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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
SOMERs VETS TALK CONTEST
Officials of Dry Towns Believe That
the Federal Government Will Not
Issue Licenses to Men in Dry Terri
tory and Will Aid Enforcement.

Officials Of the towns of Pleasant
Prairie and Somers have consulted at
torneys with view of fortifying
themselves against the coming of
!" blind Pigs to these towns after the
first of July, when in keeping with the
expressed will of the people, saloon
licenses: will not be issued in these
towns 1t is declared that several of
the saloon men of the towns have
declared that when the license goes off
the wall they will convert their places
into Booster Clubs and that the
business will go right along. Attor-
neys have declared that in keeping
with recent federal legislation, the
federal government will refuse to issue
government licenses to any places in
this dry territory and if these men
desire to attempt to continue the sale
of intoxicants the federal government
will be called in to aid the town Of
ficials in enforcing the law. Town of
icials in both of the towns have de-
clared that the law will be enforced
and that the saloons must get out of
business and stay out until the peo-
pie vote them back in.
Out in Somers there is talk of the
saloon men making a contest against
the election by which the town went
dry. They hold that the election no
tice for the vote on the license ques-
tion was not posted early enough and
that it was signed by some people who
were not taxpayers and they have
threatened to go into court This has
not caused even a ripple of excitement
in the town, as it is known to many
people that the officials of the town
would refuse to issue saloon licenses
even though the liquor men should find
some technicality, by which the result
of the election could be thrown out.
No matter what the legality of the
election was, the people declared them
selves in favor of a dry town. There
is no power in the law books by which
a saloon man may force town board
to issue saloon licenses and it is pretty
certain that the town board will stick
to the expressed will of the people.
There has been no question raised
against the election in Pleasant Prai-
RE and it is declared that at least two
of the saloon men in the town have
arranged to close up and move out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
CANVAS THE VOTE.
City Council Makes no Changes in the
Result of the Election as
Announced on Wednesday.

The City Council met in adjourned
session ON Wednesday night and went
through the formality of eanvassing
the vote cast at the charter election
on Tuesday and instructed the city
clerk to issue election certifca tes to the
successful candidates. The re-organiza-
tion of the school board will probably
take place on next Tuesday evening and
the new council will have its first meet
ing week from next Monday night.
The official count of the vote show
ed that the majority for Justice of the
Peace is forty-fve and the official ma
iority for license in the city is 1912.
No change was made in the majority
by which any of the. ward officers
were elected. The vote for advising
the council on the raising of money
for the new school was as follow: IS
Direct Tax RondS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
HIMsTREET CASE DISMISSED.
Iowa Woman, Who Won Big Victory
in the Circuit Court, Must Pay
the Costs of the Case.

the Costs of the Case.
Judge E. B. Belden of the Circuit
Court this morning fled with the clerk
of the court a formal order for iudg-
ment in the suit of Mrs. Hannah Him
street, an Iowa woman against the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company. The judgment is in favor
of the defendant company and directs
that the suit Of the plaintiff be dis
missed with costs. The case was tried
at a recent term of the Circuit Court
and the jury awarded Mrs. Himstreet
a verdict of thirty-fve hundred dollars
for injuries which she received when
she fell down the stairway at the local
Northwestern station. The railway
company protested against the verdict
on the ground that Mrs. Himstreet had
shown contributory negligence. In the
formal order for Judgment Judge
Belden holds that several of the ques-
tions of the special verdict be changed
and the change In the answers to these
questions makes it necessary to give a
verdict in favor of the company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
Chairman John Spartz
To Abdicate Soon
Leader of the County Board Tells Com
panions to Go Ahead and Fight
Over Guardianship.

Over ChalrmanSh1p.
"Fight Ye Owls, Hate Peaceo is
the attitude of Chairman John P.
Spartz of Paris toward his fellow mem
bers of the County Board, for after
serving two years as chairman of the
County Board he declared to the other
members on Wednesday that he would
not under any circumstances accept
election to this responsible position for
another term. Chairman Spartz was
reelected by his constituents in the
town of Paris at the election on Tues
day, but he is just going to be a plain
supervisor and any other man who
wants to be chairman is not going to
have any fight from him.
81 want the other fellows to get
right out after the job" said Chair
man Spartz on Wednesday. "The
special meeting for organization is 60
ing to be called for the first of May
and at that time the chairman will be
elected With me out of the way and
not expecting any consideration, the
boys will be better able to form their
own battle for chairman of the board.o
Chairman Spartz has taken a great
interest in the fact that Willowbrook
Sanatorium was planned and completed
during his leadership of the board and
he has had gavel made from one of
the old walnut stumps on the sanatori-
UNI grounds and this will be presented
with all ceremony to the new chairman
when he is named.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
NED" ALL1s SETS EXAMPLE
Brave Young Men Are Coming Courage
ously to Front in Answer to Coun-
try's Call for Aid.


Pears to me, says Cinderella in
this mornings Tribune, eff I were a
young man, I'd rather volunteer for
military service now, while the volun-
teering's good, than to be pursued
around later by bailiff or a special
constable, or whatever they chase slack
ers with. -
And then she goes, on to name names
of Chicago men at Yale, Harvard and
other universities, men belonging to the
best known and wealthiest of Chicago
families, who have telegraphed their
parents of their enlistments.
She doesn't say, possibly because
she didn It think of it, that many men
considerably older and less fiery and
impulsive than these university stu
dents, are saying farewell to life in
which dinners and dances are import
ant features and offering their services
to their country thus justifying their
right to the protection and the privi-
leges their government has hitherto
afforded them.
She didn It mention that E. P. Allis,
Milwaukee man whose hardest con-
tests heretofore have been winning
golf championships and getting through
his college course with honor, and whose
inheritance from the wealthy Allis fam
lily of Milwaukee has made his life one
of ease, has enlisted in a cavalry regi-
ment now being recruited as a part of
the Wisconsin national guard.
Wisconsin has right to be proud of
young men of this sort who with all the
means necessary to buy substitutes or
make other contributions to their coun-
try to excuse not. giving til til cir own
lives for service, yet feel the call Of
patriotism and duty SO clearly that they
do not hesitate to enlist and to serve.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
WIFE WAS TOO GOOD.

"My wife is such a good woman that
do not want her to divorce me. -
This was the defense of Ernest Linton,
now in Buffalo, New York, to the com
plant for divorce filed by Clara A.
Linton, which was heard in the NUM-
cipal Court this morning. Linton and
his wife were married at Waukegan
six years ago and the wife charged him
with non-support. While not desiring
to appear in court to contest the de-
cree, the husband sent a letter to the
divorce counsel in which he declared
that he had been in hard luck but that
he wanted very much to retain his re-
lations with Mrs. Linton. The letter
did not bring withdrawal of the suit
and Judge Randall signed the decree.
The couple have no children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Father English was noted as an ora
tor and he had done much along literary
lines. His work along these lines was
never bounded by parish lines and he
was regarded as an important figure in
the church in the whole nation.
Surviving are his two sisters, who
were with him when the end came, and
one brother, William English of Win
netka, Illinois.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

William G. Fisher, formerly asso-
ciated with his father in the manage
ment of the Independent Ice Company,
has purchased an interest in The Hill
Garage on Sheridan Road and is going
to be active in the management of the
business of the company. Mr.. Fisher
is widely known to the people of Ke-
nosha and Kenosha county and his in
terest in the garage is certain to make
it more popular with the people
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

DR.. Herbert E. Wright has organized
a health brigade of sixty members
made up of the children of the sixth
grade in Columbus School. These
youngsters are to aid in the dissemina-
tion of health knowledge in the com
munity and do what they can to pro-
mote health conditions for all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Mrs. Richard F. Kaiser and her chill
dren have come to Kenosha from their
home in Eau Claire, to join Mr.. Kaiser,
whose duties as secretary of the Cham
Der Of Commerce brought him to Ke
nosha several weeks ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

.sta-.rCl bftf3O viz H-f@frS w.
been insane, for his normal mind could
not have framed any letter such as was
found in his possession, can give
nothing in regard to the life of the
boy after he left Gary. We think that
he went to Chicago, but his friends
there declared that he simply disap-
peared and they had heard nothing more
from him until they saw by the papers
that he had died in this county,
At the Johnson farm in the town of
Bristol where the body Of the young
man was found hanging to a rafter last
Monday afternoon, he had refused to
give his name. He had told the
men in charge of the farm that his
home was in Michigan and that he was
an experienced farm worker.
Young Wheaton was born in Dighton,
Michigan, November 3, 1896. He had
spent much of his life in Dighton. He
had been educated in the schools there
and had been active in the social life of
the village and had been prominent in
the work among the young people in
one Of the churches Of the village.
The funeral will be held at the old
home in Dighton on Sunday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

To Mr.. and Mrs. John Blackman, in
Kenosha Hospital, April s, a daughter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Mrs. William Wells of Eagle street
IS visiting relatives in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12

Try a Want AID.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
SAYS SON LOST HIS MIND
Boy Had Worked in Dighton, Mich, as
a Drug Clerk Until Last November
When He Went Out to Try the
World - Sought Since February.

A grief stricken father came to Ke-
nosha on Wednesday night and claimed
the remains Of his only son who had
died q suicide. The man was s. @.
Wheaton, one of the most prominent
citizens of the little village Of Dighton,
Michigan, and early this morning he
left with the remains of his son, Cecil
Wheaton, for the old home town
and on Sunday afternoon the body Of
the boy will be laid at rest by the
side Of the grave Of his mother.
cit is impossible for me to explain
the actions of my boy" said Mr..
Wheaton as tears rolled down his face.
FThere never was cleaner boy any
where. He was clean in his personal
life and respected by the people in his
home town. He was twenty years of
age and 1 had kept him at home until
last November. Then he had friend
who was working at the steel mills at
Gary and he told me he thought it was
time for him to get out and make his
own living. He had never done any
thing but clerk in local drug store
and when he wanted to go away /
made no serious objection. L got let
ters from him regularly until the first
of February of this year and then the
letters stopped coming. I started out
to hunt for him. 7 found that he had
left Gary, but no one seemed to know
had gone. He probably went
90 and lost himself in the
re never did days work
in his life and / can not
he fact that he came up
try seeking farm work.
vas any reason for the let
left behind him. He had
sordid side of life unless
A in the last few weeks of
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
THE NEGROES ARE LOYAL

A patriotic negro mass meeting
was held at Newport News on Sun
day, at which leading ministers OF the
race made addresses. The meeting
voiced the belief that the negro would
be found unwavering in his patriot
ism
Former President William II Taft
in an address Sunday afternoon under
the auspices Of the Augusta (Ga ,
colored Y NJ c. A. declared the wal
with Germany righteous. approved
the proposed loans of billions to tbs
entente allies. urged the country to
accept cOnscription as the democratic
and proper method OF raising an
army. and, defending the patriotism
of the negro. declared that the report
that efforts were being made by Ger
man agents TO arouse them against
their country were ril.c llous
Along the same lines the Ocala Ban.
ner has received the following com
munication. signed by number of in
tiuential colored citizens of Ocala
Ocala. Fla. April .. 1917.
To the Editor Ocala Banner
There appeared in the Florida
Times-U Union of the 5th an article
headed: Say German Agents Are En-.
deavoring 10 Stir Up the Negroes.
and as we are to the manner born
Afr0-Americans we ask space TO say
that this statement is very far from
the feeling of the negroes in this city
county or. we believe in the state. The
negro men in this locality will almost
Ell masse turn out instanter to the
support OF the declaration of the pres
ident and congress- We will be found
prompt TO respond to the call to arms
IN defense of America-the only coun
/ try and flag we revere. and If the
legislature, now in session in ITALIA
haSsee. will pass the enabling act
the negroes of Ocala will respond To
the call with three or four companie,
in double quick order. Give us the
chance. We know this is the white
mans country and it is the negro's
home.
K. S. MITCHELL
+ GEO. GILES,
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
LET'S GET BUSY NOW

Hon. l.. u. Rhodes chairman OF
the National Board Of the Farmers
Union CT America. his been in oar
city since Sunday. working fo9 the in
terests of the farmers Of Marion corn
ty. by organizing local unions fhroarA
ont the county
7. has been IL earnest 6o'i OF
III nose Interested III this wor~ tAlt
ve might have county union. and
tau ce lined up in way that
would mean real benefit to the rlemr
oers. TO have a county uni n re.
.uires five locals. and a result OF
Ar. Rhodes presence We have the re-
mired number. although the merb r.
Hip is far from what it should be
Mr.. Rhodes addresses at the differ
an points were much appreciated by
hose present. and were chuck full y:
-ood. whole ONE truths and authenfio
information It is a shame that many
IF the farmer thou-ht themselves too
Busy to attend these meetings. 10.
har uas ,he loss There is one
a.~4 tho farmers must do or Keep
having away. with conditions grow
worse eeIy year ana with the
ters-e wage vi th" rmer through
the rnucd STAT. only II cents
r-- .t.. g. lf.io .faoea +n.. con
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
WHAT OF THE FUTURE OF PAR
TIES?

After the war of 1912 there was
ushered in an era OF good feeling
and the federalist party gradually
and imperceptibly faded out of exist
ence
The war with Mexico brought about
the defeat OF the aspirations Of Hen
~ Clay for the presidency. and With
the downfall Of its ;dol the wig par
ty faded away.
In the south the wings were incor-
porated and became part Of the dem
ocratic party, and in the north its
leaders became the CO.. rolling fac
tors in the republican party.
Since 1860 a great chasm has sepa-
rated these two great national parties
but that chasm is rapidly being bridg-
ed over, and the appearances are
that it will entirely disappear
1t looks as if again an era Of good
feeling" is to be ushered in
The olive branch is perceptibly in
evidence
It will be remembered that Sena-
tor Lodge Of Massachusetts and Pres
!dent Wilson were not on speaking
.erm+ before the latter delivered his
war address
When the Massachusetts senator
scad shat eonderful document ne has
tened to the White House to extend
his hearty congratulations % its au
nor ana pronounced it an anansVera-
bic argument. ana in the United
States Senate today President Wilson
las no warmer friend nor more in
tense admirer than Senator Lodge.
and he is standing behind him very
bulwark OF strength.
President Roosevelt had not been
to the White House since 1901. In the
campaign of 1916 his speech against
the president for not declaring var
against Germany Immediately upon
the sinking of the Lusitania was the
harshest utterance of the entire cam
pagn But when the strenuous. res0-
lutte ex-president read President Viii
sons message to the congress which
had been called into extraordinary
session he was so delighted with it
that he FASTENED to the White House
bearing an olive branch in both hands
and warmly congratulated President
Wilson
What do these things portend 50
far as they relate to the history OF po-
litical parties?
DO they not Indicate a new alisn-
ment?
Does it not look as if the history Of
lisp and 1860 is to be repeated?
Does it not foreshadow the disap
pearance of the republica party the
same as the federalist and whig par
ties gradually faded out of existence?
We think so.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

Capt w J. Folks, familarly known
as Uncle Billy" says that those who
favor county division in the western
portion of Marion and eastern per-
ton of Levy are trying to run rough
shOd over those who oppose the
measure. They are manipulating the
boundaries so if the measure should
pass it will be impossible for Dun
mellon to he selected for the county
site and TO do so it will place the
new county in a miserable shape and
will make a travesty of Levy.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
SECRETARY DANIELS NOT so BAD

By his prompt action the day was
declared Secretary Daniels saved the
government s20.OO0.O0O In the pur-
chase Of steel for naval construction
by negotiation he secured a reduction
of prices that amounts 10 $4,000. 600.
On the cost OF torpedoes, by executive
action, the navy department saved
ever 100000 by fixing a price GOV.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

If the legislature has any money tc
appropriate to fairs, we hope that the
Marion county fair will not be over
looked. 1t has set the pace. 1t has
been at the front for ten years. In all
respects it is as varied, excellent and
complete as the fairs at Jacksonville
or TAMPA
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

ering production and a reasonable
profit. where the manufacturers bids
were found to be excessive. BY agree
ment with the council of national de
Tense the copper interests have offer
ed to supply over $4,000, 900 pounds Of
copper for the army and navy 1t
about half the market price
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
r. S. MITCHELL.
GEO. GILES,
G. CROMPTON.

As soon as the bone dry" law was
passed in Georgia one of the Judges
OF the supreme court emptied what
liquors ne had on hand in the kitchen
sink
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

British suffragists are clamorine
an immediate grant of the ballot. Rus
STA has given woman the right of sui.
frage. Why shouldn't Great Britain
move with the procession And y%x
shouldn't Florida move?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

Wilson tried persuasion. like the
farmer in the blue-back speller did to
the boy in the apple tree: talk failing
he tried tufts of grass, and that fail
ing he resorted to real warfare.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

My, my. the time that young men
have wasted training in the pool
rooms and other places, Better the
training camps: one hundred times
better
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

When ex-President Roosevelt cali
ed on President Wilson. both were
dee-lighted. The patriotic fires have
not only brought all sections but all
hearts together
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

We hope that no newspaper report
er will be barred from attending the
sessions of the legislature Let us
have free criticism
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

They say a man is no older than M
feels. The editor of this paper acted
as a courier during our civil war
and he feels that he could perform
the same service still Nothing would
give his more pleasure than to join
ex-President Rooseyelt's expedition
AIRY force.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

We DO not believe in all work and
no play, but we do not believe in
bringing up children in idleness To
do so is to recruit the army of hoboes
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

There is a bill in. the legislature
providing that commercial training
shall be made prerequisite to grad
uation.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

As a rule the newspapers of Florida
are just in their critisisms TI@y are
seldom manevOlent This may be OBJ
served in the treatment Governor
Cats message is receiving at their
hands 1t was feared that his mes
sage would be something like his
speeches play to the grand stand,
but on the contrary it is rather a mild
and conservative production, and as
before stated. couched in simple
phrases If Governor Cats does his
part in a decent and praisworthy
manner he will find that the news
papers will not be niggardly in their
praise.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

The declaration OF war with Ger
many has not only given Us baptism
of patriotism but has given us ben
ediction of unifcatiOn.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

The first issue OF the Manatee Ban
ner is before US. 1t has the flag at
It's masthead and it looks good to US.
we hope that it may live lozg and
useful life.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

Won Hindenberg Is trying mighty
hard to keep those French and Brit.
ish from falling into that trap he has
set for them.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

Senator Wells of Leon has intrOduc-
a bill for more moderate newspaper
libel law.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

Increase the pay of the private sol
der When the supreme hour arrives
it is UP to him TO do the fighting and
the dying.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13

In bill before the legislature 100.
600 acres of land is to be set apart
for the Seminole Indians.