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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
THE MARKETS
CHICAGO Live Stock.

NntCa9O 1--we SCCCks
Hogs-Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at $16OO@161O light shipping
$16O0@16.10 heavy packing and $12.5C
@14.50 good to fancy pigs.
Cattle-Receipts 10000. Quotations
ranged at $1200@12.50 good to choice
steers. $9.00@9.65 good to choice
butcher COWS, $13.0O@1S.50 good tc
prime vealers.
Cash Grain.
Corn-No 2 white, $1.440145; No
3 yellow, $1.3801.39.
Oats-No. 3 white, 69K 070Ac;
standard, 7o1Ac.
Produce.
Butter Extras, 44c; extra f1rsts,
43c; frsts 40@42c; seconds, $50
391ac.
Eggs-Firsts, 3o@31c; ordinary
firsts, 10000; miscellaneous cases
included, 2S031c.
Live Poultry.
Fowls, 2315c; ROSTERS, 16c; springs,
24c; geese, 16c; turkeys, zoe; ducks,
20@22c.
Dressed Poultry.
Chickens, 22025c; ROSTERS, tic:
turkeys, 29e; ducks, 23c; geese, 1sc.
Vegetables.
Onions, 100 lbs, Ohio, sS.5009.5O;
Potatoes, bu., s2.7503.25.
Fruits.
Apples, bril-, s6.00@8.00; strawber-
ries, qt.,20025c.
Omaha Live Stock.
Hogs Receipts $500; market high
or; heavy, $15.75016.O0; light, $3.50
015.9O; pigs, s12.5o@15.25; bulk of
sales, $15.70016.OO.
Receipts $500; market
steady; native steers, $9.50012.85:
cows and heifers, s8.00010.85; west
ern steers, $9.00011.5O; stockers and
feeders, s8.00010.25.
Sheep-Receipts 700; market
steady; yearlings, s13.00013.75: weth
ers, $11.5001275; lambs. $4,000
1925.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning and Stevens, live stock
commission merchants, East Buffalo,
n. Y, quote as follows: Catue-Re.
ceipts 100 cars; market IS to 25c high
er. Receipts so cars; market
steady; heavy, s16400165o; Workers,
s16.00Q16.30; pigs and lights, $4,000
1850. Sheep Receipts 20 cars; mar
ket steady; top lambs, s16.00@16.25;
yearlings, s13000140O; wethers.
s12.5091300; ewes, $11.5O012.OO
Veals. $14.5e
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Asks All Cities
To Help Farmers
Industrial Commission Appeals to Have
Idle Men Sent to Farms to Pro
duce Food for War Times.

To insure an adequate supply of farm
labor the industrial commission today
sent letter to all mayors and village
presidents in the state asking them to
cooperate with the commission in
solving this problem. In its letter it
quotes Governor Philips statement
that "bread is as essential as bullets
in carrying on a war, and it says that
it will avail wage earners nothing to get
wages of five or ten dollars day if
there is no food to be purchased
The commission suggests that the
mayors invite representative farmers
join hands with the commercial clubs
of cities to work out an equitable dis
tribution of the labor supply Of the
community. Efforts should be made to
get workmen who have had agricul-
tural experience to return to the farms.
1T is also suggested that useless labor
be eliminated to release as many work
men as possible for essential work.
More women should be drawn into in
lustry to make unnecessary placing an
undue strain upon the women who are
now engaged in factory labor. The
mayors are invited to report to the
commission any steps taken in their
cities in the directions suggested, in
order that valuable suggestions may be
communicated to other cities.
The industrial commission operates
free employment Offices at Milwaukee
Superior, Lacrosse and Oshoksh. Fo1
several years it has made special eff
fort to supply farmers with help
During the past year this has been very
difficult because of the high wages paid
in cities. Tt is now appealing on patri
otic grounds to employers and work
men alike to make certain that the
farmers will have the help they need
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
PINK MAYFLoWERs.
The little mayfower, or arbutus, is s

The little mayfiower, or arbutus, is
great favorite of mine.
Not only is the mayfower swees
smelling, but it is sweet tasting, as any
little bumblebee can tell you. On the
hillsides or the borders Of rocky woods,
where the flower generally grows. you
win in the springtime End swarms of
the bumblebees hanging around the
flowers, into which they dive for a
drink of their delicious nectar.
l must tell you how the maylowsR
got it's name.
I have told you of the brave whIts
people who first came to live in this
country nearly 800 years ago, They
reached the land in the fall, and in
Massachusetts, where they had come
to stay, that winter was a very cold
one. They suffered much because the
food was scarce and the clothes which
they had were not warm enough. Their
English homes had been warm and
comfortable, but In the American for
est they had only poorly built log cab
ms, through the cracks m which tha
chill winds often wtIfstled.
When the hungry wolves howIe6
around their doors ON wild nights or
they could see the Indians Watching
them from behind the tees In the
great uncleared forest no doubt they
often longed for the pleasant English
towns they had left. For the women
and children who had to stay much i1n-
doors it was very hard fndegd-
But by and by spring came, and then
the settlers were able to be out once
more. And great was their delight
when the leaves came out on the trees,
when the bushes In the forest clothed
themselves in green and the grass eT-
erywhere became fresh and bright.
Here and there in the woods flowers
began TO appear and first OF al among
them the little pink flower which WIG
have named the mayf0wer.
The little children gathered them and
carried them home to show their de-
lighted parents.
And the women dug them up and
tried to plant them around the cabins
TO begin little gardens, gardens that
they meant to make as much as thew
could like the loved gardens (which
they had left with their homes aeross
the ocean.
The flowers grew all about the pine
groves of old Plymouth, where the
people had settled, and because the
flowers had come to them in May and
because the name OF the good ship that
had brought them to America had been
called the 8Iayfaower they so named
the flower
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
nCTIM is CLOSE FRIEND
Injured Man Fully Recovered from His
Wounds Tells District Attorney Story
Of Shooting and Declares He Would
Not Appear as Witness.

Mrs. Mary Omerza, west side Polish
woman arrested on March 18th on
charges Of shooting Stephan Powell,
who was alleged to have been her
sweetheart, was discharged from Gus
tody in the Municipal Court this morn
ing Mrs. Omerza had been held on a
charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm and her discharge
came as q result of the motion of the
district attorney who held that care
full examination Of the facts in the case
indicated that the shooting had been
accidental. Mrs. Omerza had been re-
leased on bonds Of five hundred dollars
some time ago pending a preliminary
hearing and this morning Powell, who
had been the victim Of the shooting,
was one of the most interested of the
big crowd in the court room. He in
sisted to tho district attorney that he
had no desire to appear as a witness for
the state at the hearing and protested
that his injuries were accidental
Mrs Omerza and Powell seemed to
be the best Of friends when they APP
pearcd together in court this morning.
Powell had entirely recovered from his
injuries, but he had bad scar on his
head where the bullet from the twenty
two calibre revolver had entered the
flesh There was no danger Of any
kind from the wound and Powell smiled
over it as if it were mark of honor.
'FT had been out in the country and
] did not like to carry the gun about
with me so / turned it over to her. She
took it and started to put it in q
drawer when it was discharged / feel
certain that it was purely accidental. y
"With such statement said the
district attorney, "you see how foolish
it would be for the state to attempt
to hold this woman on any charge
This is the reason I have asked that
she be discharged.
Mrs. Omerza appeared to be happy
that there was to be no more going to
court on account of the case, but
Powell's regard for the woman indi
Gated that this would not be the end
Of the Occurring" The two left the
court room together.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
AUDoBoN SOCIETY GROWS.
Balm School AudobonS Enlarge Sphere
Until They Include Health, Clean
I'm and Other Civil Activities

Four years ago pupils of the 4th,
9Th, 9th, 9TH and 8th grades Of the Balm
School organized an Audubon society
which studied birds and endeavored to
protect them. Slowly the society add
ed functions until beside protecting
birds it had humane treatment to
animals department, it took an in
terest in making q cleaner Kenosha, -
it tried to increase the work for more
sanitary conditions IN city and family
life, and just recently the organization
changed its name to the Junior Civic
League. It has given its pledge to DR..
Herbert E. Wright of the city health
department to aid him in his work in
such directions as he may think adj
visable.
This band of young citizens is try
ing in all ways possible to develop pa
triotism and good citizenship. One of
their latest moves was to offer their
services to sew on buttons for the A.
f. T. ". committee which is making
large numbers Of shirts for the con
valescents in the French hospitals.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
WANT CHIEF TO COOPERATE.

The chief of police of this city has
received a letter from the United
States marshal, eastern district of Wis
consin, headquarters in Milwaukee,
asking for his cooperation in the de-
lection Of persons whose disposition IS
unfriendly to the United States or who
are about to engage in plots or acts
against the peace and security of the
people and the government The let
ter, which is similar to others being
sent to all chiefs of police and district
attorneys, was written as the result
of a suggestion from the United
States attorney general.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
CHARGES ENTERTAINMENT.
Arthur Olsen Gets Warrant for Arrest
of Adolph Faig Who He Claims
Took S0no of Partnership


A warrant was issued in the Munich
pal Court this morning charging en-
bezzlement against Adolph Faig, who
was formerly in partnership with
Arthur Olsen in the operation of a
lunch car on Park street. In his COM
plant Olsen charges the embezzlement
of partnership funds to the amount of
two hundred dollars. Faig is declared
to have disappeared from Kenosha on
last Sunday Before that time, accord
ing to the story told the officials by
Olsen, he went to the bank and made
an awful crimp in the funds of the
partnership account. Faig. is alleged
to have gone to Pittsburg, Pa, and
officials there have been asked to seek
his arrest
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Postmaster German has sent re-
quest to Washington for new flag for
the Kenosha post Office. The present
flag has been in service for many years
and it is so dirty and so badly frayed
out that it is pretty nearly impossible
for it to be hung out longer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Clerk of the Circuit Court DeDiemar
and his deputy, Miss Genevieve Skidd,
are giving up practically all of their
time to the making out of papers for
the naturalization of aliens. In the
past few days a hundred applications
for first and second papers have been
made A large majority of them are
made by aliens who were born in Ger
many and Austria.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Heard In the Library.

81 don't think you books are very
polite said the andfFon. peeping QUIT
OF the fireplace.
%What are we doing now?'' asked G1n9
of the books
~Why, yea've got all your backs ttr1O~
ed toward the rest Of us" said The anGi-
iron
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO HELP
Whistles Will Blow and Bells Be Rung
On April 18th, the Anniversary of the
Famous Ride of Paul Revere-Many
Cities In Big Plan to Aid Nation.

Kenosha has been selected as one of
the 491 cities in the nation in which
great demonstrations will be held next
week under the auspices of the Nation
al Committee for Defense and in cele-
bration Of the famous ride of Paul Re
we're. An effort will be made to wake
up Kenosha and wake up America to
the real needs of the army and navy.
Mayor Charles H. Pfennig on Monday
afternoon received the following tele-
gram, copy of which has been sent
to every city in the nation with a popu-
lation of 10000 people or over. The
telegram follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Overheard Ia Wenesomrn.

sSYour heart is like dogs tail, sasaa
Peter Pumpkin.
$sWhy SOP spoke Mr.. Tree.
Because it's farthest from the barh@lA
replied Peter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Spain Declares Neutrality.

Madrid, April 10.-The Official Jour
nal published decree declaring the
neutrality of Spain in the war between
the United States and Germany.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Rfdinu q Wooden steed.

1t is related that the common and
very popular toy seen here was the aD~
vention of man who was urged By
his wife to make a toy to please and
amuse their only boy. So the man 1t
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

afternoon received the following tele
gram, a copy of which has been sen
% every city in the nation with popu
alton of 10000 people or over. Th'
telegram follows:
New York, N. Y, April 8, 1917.
Hon. Charles H. Pfennig,
Mayor, Kenosha, Wis.
The recruiting committee on ma
tional defense appointed by Mayor
Mitchell earnestly desires to CO.
operate with you in recruiting the
army and navy up to war strength.
We have started an active cam
paign, supported by the business
interests Of Greater New York, to
distribute literature of all kinds
and are cooperating with the army
and navy and marine corps officers
appointed on recruiting duty. We
are especially anxious to have a
national recruiting day on the an
niversary Of the Battle of Licking
ton and would earnestly request
that you cooperate with us to
make this a great national demon
stration of loyalty to our govern
ment as an expression of our feel
ing to the world Generally we
have arranged to duplicate the
r1Jo. of Do,,I Do1,ora ~, +bo 1C+b
and the poem of Paul Revere will
be recited at all theatres, school
houses, churches and shown on the
screens by all of the moving pic
ture houses. On the 10Th we hope
to have the modern Lexington
alarm distributed by flying ma
chimes, tolling of church bells, fire
bells, factory whistles. Please ad-
wise if you will cooperate with us
and would like to have us forward
you the details of the program
that we are working upon.-Alex-
ander j. Hemphill, chairman Re-
cruiting Committee of the Commit
tee on National Defense, so East
And Street.
Mayor Pfennig at once sent an al
swer to the committee, giving assu1
ance that Kenosha would do her par
toward the big task of stirring up tn
nation and between now and the dat
set for the big demonstration commit
tees will be named to take charge o
the various parts of the program.
The famous poem "Paul Revere
Ride" is going to be recited in nearl
every school room in Kenosha, as tn
teachers and other school officials hav
already announced their willingness t
do their bit in stirring up the nation
The movement was started in Ne
York, but already more than 400 Of tn
cities asked to join in the demonstr;
tion have declared their willingness
be a part Of the big movement /
many cities public meetings will b
held and it is possible that this pla
will be followed in Kenosha.
"We want to cooperate in ever
patriotic ( movement" said Mayo
Pfennig this morning, g but / can NJ
say just what form this will follow j
Kenosha. The school children will III
doubtedly be enlisted and it is prob'
bic that we will follow the plans mad
in surrounding cities and have a gres
public mass meeting. To just what e.
tent the whistles will be blown and til
bells rung will depend on the men WI
have their hands on the throttles an
the bell ropes. Just as soon as we r.
ceive the details mapped out by tt
National Committee on Defense "
will be able to better arrange the pr
gram for the day in Kenosha.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
BORN.

To Mr.. and Mrs. William Heser, 61s
Rowland avenue, a daughter, Ruth
Elizabeth, April 6.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
MORE JOIN THE NAVY.
Four More Kenosha Boys Get Away
This Morning to Help Uncle
Sans Battles on the Sea.

The Roll of Honor.
Enlisted for the United States Navy.
John Hanawka.
Hother Petersen.
Earl A. Jackson.
Ray S. Coshun.
This is the latest addition from Ke-
nosha to the force which is going to
fight the battles of Uncle Sam on the
high seas. The four young hAen left
this morning for Milwaukee after fl
ing applications for enlistment in the
navy with Postmaster James German
and they are being examined at the
recruiting Office in that city this after
noon. The postmaster has had three
more requests for application for the
aviation corps, but it is declared that
this branch of the service has all the
men chat it can take care of and men
who have sought a place in the corps
are now being directed to enter the
yeoman service of the navy. Many
mechanics from Kenosha are also en-
listing for service in the various
plants under the direct charge of the
government.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Charles Waterman of Delavan spent
Monday evening in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
FOR YOUNG FOLKS
How the Early Little May FloWea
Got Its Name.
LIKED BY THE BUMBLEBEEs.

Not Only Is the Trailing Arbutus d
the Woodside Swees Scented; 1t Also
Contains Delicious Neotar-its AmeT-
lean History Reaches Far Back.
Spring is with US, said Uncle Ben TO
little Ned and Polly Ann. and it seems
a good time to tell about
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
IceIanders In America.

The first colony of Icelanders to es-
tablish themselves on the American
continent arrived at Lake Rosseau
August 80, 1872, and there began the
pioneer Canadian settlement of their
people. This was the beginning of a
considerable immigration Of Iceland
ers to America. The first party con
sisted Of more than $50 men, women
and children, but only about a dozen
families settled in the Canadian col
ony. The remainder scattered over
Canada and a few went on to Wiscon.
sin. Since then thousands of Iceland
ers-perhaps inspired by the old Ice
landic sages Of Eric the Red, whose
son Left is said to have voyaged to
America five centuries before Column
bus-have emigrated to America, most
Of them settling in western Canada
and the northwestern states. They
have made sturdy, intelligent patriots.
Wlhjalmur Stefansson, the distin-
guished explorer, comes from Iceland
ic stock, his parents having emigrated
from Iceland and settled in Manitoba
q year or two before Vilhjalmur was
born in 1879.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Why They Had No Pickles.

Rations in the southern navy we're
mighty scarce in 1864. Coffee and
bareback were the mainstays of Off
GERS and crews. The officers Of a
small gunboat discovered some I'M
guarded federal stores and started to
appropriate them. They succeeded
only in getting a large bottle of pickles,
when they were attacked by Union
troops. They ran to their small boat,
and made the gunboat in safety. All
that afternoon the officers thought Of
these pickles, and how good they
would taste at evening mess. The
mess steward was a black field hand,
who knew little about anything but
"cOhn pone." When the mess was an
nOunced that night all hands trooped
below in eager anticipation. The mess
table held only coffee and bareback /;
no pickles in sight. The lieutenant
In command said to the steward:
"Look here, Culpeper, what did you
do with those pickles? Why are they
not on the table?' 'Piekl's2 Picks?
All don know muffin bout no plckl's,
subj" "Yes, you do. Don't you know
those small cucumbers in the glass jar
that we got from the Yanks?" "Oh,
cewcumbehs? Yessir. All knows bout
dem, but All done frowed UNI ovah-
bod; dey done turned sowah."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
Brave Canadians.

During the battle Of Ypres,
when a gas attack had emptied
the French trenches for almost
a mile, the Canadians stretched
their line to twice its length and
occupied the position that the
French had lost. All night they
held, says Every Week, and all
the next day and the next night.
Beating off attacks, and counter
attacking, losing the woods on
their left and gaining them
again, being forced out of the lit
tie town of Saint Julien, rallying
and driving the Germans before
them, without artillery. or in
fantry support, for two nights
and a day they held on, and
saved the Allied line.
Behind the town of Saint-Jul-
len, far enough back to be well
protected, the Canadians had a
hospital filled with GONZALES
cents. They were lying, band
aged and nursed, but in good
spirits and well along toward re-
covery, when suddenly the news
came that the gas attack had
been made and that the French
had been forced to give ground.
With feverish haste the nurses
and doctors made preparations
to move their patients back to
safety. When they came to get
their men, however, every bed
except three was empty, and in
those three beds were three men
complaining bitterly-men who
could not get up and walk be-
cause they had lost one or both
feet. The others were gone
not back, but forward-hotfoot
to the trenches. Most of them
died, but they had their share in
holding the line those two nights
and a d~ay.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-02
ALL DRESSED up IN SARDINIA
Men of Little Known Island Appear as
II They Were Ready for
Medieval Pageant.

Large white sleeves beneath the
slashed sleeves of his jacket, a full,
short, bright-colored skirt and close
fitting white trousers, tucked into
high boots or leggings, constitute the
typical attire of the Sandman. One
would think that a native thus bedight
had stepped from his place in a pa
geant of the middle ages instead of
being CARRIED in the customary S
tune for feast days.
In some districts of the island the
men wear a pointed cap resembling a
Phrygian bonnet, long and narrow like
a stocking, reaching almost to the
waist. This point is either worn
down over the shoulders or folded on
top of the head, and may be used as
a pillow at night. 1t is apt to contain
anything from bread to snuff, which is
indispensable to the older Sard. A
queer custom Of some of the younger
men is to let the hair on top of their
heads grow often to 10 inches in
length, and then roll it up into a puff,
which looks like a pompadour, across
the forehead.