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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
MONARCH LOCK co.
BUILDING NEW PLANT
Plant For the Manufacture
of Automobile Locks.

Kenosha has new incorporated COM
pany as announcement is made today
of the incorporation of the Monarch
Auto Lock Company The new COM
pany has capital stock of 100000
and the officers are President, f. Il.
Hancock; Vice President, H. j..
Trough; Secretary and Treasurer, r..
II. Hoffman. The officials of the
company will manufacture a patented
lock for attachment to the steering
wheel of any automobile. The new
lock has been tested out by experts
and it is declared to be the best equip
ment of the kind ever offered by man.
ufacturers. An ASSEMBLING room and
office is now being built at No. 36l
Market street and the new company/~wil
be ready to market its products shortly
after the first of the year. The new
lock has been received with acclaim by
automobile owners and manufacturers
and it is certain that the company is
going to find big demand for it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
ROB KNOEDLER HOME
GET PURSE AND CASH
Burglars Enter Home of Ernst Knoed-
Ter While He is Busy Filling
Out QUESTIONABLE.

Report has been made to the police
department that the home of Ernst
Knoedler, 3O3 North Congress street,
was entered by burglars on Thursday
night some time. Knoedler and his
wife had gone to the City Hall to fill
out the QUESTIONABLE and while they
were away from home the burglars,
who evidently had watched them leave
the house, entered by means of a
skeleton key. They visited all of the
rooms of the house and left the place
in badly torn UP condition. Evident
ly the burglars were looking for money
and nothing else. They managed to
get away with some seven dollars in
small change left in purse in one
of the rooms Of the house. The police
have no clew to the identity of the
guilty parties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
The death of Col. John Hicks. has re.

The death of Col. John Hicks has re.
mo7ed from active life in Wisconsin
one of the real men of the state. AS
editor Of the Oshkosh Northwestern he
was the real leader of the Fourth es-
tate in Wisconsin. He was an active
thinker, conservative thinker and an
honest thinker. He did much to mould
sentiment in the state and mould it in
the right direction. His deah is loss
not to Oshkosh alone but to the en-
tire state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
MORE THAN 500 BLANKS
ALREADY RETURNED
County Draft Board Has Names of
Ten Men Who Cannot Be Located
and Asks For Aid


Kenosha city and county men are
responding to the draft QUESTIONABLE
and at the Office of the City local board
this morning it was reported that a
total of more than five hundred of
the blanks had already been returned
all filled out and ready to go to the
Adjutant- General. The blanks sent
out by the City board today went to
all men whose order numbers were from
1851 to 1875 inclusive. There were
no exceptions.
The QUESTIONABLE sent out from the
Office of the County board were for
numbers 957 to 407 inclusive, with the
exception of numbers 357, $50 and 382.
Ten QUESTIONABLE sent out by the
County Board have not been delivered
by the Post Office department and peo-
pie in the city and county are asked
to aid the members of the board in
locating these men. The list of men
who have not been located follows:
Florentine Swaso, Bristol, Wis.
Carl Klupp, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
John Smrchek, R. F. D. No. 4, Keno
sha, Wis.
Andrew Olsen, R. F. D., Richmond,
III.
Joseph Martinez, Bristol, Wis.
Anton shurski, R. F. D. No. 8, Ke-
nosha, Wis.
John Weiland, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
James Riddle, Pennoyer's Sanatar-
ium, Kenosha, Wis.
Michael Lodvanka, care of Henry
Galman, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
Christmas was anpronriatelv celebra

Christmas was appropriately celebrat-
ed in the city schools ON Friday after
Noon with yule-time exercises at al
most every building. In some instances
programs oH songs and rccitations COM
prised the offerings of the afternoon
while In other rooms complete cantatas
were presented artistically and well.
In keeping with the general movement
for conservation Christmas treats were
largely conspicuous for their absence
but a few of the teachers just
couldn't forget and arranged trifing
remembrances for their pupils.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
SUED FOR $4,000
SETTLES FOR $500
Wisconsin Gas and Electric Company
Pays Estate of Arcangelo Tenuta
and Suit is Dismissed

The suit of Raefalle Molinaro, as adj
ministrator of the estate of Arcangelo
Tenuta, who met death when he caught
hold Of one Of the chains on a pole Of
the Wisconsin Gas and Electric Com
pany in September of 1914, had a
quick finish in the Circuit Court on
Friday afternoon. The jury had heard
part of the testimony of the plain
tiff in the case when offers for settle
ment were accepted by the defendant
company and the case was dismissed
by stipulation of attorneys. The adj
ministrator had demanded ten thousand
dollars as damages for the death of
Tenuta. The settlement was made
when the company turned over a check
for FIVE hundred dollars. The money
secured will be paid to relatives of
Tenuta living in Italy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

per cont from 1901 to 1917 aggre-
gate $1,0l8,717.
"T'he company claimed its net earn
ings had been decreasing since July and
in September there was a small loss.
The coal used In September cost 1928
per ton; f:om October to April, 1918,
it will be $s.75 per ton, and the coal
received since July cost $685. per ton.
The average cost from October TO April
46.2 cents less per ton than in Septem-
Der cost or on the same amount of
coal as was used in September SO, $50.
If the price of $685., which the coal
received since July cost, is taken the
savings would be $500: Apportioning
this to Racine gives to Racine $3,740,
saving over September cost.
"In this connection we desire to
direct the commission IS attention to
the matter of whether or not the aver
age price of coal claimed by the com
pany and the price of $685. paid since
July includes the cost of handling, or
whether the cost of handling is in
Guided with the other operating rev.
enues. Ten cents ton would amount
to over $4,000 a year.
"a total of efficiency for coal car
bombed is shown. If the same eficien-
cy was now obtained as during the ifs
cal year 1917, considerable saw
ING to Racine estimated at ST 900,
would be had.
"We have made a comparison of ex-
penditures of other companies for a
number of reserve charges. For the
year 1917, under the head of promotion
of business tie Wisconsin Gas and
Electric Com ,aly, put in a charge of
$12,355.87 and for the two previous
years the sum for promotion of business
as shown are strikingly large, eompar-
ed with the other cities shown.
'The reservation for taxes we find to
have been, for September, $2,543.35,
which is more than should have been
charged to September by over $500.
tTho summary of deductions from
the expenses for September which
should be made is found and shows a
total of $6,141 on the basis Of the aver
age coal cost claimed by the company
and $7,911 on the basis of the price for
coal paid by the company for coal re-
ceived since July. For twelve months
these sayings are $73,692 on the first
basis and 1922 a the second basis.
'"Taking September as an average
month so far as revenues are concern
ed, we find the net operating expenses
which the company can reasonably ex-
pect, to be the first basis $780, 62 and
on the second basis $130,o02, or on
basis one 1913 per cent and on basis
two 1872 per cent.
eve are confident that our analysis
as to the revenues from Racine con-
sumers and the distribution of operat-
ing expenses shows there is no such
emergency so far as Racine is concern
ed as to warrant any increase in rates
for Racine. The company has sufficient
coal in its yards at Racine to last
until June. This coal has been paid
for no doubt o. it would not have
been delivered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

Most saloons in Kenosha will well.
come any action of the council Of de-
tense to stop free lunch on wheatless
or meatless or porkless day. The sa-
looms are having hard time to make
living without giving meals to bar
flies now. IF the council can get rid
of the bar flies for them, undoubtedly
the saloon men viii give it vote of
thanks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
URGE AUSTRALIANS TO
SEEK CITIZENSHIP
First Addition to the "Alien Enemy
Glass Not Being Discouraged in
the Filing of Papers.

Residents of Kenosha who were born
in Austria and who may have desire
to seek either first or second citizenship
papers are not being discouraged by
the local officials. No order has come
from Washington effecting the status
of such aliens and it is declared that
applications for first papers and petit
lions for second papers are being &C.
cepted just the same as before America
declared state of war with Austria
1t is declared that the men who get
first papers and apply for second pap
ers will be shown consideration when
it comes to the issuance of fallen
enemy permits. FEWe have received
no orders against the naturalization of
Austrians," said Clerk of the Circuit
Court Ben M. DeDiemar this morning.
These petitions are being accepted
and shown the same consideration as
the petitions of people Dor in any
other country. 1t is possible that some
order may be issued by the federal
government later on, but it is certain
that Austrians who have their first
papers and who have fled applications
for second papers will be given every
possible consideration when it comes
to the issuance of permits later.
Many Austrians are now availing
themselves of the privilege of secpr-
ing these papers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
CHRISTMAS DRIVE SUCCEEDS
Yule-T Time Campaign for Association
Arouses Enthusiasm in wisconsin
Testimonials of Soldiers Help
The End Is Not Yet.

Despite the fact that the local Red
Cross chapter has endolled nearly
$4,000 members as a result of the re-
cent dispensation of the Patriots Fund
Committees, number of people in Ke-
nosha are as yet unidentified with the
cause of Country and Humanity and
are utilizing the last days before
Christmas to put their patriotism on
straight for the great December festi-
val.
The state of Wisconsin as whole is
as enthusiastic as Kelosha, as a unit,
on the big membership drive for Red
Cross members, which is to close on
Christmas eve. So large had been the
demand for Red Cross supplies and
advertising matter-posters, member
ship cards, the Red Cross flags which
are used for complete service flags for
the home-that the work of supplying
the various towns of the state with
necessaries for the work has been three
times what was expected, and the as
surance is given that on Christmas eve,
Wisconsin will again have shown her
loyalty to the government and to the
Red Cross.
Factories throughout the state are
organizing and from the lowest salaried
employee up, are using the opportunity
of showing how much they wish to
help the boys at the front, and their
boys little ones at home-the families
that are, many of them, left depend.
ent on the kindness of this big society.
The drive is for the 81 and So mem
bershiRs-every person who buys one
of these, is himself 100 per cent
Red Cross service man-if he buys for
each of his family or household, that
is a 100 per cent service house; if his
factory employees buy-each and every
one, that is 100 per cent service fac
tory. It is these 100 per cent service
men, families and factories, that the
Red Cross wishes to line up-not for
1913 alone, but for each succeeding
year, when all will be asked to con-
tribute an annual membership.
Red Cross week will be held each
year, the week before Christmas-for
that is the week of good cheer, and
the week that is the best In the year
for the people of this country to re-
member the boys at the fighting front,
who may be wounded and who will all
during the year bless the members of
the Red Cross who did their part to
help him. It isn't just the one dollar
or two dollar memberships that helps
our boys, it's the thought that goes
with every dollar-some of the silent
prayers that are offered by mothers
and sisters and sweethearts of the boys
who will be aided by their small con-
tributions.
Every Wisconsin man who has visited
any of the various environments and
camps, tells of the wonderful work Of
the Red Cross, and Of the care given
to our boys. Senator A. FL. Wilkin-
son, of Balfeld, who was recent Wis.,
itor at Waco, in company with Gov.
Philip and his party of twelve, de-
clares that the boys at the camp, are
most appreciative of the work Of the
Led Cross society, and take great care
that every visitor shall know of it.
Many of the boys are themselves un-
solicited Red Cross members.
The dollar you give may help your
own boy-give it gladlyi
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
skYs CONTRACT IS CONTRACT
Court Insists Company Must Abide by
the Spirit OF Agreement It Had
With the City and Settle Claims
Before Seeking Payments.

Scores of people in Kenosha who had
claims against contractors in charge
of the building of the new filtration
plant in Kenosha, got Christmas pres
ent in the Circuit Court on Friday
afternoon when Judge Belden handed
down a decision, holding that the New
York Continental Jewell Filtration
Company must see that all claims made
against contractors ON the plant are
paid before it can make any claim
against the city for balance of more
than fourteen thousand dollars due on
the contract. The total Of the claims
made against sub-contractors exceeds
this amount. The company brought
suit and sought to have the judge in
terpret its contract with the Board of
Water Commissioners. The court has
decided that contract still remains
a contract in Wisconsin, and that the
agreement that the company had with
the city that all claims against the con-
tract would be paid, is binding.
The court quotes portions of the CON
tract in which it is provided that the
company shall not demand payment for
it's work until the full demands fol-
claims against it have been met.
"This provision" says Judge Belden
" Expresses the spirit of the agreement
between the parties and the proper in
depreciation thereof. If the provisions
before quoted mean anything, they
mean just what they say. The language
is plain and needs no recourse to rules
of Interpretation or authorities. The
terms of the agreement will not be
construed strictly in favor of the plain
tiff, but, on the contrary, literally in
favor of the defendant. In entering
into the agreement the defendant city
sought to avoid all trouble on account
of claims and demands of labor and
material and men and therefore provid-
ed that before it should be required to
make final payment the principal con-
tractor should satisfy the Board of
Water Commissioners, not that all
claims against it, the principal con-
tractor, had been satisfied, but that all
claims and demands of whatever nat
ure growing out of the construction Of
the plant had been paid. The city did
not agree to take ON claims Of law
suits but, rather, it was definitely agreed
that it should rot be subjected there
to. I think the contract protects the
city in that regard. If it were not so
then a contractor S responsibilities
could be shifted and evaded by simply
sub-letting the contract.
"The court is satisfied that the
proper Interpretation of the agreement
between the parties is that before final
payment the contractor most satisfy
the Board of Water Commissioners
that all claims for labor and material
furnished and used in and about the
construction Of said plant and arising
out of the performance of the contract,
whether ordered and incurred by the
principal contractor or sub-contractor
have been paid, satisfied and discharged.
Therefore the plaintiffs several
demurrers mpst be over-ruled."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

Senator LaFollette's chance for mar
tyrdom has been postponed again.
May be the investigators do not mean
to mingle with the senator long enough
to make the investigation. This iso-
lation must be something terrible for
the Wisconsin Senator. 1t must re-
mind him of the old times when he de-
elared all the rest Of the world was
wrong.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

If the government can do anything
to reduce the price of meat it can do
lot more than lot of individual
thinkers have done The packers seem
to have this matter pretty well in hand
and they appear to be pretty wei
fortified against any kind of investiga-
ton which may develope.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

Statement Of war aims by Premier
Lloyd George must have sent a creepy
feeling down the backs of the British.
1t can be said however, that the Pre-
mier has been looking the war right
in the eve all the time and has not
been afraid to tell the people exact
conditions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

The water board is. vindicated. The
court says that contracting companies
must pay their bills before they can
collect contracts. It is an excellent de-
cision to file away for future refer
ence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

The Germans may demand that the
Bolsheviki secure peace in Russia be-
fore they attempt tonegotiate peace for
the allies. 1t is case of pulling the
beam out of your own eye.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

who viii be interested in his advent
ures and rejoice that he is doing
his part in the great war for freedom
and democracy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27

Miss Retta Murphy left Friday for
Oregon, Wis, where she will spend
thehoidays with relatives and friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
volunteered Early for War.

This Kenosha sailor who in his
months of service for Uncle Sam has
had more experience than many men
gain in lifetime, was one of the first
Kenoshans to join the navy of Uncle
Sam. He has many friends in the city
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-27
Laughs at Submarines.

I didn It get chance to go ashore in
France because they didn t give US
any iberty-they never do, I guess
when you are on man-o war. We
didn It see no "subsp or German IT,
boats-just our luck. We don't have
to do much on these trips-just stand
watches. [ stood mine on the bridge
with the officers or in the fighting top
on the mast-way up on top; it's some
class in a HIGH sea! Oh bowl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12
A Talk With a Red
wood Falls Man
Mr.. ]. N. Robertson of Second Street,
Tells of an Interesting Experience.

Mr.. ]. N. Robertson of Second Street,
Tells of an Interesting Experience.
There is nothing like a talk with
one Of our own citizens for giving
hope and encouragement to the anx-
ious sufferer from the dread kidney
disease. We. therefore. give here an
interview with Redwood Falls man:
Mr.. Robertson says: "About four
teen years ago began to suffer from
backache, weakness across my hips
and loins and other kidney ailments.
Drinking the hard water in Iowa /
believe affected my kidneys. There
was one winter about five years ago
/ couldn't ride in the wagon on ac-
count of my back being so bad. The
jar nearly killed me and / had to
walk wherever / went. / got no re-
lief until began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. They went right to the
seat of the trouble, regulated my kid
neys and rid me Of the distressing
aches and pains. / have used Doan's
Kidney Pills of and on since and they
have spared me 9 great deal Of suf-
fering.s
Price Coo. at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for q kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12
PATRIOTISM AND FOOD.

TT is not sordid association, pa
triotism and food. It can be as
: fine as the spirit of democracy
and as ennobling as the struggle for
democracy For in these days it is,
in truth, an essential part Of each.
If we cannot organize our effort in
this world crisis by the individual ini-
tiative, spirit and consent of the peo-
pie, then democracy is a faith on
which we cannot stand. For autoc-
racy has shown that it can organize
its effort; it does it by imposing or
ganization by force from the top. We
must do it from the bottom and vol
UNFAIRLY. The administration Of food
is test Of what our form of govern
ment is worth. If success in it did
no more than insure its immediate
aim providing our allies with food
1t would be wholly worth whole.
But it will do much more than that;
it will prove our faith in ourselves.
Vernon Kellogg.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12
ANOTHER FALSEHOOD.

i ND now, from the southside Of
~ our own county, comes 2 re-
= = viva1 Of the same old story
about the selling of Red Cross arti-
cles instead Of their being given to
soldiers the old story Of the five dol
lar gold piece sewed in the sleeve Of
a sweater being used as the founda-
ton for this damnable lie. When this
rumor was first. started the officials
at the head of the Red Cross organ
ization went to considerable pains
and expense to trace it down and sue
ceeded in finding that it had abso-
lutely no foundation except in the
mind Of some prot German workers
who are hurting the American cause
in every way possible and are will
ing to stoop to the very common and
ordinary means Of Icing in order to
attain their desired end. The report,
along with several others. was en-
phatically and authoritatively denied
by the Red Cross officials. It is de-
pressing and disconcerting, in the
face of this denial, to have this abb
surdity touted again in this county
whose residents fiatter themselves on
having at least average intelligence
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12
A BOOSTER SONG.
(By Larry Ho"

Do you know some poor codger whose
Down on his luck?
Give him boost;
Don't act like gutter and pass him
the buck,
Just give him boost;
Don't scowl when you see him, and
turn from his need
Don't sheer at his folly, or scott at
his creed;
Go greet him, and cheer him, and
wish him God-Speed
Give him boost! Give him boost!
Do you know any fellow whose ready
to quit?
Give him boost;
Don't say it's his fault, and he's
earned what he got,
Don't think that you better, for may
be you're not
Blu give him your hand with q grip
clean and hot,
Give him boost! Give him boost!
Do you know any man who has made
a mistake?
Give him boost;
Tell him you're with him, for broth
erhood's sake,
Give him boost;
Don't read him lecture, or hand
him roast,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-12
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