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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
GOES TO STATE CONFERENCE.
Postmaster James German Among the
Democrats to Greet Senator
Reed in Milwaukee Tonight.


Postmaster James German went to
Milwaukee this afternoon and will be
one of the guests at the dinner given
this evening in honor of United States
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri.
The meeting is the opening of the new
campaign of the Democracy in Wis
eonsin and prominent representatives
of the party from all over the state
will be in attendance. Previous to the
address by Senator Reed a party con-
ference will be held which viii have
almost the dignity of a state conven-
tion. It is expected that at this meet
ing some plans viii be outlined for the
nomination of delegates to the nation
al Democratic convention. It is GER
tain that Wisconsin will be for the re-
nomination of President Wilson and
any delegates not favorable to his re-
nomination will have little chance to
get on the ballot. Invitations for the
meeting today were sent to many Keno
sha Democrats, but it is expected that
Mr.. German will be the sole represen-
tative of the county at the state
conference.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
PROFITS FOR CITY ARE LARGE
Total Receipts of the Court Nearly
$500 and Many Cases Disposed of in
the Various Branches City Has 1s4
Gases in the Three Months.

John L. Wattles, clerk of the NUM-
cipal court, has made his settlements
with the county and city treasurers for
the last quarter of 1915 and these set
Elements show that the work in the
municipal court in the last tire,
months of the old year established
record. In the three months the coun
heard a total of three hundred ans
ninety-eight cases, an average of NOR,
than four cases for every working da.
in the time covered. The receipt
of the court for the three month
amounted to $3,427.5S.
The city received a check in cas-
from the court of $1,413.13 and tn
county received check In the amour
of $2,014.45. The check to the count
treasurer includes all state fines CO..
lected and a considerable of the amour
will later be turned over to the stat,
treasurer. A feature of the report
the large number of state cases hanS~
led by the court in the three months
There were one hundred and twenty
seven cases in the justice branch il
which the state was the plaintiff
there were ffty-nine justice civil case
and nineteen circuit civil cases AM
nine circuit criminal cases. Under th,
old arrangements of the courts twenty
eight of the cases tried in the muniei
pal court during the three month;
would have been for trial in the circui
court The court handled one hundr8c
and eightyfour city cases during tee
quarter.
The total of the expense account
charged against the city for the three
months was $71.32. The report shows
considernble of an increase evel
the business done in the court in the
same months of 1914.
Many of the. attorneys of the city
are suggesting the need of better
quarters for the municipal court ana
it is possible that this matter will be
taken up before the county board at
the January session. The old building
NOW housing Ih0 COuIG Can NOT Ho4u
together for great many more years
and it is devoid of all of the comforts
usually found in a court. It has been
suggested that plans De made TO pro-
vide some quarters for the court in the
county building. Of course, there is
no room in the building at the present
time, but it is possible that a re-
arrangement of the building could be
made SO as to make possible a room
for the use of the court.
The matter of building a new court
house has been considered by some Of
the members of the county board, but
it is feared that the carrying out of
this plan is far in the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
APPEAL DURKEE WILL CASE.
Supreme Court Must Pass on the Rights
Of Utah Men to Administer Estate
in Dream Case.''

Attorney Henry J. Hastings, admins
traitor de bonis-non in the estate of the
late Senator Charles Durkee has been
notified that an appeal will be taken
to the Supreme Court of the state in the
fight over the administration of the
estate. Utah men who claim to have
rights to handle the estate refuse to
give up the fight and the appeal to
the higher court is now being perfected.
Attorney Hastings declares that the eff
feet of the appeal will be simply to give
the spectators in the claim new lease
of life for selling stock. The formal
bond for appeal has not as yet been
filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
APRIL BANNER BABY MONTH
June Holds It's Place as Prize Month
for Marriages In City and August Has
Lowest Death Rate With But
Eight Deaths in the Month.

The stOrk held It's own In ken0Sha
during 1915 and regardless of the
hard times which marked the first part
of the year the report of the health
department. shows that during the year
there were eight hundred and eighty
one babies born within the corporate
limits of the city. The last one Of the
babies got in just before the close Of
the year and its coming made the rec
ord for the year exactly the same as
that for the year 1914. April was the
prize baby month in Kenosha in 1915
and the report shows that in this
month one hundred and two babies
were born and the report shows that
seven of the babies came as Christmas
presents this year.
The report Of the deaths among the
children under a year Of age shows a
total of sixty-six for the year 1915.
Of these fifty-six were children who
lived a portion of the year while ten
were prematurely born. In 1914 the
number Of deaths among the children
under one year Of age was ifty-seven.
The state board Of health has sent out
some wierd statistics in regard to the
death Of children in Kenosha and
other cities and they are based on
facts which can not be located in the
local health reports, It is probable
that the clerks up at Madison have
mixed Kenosha county with some
other county.
The number Of births, reported for
the various months of 1915 was as
follows: January, IS; February, 81;
March, 80; April, 1O2; May, So; June,
"a; July, Il; August, So; September,
81; October, 81; November, So;
December SO.
The report shows that a total of two
hundred and twenty-four deaths occur
red in the city in 1915. The smallest
number of deaths was reported for the
month Of August when there were but
eight deaths in the city. In all other
months of the year the deaths ran in
to the double figures. The deaths by
months follows: January, 20; Fehru-
airy, 20; March, 81; April, %; May,
II; June, IS; July, IS; August, s; Sep
TENDER, 20; October, "a; November,
13; December, %.
The report indicates that Kenosha
had good many marriages in 1915,
the total reaching two hundred and
thirty or seven more than in the pre-
ceding year. Cupid was most busy in
June the regular month for brides and
the total Of the weddings in this
month was thirty-three. He was just
as busy in October. The lightest
months for marriages was February
with but five ceremonies reported for
the month. The marriages by months
were as follows: January, 81; Febru-l
airy, 5; March, Z; April, -; May, q;
June, 33; July, %; August, 20; Sep
TENDER, 26; October, 33; November,
20; December, II.
The comparisons of all the vital sta
tistics with 1914 is regarded as most
favorable, especially when it is con-
sidered that there has been consider
able increase in the population of the
city during the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
HONOR FOR N. j. WERNER.
Gets Highest Degree Of "Legion of
Honor" When Installed as Chief
Ranger of Foresters.

N. J. Werner received the Highest de-
gree of the Legion of Honor in the
Catholic Order of Foresters on Wednes-
day night when he was installed for
the twentieth time as chief ranger Of
Heiss Court No. 159 of the order.
Gustav Keller of Milwaukee, treasurer
of the order for Wisconsin, presented
High Chief Ranger Werner with
handsome gold badge in recognition of
his long and faithful services for the
order. The installation of the officers
of the court were conducted by Alfred
j. Sauer of Milwaukee, state trustee.
Following the ritualistic work there
were addresses by High Treasurer KEEL
Ter, Rev. A. J. Nickel and N. J. Wer-
ner after which a program of vocal
and instrumental music was rendered.
The program concluded with an in
formal dancing party.
The list of officers installed was as
follows: Chief ranger, N. j. Werner;
vice-chief ranger, Felix Mayer; past
chief ranger, John Berries; speaker,
John zens; recording secretary, Andrew
B. Schmitz; financial secretary, Barney
A. Hermann; treasurer, n. J. Buch-
mann; spiritual director, Rev. A. j.
Niskel; trustees, Peter Fish, William
Engelhardt, George Marx; marshals,
Joseph Hennes, John NJ CRUDE; senti-
mes, Jos. Kaufman, Frank Triber.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
TAX NOTICE FOR TOWN Oh
BRISTOL.

The tax roll for the year 1915 is now
in my hands for collection. Taxes are
payable at my Office in the Village of
Bristol Zone door north OF Lavey &
Shotliff's store) on or before the 31st
day of January, 1916, without penalty,
after Feb. l, 1916, penalty of 2 per
cent must be added.
1 will be at the store of O. Yonk at
Woodwork on Monday, Jan. 18th, and
Saturday, January Doth, 1916, for the
purpose of collecting taxes.-F. o. Row
bottom, Town Treasurer. advw38
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
BURY MRS. wErNHoLz FRIDAY.

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Weinholz,
widow of the late Martin Weinholz,
and well known to many people in
Kenosha, will be held from the Ger
man Lutheran church at half past two
'clock Friday afternoon. Mrs. Vein
holz, who was nearly eighty years of
age, died at the home of her grand
son, Alfred P. Weinholz, on Tuesday
evening. She was native of Germany
where she vas born November "a, 1886,
but for the past twenty years she had
made her home in Kenosha. She was
a devout Christian woman and had
been active in the work of the Ger
man Lutheran church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
PARIS TAxPAYERs NOTICE.

The undersigned will receive taxes
for the town of Paris for the year 1915
at
VIM. Cranes, Paris Corners,
Wednesday, January, 10, 1916.
w e. Heidersdorf's Store,
Wednesday, January &c, 1916.
First National Bank, Kenosha,
Saturday, January 20, 1916.
All Tuesdays and Fridays at my homo
in the town of Paris after January 10th.
Jacob Schnell, Town Treasurer.
advw39 r. F. D. SO, Somers, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
VISITING COMMITTEE NAMED
Entire Executive Force of Association
Elected for Another Year-Delay in
Handling Product is Discussed and
Protests Will Be Filed.

/ AT the annual meeting of the Racine
Kenosha County Beet Growers asso-
citation held in Lingweiler's hall at
Corliss last week, the existing staff
of officers and the board of directors
was reelected unanimously as follows:
President, A. j. Piper, Berryville;
vice president, III. A. Lubenow, Ire
vor; secretary treasurer, John Herzog,
Somers. Board of Directors, A. j.
Piper, Berryville, E. Lamberton, Ra-
cine; John Bowers, sylvania; A. M.
Sewell, Gatliff; Martin Herzog, Cor
liss; A. P. Nelson, Union Grove; Ell.
A. Lubenow, Trevor; j. A. Torrey,
Pleasant Prairie; William Thompson,
Kenosha; John LIGHTER, East Somers;
John Herzog, Somers.
The election Of the directors by the
association and the choosing of the
executive staff by the directors was the
chief purpose Of the meeting. That
fact explained the light attendance at
the annual gathering of the growers,
only about thirty-four being present.
President Piper, saying that nearly
all the acreage for the crops of the
coming season had been already con-
tracted at six dollars a ton, he thought
it hardly possible that better price
could be got for beets at this time.
He advised, however, that it might be
a good plans to talk up better prices
for next year, when, in case the war
raises the price of sugar, the price of
beets might be boosted to six dollars
and fifty cents. All the growers SEEM
ed to be satisfied with the present
price for which they had contracted
their product, or are soon to contract
it, that being the price for which they
had fought.
At the suggestion of William Braid,
of Berryville, and on the motion of A..
P. Nelson, of Union Grove, the associa-
ton took one action, that of creating
visiting committee to make the
rounds Of the loading stations at mar
keting time and investigate the dirt
per cent deducted by the companies.
1t was the feeling of the farmers that
the sugar companies are in the habit
Of taking too great FEtear" percent
age. Mr.. Nelson's motion included
that this committee act as "trouble
committee to be ready to take the
claims of the farmers directly to the
factories.
President Piper, according to the
motion, appointed William Miller of
Somers, and John Powers of Sylvania,
to serve with himself on this COM
mittee.
The members of the association dis
cussed the problem of delays which
many of them reported to have oc-
CURED in the loading of the beets dar-
ing the last season, and it was thought
that the Pope Sugar company of Chi
cago, which is back in the market with
the association this year and which
has excellent equipment for the rapid
handling Of the product, will have an
influence in doing away with these de-
lays. Lack of competition among the
buyers last season when only the Wis
consin Sugar company, of Menomonee,
was in the market, was assigned as
the principal cause of delay in load
ing the beets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

The annual meeting OF the Wisconsin
City Editors Association will be held
at the Press Club in Milwaukee Satur-
day and Sunday, Jan. % %, when it is
expected the city editors of over twenty
five of the leading daily papers Of Wis
consin .yill be present. The Wisconsin
City Editors Association was organ
lied at meeting held in that city few
months ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Mrs. Anna Makuar, aged seventy
five years, died at the home of her
son-in-law, Michael Rosing at the
Schlitz Hotel this morning. Death
was due to natural break down due
to advanced age. Mrs. Makuar was
the widow of the late John Makuar.
She was born in Vienna in September
1910. She had lived in Kenosha for
the past seventeen. years. One daugh
ter, Mrs. Amelia Gergel survives her
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13
Sunday was Interurban Dav at

Sunday was Interurban Day at the
Milwaukee automobile show, but it
failed to attract a large number of
people from Kenosha. The day was
so disagreeable that most people re-
fused to leave home even for an auto
mobile show.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

The police are still waiting for some
further information from DesMoines
IN regard to the woman and two men
who were supposed to have been con-
nected with the Dale robbery. Not a
word has been heard from the Des-
Moines officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

Senator LaFollette Is billed to spea
in Racine on Next Thursday evenin
and it is expected that many of his (
nosha supporters will go to Racine I
attend the meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

James L. Carter Of Milwaukee, spent
Sunday afternoon with friends in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-13

W. H. Taylor of Milwaukee, spent
Sunday afternoon in Kenosha.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
ALLIED ATTACKS FAIL.
Berlin Claims Prisoners Taken In the
Sommc Fighting.

Berlin Attacks by both the Brit.
ish and the French on the German
lines In the Somms region Of Aug ?
were repuIsed. according to army head
quarters statement
Operations on ire western front are
recorded as follows
Artillery fighting between the
Ancre and the Somme Is continuing
with great intensity British attempts
10 attack near BaEentu.Le Petit were
suppressed by our fire. The mum Der
OF uEwounded British prisoners that
have fallen into our hands since Aug.
has increased 20 10 officers and see
men.
Between Maurepas ard the Somme
eight stubborn French attacks during
the afternoon and n!Sht failed.
"On the righ, bank OF the Meuse
tVerdun 'front.' no infantry activity IA
reported apart from minor hand grpn-
ada engagements
in an aerial fight and through anti
aircraft gun fire. two enemy aero
planes were shot down south Of Ba-
paume and one south OF Lille. one near
Lenx and one near Saarhurg. In Lor.
raine."
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
100000 ARE PRISONERS
Or. Mott, Secretary international Com.
mittee, Y. M. c. A., Visits Camps
OF All Belllgerent Countries.

Now York More than 5000. 900
prisoners. double the number OF men
engaged IN any previous war that the
world has known, are now confined in
prison camps OF the belligerent ma
tions, according 10 DR.. John r. Mott.
general secretary OF tao International
committee OF the Y. NJ. c, A., who ar
rived here on tho Danish steamship
Oscar H.. from Copenhagen. DR. Mott
has visited the prison camps OF near
iy all the countries at war since May.
nr. Mott said that OF the prisoners
Germany has the greatest number, APP
proxtmately 1850, 600 Russia. with
about 1900 900 comes noxt. then Aus.
tria, with 100000, followed In order
by France, Italy. Great Britain and
Turkey. Russias prisoners, he added,
are rapidly Increasing. more than 400.
900 having been added TO the camps
since the beginning OF tho last Rus
sian drive In six weeks, DR.. Mott
added, 900 passed through kiev.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
NOMINEES aRE NOTIFIED
me Flrss IN Three giRsionar NotIfIca-
n tian Ceremonies 10 Ets.d Al
Indianapolis. Ind.

Indianapolis l-Tha frat OF three ma,
tionai notification ceremonies in LII.
dianapois was held here on Aug. s,
when j. Frank HAnly. former COVER.
nor of Indiana. and DR. Iru Landrith
OF Boston were notified Of their re-
speetive nominations for president
and vice president OF the Prohibition
party ticket.
The next notification will be that
Of Charles w. Fairbanks. the Repub-
lican nominee for vice president. and
the last will bs Wee President Thorn
as r. Marshall
In his speech OF acceptance Mr..
HAniy repudiated the national Prohi'
bition platform plank iayoring the int
tiatiye. referendum and recall.
DR. Landrith In his speech told how
he had always been an independent
Democrat in Tennessee and said he
probably would continue 10 yote with
the party Of my fathers" In local and
state affairs. but In all national mat.
ters he would support cals the cause
which called for state and nationwide
prohibition.
The notification ceremonius were
attended by representative Prohibit
tionists from all over the country The
national campaign committee selected
m executive committee TO complete
the details OF the campaign plans
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
DEATH IN NIKE
Of CL0UDBURsT
SIXTY KNOWN TO HAVE PERISH
Ep m wEsT VIRGINIA FLOOD
IN TAE MOUNTAINS.
PROPERTY LOSS $1,000, 600
Excursion Train Carrying 500 PienIek
era Mareohed Between Two
Creeks Twenty-Four Houra
400 Square Miles In Ruins

Charleston, w. va.--Slxty person.
are known to have been lost in the
flood III the West Virginia mountains
Aus. that rendered 10000 persons
homeless and caused property loss
estimated at $4,000 GOO The Ruthori
ties expressed the belief that tae
death toll might reach 100,
Tho National Red Cross offered aid
to the flood sufferers, but the local
and state authorities replied that they
believed the situation could be han
died without outside assistance
Reports indicated that the creates,
loss OF life was a. Ferndale. where i6
persons are known to be dead. The
number OF dead at other villages and
mining settlements follow! Esdale,
s; Union. s. Miami, D. Dawes, 2; Dry
Branch. 3, Holly II; Giles, 3: Oakley,
I, Leewood. /: Acme. /. and Chero,
kee, 2. Many bodies are believed TO
have been washed down the stream
toward the Ohio river and probably
never will be recovered.
The excursion train carrying 800
Sunday SCHOOL pfeuieksrs. which was
marooned between two creeks with
washou,S on either side. arrived at st.
Adams on the night OF Aug. Q, after
the passengers had spent "a hours in
the day coaches without food on The
Cabin Creek branch of the c. a. O.
railroad another passenger train lies
on It's side with no tracks near It. All
the passengers escaped safely
-Four hundred square miles were dc.
vasta,cd by the flood
The flood occurred early Aug. S w.
A. Smith OF Cincinnati. who was in the
district. declared that water rolled
down the narrow valley, foam crested.
and from his point of vantage on an
engine at Eskdale, where he and 9th.
ers had taken refuge, he saw the
roundhouse fill with 10 feet Of water
In less than half an hour. while the
flood strethed from hill TO hill across
the valley
Houses were swept from their foun-
dations and women and children hur.
riedly leaving their homes were in
some Instances drowned before they
could reach the hills. The waters
flooded the carbide supply OF moving
picture theater at Eskdale and It ex.
ploded. blowing the place to pieces
Loaded coal ears were jammed one
against the other in lndescribabla coo.
fusion The Cabin Greek Coal Com
pany lost l2a cars Of coal nj Cram
Fork A street carnival company show,
Ing at Desora left all of It's eQuipmen:
and animals. although the performers
escaped
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
Recall Petition Filed.

Charging Incompetence. The employ.
ment u incompetent assistants for DO,
litical reasons. prediction promises
and the gtlfui refusal 20 pay Justly
earned salaries to employees, p petit
ton, signed by 3,2T5 representative
citizens has been rle. WIN the David.
son county election commission. ask.
ing for the recall OF Com missioner OF
Finance Paul ". Treanor The petit.
ton vas presented 10 Chairman r. G..
Howell by Attorney w B MARI Of the
recall committee OF one hundred
The law requires that recall pe,i.
ton 10 be acted upon by the election
commission. mus, contain the sigma.
lures Of Is per cent OF the number who
voted In the last mayors race
Ia the last mayors race the total
vote was approximately 1000. making
It necessary hat A recall petition at
this time contain at least 1850 sigma.
lures. The petition filed contains g..
GIS signatures. an excess OF l.5Ft.
The toard OK election commissioners
has thirty days in which 10 review the
petition before iaking any action.
The election must be called within
ninety days bat can not be called for
less than thirty days after the com.
mission Acts on tbs petition.
The negro NaSons OF the state hell
their fovty-si1th grand lodge session
here, with f. VI. Strayhorne. OF this
city IS grand master The order OF
Eastern Star. also Knights OF Templsy,
also we're In session. J G Back, Of
Knoxville, delivered m address OF 70
spouse On the welcome program.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-08-18
RAILROAD STRIKE AVERTED
The Hrotherhoods Accept U. S. Boar
Of Mediation and Cancellation To
Mediate Differences.

New York The threatened strike
OF the 100000 railway employees OF the
United States was ayerted Aug. Q when
the railroad brotherhoods accepted a
proffer OF the United States board OF
mediation and Cancellation TO mediate
their differences with the railroads,
II the United States board OF media.
ton and conciiistion fails to adjust
the differences between the railroads
OF The country and their 100000 EN-
ployes, President Wilson will be asked
to use his personal influence TO avert
general strike. This statement was
made by representative OF the rail
road managers who have been nego-
tiating with the men since June for
peaceful settlement