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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

Hotel Attendant-"Get your head
out OF the elevator shaft, What's the
matter with your" Uncle Eben-
Just minute son. There's fellow
Just made an ascension In that durn
thing and I'm going to watch him
make the parachute drop."-Puck.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

Enjoy the honey heavy due OF Stun.
Der;
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws In the brains
Of men;
Therefore, thou sleep'st so sound.
Julius Caesar.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

The tlnts OF autumn-a mighty
flower garden. blossoming under the
spell OF the enchanter. Frost-whit
tier.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

Three women and a goose make 9
market..-Italian.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

A purple sky; silence deep.
A last. long, restful. dreamless sleep
A smile Of peace; one soft, tired
breath.
And this Is Death9
Francesca Miller.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

full nation will always save itself. Ali
/ ask is to continue flourishing around
among my constituents and taking the
oredit."-Washington Star.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-11-02

Francesca Miller.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
st. Georges Hall was the scene Of a

st. Georges Hall was the scene of a
bazaar which attracted in the neigh.
borhood of fifteen hundred people, and
nearly al of these were served either
a noon or a six O'Clock dinner. The
booths were well patronized and thou
sands of articles were disposed of in
the course of the sale. The proceeds
will be used for the parish.
The Swedish Lutheran Church par
lors were lavishly decorated with yellow
and white chrysanthemums for the oc-
casion and the centerpieces of the ia
bles were huge pumpkins filed with
fruit or flowers.
The long tables which filed the room
were set twice and filed to their ca
pacity both times while at the third
serving a large number of people were
seated. Many from outside the parish
were attracted by the opportunity to
taste the far famed Swedish cookery
which had been announced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
DEATH OF MRS PH1LENA BELAND
Mother of Joseph H. Beland of Trues-
dell Died at Her Son S Home
on Wednesday Evening.

Mrs. Philena Beland, a pioneer resi-
dent of Racine, died at the home of
her son, Joseph M. Beland at Truesdell,
Wis, where she had made her home
since last May, on Wednesday evening
She was the widow Of the late Joseph
Beland. She was born at Whitehall,
Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, March
l, 1880 She was a daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth Wilturner Baker and she
came to Wisconsin seventy-one wears
ago when she was sixteen years Of age.
Since that time she had made her home
at Racine. Mrs. Beland is survived by
four children, Mrs Sarah Nichols and
Mrs. Anna F. Rogers Of Racine, Mrs.
Mary e. Wins, of Holland, Mich, and
Joseph TT. Beland of Truesdell. She is
survived by eight grandchildren and
eight great-grand- children. The funeral
will be held on Saturday morning A
short service will be held at the Beland
home in Truesdell at 900 a. m. and the
remains will be taken to the chapel at
Mound cemetery, Racine, where serv-
ices will be held at 10:45 a. m. The
burial will be at Mound cemetery by
the side Of her husband. Mrs. Beland
was for many years an active worker
and member of the Congregational
Church at Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
WOMAN SEEKS CHILDREN.
Mrs Theresa zeccharilla Asks Court to
Return Children from Pythian
Home at Decatur.

In the courts of Cook county on We'd
nesday afternoon, Mrs. Theresa Zee
charilla, residing on Pleasant street in
Kenosha, fled a petition for a writ of
habeas corpus to secure the return to
her of little daughter and son who
are at the present time in the keeping
of the Pythian Home for Children at
Decatur, I'll. Mrs. Zeccharilla is a wild
ow. Her husband, formerly a resident
of Chicago, belonged to one of the
Pythian lodges in that city and after
his death the mother placed the child
rem in the Pythiar home. Since her
removal to Kenosha she has reached
the decision that she can give the
children a proper home, but the officials
of the home at Decatur have sought to
retain the children there. The hearing
Of the case is scheduled to come up in
the courts of Chicago the first of next
week. Mrs. Zeccharilla when seen at
her home here declined to max any
further statement in regard to the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
TOOK NO FINAL ACTION.

The judiciary and ordinance commit.
tee of the Common Council held an in
teresting meeting at the Office of the
mayor on Wednesday night for the dis
cussion Of the plan for regulating the
production of moving pictures in the
city. No final decision was reached
in the matter, but the committee may
have a report for the council on Mon
day evening. The hearing was at
tended by members of the Parent
Teachers Association and managers of
the theatres in the city where moving
pictures are shoWn. The committee
considered plans for licensing the thea
tres and also for the appointment of
semi-offeial board of review similar to
the one in Milwaukee. No agreement
was reached as to the adoption Of
either Of these plans for Kenosha.
Members of the committee indicated
that they were very much in favor of
the proposed plan of regulation of some
sort with the idea that this regulation
should be made one with some official
power.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
HOOSIEU IS PEEvEn AND BUSY
Sheriff Ordered to Appear Before Gov
ernor on Dec. goth and Tell Why He
Did Not Get Wife Deserter Wanted
I'm Indiana Year Ago.

Andy Stahl is still sheriff of Keno
sha county and what is more he is even
smiling at an executive order of the
governor issued on Wednesday after
noon in which he is directed to appear
in the executive offices in Madison on
December goth and show cause why
he should not be removed from Office.
The order is dangerous looking thing.
1t charges him with "gross misconduct
and malfeasance in office" 1t is based
upon q petition Of L. G. Whittet, form
er speaker of the lower house of the
legislature and at one time acting sec
rotary to Governor Philip. Of course
stahl is going to be on hand with his
defense when the governor gets ready
to shoot and he is going to have
q perfect defense.
A peeved and busy Hoosier lawyer
seems to be the cause of the Kenosha
county sheriff being called before the
governor to show cause why he should
not be ousted and this lawyer appears
TO be very peeved and very busy. Way
back on September 49, 1915, Governor
Philip at the requisition of Governor
Samuel Ralston of Indiana issued an
executive warrant for the arrest of
Peter Jansen. He was charged with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
MICHAEL AUGUSTINE DEAD.

Michael Augustine, aged ffty-seven
years and resident of Kenosha for a
number of years, died at Sunny Rest
sanitarium in Racine county, Thurs
day morning. He had been a sufferer
from tuberculosis for several months.
The deceased was native of Russia
and he has a widow and several child
rem in that country. The remains were
brought to Kenosha today and efforts
are being made to locate his relatives
before arrangements for ! the funeral
are made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

colors in the corner, if it will be as
treasured fifty years from now, by his
grandson.
After acknowledging receipt of 9th
er letters and greeting his aunt,
Claude writes from Leon Springs, Tex:
Z" Gee, I was glad to get that letter
that grandfather wrote in 1865. /
read it to almost every man in camp.
You can bet will take good care of
it SO when you want it again it won t
be sOiled
Tom Sawyer EmuIated.
This is a busy afternoon for us.
We are breaking camp and start to-
morrow for San Antonio. It is a two
days march but as the weather is IA
vorable and we are trained for hard
times, we viii make it in one day. It
will not be so very hard if the fellows
go at it in the right spirit. I always
pretend march is sort of sport in
stead Of something I have to do, and
that helps one hundred per cent.
Il am well and never felt better in
all my life, only sometimes I get rather
homesick for you all.
Il wish I could be home for Thanks
giving but it is impossible so all I can
do is to live in hopes Of being there
by Christmas. :
II must close now and go back to
camp to help strike Tents
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

ton with the matter more than I re-
ceived a letter from Governor Philip
in relation to it and at the time / got
the letter I advised the sheriff to make
return Of the warrant
It is probable that when the facts in
the case reach the governor that the or
der to sshow cause' will be with
drawn.
A close investigation of the facts
concerning the executive warrant would
indicate that it is just possible that
the Office at Madison was little neg
lectful Of its duties. While the war
rant was signed by the governor ap-
parently on June 22nd, 1915, it was
not sent to the sheriff of this county
until three months later. It is just
possible that the governor will include
his own Office in his suggestion Of a
showing of cause
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

DESERVING his children down in Indiana
and it was believed that there was
good reason to believe that Jansen was
in Kenosha county. The executive
warrant was sent to Sheriff Stahl and
the same day he received it he went
out looking for Jansen. The man had
been working at the Stephenson farm
in the town of Somers some time be-
fore the issue of the warrant, but when
the sheriff reached the farm he found
that Jansen had left the county a
month before the warrant was issued.
There was a possibility of his return so
Stahl carried the warrant back to the
county Jail and held it pending the re-
turn of the fugitive from Indiana.
Jansen has not as yet returned to
Kenosha county. Neither has the war
rant been properly returned to the gov
ernor. The sheriff insists that smany
long months ago he sent letter to the
officials at Knox, Indiana, telling them
that he had not been able to locate
their man but that he was hopeful that
he could pick him up some time later.
Long about the first of November Of
this year Governor Philip sent let
ter to District Attorney "A. L. Drury
calling his attention to the fact that
the warrant had not been served or
returned to the executive offices at
Madison and the district attorney at
once notified the sheriff that there was
some misunderstanding in regard to
the matter. Then the sheriff turned
the papers over to the district attorney
but he had not signed them showing
the failure to get the man at the time
the order was issued on Wednesday.
81 was just trying to be helpful to
those fellows and this is what I get
foI it, said Sheriff Stahl. II wrote
them that if this fellow returned to
Kenosha county he would be promptly
arrested and held pending the arrival
of Indiana officials. Certainly no sane
man could object to this sort of action
on my part. The district attorney has
had the papers in the case and | sup
pose that we will make return Of
them today
District Attorney Drury gave the
sheriff clean bill of health. 1t is all
due to possible technical error" said
Attorney Drury. "Stahl got the ex-
ecutive warrant all right and made
every possible effort to get the man
named in it and he advised me that
he had notified the officials down in
Indiana and that should have been
sufficient. Of course he may have been
guilty of overlooking the necessity of
informing the officials at Madison Of
the disposition that had been made Of
the matter. | had no official connec-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
JOSEPH MAURICE DEAD.
Old Resident of the City Died Thanks
giving Day Morning at His Home
on Middle Street.

Joseph Maurice, aged sixty-one years,
pioneer resident of the northwest
side of the city, died at his home, 772
Middle street, at an early hour Thanks
giving Day morning. He had been in
feeble health for some time. The de-
ceased was son of the late Frank
Maurice and he was born in Kenosha,
August 20, 1855. He was never mar
ried. His entire life had been spent in
Kenosha. The funeral services will be
held at st. George Church at nine-thirty
O'Clock Saturday morning with inter
ment at st. George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
is SOLDIERS GRANDSON.
He Likes Army Life, Does Claude E.
Forbes, Who is Serving Colors in
San Antonio. Texas.

Mrs. I'll. M. Forbes Of this city is the
recipient of an interesting letter from
her nephew, Claude H. Forbes, who is
with Co. G, 1st Wisconsin Infantry in
San Antonio, Texas. He was among
those members of the state militia who
were called to the colors and responded
last spring, and he has been in the
service since.
It will be noticed that he acknowl-
edges receipt of letter written when
his grandfather, j. G. Forbes, was
serving his flag in the Civil War. The
letter referred to was addressed to
Mrs. Betsey Forbes, Kingston, Green
Lake Co., Wis, and although Grand
father Forbes is long since dead, his
widow, Betsey, still lives, and recalls
how more than fifty years age, she
kissed her young husband goodbye
and sent him forth to fight for his
country. She has many tales to tell
of "war' times and of the work
among the women left behind In an
effort to alleviate the sufferings of
sons, husbands, fathers and brothers
at the front.
'Tis Faded and Old.
The old epistle was mailed to Mrs.
Betsey in little yellow envelope,
stamped Soldiers Letter" which is
still preserved, and franked with a
faded Scent stamp. The paper is vel
lowed and the ink is faded, but it is a
treasured document, and one wonders
when one looks at the letter of the
grandson, in its envelope on which The
flag Of the United States is printed in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
COUNTY TAXES LOWER THAN 1915
County Board Makes Annual Levy of
Taxes at Session on Wednesday
Afternoon and Cuts $4,000.

The County Board made rift In the
clouds of constantly growing expense
on Wednesday afternoon when the
adoption of report Of the finance com
mittee showed a reduction in the
amount assessed as county tax. The tax
for 1915 will be at least twelve thous-
and dollars lower than the tax assessed
in 1915 and it may be that there will
be a greater reduction. The board has
not as yet disposed of the question Of
the appropriation to be made for the
payment of mothers pensions and this
small amount must be added to the tax
as apportioned later. The total county
tax for the year is $207, 497.62. 1t is
divided as follows:
State taxes Entertainments 6,9 26.20
For special charges ........ 1851 AS
County school tax ..... 32,173.00
Soldiers relief .. 100000
For maintainence and build :
ings at Willowbrook $500. 100000
Road taxes .......... 23,294.31
In addition to this there is assessed
4 oSd4hoU thy CoWHo Ill th6 equity IH6
$1,000 necessary for the maintenance
of the county superintendent IS Office
and several small amounts as principal
and interest on school loans.
At the meeting on Wednesday after
noon the board accepted and granted
the petitions of the various towns for
road aid in 1917. The total was
1923 ,294.31.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD.

Mrs. Mary Emma Bohanan, aged
sixty-two years and pioneer woman
of Kenosha county, died at her home
in Somers on Thanksgiving Day, after
a short illness from complication 81
diseases. Mrs. Bohanan was a daugh-
ter of the late Alvin Barrows. She
was born in Racine county, December
81, 1853. She had made her home in
Kenosha county for many years. She
is survived by three sons and one daugh-
ter, Hiram, Charles and Walter Bohan-
an and Mrs. Della Esther Hurn of the
town of Somers. The funeral was
held from the late residence just west
of the city on Grand avenue, at two
CLOCK, Sunday afternoon with inter
ment in the family plot in Green
Ridge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07
SPLENDID DINNERS SERVED.
Two Churches Give Thanksgiving Din
ners and Both are Largely
Patronized.

The Swedish Lutheran Church and
St. Georges Catholic Church both were
hostesses at Thanksgiving dinners and
both attracted large numbers of guests.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-12-07

A. NJ. Levy of Oshkosh, spent the
day in Kenosha.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-22

Dsmins. N. NJ, Dec. IS, 1916.

Deming. n. NJ. Dec. IS, 1916.
Editor Of Graphic:
We note tho letter Of W. l.. samuels 4 Son
In which they criticize tho action Of tho Luna
County Road Board In awarding the con.
tract for the abutmenss to tho bridge over 70
draw. While We feel that this letter In reality
only represents the complaint Of IN unsuccess.
ful bidder, who by reason Of his negligence
failed 10 present his bid In time. still we have
determined In Wow Of tho fact that some may
not understand and may be mixled by tho
ststsmsnts made In the letter, to answer the
same.
The notice for bids had been advertised in
the DeminE Graphic and the Columbus
Courier for two weeks preceding the meeting.
This notice no doubt came to samuels 4 Son
as well as other bidders.
The regular meeting Of the Luna County
Rad Board was set for 10 o'clock December
4th 1919. OF this meeting samuels Son
had notice. W. l.. samucls on the Saturday,
December and, 1916. called at the office Of
Fred Sherman and talked with him regard.
ing the bid. He examined the estimate OF
Mr.. Almy, which was for sit.9o poi ,rrd
and stated that Il would be impossible TO do
he work a. cheaply as that. lie informed
Mr.. sherman that he did not think he would
want 10 bid but II he decided to do so he
would have Frank bring the bid In the first
thing Monday morning This statement was
Informed BY NJ. shsrman that the meeting
would b. held at 10 o'clock Monday morning
and bids opened.
The meeting was not convened and the bids
opened until ii:a0 o'clock. Al that time there
were two bids, one from the Fl Paso Bridge q
Iron So. for el7lo.o0 and one Of J. p. sher.
man Of eioi4.0o. Mr.. Baker then moved
that the bid Of J. P. sherman be accepted
and the contract awarded TO him. The mo-
tion was carried.
ssmuels 3 Son procured their certified
ehseks In the morning Of Dscembcr eth be-
tween nine and ten o'clock There was no
reason In the world why they should not u
they wishsd. have presented their bids In
snpls tine. The office Of the Secretary was
epsn ct .Il tinss and their bid could have
ben received.
~. eanusls states In his letter that the in.
formation was given BY Mr.. Sherman that
the ia would hs opened at 2 o'clock. This
statsasns is absolutely false. for on the CON
trary Mr. Samuels was informed that the
mseiine wocld b. st 10 o'clock
Whs,evsr Mr.. Almy may have told hm-
or anyone else In the employ of the Road
Board could not of course bc binding upon
In shs letter Mr.. samusls states that the
bId vas presented q the Board and hat they
TIE facts are that when the bid was brought
n about 2 O'Clock and offered to the Board.
he Beard informed Mr.. samuels that con.
tract had already been let. Mr. Sherman then
asksd Nr. Samuels u he cared u the Board
knew hn bid. He said he aid no and showed
us TIE BID. He then took the bid snd left
The Office later he came back and said he
would iiks 70 lssvs The BID viii Ne. NJ.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-22
Beard Appointed by Col. Farnswsrth
had vsry Pleasant IntsrvIsw
With Read Beard end Others
Proper Recommendations Win d
nads to War Department; Gen.
grsss to Authorize Funds

President Charles Heath and Sec-
etary-Treasurer Fred Sherman Of
the Luna County Road Board, to-
gether with Commissioner elect
Frank Nordhaus, County Clerk G. r.
Hughes. Hon. S. j. Smith, j. q.
Cooper and II. c. Brown, drove to
Columbus Tuesday and had a very
pleasant interview with Capuain
Person and Captain O'Conner, two of
the members Of the board of inquiry
appointed by Colonel Farnsworth TO
decide upon the proper recommenda-
tion to the war department concern
ing the maintenance of highways
used by the Government in Luna
County outside of the immediate iu-
risdiciion of Deming. Editor G. 4.
Parks of Columbus was also n men,
ber of the interviewing party.
After considerable delibei alton il
was finally suggested that forty
five miles of highway could be built
at the rate Of $4,000 per mile,
the government to pay half of this
amount and Luna County half. II
was further decided that $8OO.0O per
mile would be required for the thirty
three miles directly between Colum-
bus and Deming, the war department
and the county each to bear half Of
this expense. The total amount that
Luna County representatives request
the government to pay is .$l7. 10000.
1t is further understood that in the
future upkcep OF the roads will be
borne equally by the county and the
war department.
The representatives Of the war de-
partment were extremely courteous
to the Road Board committee, and
there is no doubt but a suitable ap.
preparation will be made by congress
to take care Of this necessary ex-
pense.
The Texas border road question
has been before the congressional
committee, and it is understood that
the committee favor such an appro-
priaiion IL this can he accomplished
il will give the southern part of the
county highways that will be very
satisfactory.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1916-12-22
PrsmIaent mIIilary Men Pay q vIslt
u Camp 0emlne

Camp Deming was honored this
wsek by the presence Of two dis
tineuishcl military men from WASH
ineton, Brgadier General Smith and
Colonel Henry P, Birmingham, Act
ing Surgeon General Of the United
States. General Smith inspected the
camp in very thorough manner, tho
hospitals being carsfslsy inspected by
Colonel Birmingham.
Although the gentlemen were not
permitted to make any regular report.
Il is very easy to understand that
they we're thoroughly pleased with
Camp Deming in many ways. both as
to its location and sanitary condi-
tion.
Both Of these distinguished SOL
disrs are most personal friends Of
Colonel Glenn, with whom they have
labored in military affairs for many
years.
Colonel Birmingham was glad to
note that the hcalthiness Of the camp
was in splendid condition. OF the
three thousand or more men there
wcre only about q bare three dozen
unfit for military duty.
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