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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

Mrs. George W. Stoneman returned
last night from Oshkosh where she went
To attend the funeral of the late ]. Z.
Molle, her brother law,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03
The noul hoo.d not Nth Tho midor

The park board met with the wider
use committee of the Board of Educa-
ton on Tuesday night to take up the
question of utilizing the park lands Of
the city for play grounds for The
children. A full plan of play ground
work will be worked out later By the
two organizations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03
WISCONcr9r GUESTS AT KENOSHA
HOTELS TESDAY.

Mavwod: A. T. Everett and F. F.
Mohr, Milwaukee; 7. ]. Genske and
wife, 0shkogh Fred Jawk, Appleton.
Kenosha; Walter Schwab, Mil
paukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

The semi-annual water bills are now
all in the hands of the consumers. The
bills must be paid by the tenth of this
month and the penalty is the turning
off Of the water.with fee of dollar
for resumption Of service
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

The trustees of the police and Ere
funds win hold their regular monthly
session at the City Hall on Thursday
morning
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

William E. Stephenson, formerly of
Kenosha, but now of Chicago, is spend
ing a few days in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

Mrs. Roger n. Kimball of Park ave
nue. entertained informally at dinner
Tuesday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03
MOTHERS DAY.

Flowers for Mother s Day, May Is.
A gift of spring flowers, a plant or
flowers appropriately arranged, will
give her much pleasure. L. Turner
& Sons, florists. advdwm12
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

The Misses Emma and Louise Robin
son are spending today in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-03

Il. W. Taube of Granton, w Va, is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Han
sen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
COUNCIL HAS ROUTINE WORK


At the Council meeting held Monday
night, ]. H. Ballew presided, in the
absence of Mayor Harrison. The SEX
toms report for the month showed the
the number buried during the month
11-whites 6, and colored 5.
W. S. Eller, of the Finance Cont
mittee, reported the balance in the
various funds to be $845.26.
Balance in Library fund, $403.83 i.
Balance in light fund, $1,072.40.
Balance in road fund, $403.83.
Balance in cemetery fund, $186.82.
Balance in sewer fund, $2,236.
Bills allowed to the amount of
$s28.36.
W. S. Eller, of the purchasing CON-
mittee, reported that the grey fire
team had been sold and a new horse
bought from Lee Bros. for 5000.
An ordinance providing for the
sale of city land to the A. P. Green
Fire Clay Co. was given two read
ings.
Dave Owen reported that all walk:
ordered on East Jackson were con
structed.
Two ordinances were passed order
ing walks on the property of Jo'
Gregory and the city engineer was in
structed to advertise for bids.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
FUNDS FOR PROHIBITION
Movement Started in st. Louis to
Raise Money for Campaign

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. o. The Cit
izens' Dry Alliance of Missouri, COM
posed of representatives of all tenn
perance organizations in the State,
have launched e. campaign here to COL
lect a fund of $500, 900 to be used in
the fight for the adoption of the pro-
hibition constitutional amendment in
November next year and in the pro-
motion of the cause of national pro-
hibition. ThesRev. William ]. john
son, of Chicago, associate secretary
of the Board of Temperance of the
Presbyterian Church of the United
States, has arranged to spend one
month in Missouri to aid in the fund
raising campaign.
John M. Atkinson, former chair
man of the Missouri Public Service
Commission, who was the "dry" can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor last year, is chair
man of the Missouri Dry Alliance, and
presided at the two meetings held at
the Mercantile Club here yesterday.
Atkinson stated that the Dry Ali.
ance was comprised of representa-
tives Of the Anti Saloon League, the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, the Prohibition party, the Mis-,
souri, Dry Federation and all other
temperance organizations.
He said that all of the temper.
ance forces were united and that They
expected to carry the prohibition
amendment next year by a majority
of 100000. He said that ~headquar.
ters would be opened Immediately t
start the campaign, and that an exc
cutive committee of one hundrei
would be organized to conduct it.
He said that it was proposed to or
ganize st. Louis, Kansas City and st
Joseph and other cities in the Stat
en- the Chicago plan, and to perfec
organizations in every county in Mis-
souri, in preparation for the figh
next year. 1t would be necessary, h,
said, to raise a big war fund. Thos'
attending the two meetings were ask
ed to subscribe and assured that al
subscriptions would be absolutely con
fidential. The campaign for sub
scriptions to the 100000 fund will b
put on also in Kansas City and 81
Joseph, and it is proposed to max
a canvass of business houses an
homes in soliciting subscriptions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
SSSSS
MISSOURI DELEGATION
INCONGRESS TO URGE
LIBERTY BOND SALE

WASHINGTON, October 8. - Tie
iissouri delegation in Congress viii
not reach home in a happy family
party" as they usually have Travelled
at the end of a session.
They will go by twos or threes "
singly. Several House members al
ready have gone. Others departed
Saturday night, still others will leave
today and by the middle of next week
all will have headed west.
Speaker Clark had to remain to ad-
journ the House. In the Senate
Senator Reed asked the Vice President
to restore order in the galleries that
all might hear Senator Kellogg's re-
ply to Senator La Follette's defense
of himself. Senator Stone, having
been ~exonerated Saturday by the &C
ton of a Senate committee, remained
quiet.
On request of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo practically all Of
the Missourians will make a few
speeches to promote the sale of Lib
erty Loan Bonds.
Stone is going to St. Joseph to visit
his son, Judge K%imbrough Stone, ant
his grandchildren, and then for g
rest at Excelsior Springs. Senator
Reed will go direct to his home il
Kansas City.
Speaker Clark will go direct to Fl.
Sill, Okla, for a visit with his son
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
OUR CHOSEN ARMY"
Leigh Mitchell Hodges Makes q
Timely Suggestion

Leigh Mitchell Hodges, former City
Editor of the Mexico Ledger, now an
editorial writer on the Philadelphia
North American, writes the follow
ing communication to the st. Louis
Republic about the men in the new
National Army:
The Chosen Army"
In view of the general desire to get
away from the terms drafted" and
"conscript," as referring to the new
National Army, may l suggest that
this great body of our young men now
gathering to go forth in defense of
democracy be called the "Chosen
Army"
Perhaps such an appellation would
fulfill in large measure the need for
a name in keeping with the high mis-
sion of these young soldiers of free
dom. In any event, it has a literal
application and at the same time q
scriptural connection so significant as
to compel attention.
For the gospel of John from the
lips of the Master are quoted these
words:
81 have chosen you and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring
forth fruit, and that your fruit should
remain"
No better or truer statement of thu
cause in which these men have beer
chosen could have been made.
They are chosen to bring forth thu
fruit of victory. In this instance tn
fruit of victory is freedom. Ant
they are offering themselves to tn
service of democracy in order tina
this freedom should remain.
So, henceforth in referring to thes
forces, new-sprung from the nation
loins, might it not be commendabl
as we'll as just to call them "chosen
soldiers?
Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
HIGH RECORDS FOR 3 CROPS
Corn, Oats and Potatoes Exceed Any
Previous Harvests

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. - Septem-
Der frosts reduced the corn prospect
only 81 million bushels, according to
the forecast of the Department OF
Agriculture, published yesterday al"
ternoon, indicating a total crop in the
United States of 3,210 million BUSH
els, 627 million mere than last years
crop and SO million over the pre-
vious high record in 1912. .
The preliminary estimate~of the
oats crop is 1851 million bushels, 46
million more than the forecast a
month ago, 318 million more than
last years harvest and 81 million
more than the previous record crop
of 1915.
The estimate of the potato crop,
453 million BUSHES, is IA million less
than the forecast a month ago, but it
is the largest crop ever raised and 16S
million more than that of 1916.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
MEAT PRICES
IN ENGLAND
ARE REGULATED
Retailers Profits Are Limited to Five
Cents a FORMULATION Controls
Cold Storage

The meat retailers profit in Eng
land are limited to 5 cents per pound
or 20 per cent, whichever is less, this
to cover business expenses and in
clude personal remuneration; AMI
broadly prices over the counter should
work out something like this:
Legs and shoulders of mutton, 81
cents to 80 cents a pound.
Beef, s~irloin, 80 cents to Al cents.
Rump steak, 20 cents.
Pork, legs AZ cents to 45 cents.
Breast and neck end of mutton, 20
cents.
Boiling beef, IS cents to 80 cents,
according to the cut.
Breast and neck of pork, 20 Gets.
This estimate is based on expert
opinion at the ministry of food, with
the reminder that different classes Of
shops will have varying scales, the
West end commanding the most for
higher grade joits and accepting less
than normal mouns for lower quail.
ty cuts, while the reverse holds good
in the East end.
Never were there more cattle in
England than now, says a high auth
GRITTY at the food control office. Ir
normal times at least 40 per cent Of
the meat sold is foreign, but now mar.
ket supplies are down to 10 per cent
home produce making up the re.
naming 80 per cent, which has beer
an important factor in the recent ris.
in prices.
might not supplies be held up?'
inquiries the daily Chroicle.
"The farmer might withhold nj
cattle, but it is not impossible to dea
with that situation should it arise,
was the reply. "The it would not pa!
to put meat into cold storage OF
d~escenindg market. Moreover, tn
food controller is taking control o
III cold storage accommodation in tn
country"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
WAR WILL MAKE RELIGION
VERY REAL THING, CONAN
DOYLE SAYS
Has Brought Earnestness in All Our
Souls, He Tells Members of
WeastbrOOk Brotherhood

LONDON, Oct. 8. A remarkable
address was made Sunday by Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle to members of the
Weastbrook Brotherhood at Bradford,
on what he termed the new revelation
which has been made to mankind by
the war.
"The war brought earnestness into
all our souls" he said, land made us
look closer into our beliefs and re-
asses their values. Psychical phe-
nomena which have been proved to the
hilt provide knowledge which must
deeply modify our religious views and
make religion a very real thing, no
longer a matter of faith, but of ac-
tual experience.
"This knowledge makes it obvious
that Christianity must change or per-
ish. If there was no fall of man,
what becomes of a large part of
Christian philosophy? AS for the
death of Christ, it was no uncommon
thing for a man to lay down his life
for others. Our boys are doing it
every day in France. Far too much
stress has been laid on the death of
Christ and too little on his life"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
HART FAILS TO
ENLIST IN ARMY

NEW YORK, Oct. 8. - Freda
Hart, who is 10 years old and very
good to look at, started out to go to
S~partanburg to enlist in the militia.
She made a bet with four soldiers,
whose names she will keep secret uu-
to death, that she would be in the
ranks of the army within two weeks.
Freda sacrificed her hair no
Greenwich village bob, but a plain
male shave-borrowed a checked suit,
she says, from a famous Japanese
movie actor, put on a cap and saunter-
ed over to the Jersey Central Station
to travel to Washington. She had the
price of her ticket to Washington and
1 cent for luck, but she expected to
borrow in Washington from Lieut..
Anton D. Hathaway, of the Three
Hundred and Seventh Regiment, U.
S. A., enough money to take her to
Spartanburg.
But Freda never got beyond the
sooty regions Of the Central Railroad
station at Communipaw. While she
was sitting there waiting for her
train a policeman zane along and ar.
rested her. She spent the night ir
the Jail, with everybody asking hei
questions. and then she was arraignet
before Judge 0'Sullivan as a disorder.
ly person in the Oakland Avenue Pc
lice Station.
And now-Oh, SCATTERING blow t.
an adventurous soul-she had to 81
in the Mercer venue headquarters O
the Young Women's Christian Asso
citation in Jersey City until her father
Kelsey C. Hart, a farmer comes dow
from Candor, Tioga County, to tax.
her back to the rural life.
It's all wrong, according to Ere
da. She didn't put on the checke
suit to join any fiance in Spartans
burg, but to prove that she could en-
list in the army.
81 am the only one of my famil
that can CO." she said, "while sh
waited in the detention room for tn
Y. M. C. A. to take her away. "An
/ thought l could get away with it
l could have if l had not lighted
cigarette in the station, which mu;
have given me away. There must b
something about the way a gil
smokes"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
CADETS RIFLE PRACTICE
Thirty-Fi NJ. NJ. A. Students on
the Range Tuesday

The first squad of the Missouri
Military Academy cadets to shoot on
their rifle range, near Santa Fe, were
on duty Tuesday. There were 80 in
the party and they were mostly men,
Lers of the football squad.
The men were supplied with five
'rrnds of ball cartridges each and
v''h rations to cook their w din
ner. The food was according to gov
eminent specifications All Of the
cadets are required by Government
regulations to do this shooting. Col.
+. Y. Burton was in charge Of the
squad Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
FOR PETER
HEARD SCHUMANNHE|NK
SING At CAMP FUNSTON

Some day in the future, an American
soldier may be taken into a base hos
pital in France and hear a song FROM
one Of the sweetest voices in the
world. Nine. Schumann = Heink de-
sires to be a nurse and do her part in
the great world war, an active part
that will keep her busy from morning
until night.
She sang at Camp Funston recent
ly, where her son is stationed with
his company. Lieutenant M. ]. San
nebeck, who is home on a furlough,
heard her and said it was n of the
most impressive occasions he ever
witnessed. Thousands of men crowd
ed in the Y. M. G. A. building and
about it where she gave her concert
to "Her Boys"
Madam Schumann-Hei is to give
a concert in Chicago shortly, when
she will give all the profits to the
camp fund.
who knows? 2" she said, according
to a late dispatch from Camp Funston,
"But maybe / might get to nurse one
of my boys? They will all he there,
anu why SuOuluh u LuClI HiOtilCl OS
there to look after them? l can take
care of my boys, I tell you. I know
what boys like. They are always af-
ter fun, yes, no matter if they lose
their heads, and /, Schumann-H eink,
can make them laugh. / know.
"They like good things to ear,
cakes and pies, and cigarettes, and
someone to hold their hands and
make them laugh. Then they forget
all about being hurt, and that is bet
ter than medicine. 1 give money to all
the soldiers, and 1 sing to them-but
in the Hospitals, where they are sick
and dying, there is where they need
me. And maybe, if they will TAXI
me, l will go.
II don't care to put on trouser!
and carry a gun, like lots of thest
women. l would like to help thu
boys and look after them. My SON
can tell you Schumann-H eink is
good mother"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
CORKS II S T

LONDON, October 10. Cham
payne, % marks a bottle; with cork,
25.27. This charge on Berlin wine
cards will probably be made when the
courts hand down a decision in a case
reported in the Berliner Tageblatt.
In Berlin, Hamburg and other cities
there were free fights for corks be-
tween guests, proprietors and walters
when it became known that the wait
ers were making 81 marks a hundred
on the corks they p~ocketed. The Ber-
lin court has to an old-corks- utilisa-
ton expert the corks-legal-owner-
Sh~ip-question to submit decided.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
Additions to Mexico Presbyterian
Church

During the meeting at the Pres
,yterian Church the following per
ions were received into the FELLOWSHIP
# the Church:
By confession of their faith:
Miss Georgia Miller.
Miss Dorothy Sannebeck.
Mrs. Rosa Widaman.
Miss Estelle Widaman.
Miss Eva Widaman.
Miss Ruth Harrison.
Miss Leola Turner.
Miss Violet Maxwell.
Miss Mary Heller.
Miss Mildred Undertake.
Miss Elizabeth Schopp.
" Mrs. Helen Simpson.
Mr.. Ralph McMurtry.
Abner G. White, Jr.
Joseph Sunnen.
William Hickman.
Clayton Wallace.
Severt A. Davis.
By letter:
Col. Frank Henderson.
Mrs. Mary d. Henderson.
Mr.. George Simpson.
Mr.. Raymond Corral.
Mrs. Betha Hover.
DR.. A. C. White.
Miss Pearl Davis.
Mr.. Lyndon Davis.
By statement:
Mrs. John Dishman.
Mrs. Ben Langenback.
Major Clyde Strock.
Mrs. Minnie Strock,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
5000 REBUKE BOLTERS'
or j. S. WAR POLICY

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-, Oct. 9. Il
All persons opposing President Will
son in his war plans were severely
rebuked yesterday in resolutions
adopted by 5000 persons from Rey-
nolds, Wayne, Dent, Iron and Shan
non Counties who gathered at Bun
ker, Reynolds County, to hear Gov.
Gardner deliver an address to the
men selected for the draft army.
Although the resolutions do not
mention any one by name, they fun
e7uivocally condemn every man, or
~anization or institution which seeks
in any way to oppose or hinder u
President and his administration in
the wonderful work of preparedness to
VIGOROUSLY end the war"
Makes Patriotic Address
Gov. Gardner's address was very
patriotic. He outlined the caus Of
America entering the war and the re-
suits to be obtained through it. He
made an appeal for good roads, a
bond proposition now being before
the people of Reynolds County. He
urged the use Of prison labor, which
he announced the State would fur
nish at $1.25 per day, transporta-
ton, provisions and apparel for the
men to be furnished by the State, and
added that the State would bear half
Of the cost Of permanent highways.
Senator Carter NJ. Buford, Of FL
lington, presided at the meeting and
0. L. Munger, Of Piedmont, spoke pre-
ceding the Governor, Arthur 7.
Brewster, Of Ironton, introduced the
resolutions.
The resolutions follow;
ave, the citizens Of Reynolds
Dent, Shannon, Wayne and lror
counties at Bunker, Mo-, assembled
well knowing and realizing that tht
war was inevitable, and that u ma.
tional victory will result in the free
dom Of all oppressed peoples; there
fore, be it
President Is Upheld
Resolved, That we most hearth.
indorse the President of the Unitei
States and all those laboring with hin
in the progress now made in the prose
cution of the work of this world wal
We also heartily indorse the patriot
administration of Gov. Gardner, tn
state, city and county councils Of de
Tense and various registration and ex
emption boards and all those men an
women who have so untiringly, faith
fully and efficiently labored in behal
of the Red Cross and the Liberty Loa
and all other organizations which ar
laboring to the end that Missoul
shall do her part to aid the nation /
this, her hour of peril and need.
"And we also unequivocally cor
denim every man, organization or III
stitution which seeks in any way t
oppose or hinder our President an
his administration in the wonderfl
work of preparedness to victoriousl
end the war and thereby safeguar
the world for democracy"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
Much Binder Irvine on Hand

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct. A.
The Missouri P~enitentiary has enough
binder Irvine on hand to tie all Of the
corn crop of the State, it was an
bounced yesterday by members of the
State Prison Board.
j. Kelly Pool, a member, said that
farmers could buy the Irvine from the
prison ut from l to IL cent less per
pound than they arc paying manu.
featuring concerns,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
CO. DEMOCRATS
COUNTY COuRT 7

Monday, October LIST, the court met
pursuant to adjournment with Judge
Carter and j. w. Rcamer present,
and the following business was
transacted:
A. N. Williams appears and re-
signs as overseer of Road District
No. 81 and makes settlement. The
court appointed C. D. Wilson TO
District 81.
The court makes settlement with
George Menefee for overseer of
Road District No. 8; and Mrs. Me-
berree signs receipt for $50 in full
payment Of claim 80. 90.
j.. M. jennings makes settlement
with court and court orders that 800
be paid out of Road District No. 81
and SIS out Of Road District above
named.
The court orders the assessment Of
j. W. Gregg removed.
The clerk was ordered to make re.
QUESTION on State Auditor for So.
253; foreign insurance tax.
Abstract Of fees collected by K.
D. Rodgers for month Of August, ex
amined, approved and filed.
Report of fees occurring to the offic'
of E. F. Elliott for September, exam
ined, approved and filed.
The petit jury for the Novembei
term was chosen, and are as fol
lows:
Cuivre Township, David Touser.
Linn, w. H. Turner.
Prairie, H. l.. Powell, Gray Wilson
\ Loutre, 10th Noll, c. L. Grain.
Salt River, W. W. johnson, PER-.
Riggs, Charles Clark, Milford Berry
j. D. Dowell, A. ]. Crum, Cheste
Dowell, ]. D. Hardway, Milt Harri
son, c. M. Fox.
Wilson, j. F. Edwards, Cleyelan
Brown.
} Sailing, j. W, Walker, A. G
Burston.
, The court approved the certificatio
. of F. F. Fletcher that District 18 ha
} voted free text books.
The court approved the certificatio
that District No. 9 had voted free teS
| books.
The court approved the certific;
r ton that District No. So had vote
. free text books.
The following bills were allowed:
az 4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
M. A. DEFEATS BLUE JAYS

NJ. M, A. DEFEATS BLUE JAS
The Missouri Military Academy
football team won their first match
of the season in Fulton Friday whea
they defeated the Westminster Col
lege Blue Jays by a score Of IL to
6. Westminster played no letter men
but as the wal has denuded the col
lege of most of its football stars, the
team the soldiers met will practically
be the schools first eleven. West
Minister had been in training about
five days.
OF the nine forward passes made by
NJ. NJ. A., seven were successful and
Stewards throwing of the ball is said
to have been superb. Ryland Rodes,
of this city, played a splendid game
for the collegians.
The NJ. M. A. second team went to
Perry Saturday to play the Perry
High School.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11

Charles Marion, colored, insane; it
was ordered that he be sent to the
Hospital as a patient.
Criminal bills in State cases are or
dered certified to treasures for pay
ment as follows:
Hattie Miller ........,.~' Sl5.Oo
Nellie Crockett ...... ...... lS.6o
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11
LOTS OF CANNING
Scarcity of Preserving Jars Here ut
One Time

Last week it was impossible to
purchase a preserving glass jar in
this city. The local merchants who
sell these goods report an unprece-
dented demand for them. One mer-
chant stated he had sold as many as
five gross in a day and that he had
orders ahead to take all he could Sc
cure for several weeks.
Never in the history of this Sec
ton has so much canning and preserv-
ing been known to occupy the time of
the housewives. They are follow
ing the food conservation suggestions
nobly and doing their bit to help win
the war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11

L. c, Van Horn and family, of
Auxvasse, spent Wednesday in this
irwin Kelly, of Louisiana, is visit
Eng his son, who is a student at M.
sM, A..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11

Miss Sylvia Steppleman, book
keeper and stenographer for the mill,
is spending her vacation in Preston,
Iowa, visiting her sister.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-10-11

The Mexico Ledger would like TO
know the present address of Doctor
Smith Hopkins, formerly of Pa
ducah, Ky,