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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
GETS STATE CHARTER.
Transfer Truck and Team Owners
Corporation Organized With
Capital Stock of Sic 600

The secretary of state today issued
a state charter to the Transfer, Truck
and Team Owners Corporation of Ke-
nosha, an organization which is to
deal largely in building material and
fuel in the city. The company is
chartered with capital stock of
fifteen thousand dollars, divided into
shares of ten dollars each and it is
expected that it will prove attractive
to very large number of the men in
Kenosha now engaged in the teaming
and building material business. With
in short time the new corporation
will open modern yards at which build
ing material and fuel will be offered
for sale. The incorporators of the
new corporation are: Nicholas J.
Werner, George R. Wade and David
Nelson. The officials of the corpora
ton have not as yet been named
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
FIND CHICAGO GIRLS HERE.
Young Women Who Disappeared from
Chicago Four Days Ago Located
in Kenosha on Friday.

Two young women, Agnes Moore
and Cecile Rochester, who have been
missing from their homes in Chicago
since last Tuesday were found in Ke-
nosha on Friday afternoon and after
considerable trouble the parents were
located and they came to Kenosha on
Friday evening and took the two
young women back home with them.
There was no charge against the girls
In Kenosha and they were located here
following a request from the Chicago
friends. The parents had no state
ments to make in regard to the, cause
of the girls leaving their home and
the two young women appeared
to be entirely agreeable to returning
to the parental roof.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
LEON MATTHIAS sALEsI DEAD.
Popular Young Employee of the Ameri.
can Brass Company Passed Away
Early Sunday Morning.

A general atmosphere of sorrow pre-
vades the works of the American Brass
Company today because of the an
nouncement of the death of Leon NJ.
Salesi. He was one of the best known
and most popular of the younger en-
ployees of the company and his death
comes as great shock to most Of
them. He was a baseball pitcher of no
mean ability and as such will be great
~ missed by the members of the
American Brass team as well as by the
members of the Factory League. He
was prominent in bowling and other
sports and was very well liked by all
who came in contact with him. He
was employed in the draughting room
for the past four years and was known
as congenial and capable worker.
Leon NJ Salesi was born in the city
of Kenosha, May oath, 1897 and died
Sunday morning, after an illness of
about ten months, from a complication
of diseases. Funeral services will be
held from ST. George Church, Tuesday !
morning at nine o 'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
JAMES E. FULLY ALSO TO RUN
Former Clerk of the Court Circulates
Petitions as Candidate for Judge of
Court-Justice Marshall Gets Much
Support in Kenosha County.

Kenosha county is to have judicial
campaign for the April election as it is
announced today that there will be two
candidates for. the Office of judge Of the
Municipal Court. The petitions of
Judge Clifford E. Randall vino has pre-
sided over the court since it was estab-
lished in 1909 are now in circulation
and it is announced that James E.
Tully will also seek election to the high
office of judge of the court.
The petitions for the nomination of
Judge Randall to succeed himself have
been in circulation for the past week
and those of Attorney Tully for the
past two or three days. Both of the
candidates are widely known to the
people of Kenosha county. Judge Ran
dali has established a reputation as a
Jurlst second to none in the state and
his court has been made the pattern
for the organization and maintenance
of othe- similar courts in widely scat
tered counties of Wisconsin. His con-
nection with many institutions of the
city and county has made him one of
the best known men in Kenosha county.
Mr. Tully has had considerable to do
with the Municipal Court of Kenosha
county When Judge Randall was
named as judge Of the court at the
first election following the passage of
the bill establishing it, he appointed
Mr.. Tully as clerk of the court and he
held this position for more than five
years. During the years that he was
serving as clerk of the Municipal Court
Mr.. Tully attended the law school of
Marquette University from which in
stitution he was graduated. He has
been in the active practice of law in
Kenosha since he resigned his position
as clerk Of the court.
1t is conceded that the campaign to
be carried on by the two candidates
for the office will be in keeping with
the dignifed position sought
In addition to the ballot for NUM-
clpal judge Kenosha county voters will
also vote fo~ the election of a Supreme
Court justice to succeed Associate JUS
tice r. D. Marshall of the Supreme
Court. Juctice Marshall who has been
one of the most interesting figures of
the Wisconsin Supreme Court during
the past twenty years, is a candidate
for reelection. His petitions have
been largely signed by people of Keno
sha county and there is no active oppo-
sition to his reelection in this county.
His opponent will be Walter Owen, at
torney general of the state, who re-
Gently announced mis- candidacy. The
petitions for the nomination of Mr..
Owen have not as yet been circulated
IN Kenosha county. The fact that
there is to be a real judicial campaign
this year will add much of interest to
the coming spring election in the city
and county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
CHICAGO v1o11N1sr PLAYED,

The Ladies of the G. A. R. gave a
delightful surprise party to the Grand
Army of the Republic local camp last
night with a program of music and
readings, followed with supper.
An address was made by Mrs. Fair
field and Mrs. Belle Murdoch read. The
musical numbers were given by Herbert
Miller violin virtuoso of Chicago. a
nephew of Mrs, James Beecher, who
with his sister, Miss Florence Miller.
is guest in the Beecher home. Mr..
Miller opened his program with rem
dition of "Star Spangled Banner, y
played while the audience stood. He
followed with other selections and was
warmly received.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

An unusually interesting program
was given for the entertainment of the
Kenosha Hospital Alumnae Association
when it met yesterday afternoon in the
residence of Mrs. James Cavanagh in
Prairie avenue with the Misses Chris
tine Heide and Lulu Johnson and Mrs.
Edna Coughlin as hostesses. Miss An
ma Gonnerman read several selections
pleasingly; Miss Lucia Van Lier sang
with Mrs. W. H. Schroeder accompany
ing her and Miss Bond played on the
violin. A supper was served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
LIBRARY IMPORTANT FACTOR.
Aids in the Education of Many Local
Boys and Girls Who are Taught
in School to Read.


Boys and Girls Who are Taught
in School to Read.
The splendid part which the Kenosha
public library facilities play in the ed
ucation Of Kenosha 8 boys and girls is
exemplifed in reports given by num-
Der of the teachers and by some of the
pupils themselves as to the use Of the
library books in the everyday work of
the school room as well as in outside
reading.
One pupil writing of the work of
reading circle TO which he belongs tells
of how the members of the circle have
been stimulated to general reading and
how much they have learned to enjoy
it. An interesting feature of this circle
is the fac1 that the members are re-
quired to observe parliamentary law in
the conduct of their meetings and their
suggestions are made as motions and
until motion is properly before the
house it is not open for discussion. This
training is well worth the while of the
young men and women who, through it,
are learning how to conduct meeting
in dignifed and businesslike manner
at the same time they are spending
pleasant hours reading.
One teacher in an elementary school
told how she had assigned special sub
jects to merrbers of her classes to be
read outside of the school and reported
upon in class. She said the greatest
interest in these special assignments
prevails and the children are forming
the habit of general reading and learn
ing how to use the library in connee-
ton with it.
In one of the social centers where a
story hour is an institution the leader
of it told of the increased amount cf
reading the ones who attend are doing
because of the interest aroused by the
story hour reading, which opened the
way to diversified literary paths to
many who had never read much before
In another school a shelf of good
books is kept ready near the teacher s
desk to be used whenever children have
finished their lessons. This teacher par
ticularly encourages her pupils to make
a study of current events
Good books and good authors are be-
coming the familiar friends of many a
child whose home influences have been
such that they would probably never
have had the cultural advantage which
reading gives had they not been en-
couraged in school to form the habit
for it.
In the Balm School alone, between the
9Th of November last year and the 18th
of the present month, 2,143 books were
circulated through the school, and be-
side this, many Of the children are reg
ular patrons of the main library.
In many ways the children are en-
couraged to read. Teachers give their
time to teaching them how to enjoy
what they read and in teaching them
what sort of books they can read to
best advantage.
Beside this work for the children.
done directly through the schools, the
librarian and her assistants have form
ed reading clubs to meet in the library
on different days of the weeks, and
have planned story hours and other at
fractions which tend to keep the chill
dren s faces turned toward their read
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
MARRIED IN CHICAGO

Miss Blanche Farrar was married on
Saturday in st. Leo's Church, Chicago.
to Ray Crawford. Miss Alma Smith of
this city was bridesmaid and Ray sulli-
van of Chicago, best man.
The ceremony was performed in the
presence of immediate relatives and
close friends of the contracting parties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford win make
their home in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
ST. THOMAS SCHOOL.

On Monday evening st. Thomas ;
school gave an attractive program in
commemoration of Washington, under
the direction of Miss Estelle Fielding
The program consisted largely of pa
triotic readings, singing, drills and
dancing and was given in entertaining
manner. An interesting feature was a
reading by Miss Fielding,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

A number of the High School young
people were guests at dancing party
given in Guild Hall Monday night. The
affair was very pretty with dainty dec
0ratlons and many attractive features
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Mrs. J. R. Gottfredsen, 322 Dayton
street, was hostess at two bridge par
ties, one on Saturday afternoon and
one on Monday, at each of which TWEEN
ty guests were entertained. Mrs. Tray-
ers who is guest at Pennoyer SAM
tarium was guest of honor at Satur-
day s function
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

The Misses Margaret and Winifred
Farley are in New Orleans for the
Mardigras celebration there tonight.
They went last Saturday and expect to
return early next week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
ANNOUNCE WEDDING

announcements are out of the wed
ding of Miss Sophia Christensen and
Robert Rasmussen of Pleasant Prairie.
February s. The wedding took place
in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Mrs. Allen Cole of Evanston, former
" of Kenosha, has promised Mrs
Maurice Needham, managing editor of
the suffrage edition of the News, that
she will furnish an editorial, although
her subject has not been decided as
yet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Miss Violet Wade and Roy Wade
were surprised Saturday evening by
nearly twenty friends who spent the
evening with them. 1t was birthday
celebration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

DR.. William M. Farr Of Albuquerque.
n. NJ, Is the guest of his son, Reginald
Farr, Exchange street, and is to remain
a month. He arrived on Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Richard Welles, Jr., is home after
three weeks spent as a patient in
Chicago hospital
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Mrs. W. J. Threinen, 313 Lake ave-
nue., entertained the Six Hundred Club
at its meeting yesterday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

Kenosha for one short afternoon and
evening will turn its eyes toward things
artistic and revel in the beautiful when
Dudley Crafts Watson, director of the
Milwaukee Art Society, one of the fore
most lecturers on art in the country,
the art editor for the Milwaukee Free
Press, and painter who has earned his
laurels both in this country and abroad,
speaks here to audiences on both after
noon and evening, next Friday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

where the director of the Milwaukee
Art Institute was invited to lecture and
demonstrate picture making. He found
the response on the part of the 'man
Of the soil hearty and genuine. On
the last three, of the six days, it was
difficult to control the crowds who
wished to attend
This is wonderful story, unique and
epoch making in the history of art.
1t is a tribute to Mr.. Watson as a
speaker and teacher of art for it is a
difficult thing for a crowd of people
IMMERSED in things artistic to be so
moved in six days that the compelling
tomtom of the sideshow and the attrac-
ton of giant pumpkins or full blooded
porkers in exhibition pens are forgot
ten in the Joy of an art lecture.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Is Mrs. Welles' Cousin.

1t may be interesting to know in re-
gard to Mr.. Watson that he is a cousin
of Mrs. Richard Welles of this city.
Mr.. Watson S lectures are to be de-
hvered under the auspices of the com
bined parent-teacher associations of the
city and will be free to all who care to
come.
When he talks to the school children
it will be on "The Greatest Fun in the
World" His other talk will be either
on cart and the American People" or
Art, the Great American Need" All
of his lectures, no matter what the sub
jeet, are full of uplifting joyousness
and are sure to impress his hearers with
the deep significance of art in life and
of its Importance to any community as
an agency of betterment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Left Pigs to Listen.

!" An outdoor gallery was arranged
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15
OUR THERMOMETERS.

It is amusing to listen to the stories she proprietors of the numerous ther- mometers about town tell these cold mornings, and everyone believes his machine" to be absolutly correct.
 As matter of fact the cheap tin.case thermometer which sells for fifteen or twenty cents is a very unreliable in strument, and, i'll many cases, worse than nothing, because it lies to you avery time you look at it.
 It would be an eye.opener to many and immensely interesting to all, if all the thermometers in the village could be hung together, in one place, and the temperatures recorded. The result would explain, without doubt, why Tuesday morning was eight below zero sn one mans porch and twenty below on another's.
 The only way of knowing the correct temperature is by the use of guaran. seed and tested thermometer, the kind that you cannot buy for fifteen cents.
 If you possess one of the cheap affairs shat you have always sworn by, take it s-visiting" and hang it by the side of your neighbours, if he has reliable in- strument. and see if they agree.
 A favorite trick of the cheap machine is to record correctly at certain tenn perature and several degrees off at another.
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15

lighter in Canaan in place of Ovid Gillette resigned.
 W. X. Pratt ran baker wagon through Canaan on Wednesdays.
 W. A. Crocker of East Canaan was attending medical lectures in New York.
 Aaron H. Andrews. who passed e bogus check on c. w. Parsons, Canaan, was sentenced to states prison for two years.
 Coal was selling at S7 a ton
 Frank VanDeusen's house in Wetaug caught fire from defective chimney and burned to the ground.
 The Canaan town hall received a through overhauling, enlarging the stage, etc.
 The Salisbury dramatic association played East Lyme" Feb. IA.
 Mrs. Homer c. Allyn, East Canaan, died Feb. l2, aged 26.
 Erastus Merwin, South Canaan, died Feb. 13, aged 70.
 Thirty seven Years Ago This Week--f650
 U. H. Miner, Falls Village, adver. tised his stock of goods for sale and was going out of business. ra
 The Barnard House in Salisbury was to be sold at auction but 1t was biddeu in for the bank.
 The whole number of scholars in school No. 1, East Canaan, was 33.
 James B. Adams, Canaan, began clerkIng for Dickerman & Jopp, West Winsted.
 H. O. Rowley, sharon, assumed the editorship of the Amenia Times.
 The Hartford Spring and Axle O., Norfolk were running 24 hours a day.
 There were 5000 land locked salmon put into Canaan Mountain pond.
 Thirty -six Years Ago This Wssk-fSSr
 Mir. and Mir. Henry winship of Ashley Falls celebrated their wooden wedding.
 George Thompson's cider mill in Ca- naan Valley was started up to make cider from frozen apples.
 Charles Fowler, Canaan, sold his barber business to William Colepaugh of Falls Village.
 The shops at Fails Village employed 90 men.
 Minott Lyman and Miss Dora I. Brewster were married in Falls Vil- lage, Feb. l3.
 John W. James, South Canaan, died Feb. 10.
 Southfield schools were nearly broken up because of "whooping coughs. poor wood, no wood and cold weather"
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15
HAZARDOUS WATER PIPES.

The season of frozen water pipes is at hand. and he who attempts to thaw out frozen pipe in his house by means of torch or open flame of any kind runs great risk of setting his house afire. To wrap pipe with oil-soaked rags and set them afire within build ing would be considered incendiarism by the insurance people. A safe way to thaw a water pipe is to wrap it with cotton cloth and pour hot water on it. It is not necessary to thaw out all of the ice in the pipe, as only enough to start circulation is necessary and the running W CT will do the rest.
 If you cannot do the trick in safe way it is better to send for the plumber than to set the house afire.
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15
THE NEW GASOLENE.

We do not care who does 1t, nor where it comes from, but anything that will knock the high price out of gaso. lene, or furnish a satisfactory sub- stitute for it, will be received with open arms by millions of people the world over.
 It is now reported that concern in Natal, Africa contemplates the manu. fracture of what is called natalite, a spirit to take the place of gasolene. This is made from molasses and this one concern expects to make 2.O00, 900 gallons of the stuff year. The rising prices of gasolene has led the makers of the new distillate to believe that they can produce in large quantities highly satisfactory substitute, at a sufficiently low cost to become real competitor of gasolene.
 Tests that have been made prove that there are great possibilities in the spirit and that it is highly effective. Natalite is said to be powerful, clean and in every way effective.
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917
THE MILITARY CENSUS.

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has ordered census of the men of the state, together with "an inventory of those physical resources of the state which war would call into requisi. tion."
 The work is already under way in Canaan and the members of the hose company are now gathering the infor. nation. An effort is being made to complete the job at the earliest possi ble moment, and it is hoped that North Canaan may head the list for prompt ness.
 The governor states that he is doing this in no sense with desire to incite any enthusiasm for war among the peo- pie of the state, but because he felt Shat it was his duty to take immediate action to provide against whatever con- urgency might present iteslf.
Connecticut western news., 1917-02-15
A FEW SMILES
Deliberately Stolen from Other
 Papers.
THE SONG OF THE CAT.

The bill introduced by a member of the Connecticut Assembly to compel all owners of cats to muzzle them between 9p. m. and 6 a. m. interests the ad- mirers of cats and of mice. The dis patch about it says: -g ...ssfs4 2
 "Mrs. Anna Muller, president of the Meriden Humane Society, protests that the muzzles will do no good, because cats cry through their noses, not their mouths."
 What with the war, the Leak and other distraction, many had forgotten all about the processes of feline song. Yet it is impossible to agree with Mrs. Muller in toto. It is true that the cat tones usually employed between 9 a. m. and midnight are of the so.called head register. The cat recitalist leaves the throat lax and the nose open. When song begins the vocal cords vibrate laterally, while the nerves of the lis. tener begin to go every which way. Once the temperament of the cat is thoroughly aroused, say at ll:30. the falsetto tones are reached. The cat is natural born contralto early in the night, depending on head quality rather than chest notes for the highest achievement. After midnight, how ever, there is likely to be change, just as among humans natural oon- tralto frequently becomes an accom- plished soprano. Whether the cat turns into soprano, tenor, baritone. the head tones are found insufficient to temperamental demand and the neigh borhood thrills to the best work of the chest register. Signor Tomaso rolls out the magnificent refrain, his vocal cnrds tight against the glottis. His tenore robusto deafens to him the bang of windows, or his basso cantante mutfies the moan of the insomniac. Mouth wide open, teeth agleam in the moonlight, he sings of the great pas. sion.
 Muzzle him ? Muzzle he moonl-- New York Sun.