicago Street.
Seventh Ward-In the North Side
Engine House on Milwaukee Avenue.
Eighth Ward-In the basement Of
the GiIett School building on Bronson
Street.
Ninth Ward-In the basement of the
Engine House on Elizabeth Street
For tn purpose of making registry
of the electors of their respective wards
for The general election to be hell on
Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, A.
D. 914.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, Sept. "a, 1914.
Geo. w. Harrington,
s24-o1-o22adv City Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
sPARTz ENTERTAINs DEMOCRATS
Candidate for Member of Assembly
Serves Chicken Dinner at His Home

Chickens are scarce article in the
town of Paris this morning as on Sun
day John P. Spartz, town chairman of
that town and the democratic candi-
date for member Of the assembly, was
host to all the candidates ON the demo
cratic ticket and served a chicken din
ner in their honor. The list of guests
included everyone from Calvin Stewart
the candidate for member Of congress
down to William o 'Brien, candidate for
surveyor. Before the candidates went
to the Spartz home to attack the chick
en- dinner they held meeting at the
Paris town hall at which the principal
speaker was Calvin Stewart The
democra.5 may not be elected to Office
but they certainly had on OF the big
gest dinners ever served anywhere in
the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
PENSION FUNDS HAVE BALANCE

Police and Firemen Have Large Funds
to Care For Disabled Members.
The annual report of the pension
funds of the police and fire depart
ments have been issued and this shows
that the total of these two funds is
close to $4,000. The police fund is
$10,074.54 made up of cash to the
amount of $4,652.99 and city improve
ment bonds to the amount of $5,421.55.
The. fremen s fund has cash to the
amount of $3,288.1S and bonds of $4,-
26S.43. The police pension fund trus-
tees are now paying one pension but
the income of the fund is much larger
than the demands being made upon it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
mRs. Macy rrneusoN DEAD.

Mrs. Nancy Ferguson, aged seventy
four years, mother of Mrs. Charlie:
Woodson, died at the home of hel
daughter, 25s Pleasant street, just af
ter noon today. Mrs. Ferguson had
been i'll for the past three weels from
complication of diseases. She haG
maze her home in Kenosha for the
past year and had many friends in
the city. Five daughters and one son
survive. The time of the funeral ha:
not as yet been announced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-15
DIED FROM TYPHOID FEVER.
Matthias zehren, Well Known Young
Business Man Died at the Hospital.

Matthias zehren, aged twenty seven
years, manager of the Kenosha Fruit
Company, and one of the best known
of the younger business men of the
city, died at the Kenosha hospital at
half past twelve O'Clock this afternoon
following three weeks illness from
typhoid ever. Mr.. Zehren was a son
of Nicholas Zehren. He was born in
Kenosha and had spent his entire life
here. He had been active in many or
carnations in the city and was a
member of the Kenosha Lodge of the
Elks, the Kenosha Council of the
Knights of Columbus, the Kenosha
Aerie of Eagles and the Kenosha Re
taller s Association. He is survived
by three brothers. Announcement of
the time Of the funeral has not as yet
been made.