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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
MORE DRASTIC STEPS
ORDERED IN IRELAND
Discovery of Plans of Opponents of
Government to Carry on Guerilla
Warfare is the Cause.
81 Assoeiated Pes Leased wire.

by Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Dublin A document found in
raid in this city on March 7, reveals
startling plans for the destruction of
residences and a campaign of shooting
on sight
"To meet the desperate and bar
barous methods being adopted by the
enemy to destroy the government"
the document says, "the republican
arnly's general headquarters has de-
cided to amend and in some cases make
more drastic the action ordered in re-
cent orders to commandments.
"SoD1e of these orders have been can
celled and the action directed in them
embodied in a new order which will
come into operation if any further ex-
ecutions by the enemy are caEried out
in this affair after this date"
Among those mentioned as liable TO
be shot on sight are members of the
Free State parliament, army officers
of all ranks, judges, legal advisers and
"the proprietors and directors of the
hostile press in Ireland and the SEN
Tor officials employed by the same,
such as editors, sub-editors and leader
writer's in cases where it is known
that those officials are hostile.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Blaine is Puzzled
Over Tax MIDDLE
Calls in Many Legislators to Discuss
With Them the Problems of
Adjusting Taxes.
by Associated Pressl


Madison, Wis. Governor Blaine
is calling groups of legislators to his
Office daily for conferences on taxa.
ton in an effort to learn their view.
and to explain something of his pro.
posed plans for a general tax bill
He is devoting his attention to tn;
assembly at present, but is expected
within the next week to call in sena.
tors.
Those who have been in the confer
ence with the governor say that he
has only tentative suggestions for
change in the present tax laws. While
emphasizing certain of his ideas, he
explains the general revenue situa-
tion and discussed means of raising
additional funds.
Governor Blaine is said now to be
stressing the original plan of his mes
sage for the establishment of ratio
between general property taxes and
income taxes in the state. According
to legislators who have attended meet
ings with him, he believes that a def
mite ration should be set and adhered
to. He has suggested, these men say.
that when a ratio is established the
state should retain a certain definite
proportion of the total, with he re-
mainder being distributed back to the
localities.
Another suggestion reported to have
been made by the governor, is that
the personal property tax offset be
removed from the proportion of the
income tax for state purposes and left
in effect for the proportion of the tax
for municipal purses. This would in
effect be compromise between the
Dahl general income tax bill which
removes the entire offset, and the Sew
erson surtax proposal which removes
it on incomes paying the surtax.
Governor Blaine has told Speaker
Dahl of the assembly and Senator Sew
erson, authors of the two tax bills now
before the legislature that he intends
to make some addresses out in the
state, concerning the tax problem. He
also expressed the desire to newspaper
men that he be given an opportunity
to present a number Of facts on taxa
ton to the people through the press.
By calling personally upon legisla-
tors in an effort to get their support,
and through newspaper efforts as well
as by addresses, the governor hopes
to get united progressive following
to back up his proposed measure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
James Brennan Dies
Suddenly on Sunday

James Brennan, aged SO years, a
stagehand long in the employ of the
Rhode Opera House, was found dead in
his bed Sunday morning at his room in
the Fischer Hotel on Market street. He
had been i'll for several months from
diabetes and it is Believed that he was
taken with an acute attack of the ILL
ness during the night and was unable
to summon aid.
The deceased was born in Racine on
August 5, 1888, the son of Mr., and Mrs
Thomas Brennan. He came to Keno
sha at an early age and had lived prac-
tically all Of his life here. For more
than a score of years he had been a
stagehand at the Rhode Opera House
and had been known there as a most
efficient and dependable workman.
The remains were taken to the Cros-
sin funeral chapel on Wisconsin street
where they will be until time for the
funeral, at o'clock Tuesday morning
at the st. James church with interment
following in the family plot in the st.
James cemetery.
Surviving him are three sisters and
three brothers, Mrs. Seth Powell, Mrs.
John Engels, Mrs. Arthur Rugg and
Edward, John and Thomas Brennan, all
of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Badger Farm Values
Change Very Little

Madison, Wis. - Farm land values
in Wisconsin on March 1 are almost
identical with the values a year ago.
Paul Nyhus, of the State Crop Report
ing Service, announced today. The
conclusions are based upon estimated
values of farm lands by crop o.
1000 farmers in all parts Of the state
acting as reporters to the department
of agriculture.
The average value of all pillow lands
in Wisconsin is placed at $50 per acre.
This value is $12 below the 1916 val
ue, which was given as STA per acre,
The peak of land values in. Wiscon-
sin was reached in 1920 when farm
ers reported an average of 500 per
acre for pillow lands. The 1923 figure,
accordingly, indicates a drop in land
values in Wisconsin of approximately
Is per cent Of the values that pre-
vailed in 1920. The fact that Wiscon-
sin land values were not inflated to
the same extent as they were in many
Of the corn belt states has made I'M
necessary the extreme drop in values
that has occurred in some of the corn
belt states.
All farm land with improvements is
valued at $113 per acre as compared
to STA last year. Farm land without
improvements is valued at S78 per
acre-the same as last year.
The average value of cut-over lands
in twenty-four northern counties of
the state is reported to be $22 per
acre. The 1922 figure was $23.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Ap0plexy Fatal to
Mrs. John KlOtz

Mrs. Joseph Klotz, 48, wife of John
Klotz, died Thursday evening just after
six o'clock at the home at 173 North
Pleasant street after a long illness
from apoplexy. She suffered a sec
ond attack of the disease on Thurs
day afternoon and could not rally
from it's effects.
The deceased was born March IS,
1874 in Austria, the daughter Of MIR.
and Mrs Jacob Schaeffer. She came
to America with her parents and lived
was married there TO George UtZera-
itch, who preceded her in death and
since that time has lived in Kenosha.
Surviving her are her husband and
four children, Raymond, Leo, Gene
vive and Sylvester Klotz, all of Keno
sha. She is also survived by her
father Jacob Schaeffer of Milwaukee,
and four sisters and three brothers ::
Mrs F. Vogl, Charles Schaeffer, Frank
Schaeffer and Mrs. F. Matt, all of Mil
waukee, Mrs. Henry Belize of West
Bend, and John Schaeffer Of Horizon,
Wis. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Schaef-
fer, of Milwaukee, died of pneumonia
while visiting three weeks ago at the
home Of her daughter in West Bend.
Mrs. Schaeffer was member of the
Christian Mothers society of the st.
George church and had been active
in its work. The funeral services will
be held at nine o'clock Monday morn
ing at the st. George church with in
terment following in the family plot
in the St. George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
WINTER REVIEWS
IT'S ICY GRIP
KenOsha Caught in Worst
Blizzard of Year on
Sunday Evening.
ENTIRE STATE IS HIT
All Wisconsin Shivers as State
Attempts to Throw Off Grip
of Heavy SnOwstOrm.

Winter held undisputed sway over
Kenosha and its environs today as the
city and county struggled to throw off
the grip Of the worst blizzard OF the
year, snowstorm accompanied by
thirty-fve mile gale, which struck Ke-
nosha early Sunday and continued
throughout the day and well into the
night to bury the city under blanket
of snow. The storm had died down
by morning, but zero weather still
prevailed as the city worked to get
conditions back to normal.
During Sunday evening the storm
caused almost complete disruption of
transportation in the city. The street
car company with great effort main
tanned intermittent service; automo-
bile traffic was almost made impossible
because of the storm.
No accidents were reported from the
storm here but throughout the state it
left trail of death and suffering.
Roads Are Impossible.
The gale which accompanied the
snowstorm piled the snow in great
drifts; even in the city drifts three
and four feet high were not unusual
this morning and reports from the
county declared that the roads were
impossible.
Service on the Northwestern railway
between Milwaukee and Chicago, had
been restored by nine o'clock this
morning but trains from the far north
were held by the storm. On the North
Shore line the schedule had been main
tanned with great effort. The bus
schedule between Kenosha and Lake
Geneva was abandoned this morning,
but the buses fought their way thru
the drifts from Waukegan to Kenosha.
Interurban service from Milwaukee
to Kenosha on the M. R. and K. was
also halted on Sunday night and had
not yet been restored this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Director of Parks Describes
Planting For House Foundation

Editors Note-This is the fourth of
a series of articles being written for
the public by F. A. Carlson. director Of
parks, to inform Kenoshans of meth
DDS of home gardening and of park
progress in the city)
THE PLANTING FOR THE HOUSE
FOUNDATION.
General principles and details for
the attainment Of good results.
Foundation planting, by which we
mean the planting Of shrubs and flow
ers at the base Of the house, at first
thought, seems simple problem, and
Of course it really would be if we fol-
lowed so many examples extensively
seen in the residential section of our
cities. To the landscape architect this
problem finds simple solution, but to
the home owner it becomes a very diff
cult problem if he or she attempts it
in the right way.
1t is very easy for the amateur gar
dener to copy some plans seen in vari-
Gus books on landscape gardening or in
the nursery catalogs and duplicate this
on his own place, but the result gen
orally looks like a stiff row of cannas
or the gaudy red salvias. Following a
few definite principles which are ap-
plicable to this work and planting to
produce this result is a rather simple
thing. Always keep in mind when
planning the planting at the base of the
house that your final result should
make your house appear "tied" to the
ground as nature does if allowed to
have her free will.
ANIMALS of all kinds belong only to
the garden or shrubbery border or bet
ter where at least three sides are en-
closed to produce background for the
flowers. Moreover they are very ex-
pensive and impractical about the foun-
dation of the house. The best type of
plant to select for the planting are
those that will give some effect at ev-
cry season of the year, especially is
this true of the winter months. The
best reason for excluding ANIMALS in
this planting is that they are consid-
cred poor taste in landscape gardening,
except where they can be used in broad
masses. The only place on the home
grounds where this would occur is in
the flower garden or in the shrubbery
border.
The best materials we can use are
the hardy Towering shrubs or dwarf
evergreens. There are many of each
class that we can select from. Ever
greens are especially fine to produce
effects for the winter months. They
are becoming. more and more popular
as their cultural requirements are be-
coming better understood. Beautiful
effects can be had by stringing an cleo
trio light wire to these and using them
as live Christmas trees during the
holidays. Generally as we find foun-
dation planting it appears monotonous
which is very tiresome where the eff
fects are repeated for several blocks at
a stretch. The only effect on the pas
serby is band of green or collar
boa style" Generally we find large
overgrown shrubs such as Forsythias,
Weigelias or Spirea Van Houttei faced
with a row of Japanese Burberry. If
these very same shrubs where used art
istically no better all-year-round
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22

hole. He said that several times peo-
pie had steered him across the street,
but that this was something that often
happened to him. He said that the day
before the accident someone had led
him across Congress street when he
was going east on South.
"He led me across the street and sent
me north on Congress when l wanted
to continue on South" said the blind
man. "But many times people give me
a hand and say nothing or just greet
ing"
Contractor Says He Gave Warming.
Chris Jensen testified for the defend
ANTS that he was the man who had
steered La Mere across the street on
Congress the day before the accident.
He said that La Mere had asked him If
the street were all torn up and that he
had responded eyes" Jensen said that
he was employed at the time on the
lob Of digging out the hole and pour
ing the concrete for the catchbasin.
Marcus Thompson, the contractor for
the catchbasins, who is co-defendant
with the city in the case and the per
son primarily responsible with the city
secondary, testified that week or ten
DAVIS before the blind man was injured
lie had conducted him personally across
the street at the intersection of Con
less and Dayton streets and given full
warning.
a told him to take the inside of the
walk and told him that there were
holes along the entire way" testified
the contractor ~ sent him along an
other street that day"
La Mere on examination denied
this
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
New Guard Fight
Looms at Madison
(By Associated Press Leased wire)

Madison, Wis. - The appropriation
of the Wisconsin National guard, re-
Gently saved from complete elimination
by refusal of the state, Senate to con-
cur in an assembly act, is to come in
for an attack soon, Senator H. ]. Sew
erson, progressive leader in the upper
house, announced today.
He is drafting bill for introduc-
tion which would repeal the $4,000
continuing appropriation to the guard.
Enactment of this measure would force
the joint finance committee to build
up an entirely new budget for the adj
jutant generals department. 1t would
mean that each succeeding legislature
would be called on to approve the ma
tional guard appropriation in it's en-
tirety. wal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Jury Gives Verdict to La
Mere in Suit Against
City and Contractor.
GIVEN $1,000 DAMAGES
Jury Holds that Blind Man
Was Not Responsible for
Falling in Hole.

For the first time in the state of Wis
consin a jury has determined the rights
of blind man to the public thorough
fares by the return of verdict this
morning in the case of Frank La Mere
against the city of Kneosha and against
Marcus Thompson in favor of the plain
tiff, by fixing damages at $1,000.
La Mere sued for $4,000 damages for
injuries sustained when he fell into a
hole at the corner of Congress and
South streets last August. The tes6i-
mony showed that the hole was left
open where a catchbasin was being
made and that during the noon hour
La Mere, who is a blind piano tuner,
fell into it as he was walking down the
street. He was laid up for several
weeks as the result of injuries sus-
tanned upon that occasion.
Jury Finds for La Mere.
The suit was tried in circuit court
Thursday and the case went to the jury
about o'clock. A sealed verdict was
returned during the evening and was
opened this morning by Judge Balden
when court called at 1890 O'clock.
The jury found that the defendants
were guilty of negligence for leaving
the hole open and exposed, and that
such negligence was responsible for the
injuries to the blind man. On the 9TH
err hand they held that La Mere was not
guilty Of ontEbutory negligence and
fixed the damages at which he was en-
titled at $1,000.
Mr.. La Mere took the stand in his
own case as court opened Thursday af-
terroon. He.testifed that on August 1,
1922, the day he was injured, he had
been to a store att the corner of South
and Main streets and started for home
between II and IL o'clock, going west
on South to his home at GIT Bond
street.
When he came to the intersection Of
South and Congress streets he said ne
tapped VITA his cane in his right hand
once to feel the ground before him and
believing Is safe. went right on.
"The first intimation l had Of hole"
said La Mere, '"was when I found my
self at the bottom Of it."
Said Nobody Talked About 1t.
La Mere testified in direct examine
ton that no one had told him about the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Bids for 1923 Paving Program Are More Than
$4,000 Under the Estimate Set by
Engineers for Work.
TWO FIRMS OFFER VERY Low BIDS
White Construction Company Of Milwaukee, and the
Western Improvement Company of Racine
Have Low Bids on Big Project

A drop in the cost Of paving streets
for Kenosha was evidenced on Fri
day afternoon when bids for the con-
struction Of the eight and one-half
miles Of paving planned for the com
ing year were opened at the Office of
City Engineer Robert Smith, reveal
ing that the bids presented were low
er than any received since antewar
days. Final figures on the bids sub
mitted will not have been computed
before Monday but indications are
$4,000 on the contract over prices
which prevailed last year.
The low bidders on the contracts
were the Western Improvement COM
pany Of Racine and the White Con-
struction company of Milwaukee, these
two firms far undertaking any of the
other companies competing The con
tracts will probably be let to them,
giving to each company that part of
the contracts upon which it has made
the lowest bid.
Total Far Below Estimate.
The two kinds of paving which are
being considered for most of the paw
ing planned out for the year are as
phaltic concrete, such as was used
on Congress street last year, and
sheet asphalt as used on most Of the
other streets paved in 1922. The bids
on both Of these types were exception
ally favorable.
The White Construction company
was low on the asphaltic type making
ottal bid Of $344,5O0 for this work
with the Western Improvement COM
pany figure placed at $352,5OO. On
the sheet asphalt of the oil type the
Western Improvement company was
low with bid of $366,621 with the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22

shrubs could be chosen.
Foundation planting should be one of
the finest accomplishments on the new
home grounds. A house presenting a
bleak front to the street produces a
hard looking effect. The effect we wish
to create is purely one of mental en-
joyment and not that of physical.
Just word now as to the principles
to observe in this or any style of good
landscape gardening. Simplicity must
be our keynote to the solution of the
problem. The reason so many places
are spoiled here is because of the in
cessant desire of the owner to plant
as many varieties as he possibly can.
Use just a few shrubs and keep the
taller varieties in the rear and the
shorter or dwarf varieties as facers.
Attention should be given to the form
of the shrubs. Variety is secured by
using taller ones where we wish to have
accent such as the corners and entran-
ces and smaller ones between these as
to face down the taller varieties.
In planting, seasonal effects must be
kept in mind. Shrubs must be selected
for their all-year-round effect There
should be a good flower value in the
spring, attractive foliage for the sum-
mer, and brilliant leaves for autumn,
with colored fruit or bark for winter
effect. There are only small number
of shrubs to fit this bill, some OF which
are the following:
Tall Shrubs.
Distance to Plant Apart.
White Kerria-37a feet.
Aralia pentaphylla-3 feet.
Persian Lilac, var. Rothamagensis-
to 5 feet.
spirea Van Houttei-315 feet.
Regels Privet-3 feet.
Weigelias var. Eva Rathke-3 feet.
Low Shrubs.
Snowberry-2 to 27a feet
Spirea ca1losa Froebelli-2 feet.
Japanese Barberry-2 to 21s feet.
Dwarf Mock Orange feet.
Spirea Anthony Waterer-212 feet.
Deutzia gracillis-2 feet.
The shrubs should be planted IN thor
oughly prepared and fortified beds,
using good loan soil and long, smooth
curves. Distance apart to plant de-
ponds upon variety used.
Fall planting is ideal for our climate,
as we have a much longer planting sea
son and the shrubs will become estab-
lished quicker in the spring. Spring
planting can be done just as we'll but
we are usually confined to about four
weeks of work If you are to plant in
the spring order your material early in
the spring and plant Immediately upon
arrival from the nursery. Do not allow
the roots to remain exposed to the
drying winds and the sun. If you can
not plant the shrubs as soon as they
arrive, "heal them in" that is place
them in a narrow dug trench and keep
covered. Sprinkle them good while
they are trenched. The cost of foun-
dation planting varies as to the size of
the residence, usually falling between
S25 to $500. There are two fundamen-
tai principles involved that l desire to
impress upon those interested: plan to
secure pleasing effect and choose ma
terial that will blend together to give
variety and harmony.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
Wide Sleigh Law is
Repealed by Assembly
by Associated Press Leased Wire

by Associated Press Leased Wiref
Madison, Wis.-The assembly voted
today to repeal the Wisconsin wide
sleigh law, after they learned that they
had debated for two days last month,
bill which would have provided the
same law that is at present in effect.
This measure was killed by the lower
house, and not to be consistent, it
determined to repeal the law with
which it expressed disfavor by not re-
enacting the same statute.
Uniform systems of accounting for
counties were approved with the en-
grossment of bill to do away with
Anticipated bookkeeping systems be-
ing used by some counties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-03-22
IAPAN-

Food in Japan costs a fifth more
than in America, says w. B. Hall,
Toxic merchant visiting New York,
The Japs have cheaper clothing, but
rents are high. Salaries over there
are five to ten times as big as they
were six years ago. Japan has 400
movie theaters, Lon Clancy their fav-
orite star-which will interest psy-
biologists.
We call attention to these facts be-
cause few Americans realize the gi-
gantic changes that are taking place
in the orient. Our big foreign trade
market of the future is across the Pa
cifc.