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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
Local German Born
May Be Naturalized
Men and Women Born in Germany
Who Have Asked for Citizenship
Papers May Get Them Soon.

Men and Women Born IN Germany
Who Have Asked for Citizenship
Papers May Get Them Soon.
Between thirty and forty Germans in
Kenosha, who have been refused citi-
zens papers, since the beginning of the
war may soon have an opportunity to
become naturaized, according to re,
port issued from Washington.
The dispatch said the circuit divi-
sion of the Supreme Court of the Dis
triet of Columbia yesterday resumed
naturalization of applicants of German
birth, which has been suspended since
the declaration of a state of war
under an obsolete law of 1904, which
prohibited naturalization of subjects
of countries with which the United
States was at war.
Some weeks ago, according to word
from the capital, this law was abrogat-
ed for the district of New York and
as the government took no appeal to
the Supreme Court the decision must
stand as the law of the land The
report says all United States courts
are expected to resume naturalization
of native born Germans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
LET CONTRACTS THIS MONTH
County and Tewn Must Set Back Work
In Order to Pool Interests With State
Commission, But Completion This
Year Is Practically Certain.

The state and federal governments
are going to give $4,000 toward the
completion of the Sheridan Road from
Kenosha to the state line, This has
been officially announced to the mem
bers of the kenosha County Highway
Commission and the state commission
is now busy getting out advertisements
for the contracts which are expected
to provide for the completion Of the
building of the road during the present
road building season. The fact that
the state and federal governments are
to help il the construction of the road
will not in any way effect the expen-
dltpfes to be made by the county and
the town of Pleasant Prairie, The
money which has been raised by bond
issues for expenditure on this road
will be spent according to schedule and
the appropriations from the state and
federal governments are going to help
the county meet the high cost of road
building and to complete work Which
otherwise would have gone a LITTLE
over half completed, TIL work that
is to be done by the county and town
will be set back. That is tn county
and town will not be expected to build
as much of the road as was proposed in
lhe original contract. The money which
is now available will be ugsd to build
the road as far as possible and where
the county and town leave off the state
and federal government will take
up the work and push the road
through tos the state line.
John barrow is to have the contract
for the county and town work and the
contract for the state and federal work
will be let in about month. Just
now the engineers Of the state high
way commission are working out the
plan. In order to secure the work re-
arrangement of funds has been made.
$4,000 will be deducted from the con-
tracts let by the county and town and
this amount will be put into pool In
to which will GO equal amounts from
the state and national road funds.
This will be the first Of the federal
funds for road building to be spent in
Kenosha county. The state highway
commission holds that the Sheridan
Road is sufficiently interesting to the
people Of the state and the nation
to warrant portion of the fund be-
ING expended on it.
It is just possible that similar aid
can be secured for the completion Of
the road between Kenosha and Racine
and the matter may be taken up with
the town boards of Somers and Mt.
Pleasant later in the year.
Racine county has not shown any
great interest in the completion of the
road, but it is thought that the pos
sibiliy of state and federal aid will be
sufficient to awaken the boosters for
roads in that county to action,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
ENJOY WEEKS OUTING.

The woods and the streams proved
fascinating to a jolly crowd of camp
ers from Kenosha last week, who took
up their abode at the Braren Cottage
at Indian Point at Twin Lakes. Upon
their retrln Saturday they RECALLED
their friends with stories brin1fnl of the
typical pleasures of camp life. The
members Of the party were the Misses
Selma Sorenson, Catherine shanock,
Name schaefer, Augusta Hoffman,
Louise Hoffman, Rose Tekampe, Rose
Meisner, Bertha Splitter and Elsie Polt-
rock with Mines. Welmon ana Frank
Webster as ehaperons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
SERIAL NUMBERS ARE GIVEN
Numbers Given by Board and Not on
Registration Day Will Be Fateful
Numbers When Draft Is Made
Exemption Board Is Off to Rest.

Kenosha county is ready for the fed,
eral government to 90 ahead with the
drafting of men for the first real ma
tional army. Late Friday night the
last work was done on the compiling
of the lists for CONSUMPTION and by
midnight tonight the name of every
man in the county of military age will
have been filed with the war depart
ment in Washington and copies of them
will have been filed at Madison.
The registration lists have all been
revised and every man has been given
serial number which will represent
him when the draft lottery is pulled off
in the capital at Washington next
Thursday or Saturday. The Kenosha
registration and exemption boards are
all through with the present work on
hand with the exception of the publiea-
tion of the lists of the names.
The numbers on the registration
cards given to men who registered on
Duty Day" will have no significance
when the draft is made. There are
nine of each of the lower numbers in
the city as at each registration place
the men registering were numbered
from one up. Under the serial regis
tration made by the city and county
exemption board there will be but one
81" in the city and but one "1'i in
the county. That number will repre-
sent man to be drafted if the lottery
happens to bring out 81" as one of
the numbers for draft.
In the city the list of registered men
as drafted will bear the serial number
when the list is published sometime
within the next ten days. Tt is ex-
pected that the list will be published
before the drawing is made in Wash
ington so all that will be necessary
will be to announce the numbers
drawn. The same numbers will be
drawn for every registration precinct in
the nation. The federal government
will not deal in names but in numbers.
On Friday night the exemption
boards of the city and county after
the arduous work of the week, took an
indefinite adjournment and they will
not be called together again until after
the draft has been made and they are
instructed by the government officials
to meet to hear claims for exemption,
1t is expected that there will be
some sixty men. drafted in Kenosha
county and every one of them will be
entitled to hearing by the exemption
board. Members of the board do not
believe that there will be a great many
claims for exemption in this county
and they believe that with the eerti-
fcatiOn of the lists to the federal gov
eminent and to the secretary of state
that their work is pretty nearly com
pleted. This same board is expected
to remain in service during the con-
tinpance of the war and to act on ex-
emptions for all drafts of men which
may be made in future months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
HERE'S TO THE Rows

Honor to whom honor is due" re-
auires that the boys of the Lincoln and
Frank Junior High Schools be given
the credit for furnishing the five dozen
fly traps to be used by the health de-
partment in the 'fswat the fly cam
paign. In a former article in The
Evening News it was stated that these
were furnished by the pupils of the
continuation school, brit a closer in
vestigation confirms them as th& gift
of the boys.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

Miss Lillian Lambrecht was twelve
years old Sunday and an even dozen
of her friends surprised her with a
party in honor of the event at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Henry Lam
hrecht, TO Market street. The dining
room, unknown to the surprised hostess,
had been charmingly decorated in pink
and white for the occasion and the
afternoon was pleasantly spent in all
sorts of games and music. Refresh
ments were served after which the
friends departed wishing Miss Lam
brecht many happy returns of her
birthday
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
VISIT NEW KENosHA CHURCH.

The Young People S Societies of the
German Baptist Churches of Wisconsin
will visit the new German Baptist
Church of Kenosha on Thursday as a
part of their annual convention, which
is to be h i in Racine this week. The
young people are to come in automo-
biles on Thursday afternoon and will
be the gHeqts of the local society at
sup in the new church prior to its
dedication on Sunday, July 18th. An
other ever. to entertain the rs to 100
delegates expected at Racine is picnic
at Kruger grove on Thursday after
noon, which many local young people
have already planned to attend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12

certainly Wis., there as soon as can.
81 must say Au Revoir',
Sincerely your friend,
"Private H. Capehart,
GA Ward, Hiiston House, Manches-
ter, England. =
This letter well shows how this
American as well as many others, has
hurried at the call of liberty and hui
manity to do his "bito in the cause
Of the Allies and now of his own United
States. 1t is prophetic Of what hum
dreds of Kenosha boys and men will do
when the chance of battle offers them
an opportunity to "go over the RIDGE
and acquit themselves like men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12

It is pretty hard to see how any junk
man can buy copper ingots as junk.
The business of the junk man is GER
tainly in line for an immediate inves-
tigation. We see no reason why man
who offers an opportunity for crime
and encourages the commission of the
crime should not be held as an Access
sorry before the fact, Lots of poor dew
lis would never think Of stealing metal
if they did not know that there was
some fellow who would take the chance
of buying it. If the one goes to the
penitentiary the other should not be
free from punishment and it is not
improbable that his punishment should
be heavier than the man who actually
commits the crime.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
SIX DAYS PRESENT LIMIT |
Applications Must Be Filed by Sunday
to Allow Officers to Investigate
Qualifications Military Experience
Not Necessary for Admission.

That Wisconsin was far in the rear in
applications to the Second Officers
Reserve Training Camp to be opened
August Goth was revealed in tele-
gram from Milwaukee headquarters to
Bruce Eastman this morning. Kenosha
in the first camp had twenty representa-
tives and already fifteen have indicated
their intention Of entering training In
August The additions since Saturday
are William J. Thurn, First National
Bank, George w. Andersen, Kenosha
Lumber Company, and Arthur schmitz,
Kenosha Realty Company.
Reports up to midnight of July 9Th
show that most of the widdle-western
states have again nobly answered the
challenge of the government but Wis
consin is one whose quota of 500 has
not been appropriated by more than
one hundred and fifty applications.
The seriousness Of the situation is
shown by the telegram from Recruiting
Agent Beals of Milwaukee, which reads
as follows:
Bruce Eastman,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
" Wisconsin applications for Second Of
ficers Training Camp far below quota.
Vigorous steps must be taken to in
crease numbers. Special attention is
called to the fact that many young
men will be appointed and that mini
mum age limit is 90 years, months.
Previous military training not neces-
sary. sBeals.''
Many VINO have already Offered their
services fer the next camp know it to be
to their distinct advantage to have
the very best men as their fellow Off
GERS. When they are over in France
and the Huns are attacking the trench
they are holding, they do not want to
have to look back across the Atlantic
and say IT wish that my old friend,
Bill, or George or John, was in COM
mand of the troops, holding that next
trench. = They are attempting to urge
their immediate friends, whom they
know to be of that efficient quality as
to make good officers, to join with
them in offering their services where
they will do the most good. The ire
mendaus responsibility which rests upon
the selection Of the officers to lead the
American army in France should impel
every young man of the proper quail
fications to see to 1t that he is not
found lacking when his country calls.
The fact that men of maturer ages
will be given preference does not mean
that the younger men will not have an
opportunity in the ne camp. Results
at Fort Sheridan, Plattesville, and Fort
Benjamin Harrison have shown that
some of the very best "rookies have
been barely in their twenties and a
young man with good build, brilliant
mind and military physique will again
be given an opportunity to win shoulder
straps in the three months course. The
imperative thing is for him and every
one, who expects to enter the camp, to
apply now so that their credentials NAV
be investigated and the best men picked
to fill the camps, This is without
doubt the last chance given to civilians
to enter a training camp; don Il wait
until it is too late.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
Mrs. Emma Lange. her sons. Hnhert

Mrs. Emma Lange, her sons, Hubert
and Walter, and her daughter, Mildred,
all of Chicago, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. 4. B. Celander on Saturday
and Sunday. Mrs. LANCE and her fam
iiy came to Kenosha to be present at
the dinner and dance given on Saturday
evening at Brotherhood Hall by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Nelson for their New York
guests.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12

Men of prior military experience are
welcomed in the new compan es form
ing in Kenosha, because of their
ability to help train the recruits AMI
for that reason there was great reioie-
ing at the infantry company Office
when it was learned thar John Simp-
son, former member of the Canadian
National Guard, had cast his lot with
the local company. This was increased
by the enlistment of Harry J. Davis, a
former Wisconsin National Guard man
and of John Murphy, who has seen
years of service in the regular army
Of the United States. The last week
of recruiting has resulted in the enlist
ment of the fifteen men, whose names
appear on the Honor Roll today.
The present indications are that, even
though the call to the camp may not
come for several days, the enlisted men
will very coon be placed upon the pay
roll of the government and be expected
to drill at the regular halls in Keno
sha. Company NJ is still alive with
the patriotic enthusiasm that prompted
the boys to brayely answer the call to
defend the flag, as this is illustrated
at every drill of the company. There
are still 9 few days before CONSUMPTION
will start in which more men may prove
that they are not slackers.o
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12

It does look little suspicious that
no arrests have as yet been made for
keeping "blind pigs" in the prohibit
ton towns of the county. Can It be
possible that these fellows are really
running dry" saloonsi
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12
Experienced Soldiers Joir,
Infantry Company NJ
Three in List of Fifteen Additions
Have Seen Prior Military Service
in Varied Companies,
Roll of Honor

Enlisted in Kenosha Infantry Go.
Victor Skagstad.
Peter Liskowski.
Nestor Horropuchik.
Joseph j. FELTON,.
Floyd S. Hill.
Antoni Jurenik.
Domick Leoretti.
Peter LiskoWski,
Alex Ruhalski.
John Simpson.
Ralph Tietu,
Notice. Wajnecz.
Fred Won RemboW.
Harry J. Davis,
John Murphy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Hansen and
daughter were in Milwaukee, Sunday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

GIVE POVERTY A RlLL.-A New
York society that bears the, good,
round title of the Association for I'M
proving the Condition of the Poor
seems by all accounts to have dug
up some grand new dope about pow
erty and what causes it. 49,.
It isn't low wages, unemployment,
the unequal distribution of wealth, or
anything of that kind.
It's sickness.
Sickness accounts for SO per cent
Of the poverty.
How does the association know?
Why, in SO per cent of the families
it visited sickness was found to be
the root of the trouble.
Other things do sometimes make
poverty, the associations annual re-
port admits, "but all these causes
combined produced a small burden
as compared with sickness and>its
consequences"
It is profound thinking like that
that skaters the brain and wrecks
many bright young life engaged in
the associations lna-of goods. We
advise it to go slow and think about
its health.
Otherwise, If it pursues its present
violent >exeFtiOns, it may some day
come upon the fact that the sickness
it has, to its amazement, discovered
in New York tenement houses is not
an unavoidable visitation of the gods,
but results from bad living quarters,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20

foul air, no sunlight, cherries lives
and food that is scant in quantity
and bad in quality.
If such facts should ever become
widely known and seriously consid-
cred there might not be any room for
an Association for Improving the
Conditions Of the Poor-to the separ--
alton of several gentlemen from the
jobs that now support them.
Meantime the rest of mankind
ought to be interested deeply in the
revelation that the cure of poverty
lies in the medicine chest.
Which will you have, a pill or
pIaster?,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-20
-O-O-
SHORT ONES

Looks as if our diplomacy needs I,
lancing.
Catching up with your work is an
other way of saying being behind"
The oId-fashioned wall of China
wouldn't be so bad if moved to the
Mexican border.
ArTaeoma wizard has invented a
new indoor golf course. 1t is played
on SWISS cheese.
At. least Pres. Wilson's note has
made peace, for the time being, =
more talked of topic than war.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
lanai IHEATER
DEDICATED With
!. UNIQUE PROGRAM

lanai theater. the lcozy and pic
turesque little playhouse which Miss
Helen Alexander has established, al
most overnight, at Laniakea, was
dedicated TO good times last night
when il was formally and informally
opened TO a gathering OF about llD
people.
VIII Levers, who read the saluta-
tory address, referred to the gathering
as "Honoluiu's best people" and meme
in the well-groomed audience OF So
ciety folk arose to dispute him. The
motion was. carried unanimously
Lanai theater is combination OF
the primitive Hawaiian and the mod
ern. About tagged floor has been
erected a coral wall, abundantly
pierced with wide, breezy openings,
.sLpporting a corrugated iron roof. The
walls are covered with lauhala woven
on bamboo and pill grass waves plenti-
full fringes in lieu of curtains.
At the western end is tiny but
sufficiently large stage. with curtain
painted a la tapa by the artist, Am
brose Patterson. Miss Alexander's
deft hand is evident in the minor far
nishings and the flowers Outside
there is a fountain modelled by the
sculptor, osborne, and its waters
CLEAN over electric lights.
The wicker chairs into which salts
fled audience eased down last night
are wide and eminently comfortable.
The whole atmosphere is informal and
the program last night, with its tinge
OF the masque and1exuberance of art
lists, added to the charm of an unusual
Honolulu eyening-evideutly the first
OF many in this new playhouse.
While Hawaiian women played and
sang softly outside, the audience as
sembled and the program was begun.
1t was as follows: x
Salutation, Mr.. w. II. Levers.
Nocturne, C Minor (Chopin), Mr..
Frank Moss. -. :. -. . .s....
Two People of Tanagra," posed by
Miss Florence Butler and Mr. Donald
Blanding and Awakening, Ba-
chanal, Afternoon, Elegy, Dance Tan
agra, Invocation. 5.... .....s. ~. -.
1.-TWO Natures Struggle Within Me-"
Mr., Robert Purvis and Mr.. Donald
Blanding -..-,-~ S.. =. e..
Romance from Second Concerto"
(Wienawski), Miss Margaret Steven,
accompanied by Mrs. Bernice Steven
"Tarantelle Venezia NapoH"
Uisztl, Mr.. Ross. -. IL 80, Is.
Some Passions and Pierrot" Pier
rot, Mr.. E. H. Steele; Greed, Mrs.
Bruce Cartwright, Jr., and Mrs. L. d.
Williams; Pride, Mrs. E. A. R. Ross;
Jealousy, Mrs. Ambrose Patterson and
Mr.. Banding: Temptation, Miss Ynez
Gibson; Lust, Mrs. Cartwright and
Mr.. Puryis; Luxury, Mrs. E, A. R.
Ross; Love, Mrs. Patterson and Mr..
Blanding; Pierroes Dream, Miss Mar.
ion Chaplin. -. 8. 5. -.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
NURSES OF CITY
READY FORDUTY.

Since the United States declared
war on Germany Is professional
nurses Of Honolulu have signified their
readiness to serve in the forces OF the
American Red Cross in case the call
cones. according TO Mrs. Harlod Ancill,
secretary OF the Honolulu Nurses. Di-
rectory. today The list was started
by tive nurses a few days before the
declaration and has now, grown to
EIore than a dozen. -.
All the nurses are graduates or
training schools ard hospitals and are
now on cases or in hospital work
here" said Mrs. Ancill. They are
ready to leave whenever they are
called"
Nurse Leaves for Paris
Miss NJ. X Eascon left on the Lur-
line. She is the first Honolulu nurse
to leave here for the French front
since the United States declared war
with Germany. Miss Rascon is going
TO Paris for duty with the hospital
staff OF the American Ambulance
Corps in the French capital. She re.
ceived a call from Paris a few days
ago and left suddenly Her departure
is not because OF the American declar.
alton of war, her friends say
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-04-10
MEN
SUPPORT CENSUS


The military census of all the men
of the Hawaiian Islands who would
be subject to military or naval SER
vice under the proposed compulsory
universal military training bill now
before Congress, undertaken by the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce at
the request of the army department,
started this morning and before noon
the 1000 blanks furnished by the army
were nearly exhausted and others will
have to be printed TO fill the demand.
The request for the cooperation of
the chamber came in a letter from
Gen. F. s. Strong, commander of the
Hawaiian department, and immediate,
Iy the chamber sent out a caIl for the
heads of all firms, who are members
to send in this morning the. number.
of their employees who would be sub
ject to call. !, - =. (. ~ ~ 81
Seldom has request been received
with such instant response as was this
one From the moment the chamber.
opened its doors this morning a
steady stream of applicants came for,
the blanks, some taking away several
hundred = q. -. -..s.s-- =. -
1t is requested that all who have
not applied for the blanks do so at
once : s..5,is i 81 ...- -