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COUNCIL TO FIX THE DATE.
Small Number Of Aldermen and ALI of
the Members of School Board Spend
Hours in Getting Together
on Tuesday Evening.

The question as to whether or not
Kenosha shall erect a great school
building on the north side ball park
site, is to be submitted to the people
for referendum After three hours
of discussion on the part of few
members of the Common Council and
the members Of the Board of Educa
ton on Tuesday evening it was finally
agreed that the question should go to
referendum and at the meeting Of the
council to be held on next Monday
evening a formal resolution ito submit
the question will be laid before the
council. 1t will provide that the peo-
pie vote on the question of issuing
bonds III the sum of $165,000 for the
erection and furnishing of building
which will be adequate to meet the
demands of the north side of the city
for Junior High school and take care
of grade school congestion now exist
ing. The decision to submit to the
people will necessarily delay the erec
ton Of the building and it will not be
completed-if built at all-hefore the
opening of the schools in September
of next year.
The meeting between the council and
the members of the Board of Educa
ton was fairly harmonious. There
was the usual cropping out of sectional
jealousies and the usual showing of
feeling between the two boards, but
the very frank expressions of the Of
ficials may have gone some distance
toward eliminating both. President
Whitbeck of the board and Mayor
Pfennig who led the council eonting
ent, both showed willingness to bury
any hatchet which may have divided
the two governing boards of the city
in the past. City Attorney Slater told
the members of the board that he had
used illegal language in drawing the
complaint for the Injunction Alder
man Bounsall led in the movement to
submit the big problem to the people
Of the city and there was a general
discussion in which the olive branch
was passed back end forth between the
members OF the two boards. The fire
works was largely the result of per
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Sheriff Hermann Hot
On the Trail
Sheriff Hermann Sends Letter to Every
Delinquent Income Tax Debtor
of the City and County.

Sheriff Jacob Hermann is now hot
on the trail of the men who have
evaded the payment of the income taxes
assessed in the city and county and a
letter demanding immediate payment
has been sent to every one of the de-
'linquents. The letter is in the nature
Of the last warning. The delinquent
is invited to come in and pay or send
the amount claimed to the sheriff at
once with the understanding that
if payment is not made the sheriff
will Immediately send the bill to
the district attorney for collection
by court action.
I'VE are having a lot of kicks on the
assessment of the income tax said
Sheriff Hermann this morning. Some
of the men claim that they never had
any income and others claim that they
have been wrongfully assessed. We
have referred all of these people to
Assessor Dalton and given them a few
days to make their peace with him.
We have received a considerable money
and we are going to get as near all of
it as possible. We have not taken
any property as yet, but we expect to
start this work soon. =
A score Of the delinquents are now
living in other cities and they have
been notified that if payment is not
made at once suits will be instituted
against them in their home towns.
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Washington, July II = That
President Wilson will quickly "put
the screws" on delay in congress,
is the declaration made today
With fresh delay in action of the
food control bill in the senate the
President is getting ready to make
his influence felt. The substitu-
tion of milder food control bill in
the senate and an agreement to
vote or it on July 21st, does not
meet with the sanction of the
President Herbert Hoover, the
food dictator, has warned the
President that delay at this time
is attended with great danger.
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Architects PLANS READY
Owner of Propertv Declares It Will Be
Started In Very Near Future and
Rushed to Completion-Will Cost
Near Hundred Thousand Mark,

Miss Virginia c. Wulff has received
plans for the handsome new business
building which she plans to erect on
Wisconsin street, starting in the near
future, and if the plans are carried
out the building will be one Of the
most modern buildings in this section
of Wisconsin. 1t is planned to take
up all of the space east from the Ford
garage to the Organ factory building.
1t is to be handsome structure four
stories In height, built of Bedford
stone and brick, the stone predominant
ing. it is to be of freproof construc-
tion and built along the most modern
lines for office buildings. The design
is one which unites beauty and utility
On the ground floor five large store
rooms are provided with a central en-
trance to the upper floors of the build
ing. The second and third floors of
the building are to be for offices-the
two containing thirty-four suites of Of
fices. They will be centered about a.
general reception room similar to
the plan followed in the First Nation
al Bank building in Milwaukee. The
second and third floors of the build
ing will be identical. There will be
two passenger and freight elevator in
the building, leading from the base
ment to all of the floors. The entire
fourth floor of the building will be
built for use as club rooms and a hall
and it is declared that the owner of
the proposed building has already been
offered long time tenant for this por-
ton of the building. The building
will have its own telephone system and
a modern heating and ventilating, vac
uum cleaning and bell system.
Only small portion of the large
basement will be utilized for the heat
and power plants, and the remainder
of it viii be luilt with the arcade eff
feet with view Of having it used bv
small businesses. This basement will
have an excellent lighting system.
The building as planned will cost
from $4,000 to 100000 ami it will be
by all measures the handsomest bust
ness structure in Kenesha.
The specifications for the building
ara hasnn nnnnnlatad-n said Hiss
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Washington, July 11-Bv five
radical changes in the height pro-
visions of the army recommended
by the War Department on the
suggestion of the surgeon generals
department, thousands of men have
been brought into the line Of the
draft. The department has clipped
three inches from the minimum
heigbth of five feet four inches
and has added six inches to the
maximum of six feet This action
will bring thousands of bantams y
now subject to exemption and
open the way for as many
"giants' to get into the army.
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eArEIY co. SEEKS LOCATION.
Company Operating Stores in Many
Cities Would Open Store in
Kenosha in Near Future.

W. g. Cray of Alton, H., travelling
representative of the Gately Credit
Clothing Company, which operates
stores in one hundred and seven cities
Of the country, was in Kenosha today
making an effort to secure location
for the opening of one of the stores Of
the company in this city.
We would like to get into Kenosba
at once" said Mr.. Gray. "We con-
slider Kenosha one of the best cities in
Wisconsin and we know that it's grow
ing better every day.
The company is negotiating for sew
eral leases in the down town district
and it is probable that formal an
nouncement of the opening of the store
will be made within a few days.
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REpUBLICOF CHINA
TO JOIN THE
ALLIES
First Army of 100000 Men Equipped
for Service on European Battle
Fields at Present Time.
(By United Press

Washington, July 1.-THE Re
public of China will soon be ready
and willing to draw upon her
countless hordes to beat Germany,
according to announcements made
here today. Oriental experts to-
day declared that China would soon
enter the war with an initial army
of 100000 men. She has twenty
million men of military age and
vast resources for the equipment
of them. The first half million are
now fully equipped and ready for
army service. The vast resources
of China are expected to be
a part of the battle for Democracy
within month.
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UNCLE SAM GIVES.
KENOSHA AS.1I2
PEOPLE
Big Jump in Population Reported by
Census Bureau in Figures
Furnished for Army Draft.

Kenosha people will be amazed this
evening to know that Kenosha now has
population Of 48,112. This lis not the
estimate Of some town booster but
the estimate of the census bureau as
furnished to General Crowder for use
as q basis for the apportionment of
the forthcoming draft. Only a few
weeks ago it was the estimate of the
same board that Kenosha as city
should be ranked under $4,000, but the
growth appears to have been very
rapid within the two months and Ke-
nosha is now declared to be less than
two thousand people away from the
fifty thousand mark. A lot of people
in Kenosha will differ with the census
bureau and most of them will place
the population Of the city at between
$4,000 and $4,000.
Because Of the Unusual changes in
population shown by the figures, the
method employed in reaching them
is described by the census bureau
as follows:
"The total registration, as shown by
the preliminary telegraphic returns,
9,659,382 was divided by the total
population of continental United States
exclusive Of Alaska, as, heretofore es-
timated by the census bureau, 103,635,-
300, in order to obtain the proportion
which the registrants represented Of
the total population.
The resulting figure, 9.32 per cent,
was assumed to represent the proper
tion which the registrants in each geo
graphical unit represented Of the total
population thereof Since the state
totals, as shown by the corrected re
turns received by mail, varied more or
less from those given in the preliminary
Geographic returns, both the total reg
istration for the United States and the
total population estimated herein differ
slightly from the figures above given.
The assumption that the proportion
which the registrants in any county
or city represent of it's total population
is the same throughout the United
States may not be true, but the only
gaY 10 ascertain the true proportion
for each geographical unit would be
to make an actual enumeration Of its
population. The proportion in 1910
varied considerably in different parts
of the country, being greater as a rule
in the newer than in the older
sections and greater in cities than
in rural localities.''
The same estimates give the popula-
tion of Kenosha county at 58,938.
Here are the revised figures on popu-
lation Of the leading cities of Wisconsin.
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CARTo0NIsT STUART TAKES sQUINT DOWN MAIN STREET
(coresyof The s1noN ws)

Wulff today" and expect to start
on the building within the next few
weeks, and it will be rushed to compile
ton. [ have been assured tenants for
many portions Of the building and /
am assured that the high grade modern
appointments Of it will prove attrac-
tive not only to the retail merchants,
bVe to the professional men of Keno
sha.o
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MUST INCREASE REVENUES
Poard Members Find Flat Rate Custom
ers Pay Small Price and Waste Lots
of Thousand Customers of
Company Affected by New Rule.

The Board of Water Commissioners
in session on Tuesday night, hit
Especial privilege in Kenosha a blow
in the eve when the board voted to
eliminate the fat rate sales of water
by the Municipal Water Company and
just as soon as the plan can be worked
out every water customer in Kenosha
will be on an equal basis-buying
water through meter. For months
the members of the board have been
discussing and considering this import
ant action. 1t was found that fat rate
| customers were wasteful of the water
that they did not pay a revenue to
city for service in keeping with the
rentals paid by the meter customers,
and that with the increasing cost of
maintenance of the plant the customers
securing water on a fat rate were
dead weight and not productive Gus
toners OF the company
A thousand water consumers in Ke-
nosha will be affected by the order
Many of them are among the oldest
customers Of the city and they have
been buying the water on the Cat rae
since tise pIalit was erected inss489s.
In some cases these rates are declared
to be far below the rates charged to
customers having meters. 1t is declar-
| ed that twenty per cent of the whole
patronage of the municipal company is
I, IL, a.
Some of the largest consumers are en-
| joying this rate which the members of
the board have held is unfair to other
customers. These people will now be
expected to provide meters for the
measuring of the water sold to them
and the new scale will go into effect
just as soon as it is physically posi-
BILE to provide the meters and force
their Inhalation. No new fat rate
customers have been added to the list of
customers of the company in more than
two years All water service in
stalled in that time has been in
keeping with the regular meter scale
for the sale of water.
'EThis is a conservation measure, "
said Superintendent of the Water Com
pany Brennan this morning, but it is
not aimed for the period Of the war
only. It is to be permanent change
in the sale of water from the municipal
plant. Flat rate customers have not
only been Improbable customers to the
| company in recent years, but they have
been wasteful customers The new
plan is demanded not only to increase
the revenues of the company, which is
decidedly necessary with the operation
Of the new plant, but also to eliminate
the waste Of water. The plan for this
change is not as yet entirely worked
out. We are hopeful that all services
can be changed over from the fat rate
to the meter rate by the first of the
new year. We are not going to force
the people to buy meters without Civ
ing them some warning, but the mem
bers'of the board believe that this waste
of revenue and water should be stopped
before the beginning Of the new year"
Formal notices will be sent out at
once to all Of the fat rate customers
demanding that they put in the meters
and that they be prepared to begin pay
ing for water under the meter schedule
by the frs5 of the new year.
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London, July IA strong Ger
man attack about Nieport resulted
in the Germans penetrating the
British lines on front of 1,400
yards according to the report Of
Field Marshal Haig today. "The
enemy penetrated to depth Of
500 yards in the British lines
about Nieport, " was the report of
the British leader. Nieport is
about two miles from the sea at the
extreme left of the fighting line in
Belgium.
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(By United Press)

Washington, July 11-That the
United States is building three
hundred submarine chasers each
one hundred and ten feet long,
was revealed by the Navy Depart
ment today. Some of the chasers
will be ready for use within a
month,
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GOING OUT or BUSINESS.

As must vacate nv store August
LIST, viii sell entire stock of furniture.
stoves, beds and bedding, cooking uten-
sis, lamps, dishes, also store fixtures,
and all kinds Of tools. 7. B. Boyer, III
AIilwaukaa arAnnA- adviV12
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Berlin, via London, July IL
The capture of 1,250 British pris-
oners in the taking of an enemy
defense between the coast and
Lombartryde is reported by the
wa Office today.
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Paris, July 1.-THE repulse of
the German raid about Sapigneul
in Champagne was reported in to-
days official dispatches. A num-
Der of German prisoners were cap
tured.
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London, July 11.--Direct hits
were made on the Tukish German
cruiser Goeben in an aerial attack
against the Turko-German feet at
Golden Horn today, according to
an admiralty report. The attack
ing squadron of air forces had no
losses.
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London, July 1.-THE British
government took active steps to
punish officers in the army respon-
sible for the failure of the first ex-
petition into Mesopotamia today.
In the House of Commons Bonar
Law asked for the institution of a
new court for the trial of these
officers.
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DANCE. DANCE. DANCE.

Every Wednesday night at Amber
son S ark. Good music. advjy14
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Chicago tickets. John Zens, 264
acknowledgements aaztf
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The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia Pa Sept l5.-BUTTER-The
market ruled steady under light offerings. but
tads was quiet We quote: Western Sold
racEed creamery, fancy specials, a.; extra, Sai6;
extra frsts. a tirsts 81 seconds, pa; NEARBY
rrDts fancy. %: average, extra, Fais; nrsts, 4ia
s5: seconds, g. special brands Of prints. loobins
al s2l55
EGG5Fne eggs sold fairly and uIled firm
under snail supplies. We quote: In free
casrs, nearby. L 60 per standard case; current
receipts. u 90 per case; seconds, l0Sall-3 per
cass: Western extras. l2-60 per case; hrsts, L-'O
per case: seconds. l0s5alLZ5 Per case; fancy
sciectcd fresh jlbbing at 5Ca5l Per dozen
LIVE POULTRY-Fowls. as to quality, ZSaZI ;
exceptional lots higher; ROSTERS, 9a-O; sprhs
chickens MT Leghorns plump. yelloW-sklnned'
vsiehing Iiza2 lbs. apiece, &aZI; sptmg chlch-
ems, not Lsyhorus smaller sizes, 2Sa-5; white
IGghorns. Zzz5; ducks. Pckin. 2Ia22: Indian
Runner. lsa20: spring, 2a23; young gulneas'
pair. weighing liza2 lbs. apiece, I5aSi smaller
smaller sizes. 55as5; old. 5Oa55; pigeons' DID, Per
rair. Es25: do, young, per pair. 1aZ-
DRESSED POULTRH-FoTk. Z 70 box. MIX
I'd dry-ricked. fancy selected. 90; weishins
"a Ha and over apiece. 9lz; los. aplaSe'
g 81 lbs. apiece. . lbs. apiece. 25aZ1
cd in bbIS. fancy. dry-picEeG. 81 lbs and
over apiece. &c: lbs. apiece, Sa2slzc.; snlaiei
sizes, Zzas5c Old roosters. dry-picEed. &c oToil
frg chickens. weighing. liza2 lbs. apiece ger
srv. fancy, .-ag5; Virginia, fancy, 5ia32; other
-sarhy. z-as: Western, 25a27i turkeys. tTesh-
killed. ice. b. Western. best here, z5a-i: COM
mon, % &c, Ducks, spring, &c. Squads, dozen
white weighing Il to Il Ibs.. dozen, L6la5.D; .
70 10 Ihs.. dozen. 4noa4jo; lbs, dozen. 5Ua
-. : lbs dozen. 25Na29o. 6ssiz lbs, dozen,
ssoOa2 5; dark, Sl.75a2e5i snail and No.
s0caSlN.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations given below are for large lots Of
sood marketable goods only. Jobbers prices are
higher. Lower grades may be sold for IAss
Fancy goods command higher prices.
EGGS-Steady; ntlrby, 5ai6; Southern. -.
CHEESE-New York State factory. new. 2ea
BUTTER-Elgin print. Eri; Elsin tub. 451E;
process. A.; store packed. a.
LIVE POUBTRY-Hens. Ter lb., .; tooStefs'
per h., IL turkeys. pr lb.. 3; spEinG chickens
per b.. 8a27; ducks per h.. l5aeO; geese. per
h.. lCal3; keats. young, each, 4oa5O.
DRESSED POuLTRN-Hcns choice. rer b.
za3O; spring chickens. 81 per Ib.; turkeys. per
b., 2sa3o; roosters. per h.. Bar; geese. per
b.. l3al5.
LIVE sToCK-Shsep. per lb., 7as; lambs,
spring. ls1a; calves. per ID. k; medium ID
per b. common, per lb., l5al6.
SEEDS-Red clover. l3.oO4350 per bu.; alSiks
clover l2OOal20 per bu.; crimson clover. n.oOa
II 20 per bu; timothy. 3s5a-.ol per uu req
top. l3O0alioO per i0D It's; bluegrass. 2Sas.0o
GRAIN-WhCat. milling. rer bu., 2lVa2 y /;
coin. per bu., 2lod22O; cats, white oJa'Vi mlAeu
oats. G7a6S.
FRUITS-Apples, new. Per bbl., LAai.5oi
per box, 5Cal.50: California oranges, 2coa5.o;
lemons 6.OOa7.OC; peaches, 25a3.m crate; wa
tcrmelons, Sac each: cantaloupes. Colorado
standard . 2OOa3OD. fats, lCOaLD crate; South
EN- and nearby, 5Oa2OO: g5apes Concords, crate.
/ 25a2 90; Deavarrs. crate. l7-a23; pears
basket sca2 20; damsons, basket soal >.
GREEN GOODS-Potatoes. new. 3.oOa3.I5 per
Dbl; No. z potatoes. l.5ea2Co; sweet Tctat2es'
iCoa5 % pr bH.; No. 2, 2Oca2.5O bbl.; string
beans. rcr bbl.. 4ocA5.50; Peppers. per basket
75al.Oo. okra. rsr crate. 75aloo; radlshes, per
100. 50a2 %: CucIm5eIs. basket. l5a22j; egg
plant, lc5al.5O crate; new cabbage. per boil.
l2aL75: beets. yer bunch, 3aS; lettuce. 75s2 %
per basket celery, Pc: doz.. 0lI5; celery crate
25CaJOO; romaine lettuce. l.0aLO; squash,
!. l.Olll2J per crate; tomatoes, l.0Oal.7S; spring
Onions. lJOI2O0 pcr 100 punches; onions. per
sack. ss0a3.75: spinach. 25oa5.o0 per bbl.; kale.
5galOO per bbl.; corn. per doz., GaJO; lima
heluz Ter qt lsa2O
The Washington herald., 1917-09-16
HOROSCOPE.
Sunday, September 10. 1917

This is a fairly fortunate day, for
the Sun and Mercury are In benehc
power. Saturn is in a mildly ad-
verse aspect.
The new moon of this date takes
place in the tenth house, the lumi-
naries being conjoined with Mer-
curry, but in semi square with Sa-
turn and Neptune.
The rising position of Uranus is
read to indicate increase in the num-
Der and seriousness of strikes and
growing unrest and anxiety among
the people of the country.
The weather promises to be fa-
yorable for the next month for
whatever outdoor activities depend
on clear skies.
The malehcs indicate religious
scandals and agitation in which
many faiths will be involved.
On this day conditions are favor
able for visits with persons in places
of power. 1t is a good time to lay
plans for future action OF any sort.
Mercury again gives promise OF
supreme literary achievements that
will set a new American standard.
AS Mercury rules the part Of the
intellect susceptible to memory this
should be a particularly good rule
for students.
Colleges come under sway MAX
ing for patriotic effort along new
and practical lines.
Saturn gives warning of trouble
over mines which will culminate
later.
Readers of the stars give repeated
and emphatic warning against ex-
plosions, which may do serious dam
age and cause loss of life in more
than one city in the United States.
Insurance and all surety enter
prises have the forecast of the de-
velopment of unusual conditions,
which may become far-reaching in
effect.
Women are subject to planetary
direction that will cause them to
render heroic service. but they will
carry heavy burdens of anxiety.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is may
expect an active and successful year.
Children born on this day prob
ably will rise rapidly in life. These
subjects of Virgo are usually able to
make money, but find it difficult to
save II.
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