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The Washington times., 1925-03-07
GENERAL MITCHELL NAMED
TO PRESENT AWARDS.


The selection of Brigadier General
William Mitchell, a member of the
American legion, to present the
prizes at the costume ball to be
given at the Mayflower Hotel St
Patrick's day-Tuesday, March II
under the auspices Of the Allied
American Legion posts and the ap
pointment Of Mrs. Mitchell as chair
man Of the States committee at tht
ball were announced yesterday by
the general committee in charge
of the entertainment.
The ball is being given by the
George Washington, Kenneth H
Nash Stuart Walcott and Sergeant
Jasper posts. During the last
week a large number Of valuable
prizes were donated. These will be
equally divided between the men
and women contestants in the cos
tune event, being awarded for the
most original costumes worn, the
handsomest and most unique.
A Jury" Of twelve women will
be impaneled prior to the open
ing of the ball. who will select the
prize winners in the various classes.
The foreman Of the jury will be
William Clarke Noble. The 'ver-
DICT of the jury will be turned
over to General Mitchell, who will
announce the winners, and present
the prizes as they ascend the plat
form.
/ The distinguished visitors com
mittee will be headed by Past Post
and Past Department Commander
E. Lester Jones who will be as
sisted by General Anton Stephan,
Lieutenant Colonel Ira F. Fravel,
Lieutenant Colonel H. p. Smith,
Surgeon Hugh s. Cummings, Pas:
Department Commander Paul j.
McCahan, General Lloyd M. Brett,
and Isaac Cans.
The reception committee is COM
posed of Frank l.. Peckham, depart
ment commander, chairman; William
F. Franklin, vice chairman; Francis
+. Miller, Miss Helen G. O'Neill,
Wallace Streator, Miss Helen Nc
Carthy, Miss Emily j. Carey, Max
Levy, Miss Alice Prentiss, Raymond
A. Burke, John o. Johnson, H. L.
Wilson, Charles Riemer, Major Gen
eral w. A. Betchel. G. H. Hillogoistr
w. Laurence Haggar, Thomas j.
Frailey, Charles Kohen, Samuel w
Stinemetz, w. N. Morrell. George
p. Frailey Captain John II. Craige,
William johnson, Arthur c. Prodigy,
Joseph J. Idler and Earl J. Brown.
The Riding and Hunt Club will
have an indoor horse show on the
evening of March 20. beginning at
s o'clock, in the clubs quarters
at Twenty-second and p streets.
The Washington times., 1925-03-07
MRS. KELLOGG ON BRIEF
VISIT IN ST. PAIL.
FAMOUS FOREIGN
CONDUCTOR TO BE FETED,

The Minister of the Netherlands
and Madame de Graeff will give a
dinner on Tuesday evening in com.
pliment TO Willem N>ngelberg, the
famous Dutch composer-conductor
who is director of the Philharmonic
Orchestra. A musicale. for which
invitations have been issued, will
follow the dinner, a recital being
given by the Dutch pianist, Gerard
Hekking, who is a protege of Mel.-
gelberg. The Philharmonic, with
Mr.. Mengelberg as conductor, is
giving its sole recital in Washington
ON Tuesday afternoon.
The Minister of Uruguay and
Nine. Varela will entertain a com.
pany of eighteen at dinner this
evening !, in honor of the Director
General of the Pan American
Union. Doctor Leo $. Rowe.
PETERS TO GIVE
DINNER TONIGHT.
The Swiss Minister and Nine
Peter will be hosts at dinner this
evening when their guests will
number sixteen. Among them will
be the Minister OF Panama and
Nine. Alfaro, the Charge d. Affaires
OF Austria and Mime. Prochnik and
Justice James Clark McReynolds.
Governor Franklin S. Billings OF
Vermont entertained a party OF
eight at luncheon at The Mayflower
yesterday.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY
MRS. LEONARD BLOCK,

The japanese Ambassador and
Nine. Matsudaira and their children
will arrive in Washington on
Wednesday from California, where
they landed week ago.
\ =
Mahmoud Samy PaSha has been
appointed minister Of Egypt to
Washington to succeed Seifoullah
Yousry Pasha, who has been trans
ferred to Berlin.
MRS. VANDERBILT RETURNS;
TO ENTERTAIN TOMORROW.
Mrs. George Vanderbilt has re-
turned to her home on r street
after having been at Biltmorer
n. c. with her son-in-law and
daughter, the Honorable and Mrs
John Francis Amherst Cecil, for
several weeks.
Mrs. Vanderbilt will entertain at
dinner tomorrow night and she was
hostess to a small company at
luncheon yesterday at the Nay
flower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil and their
small son, will return to Washing
ton the latter part Of this month
and will be in their apartment at
Meridian Mansions for a while.
y
Brigadier General and Mrs. George
p. Scriven will entertain at dinner
Tuesday evening in their home at
1925 Twenty-third street.
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TO VISIT ATLANTIC CITY
PRIOR TO SAILING.

Alexander p. Moore, American
ambassador to Spain: his niece, Mrs.
Mildred Martin, and Prince Lot
fallah, Arabian envoy to Rome, who
have been at the Shoreham for the
last week, went to Atlantic City
today and win stay at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel over the weekend.
Afterward they expect to go to
New York, and Mr.. Moore is sail
ing on March IL for his post in
Madrid:
Mrs. Nicholas Longworti re-
turned to Washington today, bring
ing her infant daughter, Paulina.
with her.
The Washington times., 1925-03-07

Bloom, who have been at the Hotel
Hamilton during the session Of
Congress. returned today to the st.
Regis Hotel in New York, where
they will be until they sail for
Italy late in the spring.
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JEAN ELIOTS NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
TO ATTEND THE PLAY.

Sir -Esme Howard. the British
ambassador and Lady Isabella
Howard. will entertain informally
at dinner at the embassy this even
ing, the party going afterward 20
the President Theater to witne ss
the performance of Miss Katharine
Hayden in w. Somerset Vaughan S
play, RAIN" In the party will be
the Italian ambassador, Giacomo
di MARITIME, Colonel Charlton, mill
tary attache of the British en-
bassy, and Mrs. Charlton. Mrs.
Francis Cadogan and Miss Bailey.
the latter two ladies being niecss
of Sir Esme Howard, who are his
house guests.
Sir Esme and Lady Isabella
Howard were the guests for whom
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lansing en-.
tertained at luncheon today.
X *
SENATOR AND. MRS, DENEEN
HOSTS TO VISITORS.
Senator and Mrs. C. S. Deneen Of
Illinois entertained at dinner last
evening at the New willard, where
they are staying. Their guests in.
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. vii.
son and their son. Stephen Wilson;
Judge and Mrs. Hougn of Chicago.
and their daughter, Miss Isabel
Hough, and the hosts daughters,
Mrs. Allmand M. Blow, of Tulsa
Okla, and Mrs. Carl A. Birdsall,
of Chicago, who came for the in
auguration and who will leave this
afternoon for their respective
homes.
Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. G.
III. Stearns, of Vermont, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. C. N.
harrington, who spent the week at
Wardman Park Hotel, left yeste-.
day for their home in johnson,
Vermont.
The Washington times., 1925-03-07

Captain and Mrs. Ridley Mclean
will entertain for their daughter
Miss Beatrice Mclean, at dinner
on March II and again on March "a.
4
Congressman and Mrs. Sol Bloom
and their daughter, Miss Vera
The Washington times., 1925-03-07

Mr.. and Mrs. William Ramsburg
have returned from Florida, where
they spent the winter and are visit,
ing her brother. Charles Lee Cooke,
or the State Department, until they
open their summer home at Brad
dock Heights, Md.
The Washington times., 1925-03-07

The annual meeting of the Wake.
field National Memorial Associa.
ton will be at 240O Sixteenth
street. at SIS p. m. on March ~,
All members are invited to he
present
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

the old cells in the old county jail
and the new cells in the new building
which was dedicated today. Every con-
venience of a good home might well
be motto on the door entering the
cells, if it were as true as that, but
while there are some things in the
home that won't be found in the new
Jail there is little of anything which
could be called to stir up an enthusi-
asm on anyone's part for serving time.
Woe be to the lawbreaker who finds
himself surrounded by iron bars, but
the woe isn't so woeful as it would be
in the old Jail.
All Of the forty-eight cells in the
building are equipped with running
water and toilets. Each has cot
which folds against the wall, and each
is equipped with mattress. A wooden
blanket. will also be standard equip
ment" in each cell.
AS shown in the picture each of the
individual cells opens into corridor
where six prisoners may ningle to-
gether-if the sheriff should see fit.
Each Of the cells is operated with a
central control at the era Of each
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
First White Woman Born in
County Remembers Southport
Mrs Emma White Born in Pleasant Prairie in 1897 Tells of
Life and Struggles Among the First Settlers
in tia County in It's Early Days.

she would hide in the corner of the
big living room in the cabin at Pleas
ant Prairie and sit enthralled' in the
romance that her childish mind wove
around the redskins who came to Wis
it her father. They would bring furs
and trade them for vegetables and
things the Indian could not raise or
secure any other way.
Taught by Her Father.
There were no regular schools in
Pleasant Prairie for another ten years
and lady who went from farm to farm
throughout this part of the county
each week gave the little girl and her
brothers and sisters lessons in the
three RS. 1t wasn't until 1847 - the
year her father died-that a little
schoolhouse was opened. The oldest
boy was seventeen when his father
died and the mother raised the entire
family of nine children. And it was
to her rigid ideas of home training
and her ideals of what young man
and a young woman should fit himself
and herself for usefulness in the world
that gave the children the advantage
OF fLnaC TOckDOunQ new LHSAdun rug
agedness Clipped out in the pioneer
west.
Then came the Civil war and the
underground railway where slaves
were struggled into the north from
the south, and the going and return
ing soldiers, and the excitement Incl
dent to exciting times-all these things
Mrs. White can remember wildly,
She recalls how the village of South
port grew before, her from a home for
six families to a dozen, and then TO
a population of $50, and then as the
rest of the state became more and
more thickly settled, to thriving lit
tie city of souls that numbered into
the thousands. She can remember
way back when the state of Wiscon-
sin was formally admitted to the I'm
ion and the great excitement that fol-
lowed. Then in 1850 Southport be-
came Kenosha, and the long chain of
events in the growth and development
of the city began. The Civil war came
and went. The railroad booms, the
gold rushes, the Indian battles, the
phenomenal growth of the west - all
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

OF these events passed in review be-
fore her as she grew herself.
Has Three Sons Living Here.
Now little Emily Foot had grown to
be demure little lass much like every
other little lass of those days. She
was wooed and won by Henry White,
who himself was q farmer with Wis
ion of prosperity in the west.
Today Mrs. White has passed her
88th birthday. She is still in good
health, and with the exception of
slightly impaired hearing has retained
all of her faculties. She is able to be
UP and around daily and takes great
interest in the events that are happen
ing about her, both locally and ma
tionally.
Mrs. White has three sons living in
Kenosha. With one, Ward White, at
Ats Bond street, she is now making
her home. Another son, Clarence
White lives on a farm off South NSher-
idan road with his family, while George
White, the third son, lives on English
court. Mrs. White also has two sisters
living. Mrs. Jennie Jones, SO, at
Morristown, Mimi, and Emily Hoyt
79, at Child City. Iowa.
In recognition of the remarkable
record Of Mrs White. the Kenosha
county board is having her picture
placed in the historical room of the
new courthouse building, inscribed
"the first white woman born in Pleas
ant Prairie"
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County Board
Let Contracts
to KenOsh0ElS

"Made in Kenosha" by Kenosha
contractors is true in more ways than
one in the case of the new courthouse
and Jail building here. When the
county board began letting contracts
for the work on the building they had
in their minds the desire to give as
much of the work as was possible to
Kenosha contractors and still be con-
sistent with the high standards set
by the board for the work. That they
have succeeded in this is evident from
a glance at the list of contractors
and sub-contractors who shared in the
construction activities.
Joseph LindI of the architectural
firm of Lindl Lesser and Schuette, ar
chitects for the courthouse and Jail,
is a Kenoshan and had much to do
with the designing of the plans for
the building.
The general contract was let to the
Hutter Construction company, Fond
du Lac, Wis. The contract for heat
ing, ventilating, and heating control
was let to the Thomas Heating COM
pany, Racine. The plumbing contract
was given to E. J. Sullivan, of Keno
sha; while the contract for electric
wiring of the building was awarded
to the Uhlein Orthman company of
Milwaukee.
Other contractors to whom work
was sublet by these contractors in
clude:
Bonded Floor company, Detroit.
/ U. F. Burner company, Milwaukee.
| Consolidated Sheet Metal company,
Milwaukee.
Andres Stone and Marble company,
Milwaukee.
A. F. Wagner Architectural Iron
Works, Milwaukee.
General Fireproofing company,
Youngstown, Ohio.
Milwaukee Chair company, Milwau-
kee.
Grobben Manufacturing company,
Milwaukee.
International Easement company,
jamestown, N. Y.
! Dahlstrom Metallic Door company,
jamestown, N. Y.
| Consolidated Stone company, Bed
ford, Ind.
Van Dorm Iron company, Jail cells,
| Cleveland.
| Rosenberg Elevator company, Mil
waukee.
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass company,
Milwaukee.
Dunnebacke company, Kenosha.
Central Fuel and Ice company, Ke-
nosha.
Kenosha Sand and Gravel company,
Kenosha.
Birmingham Lumber company, Ke-
nosha.
Kenosha Lumber company, Kenosha.
Southport Lumber company, Keno
sha.
johnson Service company, Milwau4
kee.
Stromberg Electric company, Chi
cago.
Monroe Benbrook company, Chicago.
! Josephson and Zimmerman company,
| Kenosha.
! Thomey Hardware company, Keno
sha.
William J. Anderson company, Chi
| cago, decorators
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-
Seated in an easy chair IN the home
of her son of Ats Bond street is a
little woman who has watched the
vast panorama of life go by in front
of her for more than eight years.
She is Mrs. Emma White, and she has
the distinction of being the first
white woman born in Pleasant Prairie.
Born on the eighty-acre farm of her
father who had that same year come
to Pleasant Prairie, Emma Foot first
saw the light on September s, 1887.
She was one of family of nine chill
dren. But being a youngster in the
forties was considerably unlike being
one today, and there was many a
struggle and hardship during the
first few years in the west. 1t was
one continual fight with the soil to
give up its bounty that the family
might live and that it might raise the
wherewithal for that season when the
earth sleeps under the blanket of
snow. There were no neighbors TO
play with - there wasn't another fam
lily for five miles, and in the entire
village of Southport in 1887 there were
but six families.
Remembers Visits of Indians.
And SO little Emma Foot began life
under humble circumstances in even
less romantic surroundings. About
once every three or four weeks George
Foot, the father, would hitch up the
team of oxen there were no horses
in Pleasant Prairie until several years
later, and taking along as many of the
family as could pile into the old COW
cred wagon, he would begin at sun
rise the long, dusty, uncomfortable
road to Southport with load of pro-
visions. Sometimes they would go by
way of the old Milwaukee road into
town, and at other times, when the
weather was not so good, they would
take the Plank road. It was matter
of several hours to negotiate that
seven miles from the farm to the trad
ing post in Southport along the lake.
Other times the little girl remem-
bered the visits of Indians. They were
peaceful Indians in the neighborhood
those days, and these were quick to
learn and adopt the methods and man
ners Of the white man. Many times
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
SLATER TALKS TO
BOARDS GUESTS
Judge of Municipal Court
Helps Make Merry at
Banquet Table.
RECALLS .OLDEN DAYS

"Such wonderful structure as the
new courthouse will serve as one Of
the greatest agencies among our citi-
zens today in inspiring respect for
the law" Hon. John G. Slater, judge
of the municipal court, told gather
ing of the Racine and Kenosha county
boards and their guests at the Elk's
club this noon. The men and women
gathered around the festive banquet
table in a spirit Of thanksgiving for
the completion of the ceremonial OF
dedicating the new courthouse and Jail
building as much as for an expression
of gratitude to those men through
whose patient efforts and personal
sacrifice the work has come to a sue
cessful completion.
Attorney Alfred L. Drury presided
at the meeting in only the character
istic manner that he has for such oc-
casions, and Judge Slater was the prin-
cipal speaker. An original poem by
William Ellis celebrating the occasion
Of the dedication was read before the
gathering by the author.
Judge Talks of Old Times.
Judge Slater, in his address, paint
ed the day as one of the most signi-
ficant in the history Of the county.
"The child is not yet born who will
see in his lifetime the necessity for
building another courthouse" he said.
He paid tribute to the county board
for their accepting the magnanimous
responsibility for e.scting the build
ing.
"No one feels more proud Of this
building than do" the judge continu-
ed. 81 see in it new era for the
side of law and order in Kenosha
county. This grand structure will in
spire respect for the law and obedi-
ence to its dictates"
Heralds New Era in Courts.
The speaker went on to compare the
courts Of Europe with those of Amer
lea and those in the America of years
ago and those in the America Of to-
day. He described his first impressions
of courts and judges and their duties
received when as boy of II he came
to Kenosha.
81 hope that all of the members Of
the county board will live to hear their
great grandchildren say in days to
come what wonderful men the men Of
today were who provided this new
courthouse
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Playing at War
Nearly Causes Death

New York City-(AP)--Mimic anti
aircraft warfare in which seventeen
hits were registered on flying targets
out of 344 shots, nearly cost the life
of an artillery observation officer at
Fort Tilden before the tests reached
what army officers described as sue
cessful conclusion.
The accidental opening of his para
chute while shells were bursting on
all sides nearly dragged Lieut.. F. H.
Morrow from a Martin bomber towing
target over the fort last night.
Lieut.. Percy Warner, radio operator
on the plane, grabbed the ground line
of the parachute as it few past him,
and held on until Lieut.. Morrow, who
was lying on the fuselage, realized
the danger Morrow rolled himself
up in the trappings and succeeded
in disentangling himself.
The plane, piloted by Lieutenant A.
Y. Smith, was carried 5000 feet over
the sea at the time. officers said
that had the parachute carried Lieut..
Morrow away he would have been
shot to death. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
Bad Weather
Hats Macmillan

Washington, D. C. - (AP) - Bad
weather has forced the MacMilIan arc
tic expedition to halt on its way
south from Etah, Greenland. A des-
patch received at the navy department
today from Lieutenant Commander
Byrd, commanding the navy section,
said:
Perry and Bowdoin are laying-to
at Dooth Sound on account of bad
weather"
Although Dooth Sound is unmarke d
on available maps, it is said to be
slightly to the south of Murchison
Sunday after hundred mile trip
from Etah along the west coast of
Greenland
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

Throughout the program the Since
band, under the direction of George
Green, baudmaster, provided musical
selections for the program.
And in front of the building was
arrayed company of "Kenosha's Fin
est" in parade dress.
After the program was over the
county board of supervisors and their
guests adjourned to the Elks' club
where they "made merry" on the occa-
sion of the dedication over the ban
quet table, while the many who had
gathered to hear the program went
through the courthouse on tours of
inspection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
HAS FEW FARM SCIENTISTS.

Leningrad.-(AP)-A census under
taken by the Leningrad Academy of
Science shows there are 4,265 acknaw-
lodged scientists in Leningrad, while
in Moscow there are only 2,740. The
majority of the scientists are rlathe-
maticians and natural science special
lists. Agriculturists from only four
per cent of the above figures. The per-
centage of women among the Moscow
and Leningrad scientists is IA per cent
and q per cent EesQectiYsly-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

fitted up as a hospital room for sick
prisoners.
But a description in words is far too
inadequate to give a proper compre-
hepsion of what the county board has
provided for the county in the way Of
a penal home. The reader is urged to
visit the Jail building himself vol
UNFAIRLY. And the sheriff aud the po-
lice and the judges and all of the
force for law and order in the city and
county urge the reader to go voluntar-
lily, and not through obligation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
TURN COURTHOUSE
OVER TO PEOPLE

CONTINUED from page y
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
They'll Find II a Pleasure
TO Serve Time In Jail NOIO
New Jail Adjoining County Courthouse Makes Palace for
Prisoners Who Are Brought In to Serve
Time Hereafter

tier of cells. There are no keys any
more.
There is a tier of cells for Juvenile
prisoners, another tier for women
prisoners, and psychopathic ward
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27
FOREST FIRE AT SUPERIOR.

Superior, Wis. (AP) Forest
fires were reported raging west Of
Gordon, WIS, south Of here, this
morning between Spider Lake and
Whitefsh Lake famed by northwest
wind. The section between the two
lakes is well wooded and the finder
like conditions are hampering fire
lighters, =
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Here are shown two of
the judges who are to pre-
side over courts in Keno
sha county's new court
house. Above is Judge G.
Slater, judge of the muni-
cipal court of Kenosha
county. At the side is
shown Judge Robert Verne
Baker, judge of the probate
court of Kenosha county.
Judge E. B. Belden, judge
of the circuit court of Ke-
nosha county, is shown
elsewhere in this edition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-27

The man or woman who gets a
term in the new county jail-and
there are some serving time now who
will have that privilege in a few days
will find a vast difference between
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1925-08-13
COUPLE We'd
70 YEARS AT
OCONOMOWOC
Traded Furs With The
Indians In Earlier
Days For a Living

Oconomowoc, Wis.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Bender, pioneer residents of
this city, quietly observed their
SEVENTH wedding anniversary at
their home Friday. Mr.. Bender
is SO years old and his wife is 49,.
Four of their children, Mrs. George
E. Robinson and Cyrenus K. Ben
der of Oconomowoc, and Mrs. Ar
thur w. Spaulding and Mrs. Arthur
Dean Thompson both of Seattle,
Wash, were present with other rel
atives
Mr.. and Mrs. Bender are parents
of three other children: Edward
Bender, tSan Diego, CAL; Louis
Bender, BhemertoR, Wash; and
William Bender, Des Moines, Wash
The couple were married on Aug
IL, 1855 at Granville, Wis. They
made their home at Fremont, Wis.
trading with the Indians and TAX
ing their furs to Milwaukee. A
few years later they purchased a
farm near Oconomowoc.