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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
SEEK KENosHAN AS DEsERTER.
Lyle Mccormick of Kenosha Deserted
from Army Hospital on Mexican
Border Early This Month.

The local police department has re-
ceived a notice from the secretary of
war asking that efforts be made to
locate Lyle Mccormick, a Kenosha man,
who is alleged to have deserted from
the base hospital of the United States
army at Brownsville, Texas, ON Octo-
Der 18th. Mccormick enlisted as a
private in the infantry at Chicago on
October 30th, 1915. He had been on
the Mexican border for the past eight
months and had been in the hospital at
Brownsville for some time. He was re-
covering from illness when he is alleg-
ed to have deserted The police have
not been able to find any indication
that Mccormick has been in Kenosha
or that he has communicated with
friends here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY HAND.

From B. L. It's column this morning,
we culled the following beautiful SON
net, written to Johnny Hand by An
chusa:
mourn not only for thy silent bow,
0 kindly old musician, but am fain
To linger o 'er old memories again,
OF youth and roses, and the mad glad
flow
Of waltz tunes, danced to in the long
ago.
And hopes and fears, and early joy and
pain,
These mingle somehow with the funeral
strain, 's'
And give grief IS blackness old joy IS
afterglow.
And though it seems a foolish fancy,
friend,
Yet as my thoughts, my dreams, are
yours today,
I hope when I, too, reach my journey IS
end,
And Charon's ferry fee I needs must
pay,
Your welcoming music may so still my
fears
That Danube" and not styx, my
spirit hears.
Doubtless the music of these lines
will touch old friends of the departed
music master.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
JOINS UNITARIAN FAITH.
Rev. Harvey D. Brown, Former Bap-
tist Minister Installed as AS
sistant in New York Church.

Papers received from New York city
give much space to the announcement
of the installation of the Rev. Harvey
D. Brown, formerly pastor of the First
Baptist Church in this city, as assist
ant pastor of the Unitarian Church of
the Messiah, one of the leading Uni
tartan churches in New York city and
one OF the largest congregations of the
Unitarian faith in the United States.
Mr.. Brown was attracted to the pas
torate of the New York church on ac-
count of its interest in social work in
the great city. Rev. Mr.. Brown, after
leaving Kenosha, became interested in
the work Of the Socialist party and for
some time he was lecturer for the
party in Wisconsin and other states.
Later he took up the work of the Wis
consin Anti Tuberculosis Society and
he was the field agent of this organiza-
ton for more than year. His work
along social lines resulted in his being
called to the east and he was in social
work in New York when he was called
to the assistant pastorate of the great
Unitarian church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
ONLY FOR FARMERS.
No More Settlers Hunting Licenses
Will be Issued Unless Farms
Are Purchased


"Settler's Hunting Licenseso are
going to be few and far between in
Kenosha county this year as County
Clerk Jones this morning received a let
ter from the conservation commission
directing that this form of license
might be issued only to men who have
removed to Kenosha county from an
other state and who have actually
bought land in the county. The order
is based on an opinion Of the attorney
general who holds that this form of
license is only for farmers and that it
may not be issued to Office clerks and
laborers in the cities who may seek
such license on the declaration that
they are planning to make their home
In Kenosha. In past years scores of
these licenses have been issued by the
state commission, but they have gone
to men in the city rather than to people
on farms. Under the ruling the people
who come into Kenosha and who seek
hunting license before they have re-
sided here for year will be forced to
pay the usual fee charged for the non
resident license. a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
THIRTY ESSAYS IN COMPETITION

Thirty essays written by children of
the schools of Kenosha dealing with
the question "Why Kenosha should
have Chamber of Commerce are in
the hands of Secretary Lind and they
are in competition for the ten dollars
in cash prizes offered by David Korf to
the children of the Kenosha schools.
Nearly every one of the higher grade
schools and the High School are repre-
sented. James Cavanagh, the Rev.
Peter Stair and Adolph Epstein have
been selected as judges on the manu-
scripts and the winners of the prizes
will be announced next Wednesday af-
ternoon. The boys and girls have
answered the question of the needs Of
Kenosha in very intelligent manner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
INCOME TAX rs LARGER.
Final Figures Show S46,710.o6 to be
Collected from Individuals in
the City of Kenosha.

Final figures on the individual in
come tax were available today at the
office of the county clerk and the total
of this tax, assessed against Kenosha
people for the year is $46,71006, as
compared with $40,116.49 assessed last
year. While much of this tax will be
offset by the payment of personal prop
erty taxes it is thought that it viii
net the city in the neighborhood of
twenty thousand dollars. The income
tax against individual incomes for
the county is shown as follows:
CITY of Kenosha SAG ITO. 06
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

face with solid ranks-as these little
people have no choice in the matter
of selecting their food, or their sur
roundings, and since the children are
the most valuable asset of any COM
munity, it would be almost impossible
to give them too much attention and
consideration during this helpless
period Of their lives.
We would like very much to have
those of our citizens who have been SO
unfortunate as to have to be quaran-
tined, to understand that it is not a
question of pleasure, but one of law,
as the law fixes the minimum time on
all contagion, and that the object is
for the protection of those who have
not had it, and do. not want it, and the
department of health is DESTROYS of af-
fording the public the greatest amount
of protection with the least amount of
inconvenience to those in quarantine.
Then let us remember, those of us
who are on the outside, that it is not
the most pleasant thing to be quaran-
tined, and that rather than doing things
which tend to make their burden great
er, let us assume more Of a charitable
attitude and while at all times insist
ing that the quarantine rules and laws
be religiously observed, on the other
hand, do nothing which is avoidablc to
add to the discomfort of our unfort-
innate neighbors, and we might bear in
mind the fact that some day we our
selves might find that a quarantine is
necessary at our own home, and we
might have occasion to experience what
others had, and this same spirit might
be applied along the entire pathway
of life, which in many cases is none
to rosy at best.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
MAKES PROMISE TO Be GOOD
However, He Reserves Right to Cancel
Agreement IF the Wife Does Not Put
In An Appearance Within Next 20
Days - Thought to Be Here.

Desire Veraghen, Green Bay man.
applied to the police of Kenosha this
morning for aid in his search for his
wife, Title Veraghen, who he alleges
is in Kenosha and being cared for by
friends and relatives. Veraghen told
the police story of a lonely home and
then produced one Of the most remark
able afidavits submitted to the local
police department. in some time.N
It was made before the district at
torney, A. L. Drury, on Friday even
ing and while the Green Bay man ex-
pressed in it willingness to go the
limit to get his wife back, he also
had mental reservation that she
must come quick or that his promises
of model life and a real support for
her would be liable to be cast into the
discard According to the statement
of the Green Bay man, his wife left
that city on July Goth and he has been
searching for her ever since that time
He admits that she had good reason to
leave, but declared that If he could
just get one more talk with her he was
convinced that he could make satisfac-
tory arrangements for her return. He
declared that the woman was living
somewhere on Congress street in. Keno
sha and that she was employed as a
clerk in one of the stores of the city.
Veraghen drifted into Kenosha late
Friday afternoon. He had bank book
showing that he had money in the
bank and in addition he had money in
his pocket to spend. He went direct
to the district attorney and suggested
that he wanted to make an agreement
with his wife. "All right, bring
her up,'' the attorney suggested and
then the Green Bay man told him that
this must be an agreement signed by
him alone on account of the fact that
he did not know where the woman was.
The agreement was duly drawn. In it
Veraghen declared that for the future
he was on the "water wagon" that
he would avoid even the appearance
of evil, that he would work steady,
not use abusive language and provide
for the proper care Of the wife. At
the end Of the agreement came the
mental reservation. For Veraghen as
serts here that the agreement is all
off unless the wife is located and
returned to him within the next
twenty days.
Just to show his good faith in the
matter the Green Bay man presented
the agreement to the chief Of police
and other members of tn department,
but he declined to leave a picture of
his wife, as he asserted that a police
office was no place for her picture.
The police told the man that they would
do all they could for him.
Veraghen bases his belief that his
wife is in Kenosha on the fact that an
attorney in Green Bay had correspond
ed with her here some time ago in an
effort to make an arrangement for a
meeting between the husband and wife.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie G. Lease, 622
Dayton street, were host and hostess at
most delightful affair, given in honor
of the Rev. and Mrs. Peter F. Stair,
who are leaving Kenosha. Every
couple. of the twenty-four guests attend
ing had been married By Mr.. Stair
during his Kenosha pastorate, and all
were also intimate friends of the pastor
and his wife. A handsome gift was
presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Stair by the
guests.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
Pleasant Prairie
WANTS TO AFFILIATE.

At meeting of the City Club Is ex-
eeutive board, Mrs. Roy K, Dorr was
appointed chairman of committee, the
members of which are to be chosen by
her, to meet Mr.. Lind of the Chamber
of Commerce and talk over the possible
utilization of the club with the chamber.
Mrs. Dorr will report back to the
board within short time and the
board is expected to make its report
through its minutes to the next meet
ing of the City Club which is to be held
within the month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
Secretary Myrland and En-
gineer Bennett C0nferWith
the City Attorney on
Friday Afternoon.
ON IMPORTANT TAX SUIT

Secretary A. J. Myrland and Engineer
Bennett of the Wisconsin State Tax
Commission, spent all afternoon in Ke-
nosha in conference with City Attor-
ney John G. Slater relative to the suit
which has been brought by the Wis
consin Gas and Electric Company to
secure the rebate by the city of GER
tain amounts paid by the company in
city taxes. The tax commission holds
that the suit is one Of great interest
to all cities in the state where public
utility companies ares in operation.
The company is demanding a rebate
from the city of taxes assessed against
the building on Market Square known
as the "Public Service Building, y
and the rebate is demanded on the
ground that the company is taxed
by way of a state license by the
State Tax Commission.
The records of the commission bear
ing on the Kenosha matter were all
brought to Kenosha on Friday after
noon ass it was expected that the case
would come up for trial in the Circuit
Court. 1t was found, however, that it
was impossible to get some witnesses
necessary and the hearing was adj
journed until some time next week.
The contention of the city is that the
company has leased a large portion of
this building and that the portion
leased should pay taxes the same as
any other city property. An examina-
tion of the records of the commission
failed to show that the building was
included as a part of the assets of the
company on which the state license
tax was levied.
The claim as to this sort of property
being free of taxation is of interest
in many cities, on account of the fact
that the Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Company has number of buildings in
which Offices are rented to people
not connected with the regular bust
ness of the company.
Secretary Myrland appeared to be
interested in finding out just why the
building had not been included as a
part of the assets of the company in
the return for state license.
The suit is of considerable interest
to the city as close to two thousand
dollars has been assessed as city taxes
against it. The company has paid the
tax under protest for the past two
years and has demanded a rebate from
the city council. The members of the
council by unanimous vote refused to
give any rebate and the company was
asked to file friendly" suit against
the city with view of getting some
final determination Of the rights of
cities to assess this kind of property.
1t is expected that the tax commits
sion will have an active part in the
defense of the suit and that il
necessary the case will go to the
Supreme Court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26
Health Commissioner Shows
Loss of Life to Kenosha
From Preventable Dis
eases In Past Years.
COOPERATION TO save LIVES

Commissioner Shows That Many Deaths
Have Resulted from Contagious Dis
eases Which Might Have Been Saved
With Use of Caution by People.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

Want ads; 25 words for rs cents
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

Entirely too many of our little citi-
ems have had to give up their lives
ach summer, as the total number of
leaths from stomach and bowel dis
asses reached for the nine years
rand total of two hundred and
0Venty-six and surely half of that
Rmber might have been prevented,
pd this is certainly a duty we should
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-10-26

Jessel Whyte has gone east to be
present at the wedding next week of
Miss Ann Nottingham Spikes to Her
bert Sidebottom of Germantown. Pa.
Mr.. Sidebottom came to Kenosha some
thing over a year ago to be best man
at Mr.. Whyte s wedding. Mr.. Whyte is
combining business with his pleasure in
taking his present journey east.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11
ORPHEUM,

"The Wall Between" five part
Metro wonderfully, with Francis X.
Bushman and Beverly Bayne in the
starring roles, will be seen as the
next feature attraction here at the
Orpheum theater, matinee and to-
night only.
In this production Mr.. Bushman and
Miss Bayne have the best vehicle in
which they have appeared in their
long careers upon the screen Both
have appeared in more than five hun
dred pictures, but were never given
roles better suited to thir distinctive
artistic talents than in this produc-
ton.
The story of "The Wall Between"
deals with a condition which obtains
in the United States, army, where rig
id discipline maintains a barrier be-
tween the commissioned officer and
the enlisted man, which is never brok-
en- down. There are scores OF thrill
ing battle scenes in which more than
two thousand men appear. A fort
near Savannah, Ga, was used by
Metro to obtain much lof the realistic
photography, and more than hve nun
dred regular soldiers participated in
many of the important scenes.
Be sure to see "The Wall Between
matinee or tonight. In addition to
this extraordinary feature special mu.
sic will be presented tonight by that
quality piano, violin I'D cello orches-
ira. Remember the hatinee today
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11
0RPET CASE TO
| REACH JURY SOON

Waukegon, ILL.,, July 10.-Wm. H.
Orpet, who for month has heard
charges and installations made against
him piecemeal by witnesses in his
trial for the alleged murder of Mar
ion Lambert, had them served up in
coherent sequence today. He has
grown used to it and remained calm
ly in his chair Throughout the long
hot day in Judge Donnelly's court
room.
The dark side of, Orpet's actions
was presented to the jury by Mr.. Eu-
gene NJ. Runyard, previously silent
member of the prosecution forces.
He opened the argument against the
defendant when court convened and
finished fifteen minutes after the reg.
ular adjournment time. From time
70 time counsel for the defense made
objection to the alleged departure
from the evidence on the record, and
on several occasions Judge Donnelly
hailed him back into the channel laid
out by Testimony.
1.-THE attorney cited numerous auth
critics on circumstantial evidence, in.
tending particularly to show that it
was not necessary for the stat e, to
trace. the cynaide of potassium which
caused MariOn's death.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11
WITH THE MOVIES


The interest here in "The Blindness
of Virtue" the, Essanay film adapta'
ton which is to be shown at The Bis.
marck Theatre today, should be very
great, if the beliefs Of the ministers
and educators throughout the country
count for anything. The Essanay
company received numerous letteNs
from prominent persons commencing
them for reproducing on the screen
the great English sermon which stir
red the country several years ago.
That the whole country will be the
better for it after the six-reel film
has, traversed from coast to coast is
the thought expressed in most OF
these letters. The film tells story
of'two girls, both of whom are reared
to youngsInaidenhood without having
been told The secrets of their matur-
ity. One strays blindly from the
straight and narrow path. The other,
minister's daughter-thanks to the
respect of her first sweetheart-is
saved from the pitfalls of her ignor-
ance and finally told by neglectful
mother of the important functions OF
her sex. Bryant Washburn plays the
sweetheart and Edna Mayo portrays
the minister's daughter.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11
CHILD SETSs0u !. I.
TO sE[;K a !
Three Year Old New Rockford
Tot Makes Journey II,
Alone

x jamestown, N. d., July 10.-Th''
youngest tourist Of the road was in
jamestown this morning. Though it
was entirely voluntary Jzyet it 6 was
quite unintentional, too!taRRsG vi IA
He answered to- thela picturesque
name OF Lyle Gray. nfediotT ed =
Lyle is only three rand one.half
years of age and lives in New Rock;
ford. He was playing around the
depot at New Rockford on lWednes-
day when the passenger train appear
ed. A lady with three children got
aboard and Lyle followed. Next came
a travelling man who sat down in a
seat opposite the lady who had just
entered with four children after her.
Lyle made up" with the travelling
man by taking seat with him. The
two became fast friends and had a fine
time until Melville was reached when
the travelling man got up to leave. He
remarked to the lady:
81 am going to turn this boy over
to you nOW.'a ~ 4,
a"Sir,',' said the Gladly. what is the
matter with the boy?
isn't he yours" asked the travel
ing man.
Mercy, no. These three are mine.
Isn't the boy yours?' said the as
founded woman.
"Why, l thought he was yours" re-
piled the travelling man.
Swift explanations we're made upon
both sides and when it was Salts
factorily determined that neither ha0
any legal right to the child he was
turned over to the. conductor and
brought to jamestown where he was
given to the custody of N. p. Agent
Helm who took him home and thor
oughly enjoyed the visit of the little
tourist.
In the meantime the distress signal
was run up at New Rockford where
frantic father and mother were dill
gently searching for their little boy,
Lyle. It was with an unusually de-
vout sigh of relief that they learned
that the child was safe and would be
returned to them the next morning.
So when the northern, train left here
Thursday noon the train crew had a
distinguished traveller in Master Lyle
Gray, three and one-half years old,
the youngest hobo on the train to-
day." Mr.. Devereaux took the boy
in charge to New Rockford.
Lyle doesn't seem to care much
for the title, but he does very much
for some new friends he. made in
Jamestown.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11

rymore finds one Of the greatest roles
he has yet assumed since his first
appearance on the, screen under the
Famous Players management. T!se
comedy Of the subject is derived from
a series of ludicrous misfortunes, Of
which John Barrymore, as, the young
and incorrigible Dukane, is the cor
slant victor; the dramaI from the
thrilling manner in which the me err
do-well redeems himself, saving the
fortune and honor of his father, and
the romance develops-in the usual
manner of youth. There are quite
a few spectacular effects also con-
tanned in the unusual production, con-
sisting principally ,of the explosion OF
a huge dam in the course Of ,construc-
ton by the senior Dukane, which is
saved from total destruction only by
the quick-wittednes and resoarceful-
ness Of Dukane, Jr.
The subject will remain at the
Grand for today only and as an added
feature there, will be Charlie Chaplin
in one Of his s., comedy screams, THE
Knockout. 4,ei,@ss =.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-07-11
German fleet fought square, reports
Admiral Jellicoe. But turned round.
MEET 1T HALF WAY.

Keep cool" Don't get so hot" we
say to an angry man, thus showing
that we know very well the relation
between temperature ana temper.
And we take it for granted that
children are going to &c. cross in hot
weather. And they do, but it is usual
ly some. adults fault.
. When children naturally and Joy.
fully take a cold bath under the hose,
they get scolded
When they take off their shoes and
paddle in puddle, they &c, punished.
But they are only reducing their
temperature instinctively. They are
doing for themselves in the easiest
and sshandiest way what their guardi-
ans should manage in better way
If they can find one.
In July, the demand for little white
collins is heavier than in any other
month of the year. Hundreds would
not be required, if parents would take
care to meet the temperature half
way.
Put away the notion that an opM
window means a draft.
Don't be afraid that II you take OIL
the children's petticoays they are 60
ing to take cold. Unless they are al
ready below the normal physically,
and ready to catch anything, the chill
dren will have a hare time taking
cold when the thermometer climbs to
80.
Make it rule that they may go
barefoot, in the hottest hours of the
day. Put on sandals il the premises
are not assuredly raked nail clean.
Let the small folks, even the baby,
have plenty of cool, bu, not iced, wa.
ter.
The offensive is supposed to have
the advantage in any battle. 1t is
good strategy, therefore, TO meet any
hot spell in valiant and conquerlng
mood