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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
ROAD RESOLUTIONS
UP FOR PASSAGE

The County Board is clearing up its
work for the November session at the
county building this afternoon. The
last piece of work is the passing of the
resolutions for the appropriation of
money for the highways. These reso-
buttons are ready for the consideration
of the board They will provide appro-
priations for the completion of all road
work in Kenosha county which is a
part Of the state highway system and
for which orders have been made by
the state highway commission. This
includes the Sheridan Road and it is
expected that the work on this road
will be the first to be started in the
spring of 1918. No other business was
scheduled to come before the board at
the one day session. The adjournment
to the January session will be reached
late this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
CIRCUIT COURT JURY
CALLED FOR TUESDAY

The Circuit Court for Kenosha coun-
ty will resume the hearing of cases set
for the October term on next Monday
morning with Judge e. B. Belden on
the bench. Clerk of the Circuit Court
DeDiemar this morning sent out the
call to the members of the jury to re-
port at that time and the entire calen-
dar will be called for trial. This in
cludes "a criminal eases, Is civil cases,
for the consideration of the jury, and
cases for the consideration of the court.
1t is expected that the hearing of cases
will be continued until the calendar
has been cleared with a short recess for
the Christmas holiday. Attorneys have
been notified to have all cases ready for
hearing in the order that they appear
on the calendar,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
INSIDE TRUCK SPILL
DOES LITTLE DAMAGE

Leo Meyers, 4O4 Park street, driver
of one Of the inside trucks at the Nash
lsloSott Gompan7, was badly bruised
but not seriously injured Tuesday af-
ternoon when the car ran into a post
in the assembling room. The police
ambulance was called anG took Meyers
to the Kenosha Hospital where it was
feared that internal injuries might
have been inflicted by the accident
This morning an examination showed
that his bruises were not serious and
he will be able to leave the hospital
this evening. Little damage was done
at the factory by the accident. The
small truck was damned against the
post but Meyers was driving so slowly
that, although he was caught without
a chance to turn off the power, there
was little breakage done to the truck.
Meyers home is in Bristol but while in
Kenosha he has lived on Park street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
DOZEN MORE HEED
CALL OF "OLD GLORY"
Twelve KeLoshans Shoulder Mdskets TO
Fight FOR Flag by Fnlisting at
Post Office Tuesday.

Twelve KeEoshans Shoulder Maskets TO
Fight FOR Flag by Fnlisting at
Post Office Tuesday.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Enlisted in the United States Army:
Fred Sandholm.
Peter Kraak.
Stephen Kormchnk.
Leopold Vena.
George McDermott.
Charles Bruel.
S. j. Summer.
e. George Simons.
Frank J. Leipzig.
Everett Hubbard.
Enlisted in Merchant Marine:
Peter Elsen.
Enlisted in the Hospital Corps
Francis Welch.
Tuesday was a busy day for Post
master German. TO add to other diff
fculties twelve Kenoshans applied for
entrance to the service of cold
Glory" and in spite of the added in
convenience the postmaster greeted
every one of them with smile. Ten
were anxious to serve in the army and
were sent Immediately to Milwaukee
for examination; of the other two
Peter Elsen, the first Kenoshan TO en-
list in the Merchant Marine, was sent
to the Naval Station and Francis WEIGH
was sent to Chicago for training to
serve in the Hospital Corps.
"Think they will passg" was
the query to Postmaster German,
"Well, wish you could have seen
them" was his only answer.
The fact that volunteering for those
Of conscript age win close on Deem
Der fifteenth, is said to be the reason
for the rush to the colors, but many
of the recruits are not included in this
number and the unprecedented enlist
ment is not entirely accounted for in
this way. Recruiting officers are anxi-
GUS that Kenoshans will consider the
filing up Of Wisconsin rs National
Guard lines and are hoping that before
the ffteenh score more will volun-
teer to uphold, the patriotism of Keno
sha and the Badger state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
SAMMIEs CONE ON SUNDAY
Soldier Students Will Arrive in Time
for First Lectures on Monday Morn
ing City Aids Government -
''Boys" Need ''Bunks.''

"Of course it will Inconvenience us
but it won t interfere with our work -
said Captain Hassan today as he
walked over the blaeKened ruins
of what was formerly the main bar
racks of "Camp Herring.''
"This is war;" he continued, "and
it takes more than a fire, started by
accident or conspiracy, to stop the
military progress of the United States
army. Wen follow our old schedule
to the letter. The soldier-students
will come in on Sunday afternoon and
evening and be ready for their first
lectures on Monday morning. It viii
take some shreWd maneuvering to
bunk them all but that IS part of the
war game anyway and we II manage it
some way if we have to sleep in shifts. -
Incidentally he went ON, III
don t think that will be necessary.
The Chamber of Commerce has already
offered us its rooms for a dormitory
and Mr.. z. g. Simmons has donated
fifty army cots for the boys. So, you
see, wen be fairly well provided for
until the barracks have been rebuilt
and we've forgotten all about the fire
Of Monday evening
With these characteristic words the
commander of the ordnance school
commented upon the confagration that
-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
ERIC OLuND HAS 4 REUNION
Proves That Memories of Little Family
Way Out in Odaho Were True When
Telephone Cali Brings a Reunion
With Son and Daughter.


That truth is stranger than fiction is
shown in the application of Erie Olund,
SIT West street, to the local draft board
for the reopening of his claims for ex-
emption for military service. 0iaud
was certified for service By the exemp-
ton board sometime ago and he would
be member of the next quota sent
from Kenosha to Battle Creek for the
National Army. Olund did not claim
exemption at the time he passed the
physical examinations. He told the
members of the board that somewhere
In the. west he had two little children
but that he did not know where they
were and that on this account he could
not claim the exemption which would
he allowed him under the law if the
children were with him. Today
!, Ia is caring for Percy Kenneth
OIund, aged seven, and lola May, just
past FIVE years, and the story that he
related to the members of the board is
to be told before the district exemption
board later and it is pretty certain that
instead of marching away with an ar
my unit he viii remain behind and be a
father to two little children long sep
arated from him.
For more than two years Olund had
been searching for his son and daugh-
ter. Afidavits presented to the board
and fled as a part of the evidence in
the claim for exemption show that
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
SIXTY-FIVE TAKE
STATE OATH TONIGHT
Colonel Seaman, Inspector General, to
Muster in Company of Wisconsin
Guard at Chamber of Commerce.

The new unit of the Wisconsin State
Guard, which is subject to service with
in the borders of the state, will be
mustered in this evening at seven
thirty at the assembly hall of the
Chamber of Commerce building. Col.
Seaman, inspector general for the state
of Wisconsin, will be the guest of local
officers to administer the oath to the
Kenoshans. The company is the unit
which has been formed from the ranks
of the Kenosha Provisional Battalion
and has been recruited to its full
strength with waiting list of appli-
eants. Each man has received notifca-
ton Of the muster-in, but in case this
has been misplaced, Major Medium is
hereby notifying them to be at the
Chamber of Commerce building at
seven-thirty this evening. The muster
in viii not interfere with the regular
drill of Companies G and D OF the
Kenosha Provisional Battalion this
evening at the Coliseum. The mem
bers Of this company who have yolun-
teered for the state unit win be excused
for the muster-in proceedings and
will then return to the Coliseum to
complete the drill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
CBY United Pressl

st. Paul, Mimi, 5-Ten thousand
union men from the twin cities
packed the municipal auditorium
at the continuous convention" of
all union men met today. The
Continuous convention affects
10000 union men in the twin cities
and is expected to virtually tie up
all industries employing union Ia
Dor. Thousands of union men who
quit their jobs today, to remain out
until the demands of union street
car men, who were discharged be-
cause they wore union buttons, are
met, were not able to get into the
municipal auditorium. Calling of
The convention to order was de-
layed pending recognition of the
unions and their. delegates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06

Olund, his wife and two little children
formerly lived at Grace, Idaho. The
husband and wife separated and Mrs.
Olund afterWard was married to man
by the name of Lafan Egley, who re-
sided at Grace. The two little children
disappeared mysteriously and Olund for
months had been searching for them in
vain. Then he left the little Idaho city
and started to make search for the
son and daughter all over the country
Later he came to Kenosha where he
was registered under the selective draft
law and later certified for service. He
was ready to go to the front when a
mysterious telephone call led him to the
little children and they are now in Ke-
nosha with him.
Olund has not given out all the facts
in connection with the recovery of TIE
children but happy in his reunion with
the members Of his family it is declared
that all facts in connection with the
case will be revealed when the case is
called before the district board.
Members of the local board declare
that they have positive proof that
Olund's story of the disruption of his
family and the disappearance of his
children is true and they assert that
the temperance of the children will
undoubtedly win for him exemption
from army service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
Bv Ed L. Keen,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Dec. 5.-President Viii
sen s message to congress
powerful impetus today to the
American plan for complete open,
frank and joint re-statement of al
lied war aims. The Daily News
editorial comment practically en-
dorsed that plan. Other news
papers, joining in the general
chorus of hearty approval of the
whole tone Of the Wilson address,
indicated their belief in the neces-
sity for a re-pledging of the hosts
of democracy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
Bv ]. W. PegIer.

Omitted Press staff Correspondent,
American Field Headquarters,
France, Dec. German troops
fighting around Cambria have cap
tured few Americans, according
to unofficial word received today
from the British front. Head
quarters has issued no confrma-
ton as yet. IF the news is true,
it is stated on authority that the
number of Americans taken was
small. American headquarters has
not as yet received report of the
Cambria fighting, in which Ameri-
can army engineers participated.
No announcement of casualties is
yet available.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
By United Press.

Paris, Dec. 5--Another German
air attack on Nancy, in which
three persons were wounded, was
reported by the war Office today.
Raiding and artilIerying were the
only war activities reported IN
the official statement. Around
Craonne. German raids failed.
East of Rheims the French carried
out a successful reconnaissance,
taking prisoners. Artillery fire
was reported on the right bank
of the Mouse.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
(By United Press)

London, Dec. 5-The German
submarine which sunk the British
steamer Apapa fred shells On life
boats from that boat containing
women and children, according to
full confirmation received here to-
day. Between seventy and one
hundred. persons were. lost in the
attack. Some of these were struck
by the submarines shells directed
against the open life boats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
'tSHOP EARLY
YES, EARLIER
War Time Holidays Present NeiU Reasons Why KeaosHa
Shoppers Should Thyong The Mayts Earlier Than EUer


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they've fine
not u other with depleted supply
they
more strongly
The merchants Of Knsh wisely refraned this from
the ufity
No
the
outstanding Of and the elimination all
the public
approach the
Of their Christmas
dangers Of wartime Christmas
Shop Earlier first because
exhausted merchants
could
wonderful
will ebei therfor but
Shop Earlier
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while
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soldier.
Sshop Earlier impossible fol
handle in
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AS Christmas approaches your
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
Would Unity AL
Railway Lines
(By United Pressl


Washington, D. c., Dec. 5. -
The railroad crisis was placed
squarely before Congress today by
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion in a special report recon-
mending the unifcation of all rail
road lines in the country either
under government management or
private control. Representative
Sabbath of Illinois introduced a
bill into the house authorizing the
Interstate Commerce commission
to take over the operation of all
railways and coal mines during the
duration of the war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
(By United Press)

Washington, Dec. 5. The APP
preparation of several billions of
dollars for railway equipment
which is to be loaned to carriers
of the nation was included in the
report of Senator Newlands, chair
man of the Joint Congressional
Commission investigating the rail
way situation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
TOY SALE.

Attractive wooden animals on wheels
just the thing for the kiddies
Christmas gifts-made by the pupils of
the Junior High Schools, will be on
sale at the Barden store on Friday and
Saturday, December 7 and s. The sale
is conducted by the kindergarten de-
partment, which viii use the proceeds
to increase its working equip
ment. advd7
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
(Rv United Pressl

Copenhagen, Dec. 5. = An offic-
ial message from the Russian Tele-
graph Board received here today
declares "'The German-Russian
armistice has begun" It is sup
posed to refer to the truce which
was declared on the Pripit-Lipa
front.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
By William Philip simms,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With the British Armies in
France, Dee. British gums to-
day smashed great groups of Ger
mans massed for an attack about
Plourch before the German ma
chine could launch the attack.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06
(By United Press)

Hapanda, Norway, Dec. 5. = M.
Potpin has been named Premier of
the new Siberian Republic.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-06

1Continued on page a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-12-19

the tabled Land of the Free there was a deaf
ear and naught but whispering and fear 'Do
not touch my gold" said the offspring of the
revolution. The mad monarch and his band
sneered at this dismal exposition of Wanted
ideals, laughed to see democracy sham. The
bleeding ones, sick at heart fought on
But again the crash came! America declared
war Not parlor war or ping pong but real con-
fict to the bitter end
I'VE have our wealth to lose but world to
GAIN" said this free people. eve despise your
cruelty, your lust, your wickedness, your tramp
ling under foot of weaker ones. You have assail-
ed us and these to far-now We Will Fightr
Again the mad monarch and his henchmen
laughed For a time they laughed well. The
nation was slow in preparing. The hand of the
spy, the anarchist, the pacifst (these are banded
together here in common cause) threw sand in
the mechanism. They burned bridges and fac
tories, wrecked machines spread lies, obstructed
army selection and, in fact, left nothing undone
to impede the progress of the nation in the work
before it.
But the nation as whole took new life It
declared its loyalty It raised it's flag and opened
it's pocketbook. Slowly but with increasing speed
the giant organized
The malicious work goes on but the nation
itself is loyal. The nation is willing to spend it's
last dollar and it's last man for the thing it has
set out to do. For the nation there is no turning
back, no step but onward
The dross has burned away
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-12-19

of the worlds free peoples President Wilson has
found himself! Read this:
"The wrongs, the very deep wrongs, commit
ed in this war, will have to be righted But they
cannot and must not be righted by the commits
sion OF similar wrongs against Germany and
her allies. The world will not permit the COM
mission of similar wrongs as means Of repara-
ton and settlement. No representative of any
selfgOverned nation will dare disregard it by at
tempting any such covenants of selfishness and
compromise as were entered into at the congress
of Vienna. The thought of the plain people here
and everywhere Throughout the world, the peo-
pie who enjoy no privilege and have very simple
and unsOphiscated standards of right and wrong,
is the air all governments must henceforth
breathe if they would live. German rulers have
been able to upset the peace of the world only
because the German people were not suffered
under their tutelage to share the comradeship Of
the other peoples of the world either in thought
or in purpose. But the congress that concludes
this war will feel the full strength of the
tides that run now in the hearts and consciences
of free men everywhere. Its conclusions will run
with those tides"