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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
HENRY BONN DIES TO-DAY.

Henry Bonn, aged sixty years, a
prominent citizen of Kenosha, died at
one O'Clock this morning at his home
at 454 Grant street from an acute at
tack of heart trouble The deceased
had been in failing health for some
time but he had not been seriously i'll
and his death came as a sudden sorrow
to his friends and relatives.
/ Henry Bonn was born in Two Rivers,
Wisconsin in 1858. More than thirty
years ago he came to Kenosha and has
made his home on Grant street. For
years he was active in serving the city
as a street commissioner and police
man. He was for some time the cap
tain of the old Fred Engel" and
was well known along the lake ports.
The deceased is survived by his wi
dow, two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Wen
ming and Miss Frances Bonn, and by
seven sons. Of the sons Albert is a
member of Company M. and serving
with Battery A of the 121st Field Ar
tillery, in France, Leo is stationed at
the embarkation hospital at Hoboken,
N. j., Anthony is in the navy at the
League Island Navy Yard and William,
Lloyd and Norbert and the eldest,
Henry Bonn, Jr., are residents of Ke-
nosha. The deceased was member Of
the Carpenters Union and the Loyal Or
der of Moose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
POSTAL AUTHORITIES
GUARD STAMP SALES
Certificates on Which Owners Name
is Erased or Does Not Appear Not
to be Redeemed at Post Office.

In order that the interest of owners
of War Savings certificate stamps in
Kenosha and Kenosha county may be
safeguarded, Postmaster James German
has been notified by A. M. Dockery,
third assistant postmaster general, not
to redeem certificates, which do not
bear the name of the owner or on which
the name has been erased or changed.
and not to- accept certificates presented
by persons or firms known to be buy
ing, or publicly offering to buy, War
Savings certificates or stamps from
owners, unless positive evidence is sub
mitted that the certificates were
originally issued to the persons or firms
offering them for payment.
In regard to this matter, Secretary
OF the Treasury Glass says:
My attention has been directed to
the numerous offers made by unscrupul-
GUS persons through advertisements and
in other ways, to buy War Savings GER
tifcate stamps, and, as a result of such
offers, I am informed that owners of
such securities have suffered material
losses, which could have been avoided
by redemption Of the War Savings
certificate stamps at post Offices, as
provided BIZ law.
SIN order that the interests of own
ers of War Savings certificate stamps
of either series may be safeguarded, I
hereby notify all persons to refrain
from offering to buy War Savings
stamps or accept the same in trade'
Commenting ON this order the third
assistant postmaster general says:
Gin pursuance of the foregoing post
masters are directed not to pay War
Savings certificates, on which the
names of the owners have not been en-
tered or have been erased or chang
ed, since, under ths regulations, they
are not transferable and are pay
able only to the original owners, ex-
cept in case of death or disability
Postmasters are further instructed
not to pay any War Savings certificates
presented by persons or firms known to
be buying, or publicly offering to buy,
War Savings stamps or certificates from
the owners, unless positive evidence is
submitted that the certificates were
originally issued to the persons or firms
presenting them for payment.
When consulted by owners of War
Savings stamps in regard to offers to
purchase such stamps at less than cur
rent value, postmasters should invite
their attention to the fact that War
Savings certificates may be cashed at
money order offices after ten days
written notice, and that this is a
privilege accorded by law. At the
same time it should be pointed out
that the need of the government for the
proceeds of the War Savings stamp
issue is great, and the holders should
be urged to retain their stamps until
maturity as patriotic act unless their
necessities are urgent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
Committee Finds That Some
Property Owners are Not
Willing to Scale Down
Prices for County.
NO DELAY FOR BUILDING
Condemnation Proceedings VIII Effect
But Two Pieces of Property and
These are not Needed as Ground
for the Actual Site.

The county must resort to condemna,
tion proceedings to secure the site
needed for the new Kenosha County
Court House. This was the announce
ment of Chairman Thomas Scott Of the
committee in charge of, securing the
site this morning and this report will
be sent to the Board of Supervisors at
the adjourned session set for next
Thursday morning. 1t is expected that
the Board will officially direct the Dis
trict Attorney to proceed at once with
the condemnation of the property. OF
the eight pieces of property in the block
sought as the building site all save
two pieces of the property are thought
to be ready for sale to the county at
a price which the members of the COM
mittee believe is fair. The two pieces
Of property which the committee will
recommend that condemnation proceed
ings be instituted to secure are owned
by Anthony Everett and others and
Edward Degan The Everett property
is at the corner of Wisconsin street
and Sheridan road and the price named
in the option secured by the county
was $4,000. The members of the COM
mittee are agreed that Thu is too high
a price to pay for the property. No
option was ever secured on the began
property and no formal tender of it
TO the county has been made. Tt is
stated by the members of the committee
that the owners of this property are
willing to sell the property to the
county but that they prefer to have the
price to be paid set by commission
of appraisers.
Members of the committee declare
that they have reached a satisfactory
agreement as to the price TO be paid
by the county with the remaining prop
erty owners and that there will be no
delay in these people making trans
fers to the county. The cost or the site
is going to be In the neighborhood of
$4,000 this being just a little less
than was formerly suggested. The
county will secure considerable from
the salvage of buildings on the prop
erty.
The fact that the county must re-
sort to condemnation to secure part
OF the property will not delay the work
on the construction of the court house,
if it is decided to start work in the
spring or summer.
The two pieces Of property in ques-
ton are in corners which will not be
a part of the ground actually used for
the construction of the building and
the condemnation proceedings can be
carried forward after the actual work
on the building had. been started. 1t
is just possible that after actions for
condemnations have been filed that the
county may be able to reach a settle
ment with the property owners without
a long court fight.
! Architects from all over the country
are going to contend for the honor
of making the plans and specifications
for the new Kenosha building.
1t is expected that some final de-
cision as to the plans to be followed in
securing sketches for the building will
be taken at this meeting of the county
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
Henry Halberstadt of This
City Died on Wednes-
day After a Long
Illness.
ACTIVE IN BAKING INDUSTRY
Was in Business in Kenosha for Many
Years and Was Regarded as One of
the Most Successful Of the City's
Earlier Business Men.

Henry Halbe-stadt, aged ffty-fve
years and long prominent in the bust
ness life of Kenosha, died at half past
seven O'Clock Wednesday evening at
the hospital at Waukesha following an
illness of many years. Mr.. Halber-
stadt had been an invalid for more than
eleven years and for the past three years
he had been failing in health very
rapidly. His death was not unexpected
to the members of the family.
In former years Henry Halberstadt
had been active in many movements
for the advancement of Kenosha and
when illness forced his retirement from
business he was one of the most active
of the business men Of the city.
For many years he was in the bak-
ing business in Kenosha and he built
up his business until it was one Of the
largest in Wisconsin. He was one of
the first men to adopt modern methods
in the baking business and he was a
leader in the state bakers organiza-
tion and other organizations. for the
advancement Of the trade.
His bakery, which was located on
Main street, in a store room now part
Of the store of the S. and j. Gottlieb
Company was rated as one Of the most
successful business places in the city.
More than twelve years ago he sold the
business to James Kennard and later
the bniness was closed up and the build
ing sold to make room for the extern
sion of the William F. Fisher store.
Henry Halberstadt was a native of
Germany. He was born in the province
of Hessen, May 20, 1868, a son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Halberstadt,
who became pioneer residents Of this
section of Wisconsin. He came to this
country with his parents when he was
four years old, the family settling in
the town of Caledonia in Racine
county. He was educated in The schools
of Racine county and when he was
twenty years of age he went into the
baking business in Racine as a partner
of his brother, John Halberstadt. In
1888 Mr.. Halberstalt came to Kenosha
and went into the business here. AT
ter his successful venture on Main
street he was engaged for some time in
the business on West Main street.
On June 8, 1884, Mr.. Halberstadt was
married to Miss Bertha Kaiser of Ra-
cine and to them three sons were born.
Charles and Stephen Halberstadt sur
vive their father. Mrs. Halberstadt
died in 1890 and m 1892 Mr.. Halber-
stadt was married to Miss Margaret
Schmitz of Kenosha, who with their
four children, Margaret, George, Albert
and Henry Halberstadt Jr., survive
him. Albert Halberstadt is now with
the United States army of occupation
in Germany as member of Battery E.
Mr.. Halberstadt was Republican in
politics and for many years took an
active interest in the work of the
party in this section of the state. He
was member Of Grace English Luth-
eran Church and before his illness he
was prominent in the work of the church
He held membership in the order of Odd
Fellows. the Modern Woodmen Of
America and in the Yeomen of America.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
DREAMS OF WEALTH
VANISH QUICKLY
Frank Doyle and Frank Logan finds
That the Way Of the Trans
gresSor is Hard.


gressor is Hard.
Sometimes your luck is bad and then
it gets worse.
Those are the exact sentiments of
Frank Doyle, aged "a years and Frank
Logan, who came to Kenosha last week
with dreams Of becoming great "movie-
men and ended up in the Chicago jail
Saturday night.
Doyle sure found that the way of the
transgressor is hard. He had good
job at Aurora as second man in a
movie-making' scheme but he WASH It
getting famous or rich fast enough.
One day last week he took the train
to Kenosha, palmed himself off as the
original "movie-maker to Al Meis of
the Virginian in this city and got a
contract to produce movies in Keno
sha.
Then he got busy. He went to Chi
cage, found an ex-sailor named Logan
and talked him into his wonderful
scheme" Together they secured credit
through man named Staehle, Of Chi
cage who unknowingly was dragged
into their scheme, and, thinking they
were alright furnished them with funds
for a machine to start work here.
Right here the luck began to break.
AL Meis, manager of the Virginian,
went to Chicago on Thursday of last
week and found that Doyle was not the
movie-man he pretended to be. He
found that he was wanted at Aurora
and that there was little probability
that he would fulfill the contract which
he has signed. Joseph Madden, the
real "movie-maker was found and
came to Kenosha to straighten out the
tangle.
With the arrival of Mr. Madden,
Doyle and Logan forgot they had a
contract and faded away to Chicago.
In Chicago Doyle made matters worse
by securing one of Staehle's checks
and cashing it for $500. He and Logan
then proceeded to have a "big time -
and ended up at the Chicago police
station. The next morning they found
themselves facing serious charges, Lo-
gan, it is said, is wanted in Massachu-
setts for stealing an automobile and
was identified by picture in the
Chicago "rogues gallery" Doyle is
facing charges Of forgery.
The episode will not however deprive
Kenosha of the privilege of being in
the "movies.'' AS good luck would
have it, Madden had an open week
and he has agreed to come to Kenosha
and finish the work. So the "movies -
went merrily on at the Virginian last
evening and will be shown on schedule
time next week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
President Charles W. Nash
of the Big Kenosha Com
pany is Speaker at
Milwaukee Banquet.
DEMANDS BEST OF INDUSTRY
Tells Two Hundred Leaders Of Auto
mobile Business That Fittest is
Going to Survive in the Ma
TONS Largest Industry.

Charles w. Nash, President Of the
Nash Motors Company of Kenosha
sounded new call to service to the
automobile industry Of the nation in
Milwaukee on Monday evening when
he spoke to great gathering of the
Nash Statesmen held at the Milwaukee
Athletic Club as one Of the features
| of the Milwaukee Automobile show.
The address of President Nash was the
feature of one of the largest gathering
Of Automobile men ever held in the
state.
President Nash was the guest of hon.
or at the dinner and members of the
great "Nash family Of statesmen from
all over the country were in attendance
at the banquet Rudolph Hokanson of
Madison presided as Toastmaster and
more than a hundred of the members
of the Nash organization went up from
Kenosha to attend the banquet.
"You are facing conditions today
which never before existed in the in
dustry, = Mr.. Nash said. You are con-
nected with an industry which now
ranks as the second in the United
States, worthy Of any man s best. Now
comes the struggle for the survival Of
the fttest which has been the his
tory in all industries, the many gra-
Orally giving way before the few. The
n fol 10 n ~ l. IL
industry and it is for you to determine
whether they shall succeed or not.
''Our desire is to build up an or
ganization which shall be permanent
anc which shall be as one big family.
[ don It want man with the COM
pany who does not feel he has right
to pull the latch string of the presi-
dent 8 office and come to me with com
plants or suggestions or anything
Ielse. We want men Of integrity, men
who believe in square dealing, men
of standing in their communities as
representatives Of the Nash Motors
Company
Speaking Of the record of the Nash
company in the war, Mr.. Nash said
500 Of their best mechanics went into
the army; the chief engineer and the
assistant engineer were called into the
government service and finally he
himself was called, but the organiza-
tion buckled down to work and car
ried out the governments require
ments of forty "quad = trucks a day
right through to the end of the war.
He said no company was in better
financial standing than the Nash,
which did not owe dollar outside Of
current balances. With honesty and
cooperation as its watchwords, the
company faced the struggle for the
survival Of the fttest with confidence,
and it proposed to be a survivor.
Other speakers were G. B. Voorhis,
general sales manager of the COM
pany; w. Fl. Afford; former Senator
George P. Miller, president of the
Nash Sales company, which has the
largest selling territory in the United
States, embracing fourteen states in
whole or in part; Cashier J. M. HAYS
of the Wisconsin National bank, Mil
waukee; and Judge Levi Fl. Bancroft,
former speaker of the Wisconsin as
sembly and former attorney general.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

1t can be said that Mr.. Lowden of
Illinois, is in a receptive mood when it
comes to presidential lightning. Low
den must be given credit for starting
early. The fact that he has not form
ally announced his candidacy is unim-
portant. His press agent is doing it
for him. At that the nation might
have lot worse than Lowden and it
might be mighty hard to get any better.
He is real American and a real fellow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
MRS. CATHERINE SKINNER DEAD.
Chicago Woman, Formerly of Kenosha,
Dies at Ravenswood Hospital
From Influenza.

Mrs. Catherine Higgins Skinner,
wife of Henry 7. Skinner, Of Chicago,
and daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Higgins, of Hamilton Avenue, Keno
sha, died Wednesday evening at the
Rayenswood Hospital in Chicago after
a short illness from influenza. Pneu-
monia developed early last week and
since that time little hope had been
held for her recovery.
Catherine Higgins Skinner was born
in Glasgow, Scotland, in May, 1886,
the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Higgins. She was brought to America
when she was very young and lived
for several years in New Jersey. She
was graduate of the Blair Academy
at Blairstown, New Jersey. On April
IL, 1905 she was married to Henry T.
Skinner and in 1913 they came to Ke-
nosha to make their home. For the
last two years Mrs. Skinner had lived
in Chicago but she had many relatives
and friends in this city.
While in Kenosha, Mrs. Skinner had
taken very prominent part in the
work Of the Congregational Church.
In Chicago she had been active in war
work, having written song entitled
" America Forevermore which was
sung broadly throughout the nation.
The deceased is survived by her
husband and by two daughters, Ca
Uterine, II years old, and an infant
daughter, Agnes Virginia, born early
in January. She is also survived by
her father and mother of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

John A. Thomassen, who served in
the Common Council many years ago as
a representative of the fifth ward has
taken out petitions as candidate for
the nomination for Alderman in the
ninth ward. 1t is declared that the
ninth ward is going to be one of the
real battle grounds Of the primary with
a half a dozen candidates seeking the
nomination.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
RAY GRIFFIN IS
GRANTED A DIVORCE
Wife Fails to Appear to Answer Sem
sationaI Complaint Filed Against
Her in Municipal Court.

In the Municipal Court on Thursday
afternoon Judge Tully handed down a
decree of divorce in the suit of w. Ray
Griffin against his wife Cecil Griffin.
The couple were married December 20,
1915 and the husband in his complaint
charged the wife with habitual drunk
eness. 1t was stated that no children
were born to the union. Mrs. Griffin
did not appear in court and the Div
orce counsel stated that he had been
advised by the mother of the defendant
that she did not desire to contest the
granting of the decree. No aimony
was granted to the wife in the order
handed down by the court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

The Jugo-SIavs appear TO be all ready
to fight the italians. 1t can be said
that as "Austrians they had some
experiences along this line and it is
highly probable that they viii look at
the matter pretty seriously before
crossing the Piave. The Italians have
shown what they can do with an invad-
ing army and it probably will not make
much difference to the Italians what
kind of flag the invaders fight under.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

With the probation officer, just as
with a lot of other things in Kenosha,
a lot of people are willing to protest,
but they hesitate to protest in public.
The protest that is worth anything is
the protest that comes right out into
the light of day and suggests some other
solution for the problem th&t the pro-
test is raised about. Usually men who
protest have no remedy to offer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

Secretary McAdoo insists that the
nation hold on TO the railways for the
full FIVE years. Tt win be remembered
that the Secretary ducked the job of
administrator of them after holding it
for a year. There is no reason to be-
lieve that his successor is going to
make the railways any more of pay
ing proposition FOR the nation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

Three new cases of influenza were re-
ported to the Health Department on
Monday. Health officers declare that
the bright sunlight and mild weather
of January are proving an excellent
safeguard for the people. On account
Of these things it is not believed that
there will be any great increase in the
disease in this section of the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

And after the display Of weather
given by the weather man the ground
hog may be just little hesitant about
trying his hand when the fateful day
rolls round next Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

It is beginning to look as if those
militant suffrage ounces down at
Washington were doing an excellent
job of spilling the beans again. No
sane minded man would consider Civ
ing women the ballot if he thought all
of them were like that tribe at the
nation Is capital
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30
COUNTY COURT CALENDAR.
Regular February Term, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4th, A. D. 1919, at
10.00 M

1uHAy HI1IS "a. -. 1915 Ab
1000 A. M.
Hon. Go. W. Taylor, County Judge.
Benz. M. DeDiemar, Clerk.
/. In re Will of Marie Katharine
Schuenemann, deceased. Probate of
Will.
2. In re Will of John Gallagher, de-
ceased. Probate of Will.
8. In re Estate of Otto Charles Wal
tersdorf, deceased. Administration.
4. In re Estate of Ann Mcclure, de-
ceased. Administration.
5. In re Estate of Philip j. Neu, de-
ceased. Administrator.
In re Will of James Forsyth, de-
ceased. Probate of Will.
7. In re Will of Mary Tobin, de-
ceased. Probate of VIII.
s In re VIII of John A. Hartung,
deceased. Probate of Will.
First Day for Adjustment of Claims
in re Estate of:
g. Lucinda " Tillotson.
10. Edison J. Hay.
IL. Casimir Romanowski.
u. Bridget McGonegle.
10. Mary Tobin.
IA. James Forsyth.
Is. Philip j. Neu.
Is. Ann Mcclure.
IT. Otto Charles Waltersdorf.
10. Albert w. Otto.
10. Zahario Gryckiewicz.
90 Christopher Hausner.
81. Julius A. Mickelsen.
%. Paul Polerecky.
%. Leona Sidorowicz.
"a. Charles W. Clark.
%. Charles G. Mink.
20. Louis H. Fenske.
81. Nils Jensen Kirkeberg.
%. Louis r. Grosvenor.
Second Day for Adjustment of Claims
in re Estate of:
20. Anton Schlax.
80. Agnes Schlitz.
81. John Urban.
30. Frederick G1demeister.
80. Gustav Meyer.
a. Katherine Remich.
35. James Bryant.
SO. Walter Roberts.
81. Joe Pelissero.
38. Joseph Klotz.
Last Day for Filing Claims in re
Estate of:
SO. Herman G. Luedtke.
40 Michael F. Mcdonald.
Al. Knut Hill.
~. Adelaide Grace Reppert.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

And while you are planning monu-
ments for the men who fought, don t
forget the women who sacrificed their
lives. More than two hundred Red
Cross nurses gave up their lives in the
great struggle. Every one of them is
worthy of all the honor that her natipss
can give her.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-30

Get ready for the Fifth Loan.