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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08

matrimonial step for the past three
months and theif engagement has been
known to their friends for some time.
The bride IS high school graduate
of the Kenosha High school, and the
groom is young business man in this
city. One does not dare to say too
much or you will know who they are
before its time to know. Now, think
real hard, do you know who they are?
Most of the local merchants are 60
ing to great expense to make their
booths extremely attractive and judg-
ing from the efforts prt forth, the
ReteiIgrs ssseal Jl6sf ailr be able-se
point with pride to their Home
Exposition and, 1917 Style Show
for years to come.
All the booths have been sold to To-
cal merchants and houses directly
represented by local merchants which
speaks volumns for the public spirit
shown in Kenosha and the associa-
tion strictly adheres to the adage
that: "What' IS Worth Doing is Worth
Doing Well"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
Special to the Telegraph Courier.

Special to the Telegraph Courier.
WASHINGTON, Feb. T.
The first break in the firm
stand of the members of con-
gress with President Wilson
in his action in breaking dip
lomatic relations with Ger
man came TODAY in thF SEN
ate when Senator Works O.
California asserted that the
United States has not been
neutral as a nation and that
If it had the country never
would have been brought to
a breach with Germany. He
protested strongly against
the action of the President.
His attitude caused a pro-
found sensation as it was de-
clared that he had only
echoed the opinions of others
who had not taken a chance
to express them.
The state department at
noon today received formal
o,ono11nooyoo +bot A vooo1.i
can Ambassador Gerard, for
merly at Berlin, had reached
Berne, Switzerland. The an
nouncement came in a dis
patch from Ambassador Will
lard at Madrid who forward.
ed the formal notification
from Gerard to the state de-
partment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
HANDSOME BOOTHS READY
Local Merchants Have Spared No Pains
to Make Their Showings of Beauty
AS Well as to Exhibit the
Newest of Styles.

The committee in charge of the
Kenosha Retailers Home Exposition
and Style Show which will be held in
the Coliseum all next week, have add.
ed another big feature to the event
and one that will prove wonderful
drawing feature to those interested III
the methods of modern medical science.
Through the H. K. milford Com
pany's representative, Mr.. Ragsdale,
the committee has secured the govern
entitled Conservation of Life, -
which is a treatise on serum admins
,tration, vaccines and their derivation.
These pictures have been presented by
the United States government all over
the country for their educational
value and were made in the labora-
tories of the Mulford people for
this sole purpose.
Mr.. Ragsdale was in the city yester-
day and when the Retailers Associa-
tion learned about the feature, imme-
diately got in touch with him with the
result that these pictures will be shown
free to the exposition visitors on Fri
day night, February 10th at the
Coliseum.
A year or so ago there was a crusade
afoot called the anti-vaccine crusade
which advocated the discontinuance of
the uses of serums, ETC., in the proven
tion and cure of disease, but the gov
eminent conceived the idea of enlight-
ening the public on this subject
through the medium of the motion
pictures and had these films made
to exhibit throughout the land. The
picture Conservation of Life not
only shows the method of producing
these serums and vaccines but actually
portrays their effect on the divers
diseases they combat.
The Retailers Association are to be
complimented in securing this feature
for their home exposition inasmuch
as it viii afford the visitors an edu-
cational advantage as well as an OPP
portunity to take in the displays and
exhibits of the local merchants.
OF course the public wedding night
is expected to draw the largest crowd
Of the week and great many folks
are trying to figure out who the bride
and groom are going to be. The latest
application for the honors came in
today from a young couple on the west
side who have anticipated taking the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
HENRY BLACKMAN DEAD.
Pioneer of the County Died at an Early
Hour Today at the Old Home
stead in Town of Bristol.

Henry Blacknlan, one of the best
known men of Kenosha county, died
at four O'Clock this morning after an
illness lasting over a period of seven
years. For many months he was i'll at
Pennoyer sanitorium, but last spring
when it seemed that the end was not
far he was removed to the old home
stead in Bristol where the end came
peacefully. Henry Blackman was born
in Naperville, H., in August, 1898, the
son of George D. and Betsy Blackman.
Early in the forties the family moved
to Bristol where Mr.. Blackman was
married to lone Briggs in 1862. Mrs.
'Blackman died twenty years ago and
since that time Mr.. Blackman has spent
much time in travel until Ill health
forced him to retirement. Three child
rem survive, Fred, Henry Hood River,
Oregon, and Mrs. J. F. Remus, Bristol,
and Mrs. A. w. Frantz, Kenosha. The
funeral services will be held from the
old home in Bristol and will be
private. Interment will be at the Bris-
toll and Paris cemetery. Mr.. Black
man. only sister, Mary Blood, died
two weeks ago, and Mr.. Blackman was
the sole surviving member of the
family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
FIND "FALLING STAR. /"
Remnants of Meteor Which Struck the
Earth on Monday Night are Found
Near Lake Geneva

The meteor which flashed across
northern Illinois and southern Wiscon-
sin Monday night, and struck the earth
with a report which gave rise to stor-
les of dynamite explosion, was dis
covered yesterday on the northern
bank of Lake Geneva.
Workmen were busy all day with
picks and shovels and team and
scraper trying to dig the fallen star
fragment from the earth, into which
it plunged nearly fifty feet.
A teamster named CROSBY, leading
his horses out to hitch them up, could
not find his wagon. Instead he saw
only crater in the earth and frag-
ments. of the wagon wheels. He called
David Notter and A. L. King, they
began to dig in the pit, and at the
bottom found the meteor. They Judge
it will weigh about five tons
At the Yerkes Observatory at VIII
iams Bay On Lake Geneva, it was said
last night an observer indistinctly saw
the meteor fall. Many persons, as far
away as Milwaukee, he said, had tele-
phoned of seeing the meteor distinctly.
1t is understood CROSBY, Notter and
King claim ownership of the wanderer,
but will probably present it to the OBJ
servatory.
While the story from Lake Geneva
is given general credence, Kenosha
county is making two claims as having
the point where the meteor fell and ex-
ploded. J. Sorensen who resides on
the Allenwood farm declares that he
saw the meteor fall and explode in a
pasture on the farm some ten rods
from the house. He gives very vivid
description of the bursting of the ball
of fire, but although he hurried to the
place where he saw the falling star, he
failed to find any hole in the ground
or any of the debris left by the meteor.
Claus Mark who lives on the Ken
nedy farm in the town of Salem near
the village of Trevor also saw it fall
to the ground. He has almost as vivid
a description of the phenomenon as
Mr.. Sorensen, but there were no rem
nants of the meteor found in the neigh
borhood of Trevor. The facts in re-
gard to the Kenosha reports were tele-
phoned to Lake Geneva and experts
who are at work there declare that
these men while seeing the meteor fall
did not properly estimate the distance
they were from it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
TO DEMAND HIGHER PRICE
Two Dollars Can for Milk Is Suggest
ed as Price by April 1st-Producer
Claim That Distributors of Milk
Are Securing, All the Profit

Frank T. Holt, prominent Kenosha
county farmer, was named to lead the
army of twelve thousand five hundred
milk producers of the Chicago district
on Tuesday afternoon when at the an
nual meeting of the Central Milk
Shippers Association held at the Hotel
LaSalle in Chicago he was elected
president of the organization which
controls milk distribution in the great
territory about the city of Chicago.
Mr. Holt has for some time been
interested in the work of the big or
ganization and for the past four years
he has been one of the Kenosha county
delegates to the central organization.
As vice-president of the organization
he has directed it's operations during
the past six months and he is fully
advised as to the work to be expected
of him as president. His election
came as a recognition of the part that
Wisconsin has played in the battle to
secure proper prices for the milk pro-
ducers.
More than a thousand members of
the great organization were present at
the meeting and the election of Mr.
Holt was all but unanimous. Featured
at the meeting was the discussion of
the new scale of prices to go into effect
on the first of April.
The producers will demand So for a
hundred pounds, or As quarts Of milk,
delivered to Chicago distributors in the
country and about $3.50 for milk de-
livered to distributors in Chicago.
They will demand these new increas-
es despite the advances in new con-
tracts signed with the distributors last
fall. The present contract with the
distributors expires April l and not a
quart Of milk will be delivered in Chi
cago after that date at the present
prices, according to G. II. Potter, chair
man Of the milk board.
eve are losing money on every
quart of milk that we send to Chica-
go.'' said Mr.. Potter. cit is abso-
lutely essential to the welfare of the
producers that we be given more
money for our milk.
If the distributors pay US what we
will demand, it viii mean that Chica-
go will pay 10 cents quart for milk
and possibly more all next summer.
Whether there would be a decline In
1.-The fall cannot say, that would de-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
Special to the Telegraph-cour

NEW YORK, Feb. THE
state department has made a
formal eques t that the
Scandinavian American line
steamship Frederick VIII
be used to transport German
Ambassador Won Bernstorffi
and his suite to Europe. Cap
tain Halvor Jacobsen I'M
charge of the steamship an
nounced that the request had
been cabled to the offices Of
the steamship in Copen-.
hagen but that no reply had
been received.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08

pend on the crops. I believe, how
ever, that 10-cent milk is hardship
on the public.o
The board of directors of the assoc
citation will meet next Tuesday at the
Hotel Morrison in Chicago to make
plans for taking the proposed new
scale of prices up with the distributors.
The association has 1880 members
in northern Illinois, Indiana, and
southern Wisconsin, and claims to con
troll all the milk going into Chicago.
The following officers were elected:
Frank T. Holt of Pleasant Prairie,
Wis, president; A. Gum, Hobart, Ind,
vice-president; w. J. Kettle, Chicago,
secretary; and F. H. Reese oe Dundee,
ILL.,, treasurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
CHANGE IN CAUCUS LAWS.

Towns in kenosha county must start
a little earlier this year with their
politics, as the law provides that
caucauses at which candidates are
nominated for Office must be held at
least fifteen days before the election.
In other years the rule was seven DAYS,
but this law was amended at the
special session of the legislature held
last August. In addition to the caucus
the law gives the right for candidates
to get on the town ballot by petition
but these primary petitions must be
filed with the town clerk at least
twelve days before the election. The
amendments to the law makes no
change in time for fling petitions for
the city primaries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
1.-THE LOTTERY MAN. !.

Thurlow Bergen in stThe Lottery
Man. also Pathe' News and music by
Girls and Boys Glee Club at the
Rhode Opera House, Thursday, Febru-
airy eighth. Benefit of Frank School
Parent Teachers Association. Recon-
mended by the Chicago Tribune and
National Board of Censors. Is whole
some and amusing. Bring the child
rem. advf8
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08

Ov errules Demurrers in
Cases Of Local Drivers Ar
rested on Charges of
Failing to Live Up to
Regulations Set by
Railroad Com
mission of State.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
NO VESTED RIGHT FOUND

Court in One OF the Most Notable De-
cisions Ever Filed in This District
Shows Plainly the Right Of the State
to Regulate the Use of the Streets
And the Need of Proper Regulations
Of ALI Common Carriers-Case Ex-
pected to Go to the Supreme Court
at Once and Decision in August.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
Californian in the Senate.
Declares That the United
States Came to Breach
With Germany on Ac-
count of Failing to
Be Neutral in the
Great War.
GERARD IN SWITZERLAND

German Envoy Formally Asks StstN
Department for Use of Scandinavian
Line Steamer to Take Him and
His Assistants Back to Germany -
Other Neutral Nations Decline TO
Follow the Lead of the President in
Breaking off Their Relations With
Germany.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
Special to the Telegraph Courier.

WASHINGTON, Feb. T.
The United S t a ties must
stand alone among the neu-
trail nations in the severance
of relations with Germany
as it was made clear today
that none of the neutral ma
tons of Europe will follow
the lead of President Wilson.
Information to this effect
has reached the state depart
ment but the reports will not
be made public for the pres
ent.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
Congregational Church Notes

The Methodist and Congregational
churches will hold union temper
ance service Wednesday evening, Jan.
IT,, in the Congregational chapel. Sew
eral phases of the present issues will
be discussed by local leaders in tenn
perance work.
The sermon Sunday morning Will
be the seventh in the series on the
parallels of Jesus. Sunday evening
will be taken up H. G. Wells great
war novel, "Mr. Drifting Sees It
Through"
The 25th annual reunion and roll
call meeting of the church was held
in the parlors Saturday. Dinner was
served at II o'clock. A committee
from the Ladies' Aid society, whose
echairmen were Mrs. w. F Scott and
Mrs. H. R. Walker, did the serving.
Mr.. Hamilton, who became minister
of the church in October, reported
briefly on his work, and the plans for
the year. The parish is to be divided
into districts with one or more work
ers in each for the sake of reader
parish service. The every-men1ber
voted by the church, the go-to-church
DdnO were SCI0SSeu. n COHliHlCCCC
consisting of H. B. Webster, Mrs.
Pearson and Miss Sadie Lothrop were
chosen to consider the advisability of
combining in one meeting the bust
ness meeting of the corporation and
the roll call meeting. The treasurer's
report showed the church finances to
be in good condition. 1t was voted
that at the end Of the year the treas
urer's report shall be published so
that all may readily know the finan-
cial affairs of the church. The La
dies Aid society reported successful
year with extensive repairs on the
parsonage and a considerable balance
still in the treasury. The missionary
society gave $1O6 to the benevolences
during the year. This amount does
not include valuable barrels of clo-
thing sent to the schools in the South
and various miscellaneous gifts. In
addition to this the society in con-
junction with the Methodist church
Missionary society has done an extern
sive relief work in Orleans itself.
Jerre Marston was reelected deacon
for four years. o. w. Locke was re-
elected Sunday school superintendent.
He has served the school with the ut
most fidelity for twenty years. Up
on his declination to serve again this
year A. O. Austin was elected.
w. J. Joslyn, Frank Hardy and A. o.
Austin were elected ushers; M. M.
Taplin, chorister; Miss Sadie Lothrop,
organist, and Miss Hazel Harris, as
sistant. Many were present to re-
spond to roll call and several sent re-
SpOnSeS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
Prize Speaking.

The members of the o. H. S. ex-
preston class will compete for sill
yer medal offered by the W. C. I. u,
for the best rendering of temperance
selections. The competitors are Mar
ion Bartlett, Vera Smith, Raymond
Cole, Mildred Montieth, Matte Gauv-
in, Frieda Stearns and Isabelle Gull
len. The exact date of the contest is
not known but will be about the mid
die of February. The judges will be
Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Prof. A. G.
Fletcher and Miss Ruth Richmond.
Everyone is most cordially invited.
A more extended notice will be given
later.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
Methodist Episcopal Church
w. S, Smithers, Pastor


The meeting tonight is union SER
vice in the Congregational church
chapel, in the interests of national
prohibition. Everybody welcome.
Sermons by the pastor at 1890 a..
M, and 7.15 p. m. Bible school at IL
m. Strangers and newcomers to our
village are especially invited to all
these services.
At 7.15 the service will open with
the singing of several familiar
hymns, after which the pastor will
preach the first of series of practi-
cal gospel sermons illustrated by
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress. If
Bunyan's conception of the way to
heaven was not in all respects cor
rect Interpretation of scripture, twas
SO nearly SO as to prove an invaluable
aid to any seeking the way to escape
the world of sin.
Of course you are all keeping in
mind the supper to be served by the
Ladies' Aid society Thursday, Jan. rs.
They are planning to serve you well
and will appreciate the presence of a
large company.
The social given under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Witt and her helpers was
a fine success and added a generous
sum to the Sunday school equipment
fund. The singing and speaking by
the children was much enjoyed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank all our friends
and the several lodges, who have CIV
en- so much help and sympathy during
the illness and death of our dear one.
We appreciate most fully the
beautiful flowers from the Pythian
lodge, K. of p, Lodge, Jr. 0. U. A.
NJ, D. of L., Mothers club, and all
our other friends and neighbors. Es-
pecially do we thank the male quar-
tet, the bearers and the whole K. of
P. lodge for their generous help and
sympathy.
Mrs. Minnie J. Baraw,
Raymond Baraw,
Mr. and Mrs. G.. H. Baraw.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Baraw.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17

TRAPPED IN A STOKEHOLE.
The Fate That Firemen on a Warship
Are Liable to Meet,

Are Liable to Meet.
The soldiers who fight with least rec
Ognition in the battles at sea are the
stoke<s of the destroyers running at
full speed. Eight men work under the
command of a stoker petty officer in a
space so narrow that movement of any
kind seems impossible. There is fur
mace in front and one in the back
Sandwiched in between is maze of
levers, pipes, pumps and gear.
Yet within these close quarters the
stokers find space to perform their
heartbreaking toll in an atmosphere al
most too hot to breathe, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly. When the men
are at their posts the iron hatch is
closed down, and the air sucked in
through a ventilator has to pass
through the furnace before it gets to
them.
So long as the pumps work well and
the evaporated water is displaced with
automatic regularity by fresh neither
the tubes nor the boiler casting can
get dangerously hot. But sometimes
without apparent cause the water slow
ly descends below the level. Some
times the cause of mischief is a leak
age-a pipe broken or joint strained
that allows the water to escape.
If it can be remedied, well and good.
But if not and the water continues
to drop steadily the stoker petty officer
has but one duty to perform-to keep
the hatchway from being opened by
the frenzied stokers, thus allowing
the flames to escape and destroy the
entire vessel. The heroes who perish
in the stokeholds like so many rats
caught in a fiery trap are not even
listed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
BROWNINGTON CENTER

BROWNlNGION CENTER
Bernard Gray is quite sick.
Mahlon Seymour and baby are on
the sick list
Mrs. C. C. Mcdowell visited in
Evansville recently.
Mrs. L. N Lund spent Sunday with
her sister. at Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearley Gallup of Or
leans, spent Sunday at E. A. Gallup's.
Harold Gallup of Orleans, spent the
weekend with his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Gallup.
The seven-month-old baby of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Smith. died SaSur-
day, further particulars next week.
EVANSVILLE
Archie Davis has moved to Island
Pond.
William Devereaux has lost good
horse.
Frank Marshall has been quite i'll
for two weeks.
Fred Marshall has returned to his
home in ST. Johnsbury.
J. E. Waterman was in Willoughby
last week on business.
Mrs. Iva browns brother is STOP
ping with them for few days.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-01-17
BROWNINGTON

Geo. Grow is carrying the mail or
route 3 this week.
Miss Hazelton spent the weekend
at her home at Beebe.
Harley Blake who has been very
sick, is slightly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Lewis visited
friends in town last week.
Miss Lizzie Bryant is very sick
with the prevailing distemper.
Mrs. Arthur Davis has returned
home from Derby much improved in
health.
F. E. Newton was in Burlington
last week, Wednesday, to attend the
deputy school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orvin Marsh, who
have been visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Marsh, have returned
to their home in Peterboro, N. H.
E. A. Gross, assisted by G. E. New
ton, installed the officers for Brown
ington Grange last week, Tuesday
evening, after which an oyster super
was served.
Fred Cummings from Lyndon
Vllle, MIS-. Helen Hall OIL newport,
N. H., Mrs. E. K. Gray from Derby
and Jasper Cummings from Coventry,
were in town last Friday.
NOTICE
The auditors of the town of Brown
ington will meet at the town clerks
office, at Bloomington Center, Jan
uary 25, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. M, to
audit the town officers accounts.
E. A. ROBINSON,
c.. A. GROSS,
GEO. w. GROW,
Auditors of the town of Browning
ton. "a
Chariton courier., 1917-11-02
Reunion Of HibIer Family

The pleasant and attractive
country home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hibler, four miles east OF
town, was the scene of a most
enjoyable occasion on last Sum
day, when mem ers of the Hib-
Ter family, together witha mum.
Der of their relatives and friends
gathered for a reunion at the
old hospitabe home. which has
been the abiding place of mfm
bers of the Hibler family since
their father James H. Hibler.
settled there in 1845.
More than fifty persons par.
ticipated in the reunion, those
present including the following:
Mrs. Frances Clavin and husband
Chariton courier., 1917-11-02
An Old mans Stomach.

| AS we grow older and less act.
i've less food is required to
meet the demands of our bodies
If too much is habitually taker
the stomach will rebel. When q
nan reaches the advanced age
of S5 or 80 you will find that he
is a light eater. Be as careful
as you will, however you will oc.
casionally eat more than you
should and feel the need of
Chamberlains Tablets to correct
the disorder. These tablets do
not contain pepsin but strength
en- the stomach and enable it to
perform its functions naturally.
They also cause a gentle move
ment of the bowels.