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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
LEFT HIS TEETH BEHIND.
Police Have Unusual C1ew for Man
Who is Wanted on Charge Of
Stabbing Another.

If you see man foundering about,
not able to eat and just disguised with
the whole world all on account of the
fact that he is shy a perfectly mani
cured set of false teeth, notify the po-
lice, for he is probably Pat Murphy,
supposed to be from Cleveland, Ohio,
who is wanted on charges of stabbing
Joe Gallagher at the Hotel Vanden-
berg on last Tuesday night. The case
was not reported to the police until
Wednesday afternoon and it was adj
mitted that Gallagher had nothing
more than a flesh wound in his left
breast. The men are said to have got
ten into an argument over dollar and
they went to personal combat. Then
Murphy fed through the door of the
place and when an examination was
made the knife and Murphy's false
teeth were found on the floor. Murphy
had been working for contractor in
Kenosha and had been in the city for
only three OF four days. So far as is
known he had no relatives or friends
in the town. Police in Racine have
been asked to look for him as it is
thought possible that he went to that
city seeking work. Gallagher is able
to be about all right and he is will
ing to prosecute Murphy if he can be
located and arrested by the police
department.
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supply Of -four are making something
of a killing" but there were very
few of them in Kenosha who had
such a supply.
The biggest change in prices is
shown in cabbage. The price quoted
yesterday was $3.50 a ton, but even
at that time buyers from other cities
were in the county Offering as high as
$4,000 a ton for choice lots. There is
no sauerkraut being placed on the mar
ket, but it is pretty certain that the
Germans who really want kraut for the
winter will pay high price for it.
Most grocers in Kenosha are regu-
lating their prices by the market.
They seem to thin: that it is possible
that the market will show big reduc.
ton later in the winter and they are
buying cautiously on this account.
Few of them are laying in any big
supplies of any of the salable products
depending entirely on the day to day
market.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH.
Jitney Men Must Go to Trial on the
Original Hoo-doo Day Next
Week in Municipal Court.

If jitney drivers in Kenosha are
superstitutious there are lot of them
with faint hearts today, as in the
Municipal Court on Wednesday after
noon Friday the thirteenth, was set as
the date for the trial of the cases
against the twenty-nine of them charg-
ed with violating the state regulations
in the operation of automobiles on the
streets of Kenosha. Attorney w. B.
Rubin of Milwaukee, who is to repre-
sent the jitney men in the trial of the
cases, failed to put in an appearance
and the adjournment to the thirteenth
was taken to permit him to be present
when the cases were called. Bonds given
some time ago were extended to in
clude the adjourned date.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
NEW OFFICERS FOR LAWYERS,
James Cavanagh Elected President of
the Kenosha County Bar Associa-
ton on Wednesday.

At the annual meeting of the Keno
sha County Bar Association held at
the Hotel haywood on Wednesday af-
ternoon, Attorney James Cavanagh was
named as president of the association
for the new year The other officers are:
Vice President-John G. Slater.
Secretary-James E. Tully.
Treasurer-Henry J. Hastings.
The executive committee consists of
the officers and Judge Joseph R. Clark
son and A. E. Buckmaster. At the
November session of the association
Attorney M. G. O'Donnen will address
the association on the subject "The
Torrens System.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

law by subdivision of an estate to pre-
vent the collection Of the federal in
heritance tax. Heavy penalties are
placed for violation of the law, either
in failing to file the inventory, or in
making a false statement as to the
value of the estate 1t is stated in the
notice that ignorance of the law will
in no way release defendants from
the collection of penalties for failing
to comply with the law
There are no estates in the County
Court of Kenosha county at the present
time to be effected by the new federal
statute. It is held that the law is eff
fective only on estates where tesla
tors died after the 9Th of September
of the present year.
The enforcement; of the law will I'M
doubtedly bring better enforcement of
the state inheritance tax law as the
federal demands will probably be met
promptly to avoid the heavy penalties
and this will make possible an earlier
assessment of the state inheritance
tax. 1t is declared that the federal
statute is much more stringent than any
inheritance tax law passed by the state.
Judge Taylor declared that the as
sessment of the federal tax was wholly
a matter for federal revenue officers
and that the collection of it would
necessarily be through the federal Of
fees in Milwaukee.
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FILE STATEMENT IN MONTH
Government Stops Loop Holes for Els
cape by Demanding Tax Be Paid on
Property Gifts Within Two Years
Before Death of Testator.

Uncle Sam is going to take a crack
at rich estates which may be probated
in the County Court of Kenosha county
in the future, as Judge Taylor on Tues
day received formal notice from Paul
Hemmy, collector of internal revenues
for this district, that in the future
strict accounting must be made with
the government in order that federal
inheritance tax may be computed on
estates probated. The order is based
on the act of Congress passed on Sep
TENDER 8th.
The tax is a graduated tax and the
form of collection is the same as any
other internal revenue tax. The form
al notice sent out demands that exeeu-
tors and administrators of all estates
where the gross value exceeds sixty
thousand dollars or the net value fifty
thousand dollars, must within month
after administration is granted or exc
cutors appointed under a will, file a
report and inventory with the federal
department at Milwaukee. The tax is
also collected against the estates of
all non-residents regardless Of the
value of the estate.
The law also covers property passing
by deed or the interest of a decedent
in any joint bank account. It is also
aimed at material gifts made at any
time within two years of the death
of the person whose estate is being
administered
Transfer of any property within two
years before death is required. This is
aimedsto prevent any evasion Of the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
FIRM CHANGES HANDS.
North Side Bargain Store, Situated at
Corner Broad and Sheridan Road,
Sold to David jacobson.

The North Side Bargain store, sit
uated at the corner of Broad and North
Sheridan Road, one of the largest mer-
chandising stores on the north side of
the city, formerly owned and operated
by VIM. Kahn, has been sold to David
jacobson of Chicago. Mr.. jacobson
is thoroughly competent business
man, having had thirty years expert
ence in this line of merchandising.
The store will be run on the same prin-
ciples as heretofore and it is certain
that under the new management, it
will have the patronage and good will
of the people of Kenosha. The store
will be closed until Monday, while in
ventory of the stock is being taken.
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PLANNING BIG ENCAMPMENT.
Grand Army and Sons of Veterans
Busy Getting Ready for Sessions
Of Wisconsin Veterans in 1917.

Plans are being made for the enter
Etainment Of the members of the Wis
consin Department of the Grand Army
of the Republic who are to hold their
annual encampment in Kenosha in June
of next year. The members of Cover
nor Harvey Post of the Sons of Vet
Grams have named committee to
cooperate with the committees of the
Fred S, Lowell Post of the Grand Army
tand within short time citizen commit
tees will be named to aid the veterans
i'm laying plans for the big event. The
Eencampment will be the only oppor-
Itunity of Kenosha to entertain the
members of the Grand Army and the
committees in charge plan to make it
an event which will long be remem-
bered in Kenosha. 1t may be the last
Irregular encampment of the Wisconsin
division of the Grand Army Generous
Fdonations have been assured by the
County Board on behalf of the county
land from the city council on behalf of
Ethe city and it is expected that large
donations to the fund for entertainment
will be made by patriotic citizens
Fred Stemm, commander of the post, is
ITO have charge of the arrangements
for the big event and he will name his
committees to have charge of the vari-
Ous features of the reunion within a
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MUCH TO HAPPEN.
D. A. r. Convention Promises Excite
ment When Biennial Election
Takes Place This Week.

With two national candidates for the
Office of regent general of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution pres
emf, with internal warfare threatened
and two state tickets certain to be
placed in the field, the state confer
ence of the Daughters of the American
Revolution this week in Milwaukee
promises an unusually exciting expert
ence which will attract many visitors
outside of the regularly appointed dele
gates.
Mrs. George t. Guernsey, the candi-
date favored by the adherents of Mrs.
John P. Hume, the present Wisconsin
regent, for regent general is at present
state regent of Kansas, woman of
much political influence in D. A. R.
circles in her own state. Her opponent
is Mrs. George G. Squire, Minnesota
state regent. Mrs. Squire l. to be guest
of honor at a reception given by Mrs.
Grant Fitch of Milwaukee whose social
prestige, it is beloved, will go long
way toward gaining support for Mrs.
Squire.
z Mrs. Fitch is a member Of the United
States Daughters Of the War Of 1912,
of the Colonial Danes and numberless
other exclusive patriotic societies, be-
side being important in the social lie
Of Milwaukee.
The Kenosha chapter has as its Off
cial representatives to the conference,
Mrs. Roy K. Dorr, regent-delegate, Miss
Flora Dexter, delegate, Mr.. S. G. New
man and Miss Amy Newman, alter
mates. Mrs. Otis L. Trenary attends in
her official capacity as state secretary.
Among those who intend going as Wis
itors to the conference are the Mines.
R. E. Mailer, A. E. Brckmaster, Harry
Skinkle and G. N. Tremper.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

The Municipal Court of Kenosha
rcounty has passed the $4,000 quarter
mark as the quarterly report for the
summer months made to the city and
county treasurers by Clerk John L..
Wattles today shows that the total
receipts of the court for the months Of
July, August and September reached
the high mark of $5,270.90 Of this
amount $2,68298 was paid over to the
county treasurer and $2,587.92 to the
Icity treasurer. It is the interesting
part Of the report that The receipts of
the court for county cases is much
larger than the receipts for city cases.
The report to the city shows that in
the past three months the court dis
posed Of more than $50 cases for the
Icity. This is an average of more than
four cases for every day in the quar-
ter. Many days during the three
months there were ten cases for a hear
ling and ON the busy Monday mornings
the cases touched the high mark with
nearly forty defendants in court. The
report of the city cases shows that in
the three months fines totalling 1873
were assessed by the court. The fees
earned by the police officers which also
go into the county treasurer amounted
ito $685.05, other costs collected amount
led to $1,223.23, making the grand total
of collections for city $2,691.56. Out
of this there was paid out a total ex-
pense of $103.64.
In the county department. of the
court the report shows total of more
than 200 state cases heard in the three
months, bringing the grand total of
cases up to more than $50 for three
months or an average of six cases a
day.
In the circuit civil branch of the
court 81 more cases were heard and in
the circuit criminal there were cases
The fines collected in the circuit Grim
inal cases amounted to $442.
The vast increase in the business of
the court is emphasizing the need of
better provisions for it's housing. Tt is
Ftnp AhOSb pIOhGdblo AHSGlCutlOu IN Ne
nosha county today and it is thought
Sthat at the coming meeting of the
County Board some plan will be dis
Ecussed to provide for better accommo-
Fdations for the court. It is not ex-
pected that new Court House will be
built this year or possibly next but it
Eis thought that the supervisors will
Rstart to work out plan for a new and
a real home for the court. Under the
law the expenses of the court are di,
vided between the city and the county
with the county bearing two-thirds and
fthe city one-third. Tt is thought that
the city council would be willing tc
join the County Board in any reason
liable provision which might be made
for the building of new Municipal
Court building.
These plans have been discussed in
formally before the members of the
Eboard for several sessions and it is
sthought that at the coming session
some plan will be worked out by which
plans can be secured with view OF
providing for the financing of the build
jing in another year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

Miss Helena Hammond, head of the
Simmons library branch, opened her
Boys and Girls Club for it's second
season on Saturday with twenty pres
ent. The boys of the club chose cleo
tricity as their study subject and the
girls decided on contemporary history
as theirs. The meetings are held in the
branch library, Rowland and Salem
avenues, each Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
CELEBRATED IT'S ANNIVERSARY

The Danish Sisterhood celebrated its
twenty-fourth anniversary on Saturday
night with a banquet in the Danish
Brotherhood Hall at which Joseph
Josefsen was POSTMASTER and Mrs.
Lewis Hansen and Arthur Norgaard
and Henry Seltshow made responses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

Licenses to marry have been issued
to Frederick Issetts, Kenosha, and Miss
Elsie Minnie Lambrecht, Pleasant
Prairie; and Frank 0. Eddy, Zion City,
and Miss Catherine D. Mehaffey, Ke-
nosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

Carl Eastman, for three years wire
less operator on a western coast ocean
liner, is spending a month with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Eastman
of Third sire :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

Mr.. and Mrs. T. Arthur Simpson and
daughters, Eleanor and Helen, and Mrs.
Leslie Warren of Waukegan were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.. Marlatt
on Sunday afternoon III
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12

Miss Dora Heyman, SIC Exchange
street, is seriously i'll with pneumonia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-12
Report for the Last Three
Months Shows the Court
Is Travelling Along at
$4,000 a Year Rate.
COUNTY GETS MORE THAN CITY

Total Receipts are Larger Than in Any
Former Quarter and Large Number of
Gases Were Disposed of in Both the
City and County Departments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-30
POcketkniyes

From the Paris, Mo-. Mercury
 What becomes of all pocketknives is as great mystery as what becomes of all the pins Sometimes when long shad- ows fall across the yard. when the night birds are calling and the baby across the way has squalled his last suuall rn- til the next, we sit idly musing, recalling one by one the knives we have known and loved. The first was a Barlow with one blade; With it came gladness such as the world can never know again. The sec ond was an iron handled 1T. X. L." with a razor edge and dignity was added to to the JOY. We swapped unsight, unseen With "Old Man Abbey, were swindled outrageously. contracted the trading habit and all sorts and conditions followed. Ncne fingered At l6 we acquired four biaded Wosternholm that would split a hair; at 20 we owned a peari-h handled bou- dolr blade which we carried in buckskin sack and used only for manicuring pur- poses, or to lend casually to a girl we pestered, and at 9, bearded bard, we were presented by the late Adolphus Busch, in recognition of services to him and his with a beautiful knife encased Tn burnt bone handle, containing d cork
 screw attachment with his picture hidden culninsly Tn one end and that of a strange lady with no clothes on in the other. She was very beautiful even if not particular, but went the way of all others. The seven ages of man, the ideals and aspirations distinctive of each. are marked by the pocketknife he owns, loves for a time and
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take his daily exercise when following his return from America, he was con fined in the tower, prior to being exc cuted This walk of Raleigh's was along sort of iron bridge which runs from the White Tower wherein he was imprisoned to the adjoining building, some 20 feet above the ground From it the distinguished captive is supposed to have conversed with his friends when they came to visit him at the tower.
 Tt was few nights after the second Zeppelin raid that the ghost appeared" ," said my khaki-clad friend. "I was doing sentry-go here (we were now standing at the corner of the parade ground), and a relieving party under lieutenant was just coming along to change the guard when suddenly there was flash of vivid light up there (pointing to the right in the direction of the Devereux tower Sure that someone was signallin we ran to the spot, but no one was there. A moment later some noise or movement made us all turn simultaneously, and there. on Raleigh's walk, We distinctly saw the figure of a man, black silhouet- ted against tine sky Twelve or IS of us saw it, and We all went pell-mell for the place, rifles in hand, but, as we ran, the figure disappeared, and when We got there there wasn't so much as a mouse stirring. What do you make of that :? We couldn't all have been victims of an hallucination, could we? So it must have been ghost.'
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Fly HAYDEN CHURCH

London, January 6.-(Special Correspon- dence )-Every morning, and on two aft ernoons in the week, the oldest kind of hand concert that one could imagine takes place in London. The scene of it is the rather bleak parade ground of the Tower of London. and the band is that of the territorial regiment known as the Artists Rifles" A fine band it is. too every one of it's D musicians being a real artist, and the concerts it gives daily are well worth hearing, if only there were anybody to listen to them,
 But there isn't. Nobody, that is, eX- cept two ancient and decrepit ravens, of evil aspect, which are believed to be we'll over 100 years old. Every day, rain or shine, the band plays there in the square between the ancient White Tower, with it's grim history. and the more modern Waterloo barrac cks-all un- heard save for some soldier or member of the tower staff who may be crossing the square, or possibly some stray visitor from America or the colonies who. with a special permit (difficult to obtain now that the tower is once more a military sarrison), is going over the ancient for tress, palace and prison. These are the only auditors except, occasionally, the melOdrama StrdlnS redch distant CeliS' While there are imprisoned spies who have been captured, tried and, in most cases, sentenced to death.
 Or there may be a stray cat to keep the ravens company. Feeble these two ancient birds are (they can no longer fly up to the gilded crown on top of the White Tower, where they used to build their nesD, there must be music in their old souls yet, for no sooner does the band strike up than they both begin to dance in time and keep it up until the concert is over or until their venerable legs will stand the strain no longer, when they sink down with despairing croak It is a quaint and amusing sight.
 There used to be three of these ravens, which, on account of their great age, are one of the sights of the tower, but quite recently one of them, for reasons known only to himself. succeeded in working his way into the muzzles of one of the ancient guns that are exhibited by the side of the White Tower, and, not being able to get out again, died a mel ancholy and humiliating death therein. And then there were two. Of course the great age of these particular birds may be a fable Ghough their species is noted for it's longevity, but as any of the tower beef-eaters will point out to you, Harrison Ainsworth, in his famous novel,
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Wears Trousers, Mothers Wish


 While men in the Union station hud- dled in the smoking room with upturned collars talked of the sudden cold weather. one young man held strangely aloof. To Patrolman Hugh Myers this in itself did rot signify anything, but when the young man threw open his overcoat and dis played a iow-necked shirtwaist, the of ficer's curiosity was aroused
 Going over to where the young man stood, Patrolman Myers was at once struck by his youthful appearance and the utter absence of hairs on his chin or upper lip. When in response to ques- tions. the young man stated that he was song to Grand Ledge, and let a tear course it's way down his cheek, the pa trolmans suspicious were confirmed. The youth was young woman
 In Central Police station the would be traveller gave the name of Mrs. Benita Hassan, 28S La Belle avenue, Highland Park, and her age + years Remov- ing her cap she displayed blonde +~o~ses
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which had been cut to conform to the atest mode of men.
 Family troubles, she said. were the cause of her masquerade and attempted flight. After three months of married life her husband had left her and she was following him to Grand Ledge. Asked why she had donned mans att tire. she stated that it was a dying wish of her mother that she do so, in order that she might get along better in the world. She had forgotten her mothers
 injunction, she said, until her husband
 left her. The police are Investigating.
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picked, gouged. salved. plastered and jerked out-they grow faster. MT and Mrs. Went-and- -Cut-It realize it now they use "Gets-It' instead-its the wonderful, simple corn-cure that never fails. Stops pains. You apply it in seconds. it dries at once, the corn is doomed Nothing to stick to the stock ing or press on the corn. 1t means good might to plasters, salves, diggers, razors and -bundling. You can wear smaller shoes. Your corns will come right off. "clean as a whistle" Never inflames healthy flesh. The worlds biggest selling corn cure.
 "Gets-It" is sold by druggists every where, 25c a bottle, or sent direct by E. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago, III. Sold in Birmingham and recommended as the worlds best corn remedy by Eugene Jacobs Drug Store, BOA Second avenue. Birmingham: Gale Drug Co. e stores). |. BOT First avenue and Pratt Station, Pratt City, Ala.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-30
What He Wanted

From IlI-bltS.
 That man wants his photographs to look natural IS possible.' whls- pered the assistant to the proprietor of the studio.
 "Then make it as handsome as you can," came the quick reply.
 "But--but he's awfully ugly and in sists he doesn't want the portrait to flatter him at all"
 He won't think 1t flatters him." said the proprietor knowingly. Hell only feel sure that at last someone has managed to catch him looking just right"
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have laid these ghosts electually, and the one seen by the men of the Artists" was a brand new spectre.
 The belief among the men is that this w1aith must have been that of Sir Walter Raleigh, since it appeared exactly where the man who threw down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth to walk on and who in troduced tobacco into England, used to
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loses. At 40 or more, mewling again, any old sort of a knife that will clean pipe or cap a bottle will do. but even they won't stick.