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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
ENGINEER CALLED BY DEATH
Peter August Strangberg Died at Els
Home on Third Street Late Mon
day Afternoon.

Peter August Strangberg, aged ~
years and for many years employed as
engineer at the Grant planning mill died
at his home on Third street just after
five O'Clock Monday afternoon. follow
ing an illness which had extended over
more than two years. The deceased
was one of the best known of the Swed-
ish-born residents of Kenosha. He
was son of the late Jonas and Britta
Strangberg and was born in Sweden
February Z, 1910. He emigrated to
America in 1881 and came direct to Ke-
nosha and had since made his home in
this city. On August 4th, 1883, he was
married to Miss Anna Matilda Eliason.
He is survived by his widow, five sons
Carl George, Walden, Knud and
Adolph, all of Kenosha, and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. liner Anderson of Norway,
Mich. He was one of the active mem
bers of Society Svea and he had been
prominent as member of the Swedish
Lutheran church. Funeral services
will be held at that church at three
0 CLOCK Wednesday afternoon with in
terment at the family plot at Green
Ridge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
Bronze Buttons
For Exempted Men

Government TO Furnish Badge for
Every Man Who Is Exempted From
Service in National Army.
Every Kenosha and Kenosha county
man who is exempted from service in
the new national army that is to be
formed soon will be wearing little but
tons which will show to the world that
he is exempt from service.
Dispatches from Washington assert
that thousands of little bronze buttons
bearing the word Exempt" have been
sent out to the local boards and prob
ably will be received in Kenosha within
the next day or two. Above the
word exempt is the national coat of
arms and beneath it are the words
"United States" Every man who is
exempted will receive one.
A similar plan has been followed in
European countries to show the gen
eral public that the wearer of the but
ton has good reason for not being in
the service. Otherwise a man might
be subjected to some criticism.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
HELPS OUT CHICAGO COURT.
Judge Taylor Helps Chicago Negro
Escape Sentence of Six Months
at Hard Labor.

On the request of Judge Frey in
charge Of the court of domestic rela-
tons in Chicago, Judge Taylor in the
County Court here, aided negro to
avoid the horrors of six months in the
House of Correction in the middle of
summer. He was Vennet Files, twenty
one years of age and he came to Keno
sha this morning accompanied by a
bailiff of Judge Frey's court and by
Miss Lucinda Clements, who had been
named in the warrant in Chicago. The
girl was but sixteen years of age and
she could not have been married under
the laws Of the state Of Illinois and
for this reason Judge Frey sent them
to Kenosha. The bailiff gave up his
guard just as soon as Judge Taylor
had pronounced the mystic words of
the marriage ceremony.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
Auxiliary of County Council
of Defense Extends Its Ac-
tivities to Towns Sur
rounding the City.
CONSERVATION CONTAGIOUS

The work of the Women's League
has proved contagious. Patriotic and
practical it has made an irresistible APP
peal to housewives throughout the
county as well as in the city and as
a consequence several of the surround
ing towns are clamoring for an oppor-
tunity to do their bit along lines of
conservation. The fame of the food
pledges has gone beyond the corporate
limits of Kenosha and Wilmot, Silver
Lake, and Trevor women are anxiously
awaiting the time when they will be
allowed to enlist in the army of fem
ininity which constitutes the nation s
second line of defense0 The.enthus-
iasm displayed in the outlying, settle
ments is highly gratifying to the local
officials and positive attempt to
reach the county recruits will be made
in the near future.
Salem is already modified for serv-
ice With branch auxiliary of the
Women S League it is ready to make
its food canvass during the early days
of next week. The township is also
upnorting committee for patriotic
service which will cooperate not only
with the County Council of Defense,
but also with the Kenosha chapter of
the Red Cross. Miss Frank Stewart,
of Salem, is the chairman Of the new
association and by virtue of her office
there has been made member of the
advisory committee here. She is very
anxious that demonstrations in the
proper canning, drying and storing, of
vegetables and fruits, should be held
in Salem and several of the surround
ing towns. Apropos of this suggestion
the local chapter has made arrangements
to hold such meetings in all towns which
will file applications for the same with
Mrs. D. o. Head, chairman of the Wom-
en- g League for the city of Kenosha
The details OF such work and other
problems now confronting the "Legion
of Life will be clearly set forth in
the women s patriotic service to be held
at the Rhode theatre on Wednesday aft
ernoon at 8 o clock. W. J. Gillen, of
Racine, will be the chief speaker on
this occasion, and viii discuss the cues
ton of conservation from every angle.
fore than this the women, recently en-
gagged in the food canvass of the city,
viii make reports on their work and
suggestions as to the future conduct
of the campaign for the "new econ
omy.' Special music by Mrs. Truax and
other well-known singers viii make the
meeting interesting from an artistic
standpoint and add touch Of novelty
wholly appropriate to such service.
This fine combination of oratory and
song will make the rally attractive TO
many types of women and will doubt
less assure capacity crowd for the
celebration of the third anniversary of
the world war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

ship which is today conducting siren
nous campaign for signers in the Silver
Lake community. That they viii be
successful is assured by the personnel
OF Mr.. Kerwin s corps of assistants
which includes w. G.. Schlecht, DR.. G.
". Dixon, Miss May Tennis and Mrs.
Clair Dixon. The committee was agreed
IN its belief that nearly a hundred
members would be enrolled in the new
organization by this ,evening and that
Silver Lake would then be as effective
ly modified for Red Cross work as are
the neighboring towns of Bristol and
Wilmot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
WON'T BE DEPoRTED.

A lot of Kenosha aliens 7ould rather
fight for the United States than be
deported and regardless of the fact
that they are facing the draft in the
past week more than one hundred and
twenty-five aliens have asked the clerk
Of the Circuit Court for first papers
Nearly every one of the men have de-
clared that if it is a choice between be
ing deported and being called for army
service that they prefer service in the
army The certainty Of congress en-
acting legislation providing for depor-
tation of aliens who claim exemption
from service in the armies is certain
to keep the clerk decidedly busy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
COUNTY SENDS NOTICES.
County Exemption Board is Three Days
Late in Getting Master Key
for the Draft.

The county exemption board put the
machinery for the selection of men
from the county for the new national
army into operation this morning, The
master key for the board was delayed
three days in transmission and for this
reason the formal notices to men to
appear for examination starting on
Wednesday did not go out until this
afternoon. One hundred and ninety
six men will be called from the vari-
GUS towns in the county. The ex-
animation of the men will start on
Wednesday morning and it is expect
ed that it will be completed by the
end of the week. Many informal
claims for exemption have already
been made to members of the board
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
TO CALL 400 FOR
PROVISIONAL GUARD.

county clerk who is foolish enough to
take chance of a fifty dollar fine be-
cause of a ten cent fee or to accommo-
date a stranger; he ought to be and viii
be fined in every instance. Perfect
strangers have secured hunting licenses
from clerks without signing an appi-
cation. If the same man wanted to
borrow fifty dollars from you or ask
you to sign note for fifty dollars, you
would not do it but some of you
persist in selling such men license
and take chance of being fined fifty
dollars. We warn you who have done
so to stop the practice =
Wisconsin Conservation Commission.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

Russia is today the greatest cog in
the great machine for the advancement
of civilization. How well Russia learns
the lesson of self-control, how well she
learns to stife personal ambition to
advance the public good, is going to be
one measure and one great measure of
the length of the war for democracy.
Russia bears a hard burden but if she
is to be entitled to a place among the
republican governments of the world
she must bear this bur( en- and bear it
for humanity and civilization in a man
ner which will make it possible for
Russia to give her full share of service
for the advance of democracy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

The death of William Bowdish, well
known Milwaukee newspaper man, re-
moves man who has been a real orna-
ment to the profession. Helpfulness
and cheerfulness were the two watch
words of Bill Bowdish. His high ideals
coupled with his love for the news
paper game made him one in a thous-
and among the men who write news
papers In Wisconsin. His example to
other men in the profession is
the greatest monument that could be
raised to him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
CALL Men TO PATRIOTIC DUTY

Committee Works Out Entire Plan fot
Organization of Troops Which Will
Be Guard to Kenosha While Other
Men Are Off Fighting Battles of the
Nation State Expected to Provide
Equipment for the -Four Hundred En-
listed for This Purpose - Must Be
Volunteers for Service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
Board Of Education in SEES.
sion Monday Evening APP
proves Record Budget to
Be, Sent to Common
Council at Meeting
To Be Held on
Next Monday
Sl4O, 600 FOR new SCHOOL

Board Asks That Council Make Appro-
priation Of $4,000 to Help Meet De-
ficiency Placed at $125,O0o and That
over $4,000 be Voted for the Reg
ular Operating Expenses for the
Next Year $4,000 to Run the
schools to the First of Next
July.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

And when they get through primping
up Main street there will be. a lot of
other streets ready for the work of the
repair men. Let's not be partial in
this matter but repair them all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
many TO LOSE LICENSES
Heavy Penalties Are Placed by State
Against Making False Affidavits to
Secure Hunting Licenses - New
Licenses Ready Soon.

Aliens must forget the gun and the
fish pole in Kenosha county, for under
the new hunting license laws, copies of
which have just been received by the
county clerk, the most notable change
is the fact that hunting licenses may
no longer be issued to any alien.
Foreign born citizens must be able to
show their second papers before County
Clerk Jones may issue them a license
under the state law. The old law per
mitted the issue Of license to aliens
who had taken out their first papers
and hundreds O. 4ch licenses have
been issued in this county in past
years. The Law provides a fine of five
hundred dollars for any alien who signs
the application for hunting license
and such afidavits, that he is citizen.
1t is declared that the state conser-
walton commission will vigorously prose
cute any attempts on the part of aliens
to violate the law and the county clerk
has been advised that he must care
AuA1J CAONSA up OH cAhOc1N1t0 LIZ
orders of the conservation commission
to the clerk in connection with the is
suance of licenses, is as follows:
Hunting licenses cannot be sold to
any person who has not reached the
age of fifteen years. This does not
mean fourteen years and eleven months.
So many clerks ask if boy who will
be fifteen years old in six weeks cannot
buy a license. The law says fifteen
years, our answer must be NO, and
every county clerk when he is asked
that question should simply point
to the law and say that county
clerk nor no one else may change
the law. The boy must wait until
his fifteenth birthday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

The blow has fallen The Board of
IEducation at its adjourned meeting on
Monday evening took final action to APP
prove it's budget to the council for the
support of the schools in 1913. The
total amount that the council was asked
ito furnish reaches the vast sum of
I$366,O0O.
OF this amount little over $780, 900
is asked for the regular operating ex-
lpenses of the schools, $4,000 is asked
to make up existing deficiencies and
$4,000 is asked for the new Washing
ton school
The total of the budget makes all
Iother budgets presented to the council
appear as "pikers'' With the demand
for the appropriations for the coming
year is sent report of the receipts
land expenditures for the year just clos
ling. Here is the report and the bud
get demand:
Kenosha, Wis., July 30, 1917.
no the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council Of the City of Kenosha, Wis
consin.
Gentlemen;
In compliance with the provisions of
THE Charter of the City of Kenosha, and
particularly Section 10 Of Chapter IL,
Ethereof, the Board of Education of said
ECity, report TO your Honorable Body
1.-The following financial statement for
the fiscal year from July /, 1916, to
July |, 1917, which is true and correct
gstatement Of the receipts and disburse-
Ements of said Board of Education dur
ling said year:
Receipts.
/ Amount on hand in General
Fund July l, 1916. ......$ S3,612.65
Amount on hand in Lincoln
School Fund, July l, 1916. 34,SS8.S7
Received from City of Keno
sha .................. 100000
Received from State School
Tax ......... 26,o57,35
Received from County School
Tax % ooo oo
Received from Stata for Foo
Hiob soboo1 ao7 5e
Pocoived from s+c+o for Mon
nal Troinirr 171 90
Received from State for Do
mos4io so;onoo ~ %
Roooivod from st,+o for Cav
ono;a1 ca,,nas 600 70
poaai,-a7 go ILL.,. ~
of pon5ar ~ ~
Received fron, r,,;+;on ron,n
"a p.su4.1 ~ -
p - pslS e,,, ME- .;,.'' 49, f4''0O
- ~ :. o''' $3.50 700 80
~ $500
49, n ~ -" : - 10" Ao"n
q Fa1ls ..'''.,.... 4o'oo
''9,eiveI lio"' 0i'ion io"" ,cooo
OF oalem '...'.'......... loV'oo
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

An pdfe man is ali out of touch with
the America Of today If he won t
work or fight put him where he can
not interfere with other people work
ing or fighting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

Inasmuch as the Board of of Educa-
tion is approximately $4,000 short
to carry them through their current
year, we respectfully request the City
Council to raise Ahe necessary funds
to make up about $4,000 of the defic-
iency,
Respectfully submitted,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Williams left
this morning for Akron, OHIO, where
they plan to make their future home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
SCHOOL BUDGET FOR
ITO REACH S366,O
Paid for Tuition, District No.

Paid for Tuition, District No.
10 ................. 100000
Paid for Rent .... 2,679.27
Paid for Land Surveying and
recording deeds) ......... BIO
Paid for New Buildings
Lincoln School .......... 52,5e2e5
Paid for New Buildings
Washington School ...... 100000
Paid for New Buildings
Portables (Bain) ...... $4,000
Paid for Salaries Of Teachers 125,3S8.80
Paid for Salaries of Janitors 15,7oo75
Paid for Salaries of Clerks. 2,356.00
Paid for Equipment Of Build
ings ............... 1,O39.19
Paid for Repair Of Buildings,
Equipment and Upkeep Of
Grounds ........ 12,o76e6
Paid for Wells and Pumps. 1,2So.O3
Paid for Text Books. .. 2,167 so
Paid for Wider Use Of School
Buildings .......... l,77oo5
Paid for Supplies and Gen
eral Expense ........... 14,6s7.8o
To Amount on Hand, July !,
1917 .................. 7o,2oO.29
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

The joint committee representing thu
Kenosha County Council of Defense
and the Military Affairs Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, held a meet
ing last night to discuss the plan of
having a Provisional Battalion IN
Kenosha. Joseph Funck acted as
chairman of the meeting, and form
of application blank was adopted so
that all men IN the city of Kenosha
who desire to avail themselves of the
opportunities Of physical recreation and
military training may join.
The age limit was set so as to in
clude able bodied men from eighteen tn
sixty years of age, and it was believed
advisable to confne membership to
American citizens and to men of foreign
birth who have taken out first papers
1t has not been fully decided where
drills will be held, but it is probable
that some central point will be select
ed where each of the four companies can
have one night each for drill purposes.
The Provisional Battalion will, no
doubt, appeal to a great many young
married men and also the older genera
ton as there will be competitions in
rifle practice and in drills, and in fact
many of the features of an athletic
club. Great interest has already been
evinced among the business and
Office men of the city who feel the
need of outdoor activity.
The uniforms and equipment will
be provided as soon as the present
conditions will permit.
Application blanks can be secured at
Palica's Cigar Store, the Mayors
office, at the City Hall, the Merchants
and Savings Bank, First National
Bank, and from Richard Kaiser, score
tary of the Chamber of Commerce.
All application blanks should be for
warded when completed to Mr.. Kaiser
who will arrange for enrolment.
The joint committee in charge of
this organization consists of Joseph
Funck, w. Fl. Afford, Geo. Fl. Allen,
Chester D. Barnes, DR.. Geo. F. Adams,
A. E. Buckmaster, Captain Edward
Dayton, James German, G. H. Eddy,
Geo. S. Whyte and II. J. Mellum;
information can be secured from
any member of this committee per
tanning to this organization
1t is expected that the enrolment
will take about two weeks and all men
who have had military experience are
especially invited to become members.
The following is the form for
enrolment:
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Kenosha Provisional Battalion,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
I hereby make application for mem.
bership in your organization and agree
to attend all meetings and drills
thereof for period of one year,
unelss prevented by illness or other
cause.
| was born ........... at .........
and am 80. married. I have -.
children dependent upon me for sup
port. My height is ........... Weight
......... Color Of eyes. Color
of hair ........... Other visible dis
tinctive marks ........ I am
-. an American citizen. Of foreign
born, frs papers taken out-give
date)
have had .......... years military
as follows: Estate name Of
rank held, and length of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
Applications for Hunting Licenses.

This is Important-Sum section (2)
of section 5000 of the new laws par
ticularly provide that an application
in the form of an affidavit must be ex-
ecuted and fled with you covering
every license you sell. We cannot be
too forcible in impressing the import
ance of this part Of the law This has
been the law for two years, but county
clerks have been careless, so the pres
ent legislature attached penalty of
fifty dollars for neglect Of this statute.
This year the taking of application
blanks will be doubly important for
the following reason: Licenses can be
sold to citizen of the United States
only. This means that an alien must
have lived in the United States for at
least FIVE years The old law per-
mitted the sale of licenses to aliens
who had their first papers. You are
going to have hundreds Of applications
from these men and you must refuse
them. IF a man who has not his full
citizenship papers executes one of the
application blanks and swears to it, he
will be fined five hundred dollars. If
you give him a license without his
making regular application, we have
not the evidence to convict him. BUT
should we desire to investigate the pur-
chase of any such licenses the first
thing we we will do (and there will be
many cases) will be to call on you for
the signed application blank and any
county clerk who cannot produce the
same will be Immediately prosecuted.
Play safe and take applications prop
erly executed. You do not know what
license may be questioned
We wish to cite an instance in this
matter. A man from Indiana phoned
a county clerk for hunting license
and represented himself as citizen of
that state. The county clerk sent the
license without an application blank
for the same. The man hunted for one
dollar instead of twenty-five dollars.
The man was arrested, his license taken
up, and we went to the county clerk to
secure the signed application so that
we could prosecute the man for false
swearing and the court was ready TO
impose the FIVE hundred dollar fine.
The county clerk did not have the
signed application. The Indiana man
did not swear falsely, but he simply
made an easy mark Of the county clerk
If man can make fool of you and
ne is caught all we can do is to take
away his license. You are the goat and
viii have to pay fifty dollar fine; you
know mighty well that he won t come
to the front and pay the fifty dollars
for you. But if you always take an
application then the man stands IN for
q five hundred dollar fine and you have
complied with the law. This is fair
warning to every county clerk and we
will prosecute in every instance, any
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
$325.942.67

Respectfully submitted,
Board of Education,
BY Fl. 0. Whitbeck,
President.
BY Fila F. Powers,
Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

Joint Committee in Charge
of Organization of the
New Troops for City
Will Start Active En-
Iistments Within
the Next Two
Weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02
$s25,942.67
Expenditures.

Paid FOR Fuel .... 15,416.SS
Paid for Light and Power. 2,7O241
Paid for Insurance ........ l,S5769
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

This blank, when properly filed out,
should be sent to Richard F. Kaiser,
Secretary, Chamber of Commerce Billy.
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-08-02

Kenosha, Wis, July 80, 1917.
TO the Board of Education.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Your Finance
Committee makes the following esti-
mates Of receipts and expenditures Of
school money for the ensuing year to
aid in determining and certifying to
the City Council the sum necessary to be
raised for school purposes: