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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14
SCHOOL AS CIVIC CENTER

Miss Ruth Hooper, for two years a
teacher at the Porter school, submit
ted the following as a piece OF class
work, while a student at the Northern
state Normal school. Marquette, last
summer:
The Porter school, in the center OF
Mastodon township at Alpha, Is one OF
the most complete in equipment and
structure OF its kind.
The building is 1OOx6O #. of red
brick and white lime stone, set In a
we'll kept school yard. 1t Is at the
very highest spot in the village and
has splendid view of the surrounding
country. In front OF ii is the civic cir
Gle with flowers and shrubbery. The
doors of the entrance are OF plate
glass and the floors of the corridors
are inlaid with marble.
In the basement are the manual
training shops and domestic science
rooms, fully equipped, boiler room
and shower baths. The shower baths
are used by the children in the cshool,
free OF charge, but charge OF ten
cents Is made to the public.
The second floor has three class
rooms and specious library. This
library reading Room was completely
furnished by Mr.. George w. Porter,
his brother and sister. and is kept up
in part by their appropriations. This
IS spent by a local committee for the
upkeep OF the library. This room is
furnished with books OF fiction, refer
ence books, large Davenports, tables,
straight chairs, rocking chairs, desks
with free writing materials and Vic
trola. A librarian has charge OF the
room and 1t Is open on Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday afternoons to the
children. The same evenings includ-
ing Sunday are extended to the public.
On Sunday mornings the Methodist
Sunday school class is held there and
on alternate Thursday afternoons the
Catholic altar society and ladies aid.
Il Is used for receptions, committee
meetings, war board meetings, school
board meetings. and etc.
On the third floor are three class
rooms. the superintendent Office, and
the auditorium. 1t is nicely lighted
with a roomy spacious stage and a
piano. In this room school is held
every day. The sixth, seventh, eighth
and ninth grades are being seated
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14

In spite OF the war Mastodon town
ship has erected two new rural
schools during the past two years,
one on Section 26 near Buck Lake, 3
miles southwest of Alpha and the
other in the extreme western end OF
the township, near Indian lake. The
Buck Lake school was needed for
the children OF Polish settlers who
were taking up the cut-over lands
in that section. The Indian Lake
school was needed to replace the orr
ginal log building which was destroy
ed by forest fires last spring. Both
buildings are practically the same,
built after the state approved plans
No. s sent out by the state depart
ment OF education.
These buildings are built on a 3Sx
"a foundation with IL II. posts. They
provide for school room 24x30. in
door toilets, cloak rooms, heating
room in the annex which provides
sufficient heat and proper ventilation,
The building throughout is finished
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14

in Georgia pine. hardwood floor
tinted walls, adjustable curtains.
slate black board, etc.
Both bulldogs are set in we'll
cleared grounds. provided with a we'll
flagpole and ample play space The
Indian Lake grounds are fenced at
present and the Buck Lake grounds
will be fenced as soon as It can be
done this coming spring
Both OF these buildings were erect
ed by Mr.. Paul Anderson or Alpha
They have been inspected by County
Commissioner OF Schools Mason and
by Mr. dwell. assistant state SUI
perintendent OF schools. and have
been found by them to come up to the
standard set by the department for
rural schools and consequently en-
titled TO bear the Standard plate. So
far as teaching conditions are con-
cerned the children and teachers OF
these schools enjoy greater oppor-
tunities In these frontier rur,l
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14

Charles McCord returned to Chica-
so Tuesday. The McCord Spring
wheels are being built in that city by
one OF the automobile wheel compan-
les. a
Pie. Alfred Forsman has arrived,
home from Columbus. Ohio. He win
remain IN the village.
Leo" Craney is in quarantine be-
cause OF chichkenpox.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14

schools than did the majority OF city
schools decade ago.
Mastodon township may we'll be
proud of her rural schools.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-12-14

Peter Garrlgan was recent visit
or In town.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
LOCAL FARMERS
TO GET NITRATE
Government to Sell Nitrate for Fer
tilizer Through the County
Agent.

Notice has been given to Griffith
Richards, agricultural agent for Ke-
nosha county, that the United States
Department of Agriculture viii sell at
cost supply of nitrate of soda to
farmers in Kenosha county.
The nitrate was purchased through
the War Industries Board under the
authority of the Food Control Act as a
part of the program for stimulating
agricultural production. 1t will be
unloaded at Atlantic ports and the
price will be $3.50 a ton, free on
board cars at port of arrival. Farmers
are to pay in addition freight
from port of arrival and the state
fertilizer tag fee.
Applications for a part of the one
hundred thousand tons of nitrate
bought by the government, will be re-
ceived only from actual farmers or
owners or holders of farms for use on
their land, and may be made through
County Agent Griffith Richards.
No money will be required with the
application but upon notice from the
county agent farmers who have signed
applications must deposit with local
bank, association, or individual, desig-
mated by the secretary of agriculture
to act as the farmers agent for that
purpose, money to cover the cost of
the fertilizer except the freight charge.
After the money is transmitted to
Washington the nitrate will be shipped
to the farmers. If applications for the
nitrate exceed the supply Of about one
hundred thousand tons the government
will allot the supply on a pro rata basis
among those who applied. Appica-
ionst must be received by February A.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
SHOWS CAUSE OF
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
President Budd Says "Trains Do Not
Leave Tracks to Hit Pedes-
TRANS and Kill Them.

Analysis of the accidents on the
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee
railroad for year proves that most,
if not all, of them could have been
avoided by the exercise of care, ac-
cording to President Britton I. Budd
The most serious cause was COLI
sions between cars and automobiles y,
said Mr. Budd. 'Thirty-four and
four-tenths per cent of the accidents
was attributable to this cause. The
next cause in order of seriousness
was cars hitting pedestrians. With
one exception the fatal accidents were
all due to those two causes.
"Study of the accidents among EN-
ployes shows that seventy-fve per cent
was due to disobedience of rules,
haste, carelessness, etc. Only ten per
cent were due to mechanical conditions.
Collisions between cars constitute
only Is very small percentage of
the accidents.
"Without the cooperation of driv-
ers it is impossible to avoid collisions
between automobiles and cars. In nine
out of ten perhaps the collision is the
fault of the driver. A ligh-speed cleo
trio car cannot be stopped in few
feet, no matter how competent the
moorman may be. An automobile can
be stopped quickly, and it never
should be driven across railroad tracks
at high speed.
I" In most cases in which cars hit
pedestrians it is the fault Of the pedes-
trian. The car does not leave the
track to hit the pedestrian on the side
walk. He must of necessity get
in FROM of the car, and it is due to
careIessness
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
WAS AMONG LAST TO LEAVE
Sailor Jumps Into Life-Boat Just Half
Minute Before the Torpedoed
"owasco" Sinks in the Blue Wa
tiers of the Mediterranean

In wartimes you get used to most
ything-even submarines. At first
the very thought of a periscope makes
you nervous but after you've seen a
hundred or so and had at least one
ship torpedoed under you, as I have,
it IS just part Of the days work and
holds little if any horror for you. Of
course, if the chase gets real exciting
and there s a chance to send q U-boat
to the coral and the sea-weed, why
then the experience is worth while but
if not you just watch and wait and
trust to luck that they won't get you. "
This interesting comment on war
time life on the high seas is typical
of the story brought to Kenosha by
Harwood Edwards, formerly of 704
Rowland avenue but now an expert
gunner on various United States mer-
chantmen plying between America and
Italy. The young patriot has been
spending short furlough with his
mother and has RECALLED his friends
with narratives CT his thrilling expert
ence on munition ship bound for his
toric Genoa, the birthplace of Chris
topher Columbus.
"Oh it WASH t much y he said short
| ~ before returning to the Brooklyn
Navy Yard this morning. eve were
rolling along over the Mediterranean
when the subs got the range and sent
our ship, cargo and all, to Davy Jones s
lockef--as the old-timers put it-and
that's about all there was to it. O
yes, two of our crew went down with
tie boat and the rest of US got away
! just a half minute before she sank,
but, after all, it was rather common
| place and nothing to be proud of at
all. We Just stuck to the rhi as
as we could and then made our get
away in good order. =
| He wanted to let it go at that =
but upon being pressed for further in
formation he told the whole story of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
Bv Ed. L. Keen.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Jan. 23-The strike
troubles are genuine according to
convictions expressed in authorita-
tive circles today. First suspicion
here that they were stage managed
by the government itself was dis
sipating rapidly. According to the
most authentic news reaching here
the general movement in Emperor
Karl's monarchy is due to the
public Is WEAKNESS with the war,
to widespread dissatisfaction with
Teutonic manipulations at Brest-
Litovsk and to increasing scarcity
of food. The public's longing for
peace has been recently accentu-
ated by the boldly democratic war
aims proclaimed by Premier Lloyd
George and by President Wilson.
The plain citizenry of the dual
monarchy, reading came from au-
thoritative sources. The Bolshevik
view is that the only good accom-
plished by the negotiations has
been to unmask the real imperial
istic nature Of the enemy's de-
mands. According to comment
here, nothing more can possibly be
expected from the discussions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
Puts Embargo on
Eastern Freight
Lines
fRy United pressl


Washington, Jan. 23-A temper
airy embargo on all freight except
food, fuel and war supplies, was
ordered today by Director General
MeAdoo on the Pennsylvania lines
east of Pittsburg, the Baltimore
and Ohio east of the Ohio River,
and the Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad. Director General
McAdoo further declared that re-
striction of all passenger traffic
would come in short tine. He
suggested that this would be
brought about with increased rates
for passenger traffic and that if
this failed that travel would be
stopped by further cprtailment of
the traffic. As secretary of the
treasury, Mr.. McAoo told the
House Interstate Commerce Com
mission that it would be neces-
sary for the United States to raise
ten billion dollars between now
and the first of June. He declared
that delay in Congress over the
legislation for the railways would
seriously handicap the sale of the
next issue of Liberty Loan bonds.
"With the status of railway Sc
curities UP in the air" Secretary
McAdoo said, "because of no leg
islation, the holders of these bonds
who make up the foundation of
big part of national credit, are
in no position to subscribe to
future bond issues.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
SEVENTY-FOUR READY
FOR CAMP CUSTER
City Exemption Board Cleans Up It's
List for the First Draft and Men
May Go in February.

The Kenosha City Exemption Board
has completed its list of men who may
go to Camp Custer to fill up the Keno
sha quota under the first call for the
national army 1t is made up of
seventy-four men and these men have
been instructed to hold themselves in
readiness to go to Camp Custer at any
time called by the government. The
men may be called some time about
the middle Of February They may
not be called at all under the first draft
order but assigned to military service
in keeping with the provisions OF the
QUESTIONABLE system No official in
formation has been received by the
local board as to the plan which will
be followed in this matter.
'fWe have the men ready and wait
ing said one of the members of the
board this morning, "but we are not
attempting to advise them as to when
they will be actually called into serv-
ice. Many Of them are ready and
anxious to go at once, but the best in
formation that we have is that if the
men are called under the old sysem
no call will be made for them until
the fifteenth of February
The men have been advised not to
resign their positions or to quit their
jobs until the formal order for mobili-
cation is received
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
FRAUD IN QUEsTIONNAIREs
City Board Starts Investigation of Nat
uranzation Records of the County In
An Effort to Discover False Aft
davits Made by Foreigners.

Kenosha County men this morning
started the work Of beginning examined
for military service and the County
Court room and the Office of Judge
Taylor were conconreted into a great
examining room. AS there are some
six hundred of the boys of Kenosha
county to be examined it will take
many days to complete the work.
Twenty registrants will be called daily
until the work of making the examina-
tions is completed. DR.. H. G. Darby of
Wilmot, the physician member of the
county exemption board has taken up
on himself the big work of making all
the examinations but it is possible that
later on some of the physicians from
Kenosha will be called in to assist
him. With in a week the Kenosha Lo-
cal Board will start its examination and
it is the plan of the County Board to
have a lot of its candidates for mill
tary service out of the way before the
big rush in the city starts.
While the County examining board
was busy in the County Court room
Clerks from the city board appeared at
the office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court and started search through the
naturalization records Of the county
with view of discovering fraudulent
answers made by aliens. More than
hundred of the returned question
naires were under suspicion. In every
case the men who had signed the ques-
tionnaire and had made affidavit to the
answers claimed exemption as fallen
enemies Many of these men had
lived in Kenosha for many years and
it is thought possible that they had
taken out first papers. The long list
of names turned over to the clerks this
morning will be carefully investigated.
Records of the county for ten years
back VII be searched to discover
whether or not these men have made
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CONTINUED on page a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
OFFERS ONLY SOLUTION
Hotels and Restaurant Keepers Unite
In Asking Public to Help Stamp Out
Unpatriotic Action - Bullaprora
Comments on Request.

Enter: sFThe Patriot s Report'', a
coupon which enables every Kenoshan
to do his part in enforcing the regu-
lations of the state and national food
administration which are essential to
the winning of the war. The tell tale
coupon makes its advent to Kenosha
officially on the editorial page of this
paper, where it will occur from time
TO time to be used by the public in
bringingfto light the violations of the
rules. It's use in Kenosha was sane
toned Tuesday evening at the meet
ing of the hotel and restaurant keep
ers with the County Federal Food Adj
ministrator Bullamore at the College
of Commerce Building.
The "Patriot' s Report" is a cou-
pom which makes easy the reporting to
the proper authoritie any violation of
the food regulations for the keeping o.
the "meatless Tuesdays or the
"wheatless days" 1t has been tried
in Chicago and has resulted in the de-
lection of hundreds OF violations of the
ssillis - ~sss y Sen g..
sed. It has in cities where it has
been adopted, as shown at the meet
ing Tuesday, been the most potent in
fuence in forcing the enforcement of
the patriotic days.
'Our idea is not to make one neigh
Dor spy on another, said Admins
traitor Bullamore this morning, "but it
is plainly impossible for the admins
traitor or the committee to keep watch
on the hundreds of eating places in the
city. In many instances the violations
are not evidence of unpatriotism but
the result of ignorance of the rules.
The only way that we can hope to show
such people the law and to bring them
to the observance of it is for the peo-
pie of Kenosha to report violations.
can assure such persons as report that
their information win be considered as
strictly confidential and that every re-
port will be investigated"
The keeping of wheatless and meat
less days is also obligatory on all
boarding houses in the city or at any
place where meals are being served to
the public. It is the belief of the COM
mittee that patriotic citizens owe it to
heir country and to those who are
keeping the laws to report any viola
lions and pave the way for Kenosha to
universally keep the regulations In
offering the coupon to the public, Ad-
ministrator Bullamore for the commit
tee, made the following comment: "The
people of Kenosha will confer a favor
on the County Federal Food Admins
tration by reporting either by tele-
phone or by coupon any violation Of
wheatless or meatless days. Write
plainly the address of the party violat-
inc the law with the exact time that
the violation occurred. Do not forget
your own name and address but be as
sured that it will not be used in the
investigation without your permission. :"
A large part of the time of the meet
! ing on Tuesday evening was consumed
in the discussion of the license reg1-
lations for the restaurant and hotel
keepers, all of whom asserted their will
lngness to fall in line with every de-
tail Of the federal management.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
(By United Pressl

Washington, Jan. 23-The War
Department this afternoon gave
out a new list of men who had
fallen in action with Pershing
forces. They included: Private
Clarence M. Wilhelm, Grass Val
ley, CAL; Private Louis M. Weed,
Neopita, Shawano county, Wis;
Private Thomas NJ. Coyne, Gle
burne, Texas; Private Derwood B.
Dickinson, Gooding, Idaho; Priv
ate Edward Kazmirski, Beaver
Dam, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
B U L L E T 7 N
(By United Press)

Washington, Jan. 23-Ameriea
is sending troops to Europe far
more rapidly than originally
! planned. It is now estimated, bar
wiring disaster, that fully twice as
many Sammies viii be training
under Pershing by June than early
estimates provided. This fact has
been assured members Of the Sem
nate by President Wilson as an
example of the War Department s
tremendous work. Under the cir
cumstances, the President holds,
some mistakes were inevitable,
"but the same mistake has not
been made twice" A fair pro-
portion of actual fighting men are
included in the eontingents already
gone, and this government has
furnished in addition a goodly
number of badly needed steve
dores, engineers, foresters, flyers,
and other non-fghting forces.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24

the shipwreck off the coast of Ali
cante.
"Well if you insist, lie went on,
1--WE were riding the 'Owasco', an in
termed ship carrying benzine, steel,
and ammunition, bound for the left
wing of the Italian army now lying a
little north of Genoa, the town whore
Columbus was born. We left the
Brooklyn Navy Yard on November 23rd
and made the crossing without so much
as sighting submarine. We did see
floating mine off the coast of Africa
but it didn It cause us any trouble
SO we sailed through the Straits and
locked at Gibraltar.
incidentally the old Rock is some
place. It's about a mile square and
1000 feet high, It's imposed to be
the most strongly fortified place in the
world but you can It see any of the de-
lenses. They re all nicely camoufaged
and no one says word about them
much less shows you their secrets At
that if you look around bit you feel
as if there were guns everywhere ready
| to blow up everything within radius
of ten miles around the Rock.
tWe stayed here for four days-from
Wednesday until Sunday and then
started for Genoa. We were going with
two English ships and were told to
follow the lead of Norwegian mer-
chanter just ahead of US. We did for
about thirty six hours and then the
smash came.
GIVE were running along within the
three mile limit when the subs found
US. That S what saved u.s. If wee
| been farther out we'd probably gone
down with the ship but as it was the
suction WASH It at all dangerous and
we got away with our lives even if the
'Owasco' and its cargo are now decorat-
| ing some of the floating islands of
the Mediterranean sea. By the way
there was no warning. The Huns have
stopped the practice of signaling their
victims and are avowedly sinking
everything in sight without leaving
trace That S their orders, I guess,
and they're trying to make good.
"Well they got all of u.s. The Eng
lish ships which were carrying high
explosives went down in fash of
flame and the "Norweger' followed
suit Only few men from the three
crews escaped and after that we
thought that we had been too lucky
to talk about At that We lost two
men--the fireman and the store keeper
but the rest of US put off in life boats
and made it to Villa Joyosa in three
hours.
1.-THE torpedo struck us in the for
lward hatch and we knew right away
that the ship was done for. We stuck
| by the guns though until the life-boats
left and jumped into the last one Of
them just before the sOwasco' went
under. She sank without listing and
that made it easier for us to make our
getaway in the seven minutes between
the time the torpedo struck us and
the moment VIXEN the boat went down.
The fireman got excited and in the
darkness jumped into the benzine. He
died horribly. We could hear his
shrieks and groans but could do no
thing to help him without throwing
ourselves into certain death. The
store-keeper had apparently gone to
l>~~~~~~-o--~~--o~
/ CONTINUED on page Al
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
(Rv United Pressl

Dublin, Jan. 23-Deelaring they
wanted weapons for the next re-
bellion = twenty heavily armed and
disguised men raided several houses
near Galway and seized all arms
and ammunition, according to re-
ports received here today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
BULLETIN.
(By United Press

Paris, Jan. 90 Germany is re-
calling her submarines to their
bases preparatory to adopting
new plan of campaign, according to
reports reaching here today. One
suggestion was that the older sub
marines were to be replaced by
new armored U-Boat cruisers,
armed with large guns,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
CBy United Pressl

London, Jan. 23-Two steamers
were sunk in the Mediterranean on
December 31st causing a loss o.
seven hundred and eight lives,
according to an announcement of
secretary of the admiralty, Nc
Namara in the House of Commons
today. No details were given.
The secretary also announced that
a steamer had sunk in the mouth
of the Mersey with a loss of forty
souls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-24
Rv limited prass)

London, Jan. 23-The cost of
the war to Great Britain is now
averaging $4,000 p ound s
$36,156,770) Chancellor Bonar
Law announced in the House of
Commons today. He added that
the government had no intention
at the present time of conscrip-
ting wealth.