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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Lyric: Keith vaudeville Matinee at o'clock. Night performances 7:0 and 8 o'clock.
 Bijou Superior vaudeville and feature pictures. Continuous performances to Il p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
Forecasts the Probabilities In the Cotton Trade For
 the Future
NEGRO EXODUS CAUSE
 OF HIGH LABOR COST
Prediction For Larger Acreage In Grains Despite the High Price Now Ruling in the Cotton
 Markets

It seems fairly certain now that some of the conditions that will exercise an important influence on the cototn mar ket next year will be the same as the conditions whose influence has been con spicuously felt this year. A review, therefore. of the market outlook for next season, while early, seems oppor- tune, since these influences are already becoming revealed with sufficint clear ness to have profound psychological effect on the market during the balance of the season now just beginning
 The minimum price of wheat has been lived at $2.20 per bushel. It is prac- dcally certain that this assures a & greater profit to the producer than cotton would at 30 cents a pound. Cot ton Is not food crop and is not like ly to be subjected to price regulation Should 1t be, however, 1t is reasonable that the minimum price would be fixed at higher price than any the market has so far recorded this season. Ger tainly, the government can be expected to do as much for the labor which pro- duce one class of staple products as il does for the other,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
Florence Hotel 2d Ave. and 18th St.

remodeled and newly fur-
 nished Absolutely modern. Excellent cafe. Rates Rooms without bath S1.00 per day. Rooms with private hath s1.50' per day. Whitman taNicabs and garage in connection with hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
PRICE OF WHEAT

Guaranteeing the price of wheat makes 1t practically certain, that the price next year of the staple products consumed in the production of cotton will be. east- ly, three times more than the price was when cotton was selling at 10 cents pound The great number of men the draft Is absorbing and the exodus of negroes, make it practically certain also, that the scarcity of labor in the south next year will be more seriously acute than 1t perhaps ever was before in the history of cotton production. To check the exodus 1t is perfectly evident that the pay of labor will have to be radi- more than was paid during the last two decades.
 At the prices almost certain to prevail next year there will be a greater profit in growing grain than there will be in growing cotton at 30 cents pound. So, 1t is reasonable to expect a marked in crease next year in the acreage plant ed to grain. particularly in the very large sections of the cotton country where the three staple grain products can be grown with success. A single laborer can cul- tivate and harvest well above 20 times as much acreage in grain as he can in cotton. The labor situation can be ex- pected, therefore, to give decided en- phasis to the tendency to increase the grain erea. In view of these facts, it hardly looks reasonable that there will be such an increase in the acreage planted to cotton next year. as many now believe the unusual prices will bring about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-10
RADICAL REVOLUTION

change in the relation of the cotton crop to the economic life of the cotton coun- try, and this relation will wield a vital influence when 1t comes to the inter pretation and application of these pros- pective conditions to the market next year. This change involves radical rev. olution in the method of marketing the crop and has brought about new era in cotton affairs. Any discussion of the problems of the market, which ignores this change, is apt to be misleading, while a frank recognition of the scope and extent of its influence is apt to bring a more luminous understanding of all problems, particularly of the one under discussion.
 The elimination of necessity as a factor in liquidating the crop and making the profits on the manufac- tured product. as well as the cost of producing the raw material. the basis for determining the price. constitutes the fundamentals of the new regime. It will be instructive to recite in this connection that the output of many manufacturing plants is at times greater than the demand. All well man. aged plans offer at such times only such a part of their surplus as may be necessary to meet the demand. The price is thus steadily kept on a basis which reflects the needs of the con- sumner as well as the cost of produce tion This is just what the cotton pro% ducer has been doing in late years and 1t definitely defines the new era in marketing the cotton crop.
 SURPLUS NO WEIGHT This basing of the price on the prof it's of the manufactured product, as we'll as on the cost of production, does not mean that the new era involves a notification of the laws of supply and demand, as some insist on inter- preting it to mean. Should the manu- facturer or the producer put more of their surplus on the market than the demand called for. these immutable laws would certainly assess their pen alties in the price that would be fixed. This price would reflect the necessi- ties of the owners without regard to the cost of their products, just as 1t was reflected in the price of cotton, without regard to its cost. when grim necessity forced the farmer to market a years supply in few months. A surplus of cotton does not mean today what it did when the crop had to be marketed under the adverse con ditions of that unhappy period The surplus was then, every bale Of it, depressing factor. This is not true of 1t now. It is true that it might have psychological influence, but the cost of production and the profits of the manufacturer would go long way, under the conditions of the new era. to neutralize such an influence. Especially would this be the case where these two items are so well known as they are today
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
ARE NOT STRIKERS. -

Frank Fred Pofahl of 1866 Pickwick
Place, and Peter Zavitniewicz, were
not rightfully listed as "shirkers'' in
the list made public on Monday by the
local examining board. Pofahl enlist
ed some three months ago in the truck
driving service and is now in the EN-
ploy of the government at Red Wing,
Minnesota. Consequently he is not
subject to draft and certainly not a
"sIacker." The alibi of Zavitniewicz
is different but equally good. Through
a recent change in address, which he
maintains was reported at the post
office, he failed to receive his notice
to report for examination and conse-
quently failed to appear within the APP
pointed time. Now properly appraised
of the fact that he is among the con
scripts he affirms that he is ready ard
willing to serve his adopted country il
he is found physically fit for the rigors
of war. These explanations exonerate
the men entirely and prove conclusively
that their names were improperly placed
upon Mondays list of shirkers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
County Exemption Board
Has It's Quota TODAY
Secretary Torrey Declares He Will
Have the Full 1oS Men Ready
for Certifcation Tonight.

This is getaway day for the county
board of exemptions and Secretary
Torrey declared this morning that he
felt certain that the county has secur-
ed men enough to fill up the entire
quota of ninety-eight and ten per cent
more. Forty men appeared for ex-
animation at the Court House today,
but Secretary Torrey declared that he
did not believe that any of these
men would be needed.
owe are going to examine them any
way" said Secretary Torrey, "and if
we do not need them for this call they
will be on tap for the next call. '',..~r,
In the first two hundred and eighty
men examined by the county board of
exemptions ninety were rejected follow
ing the physical examinations. One
hundred and thirty-six were passed
and of this number twenty-nine fled
no claims for exemptions. Fifty-four
filed exemption claim on account of de-
pendents. Thirty of the number called
for the county failed to appear for
physical examination and they have
been certified for service. The list of
men certified for service from the
county will be made out this evening.
The list of the "shirkersv will be
made out at the same time and for
warded to the Department of Justice
The full one hundred and eight men
making up the county quota will be
ready for the first call for entrain-
ment on September 5th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

way to provide heat for the library
without the erection of building to
be used especially for a heating plant.
This can not be done without spelling
the architecture of one of the most
beautiful buildings in Wisconsin. The
attorneys were expecting that some fur
tier information in regard to the case
would drift through from Madison be-
fore the day was over. In the mean
time they are preparing for both a
commission and court fight against
any move OF the company to eliminate
the service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
STATE OF WISCONSIN In CIRCUIT
COURT FOR KENOSHA COUNTY.

In the matter of the application of Maria
kamme OStergaard for the vacation of a
part of that certain plat known as Mum
sons subdivision.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR vACA-
TION OF A PART OF THAT CERTAIN
M6NsoH RNo sTspI "A oND SAL THP
TOWN OF SONIERS, KENOSHA COUN-
TY. WISCONSIN.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
and to all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Maria Kamme 0stergaard, of Ra
cine, Wisconsin. owner and proprietor of
that portion or part of that certain plat
known a. and called "MunSons Subdivi-
sion,'' and recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Kenosha County,
Wisconsin, as No. 1868 in volume ~ of
PlatS, on page A, which is described as
follows:
Commencing forty-two (42l feet east of
the southwest corner of the northeast
quarter of section number thirty (30),
town two 90 north, of range twenty three
VS. east; thence east on quarter section
line six hundred forty-five (645) feet;
thence north four hundred ninetySix and
siX-tenths 1860 feet: thence west six
hundred forty-five t645) feet to the east
line of the right ofway CT the Chicago
and North Western Railway Company !;
thence south on east line of said right Of
way four hundred ninety eight (49S) feet
to point of beginning. containing seven
and thirty-fve hundredthS 1851 acres,
and lying anc being in the town of Som
ers, in the county of Kenosha and state
of Wisconsin, save and except the west
twenty feet Of lots one to twenty. both in
elusive, of block three of said plat, here
tofore sold and conveyed to Chicago and
North Western Railway Company by
George w. Caruth and Harriet P Caruth,
his wife, by warranty deed dated Fehru-
airy IA. 1914, and recorded in Kenosha
County. Registry in volume "72" of Deeds,
on page TIA, and also save and except the
fifteen foot alley designated upon said
plat and lying Just west of block three
thereof, also conveyed to said railway
company by the same deed.
WILL at the opening and sitting of the
Circuit Court in and for Kenosha County,
State Of Wisconsin, at the Circuit Court
room in the Court House, in the City of
kenosha, in said county, on the second
Monday, being the Sth day, of October.
A. D. 1917, apply to said court and move
the vacation of the aforesaid part of said
plat so owned by her, pursuant to the
application therefor this day filed in the
office of the clerk of said court in the
Court House, in the City of Kenosha afore-
said.
Dated July Dist, 1917.
MARIA KAMME OSTERGAARD.
By Fisher & Fisher.
VIZ Her Attorneys.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
Camp Douglas Soldiers
Are Studying French
Thousand Members of the National
Guard Learn French Under the
Direction of Experts.

More than 1000 soldiers at Camp
Douglas are being taught to talk French
by University of Wisconsin instructors.
Glasses were held in several Wisconsin
cities before the troops were sent to
Camp Douglas, and the work is being
continued there. The five men who
are teaching French language and con
versation are R. F. Silvercruys, A. Ham
ilton, G.. e. Cousins, A. Smith and G.
iWsewell. An attempt is made to give
the soldiers enough French to ask for
food, drink, and other necessities if
they are ever detached from their reg
iments.
More than 500 of the regulars now
stationed at Camp Robinson, near Spar
ia, have signified their desire to learn
French through instructors from the
university. G. H. Greenleaf is now in
the camp teaching as many men as he
can. Col. Mcmahon, commanding Off
Ger at Camp Robinson, wishes his men
to be able t. speak French before they
are sent abroad and is cooperating in
the work of organizing the classes. More
instructors will be sent to Camp Robin
son soon through the university extern
sion division. Nurses who intend to
do duty in France are studying under
university men, Prof. R. B. Mitchell and
Prof. w. F. Giese, in classes in French
conversation now held in Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication July u, 1917.
NOTICE To CREDITORS.

KENosHA COUNTY CoURT-IN PRO-
In the matter of the will of John Radu-
enZ, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all persons against John
Raduenz. deceased, late of the Town of
wheatland. in said County of Kenosha,
will be examined and adjusted by the
County Court of Kenosha County at the
regular terms of said court to be holden
at the County Court room, in the City Of
KenoSha. in and for said county, on the
first Tuesday of September, A. D. 1917
and on the first Tuesday of January, A. d.
1918, at ten o'clock A. NJ. of those days;
also that the time until and including the
first Tuesday of December, A. D. 1917, is
the time allowed and limited for creditors
of said John Raduenz, deceased. to pre-
sent their claims for examination and al
lowance.
Dated at Kenosha. the 9Th day of July.
A. d. 1917.
By the Court,
GEO. W. TAYLOR,
WIG County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication August >, 1917.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENosHA COUNTY CoURT-IN PRO.
BATE.
In the matter of the estate of Alice
French, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all person against Alice
French, deceased, late of the City of Keno
sha, in said County of Kenosha will be
examined and adjusted by the County
Court of KenoSha County at the regular
terms of said court to be holden at the
County Court room, in the City of Keno
sha, in and for said county, on the first
Tuesday of November. A. D. 1917, and on
the first Tuesday of January, 4. D. 1918.
at ten o'clock A. NJ of those days; also
that the time until and including the first
Tuesday of December. a. D. 1917, is the
time allowed and limited for creditors of
said Alice French, deceased, to present
their claims for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 9th day of July,
A. D. 1917.
By the Court,
GEO. w. TAYLOR,
WIZ County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication July 90, 1917.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENOSHA COUNTY COURI-IN PRO
BATE.
In the matter of the last will and testa-
ment of Jacob Reiter, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all persons against Jacob
Reiter, deceased, late of the City of Keno
sha, in said County of Kenosha will he
examined and adjusted by the County
Court Court Of Kenosha County at the regular
County Court room, in the City of Keno
sha, in and for said county, on the first
Tuesday of October, A. D. 1917, and on
the first Tuesday of January, A. D. 1918,
at ten O'Clock A NJ. of those days: also
that the time until and including he first
Tuesday of December, A. D. 1917, is the
time allowed and limited for creditors of
said Jacob Reiter, deceased, to present
their claims for examination and allow
ance.
;, Dated q lat at Kenosha, the 18th day of July,
By the Court
GEO. w. TAYLOR,
County Judge
JAMES E. FULLY.
Attorney for Estate. Wis
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

John Spellman, who is serving the
city in the capacity of Dog Catcher does
not appear to be afraid of rabies. He
has been laid up with bites from his
"pets'' but he was back on the job
again today and declares that he is not
in the least afraid. The pound now
has some twenty dogs awaiting the com
ing of their owners to bail them out
Daily slaughters of the CANNES are be-
ing. featured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
Full Pledged Jackie
In Short Order
Edward Nicou Takes Short Route to
Become a Member Of Uncle
Sans Sea Fighters.


Edward Nicon Takes Short Route to
Become Member Of Uncle
Sans Sea Fighters.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Enlisted in the Navy:
Edward Nicoll.
Samuel E. Schar.
Barney N. Serler.
August Barmawizewicz.
Added to Roll of Company M:
Tadeus Gastynski.
Stanley j. Mitchell.
Dominick Praise.
Domininick Petracci.
Francis Anderson.
Edward Nicoll the son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Nicoll of Park avenue,
took the shortest route possible Mon
day to enlist himself in line to become
one of Uncle Sam s sea fighters.
Young Nicoll, who is one of the most
popular young men of the city, went to
Great Lakes Monday, in company with
postmaster German, enlisted, passed
the examination and today began his
training to become a seaman. NicolI
has been student at the Wisconsin
University and with perfect physical
qualifications promises to make name
for himself and for his city while serv-
ing under the "Stars and Stripes
and the naval ensign. Three other men
have gone recently from the local re-
cruiting Office to serve in the navy as
shown in the roll Of honor.
An echo from Company M is shown
in the eleventh hour enlistments, who
arrived just in time to share in the
glory Of arriving with the volunteers
at Camp Douglas. Stanley j. Mitchell,
who already has brother in the com
pany, could not refrain from enlist
ment when the time came for the boys
to hit the trail - and he shoulered his
gun to fight side by side with his
brother.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication July II. 1917.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENosHA COUNTY COURT-IN PRO-
BATE.
In the matter of the will of John Meier
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all persons against John
Meier. deceased, late of the Town of Pleas
ant Prairie. in said County of Kenosha.
will be examined and adjusted by the
County Court of Kenosha County at the
regular terms of said court to be holden
At the County Court room. in the City of
Kenosha, in and for said county. on the
first Tuesda-- of September. A. D. 1917.
and on the first Tuesday Of January, A. D.
1918, at ten o'clock A. NJ of those days;
also that the time until and including the
first Tuesday of December. A. D. 1917, is
the time allowed and limited for creditors
of said John Meier, deceased, to present
their claims for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 10Th day Of July,
A. D. 1917
By the Court
GEO. W. TAYLOR.
vic County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
HIGHEST PRICES

Paid for barley, rye and oats, deliv-
cred at your nearest station; also cab
bage, onions and potatoes. Get our
prices before selling elsewhere. The
Dunnebacke Co, Market and West
Main street. Kenosha- Phone SOL
e02. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

A trip through Kenosha county 5
ripening oats fields viii be enough to
convince any one that it is a pretty
good thing to be farmer this year.
Now the farmers are all afraid that
Dictator Hoover is going "to spill the
BEANS Well of course, a farmer, like
everyone else, is expected to sacrifice
something to win the war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication July II, 1917.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

KENOsHA COUNTY CoURT-IN PRO-
BATE.
In the matter of the will of Francisco
Stnffes. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands Of all persons against Fran
cisca Stoffels, deceased. late of the Town
of Paris. in said County Of Kenosha, will
be examined and adjusted by the Comfy
Court of Kenosha County at the regular
terms of said court to be holden at the
County Court room. in the City of Keno
sha. in and for said county on the first,
Tuesday Of Sentember. A. p. 1917, and on
the first Tuesday of January. A. D. 1913
at ten o'clock A NJ Of those DAYS: also
that the time until and including the first
Tuesday of December. A. D. 1917 is the
time allowed and limited for creditors of
said Francisco Stoffels, deceased. to pre-
sent their claims for examination and al
lovance
Dated at Kenosha, the 9th day of July,
A. D. 1917.
By the Court.
GEO. w. TAYLOR,
VIC County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First utilization Aug. g. 1917.
STATE OF WISDOM CIRCUIT
COTJRT-KENOSHA COUNTY

Charles c. Mink, plaintiff, VS.. Frank
Mencfeldowski, Tekla Mencfeldowski. wife
of said Frank Mencfeldowski, John Natl
owsok, Stanly Sykerwitch, Joseph Diel.
defendants.
BY virtue of a Judgment of foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled action
on the 10Th day of July, 1916. the under
signed sheriff of Kenosha County, State
Wisconsin, will sell at the -ront door
of the Court House in the City Of Keno
sha, County of Ken0sha and State of Wis
conSin, on the twenty second day of Sep
tember A d. 1917, at two O'Clock in the
afternoon of that day, the real estate and
mortgaged premises directed by said
judgment to be sold, and therein described
as follows. to-wit. Lot number eleven I'D
III block number two 81 of the KenUsha
Land and improvement Company's Subdi-
vision of part of section number thirty
(30) in town number two (2) north of
range number twenty-three (23) east,
known as North Kenosha, as per plat of
said subdivision on file in the Office of
the register of deeds Of Kenosha County,
Wisconsin. With the appurtenances there
unto belonging. lying and being in the
eighth ward of the City of Kenos ha in
the County of Kenosha and State of Wis
consin.
Terms of sale: Cash.
Dated at KeLosha, Wisconsin. this Sec
ond day of August, A. D. 1917.
J. NJ. HERMANN.
Sheriff of kenosha County
JOHN c. SLATER,
Plaintiffs Attorney. w22
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

DR.. Geo. l.. Ross, an eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist from Milwaukee,
has opened Offices in the Public
Service Bldg. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Now that all the dogs are muzzled
let's start in on the cats. 1t would be
hard to tell which is the greater nui-
sance--a yelping dog or a whining cat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16

Tom Temple, formerly with the Tenn
pie and Donley shoe store, is now in
charge of the shoe department of S.
and J. Gottlieb
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-16
First publication Aug. 9. 1917.
NOTICE no CREDITORS.
KENoSHA COUNTY CouRr-IN

KENOSHA COUNTY COURT-IN PRO
BATE.
In the natter of the estate of Frank
Van Der Wee, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims
and demands of all persons against Frank
Van Der Wee, deceased, late of the City
of Kenosha, in said County of Kenosha,
will re examined and adjusted by the
County Court of Kenosha County at the
regular terms of said c. TT to be holden
at the County Court room, N The City of
Kenosha in and for said county, on the
first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1917. and
on the first Tuesday of January, A. d.
1918, at ten o'clock A. NJ. of those days
also that the time until and including the
first Tuesday of December, =. D. 1917 is
the time allowed and nited for creditors
of said FRANK Van Der Wee, deceased, TO
present their claims for examination and
allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 3rd day of Au-
gust, A. D. 1917.
BY the Court,
GEO. w TAYLOR,
County Judge.
DRURY & ALBRIGHT,
Attorneys for Estate. w20