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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
Postmaster German Will
Ask Government to Build
West on Market Street
This Spring.
SEES MODEL WORK ROOMS
Wants an Addition Fifty by Eighty
Feet and Two Stories High to Com
form With Style and Architecture of
Present Post Office Building.

There was great rejoicing at the post
Office this morning over the announce
ment that the addition to the Kenosha
post office had been provided for in
the post office bill passed by the Sem
ate on Tuesday afternoon. 1t is ex-
pected that the bill win be signed by
the President today.
Suggested plans for the work are
ready and these will provide for the
extension of the present post Office
facilities by the construction of an adj
ditional fifty by eighty feet extending
west on Market street from the west
end of the present building. The addi-
tion is to be of the same style of archi-
lecture as the present building and it
will give the post office work room
which will be large enough to take
care of forty carriers and large adj
ditional force of clerks It is not
thought that it will be necessary to
make any changes in The present en-
frances OF be bnildll Il these plans
age carrie , sosslnae tina
some change viii be made in the Market
street entrance with a plan of looking
to the widening of Market street be-
tween Chicago street and Sheridan Road.
Postmaster German has asked that
the new addition while corresponding
to the present building, be made two
stories and basement in height He
is suggesting that the second floor of
the new addition to be made into
"swing room" for the use of the car
riers. The only rest room for the
carriers in the present building is in
the basement of the building and it is
entirely inadequate. Mr.. German hopes
that the second floor of the building can
be SO arranged that it can be used for
cldb and gymnasium purposes.
ct believe that this plan will give
to the city Of Kenosha the most salts
factory post office,'' declared the post
master this morning. 81 believe that
this plan properly carried out would
be better than the extension of the
front of the Office to Park street The
department. has let it be understood that
no more land will be purchased for the
Kenosha office and with proper arrange
ments no more land would be necessary.
IF the original building was set little
farther back on the lot the plan to
build to the south might have interested
the department. architects but I fear
that it is too late now for any consid-
Grafton of such plan. What we want
is to have all the mails brought in over
Halberstadt Court from Sheridan Road
and nice mailing shed put at the rear
of the building for the proper accom-
mediation of the men handling the
mails. I am hopeful that there will be
an early start On the work and that
the plans which we have worked out
in cooperation with the inspectors
will be adopted by the governmep+
architects
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
SOCIALISTS PLAN
/ FULL CITY TICKET
Petitions for the Nonina-
ton of the Comrades Are
Now Being Circulated
in Wards.
EXPECT RUSH ON MONDAY
Usual Number Of Ozark" Horses are
Expected to Put In An Appearance
On The Last Day for the Filing of
the Primary Petitions.
EXPECT RUSH ON MONDAY

!
! The Socialist vote in Kenosha may
not have been such in past years as to
have encouraged Socialists to seek of
| fee, but the members Of that party
must be given credit for not being
Squitters and it is announced that
the party will have a full ticket in the
field at the coming primary election.
Petitions for the nominations for the
candidates for the various ward Offices
of school commissioner and aldermen
are now in circulation and leaders of
the party have advised the city clerk
that the full list Of nominations will
be filed before the closing Of the bars
on the primary petitions on next Mon
day night. The Socialists usually have
a referendum to name party candidates
and it is supposed that this plan is be-
ing followed in the various wards Of
the city. No announcement has been
made as to the list of Socialist candi-
dates whose names will 60 on the pri-
mary ballot Martin Schmidt, WHO has
been actiTe among the Socialists, is
understood to be candidate for re-
election to the School Board i. the
seventh ward. Tt is expected that the
Socialists will call into service several
of their women leaders as candidates
for place on the School Board.
City Clerk Harrington has not found
any great rush for candidates papers at
the primary. In fact, the list this year
lis shorter than in previous years and
while there are candidates galore for
the aldermanic honors in some of the
wards mo candidates have been named
for the Office of school commissioner
and it is admitted that some OF the old
party leaders are fearful the lack of
interest shown in several Of the wards
will result in the Socialists capturing
seats in the Board of Education from
these wards. The primary candidates
usually have long lead in the voting,
but the primary ballot is sufficiently
elastic to permit the writing in names
Of candidates who may be nominated by
securing a small number of votes.
1t is predicted that there will be
the usual number of dark horses in the
political race this year and it IS ex-
pected that Monday, the last day for
fling petitions, will bring a flood Of
them. The city clerk as in other years,
will receive petitions up to the time he
closes his Office on Monday evening and
as the council will be in session it is ex-
pected that this will give the candidates
a good many hours of grace.
New petitions announced at the Of
fee Of the city clerk today were those
of Norbert L. Thomas for school com
missioner in the eighth ward and
Charles t. McEiwain as school commits
sioner il the sixth ward.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
WILSON SPEEDS LEGISLATION
Saxony Seethes
With Red Riot
A7dBoIsheUisn1
Radicals Win Upper Hand i'll Revolts
In Saxony and Demand Retirement
of Weimar Government.

Berlin, 7eb. 2e-The Spaetacars and
radical socialists have launched move
ment to overthrow the existing govern
ment in Saxony. A general strike has
been proclaimed and railway communi
cation with Halle, one of the principal
junction poi~4s in Saxony, has been
broken. The Spartacans are reported
to have taken possession of Plauen and
other industrial centers. Independent
socialists in Leipsig have issued a
manifesto demanding the retirement of
the Weimar government declaring that
it is an impeachment to socialists and
the liberation of the proletariat. " The
independent socialist are reported
working feverishly for proclamation
of a soviet republic in Saxony. After
demonstrations at Pima and Plauen, the
radicals seized the plants Of non So
cialist newspapers. Work has been
stopped in many Saxon factories by the
seizure of power stations and the in
terruption of overland transmissions of
electric power. The break in railway
communications at Halle suspends
through service between Berlin and
Weimar and Munich for the time being
as the only expresses running have
been routed through Halle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
KENOHSA VETERAN DIES
LITCHFIELD, NEB.
kilograms Tuesday Announce the Death
of Alexander H. Gray in
Nebraska City.

A telegram received in Kenosha on
Tuesday afternoon announced the death
of Alexander H. Gray, formerly Of
Kenosha county which occurred at Litcb-
field, Neb.
The deceased was widely known
among veterans of the civil war in
Kenosha. He was one Of the few sur
vivors of old Company Fl of the 33rd
Wisconsin infantry and he had FREE
quently attended the annual reunions
of the Survivors of Companies H and
I in Kenosha.
Mr. Gray was born in the state Of
New York, February %, 1843. He came
to Kenosha when he was three years
of age and he was living in Kenosha
at the breaking out Of the war. He
served from 1862 to 1865, the close OF
the war After the war he lived in
Kenosha county until 1880 when he re-
moved to Nebraska where his death
occurred on Monday He is survived
bye his widow, two daughters and five
sisters. The funeral was held at Ltch.
field today
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
President Goes
To the Capitol
TO Hasten Laws
Lntimation of President That He
Would Go to Capitol Gets Immediate
Action in Congress.
(By United Press)

Feb. 26- President Wilson S intima-
ten that he would go to the capitol to
urge passage of vital legislation, speed
ed up Congressional action today. The
Senate naval committee reported out
the big naval bill with the provision
that it's regulations could be suspended
in case America entered the League
of Nations. A favorable report was
made on Secretary Lane s bill provid-
ing funds TO- purchase Of lands to give
to returning soldiers. The Victory Loan
bill was passed by the House b. a vote
of 948 to 8, providing for the issuance
of short term notes for 100000 900.
The House Las now only the civil and
sundry bill and general efficiency bill to
clean up it's work for the session. The
President, it was stated authoritatively
will not ask Congress for any vote Of
approval on the League of Nation s
constitution now. He will wait until
the document is brought before the
Senate Tor ratification.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(Ry United Pressl

Washington, Feb. 26-Popular disap-
proval of the proposed League of Ma
tions was forecasted by Senator Cum
minis, Republican of Iowa, today in a
speech in the Senate. He urged a sub
stitution plan which he declared is the
international compact which til e
American PEOPLE are waiting, hoping
and praying for. Wea ~ peopIe
of tho United states grasp a.4s al
meaning of the constitution ana under
stand the inevitable consequences of
lit, Senator Cummins, declared that the
constitution would be rejected. He
then outlined the plan which he says
would meet the hopes of the American
people by mentioning the four follow
ing provisions: All nations agree to
settle disputes by arbitration or adju-
dication and agree without dispute to
pay awards placed against them; All
nations agree that war should not be
madS until after the casrs belli has
been brought before conference
where all members of league are repre-
sented; Ostracism of any nation tina re-
fuses to submit controversy to league;
A program Of gradual disarmament.
Senator Cummins characterized the
Paris draft as "confused and compli-
Gated
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
"JOY RIDERS" WRECK
CAR TUESDAY NIGHT
Hudson super-six of A. II. Lance
Mysteriously Disappears and is
Found Wrecked This Morning.

Automobile thieves or "joy riders"
made their appearance again in Keno
sha on Tuesday evening at nine o'clock
when the Hudson Super-Six Of A. H.
Lance suddenly disappeared from in
front Of the Elks Home on Chicago
street. The car with two wheels
broken and the top torn through, was
found early this morning at the end
of Salem avenue where it had been
abandoned by the strangers or stranger
who drove it away.
Rene Ruster left the Lance car in
front of the Elks Club on Monday
evening about nine O'Clock When he
returned fifteen minutes later it was
gone. That is all that is known con
corning the disappearance of the car.
When the car was found en- Salem
avenue it had been thrown completely
on its side and two wheels had been
demolished. The thieves or joy riders
must have attempted to make the turn
at great speed, although no one has been
found who saw the accident.
The strangers could have opened
the doors of the car and crawled out
without doing much damage, but they
preferred to kick holes in the Sedan
top thus causing much more damage to
the car. 1t is believed that it viii take
two or three hundred dollars to put the
car IN repair again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
FOR A BETTER CITY
Perpetuation of Patriots fund and
Many Other Plans Considered by Bust
ness Men-H. T.. Bullamore Furnishes
Thrills for the Evening.
WHAT 1T HAS DONE.

The question "What is the Ken
osha Chamber of Commerce doingg"
was answered Tuesday evening at
the meeting Of its members. Re
ports from the standing committees
showed that in the past few months
the Kenosha Chamber Of Commerce
has investigated, furthered and in
many instances originated the fol-
lowing movements for civic better
ment of Kenosha;
Perpetuation of the Patriots ;
Fund to form a fund for erecting a
bigger hospital, or community
house or recreation centers for Ke-
nosha.
Request for permanent "repair
gang for streets of Kenosha.
Establishment Of public comfort
stations.
Hepaving Of Main street.
Erection Of amusement centers in
parks of city.
Movement to unite city and county
closer by securing federal aid for
Kenosha County roads.
Establishment of Americaniza-
tion schools in factories.
Investigation of City Manager
form Of government for Kenosha.
Creation Of office of Probation
Officer for Kenosha County.
Plan to solve housing shortage in
Kenosha.
Launching Of new membership
campaign to make for bigger Ke-
nosha Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce is
ready to furnish information on
any one Of these plans for higher
and better R-enosha. 1t has not
necessarily endorsed each and ev-
cry one but it has "started the ball
rolling" and is ready to help de-
eide how these questions shall be
solved for a better city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
By Frank J. Taylor
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright 1919 by the
United Press

Wiemar, Feb. 26.-Creation of ma
tional workers soviet as the lower leg
islative branch of the German govern
ment is favored by President Ebert as
the only solution of the political and
economic situation. Ebert believes
that the soviets cannot be crushed and
that they will not be paciied until they
are formally recognized and given gov
ernmental responsibility. According to
his plea, the proposed national soviet
would deal with all industrial questions
but would have no power to veto mea-
sures passed by the reichstag, which
would remain the sovereign department
of the government. The bundesrat,
which is powerless and virtually use
less, might be abolished to make way
for the soviet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
HOLD KENOSHA NAN
ON ROBBERY CHARGE

The police of Kenosha are wonder
ing just who ~. E. Toner is. This
J. L. Toner is held in the county jail
at Council Bluffs, Iowa, charged with
highway robbery and the local police
have been asked to make an investiga-
tion and give the Sheriff Of that county
some information in regard to the form
err record Of the man. He is registered
in the Iowa jail as a resident of Keno
sha but his name does not appear in the
Kenosha City Directory and pictures
sent on by Sheriff w. A. Groneweg
from Council Bluffs are not recognized
by the members of the force.
According to the letter received from
the sheriff Toner has acted dueerlv
since his arrest and he has declined to
make any extended statement. He has
a considerable amount of money in the
bank but he has declined to secure the
services of a lawyer and he is Just
waiting for some one to take him into
court for trial. The circumstances sur
rounding the robbery of which the form
er Kenoshan is charged have not been
related in reports sent on from Council
Bluffs but the sheriff states that there
is a possibility that the young man may
be innocent of the charges against him
and that If it is shown that he has a
clean record that he may be released.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Chicago, Feb. William Hale
Thompson, republican and Robert NJ
Sweitzer, democrat, will make the race
for mayor of Chicago. They were nom
mated by sweeping plurslities in party
primaries here yesterday. Thompson,
incumbent, defeated Judge Harry Oh
son, second man on the republican
ticket by 29,946 votes. His lead over
Capt. Charles E. Merriam was Toe, 191.
sweitzer defeated Thomas Carey for
the democratic nomination by MAORI
ty of 60,963 votes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Fifty Kenosha business men dreamed
dreams and saw visions of bigger
and better Kenosha Tuesday evening
at the meeting Of the members of the
Kenosha Chamber of Commerce in the
auditorium of the Chamber of Com
merce Building, when the standing com
mittees of the organization reported
he plans which they have for the ac-
tivities of the Chamber of Commerce
in the near future.
Most important among the things dis
cussed at the meeting was the project
that the Patriots Fund be perpetuated
in order to form a fund which should
be used for furthering various plans
for the betterment of the city. Tt
was suggested that at this time such
a fund could be used for the erection
of new hospital or additions to the
present hospital to make it adequate
for the needs of the city, the building
Of community centers in Kenosha OF
the establishment of recreation cen
tiers.
The project was introduced by mem
hers Of the Trade and Labor Council,
the executive committee of which he's
already endorsed the plan. The dis
cussion of the proposition at the
Tuesday meeting was entirely favorable
and it was reported back to the
committee for further investigation to
report at the next meeting of the
Chamber of Comerce. A suggestion
was also made to the members of the
Trades and Labor Council who were
present that they formulate their plan
in such a way that it could be sub
mitted to the people for approval or
disapproval.
Welcome Soldier Members Back.
The meeting on Tuesday evening
was presided over by President Dan
O Head who called upon various com
mittees for reports on their activities
In opening the meeting Judge Joseph
R. Clarkson made an address of well
come to those members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce who had returned
CONTINUED on page ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Rome, Feb. 26.-The newspapers an
nounced today that 100000 demobilized
Italian reservists are ready to return
to America and that 100000 additional
who are still under arms will leave for
the United States as soon as they are
released. The government is urged to
take steps to induce the men to remain
in Italy by giving them special farm
ing and industrial facilities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(Ry United Press)

London, Feb. 26.-Premier Lloyd
Georges assurance that the parliamen-
tary commission which will investigate
the mining situation will report by
March 20, may avert the threatened
miners strike it was intimated today.
Miners Representatives at their confer
ence today were expected to recon-
mend that the strike overwhelming
voted by 100000 miners in the recent
ballot, be postponed until after the
commission 5 report.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
lRr Tnifed pross1

Dublin, Feb. ga crisis was under
stood to have arisen today as the re-
suit of the war cabinets rejection of
Lord French 8 request that the Irish re-
eruiting council undertake the. re-em-
ployment Of 100000 Irish SOLDIERS, in
connection with rehabilitation in this
country. Chief Secretary Macpherson
has informed the council that its ser
vices are no longer required.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(By United Press)

Washington, Feb. 26.-America must
accept the League of Nations or en-
gage in costly preparations for more
war, is the view of Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. This warning, voiced to
the National Press club was regarded
in many quarters etoday as the keynote
of the administration campaign to Sc
cure adoption of the league.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Washington, Feb. 26-President Will
son probably will address a final appeal
to the American people for support Of
the League of Nations just before he
sails for France next week. Arrange
ments are under way to have him make
the speech in New York City the night
of March 4th Of 9Th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Minneapolis, Feb. Wellington
Michaels, who fatally stabbed Nellie
Chapel, fourteen year old girl of
Maple Plain, is being held in jail here
pending sanity inquest before charges
of murder are made against him. Mich
aels is cripple. He lived in a tumble
down shanty on the walls of which off
Gals have discovered a chalk scrawl
which reads: "Nellie is gooG girl
and love her,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(Bv limited Prassl

Springfield, Ill., Feb. 26 President
Wilson will be asked to adjust the
troubles of telephone operators who
have threatened strike here accord
ing to the announcement made by the
head Of the National Brotherhood of
Electrical workers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(By United Press)

Washington, Feb. 26-G Governors and
city officers were wiring acceptances by
the score to President Wilson today to
attend the conference to be held here
on March 3rd and 4th to consider ma.
ton wide labor and employment pro
blems. Governor Phillip will probably
attend the gathering.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
Mayor Joachim May Go
TO Washington to Discuss
Big Problems of Indus
trial Reimbursement.
CITY FAvoRS DAYLIGHT LAW
Mayor TO Answer kilograms with Pro-
test against Going Back to the Old
Time Table as Proposed by Some of
the Farmer Members of Congress.

Mayor John G. Joachim, received a
telegram from Washington this morn
ing inviting him to represent Keno
sha at a great conference of Mayors,
Governors and Federal officials to be
held at the White House on March
Bird and 4th for the discussion of bust
ness conditions and plans for post war
REIMBURSEMENT. On account of the prom
inent place that Kenosha holds in the
industrial world its Mayor has been
urged to attend the conference and
bring with him story of local condi-
tions and suggestions of Kenosha lead
ers as to the plans for readiustment
of business. The Mayor announced
this morning that if he could possibly
find the way he would go to Washing
ton to the conference. 1t is possible
that the members of the council viii
provide that the Mayor be sent at the
expense of the city in order that Keno
sha may be fully represented. Presi-
dent Wilson is to be one of the prin-
cipal speakers at the conference and it
is expected that many of the leading
cities of the nation will be represented
Invitations to the conference have been
limited to the mayors of one hundred
leading cities.
Favor Day Light Saving.
The Mayor also received telegram
this morning urging that some action
be taken by the city officially to pro-
test against movements which have
been started in Congress to repeal the
daylight saving law. This is the law
buy which the hands of the clock were
put forward an hour last April, and the
proposed repeal of the law is made in
the form of rider attached to the agri-
cultural bill now pending in Con-
gress.
Kenosha people have been very fav-
orable to the daylight !" schedule and
it is certain that protest against the
repeal of the bill will go to Washing
ton. Already some of these petitions
have been sent by workers in the big
industrial plants of the city and it is
expected that formal protest will go
forward signed by the Mayor and other
officials.
The repeal of the act has been
strongly urged from men in the farm
ing communities and men in Congress
who represent the communities are urg-
ing that the rider be adopted. From
all industrial centers of the nation
there has been a vigorous protest
against the repeal Of the law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27

Paris, Feb. 26.-Samuel Gompers in
behalf of the American Federation of
Labor has cabled President Wilson his
approval Of the Kenyon Bill appropriat-
ing $1o0,o0o,o0O to be used to relive
the unemployment situation in the
United States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-27
(By United Pressl

Washington, Feb. 26-The President
today sent the nomination of Hugh
Wallace, Tacoma, Washington, as am
bassador to France, to the Setnate for
ratification. He is to succeed William
Graves Sharp, who resigned recently.