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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
EARLY PROMOTION FOR WHITE.
lJessel Whyte, of this City, Named a
Captain Glass Engineers on
Saturday.

Promotion in the army came early to
-Jessel Whyte, of Kenosha, as kilograms
from TT. Leavenworth received late
Saturday afternoon announced that
Lieutenant Whyte, who left Ft. Sheri-
dan less than two weeks ago, after his
appointment as Lieutenant in the En-
gineering Corps, had been advanced to
TIE rank of Captain. Captain Whyte
was one of the first Kenosha men to
volunteer for service in the officers
training camp and he was the second
on the list to be commissioned He was
commissioned First Lieutenant and
left at once to join his company at Fl.
Leavenworth His proficiency in the
work of the army attracted Immediate
attention and he was at once recon-
mended for promotion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
Close Up Big
Water Works Deal

The old water plant on the lake
front at the foot of Market street is
no longer the property Of the city. The
Board of Water Commissioners have
received from The Simmons Company a
check for twenty-five thousand dollars
as the final act in the transfer Of the
water plant to that company. This
amount in cash was paid in addition
to the land on the island which is now
the site of the new water plant. The
money has been placed into the fund
which will be used in making the final
payments on the new water plant. The
city still has some property in the old
building on Market street which is now
being hemmed in by the new building
of Simmons Company. This includes
the last set of pumps installed in the
plant. These will removed within a
short time and installed in the new
pumping plant for use in case : of
emergency. Tt is Understood that The
Simmons will not dismantle the his
toric old municipal pumping station,
but it will be used as an auxiliary to
the water plant of the company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
NEW CONSUL KNOWN HERE.
Angelo Cerminara is Named to Repre-
sent Italy in This District
on Saturday.

Angelo Cerminara, of Milwaukee, an
attorney widely known in Kenosha, has
been appointed Italian consul for Wis
consin and Iowa to succeed Arminio
Conte. He has assumed his duties, with
which he is familiar through having
substituted for Mr.. Conte while the lat
ter was absent two times on trips to
Italy
He was born in 1886 in Platania, Ca
labria, and came to the United States
in 1908. He has resided in Wisconsin
eince 1907, having attended Marquette
university in 1909 and the University
of Wisconsin in 1910-11, graduating
from that schools department of law.
His preliminary education was obtained
in gymnasium and lyceum in Italy.
He has been engaged in the practice of
law in Milwaukee since 1912.
Regarding conditions among the Ital-
ians of this country, Mr.. Cerminara
said:
EFamilies coming from one town in
Italy like to settle close to one another
here. For that reason there are always
districts where the acquaintance of the
l-neighbors extends back into the old
country.
"Then there are always self-appoint-
ed leaders who exercise considerable in
fluence over the people. When the
people are in doubt they consult these
men, and very often they are not of
the best moral character. They are Ii
able to wiring money from the working
men under pretext of aid or through
threats. These are the men who cause
1aost trouble.
GA step in the right direction is an
increasing tendency for the Italians to
scatter. This enables them to become
better versed in American customs, and
eliminates the tyrannical system allud-
ed to-"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

The Kenosha Local Board of Exemp-
tions today certified to District Board
No. 2 of Wisconsin the names Of
twenty-four men supposed to be resi-
dents of Kenosha who are classed as
shirkers'' of their duty in connection
with the call for the draft. These are
the men to whom notices of examina-
ton were mailed. They are men who
failed to appear before the examining
physicians and who have not appeared
before the board to show cause why they
should be exempt from service. Under
the draft law these men will have five
days in which to file any claim for ex-
emption or examination which they
may have. Copies of the list have been
sent to the Department of Justice Of
ficials in Milwaukee and one copy of it
has been retained by the local board.
If these men fail to appear and file
claims for exemption or examination
within the time set by the law they
will be certified to the adjutant gem
eral of the state for military service.
They are now entirely out from under
the control of the local board. They
may be arrested later as deserters from
the army and they will be subject to
army trial and punishment.
The members Of the local board have
no information in regard to any Of
these men. Letters were sent to all
of them and the fact that the letters
were not returned to the board leads
the members to believe that they
we're properly delivered. The names
Of the men listed are as follows:
Joe Kamenecki, SO North Pleasant ST..
Harry Edward Hussin, 571 Market
Sam Kezis, 719 Elm street.
Peter Zavutnicwicz, 534 Middle st.
Carl William Huxhold, 1047 Rowland
Giuseppe Orrice, 1o15 lakewood Av.
Edgar L. Stearn, 721 Lyman Ave.
Joseph DeAngelis, 189 Victoria St.
Adoulph Klerum, Balm and Salem.
Paul Powlovich, Amer. Br. B. House.
Stanislaw Sadowski, 81 Victoria ST..
Joe Kramicz, 900 JENNIE st.
Stenley Mayer, 507 Elizabeth ST.
Josef Skufea, 377 Orange st.
Antonio Geppalla, 879 Barket st.
Thomas David Horne, 624 Elizabeth.
Ignatz Kubesza, 165 Pearl st.
Frank Fred Pofahl, 1856 Pickwick P1
Alfred Araendi, 301 Wisconsin st.
Arthur Howard Doherty, 907 Willow.
Otto Herschel, Gil Pleasant Street.
Wicenty Pawlowski, 81 Pleasant ST..
Anthony Wzmecky, 313 Wisconsin.
William Kolosewicz, IT'S Pomeroy ST..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
ONE ACCIDENT MARS TRIP
Private Willems Has Toe Crushed When
He Stuck His Foot Out of a window
Near st. Francis-Will Be in Hospi-
tai at Waukesha for Two Days.

Company NJ of Kenosha is being mus
tered into federal service at Camp Doug
las today and the hundred and fifty
members of the company are passing in
spection by the federal officials under
the direction Of Captain John S. Coney
of Troop E of the cavalry. Captain
Coney has been named as mastering
officer and one of his first duties was to
| muster in Captain Dayton and the men
from his home town Following the
muster in today the boys will bare their
arms for vaccination tomorrow and they
will be given a treatment of the anti
typhoid serum and then they will be
ready to be real soldiers.
A telegram from Captain Dayton an
nounces that the members of Com
pany NJ reached Camp Douglas at five
o clock Saturday evening. The boys
were given great reception and promi-
nent in the receiving line were the Of
ficers and members of Troop E of the
cavalry. Within two hours after Cap
tain Dayton anG his men reached Camp
Douglas the camp was ready for the
night. The recruits went at it like
veterans and the company cook was
busy getting dinner for them before
six O'Clock. The boys had ravenous
appetites after the long trip from Ke-
nosha and the first meal in camp was
one that will be long remembered.
On bad accident marked the progress
of the company from Kenosha to the
training camp. Just after the train
passed st. Francis Private Willems of
the company stuck his foot out of one
of the car windows and it struck a cat
tleguard. He was not pulled from the
train but he was severely injured. He
was taken from the train at Waukesha
and taken to the Municipal hospital
there. An examination showed that
one toe had been badly crushed and the
report from the hospital today is that
Willems will be able to go on to Camp
Douglas to join his company by Wednes-
day night.
All along the route from Kenosha to
camp the Kenosha boys were greeted
by cheering people. At many of the
stations the women Of the towns were
on hand with gifts Of food and candy
and flowers and it was like a triumphal
reception through the state.
Company M is established in camp
on one of the Camp Douglas hills and is
is declared to be one Of the most fav-
| ored spots in the camp. The boys will
get their uniforms on Tuesday or We'd
nesday and they will then be ready to
start in on the extensive training
which will be kept up until they are or
dered to Waco.
Thousands Of people including many
from Kenosha visited the camp on Sun
day and fought for something to eat and
place to rest. The Kenosha company
/ had hundreds of guests during the day
and the same was true of Troop E of the
cavalry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
Nathan Allen Hero
Of Near TRACED,
Well Known Citizen Shows Rare Pres
and Man from Path of Locomotive.

Well Known Citizen Shows Rare Pres
ence of Mind in Rescuing Children
and Man from Path of Locomotive.
Rare presence of mind and quickness
of action on the part of Nathan Allen
prevented serious accident Sunday
morning hen the former local manu-
facturer backed horse and cart, con-
tanning five children and one old man,
off the Northwestern tracks at the
Pearl street crossing just moment be-
fore the $3.50 south-bound train hur-
ried by. The old man who was driv-
ing the cart failed to see the approach
ing passenger train and drove onto the
tracks, endangering the life of the chill
dren and himself. Mr.. Allen, who with
suitcase in hand, was hurrying to catch
the Chicago train, saw the peril and,
risking his own life, seized the horse
by the bit and by beating it over the
head with his suitcase forced it back
off the tracks just in time.
Bystanders sta that if Mr.. Allen had
not taken the action he did there was
no way for fatal accident to be avoid
&C., The names of the occupants of the
cart could not be learned but the driver
is said to have given the explanation
that a freight train obscured his chan
ces to see the approaching passenger
train from the north.
It is also reported that there was no
flagman at the crossing, which in part
accounts or the peril in which the chill
dren and driver were placed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
YELLOW STREAK UNKNOWN.
Lieut.. Zenas Pitcher Writes TO Kenosha
Evening News, Praising Bravery
of the Members nf Trnnn e

41SuG. A6uaS Hl1CuST Virtues TO houOSIl2
Evening News, Praising Bravery
of the Members of Troop E.
"There is nary a yellow streak in any
member of Troop E." This is the dec
laration of Zenas Pitcher of Troop E and
the First Sergeant of the troop. Some
time ago a story was spread about Ke-
nosha that some one of the members
of the cavalry had been found "yel-
low and that he had been summarily
dealt with by the members of the reg
iment. 1t was not suggested that the
man was q member of Troop E. Ser
geant Pitcher declares that this story is
just one of the totories of camp that
never happened and that the circula-
tion of it has caused a lot of people to
believe that the man alleged to have
been chastised was a Kenoshan. Moth
ing of this nature has taken place in
camp since we arrived here says Ser
geant Pitcher, in very interesting let
ter to the Evening News today. He
tells some interesting things about
camp life.
"Since our arrival at camp" he
writes, the boys have taken hold like
veterans, both in camp life and l. their
drill work, in fact, we have made an
exceptionally good record in the field;
our officers having been congratulated
upon our dismounted work. The course
we are now pursuing in our drill work
is in the line of skirmishes, the men by
this time are able to advance in one
direction 10 yards on their "bellies
without rolling an egg off their back
The non-commissioned officers have had
instruction in equitation and expect
shortly to take up vaulting sitting erect
in the saddle with their arms folded
so you can judge for yourself the prog
rass they are making.
Our cooks have shown unusual apti-
tude in their new line of work and we
are hitting pretty closely to menu
which appeared in recent edition of
your paper:
ReveilIe is at $50; taps at 1880. Be
tween this time we are very busy. The
men seem to be well contented and well
pleased with conditions and the officers
are satisfied for which I am truly thank
full.
This afternoon we expect Company M
tn arrive and therefore T must discon,
tinue for this time to prepare the prop
er reception for the second contingent
that is to represent Kenosha in this
war.
With best regards to all in Kenosha
and we are taking this opportunity tc
extend our thanks to many people of
Kenosha for their kindness and inter
est they have shown
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, has a
real idea. He wants to build canton
ments in which men not fitted for army
service may be restored to health and
vigor and put in condition to be real
soldiers. This is the greatest humani-
tartan military movement that has been
proposed this year. Men who are re-
stored may never be soldiers but the
government will have done something
worth while
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
SUSPECT APPEARS IN PERSON
Matron Thought Dead Reports at Police
Station and Leaves Problem of Suicide
AS Battling as Ever-Clever Detec-
tive Work Comes to Naught.

The mystery attending the identity
lof the woman IS body found floating in
the lake. on last Thursday was solved
today-that is pretty nearly solved but
it did not stay near solved. A chain of
circumstances were discovered on Sun
day which led the coroner and other Of
ficials to believe that the body in the
morgue was that of Mrs. Nell McLaugh-
lis retired business woman Of
New London, Wisconsin. kilograms
were sent to New London and it was
discovered that Mrs. Mclaughlin had
disappeared from that city on last Tues
day afternoon and nothing had been
heard Of her. 1t looked like red hot
clew and kilograms flew thick and fast
.between the two cities and the New
London police wired that friends of
MRS. Mclaughlin could be found in Chi
Icago. In order to get all the informa-
ltion on which it was supposed that the
body was that of Mrs Mclaughlin the
lpolice had gone to the Northwestern
station and had opened a couple of par
cells which had been left there by a
mysterious woman on last Tuesday ev
.ening. In these packages they found
visiting card which read "Nell Me-
Laughlin." To the police woman who
Ihed seen Mrs Mclaughlin gave her
description and they told of corversa-
.tions which they had with her on train
Ebetween Appleton Junction and Keno
Isha on Tuesday. She had acted queerly.
She had refused to raise her veil and she
had talked incoherently in regard to
her plans.
Fyc~y' ling in connection with the
story appeared to indicate that Mrs.
Mclar h'in hal shuffled of. this NOR
tal coil in Kenosha. The plans for
the Identification went forward rapid
ly. In keeping with the order Of the
IKenosha police, the New London Of
fcers haG telegraphed to friends OF
MRS Mclaughlin in Chicago. They
were awaiting the coming of the weep
ing relatives this afternoon when a
remarkably keen-eyed woman walked
into the police station. The police Of
Ulcers who had picked the body from
the lake took the back room. 1t was
uncanny The resemblance between
the woman before them and the woman
on the cold table in the morgue was
wonderful Mrs Mclaughlin was a
woman Of few words and she hurried
to advise the policemen that she was
mot dead but very much alive. She
was not greatly wrought up on account
of the fact that they had opened her
parcels at the station, but she declared
THAT possibly an explanation would be
lin order. She had returned to Keno
sha this afternoon to get the parcels
Mrs. Mclaughlin hurried to explain to
the police that she had no idea who her
strange counterpart in the morgue
might be- She was not even interest
led in taking a look at the remains
Mrs. Mclaughlin got hurried apology
and her parcels and she continued her
"trip to Chicago later in the afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

IF City Engineer Brennan is as good
a military engineer as a city engineer,
Kenosha may as well be looking for
his successor right now. We feel GER
tain that Uncle Sam will not overlook
a chance to get such competent man
for the service of the army. And the
same thing can be said of his assistant,
Bob Smith. Kenosha is offering to
Uncle Sam couple of real engineers
and as a big loss to Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
MEN NEEDED ALL OVER STATE
Police Officers Ordered to Pick Up
"Chronic Loafers'' and Arraign Them
Under Huber vagrancy Act-Orders
To Be Carried Out to the Letter.

"Enlist--Work-Go to JaiI0 this is
the three alternatives offered to chronic
loafers in Kenosha by Chief of Police
O'Hare today. He told men who are on
the Kenosha police force that living
without serving and eating without
working were no longer fashionable in
Kenosha and directed his men to pick
up every idle man in Kenosha ON a
charge of vagrancy. A few cents in
pocket-book is not going to save these
men. They must show visible means
of support. There are certain. kinds of
work which are not regarded as
visible means" and the men who in
sist on living off the profits Of others
are to be brought to close turn in
Kenosha. The order to pick up the
idlers followed the receipt Of letters
by the chief of police and the sheriff
from the State Council of Defense.
The letter follows:
Idle Men Must Work.
To the Sheriff and Chief of Police:
Your attention is directed by the
State Council of Defense to the urgent
necessity of seeing that every person
is proftably employed, and to the pro-
visions of the Huber Vagrancy Law,
Section 697c, which empowers you to
make men work or GO to Jail.
The effect of the first draft is already
being felt in agriculture and the indus
tries of Wisconsin. Ever since America
entered the war laborers have been
needed in Wisconsin, and they are
needed more now than ever. The labor
officers of the various county councils
and the State Council of Defense are
daily receiving more demands for help
than they can fill. These demands are
steadily increasing. At the same time
reports are coming in to the State
Council from various parts of the state
concerning idle men.
The Huber law provides that every
male person over sixteen years of age
who shall be convicted by any court
or magistrate on the charge Of vag-
rancy, vagabondage, petty larceny,
drunkenness, or disorderly conduct,
shall be punished by Imprisonment in
the workhouse or in the county jail, at
hard manual labor. IT is also made the
absolute duty of the sheriff to see that
such persons are SO employed.
Vagrancy has repeatedly been defn-
ed as persistent DEMONSTRATING
Your duty is clear.
Every policeman knows the habitu-
ally idle men on his beat He recog-
nizes foaters the minute they reach
town. The police chief and the sheriff
must see to it that every able-bodied
man does one of three things: (1) en-
list; (2) work; or (3) go to Jail. IF
any man chooses the last course, it is
the duty of the sheriff to make him
work for the county.
The State Council of Defense directs
every police and sheriff in the state of
Wisconsin to enforce rigidly every
provision of the Huber law.
Yours truly,
State Council of Defense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Jackies from the Naval Training
Station, whc visited in Kenosha on
Saturday and Sunday nights We're I'M
der the care of a regular parol officer
The uniformed officer kept close tab on
the play of the jackies in Kenosha and
told them when it was time to go home:
The local police reported no trouble
with any Of the boys.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

And every one of the men made a
Second Lieutenant in the army is in
direct line for advancement. All he
wants is to have his advancement de-
termined by merit and not by political
pull. He has right to demand this
and the nation can give him nothing
less.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

And after all it does not appear that
a lot of people .eally wanted municipal
garbage collection. Now the task of
the council is to find way to force
all of them to accept it even if they
have to pay little to get it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Tt may be all right to insure the sol
diers before they 60 to war but we
know that when the war is all over
men in congress will insist on a pension
system to be used in keeping their po-
litical fences in ship shape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Go to the Chautauqua entertainments.
They are an aid to culture In the COM
munity. Of course, you may not need
any addition to your culture but your
example may aid your neighbor, who
does, to see the light.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

State officials may enlist without any
fears that their jobs viii be left with
out some one to take them. In war or
peace there is always some fellow who
wants to wear a badge of authority and
a lot of them are willing to give I'D
better jobs in order to get the star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

It may be that these fellows stand
about the country bars till midnight
drinking linear beer" and soda pop,
but it can be said that they were
never known to do it when any of
the real stuff was on tap. Verify
the world moves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Word has been received here Of the
death of Thomas R. McKillip, a vet
eran lumberman and contractor of Chi
cage, who was born in Kenosha, and
has many friends in the city. He died
Saturday at his home 1913 Pratt
avenue and was buried this morning
from the ST. Ignatius Church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Right now is an excellent time to
call the attention of the street men to
the condition of lot of paved streets.
Right now. is an excellent time to get
them repaved Next winter viii find
them impossible with no chance to
improve the condition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Real patriotism these days is the pa
triotism which shares. For instance,
when you take box Of cigars home
just tell The man to send one just like
it up to the soldier boys at Camp Doug
las or Waco. It makes splendid pa
triotic investment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Thank you, the telephone service in
Kenosha is improved, but for heaven Is
sake do not weary in well doing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Candy that makes you smack your
lips is the only kind we make.
Elite saVt&
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Every smash on the Western Front is
convincing the Kaiser that he needs a
sspeace cabinet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
Local Board of Exemption
Sends to District Board
Names of Men Who
Failed to Show
NAY Be HELD AS DEsERTERS

Will Have Five Days in Which to Prove
Their Good Faith After Which They
Will Be Certified to Adj't General
to Be Located and Picked Up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Let Us Figure on Your Printing.