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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
Board of Education De-
clares Old German Song
Persona Non Grata"
in Schools Now.
BOOKS TO Be nBTnkTED
Interesting Reports OF School Attend.
ance Feature Regular OF Board mo
Action in Regard to the New
Schools at This Time

. Wacht Am Rhein - nsy- be tzrusfSII
and melodious, but it will no longer
be one of the songs offered for Young
America IN the KenOsha schools, FOR
at the regular meeting of the Board 0f
Education held on Tuesday evening tR1a
old German song was declared to be,
tangled out of tune with tho Liberty.
choruses of America, and by unanimous
vote the board ordered its removal
from all song books IN use in the city
of Kenosha. Teachers got orders this
morning to have the page ON which
the old German song was printed torn.
from the books in all the schools and
the mutilation of the books viii take,
place at once. The song has not been
heard in any of the public schools or
in any public place in KeBosha since
President Wilson declared state of
war existing between the United States
and Germany. Now the song viii be
torn from the books as ,ssOn 30 thS
children of the stand IN American
school board takes to all things Ger
man. With the organization Of the
schools this year no classes in German
were provided and there has been no
desire on the part of students Cor in
strnction in the language
Little business Of interest came be.
fore the board at the meeting on Tues
dav evening. Architec Clrubb Of CHI
ca notiaed - haaro cat the worl.
on the plans and specifications 1o1
new Kenosha school bindings was pro-
crossing rapidly and that they would
be ready within a short time. The
board has taken no further action to
proceed with the construction of the
buildings. No word has been received
from Washington granting PERMITS for
the issuance of the proposed bonds and
no orders refusing such permits have
been received in the city. It is ex-
pected that within few days some or
der, one way or the other, win be re-
ceived
The board received the usual reports
of overcrowded conditions In several OF
the buildings and plans are being
worked out to provide temporary quar-
ters to have the children taken care
of. Many children win be forced to go
to school but half the day ON account
of these crowded conditions.
The sanitary work in the schools is
being wen taken care of with the open
ing of the new year and all children
are being examined by the nurses OPP
Grating under the direction of the
health department.
The usual amount of routine business
came before the board, but the session
was very short one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
KENOSHA HEARING
SET FOR THURSDAY

w. D. Martin, fuel expert of the Ke-
nosha county council Of defense left for
Washington this morning in answer to
telegram from Charles w. Nash,
chairman of the special Kenosha fuel
committee announcing that he had ar
ranged to have the Federal Fuel Adj
ministrator take up the Kenosha COM
plant on Thursday afternoon Of this
week. An effort will be made to get
some definite statement as to just what
coal will be furnished to Kenosha for
the winter. B. J. Flynn is the other
member of the Kenosha committee and
he is now in Washington. Meantime
the county fuel administrator has been
advised that some thirty cars of hard
coal are on the way to Kenosha. These
will aid some in relieving the condition
but they are only drop in the bucket
in comparison with the demands of the
city for the winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

Tomorrow is the great day-tomor-
row thirteen million men of the ma
ton will freely offer themselves for
military service to make the world a
decent place to live in. Tomorrow six
or more thousand Of these men will be
registered in Kenosha city and county
and as Kenosha has met every call
made by the nation with a hundred per-
cent efficiency response, it is certain
that Kenosha will respond to this call
In the same loyal manner.
Tomorrow the flags are going to wave
and the oands are going to play as the
thousands of Kenosha people a TO the
registration places and pledge their
loyalty to the nation--to the last man
and the last dollar.
Every provision has been made for
the registration If the man pows. If
Eenosha. A hundred patriotic men in
the city have volunteered to serYf AL
DAY Thursday at The place or reg;stra-
tion and every possible effort will be
made to facilitate the work The men
will be on the job at seven CLOCK in
the morning and it is expected that
there will be very large early regis
tration. Factories in the city are
aiding the registration chiefs in ev-
cry possible way to see to it that all
Of the men of Kenosha register as
provided by law
Some of the men to be registered on
Thursday will probably be called into
the service of the nation before the
end of October. Tt has been stated
that the first men to be called viii be
the men between the ages of 10 and
sc years. Tt is estimated that Keno
sha will have three thousand new
registrants between these ages.
Town officials in the various towns
in the county viii be in charge of the
registration in these towns and the
registration place will be at the var
ious town halls. In addition special
registration place at the Court House is
provided for men who live in the towns
OF Somers and Pleasant Prairie near
the city.
Early registration is urged of all the
men of the city. With the large num-
Der Of people to be registered the men
are urged to get to the registration
place as early in the morning as pos
sible, It will take about ten minutes
to register man but there may be con-
siderable waiting at some of the regis
tration place. Persons are urged to
see to it that they get plenty of time
to complete their registration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
CALL TWO MORE
FOR LIMITED SERVICE
Bentley Barbour and John z. EichaI-
man Called TO go to Camp Green
leaf on Saturday.

Two more Kenosha men have been
called by the local board for Special
Limited Service and Bentley R. Bar
Bour and John R. Eichelman have been
called for mobilization on next Satur-
day morning when they viii leave for
Camp Greenleaf, at Lytle, Ga. These
men are called for replacement of two.
other Kenosha men recently sent to
Camp Greenleaf who failed to meet the
examinations for the army. They will
be called for service IN essential labor
other than among fighting man. Ben
tley Barbour has established record
in being called to service as he was
only given free bill by the examining
physicians on last Friday. He has
sought to enter several lines of army
work but has not been able to pass the
physical examinations
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
Notifies City He is Through
Unless He Gets Esti-
mates Under New
Contract Price.
NAY TIE Up MUCH WORK
Street Assessment Committee Of Coun
Gil in Session This Afternoon in
an Effort to Get Some Set
Element Of Old wrangle.

People on the west side of the city
quate provisions for sewers as A. I'll.
Prange today notified the officials of
the city that he would suspend all work
on his west side contracts unless the
city is willing to grant him estimates
in keeping with new contract for this
work made between the city and Ed
win FL. Prange. The City Council has
insisted that the estimates for this
work be made in keeping with the
original contract made by A. H. Prange.
The work under consideration in
cludes the big sewers on Prairie, Harry,
Kenilworth and Marion avenues. Much
of it has been waiting completion for
more than two years.
The condition is one of the most I'M
usual ever faced by the city in connec-
tion with any contract for municipal
ork. The original contract for this
work was let to A. Fl. Prange. He fell
down ON the job and the council order
ed new contracts and Edwin FL,
Prange, brother of the original con-
tractor, was the successful bidder. The
bond for the second contract was sign
ed by A. III. Prange, the original con-
tractor A. III. Prange then took over
the work and he made demand on the
city that he be permitted to finish it,
claiming that he had sustained heavy
losses on account of sub-contraets
awarded to the Kennedy Construction
Company. Under this plea he was d.
rected to proceed with the work.
The City Council has insisted that
payments for the work be made in
keeping with the first Prange contract.
The contractor has declared that if the
city sustains loss it must collect that
loss from bondsmen Of the original
contract.
It is impossible for the city at this
time to cancel the latest contract and
make a new contract in time to have
the work completed this year. 1t is de-
clared by the city engineer that Prange
at he rate he has been going can not
possibly finish al the work this year.
The sixty-six inch sewers on the
south end of Marion avenue are now
completed and the work on Isermann
avenue is also completed.
The street assessment committee held
special session with Prange this af-
ternoon in hopes that it would be able
to fad some way out of the difficulty,
but little hope is given that any agree
ment can be reached which will insure
the completion of these sewer this year.
It is certain that the action of the
contractor in serving this notice on the
city will bring storm of complaint
from the people in the neighborhoods
in which the sewers are being built.
On some of these streets the big tile
for the sewers have been on the streets
for nearly three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
(By United Pressl.

London, Sept 1l-British troops
advanced their line toward Attilly,
less than five miles west Of st.
Quentin, toward Vermand, Field
Marshal Haig reported today. A
strong German attack against the
ridge west of Couzeaucomt yester-
day evening was repulsed. The
statement said: I'VE advanced our
line yesterday in the direction of
Attilly and Vermand. In the even.
ing the enemy strongly attacked
the ridge west Of Couzeaucourt.
There was sharp fighting, as a re-
suit of which the attack was COM
pletely beaten off except at one
point where one post remained III
the enemy's possession. There was
local fighting yesterday afternoon
and evening, in the neighborhood
of Mouevres and Ecourt-St. Quen-
tin. At the former an attack by
strong enemy party, who succeed
ed in entering our trenches, was re-
pulsed by counter attack. At
Ecourt-St. Quentin the enemy also
was repnlsed after stiff fighting.
We advanced our line slightly dur
ing the night west of Erquinghem
(west of Armentieres) -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
STEWART LEADS
WHALEY BY OVER 500

Calvin Stewart is the Democratic
nominee for member of Congress in
the First Wisconsin District. Full re-
turns from all the counties in the dis
trict show that the Kenosha attorney
has defeated Villas H. Whaley of Ra-
cine by majority of more than FIVE
hundred votes. Candidate Stewart car
ried Kenosha, Waukesha and Rock
counties by emphatic majorities while
Whaley had smaller majorities in Ra-
cine and Walworth counties. It is ex-
pected that the official count which is
being tabulated at Madison will show
the majority of the Kenosha man to be
more than $40 votes. Candidate Ste
wart was receiving belated congratula-
tons of his friends today. He plans
to open his campaign for the office at
an early date.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
BY William Philip Simlns.

United Press Staff Correspondent,
Paris, Sept. Through the
most terrific rains since the fight
ing began last March, the allies
today are not ceasing to batter the
Germans, harrassing them every
where from Dixmude to Rheims.
Nevertheless the operations are
steadily slowing down Belgians,
British, French and Americans are
smuggling up closer to their form
er lines. If the rains continue,
mud will force a further sIaeken-
ing. Still the weather has been
exceptionally dry since before the
offensive and the German is
thirsty, so much Of the moisture
can be absorbed. But an early set
ting in of the rainy season, which
is now liable at any time, would
affect the whole trend of the re-
mainder of the campaign. Today,
despite local fighting where the
British and French were driving
in the last German outposts west
ward Of the Hindenburg line, the
western front was virtually mark
ing time, pending commencement
of the new phase of the campaign.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
s[By United Pressl .

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 11-Of-
fcials of the Canadian Steamship
Company here today stated they
had received a cable stating that
their passenger liner Missanabie,
west bound from an English port,
had been torpedoed and probably
sunk. The cable gave no details.
The Missanabie was a fine twin
screw ship, built in Glasgow in
1914 for the one-class cabin and
third-class passenger trade of the
Canadian Pacific steamship lines
between London and Montreal. 1t
had been taken by the admiralty
for carrying American troops to
England. She was 1860 gross tons,
500 feet long, 81 feet beam, SO feet
deep of hold and had an average
speed Of IL knots an hour.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
CABBAGE GROWERS
REAP RICH HARVEST
Sauer Kraut Promises to be a Luxury
With Cabbage Bringing Thirty
Dollars a Ton.

With cabbage bringing $50 ton and
the yield the smallest Racine Kenosha
counties have known in years, sauer
kraut will be a luxury next winter.
Early in the summer heavy crop
Of cabbage was predicted in Racine
and Kenosha counties, but much of
the crop became diseased and the
/ yield viii be very light.
10 lice demafsad for cabbage
this year, is the highest at the open
ing of the season since Kenosha county
farmers began raising cabbage. In
previous years, when the cabbage
crop was about to be harvested, COM
mission houses or manufacturers of
sauerkraut offered SIS ton, although
some years the opening prices reached
| $40 per ton.
This year with the crop averaging
about five ton to the acre and in some
section ten tons, price of $50 per
ton is being demanded and the price
| is being paid by agents of commits
sion houses for immediate shipment.
The contracts are being accepted by
cabbage growers who are without
storage houses, while those with
storage houses will hold for better
prices.
The yield of onions throughout Ra-
cine and Kenosha counties is very
heavy this year, in some districts av-
eraging better than 800 bushels to the
acre. The growers are being offered
81 per bushel for their crops.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
(By United Press).

Rome, Sept. IA number of lo-
cal successful engagements are re-
ported in the Italian war office
communique "Towards Dossoca-
sino repeated hostile attacks failed
with losses" the communique
said. "In the Alamo basin we
raided the enemy, putting their de-
tachment to flight, killing some
and taking some prisoners without
loss to us. In the Lagrinia valley
at Mont Grappa and in the middle
Piave sector there was considera-
BILE artillery activity. While re-
connoitering toward zugnortata we
blew up an enemy munition depot. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
BY Lowell Mellett.

United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the British Armies in
France, Sept. 11-11:0O a. n.y. -
The British troops launched a new
attack. at three 'clock this morn
ing northwest Of Piezeire and as
this is cabled it is reported that
the British have captured import
ant bridges at Trescault cemetery,
or the edge Of Havlincourt wood.
The British have advanced and
have occupied the old Hindenburg
line in that region. A German at
tack west of Gauzeancourt at six
o'clock last night was repulsed ex-
cept at Dead Man s Corner the
juncture Of sunken roads in the
region.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU.

The q. s. Employment Service
has been organized as a part of
the Dept of Labor to help en-
ployeers find the right men and
women and to help men and wo-
men find the right jobs.
Employers are asked to use this
service when they need help and
workers are asked to consult us
when in need of employment.
This service is free to all.
There are no obligations.
It is one sure way Of know
ing that you are helping to win
the war.
What did we promise our boys
when they left for France-that
every time they went over the
top, every time they swept for
ward to smash a German trench,
every time they risked themselves
for the sake OF Liberty and
America, that we'd be back of
them to the last ditch, fight
ing for them in our factories, to
give them all the tools they need
to lick the Kaiser.
There is only one way to make
good on that and that is for ev-
cry one of us to put in every
minute Of his working day where
it does the most good.
Our Office is at 261 Church ST.
Free to all, ean and see US or
telephone your order to It's.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
Ball
BOSTON WORLDS CHAMPIONS.

Boston, Sept. 1.-THE Boston
Americans have annexed another
world championship title when
they took the Chicago Cubs in camp
for the last game this afternoon.
Mays pitched another good game;
while Tyler was hit when hits
meant runs. The final score:
Boston 20 o 2 0 0 0 0 x-2 5
Cubs 20 90 0 Q 0 0 OIL 8
Batteries: Tyler and Killifer
for Chicago; Mays and schang
for Boston.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
HANG OUT OLD GLORY
TOMORROW.

Every patriotic home in Kenosha
should display the flag tomorrow
With the nation consecrating it 8
man power on Thursday, make your
self part Of this great dedication.
Hang Old Glory over your home to
show that you are behind the great
est nation in the world fighting the
most unselfsh war in the world s
history.
Keep Old Glory flying all day to-
morrow TO show that your heart is
with the men who are registering to
give their lives for the great
cause.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
(By United Press)

Washington, Sept. 11-Estabis h
ment of a general Siberian gov
ernment, probably at Omsk, is flge
" in the near future, according to
belief in diplomatic circles today.
This government would unite the
organizations at Vladivostok,
Chiete, and other places including
Omsk. It would be sympathetic
toward the allies and avowedly
anti-bolshevik.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
By Fred s. Ferguson.

United Press Staff Correspondent,
With the Americans on the Aisne,
Sept. 11-Shelle dout of his posi-
tions between Revillon and Glennes
by heavy compartments, the Ger
mans have withdrawn to the high
road between those towns, falling
back a little further toward the
Aisne on our right. The enemy still
holds the strongly fortified height
of LIE Petite Montague and domi-
mating positions east of the Re-
villon- Glennes line. Heavy rains
have nearly halted the operations
between Aisne and the vesle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
nv limited Pressl

London, Sept. Herman troops
are being withdrawn from Ukrania
and sent to the western front, ac-
cording to rumors circulating in
Kieff, dispatches received here
from Stockholm today reported.
Stockholm advices also said fifty
social-revolutionists and two humid
red were wounded. in Moscow re-
Gently when bolshevik dispersed a
meeting. All the Siberian rail
way eastward of Lake Baikal is
now in possession of Czecho-Slovak
forces, a message from Vladivostok
declared. The Czecho-Slovaks com
pleted their occupation of the
country along the railroad by seiz-
ing Nertrchinsk and Sirietensk.
The London Express learns that at
least one thousand British subjects
are held as hostages in Petrograd
and Moscow, the bolsheviki threat.
ening to take revenge on them if
harm comes to any more officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
EX[R 4
1orpedoed Troop
Ship Linps Into
A British PORT
British Troop Ship Westward Bound
With American Troops Attacked on
Sept. 9Th But No Lives are Lost.
(By United Press)

Washington, Sept. 1.-The torpe-
doing Of a British troop ship car
rying American soldiers westward
bound, was reported to this govern
ment this afternoon. No lives
were lost, so far as the first reports
show. The torpedoing occurred on
September 9Th off the British coast.
Tt is understood that the vessel was
not sunk but reached port. The
government officials are anxiously
awaiting further details.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
(By United Press).

Christiania, Sept. ia survivor
of the torpedoed Norwegian ship
Byzantine, arriving at Bergen to-
day declared the vessel was sunk
without warning. The Huns she'll
ed the life boats. The captain and
five Of the crew died from wounds
and the mate went mad. Chris
tiania newspapers declared the
U-boat brutality has surpassed all
limits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
More Than Six Thousand
Expected to Register for
Military Service
Here Tomorrow.
RESPOND TO NATIONS NEED
Flags VIII Wave and Day for Dedica-
ton Of Nation S Men VIII be Nota-
able in History of Kenosha'
Registrants Ready to Serve.

Every man between the ages Of
is and 46 years, not already re-
gistered for military service must
register on Thursday between the
hous Of 2 a. M, and 9 p. m. This
includes all men whether citizens
or aliens who have not passed their
10th birthday and who have passed
their 18th birthday. The registra-
tion viii be held at the various vot-
ting place in the city. Please re-
gister early.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
BULLETIN.

Berlin, (via London) Sept. Il
"Southward of Ypres and north
ward of the La Basse canal repuls-
ing partial attacks we took prison
ers'' the war office announced
today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

PetrogrGd Reported
To Be In Flames
And Massacre On
Details are Lacking but Fires are Said
to Have Started in Twelve Different
Places.
(Ry United Press,

Washington, Sept. 11-Petrograd
is burning in twelve different
places and there are indiscriminate
massaeres of people in the streets,
according to reliable information
received by the American Chris
tiania legation reaching the State
Department. oday. No details are
added.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

We are inclined to agree with the
Governor that a denomination by plu-
rality Of hundred and seventy-fve can
hardly be construed as an endorsement
of the administration or as a clarion
call for him to seek a third term. !,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Navy
Department today regards as
probably true the claim Of the
tanker Frank H. Buck, that she
sank submarine while bound tos
an Atlantic port.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

Here is a real German victory. Air
men have made two direct hits on d
Red Cross hospital on the scissors
front. This must have brought more
rejoicing than the capture of a whole
regiment Of soldiers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12
BULLETIN.
By United Press) .

Chicago, Sept. 11-oden E. Lans-
ing, nationally known botanist, was
dead here today, suicide. Lans-
ing, ffty-one years old, was as
sistant botanist of the Field mu-
scum. Overwork was believed the
cause for his act.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

And if some of the candidates who
have been seeking SO strongly to prove
their loyalty want to make a real hit
they can now go and enlist in the
army. Maybe when the war is over
the people may decide that they have
shown sufficient repentance to put
them In line for political Office again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-12

About the only person to be inter-
ested in Mr.. Tittemore's threat to run
on an independent ticket will be the
Socialist candidate, Seidel. The men
who voted for Tittemore will hardly be
expected to vote for any thoroughly
American" candidate, no matter what
party they belong to.