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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28
NO LONGER ON INCOME TAX
Interpretation of New Law by State
Tax Commission to Be Put Into Op-
Grafton at Once and All Insurance
Paid Since June Is to Pay TAX.

The willingness of the state tax com
mission to get the full .'pound of
flesh from the estates of deceased
persons in Wisconsin is shown in let
ter or rather official order received by
Judge Taylor in the county court this
morning. Under this new holding of
the Tax commission the insurance paid
to widows and orphans of deceased
persons is made subject to the inherit
ance tax. Under the order of the com
mission the rule is to effect all insur-
ance paid to legatees in Wisconsin since
the 18th day of last June. Many estates
III Kenosha county which under the old
law would have been forced to pay
only a small inheritance tax will be
forced to pay considerable amount
under the new ruling of the commits
sion. Of course under the previous law
much of the money which had been
paid to widows, orphans and others as
insurance on the lives of relatives had
been subject to the income tax law.
However, there were many who found
a way to escape this form of taxation
but under the new ruling of the COM
mission there is little chance for es-
cape. When the income tax was assess
ed against such insurance benefits as
were returned for taxation the county
received some ninety percent of the
amount collected on these monies. I'm
der the new regulation the state will
receive in excess of ninety percent In
Kenosha county this ruling will mean
a vast addition to the amount of in
heritance taxes collected. Many of the
men who have left large estates in Ke-
nosha have also left large insurance
benefits to be paid to their heirs. The
letter proclaiming the new ruling of
the tax commission is as follows:
To County Judges and Public Ad-
ministrators:
Attention is called to Chapter 253,
Laws of 1915, which takes insurance
money paid upon death claims from
under the operation Of the income tax,
and makes such money subject to the
inheritance tax. Chapter 253 reads as
follows:
"Section /. Subdivisions Cd and (i)
Of section 1087m-4 of the statutes, are
amended to read: 6 4ction 1087m-4. ID
All inheritances. 5evises, : be-
quests and gifts received during the
year.
Cd All insurance received by
any person or persons in payment
of death claim by any insurance com
pany, fraternal benefit society or other
insurer. But endowment or other in
surance paid to the insured in his life
time shall be taxable upon the excess
received over the amount paid for the
insurance.
Section Q. There is added to section
1087-1 of the statutes, a new subdivi-
sion to be numbered and to read: Sec
ton 10S7-1. CD Insurance payable
upon the death of any person shall be
deemed a part of his estate for the pur-
PocC VI VAC IDA, anu shall w GdAdDIC W
the person or persons entitled thereto.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
upon passage and publication, and shall
apply to the assessment of incomes
made during the year 1915 and there
after.
approved June Is, 1916"
1t is apparent that it was the inherit
ance tax which under the above act is
exempted from the income tax.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28

Dated at the Capitol at Madison, De-
tober Is, 1915.
Wisconsin Tax Commission,
John Harrington,
Inheritance Tax Counsel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28
CALLED TO KEN0sHA.

The Rev E. W. Carlson !, Chicago,
has received a call to the pastorate of
the Swedish Lutheran church. The
call was sent on Saturday and 50 far no
reply has been received. The present
rector, the Rev. 2. D. Nordgren, will
leave Kenosha, October .31st.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28

Kenosha dealers IN wet goods ad-
nit that they reaped something of a
harvest on Sunday afternoon from au-
tomobiles coming up from Chicago.
They insist that to make a dry Sun
day IN Chicago profitable, to wet
Sunday III Kenosha there must be ex-
cellent weather for autoL-obile driv-
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28

Victor Schumacher, a ffteen-yesr-cld
oy who ran away from his home in
ion City was picked up by Police OFF
er Rock on Sunday evening. His father
anne up from Zion City this morning
nd took the boy back. His punish
lent viii probably be of the sswood-
aed variety. Young Schumacher had
cen missing from Zion City since last
thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-28

John Tomek, former Racine deputy
sheriff, who lost his star when he at
tempted to interfere with the work of
Fritz Rudy, the Kenosha county deputy
was defendant in the municipal court
in Racine on Saturday. He was charg-
ed with violating the speed laws and
was fined ten dollars and costs.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
INCREASE IN RECEIPTS
Insurance Companies Paid the State
$7,7o9,e2o During the Years
From 1905 to 1915.

Madison.-Total receipts Of the
state department of insurance from
taxes, fees and other sources during
the ten years from 1905 to 1915
were, according to compilations made
by State Insurance Commissioer NJ
]. Cleary, $7,709,92041 During the
same period the total expenses of the
insurance department, including sal
aries of $2O5,681.14 paid to en-
ployes, were S315,4524O.
The receipts show a gradual an
nual increase from $572,77S95 in
1905 to $1,O57,260.3 in 1914. In
1905 the expenses of the department
were $19,71796; in 1914, $751;
1000. The increase in the number
of companies licensed to do business
was sixty-four. In 1914 the figures
were: Fire companies, (not including
domestic mutuals) 21S; life, acct
dent, casualty, and fraternal, 173;
domestic mutuals, 266; total, 657.
The value of insurance supervised
by the department has doubled dur
ing the last ten years, as has the rev.
enue collected. This is due in part
to the natural increase in business
and also to changes in the law which
has brought over forty unauthorized
companies under supervision.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
START WORK ON NEW HOME
Erection of Buildings for Feeble Mind
ed at Union Grove to Give EN-
pIoyment to Many.

Racine.-Work has been started on
the $1,000,0O0 home for the feeble
minded, to be erected by the state at
Union Grove, this county.
The location of the home was select
ed through the activity of the Racine
Commercial club, and it. will be one of
the finest things imaginable for the
county. Hundreds of men will be Civ
en- employment on the buildings, which
will be models of their kind.
The people in that section are de-
lighted to see work begun on the
buildings. 1t will add renewed life to
the village, which can then boast of
one of the show places of Wisconsin.
The home for the feeble minded viii
consist of more than dozen big build
ings. 1t will house hundreds of pa
tients. There will be parks around it,
homes for the resident managers, ply
sicians, etc. The state plans to spend
much money on the structure, which
will be the first state institution to be
located in this county.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
DIARIES TO BE SANITARY
Rules Governing Licensing of Cheese
and Butter Factories Formally
Approved.

Madison-Rules and regulations
governing the licensing of butter and
cheese factories under chapter 597
of the laws of the late legislature
have been formulated and adopted
by the dairy and food department un-
der the direction of Commissioner
George J Weigle. The tentative
rules were considered at a meeting
recently in the office ofsCommissioner
Weigle, at which was present a large
number of both makers and propri-
etors and were approx ed almost with
out suggestion of change.
The rules for the regulation of
buildings and equipment require
cleanliness first with ample light.
watertight floors, whitewashed walls
and absolute absence Of dirt or filth.
Floors and utensils are to be clean
at the beginning of each days work.
No cesspools are permitted, all sur
faces with which products come in
contact must be without open joints
or seams and all metals are to be kept
free of rust. After Jan. / all follow
ers used in cheese presses are to be
made of metal. Perfect protection
from flies and rodents is required
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
CHIEF ENGINEER MAKES lNsPEc-
TON TOUR AND FINDS RoAD
IN GOOD SHAPE.
ROADS POORER IN SOUTH
Milwaukee, Riehland and Fond du Lac
Alone in Adoption of County
PIan--others Retain
Town System.

Madison.-Roads are much better
in northern Wisconsin than in the
southern sections of the state, accord
ing to Chief Engineer A. R. Hirst,
who has Just returned from an in
spection tour in the upper region.
In Ashland county, he said. is a
single stretch of sixty-fve miles of
road over every foot of which auto
mobiles may be safely driven at high
speed. other long stretches, he said.
are found in various of the northern
counties eight, ten and even twenty
miles of finished road Without a
break.
This condition, Mr. Hirst said, is
due to the fact that many of the
northern counties have adopted the
county system in place of the town
system. These counties are Douglas,
Bayfield,, Sawyer, Ashland, Iron,
Oneida, Villas, Florence, Wood and
Chippewa. Several others are to
adopt the system next year.
In the southern section the only
counties to adopt>the county plan are
Milwaukee, Richland and Fond du
Lac. All the other southern coun-
ties retain the town system, which
spells patchwork little stretch of
good road here, little there, with
mudholes in between. In view Of the
old highway adage that mo road is
better than its poorest spot" the folly
of this system is apparent.
Mr.. Hirst was in the western sec
ton of the state short time ago and
said he found the state aid work in
that region in satisfactory condition,
much more so than he expected.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
STUDENTS TO SELL CATTLE
Company Owns and Operates
Flourishing Dairy Business.

New Richmond. Regularly organ
ICED and Differed and its affairs con-
Quoted the same as those of any 9TH
er business corporation, the New
Richmond High School Livestock
company has been organized by stu
dents Of the agricultural department
of the New Richmond High school
for the purpose of feeding and fat
tening and putting upon the market
steers and hogs and also carrying on
dairy herd in the operation of which
the relative merits of the various
breeds will be compared with those
of "scrub" cow.
All of this work is being conducted
along scientific lines under direction
of Prof Harold NJ. Stephens. head Of
the agricultural department Of the
high school, Accurate records are be-
ing carefully kept. Properly balanc-
ed rations for the various animals are
worked out in the class room and the
students take turns in feeding and
caring for the animals 1t is practical
demonstration work and day by day
the students put into actual practice
things learned from the text books.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

He was asking the old man for his
daughter in marriage. He was talk
ing tremblingly, hesitatingly, as the
heroes do in story books. Now came
the old mans turn to speak. and as
he began his face was white with pas
sion and his voice shook with excite
ment.
You want to marry my daughter?"
said the father. "Ah! Twenty years
ago your father crippled me in a stock
deal, and l swore to be revenged.
And now my time has come"
He paused for breath, and the as
pirant for the maiden's hand was
about to beat hasty retreat in the
face of supposed defeat when the ia
Their broke forth again:
Yes, sir, | swore to be Tevenged,
and I'll strike the father through the
son. Want my daughter-eh? Well,
take her, and may she prove as ex-
pensive to you as she has to mel"
The old man dropped into his chair,
worn out with the excitement of his
plot, and the young man tainted.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
OFFICERS TO BE TRAINED
Guards to Receive Theoretical Instruc-
ton From Nov. / to April
so, 1916.

Madison. order No. 20 by
Adjt.-Gen. Orlando Holway of the Wis
consin National Guard directs that the
period from Nov. /, 1915, to April 80.
1916, be designated as the school year
for theoretical instructions of officers
and non-commissioned officers,
A correspondence school for officers
is to be in accordance with the scheme
outlined by the federal war depart
ment, the course covering period of
four years. For the present year all
officers, save those properly excused,
by the adjutant general, will be re-
quired to take the prescribed course.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
FILE USED IN FIGHT
HENRY KRuG, a YEARS OLD, MAY
BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Operation Reveals Weapon Sewers Rib
and Enters Cavity of
Chest.

Waukesha.-An alleged family fued
of several years standing came to a
climax when Henry Krug, A years
old, was stabbed in the back. Max
Plehn, Jr., who, it is said, was saving
his brother from a beating at the
hands of Krug and his three sons, is
under arrest as Krug's assailant. Krug
was said to be in a critical condition
after an operation in which a piece Of
machinist's file eight inches long was
extracted from his back.
The stabbing is said to have occur
red in a vacant lot on Dunbar avenue,
near the Bethesda springs. For years,
according to the police, a fued has ex-
listed between the Krug and Plehn ia
miles.
While Fred Plehn, a brother of Max
Plehn, Jr., was on his way to work, he
was waylaid by Krug and his three
sons, Alex, Everett and Manard, ac-
cording to the police.
They began to beat him. Max, on
his way to work, saw his brothers
plight and ran to his assistance. In
the melee which followed, he is said
to have stabbed the elder Krug with
the file he was carrying. The victim
was taken to his home, and young
Plehn was arrested.
The operation on Krug showed that
the blade struck the right shoulder
blade and DETECTED down, cutting en-
tirely through rib and entering the
chest cavity.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Passion Play Head War Victim.

Manitowoc.-Alois Lang of this
city has received word from Germany
that his cousin, Anton Lang, world
famous because of his taking the part
of Christ in the Passion play at ODER
ammergau, was killed in battle.
Newspapers all over Germany contain
extensive accounts of his death.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
oplum smuaalers Have code.

A secret code used by opium SNUG
glers is said to have been discovered
by agents of the United States gov
eminent. Americans. Mexicans and
Chinese operating along the Mexican
border are reported to have signiH-
cant emblems tattooed on their arms.
showing the relation of the individ-
uals to the business OF smuggling.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
S428.2SS
Find Old Corduroy Road.

Fond du Lac.-Workmen engaged
in digging a new sewer on the west
side of the city, when they reached
a depth of four feet, came upon the
remains of an old corduroy road used
In logging days.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Miss ovitz Elected President.

Eau Claire.-Miss Della Oyitz of Mil
waukee, was elected president of the
Wisconsin Library association at the
convention held here to succeed w.
X. Coffin of Eau Claire. Other officers
elected were: Vice-president, Miss May
Calkins, Racine; secretary, Miss Clara
Frantz, Kenosha; treasurer, Miss Cal
lie Wieder, Fond du Lac.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
TeIephone cause Of compIaint.

Pewaukee.-The removal of the
telephone from the depot will be pro-
tested in a complaint to the rate COM
mission. The company refused to pay
for the telephone.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
AUTOS MAY NUMBER 10000
Total Number Reached So Far Is
e,0oo-Present Licenses Good
To End of Year.

Madison.-Whether or not the
automobile licenses received for the
year ending Dec. 81 will reach the
10000 mark, now predicted, is
close question. The total number to
date is 1900, only 900 away from
the high mark anticipated. Two
months remain, and at the rate the
applications are coming the $4,000
will be easily reached, but there is
sure to be a decided falling off soon,
as the cold weather comes and the
end of the year approaches.
To date there have been 1876
dealers licenses issued and 8,514 of
motorcycles. The receipts to date
have been:
Automobiles, 79,1OO at SIS. $395,5o0
Motorcycles, S,514 at So. 1923
Dealers, 1876 at $10..... 1880
1OIaI -. -. % 4 o. 90 Q
A license now is good only until the
end of the year. After Jan. 1 new
licenses must be taken out and fresh
fees paid.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
MISSING Mans Body Found.

Manitowoc.- Missing since Sept. "a,
when he told friends he was going to
the body Of Louis Scheir-
meier Of Two Rivers was found in an
upright position against a tree a mile
north of that city,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Stands Guard over WAX.

Grand Rapids.-Jobs on the side
walk committee in Pittsville dropped
several points in popularity when c.
A. Ludewig threatened to shoot the
first one who touched his sidewalk.
which had been condemned.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

Grand Rapids.-County Judge ".
j. Conway as been re-apDointed dep
uty of the Elks' lodge for the westerF
district of Wisconsin. This Is III.
Conway's third term.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

The defenses of Paris against hos
tile aircraft are well organized. One
of the most interesting of the special
instruments used is the listening post.
1t consists of four huge horns which
gather up the slightest sound and
magnify 1t by means of a microphone.
so that 1t is impossible for any air
craft to approach unheard.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Accidental Shot Fatal

River Falls.-Will Hendrickson died
at his home near here as the result of
a hunting accident. His shotgun was
accidentally discharged, inficting
wound in his right side. Death result
ed from the loss OF blood.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
Rin Potato Display Planned.

Grand Rapids. growers Of
this county are promising bumper
display at the big convention at Mar
inette on Nov. IT to 20.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

against individuals and corporations
last year was $4,14O,571S6 Complete
reports of this tax assessment have
not been received as yet by the tax
commission. Indications are, how
ever, that the total income tax assess
ed against all combined sources may
be less than last year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
MausoIeum Permit issued.

Beloit.-The common council has
granted the right to a company to
erect in the city cemetery a mauso-
leum to cost from $4,000 to $751;
600.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29

Chilton.-Farmers in the town Of
Calumet are TO launch a reclamation
project that will convert 5000 acres
of swamp into productive farm land.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-29
1915 INCOME TAXES
SHOW DECREASE
ASSESSMENT AGAINST CORPORA
TloNs SMALLEST SINCE LAW
WENT INTO EFFECT.
S25l 900 LESS THIS YEAR
Total Income Tax Assessed Against
individuals and Corporations
Last Year Amounted to
$4,14o,57t.

Madison-Corporations in Wiscon-
sin are assessed a total income tax
of $2,459, 636. 30, according to the an
nouncement of the state tax commits
sion. This is more than $25O,00Q
less than the total amount assessed
against corporations in 1914.
Under the income tax law an in
come tax is levied against firms and
individuals and also against corpora
tons. The tax against firms and in
dividuals is assessed by the local tax
assessor and certified by the county
clerk for collection. The tax against
corporations is assessed directly by
the state tax commission and certi-
fed to the county clerk for collec-
ton.
During the last four years the cor
poration income tax has been as fol-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-10-08
Culture and Democracy

Culture would come too high, if
it involved the compromise Of
democracy. For what is
democracy? In etymology il is
the rule Of the people But
equal participation in govern
ment, manhood suffrage and
majority rule are not democracy
itself so much as the mechanism
Of democracy. The essence Of
democracy is the spirit OF fra
ternity and Justice. 1t cannot
be deceived By DISCUSSES Of pre-
cedent and tradition, of elrcum-
stance and ceremony. 1t counts
the Individual human spirit SO
precious ard SO legal that its &c
cidents of birth and position are
insignificant. 1t was born into
the modern world in the new de
tinition of man in the teaching
Of Jesus, and its development
through the Christian centuries
is their shining distinction The
general struggle for freedom
against depotism in all its forms
has been universal and rresisti-
BILE, possessing, as De Tocque-
vile says, all the characteristics
of a divine decree. Next after
religion, it is our dearest posses
sion. We cannot afford to Sacri-
fee it on the altar of culture
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-10-08

That Emporia Fair, from all
accounts, is going TO put II over
anything of the kind ever held in
Emporia before. They are doing
everything possible in that enter
prising town to make the fair a
bowling success. An enterprise
of this kind deserves support IN
the fullest measure and We pre-
dict that a large number Of the
citizens of this community will
move on Emporia in force when
the Midway is opened up If any
portion Of the Independent 5
dream of subscribers paying up
for the paper will come true in
our case, we propose to swell
the multitude.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-10-08
Prices and Cotton

An article published in last
week $ issue our of esteemed con-
temporary, The Roanoke News,
states thatfrom this r. forward
that city viii paw to an farmers
who carry cotton there full "Roa
noke Rapids prices for cotton
This information is interesting
and if the plan is adhered to
means quite tidy loss In the
long run for Weldon cotton buy
ers. The last paragraph IN the
article referred to quotes George
{. Green as stating tfat the
real solution is for the business
men and other moneyed men to
get together and build cotton
mill using from 1000 to 5000
bales annually and then the mat
ter will be permanently settled
as to paying the same for cotton
that any other place can pay.
Sound doctrine, indeed, and un-
I'll this is done we think Weldon
will experience considerable diff
hculty in maintaining a price
standard equal to that of Roa-
noke Rapids.
This community consumes over
~, 600 bales of cotton each year,
or about seventy percent of all
the cotton raised in the big cot
ton producing county of Halifax.
Our mills buy from the farmers
direct, eliminating the profits
made by buyers such as those in
Weldon and the brokers through
whom the Weldon buyers sell to
the mills. With two sets of pro-
fits done away with, it can readi-
ly be seen that the mills here
can proftably afford to pay a
price for cotton that will entail a
direct pecuniary loss to the Wei
don buyers if they attempt to
compete on a price basis.
memorable conditions are
against this beautiful dream of
Weldon's and we predict a
prompt abandonment of same if
they succeed lin enticing much
cotton to them at what are sure
to be in the long run losing
prices.
We are speaking, of course, of
cotton bought for cash. The
Weldon merchants could proba-