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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
BIUE-JAcKETs COMING BACK.
Captain Moffet Declares That ''Lib-
erty'' May be Granted TO Boys on
Saturday and Sunday.


The Blue-Jackets are coming back to
Kenosha, probably on next Saturday
and Sunday as Captain Mcffett, Com
mandant of the Training Station at
Great Lakes today announced that
there had been such an Improvement in
the conditions surrounding the influenza
epidemic that it was probable that the
boys would be granted the regular week
end liberty this week. The local health
board has not taken any steps as yet
to lift the ban on public entertain
ments and it is not expected that any
will be taken until Health Commits
sioner Windesheim is convinced that
there will be no danger of the disease
being brought to Kenosha. Community
war workers in the city have been busy
making plans for the entertainment Of
the regular weekend visitors but the
plans all have the clause, "When the
Health Department says it is safe''
and nothing will be done here until
there is an assurance that it may be
done without endangering any one.
The boys at the station have declared
that they miss the trip to Kenosha more
than any thing else that they have
given up on account Of the Spanish
Influenza
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
ELKs TO SAY FAREWELL.
Members Of Kenosha Lodge to Hold
Last Meeting in Old Lodge Hall
on Thursday Evening.

Kenosha Elks are going to say fare
well TO the old club rooms on Wiscon.
sin street On Thursday night and the
call has been sent to every member of
the order to be ON hand TO aid n the
initiation of the class Of candidates
after which the curtain win be rung
down on the old hall which the Elks
have occupied for more than ten years
The old hall has been the scene of a
lot OF pleasant gatherings and before
it Is abandoned there is going to be a
little ceremonial. All of the old timers
are expected to be on hand for the meet
ing. A week from tomorrow night the
Elks viii move. They viii go in q body
to the new club house and Exalted
Ruler Arthur Quigley win call the
members to order in the most handsome
hall ever arranged for an Elks' lodge
in the country. The opening of the
new hall viii be featured by the initia-
ton of a large class of candidates.
The farewell and the welcome home are
to be made two notable features in the
history of the Elks,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
SPREAD FA1rE OF KENosHA.
Men Entertained Here Declare Kenosha
is the Best City in the Country
TO Enlisted Men.

William G. Detert, Kenosha man who
is with the army unit at Norfolk, Va,
has reason to be proud of his home
town. He writes that he has heard so
much about the way Kenosha has en-
tertained the soldiers and sailors that
he just naturally wants to come home
and help with it. Detert declared that
five men who had come from Great
Lakes to Norfolk to do army work had
been unanimous in declaring that the
most pleasant experiences of their
army and navy life had been the won
derful entertainments given in their
honor at Kenosha Yau can say what
you please of the Southern Hospitality.
but give us Kenosha" was the way one
of the boys told Detert they felt about
it "Beheve me it made me proud Of
my home town to hear the fellows talk
this way" was the. comment Of the Ke-
nosha boys who is doing his BIT with
the motor workers at Norfolk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
Wives and Mothers of Men
in Service Entertained at
Informal Gathering by
Mrs. A. H. Lance.
MISS HEYHAN AT PLANO
Plans Made for Members to March La
the Fourth Liberty Loan
Parade to Be Held on
Saturday.

The beautiful Lance home on Prairie
avenue was thrown open Tuesday after
noon in honor Of the wives and mo.
theirs Of the men in service. The draw
ing rooms were filed to their utmost
capacity with the guests who began ar
irving early, bringing their knitting
and sewing for the Red Cross during
the afternoon. 1t was all very inform.
a. and sociable.
Mrs. Lance the hostess gave an in.
teresting talk in which she asked the
wives and mothers to march in the
Fourth Liberty Loan parade, next Sat
nrday night. This was enthusiastically
received and plans were made for the
marching Of the women.
Delightful refreshments were served
after which Miss Dora Heyman, further
delighted the audience with some
beautiful selections on the piano. Miss
Heyman is well known to Kenosha au
diences, and her playing yesterday was
Just repetition of what she can do
and ELECTED rounds Of applause from
the appreciative audience.
These very charming affairs are Civ
en- once each month at the home of the
hostess, Mrs. Lance, and have proved
very popular in the past. Everyone is
invited that has husband or son in
service to come and bring your knit
ting or sewing and have a general 50
cial good time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
Piece of Airship in Which
Quentin Roosevelt Met His
Death on Exhibition at
News Office.
LETTER FROM A kEAOSAak
Describes How the German Prisoners
Tear Up Furniture, Break Dishes
and Garry on Bad Generally
When They are Captured.

On exhibition at the Kenosha Even
ing News office for few days is q
piece Of the canvass taken from the
airship of Quentin Roosevelt when
he fell in an air battle with superior
force Of German machines some two
months ago.
The piece of canvass was sent to
Miss Marie Pitsch, of 70 North Ridge
street, Kenosha, by Private William
Plummer, of Ambulance Company 127,
of the American Expeditionary Forces
in France.
His letter says:
"Dear Friend
We are in the big push now, and we
sure are handing it to Kaiser Bill.
II am driving a machine now and
Louis is on with me, and we are kept
busy night and day, and shells burst
pretty near us at times, but we just
tear right along and we always come
out o. K. It sure is hell driving nights
but we ramble right along.
"The Americans bring in prisoners
every other day and the Boche prison
ers are a sure hard looking bunch. The
Germans are sure full Of dirty tricks;
they take all the valuable furniture
and tear it all to pieces and smash al
the dishes and just raise hell with
everything that is in house.
'fThe Germans retreated so fast that
they had to burn all their ammunition
up while they fell back and it sure
was some loss to them, both in am
munition and men.
ST took cold bath in river
the other day and it sure felt good. /
met Seholey on the battle field few
days ago and he is looking pretty good.
"We are getting plenty to eat and
everything is going along fine. The
prettiest sight on a battle field is to
watch our aviators bring the Boche
observation balloons. Tt sure is great
the way they dive and bring them
down in famcs..''
| Miss Pitsch, the recipient of the let
ter, is the sister of John Titsch, one
of Kenosha's boys who is in the navy
and who was home on furlough some
weeks ago, having made four trips
across the briny on the Mount Vernon,
formerly the Kron Princessin Cecilia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
Many Kenosha and Kenosha
County People Voluntar-
lily Increase Their Sub
scriptions to Fund.
ONE NAN DOUBLES his $500
Others Who Are Not so Wen Able In
crease Their Subscriptions Accord
ing to Their Means-A Good
Collection Report.

81 note the calls on the Patriots
Fund are becoming larger and feel that
/ should be contributing more than ]
am at present. Will You, therefore
kindly change my subscription to $1,000
per month beginning September l."
The above letter was received by
Secretary M. L. Dowse from q pTomin-
ent manufacturer Of Kenosha this morn
ing. This mans subscription hereto
fore was $500 month.
Hundreds Of dollars are being rea-
lized by the Patriots Fund committee
by reason Of the re-canvass Of the eoun-
ty that is now being made by the solici-
tors that are being sent out for that
purpose.
In addition to the money raised for
the present year the committee and its
solicitors are doing excellent propa-
ganda work for the coming year.
As the result Of this re-canvass Mrs
E. G. Ozanne, Of somers, Tuesday,
brought in $500 from Somers township
for the Patriots Fund. John Spartz,
solicitor for Paris township brought in
$96 for that section.
In addition to these amounts dozens
of persons already subscribers to the
Patriots Fund are voluntarily writing
to the secretary, M. t. Dowse, and
raising their subscriptions. More than
a half dozen Of these letters were re-
ceived Tuesday. Of these one raised
his contribution from $4 to SIS a month :
another from SIS TO 1925 month; an
other raised his subscription % PEI
cent; and several others raised their
present subscriptions rs per cent.
The fact that these contributions are
raised voluntarily without The subscrib.
|ers being solicited to do so shows that the
people are wide awake to the necessity
Of raising money for the stricken PEG
pies of France and Belgium and Others
who have been impoverished by the
ravages of the war and are patriotic
philanthropic enough to come to their
rescue without being asked to to so
All Of these raises were effective as Of
August /.
In regard to the raising Of funds for
patriotic purposes, among which is that
OF raising money for the Red Cross
Society, a discussion between William
Kester, who conducts general store at
Salem, and Verne StockwelI, a farmer
Of that locality, may be interesting
These men were together at Kester 3
store Monday of this week and there
being solicitor for patriotic funds
there, the conversation of course was in
regard to that. The two men in cues.
ton both agreed that they ought to
give something to the Red Gross. How
much viii You givego one of them
asked the other. "I'll give as much
as you will, = was the reply. After see.
saving back and forth for a while one
OF them said S'I'n give as much as the
price Of good cow The other said
$50 viii T., The next question then
was to ascertain the value OF q good
cow. The men at once agreed that the
value Of 3 good cow is 800, and the
sum OF 5000 was Immediately placed to
the credit of the local branch Of the
Red Cross in one of the banks Of this
city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
CONSERVATION LEAGUE MEETS

The Kenosha Circle Of the Child Con
servation League of America, held It's
first regular meeting in the parlors of
the First Baptist Church Tuesday after
noon. Great interest and enthusiasm
were shown by the mothers in the prep-
aration and signs of progress for the
year, work. Five new members were
added to the list.
A beautiful program was reasered.
Mrs. R. J. Dolan gave several beautiful
vocal solos which were very enthusi-
astically received.
The next regular meeting which will
in this instance, also be a social affair,
will be held at the home of Mrs. j. ".
Flading, SO Exchange street, on Tues
day, October eight, at two-thirty in the
afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS

Medals won by the Boy Scouts in the
Third Liberty Loan campaign will be
presented to the winners at Rhode
opera house on Friday night
Boys who have won bars are asked
by Scout Executive James F. Knapp
to bring them to scout headquarters
before Friday night so that the bars
may be attached to the medals in order
that no time may be wasted in attach
ing them at the opera house on the
night of presentation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
orr TO JOIN s. A. T G.

Bruce Buckmaster, Arthur Heyman,
William Purnell and Harold Curtis
accompanied by Mrs. Albert E. Buck
master n1otored TO Madison this after
noon to get some final information in
regard to applications for the Students
Army Training Corps to be opened al
the University of Wisconsin on October
1st. It is expected that twenty high
school students from ,Kenosha viii be
registered at the university.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
RECEIVES LETTER.
Miss Lillian Isermann Writes Interest
Ing Letter to Mrs.
E. Raiman.

Mrs. F. Raiman of Market street has
received the following letter from Miss
Lillian Iserman formerly of Kenosha,
but who went to France some time ago
IS a nurse.
3fCertain1y enjoyed your letter from
sback home telling me you all are
well you know 7 am long, long way
from my own now - but they are never
out of my mind. IF only we had some
idea when we will be able to look
shomeward but that seems to be q
long, long time. But one thing we
know, we are glad to be here where we
are needed very much and the boys are
happy to have American girls care for
them and talk to - we meet SO many of
our boys who tell US we are the first
United States girls they have seen
or talked too since coming over.
The last convoy had lots of Wiscon-
sin boys in it-have met lots of the
boys and some officers who have been at
the Nash - also met Lieut.. KeeIy who
went to school with Mr. Buckmaster s
son and has spent lots Of time in their
home in Kenosha, also at Twin Lakes.
Yesterday we heard that they were
going to try and have us detached
from our own unit and kept on here,
we are very much disappointed as we d
rather be with our own.
The country around here is perfect
" beautiful, quaint, little red rooted
houses - bedroom, parlor and bath
and barn all in one. They were quite
modern about the tenth century but
far from it now. One never sees any
thing but oxen and donkeys two
wheeled carts, they even thresh around
here by hand.
The hospital is great, a place large
enough to hold four thousand patients
at one time.
They never have anything for break
fast but hunk of dark bread and
black coffee (no sugar here or in Eng
land) well, you can imagine how we
American enjoy that. They have
their allowance of bread issued to them
about twice week and it's all in one
loaf. Wine and bread is about all they
eat, nothing is complete around here
without wine.
Believe me, this is where we appre-
eiate the American Red Gross work
ers it would be impossible to get
along without the supplies they send us
and you can tell all my friends in
Kenosha | said so, because I know you
all are doing something for us.
We have quite comfortable rooms,
but do not think much of the beds
for human beings, army cots with
straw mattresses. At No. we had
beds from Simmon Is, I'll tell you I
was glad to see them, and they were
comfortable wish I had one here, but no
such luck.
France has not made any change
in my usual good health, hope this finds
you well. Write again, we certainly
look forward to MALI
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
OLD SONGS WgTn
NEW WORDS
Learn to put the modern spirit the
tunes which your fathers fought by.

(Tune of "Marching thro' Georgia. ~
Blow the good old bugle boys,
We're coming right along;
Make great big racket,
For we're many millions strong;
Our watchword now is Victory;
And that we IL have ere long;
So wen go marching thro, Germany.
Chorus:
Hurrah, Hurrah, We re going to Berlin;
Hurrah, Hprrah, They we got to let US in
What we viii do to that old town,
Will make the Sanmies grin;
When we all have marched thro' Ger y.
Tell the world that we have got,
An army out of sight,
Men who want to meet the Huns
And show them how to fight;
We can do it, for we know
We're fighting for the right;
While we go marching thro' Germany
Women we don't have to kill,
Or MAIN single kid;
Like the tKultured' kaiser
And his cultured army did;
All we ask is, show us
Where the devil now is hid;
And we III 90 marching thro' Germany
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
GETS sixth sERvIcE sTAR.

The sixth service star is being placed
on the flag at the Office of the city
engineer this morning and the annouee-
met is made that the fifth member of
the official force Of the office has fol
lowed the patriotic example Of former
City Engines B. G. Brennan in offer
ing himself for army service. John J.
Hayes, assistant city engineer, left to-
day for Evanston where he will be reg
istered in the Students Training Corps.
He viii probably hear an early call to
the engineering corps of the army.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
KENosHA BOYS JOIN $. A. 7. @.

Edward Haubrich, formerly book
keeper for the Citizens Bank of Ken
osha, and Albert Cooper have enlisted
in the Student Training Corps at the
University of Wisconsin at Madison,
and win leave Saturday for that city
to be ready to enter upon their studies
Monday. Mr.. Haubrich, upon being ac-
cepted at the university, has resigned
his position with the bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Kenosha's delegation of young men
who are to be trained for soldiers at
the Northwestern Military Academy at
Lake Geneva, left this afternoon for
school The academy opens its school
year with mess this evening. The list
Of students from Kenosha includes
Norton Frost, Frederick Robinson,
Randolph Head, Orrin Head, Vance
Eail, William Bullamore, Roger Vincent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
GOES TO HELP RUSSIA.

kilograms received in Kenosha today
announce that James W. Brown and
James Barden Of Kenosha, who left
recently to enlist with the Canadian
overseas forces, have been ordered for
service in Siberia. They viii leave a
Canadian post within q few days for
the long trip to the British base at
Archangel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
QUIETLY MARRIED.

A wedding of interest occurred Tues
day morning, September 18th, in Crown
Point, Ind, when Miss Jennie Edward
became the bride of Charles Curtis.
The groom is employed at the Ameri-
can Brass Company, and the couple
will live at the BrassviIle Hotel. The
many friends of the couple wish them
much success in their journey through
fife.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
MARRIED AT wAUKEGAN.

Announcement is made of the mar
rage Of Miss Ethel May Conwell and
Carl D. Conrad which was celebrated
recently at Waukegan The young cou-
pie will make. their home in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26
BI.AcKHAWK DIVISION.

Announces the safe arrival overseas
OF Units Of the Blaekhawk Division,
which trained at Camp Grant, at Rock
ford, ILL.,, and which included a great
many Kenosha men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

The Red Cross sewing circle whfcE
was to meet at the st. George Han to-
morrow afternoon has been postponed
until further notice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Alois Tennessen left today for Mil
waukee to begin his senior year In the.
dental college at Marquette University,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

John P. Sparta and J. II. Terry OF
Paris, spent Tuesday evening In Ke-
nosha attending the Fourth Liberty
Loan meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Chester Barnes returned this morn
ing after week spent in Washington
D. G. and other eastern cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Miss Grace Carey of Wilmot, spent
Tuesday evening in Kenosha, attending
the Fourth Liberty Loan meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Mrs. E. G. 0zanne of somers, spent
Tuesday evening in Kenosha attend,
ing the Fourth Liberty Loan meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Robert N. MeMynn and E J. Carney
of Milwaukee, were the guests Of
Charles @. Brown on Tuesday evening
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Mowrey, of Racine avenue.
From the tone of his letter Otto has
been in the thickest of the battle since
he has been on the other side. Among
other things he says:
Somewhere in France.
Aug. Z, Is.
Dear Mother:
1--WE are on the front where the big
noise is going on, - where the Amer
| leans are showing the world that it
don t take 20 years to make the best.
soldiers there are.
Now I can It tell you where am,
but if you get map and look up the
towns that were the strongholds in
July, you can see a good many towns
between these two towns that mark the
big drive, and it sure was a big
drive too. Well, I'm in several of
these places most every day, about mid
way between these cities that are men
TONED so often.
Now can you tell where / ams
| IF so, write and tell me, because /
don It know half the time where I am.
But say - have seen the real sights
of real battle, that is, I've not seen
the battle, except an air battle, and felt
few bombs, and smelled some gas
that was put over by the artillery of
Fritz.
| And I've had schrapnel whistle by
pretty close, and felt the concussion of
the bigger shells.
I've seen the towns, torn down as
| if each building had been blasted. And
| the roads torn up, and stone bridges
blown up as if they were paper.
And say, - there is just any amount
of German graves along the roadside,
and Of course quite a few French and
American, too, just hundred Of dead
horses, and wrecked wagons, and ma
chimes.
Now I say, - after seeing this, -
war is hell.
| Well Fritz hasn't touched me yet,
except little gas, but he came pretty
darn close last night, when / was
lup within easy range Of him.
But with all that We seen and heard,
I we seen nothing compared with that
Of the boys that go - 'tover the top"
they are the ones that deserve the cre4
dit, and believe me they get it from
| me.
| It takes them to tell the hair-raising
stories, of how they crawl out from
under pile Of dirt that nearly buried
them alive, or pulled a pal out, or how
they dropped fat to keep from being
hit with shell that came whistling
their way.
And how they sometimes run onto
a F'Titzy who is lying on the field as if
dead, just waiting to get chance to
use his automatic at short range.
And you may ask, what do they do
with him, as did, well they do
plenty, as they consider such fellow,
as a prisoner, hard one to watch, and
take no chances.
We have just all kinds of fireworks,
and don t think thing of seeing Is
or 20 airplanes flying over our heads,
unless they are Germans, and then we
hunt a dugout.
And it don t matter how high they
go, we can tell a German plane as far
as we can hear the MOTOR
With lots of love.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Roy .Teehen of Sheridan Road and
Victor Hefty of Sheridan Road leaves
today for Monroe, Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Harry Kensch has returned to hiss
home at Ionia, Mich, after spending
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Kensch.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Lieut. Thomas Ayton leaves this af-
ternoon for Chicago, where he win meet
forty other members of his company
and they viii proceed to Camp Taylor
at Louisville, KY, where they viii
be stationed for an indefinite time.
Lieut.. Ayton was accompanied as far
as Chicago by his mother.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-26

Jacob J. Barrows Of Somers, spent
Tuesday evening in Kenoeha, attend
ing the Fourth Liberty Lean meeting.