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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
DR.. Harbert Announces
That the Activities of
Nursing Survey Week
Were Successful.
100 PER CENT EFFICIENT
All the Nurses in the County are Now
Catalogued and Available for
Volunteer Work in Times
of Emergency.

In the army they "pass the buck -.
in civil life the praise.
At least that is the deduction to be
drawn from the 9talk about town. on
the success of Nursing Survey Week.
DR.. Helen Harbert contends that her
aids, Miss Kruckman and Mrs North
way, are responsible for the highly
gratifying returns from the work while
they maintain just as strongly that
"the power and the glory" are DR..
Harbert's.
Anyway Kenosha county nurses are
now Registered, numbered, cata-
logued and aheld available for volun-
teer service in cases of emergency
"Put the, accent on volunteer y
said DR.. Harbert this morning. "There
is nothing binding about their regis
tration unless they care to make it so.
It merely means that they are known
to health officials who can request their
services at times of epidemic or dis
aster.
uThe response has been almost magi-
cal, ~ she went on. "We have an even
hundred questionnaires in now so that
we can say we are hundred per cent
efficient There are only one or two
still out and we expect them in before
the end of the week. The nurses were
splendid. All of them seemed willing
and anxious to be placed on record as
available and to furnish all the infor-
nation we need to make them of great
est service to society.
cit will help immediately" she con-
c1uded, eff any more epidemics should
come up. No one would have to die
because Of insufficient treatment and
everyone could have nurse if she
were absolutely necessary
Local health and Red Cross officials
are highly pleased with the result of
Nursing Survey Week and are COM
plimenting DR.. Harbert on her con-
spicuous success.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Prornptness Wins Praise
Kenosha Patriots fund Praised for
Her Example Set In Near
East Campaign.

More praise for the Kenosha Patri-
OTIS Fund.- This timelit is from w. T.
Harvey, associate secretary of the Wis
consin committee for raising funds to
ward off the famine now threatening
to engulf Armenia, Syria and other al
lied districts of the Near East. It
comes in the form of All acknowledge
ment of the check for $4,000 sent
recently by the Ksnosha Patriots
Fund to meet this city's share of
the burden.
Yours was the first pledge paid, /"
reads the letter Of commentator.
"Your prompt action in taking care of
this-and also the action of the Racine
county fund--has been of great help
to us in extending the work over the
state.
tThe wisdom Of the Kenosha Plan
is beautifully illustrated in this case.
Here's an emergency that simply had to
be taken care Of and you were in a
position to take care of it without delay
and without great effort on the part
of your local organization.
It will be recalled that the Racine
County Patriots Fund was modelled af-
ter the one in force here and the praise
voiced in the letter shows how effective
they have ben.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
The Boy Scouts

/. You are reminded that your
troop has but one more week to pre-
pare for the Competition Drill. Get
your Signal and First Aid Teams at
work. If your signal team will report
at Scout Headquarters at z P, M.
Wednesday, January %, [ will explain
the working Of the Cipher Code to
them, so that there can be no con-
fusion or misunderstanding
2. Sunday, January 18th, we had a
second meeting Of our Patrol Leaders
Association. Mr.. Tarrant, Field Exc
cutives Of Milwaukee, was the main
feature. Mr.. Tarrant discussed the pro-
blem of Training Candidates to pass
their Tenderfoot Test. A period of
instruction in elbow to Teach the
Knots followed. Next Sunday there
will be another meeting, First Aid /"
being the subject.
8. Wednesday, January 29th, we
are planning a meeting of all Scout
masters, Council Members, and Troop
Committee Men, at $3.50 dinner at
the Elks Club. This assembly will
be addressed by Mr.. Ralph Hazlett,
representing the National Council. His
subject will be "The Significance of
Scouting Keep that date open, and
be at this meeting.
4. What are you planning for Ami
versary Week? Mr.. Geo. B. Robinson
of Troop No. 5 has some very fine plans
for his Troop, and he is glad to pass
them on to you if you are interested.
You should arrange for a Father-and-
Son g Meeting, by all means. Also in
sist on your boys attending Church
Services in uniform at the several
churches. Mr.. Richard Francis is the
head of committee on the Civic pro-
gram for the Scouts. Consult with him
along those lines.
5. Don It Rock the Boat. Scouting
ism t joke-it's a serious proposition
If you can't get that into your head,
you had better get out. Be on hand
promptly at your meetings. Don t
try 10 fool your Boys = "It can't be
did some one has said that boy
has a potential value of million dol
lars. just think, Mr.. scoutmaster, you
are the Director of a thirty-million-
dollar project. It's a man s. job, and
well worth the doing.
Yours in Scout Craft,
James Knapp, Scout Executive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
State Conc1ave
At Eau Claire
Kellosha Clubs are Greatly Interested
in Convention to Open on
January goth.

Kenosha Club-women are expecting a
highly enjoyable session of the State
Federation of Women 8 Clubs when the
association hold it's annual conclave
at Eau Claire on January 10th. Sew
eral clubs in the city will send repre-
sentatives some Of whom will be high
ly influential in directing the work of
the meeting.
It is expected that the attendance
will be about 200. The delegates will
be the guests of the Eau Claire club
women. Mrs. Percy Pennybacker and
Mrs. Thomas B. Winter, who were
booked to speak at the convention,
which was to have been held in Octo-
Der, but which was postponed on ac-
count Of the flu epidemic, will not be
present. However, Mrs. M. r. Rosen
berry, of Madison, and DR.. Caroline
Hedger, Of Chippewa Falls, will talk
on Wisconsin topics.
The arrangements for the convention
will be in the hands Of Mrs. A. M.
Shoemaker, as head of the local exc
cutive committee, and Mrs. Fl. G.
Weidenbacher, in charge of the en-
tertainment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

They had been gone a long, long
time, and now they were back in the
old home town.
But someway or other it WASH t what
it used to be, what they expected it
would be, when they came home.
Frankly they were disappointed. There
were the same corners, the same stores,
the same good fellows lighting the same
brand of cigars at the same lighters
but with an indefnable difference I'M
expressed but felt poignantly.
They had hoped to come back to the
same old town; but they hadn It. 1t was
a different place-strangely-and the
rift in the dream disturbed them.
Half-peeved with themselves and the
world they sauntered around to the club
1.-The club that had cheered them off to
war and had promised to see them
through. It, at least, would be the
same. They opened the sagging doors
and darted expectantly up the foot
followed steps. The tramp, tramp,
tramp of their russell shoes resounded
eerily up the staircase. That was fun
ny. There was no murmur Of billiard
balls or convivial laughter to break the
thud or mock the raucous echo.
AS they looked into the old lounge
they realized the truth. The club was
deserted. The flags and tables and old
familiar chairs were all gone and in
their places were only drab bare floors
and brown bare walls. Even The club
had changed.
Without speaking they clai.ked their
way down the steps and out into
the street.
"Well, well, and aren't you the
regular fellows with your stripes on
and everything! Welcome to our city.
When d I'VE get iA7"
1t was brother with an Elk greet
ing and an Elk grip. The usual ques-
lions were asked and answered: "Had
they been overseasg Had they killed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Hall Lamp Men
In Merry Frolic

Members of the force Of the Hall
Lamp Company more than two humid
red Of ,them--had merry frolic out at
the Danish Brotherhood Hall on Eliza
beth street on Saturday evening. A
chicken dinner was served at eight
o'clock after which instead Of the usual
lists of toasts and coasters there was
an entertainment which proved one Of
the best things Of the kind ever put on
in Kenosha. Among the artists who
had part on the program were: G. f.
Kinney, R. H. Holton, Fred Beckman,
Howard Sershon and Arthur Andrews.
This company put on a vaudeville bill
de luxe which kept the Hall men laugh
ing and applauding until long after
midnight. During the dinner the music
was furnished by the Schmitt orchestra.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

any Germans Were they glad to be
back home9" We're theyq OF course
they were but-and they buried out
their secret-f'it wash t the old town at
all; what was the matter9p The
brother understood. Elks always do.
81 get you,v he said, q and I'll take
care of you. Just give me one hour
of your young lives and I'll have you
feeling finer than a squad of Marines
at ChateauThierry.''
Incidentally he smade good.n With
out ceremony he guided them down the
street to new corner. It had been
little more than nothing and : little
less than something when they had
left for war. It, too, was different now.
Against background of snowdrifts
building that looked ike the Tuileries
stood ready to receive them with colors
their colors-surmounting the pill
Jared portico.
TITS the new Elks Home, " the
brother remarked with tone of pride
in his voice. ssWhile you We been fight
my Oub Gu6TS We We Dc6n WORKING Ddch
here and this is your welcome home .
The next few hours raced by relent-
lessly. The soldiers and the brother
toured the Palais Royal-it seemed that
to them-from the mosaic floor of the
swimming pool to the balustrade of the
lodge hall. And everywhere the won
der grew. The comfort of it, the con
sistency, the harmony of beauty and
convenience, dazzled the repatries and
brought the revelation.
"I see it all now," said one of them
as he leaned against the dragon table.
GIVE were right. It ism t the old town
after all. It's a different place. It's
grown as we've grown and the Elks
Home is the outward symbol of the
new city,
With the great red dawn shining in
their eyes the soldiers whistled Smiles
as they walked briskly hoemward
through the lilac dusk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Writing War History
Kenosha Committee Keep at Work to
Complete Story of Kenosha s
Part in Great War.

The story of how Kenosha helped to
whip the Hun continues tc grow. The
committee is working hard at the his
tory in order to be ready to record the
last chapter when "Johnny comes
marching home and be one of the
first committees to send in a complete
history of the county.
Many very interesting things have
been unearthed by the committee, II
said Miss Cathie Mcnamara, secretary
of the Kenosha County Council. of De-
Tense and one of the members of the
committee. "There are a. great many
inside stories that the history will have
to tell that viii show some of the
real sacrifices that have been made by
people OF Kenosha. =
The Kenosha county history will be
part Of the history of Wisconsin War
Work as it will be Incorporated in the
state volume later. 1t is urged that
all who have items Of interest about
the war or any of Kenosha's fighters
should tell them to some member OF the
committee so that they may be written
in Kenosha's war record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

BY the adoption Of the above reso-
luton ON Saturday afternoon the Ca
tholic Woman S Club went on record
as the first organization in the first
Congressional District to indorse the
Smith Bill providing for the establish
ment Of a Department of Education
at the national capital. The measure
was introduced by Miss Winifred Far
ley, seconded by Mrs. G. Stanhope,
and passed without dissenting voice.
The action Of the club is significant
of its foresight and its sincere pro-
gressiveism along lines Of social and
educational reform.
Preceding the passage of the reso-
luton, which constituted the most i'm
portant business of the meeting held
at the Knights Of Columbus Club
Rooms on Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
Frances Whitaker Nehlsen, accom-
panied at the piano by Miss Margaret
Becker, sang go Little House of
Dreams" by Metcalf, Rose-Fables !"
by Hawley, and "Dawn" by Leoni.
The numbers were charmingly. inter
preted and proved highly popular with
a discriminating audience.
The main paper Of the afternoon was
a thesis on "The Red Cross written
by Mrs. Matt Bode and read by her
daughter, Miss Madeline Bode. It re-
viewed the history of this famous or
ganization from its first inception by
Florence Nightingale to its heroic SER
vice in the world-war for Right and
Liberty.
Mrs. Bode gave special attention to
the work of Miss Clara Barton in in
Producing the great movement for HUI
manity and Neutrality into the United
States. She described the carnage of
the Civil War and commented with pc
culiar force on the insuficiency of
means to relieve its suffering. In con-
trast with this she presented the all
sufficient equipment of the Red Cross
in the more recent war, where it has
been the supreme factor of safety in
conserving the man-power of the AL
lies
Following the program of the after
noon a delightful social hour concluded
the ceremonies of the meeting. In the
latter Mrs. John Mayer of Eagle street
rNrncfJoI
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
FRED NATION
IS MUSTERED OUT

Fred Nation of sheboygan, who
with Chairman Foster, has been in
charge of the work OF the Kenosha
County Exemption Board in Kenosha
county, has returned to civilian life
and the county board IS facing tne hard
job Of cleaning up the final work of
the board without its efficient soldier
helper. NATION was sent here by the
adjutant general late in 1918 and since
that time he has been in complete
charge Of the record and statistical
work Of the board. Saturday he was
ordered to give up the work and go to
Camp Grant where he was formally
mustered out Of the service on Sunday.
1t is probable that the county board
viii have to be recognized and all Of
its members recalled to the service Of
the government in order to get the rec
ords Of the board ready for the final
disposal. NATION had his records in
excellent shape and it is thought that
with q few more days work the records
will be ready for the adjutant general.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
The King Is Dead
Park Avenue Methodists Hold Short
Memorial Service for the
Doomed John Barleycorn.

1.-THE king is dead-1ong live the
king!"
In this spirit if not in these words,
the members of the Park Avence Meth
odist Church celebrated the dethrone-
ment of EeKing Alcohol on Sunday
evening. It was crushing the pail
bearers just a little but the service
suggested a memorial for one, John Bar
leycorn, whose death sentence was sign
ed by the sovereign people of these
United States on Thursday of last week.
1T was one of the most significant
moments in history said the Rev. o.
W. Taylor in commenting on the ratii
cation of the national prohibition
amendment.
1t marked the United States as a
pioneer in movement that is destined
to sweep the world and usher in an era
of new progress and new morality. A
month after this measure becomes eff
fective Kenosha will be different
town. Thrift and industry will have
succeeded debauchery and Iistlessness
and will have given the city re-
newed vigor for the tremendous tasks
Of the new age.'
A bier would have been appropriate
at the service-but isn't that going
just little bit too far9
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
five MONTHS ON
The firing line
Sergeant Erie Hall Has Seen
a Great Deal of Action
With the American
Field Artillery.
WAS With SHOCK TROOPS

Men have gone mad from one
night = fighting at the front but Sgt.
Erie Hall, son of Mrs. May Lawrence
of 2087a Wisconsin street, has had five
month of it without losing his good
disposition much less his reason. In
letter to his brother, Paul Hall, he
tells experience as gunnery with the
146th Field Artillery, American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France.
The letter comes from Blercourt and
is dated November 2Sth. 1t reads in
part as follows:
Nov that the censorship rules have
been changed, I will give you an idea
of what have been in, in the last
few months.
"Well l belong to the Tramp Artil-
lery or Shock Troops, we are in the
First Army since it started and before
that we were in the Chateau Thierry
drive.
"We were also in the st. Mihiel
drive, the Verdun drive, and we finish
ed up with the drive in the Argonne
sector, where we stayed until Nov. Is,
four days after the armistice was
signed.
Nov we are at Blercourt about 10
miles from Verdun. I IN in hopes that
they will take us back to civilization
soon.
"I've been pretty busy lately, for
we are getting new equipment and that
means work for every body.
Now that it's all over we IL go back
to peace time soldering; that means
drills and inspections, but we won t
have to do that long for it ought to
be but couple of months now and
then we will be Homeward Bound
again. Homeward Bound sure means a
whole lot to me, Al, as you can well
imagine; for think have seen my
share of the war, being on the front
from July 10th until Nov. 18th.
fAnd it sure was hot and snappy
at times believe me.
EN- tell you all about it when I
get back home. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
KENOSHA SOLDIERS
COMING HOME SOON


Kenosha boys who have been serv-
ing in camps and cantonments of the
army in this country, are all going to
be home within the next few weeks,
as General March announced in Wash
ington yesterday that all of the men
in the country had been ordered de-
modified just as rapidly as the order
can be carried out. There are prob
ably two hundred Kenosha soldiers still
in camps and environments in this
country. At the same time it was an
nounced that the return of troops from
Europe was being greatly facilitated
and it is expected that the demobili-
cation of units other than those in the
army of occupation, will be completed
by the first of July.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Society and Club Life
Off to Russia
Warren +. Stone Of Kenosha Sails with
Y.M.C.A, Workers for Task
in Northland

Recently large number Of Y.M.C.A.
workers left America for Russia and
in the number was Warren L. Stone,
whose home is at APO Pleasant street
in Kenosha. The end Of the war does
not mark the end Of the activities of
the "Yv in Russia and it is believed
that these men will see active service
there for several months.
Friends of Mr.. Stone in Kenosha
had learned Of his departure sometime
ago but the officials notice Of his
sailing was not sent out by Y.M.C.A.,
headquarters until Saturday. Mr..
Stone was one of the first in Kenosha
to hear the urgent call for workers in
Russia. He will carry with him to the
northland the good wishes of hundreds
Of friends in this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
FOR BETTER SCHOOL,"
Resolution Sanctions Department
Of Education Mrs Bode Dis
cusses War--Mrs. John
Mayer is Hostess.
RESOLUTION.

/. Whereas-War conditions have
emphasized:
(1) The need of physical educa-
tion in America;
(2) The prevalence Of illiteracy;
(3) That inadequate provision has
been made for the Americanization
and education Of immigrants;
(4) The imperative need Of better
trained teachers;
(5) That there exists in this
country an amazing inequality of
educational opportunity;
(6) The need of National De-
partment of Education whose head
should be member Of the Presi-
dent S Cabinet.
And whereas
Senate Bill No. 1887, introduced
by Honorable Hoke Smith of
Georgia, embodies ways and means
through Federal Aid to the states
of overcoming these deficiencies,
and creating a National Department
of Education.
Therefore:
BE is resolved-that The Catholic
Women s Society Of Kenosha, Wis
consin, endorses Senate Bill No.
1887 and instructs its secretary to
send copy Of these resolutions to
the senators and representative from
Wisconsin with the request that
they support it, and use all possible
means to secure its immediate pas
sage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23
Pvt. Kincaid, Kenosha's
Decorated Marine, Tells
Sailors How Devil
Dogs Won Glory.
TAKE NO PRISONERS"
Hun Treachery Forces Americans to
Give Command for No Quarter
Sailors Cheer Comrades Address
at Army and Navy Club.

When we saw our officers dying in
front of our eyes, we marines got to
be regular fighting FOOLS" said Pvt
Hobart G. Kincaid in a short address
last night to more than one hundred
sailors at the regular Sunday evening
dinner of the Army and Navy Club
Kenosha s honored veteran of Chateau
Thierry briefly told the sailors of his
experiences 'fover there'' and ex.
| planned clearly how the company to
which he was attached won glory on
the field Of battle.
| "When we were forming our Skin
mish line," he said in telling of the
first day at Chateau-Thierry, the
shells came thick and fast and officers
and men alike were killed on every
side. When we saw this we simpyl
couldn = hold our tempers-in the lingo
Of the soldier, we were 'rarin to go
and we did so. Straight across a wheat
| field for 1900 yards and into the
bloody Belleau Woods we went and
we didn t have time to stop. It took
us seven hours to get through the
woods but it was clear of Germans =
except dead ones-when we came out
on the other side.
Pvt. Kincaid was emphatic in
stating that the only German you could
trust was dead one. He declared
that German prisoners with "Kamer-
adj still on their lips would kill
Americans in treachery and that the al
| lied troops were forced to give or
ders to take every precaution in deal
ing with Hun prisoners. cit was his
life or yours and you can bet we aren It
taking any chances"
Following his talk, Private Kincaid
fraternized with the sailors and pro-
tested against the applause with which
he had been greeted CHOW about
these crosses" he said modestly, 81
think the folks here are making a good
deal of fuss over them. I didn't do
anything more than eight thousand
others did at Chateau Thierry and no
more than anyone of you would have
done if you had only had her chance. "
Kenosha's most honored soldier
praised the boys who had fought on the
Louisville and "Great Lakes"
fronts and declared that those who did
their duty here were as much entitled
to praise as those who were fortunate
enough to get overseay and strike a
real blow for freedom.
Private Kincaid, who represented Ke-
rosha in the great charge at Chateau
Ihierry and who there won the Croix
&c Gue1re and a citation for the Cross
of the Legion, will be in Kenosha sew
eral days longer before returning to his
station ct Quantico, Va. He says he is
no "peace time SOLDIER and that he
will apply Immediately for discharge
and expects to return to this city and
resume his position as assistant mama
ger of the Burke and Blue Mill thea
tres of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

A large number of the friends Of
John Cole surprised him Saturday eve
ming at a very pleasant surprise party
at his home at 81 North Brockett street.
Music and dancing kept the guests I'M
til late hour when luncheon was
served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

George G. Braun of Milwaukee, who
was formerly cashier Of the Wisconsin
Telephone Company here, was dis
charged from the Signal Corps at Camp
Meade and has returned to his home in
Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-01-23

1t. Emmett ]. Duffy, who has been
at the infantry school at Camp Grant,
returned to Kenosha on Sunday after
receiving an honorable discharge from
the service. he has accepted posi-
ton as q salesman for the Ford Sales
Company.