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Labor Council by the County Clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
J. J. Barrows,
III. B. Schwan,
M. Hensgen,
Committee
Supervisor Grosvenor moves to ac-
cept and adopt the report and instruct
the County Clerk to send same to
Trades and Labor Council.
Motion carried and County Clerk so
instructed.
REPORT.
We, your committee, to whom was
delegated the duty Of Investigation as
to salary of clerks, respectfully report
that we have carefully investigated
this matter and recommend that the
salaries of the Deputy Clerk of the
Court and Deputy County Clerk be
fixed at $4,000 per month and that the
action of this Board at the November
Session in regard to salaries of these
two clerks be hereby rescinded.
Respectfully submitted,
L. r. Grosvenor,
George Strangberg,
M. Hensgen,
Committee.
Supervisor Hartman moves to accept
the report of the Committee and fix
the salaries as therein stated.
Voted as follows:
Ayes-17.
Noes-none.
Motion carried and salaries so fixed.
The following claims, / to II, inclu-
sive, were presented and upon motion
were referred to their proper commit
tees.
Balance of Auditors Report was
read.
Supervisor Schwan moves to accept
and adopt the report as read and that
the same be printed in the proceedings
of the County Board
Motion carried.
Supervisor Martin moves to adjourn
until tomorrow morning at ten o'clock,
Motion carried and Board adjourned.
r. I'll. Jones,
County Clerk.
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Clerk, and that the same is a lien on
the property therein described.
Charles III. Ernst.
REPORT.
We. your committee, to whom was
referred the within petition, respect
fully report that we have carefully ex
amined the records in regard to the
within tax and find same to be dou-
bic tax and recommend the same be
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Clerk to be preserved for future ref
erence.
Respectfully submitted,
t. Fleming,
ID. f. Brister,
Geo. Strangberg,
Committee.
Supervisor SchWan moves to accept
and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried and report duly &C
cepted and adopted.
REPORT.
Kenosha, Wis. Jan. ?, 1915.
To the Honorable County Board of ST.
perUis0rs-
Gentlemen
| submit herewith my report of re-
ceipts and disbursements as Register
of Deeds of Kenosha County, Wiscon-
sin, for the period commencing Janu-
airy LIST, 1914, and ending December
31st, 1914.
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cancelled and bill for same with in.
terest be sent to the Town of Pleasant
Prairie
James Martin,
NJ. HenSgen,
j. a. Karnes,
Committee
Supervisor Grosvenor moves to
cept and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried.
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OlSL, 1914.
RECEIPTS.
Reed for Deeds ....S 96670
Reed for Mortgages 975.11
Reed for Assignm'ts $3.50
Reed for satisfactions 1885
Reed for Marginal
Discharges ..... 1920
Reed for Miscellan-
eOus Instruments. 369.75
Received for Legal
Blanks (sale of :. 1888
s2,573.74
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid for Postage. IS 22.02
Philip Hartman Jr., Co.
Treasurer ...... 2,551.72
$2,573.74
Respectfully submitted,
P. G. Torrey,
Register of Deeds.
We, your committee, respectfully re-
port that we have examined the with
in and find it correct.
M. Link,
J. J. Barrows,
T. Fleming,
Commit !.
Supervisor SchWan moves to accept
and adopt the report as read.
Motion carried and report accepted
and adopted.
PETITION.
TO the County Board of Supervisors.
Gentlemen
The undersigned hereby petitions
your honorable body to cancel Tax
Sale Certificate No. 6 of the Sale of
May Goth, 1913, for the reason that
the tax was paid to the Town Treas
urer of the Town of Pleasant Prairie,
evidence of which is hereto attached
and that the said Treasurer fail d to
give me credit for same and faile to
give me official receipt for same and
returned same as delinquent when he
had no right so to do.
Nels Thompson.
We, your committee, to whom was
referred the within petition, respect
fully report that we have examined
the same and find that the tax on ssme
has been paid and recommend, the GER
tifcate be cancelled and bill present
ed to the Town of Pleasant Prairie for
the same with interest at per cent.
James Martin,
M. Hensgen,
J. ID. Karnes,
Committee.
Supervisor Grosvenor moves to ac-
cept and adopt report as read;
Motion carried.
PETITION.
TO the County Board for Fenosha
County.
Gentlemen
The petition of Henry J. Hastings,
respectfully represents that he is the
holder Of Tax Certificate No. 16, is
sued by the County Treasurer of Ke-
nosha County, on May II, 1910, for the
sum of Three Dollars, Fifty Three
Cents ($3.53) that such certificate is
invalid for the reason that the de-
scription of the premises therein con-
veyed is indefinite and uncertain, and
your petitioner delivers up herewith
such certificate to be cancelled.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays that
this Board make it's Order under the
provisions of Section 1884 directing
that the money paid for such certifi-
cate be refunded with interest to your
petitioner.
Henry j. Hastings
Dated at Kenosha, Wisconsin, this
23rd day of November, A. D. 1914.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
COUNTY OF KENosHA--ss.
Henry J. Tasting, being first duly
sworn on oath says, that he is the pc
titioner above named; that he has read
the said petition and knows the con-
tents thereof, and that the same is true
to his own knowledge.
Henry J. Hastings.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 23rd day of November, A. d. 1914.
Joseph r. Clarkson,
Notary Public,
Kenosha County,
Wisconsin.
REPORT,
We, your committee, to whom was
referred the within petition, respect
fully report that we have examined the
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Respectfully submitted,
r. H
that W examined find
w. A.
B. H Eveman
VIM
Motion carried and duly accepted and adopted
Kenosha Wis, 1915
County Supervisors.
Herewith submit of Receipts Disbursements Novem
Der LIST December 31st 1914, inclusive.
brought forward 1874
miscellaneous 1863
S118es
.....
Books and Stationery 2U}S3
$1,1369s
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Respectfully submitted
H.
r County
We committee, the within respectfully
report that we have examined the
f
T.
T. Fleming,
Schwan
Motion carried adopted.
motion following reported the following
No Amount Amount
Claim Claimant Nature of Claim Allowed
R..
n Palt Examination of
A. OF Insane
B. Spaulding.
NJ A. Bernstein. Examination of
E.
George c. Thompson Examination of
George T. Adams. Examination
j. Stalker Examination of
A o
H. A Robinson
M Hensgen Committee Service
j. H. KaTne Humane Services
o
Masre the within
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that $41.25 allowed.
l. Grosyenor,
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RECEIPTS.
Reed for Deeds ....S 966.70
Reed for Mortgages 975.11
Reed for Assignm'ts $3.50
Reed for satisfactions 1885
Reed for Marginal
Discharges ....... 1920
Reed for Miscellan-
eous Instruments. 369.75
Received for Legal
Blanks (sale off,. 1888
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A Novel Bargain. ="

Among all the schemes which have been de-
vsed and offered to bring about speedy end to
the war the proposition recently submitted by the
cStlmable John Wanamakcr is the most wonder
ful and-we hate to say 1.-THE most Utopian In
some way not yet revealed it has come to the
knowledge OF this admirable exponent OF all that
is worthy of imitation in retail commcrcialism
that unhappy Belgium may be purchased for a
song-a mere $Ioo,oooooo,ooo. 1t is perfectly
clear to Mr.. Wanamaker that if Uncle Sam will
wake up and take advantage of this bargain at the
same time imposing prohibitive duty on Ameri-
can-made goods, the will come to an end and
the JOY of mankind will be promoted immeasure-
ably
There is every reason to believe that Mr. Wan
amaker is deeply in earnest in this matter-that
he is not making an opportunity to attract atten-
ton to his already well-established prestige in the
business world. He has resigned from the chair
nlanship of the Philadelphia branch of the Ma
tlonal Security League, and it is not unreasonable
to infer that he has already taken steps to secure
the pecuniary bagatelle with which to capture this
unprecedented bargain.
Let those who advocate the making contra
band OF cotton as peace measure and those who
would prohibit the sale by neutrals of the NUM-
tons of war with the same laudable intent take
pause. greater champion of the improbable has
risen.
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The Struggle for Warsaw.

At time since the German advance on Paris
last year has the world -interest been so concen-
trated upon one phase of the as it is today.
The struggle for Warsaw rghtfully claims I'M
divided attention The momentous consequences
depending upon which way the victory goes, the
far-reaching battle front, the countless thousands
engaged the unfnching bravery and logged de-
termination with which each mile is contested
compel an eager gaze on the carnage ground in
Poland The conflict is going the way of all the
fighting in which the Russians have been engaged
Repeatedly the Germans, with victory within
easy grasp, as the dispatches have told, have
been checked repused and compelled to rally
their forces before progress could be resumed
though it must be recognized that so far in spite
OF these occasional Interruptions the fighting has
been carried steadily in the direction of the Polish
capital Another check has come at time when
Warsaw's fall was regarded imminent, but there
is little information upon which to base predic-
ton as to the outcome. If any conclusion may
be drawn, it is that the success of the German
drive in the past week has been magniied; that
its objective has never been so nearly attained
as represented, and that fighting of the most des-
pcrate character, with Warsaw and the morale
and way OF retreat OF the Russian army as the
stakes, is in progress and likely to continue
for days.
A far more hopeful spirit prevails in Petro-
grad and London but it is too early as yet to
even consider the possibility that the drive on
Warsaw is to end did the advance on Paris
or that the Russian ranks will be shattered and
put out of the war for six months permitting the
German legions to join the western campaign for
the capture Of Calais and the invasion of Eng
land
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The Crimes for Which Becker Dies.

| With the death of Charles Becker in the cleo
| trio chair ends the tragic chapter that revealed
| to amazed public the Infamous relations that
for years existed among the politicians and high
authorities of the police department and the gamb-
lers, blackmaers and crooks of New York City
Becker and the four gunner who fired the shots
that killed the gambler Rosenthal, and who went
to their doom more than year ago, died the
death of feons for a crime that propagated
by the brazen and conscienceless SYSTEM" the
gradual growth of years, that seized upon the
lions share of the spols gathered by vice and
distributed them among politicians, city officials
and members of the police department, from
patromen up. The whole story will never be
told; it can never be known how many other
murders the operations of the system brought
Becker in the removal of the troublesome Rosen-
thai
OF Becker's guilt in instigating the murder
there can be shadow of doubt, and of the
course of Justice Ford and Gov. Whitman there
can be criticism Becker was twice tried and
twice found guilty; every shred of evidence in his
favor sifted and judicially reviewed. and there
was no ground upon which he could be granted
a third trial Convinced of the former police Of
hcers guilt the governors frmness, even when
lmplored by the doomed mans wife to show
mercy, only be commended. 1t may be ar
gued that men guilty of murder more revolving
than that for which Becker pays the penalty have
been spared, but Becker's guilt was two-fold; his
crime threatened an institution of our govern
ment and the safety of the people. The life of
the gambler Rosenthal did not weigh heavily in
the scale, but Becker, agent of the law, sworn
to enforce it in the protection of the lives and
property of the people, not to be permitted
to escape the penalty when, through hired assas-
sins, he committed the greatest crime of which
the law takes cognizance. Becker was both muir
derer and traitor and his life was the inevitable
forfeit Mercy for him would have meant a
murder LICENSE for the SYSTEM but the shock
that leaves his body lifeless in Sing Sing prison
travels further and sends a CULVER through the
ranks OF living in the city of New York
The death of Becker may not redeem the New
York police force, but Becker permitted to live
would represent the laws invitation to mock and
defy it.
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The success of one railroad system in achiev-
ing the remarkable record of carrying 10000 900
passengers in year without a single loss of life
makes the defective equipment and reckless opera
ton Of many other roads all the more unpardon-
able. Nor does it lessen the responsibility of
other American railroads that this record of safety
has been acquired only at an enormous expendi-
ture of money and mental effort. 1t is evident
that what the Pennsylvania system has done to-
ward safeguarding travel can be done elsewhere,
and that is precisely what the American travelling
public demands and has the right to demand
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asked me If 1 could tell him when
the first stone was placed upon this
spot. 1 could not tell him nor could
any one else. Sophia Thoreau herself
never knew who II was who first
brought stones from the shore of the
pond and put them here as a base for
monument. There never was any
organized attempt to build a monu-
-nent here, but thousands of people
nave come. many of them English
men and women, to see the place where
Thoreau built and erected his Walden
cabin. 1 presume there was rarely a
case when a visitor did not secure a
stone, large or small, throw it upon
the pile and in that way express per-
sonal appreciation of Thoreau and of
his writings. Almost all of these
stones have been placed here by visit
ors.
"One of the men who was with me
asked me If I could tell him just
where the bean field which Thoreau
wrote about in the book Walden was
located. He seemed to think that II
was right behind the cabin, for he
said that the trees which stood around
must have grown up since Thoreau
cultivated the bean crop. But l told
him that l could show him the bean
field when We were on our way out
OF tne WOODS. II HanReQ the highway
and it was cleared field when
Thoreau planted it. Now there is a
considerable growth of underbrush
over ii.
"On our return from the pond. the
men stopped for quite a while in front
of the old bean field and two or three
of them walked over il, looking on
the ground to see IL they could find
any traces OF Thoreau. They did not
find any. but they took some ferns
away. evidently with the intention of
pressing them as reminder of
Thoreau's bean field.
There are ten persons" continued
Mr.. Gull. who come to Concord now
to look at places associated with
Thoreau to one who comes to visit
Emerson's home or the place which
made famous"
Copyright. 1915, by z. ]. Edwarda ALI rights re-
scrved.D
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell of
"A Patriotic Secretary of the Treas
ury."
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HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Fame that Increases Yearly.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald
BY DIR. r. j. EDWARDS.

BY DIR. r. J. EDWARDS.
James Gull, who was personal
friend of Sophia Thoreau, sister of
Henry d. Thoreau and his heir and
literary executor, was my guide sew
eral years ago to Walden Pond and to
the site upon which Thoreau erected
the cabin which his book walden"
has immortalized. The site itself is no
longer visible. for upon it has been
placed. stone by stone, a cairn almost
pyramidal in form and now of con-
siderable height. Some of the stones
are of such size as must have entail
ed the employment of more than one
pair of hands to drag them to the
spot. There were also stones of vari-
Gus sizes and the cracks or openings
where the stones did not fully join
were in many cases filled with small
pebbles. All of these were brought
from time to time from the shore of
Walden pond. which was perhaps ten
or fifteen rods distant. In fact, the
shore seems now to have been strip
ped for a considerable distance of all
movable stones, so that if hereafter
the cairn is to be increased the stones
must be brought from some distance.
II brought two or three tourists
here some weeks ago" said Mr.. Gull.
'and I knew from their manner that
there were scholarly men and ! think
one was an Englishman. They seemed
to be familiar with everything Thor
eau had written. l heard one of these
men say: This is the finest monument
which has been erected anywhere IN
the world. Here IL will stay until the
end of time
"One of the men turned to me and
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The Difference.

One Of the New York yellows, discussing the
terms OF our communications to Great Britain
have used the language of diplomacy" but to
the latter, for like violation of international law
we have employed THE language of war" Our
rights as neutrals. it is true, have been ignored
by both bellgerents; but this saffron critic of the
administration falls into error much affected
by Teutonie reasoners when he ascribcs the Of
tense OF Germany, Compared with the offense Of
Great Britain, "lke violation of international
law" No likeness exists. Great Britain has
trampled upon our property rights; Germany has
murdered our citizens There is distinction
the tone employed in discussing the respective Of
lenses We shall defend both the property and
the lives Of our citizens. but with due regard to
the fact that property can be restored and lives
eannot- Philadelphia Record
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ment by use either entire or In part.
I did were of families OF the first dig
nifty and consequences
They. like him. had been champion
| OF colonial rights until II came to tn
point Of rebellion. They would not fol
low further.
Their example was initiated now
moreover. in their act of formal sub
mission. by some who had played thu
part of patriot more boldly and will
less conjunction. Mr.. Samuel Tucker
even. who until this untoward month
had been president of New Jersey.
revolutionary committee of safety
made his submission.
1t seemed hard to find steadfastnes!
anywhere.
But Washington's genius and thu
license of the British soldiery haC
turned the tide at last. when 1t seem.
ed upon the very point of becoming
overwhelming.
The occupation of the British. brief
rs it had been, had brought upon New
York and the Jerseys experiences like
those of country overrun by a for
eign soldiery permitted almost every
license of conquest.
When the ministers in England
found themselves. in IVA. face to face
with the revolt in the colonies, they
could count but 1851 men all told
in the Kings forces: and when II came
to sudden recruiting, they could obtain
very few enlistments. They dared not
risk conscription-Engli opinion had
never tolerated that. except to meet
invasion.
They sent to America, therefore. to
reinforce General Howe. not only Eng
lish soldiers as many as they could
muster. but n great force of German
troops as we'll, hired by the regiment.
their trained officers included. from
the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel and
other German princes. neighbors to
the German dominions of the House of
Hanover.
1t was close upon a thousand OF
these 'Hessians" (for the colonists
knew them all by that single name)
that Washington had taken at Tren-
ton. but not until they and their COM
countryside from New York to the
Delaware dread and hate them.
The British commanders had suf-
fered their men, whether English or
foreign, to plumber houses. insult and
outrage women, destroy fields of gram.
a nd help themselves to what the towns
almost as they pleased: and
had hardened the faces of ten of the
angry colonists against them for every
one who made submission and sought
to put himself on their side. accord
ingly.
Their marauding parties made little
between friend and foe. SO
they but got what they wanted.
Washington could thank them for
doing more to check OBJECTIONS from
the patriotic party than he could pos
sibly do for himself by carrying out
the orders of the Congress to disarm
all loyalists and bring recusants to a
sharp reckoning
Tomorrow, Warrington Practical
Dictator.
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Now it is announced that Germany has pro-
duccd an aeropanc which is invisible above an
altitude OF 5000 feet. Hereafter those who en-
gage in so-called aerial warfare" will be spared
the humiliation of having their failures known to
tcrranean sco1ers underneath them. Thus, while
the utility of aerial raids may not be lcsscncd by
the invisible ships, the opportunity to be critical
will be removed 1t will be regarded, also, by
the enemy as a deliberate move on the part of
the Teutonic allies deprive the dwellers in Brit
ish and French towns OF a very cheap and reason
ably harmless source of amusement
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Morning Smiles.

Schoolmistress-Well, Freddie, dear.
what did you learn yesterday?
New Boy (after deep thought)-You
ought to know-you teached me.-Punch.
"whiskey. my friend, has killed more
men than bullets"
That may be, sir, but, bejabers, I'd
rather be full of whiskey than bullets
London Opinion.
How do you happen to be in prison?''
'It il the result Of an accident"
you ran over some one with your
autog'
mo, ma'am, fell over q chair and
walked UP the owner Of the house,
Houston Post.
Madam. could you gimme any oid
clothes? I'm looking for work"
II haven't any old clothes. but here is
something that may be useful to assist
you in looking for work"
What 10 that. mum7'
"A pair Of opera glasses."-LouisviIls