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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE.
Commissioner Alexander of Railroad
Commission Makes SURVEYS Here.


Walter Alexander, who succeeded
David Harlow as member of the Wis.
consin State Railroad Commission pala
his first visit as an Official to Kenosha
today. Evidently Mr. Alexander has
taken up the work of the Kenosha ele-
walton order where his predecessor left
off and with number of engineers he
was busy today making a personal in.
spection of the tracks of the Chicago
and North Western Railway Company.
He started in early this morning at
Ashland avenue and followed the line
ali through the city and made many
references to the elevation blue prints.
Commissioner Alexander did not hold a
conference with the city officials during
the earlier part of the day, but it was
expected that he would pay his re,
spects to the city engineer and the city
attorney during the afternoon. Com.
missioner Alexander has had lot Of
experience in the practical work of
track elevation and it is certain that
this experience will be helpful in work.
ing out the big problem of elevsting
the tracks in Kenosha. No statement
has been made as to when the formal
order for the elevation of the tracks in
Kenosha will be made by the commits.
sion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
MRS. HELEN soRENsEN DEAD.

Mrs. Helen Nielsen Sorensen, aged
thirty-one years, wife of Soren Soren.
sen, and well known among the Danish
people of the city, died at the family
residence on Drew street at nine
clock Monday evening after short
illness from heart disease. Mrs Soren.
sen was the daughter of Niels HaId
Nielsen and she was born in Denmark.
She had made her home in Kenosha for
many years and had wide circle of
friends to whom the announcement of
her death will come as personal sor-
row. She is survived by her husband
and two daughters. The funeral will
be held from the family residence at
half past two O'Clock Wednesday after
noon with interment at the Kenosh,
City cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
$4,000 IN FULL SETTLfnEET
Boarding Housekeeper Who Had occu-
pied Residence of Holt had Served
Summons and Complaint Alleging
Breach of Promise.

Pending litigation in which Mrs
Catharine Humphrey was the plaintiff
and G. d. Holt, wealthy retired farm
er, was the defendant was settled out
of court on Monday, when representa-
tives of the defendant paid to Mrs
Humphrey the sum of $4,000 in full set
Element of all claims of every kind
which sic might have had against Holt
and it is understood that the suit will
never be heard in the courts. Summons
and complaint in the action was served
on the defendant many months ago, but
at the time the papers were carefully
secreted and the formal summons was
not fled with the clerk of the courts
In her complaint against Mr.. Holt Mrs.
Humphrey charged breach Of promise
Of marriage. The complaint was Of a
more or less sensational nature and at
the time that the defendant was served
with the summons he announced that he
would make an effort to settle the mat
ter out of court. Recently Mr.. Holt
was taken to the Augustana Hospital
In Chicago for an operation and as he
was more than seventy-fve years Of age
his friends were fearful of the outcome.
Before he submitted to the operation
arrangements had been made for the
settlement of the action brought
against him by Mrs. Humphrey and
plans had been made for the payment
of the amount agreed upon on the first
day Of May, but since Mr.. Holt had
been operated on he decided to make an
immediate settlement Of the case and
the amount agreed upon was paid to
Mrs. Humphrey on Monday. The an
nouncement that Mrs. Humphrey, who
has been the keeper of boarding house
in large house owned by Holt on Ash
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
TO MAKE TAX PAYING EASY
Club is Formed for Installment Pay
ment of Amounts to be Needed for
Payment of City Taxes When They
Become Due Next January.

Kenosha banks are progressive. They
are promoters of thrift along many
lines. They have their Christmas clubs
whose main purpose is to take the sting
away from the big draft on the family
pocketbook at the time Santa Claus
makes his annual visit; they have their
baby clubs to give the new born baby
a chance to start in life with a bank
account and half dozen other plans to
promote thrift among the people of the
city. All Of these clubs have been very
successful and now enters into the field
!" The Tax Club.s
Every year about this time there are
a lot of things said about taxes. 1t is
mostly in the nature of complaints on
the amount of the taxes and the diff
Guilty that arises in raising the money
to pay them. Most people who have no
money to pay their annual stipend for
the support of the city rail at the pub
lie officials who assess the tax, few Of
them just bear with their inability to
pay and let the taxes run along collect
ing interest until when they pay them
on the day before their property is sold
for taxes, they pay some ten percent
more than they would have paid had
they been able to raise the money to
pay the treasurer when the taxes were
due. It's this trouble in raising the,
money to pay the city taxes that makes
the tax unpopular. IF everyone had
the money slowed away in stocking to
pay the annual tax levy it, certainty
that one-half the objections to the tax
levy would be eliminated.
Right at this point is the place to in
troduce the "Tax Club. =
This is an innovation proposed by
the Merchants and Savings Bank and it
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
WISCONSIN WEEK.
Tent Entertainments to Beat the Best
Chautauaua Ever Offered.

The Wisconsin week = is the latest
development in the work of the extern
sion division of the University of Wis
consin for community improvement and
in that respect is believed to be supe-
rior even to the best chautauqua pro-
gram ever offered here.
1t consists of week IS program fur
nished completely by the extension di-
vision
Already twenty-one cities In the state
have asked for and will conduct a
Wisconsin week in July and August
and Kenosha is one of them.
The Wisconsin week = will provide
"a six-day series of educational enter
tainment and community interest feat
ures. Among the interesting things on
the program will be the children s play
hour on each morning. These will be
held under the direction of a play
ground instructor who will teach the
children how to play intelligently.
Prof. p. w. Dykema, head of the
community music bureau in the social
welfare department. Of the university,
will supervise daily community music
hours. Every evening there will be a
motion picture display. The films will
come from the supply in the visual in
struction department Of the extension
division and will have educational as
well as entertainment value.
Among the speakers will be Dean
Louis 3. Reber Of the extension divis-
ion and William I'll. Kiekhoefer of the
university, DR.. William Byron Forbush
Of Philadelphia, who will speak on the
boy problem; the Rev. H. G. Hengell of
Madison; Lincoln Writ, Alaskan ex-
plorer and educator, and Congressman
James Manahan of Minnesota.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
THOSE or THE FUTURE.

Some OF the medical experts OF
Great Britain are beginning to look
into the future and to speculate on
the sort of nation that is to come
into being in the next few years
through the birth OF the coming gen
GRAFTON. 1t lie this generation which
must supply the places that are made
vacant by the casualties of war. Be-
cause Britain will In all probability
have to pay a staggering price in lives
during this war, it is imperative, ac-
cording to Sir George Newman, chief
medical officer of the board OF educa-
ton, that the greatest care should be
taken of the rising generation. Ac-
ccrding to his annual report, there are
fully 100000 underfed children in the
British isles. There are approximate
ay 5000, 600 children on the public ele-
mentary school registers, representing
an average attendance of $3.50, 600.
Ten per cent Of these children are
suffering from malnutrition and their
other defects run all the way from
heart trouble and tuberculosis down
20 ringworrn and bad teeth, says Buff
Ealo Express. In explanation of these
statistics IL IL pointed out that they
show firsts q great mass of disease
and suffering among school children in
The present generation. and. second,
Foreshadow great harvest OF disable
Ament. Gripping and physical inefi-
cheney an adolescence and adult life
In the. nexke generation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
JUST A FRIENDLY KISS.
Injured Man Brought Into Court by
Man Charged With Iniuring Him.

injured MAN Brought Into Court by
Man Charged With Injuring Him.
Giaconda DeCarlo, the man who was
alleged to have been stabbed in west
side fight, has been uncovered. He APP
peared in the municipal court on Mon
day with Sam Bernardo, who was al
legged by the police to have injured him
and absolved Bernardo of blame. In
fact the whole trouble at the west side
house was due TO an ardent kiss be-
tween two Italian kinsmen. The kiss
may have been little rougher than
was necessary, but DeCarlo admitted
that he was the man who had the
blood stained knife which the officials
found and he also admitted that the
blood on it had not been drawn from
his veins DeCarlo and Bernardo show
ed no signs of being enemies in court
and both OF them entered a plea on
charges Of disturbance Both fingered
at the desk Of the clerk long enough to
pay fines Of ten dollars and the costs
Of the action ,and after the fines were
paid the who's incident was forgotten
and the two left the court room arm
in arm
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25
GEORGE w. McMULLEN DEAD.
Founder of Simmons Sugar Company,
Well Known Here, Died Suddenly.

kilograms received in Kenosha Just
after noon today announced the sudden
death of George Whitman McMullen,
OF Evanston, well known to many peo-
pie of Kenosha and the father of Earl
McMullen, one of the well known Office
employees of the Simmons Manufacture
ing Company. Mr.. McMullen died sud
denly on an elevated train between
Evanston and Chicago just before
twelve O'Clock today. He had been
with his son in Kenosha on Monday
and had returned to his home in
Evanston during the day Mr.. McMul-
len was long actively connected with
the late q. G. Simmons in experiments
which resulted in the formation of the
Simmons Sugar Company and he was in
fact the originator of the company.
He is survived by five sons and one
daughter. Earl McMullen, the son, was
called to the house in Evanston lust
after noon today. Mr.. McMullen had
for years been prominent in Evanston
and Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

In the ten years ending 1910 stats
tics show that the foreign born popu-
aation Of the United States was fifty
per cent more than native born. 1t is
putting an awful load on Uncle Sam to
educate these foreigners, but it has to
he done regardless of high taxes and
Kenosha will have to do and is doing
her share, as witness the large number
of new schools needed. IT is a big prob
lem and the only solution is more
echools-we must have them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

Former Mayor w w. Pearce Of Wau-
kegan defeated FL. M Hussey for the
nomination for mayor Of that city on
q recount of the ballots on Monday.
The original returns from the primary
election had given Hussey a majority
of one vote. The corrected returns
gave Pearce four votes majority. 1t is
probable that Hussey will make con-
test in the courts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

The local bowlers shot their singles
late on Monday evening at Peoria but
it is expected that they will cash very
heavily as the result of the scores
made. W. Anderson topped the list
with 594, followed by G. Filbin with
$50, and J. Powell with $50. They are
liable to get entry money at least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

It's mean man who said that the
principal difference between wife and
an engaged woman was the fact that
the wife had to put on her own rubbers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

One man suggests that the women be
allowed to wear their hats at concerts
II they will agree to take them off at
burlesque shows. Some compromise.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

Born to Mr.. and Mrs Edwin r. Linn
ing March 18th, ten pound daughter,
Ruth Lillian Lining, in Redlands,
Calf. Mrs. Lining was formerly Miss
Emma Meiser of Kenosha, daughter of
Mrs. G. F. Meiser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

At a meeting of the Kenosha Bar
tenders Union on Monday evening L. S.
Kimball was elected as representative
of the Kenosha organization at the In
ternational sessions of the union to be
held at San Francisco in June.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

Who shall say that the hen shall not
tackle If she wants to, but what right
has rooster got to crows
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

Try a Want AID.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-03-25

Try a Want Ad.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05
FUR THE ALASKAN
 FORESTS

Upon his return from a recent tour of investigation in Alaska, Henry s. l Graves, chief of the Forest Service, estimated that this past summer two or three million acres of timber land in this northern Territory were burn ed over and that in the last fifteen years not less than million acres a year were destroyed says the New York Sun. This is the greatest loss from forest fires as regards area that the United States has ever exepri- enced, yet MT. Graves says that the government took no measure of pro tection against them.
 These vast tracts, mostly in the in terior of the territory, are covered with white birch, white spruce and cottonwood. While the trees are not large nor the yield great, still these forests are important factors in the development of the country and in making it habitable. They are neces- sary to the establishment of the prin- cipal industries, mining and agricul- ture, and are essential to the building and maintenance of the pioneer roads and bridges. One of the national for ests has a yield of seventy billion feet of good lumber and promises to be- come a center for the manufacture of wood pulp.
 MT. Graves says that on the Valdez trail he passed through more than a hundred miles of forests either burn ing or recently burned:
 Many culverts, bridges, corduroy roads and telephone poles had been
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05
Nifty job printing at the Times.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

Ambrose Bell and Norman Mere hant, their heirs and assigns and to all whom 1t may concern:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended, during the years 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914, the sum of four thous- and dollars ($4,000) lawful money of the United States in labor and i'm provements upon the Peerless, Lin coin, Mammoth, Clara Bell Gravina, Badger, Hawkeye and Pearl claims, and the Isabella and the Humdinger claims, in the Chitna Mining and Re cording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, all of which is of record in the records of the said Chitina Recording Precinct 1 at Chitina, Alaska, that the above Fell and Merchant have had an undi- vided half-interest with me in these claims, and owe me the sum of $2,OOO.
 This labor and improvement was done and performed on said placer mining claims under the provisions Of i Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning annual labor on Mining Claims, being the az gregate amount of labor required for the four years upon said claims.
 , And unless within ninety days after the commencement of the publication of this notice, you contribute two thou sand dollars ($2,O0O) as your propor' ional part of the expenditure on said placer mining claims, your interests in said claims being an undivided enc half then all your right, title and in' terest in said claims will become the property of your co-owner, the under l signed. who has made such eXpendi- ture as the law requires.
 Dated at Chitina, Alaska, Sept. 20, 1915. MATT LARSON.
 Date of First Publication Sept. 24.1915 Date of Last Publication, Dec. A, 1915
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05

destroyed. and still worse the trees had been destroyed along the trail and these trees will be sorely needed for repairs in the future"
 He says too, that -le ao.Ga' Ca.- age here represents as much as "it would have cost to prevent the fires entirely" A trained forest force has already proved it's worth wherever it had been introduced and there is no reason that in the face of such great loss the same protection should not be immediately extended to the public domain in Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05

IN THE UNITED STATES CoMMls-
 SlONER's COURT FOR THE TER
 RlToRY OF ALASKA, THIRD Dl-
 VISION, CORDOVA PRECINCT,
 BEFORE EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
 u. S. COMMISSIONER AND FIX
 oFFICIo PROBATE JUDGE. IN THE MATTER OF TIE ESTATE
 OF JOHN MORIARITY. DECEAS.
 ED.
 Notice is hereby given by the un. dersigned, Administrator of the estate of John Moriarity, deceased, to the creditors and all persons having | claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with proper vouohefs and l present them to the undersigned or 1 the Commissioner above named, with in six months from the date of this notice, at the office of the undersigned or the office of the Commissioner in said Cordova Precinct, Town of Cor. dova, Territory of Alaska, both of said offices being places designated for the transaction of business relating tC said estate.
 l WILL CLAYSON, l Administrator of the estate of John | Moriarity, deceased. l Dated Sept 13, 1915.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05
PTARMIGAN AND DOMESTIC
 CHICKENS CROSSED

George Prosser has succeeded in crossing domestic chickens with ptar. migan and Is displaying several pecu- liar looking birds which he ayers are ptarmigan chickens. The bird posses ses some of the features of the ptar- migan, but resembles their domestic forbears in coloring and general ap- pearance-Nome Nugget
The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05
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The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05

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The Cordova daily times., 1915-11-05
NOTICE.

THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
 On and after November 2nd. 1915. will close at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Banking hours will be from g A. NJ. to 8 P. M. Open during the noon hour.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-27
PROF. DIETZ GOES TO
BOSTON,; BONNEY TO
ENTER ANNAPOLIS

Northfeld. May 24-Prof j. c. Dietz,
who for the past year has occupied the
chair Of modern language at Norwich
University. has been elected to the de-
partment of modern Languages of the
Huntington school, Boston. Mass Pro-
feSsor Dictz is a graduate Of the tniver-
sity of PittsburG and has done graduate
work at Harvard and the University of
Iaris. lie has taught for nine years in
Monson Academy. the BOYS Latin School
of Baltimore and the University School of
Chicago. To his accomplishments in
modern languages Professor Detz adds
skill In music as will be attested to by
the many organizations of Mortified,
MONTPELIER. Randolph and the surround
ing towns who have had the pleasure of
hearing his recitals the past winter His
successor has not as yet been appointed.
Word has been received by the friends
of Carol +. RonneN. exits Of Wakefield
Mass, that he has successfully pa ssed his
examinations for the United States Nava!
Academy at Annapolis and will cntc,
there in the near future.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-27
BIRDS TO INHABIT
ISLAND IN CITY

Oakland. Cal, May 24.--An Official in
vitation to all aquatic birds on the
Pacific coast to make their headquar-
ters in Oakland is to be issued at once
by the park department of this city
and it is believed that the response
will be a practically unanimous ac-
cetpance.
Lee S. Kerfoot, superintendent of
Oakland's parks, is sponsor for the
plan. He will give them an island all
their own, see that they are properly
fed and that absolute protection from
injury is furnished them.
b In the center Of Oakland is Lake
Merritt, the only salt water lake In the
world that lies within a city's limits
kerfoot's plan is to construct an artificial
island, at least three acres in extent. in
the midle OF the lake, planting it thickly
with trees and bushes and making it a
perfect refuge for wild fowl. Not only
ducks and sea gulls will be made to feel
at home on the island. but also swans
both white and black Australian, pelicans
wild geese and other wild fowl that wish
a safe refuge during all or part Of he
year.
Kerfoot's plan has the support of the
city council.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-27
STATES "PRETTIEST Girl.
MISS j. Frances Hamilton Wins Trim
to Exposition.

flchford, May 24.-Miss j. Frances
Hamilton Of this place has been noti
ned that she has been selected as the
girl from Vermont in The Boston
Traveller and The Boston Sunday Her
aid contest to go on transcontinental
tour Miss Hamilton Will leave here
next Sunday evening on the trip
The trip was offered the five
prettiest girls of New England, one
from each OF the northern States,
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. and
massachusetts, and one at large.
The judges from Vermont to whom
the photographs of the Vermont en-
trants were submitted were Gov.
Charles w, Gates OF Franklin, the Rev.
Homer A. Flint Of Montpelier. and Mrs.
George II. Smile of Montpelier, Mrs.
Smile is president of the Vermont
Federation of Women's Clubs.
| Miss Hamilton is "A native of Rich
ford, but after the death of her faith
en- DR.. j. IL. Hamilton. several years
ago, she went with her mother to the
Canadian Northwest for a time, Since
the death of her mother a few years
ago she has made her home with her
sister, Mrs. Frank j. Kelley, and they
recently moved back here from New
Iport
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-27
Mills Case Being Heard.

Montpelier. May 15.-The cas"s Of
John 5. Mills of Manchester, y. H.,
against the town Of Richmond. neg
ligencc. was commenced to-day in
United States district court. which re-
convened after the week end recess.
The plaintiff himself occupied the
witness stand during the morning af
ter the jury was empanclcd and testi-
fled as to the nature of his business
and his salary at the tim" Of the ac-
cident i'm 1911 as S4.5o0 ucr annum.
There arc about a score Of Witnesses to
he examined and the case will probably
last the entire week. !. Rolf Searlcs
and A. L. Graves Of 81. JohuShury rep
resent the plaintiff and II q Ieary
and V. \. Billiard Of Burlington the
defendant.