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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
THINK CHARTER WOULD STAND
Members However VIII Not Seek to
Influence Members OF the Council
and are Willing to Leave Matter to
the Voters at Spring Election.

The board of education spent consid-
cradle time at the regular meeting on
Tuesday evening in an informal discus
sion Of important school movements
brewing in the city. Most important
of these is the movement on the part
of some Of the members of the com
mon council to change the plan for the
levy of the school tax and give the
common council more direct super
vision of the amount of money to be
raised for the schools. The members
of the board are unit against the
change being made.
At the meeting on Tuesday evening
no formal action was taken in the
matter and no disposition was shown
for fight against the council as the
members of the board were advised
before any change could be made in
the charter relating to the schools it
would be necessary to submit the ques-
tion to the electors of the city. IF the
council decide to submit this question
the members of the board will take an
active part in the campaign to show
the people that the tax levying power
should be left in the hands of the board
of education.
The members Of the board took some
time in making an investigation of the
action of the board in seeking funds
for the erection of the proposed
south side building and the records Of
the board show that formal requisi-
tion was made on the common council
for funds for the erection of the
school. This leaves the way clear for
the board to enforce such demand
should it be necessary later, but not
one of the members of the board APP
peared favorable to any plan to disturb
the present conditions. The members
of the board are entirely agreeable to
the matter being submitted to the cleo
tors at the spring election and if the
proposed bond issue meets defeat at
that time there will be time enough to
take up another course of action
Members of the board paid high tri-
butte to the fairness of the members Of
the finance committee of the council
and it is not expected that there will
be any open break between the board
and the council even if the resolution
to take away the levying power of the
board is pushed. The members Of the
board are agreeable to having this mat
ter submitted to the people and they
hold that if the people are favorable
to new charter provision which would
practically nullify the action of the
school board that the board members
would submit without a word.
At the meeting the plans for the new
portable open air school were discussed
at length by the board and the work
Of erecting the school will be started
within short time.
Miss Florence Blunt of Monroe, re
cent graduate of the Milwaukee Nor
NAL was elected as teacher of the new
| portable building at the Weiskopf
school and Miss Steele of the Oshkosh
Normal was named to take the place
of Miss O'Hare as teacher of the eighth
grade at the Columbus school.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
BOOKACCOUNTS ARE RESERVED
Formal Order for Sale of Plant Issued
Today and it is Possible That Big
Companies From Other Cities May
Purchase and Operate Tt.

John D. Rowland, trustee in bank
ruptcy of the United Refrigerator and
Ice Machine Company, this morning
gave out formal notice of the sale OF
the assets of the bankrupt company,
which is to be held at the offices of the
company on March Is, at ten o. clock in
the morning. The formal notice declares
that the assets of the company will be
sold at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash and the only thing re-
served from the assets are the book ac
counts and bills receivable. Included
in the sale are the good will, patents
and personal property of every nature
and the real estate and manufacturing
plant. The property is located on Pleas
ant street and it is declared that the
plant is so improved that it is consid-
cred q model for the building of the
product which had been put on the mar
ket by the company. The real estate
and buildings will be sold subject to a
mortgage of $32, 1000, the interest on this
mortgage having been paid up to May
LIST, 1914 The property is also sold sub
iect to the payment of special taxes
levied against it by the city for public
improvements.
The sale Of the property will be sub
iect to the approval of the referee in
bankruptcy and the right is reserved to
refuse any or all bids for the plant or
any Of the personal property offered for
sale 1t is understood that the book ac-
counts and other bills receivable of the
company will be reserved by the trus-
tee in bankruptcy and that an effort
will be made to realize on these assets
by private sale and collection.
While the inventory of the assets of
the company has not been made public
it is declared that the property offered
for sale is estimated in value at more
than 100000. Many companies inter
ested in similar lines of manufacture
have shown an interest In the sale of
the plant and it is probable that there
will be a large number of bidders. If
manufacturing conditions were just
right it is pretty certain that the plant
could be sold to a much better advan-
tage. Several suggestions have been
made that company be organized in
Kenosha to purchase the plant and pro
vide for its operation, but nothing has
as yet been done to carry out this sug-
gestion The stockholders of the com
pany, and there are lot of the smaller
ones, who are residents of Kenosha
have held several meetings to consider
the matter, but they seem to lack a
leader who can organize them so they
might purchase and operate the plant
1t is thought certain that the plant will
not be allowed to be closed down in.
definitely and that some company in.
terested in the same line will purchase
and operate it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
RAISE POSTAL RATES ON LET
TIERS TO GERMANY.

The two cent letter rate to Germany
has been rescinded until the close of
the present war, or until a direct route
to Germany by ship can be established,
according to notice received at the
local postofice from the postal authori-
ties at Washington. The two-cent rate
is applicable only when the mail is de-
ivered to country by direct sea
route. When the letter has to be de-
Iivered through another country, the
Postal Union Rates are in force. This
rate is five cents for the first ounce or
fraction thereof, and three cents for
each additional ounce. Letters not
fully prepaid will be allowed to go for
ward, but on reaching their destina-
ton charge double the amount Of the
deficient postage viii be exacted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
TO SPEND THREE MILLION.
Twenty Seven Thousand Tons of New
Rails Ordered by North Western. Ry.

An order for twenty-seven thousand
tons of steel rails has been placed by
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way. The order amounts TO 100000.
This is the first large order for new
equipment that has been given by a
western railroad since the beginning of
the present period of industrial depres-
sion. 1t means not only the expendi-
ture of nearly $3,000,0o0 for rails, but
double that sum in track construction,
the sum going to employees of the road.
Just what the North Western road in
tends to do with this vast number of
rails is not known, but reports that
emanate from heads of the road are
to the effect that the material is to be
used for double tracking portions of
the line. There is a persistent report,
however, that despite denials the
North Western is to begin the work of
elevating its tracks. At least this is
the opinion held by some of the local
employees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
MISS GORDON TO SPEAK HERE.
Famous Leader Among the Women of
the Nation to Speak in Kenosha.

Kenosha members of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union will OBJ
serve the Frances E. Willard Memorial
at Park Avenue M. E. Church on next
Tuesday afternoon and for the event
they viii have a speaker, Miss Anna A.
Gordon, one of the most distinguished
of the women of the nation. Miss Cor
don is widely known as an author and
lecturer. She is national president of
the Woman s Christian Temperance
Union, editor of the g Union Signal, -
was formerly private secretary to Miss
Willard and is honorary secretary of
the World s w. G. T. u. As a public
speaker he has no peer among the wom-
en- of American. In connection with the
visit of Miss Gordon to Kenosha very
interesting program will be arranged by
the members of the local union. An
nouncement CT this program will be
made later In the week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
PUPILS RECITAL A SUCCESS.

A violin recital given Tuesday even
ing at the Park Ave. M e. Church
by the pupils of W. H. Schroeder pleas
ed a small but appreciative audience.
With the consent Of the Associated
Charities the gross receipts were do
mated to that organization. The whole
program was ably rendered and was a
distinct compliment to both the ambi-
ton and perseverance Of. the pupils
and to the instructor. The perform
ance included al students from begin
ners to advance pupils resulting in
wide range of work which impressed
itself forcib1y upon the audience. The
ensemble work, in spite of the Difficult
ties presented in this feature, was par
ticularly good. Mrs. Schroeder acted
AS accomnanist IN a. charming manner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
CLAIMS PROF|LEs CHANGED
Asserts in Summons and Complaint in
Suit Filed Today That the City Fail
ed to Follow the Original Route in
the Building of the Sewer.

Andrew Thomson of Racine, who had
the contract for the building of the Ra
cine avenue sewer, has gone into the
courts to collect his bill of $4,492
against the city of Kenosha and a
formal summons and complaint in the
suit brought by Thomson has been
served on the mayor and city clerk of
the city. The city council has on sew
eral occasions considered the claim of
Thomson for addition work done on the
sewer and has offered the sum of
$4,000 in full settlement of the claim.
Thomson bases his big claim against
the city on just two propositions. One
is that the changed route of the sewer
made it cost him a great deal more than
had been figured under the original
route selected for the sewer and the
other that he had extra excavation not
provided for in the specifications sub
mitted to him by the city engineer and
the street assessment committee. The
officials of the city have repeatedly de-,
clared that in their best judgment
Thomson has no claim for extra com
pensation in the construction of the
sewer and it is certain that the demand
for extras will be fought out in the
courts. 1t is the old question of extra
compensation and lot of the mem
bers of the common council are anxious
to find out whether a contract with a
city is just as binding as one with a
private individual.
Attorney George w. Taylor, who
represents Thomson in the litigation,
claims that changes were made in the
profile of the Racine avenue sewer af-
ter the specifications for it had been
submitted to contractors for bids. The
complaints asserts that either through
acciden@ or mistakes the profile failed
to show the number of yards of exca-
walton correctly. Thomson declares
that in building the sewer. on the route
finally named by the street assessment
committee the cost of excavation was
greatly increased. He insists that
there was more than thousand cubic
wards of added excavation. He also
asserts that the change III the route
of the sewer added materially to the
cost of it. The sewer was built during
the administration Of Mayor Dan 0.
Head and only two changes were sane
toned by the officials in the building
of the sewer. One of these demanded
a little added excavation and the city
council in carrying out the contract Of
the former officials has offered to pay
the cost of this work The council has
also agreed to pay the cost of work
during the winter weather which cost
slightly in excess of work under ordi-
nary circumstances. The suit viii be
triel at the March term of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

1t will be noted that there have been
few complaints of "poor. service" from
the telegraph and telephone companies
following the big storm. 1t was real
lied by everybody that all companies
with overhead wire service were hard
hit and that extraordinary efforts are
being made to repair damages. The peo-
pie are willing to put up with incon-
veniences when there is a good excuse
for them and the manner in which they
have stood their share of the troubles
caused by the storm disposes of the ex-
PLANTATION of some public service ofic-
ials that they complain about moth
ing'' and it also increases the obliga-
ton of The companies to maintain the
highest standard Of efficiency whenever
possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
HIGH SCHOOL HAS SPLENDID
GIFT.

The High School Parent-Teacher
Association presented to the school ten
dozen knives and forks yesterday af-
ternoon Mrs. James Cavanagh, Mrs.
VIM Threinen and Mrs. Frank Nelson
represented the association. Mrs. Cav
anagh in presenting the silver, during
a special convocation of the students,
said That whatev-r was for the bene-
fit of the students mentally, morally or
physically the Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton stood for. The boys and girls of
our city are its chief assets and we
want them to feel that we are inter
ested and that the work they are doing
toward becoming the future citizens is
appreciated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
SEE PICTURES OF LONDON.
Members of Mems Club of st. Mat.
thews Church Have Fine Meeting.


The members of st. Matthews Men g
Club held decided interesting meeting
at the Guild hall on Tuesday evening
when they had as their guest Of honor
for the evening, George Fl. Fem of
Chicago, who gave a very interesting
illustrated lecture on London and the
coronation. Mr.. Fem was a real live
Englishman and he took a pardoeble
pride in showing the pictures Of and
telling Of the story of the greatest city
in the world. Many Of the pictures
shown were of especial interest in
showing the great work that London is
doing along sociological lines. The
pictures of the coronation ceremonies
were of decided interest. The address
proved one of the most interesting
given before the Mems Club this
season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Louis Grosvenor, Father of the
Tuberculosis Sanitarium, has taken
out papers as a candidate for re-
election as county supervisor of the
6rst ward.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

A meeting Of the county board com
mittee in charge of the tuberculosis
sanitarium is to be held at the county
building at one O'Clock Saturday after
noon. At this time sketches and plans
will be submitted by seven different
architects. From this list the commit
tee is expected to select one plan to be
recommended to the county hoard
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
EDWARD S. CANNON DEAD.

Former Kenosha Painter Died at His
Home in Hollis, okla, Sunday.
Letters have been received in Keno
sha announcing the death of Edward
S. Cannon, former well known resident
of Kenosha which occurred on last Sun
day at Hollis, Okla. Mr.. Cannon was
about fifty-fve years of age and he is
survived by widow and one daughter.
He was formerly painter in Kenosha
but he left here nearly twenty years
ago and for many years he had made
his home in Oklahoma. The remains
are now being brought north and the
funeral services will be held at the old
family home at7Antioch. Ills lateE in
tina Ha0E
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
PRIVATE SALE.

Twenty-Five cows, mostly Holsteins,
with calves by their sides, at the
Mcnamara Farm, one mile north of
Russell, Illinois. For information call
Z. H. Schultz, Ideal Race Track. Ke-
nosha phone 5 rings on 50O6. #advdwfl6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Mrs. Rose Grison, aged "a years, died
at the Kenosha Hospital on Tuesday af
ter long illness. She was a native of
Canada, but had resided in Kenosha for
the past seven years. She is survived
by one son. lFuperaI services will be
held at ST. Thomas Church at nine
O'Clock Friday morning with interment
at ST. lanes, cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

The Wieskopf School Parent Teach
er Association viii hold an evening
meeting Thursday, February 18th, at s
0 clock. The program will consist of
musical numbers and talk by Coniad
Shearer, followed by refreshments and
DANCING.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11
SHORT NEWS BULLETINS.

London, Feb. 10-The German
cruiser Karlruhe is operating from
base on the coast of Hayti and
getting supplies from American
vessels.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-11

Douglas, Arizona, Feb. 10--Villa
with $4,000 men is attacking
Guandlajara and has taken part
of the city.
The day book., 1915-02-12


DO l make gloves? Just watch
me. 1 can do twenty dozen of these
gloves a week-Once, not so long
ago l done ten dozen pair in less
than three days. A rush order came
in and the boss said he'd pay extra
if l got them back quick. l wanted
to accommodate the boss, so I hustled.
81 worked late at night and l fin
ished them in two days and the two
hours over on the next, but, mind
you, 1 had to begin at in the morn
ing and run that machine like was
crazy, right up to II o'clock at night.
My husband he done the coolzin' and
helped turn the gloves, bundle them
and tag them, else amt never been
finishin' them that quick.
well, would be believe it, when
my man took them gloves back to
the shop the boss said: They amt
worth over $3.50 for the lot My
man said they was to be $3.50 C25
cents a dozen was the regular price,
sayin' nothin' about the extra the
boss promised).
''Two-fifty for two days work."
says Cne DOSS, 1 guess not. your
woman took them gloves a Tuesday
mornin' and now it's before noon
Thursday. l guess $1.S0 is pretty
good pay for two days work
my husband took it and said
nothin'. Believe me, if I'd been
there I'd given him a piece a my
mind.
81 don't know what they think
women are made of, to stitch, stitch,
stitch, day in and day out and then
get next to nothing for it. Think Of
that boss beatin' me out of 20 cents
I don't know what some folks is
made of.
Here l am, been worlin' at gloves
off and on, mostly on, since was II
years old, and that's % years ago.
I've turned into a mitt myself,
The day book., 1915-02-12

a u4CC pace " SICp 6O4ll6uIs yOu pCO-
pie eating three warm meals of real
food every day, all you people who
wear gloves nowadays, just take
look at what young woman who
makes gloves for a living has to say:
Nowadays, with my man out Of
work, l sew gloves, l eat gloves, l
sleep gloves! If I went anywhere all
I would see would be gloves.
Sometimes, when l look out of
the window when it's gettin' dark,
the trees look like gloves, the ever
green's look like mitts and the bare
trees look like finger gloves. When
I go to sleep at night l dream of
gloves" .
Agnes NestoT, president of the
WOman's Trade Union league, her
self one time a glovemaker, sticking
On the job ten hours a day, says she
wants special attention paid to some
of the pages of a report issued by the
New York state factory. commission,
from which the above ,heart-cry of
glove worker is taken. Il
"It's all true about this woman
working and working on gloves till
she sees gloves everywhere and
dreams. of gloves at night" " said Miss
NesteoT. eve organized our union
because we wanted to reduce the long
hours and the speeding up"
People who wear gloves don't gen
orally have any clear idea what the
cost of the gloves is as paid out in
the nerves and blood of working girls
and women who make gloves, ac-
c0rding to Miss Nestor So Miss Mes
tor asks that YOU read the rest of
what this young woman told the New
York commission about her job and
her life:
Nov and then begin to wonder
what it all means never mind,
I-aint got time to be sittin' and won
derin' I got to keep on the job,
a-stitchin' and turnin', a turnin' and
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-16
La reforrna
del acueducto
Continuation de la Ga. p!ana. !

u
Continuation de la Ga. p!ana.)
ci6n de las bombas horinzontales exec
d1a en- diez mil pesos al de adquisici6n
de las verticales. Las bombas Sc esta-
blecieron sobre cimentaci6n corrida de
lozas' de piedras del pals de gran espe-
sor y las bancazas de dichas bombas
Sc asentaron sobre coronation de sille-
ria, todo este para evitar asientos que
tan perjudiciales son la buena mar
cha y larga dur&ci1n de toda maqui-
maria.
En- San Juan Sc proyect6 y empez6 a
cOnstruirse un deposito de distribution
cubierto de diez mil metros c1bicos, de
capacidad para prestar la ciudad
analogo servicio al que presta a la de
New York ell gran dep6sito enclavado
en- la calle AZ sea en- ell coraz0n de la
poblacion, cuya obra hubo que suspen-
derla cuando la invasion americana
que oblig6 al Ayuntamiento de San
Juan suprimir ell impuesto de consul
mos sobre los art1culos de conner be-
ber privandole de una de sus rentas
mas importantes y saneadas.
Con la construction de ese dep0sito
Sc hubiese asegurado un abundante
acopio de aguas par la parte baja de
San Juan y sus barrios.
Se proyectarOn y cOnstruyeron gran
des tanques de piedra contiguos a la
Casa-Maquinas donde Sc propon1a fill
trar las aguas del rio por medic de
capas de arena de gran espesor, los
cuales no Sc pUsieron en- exploitation
apesar de haberse acopiado la arena
necesarla EN- espera de que Sc llevase a
cabo Ell proyecto de variaci6n de la
actual toma de aguas emplazando di-
cha toma en- ell sitio "Las Laias" en- el
mismo Rio Piedras, cuatro kil6metros
aguas arriba a fin de conseguir en- 6po-
cas- de lluvia aguas claras 8 casi cla
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-02-16

tosa Sc tendr1a ademas del abasteci-
mlento de aguas que Sc obtenga del
rio Bayam6n, ell que en- la actuaidad Sc
tiene de diez mil metros c1bicos, cada
"a horas, del Rio Piedras, reserva i'm
portante que debe conservarse en-
manera alguna abandonarse.
Cuando Sc pueda abastecer con
aguas del rio Bayam6n ser1a dable SUI
primir ell suministro de aguas del rio
Piedras para economizar ell gasto Gre
cido de consume de carbon y de suel-
dos de maquinistas etc. Pero 81 por
desgracia fuese arrastrada por las
aguas de grandes crecientes La represa
que Sc construya en- Ell rio Bayam6n 8
I Sc necesitase en- un momento dado am
Pillar ell suministro de aguas del rio Ba-
yam6n, Sc podr1a hacer funcionar la
actual planta mecanica y remediar la
necesidad de aqua sentida, en- cuya
atenci6n la Liga de Propietarios es de
parecer que no ser1a acertado abando-
mar dicha planta mecanica insiste en-
que Sc mejore por tratarse de una va
lioslsima propiedad del Municipio que
debe conservarse en- todo tempo en-
buenas condolences de exploitation ma
kline cuando este puede conseguirse a
POGO costo.
En- s1ntesis la Liga de Propietarios
encuentra bien que Sc trate de surtir
"a San Juan con aguas del rio Bayam6n
traidas por gravedad, pero recomienda
insistencia, como hace amos 10 viene ha-
ciendo, que sc mejore el actual abaste-
|cimiento de aguas del rio Piedras Y Sc
conserve en- SUI d1a como reserva de
que pueda echarse mano en- ell momen-
to en- que la necesidad del servicio de
aguas 10 requieran, maxine cuando sc
trata de un sistema de abastecimiento
de aguas generalizado en- todo ell mum
do y especialmente en- los Estados Uni
dos, hecho que por 81 solo demuestra
que no debe ser muy malo.
para concluir hay que manifestar
que no Sc debe a la suerte, como opina