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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
Show of Chemical
Warfare Hurts Is

ROCKFORD. H.. Aug. 2t.--By u.
PA demonstration OF chemical
warfare at Camp Grant. near here
resulted in the injury OF is persons
Sunday. when crowds OF spectators
surEed into tho line of fire.
Col II. d. orr Of the field hospital
staff said none OF the injuries would
prove fatal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
California Ship
Operator in City

X. III. Swayne. president OF Swaync
& White. steamship operators OF San
Francisco. is registered at the oiym-
pic Hotel. II Is said that no came
to Seattle 10 look over the steam.
ship situation. and that he muy de.
eide 20 take hand in tho deal that
is soon 10 DO made between tho
United States shipping board and
somo largo Pacific Coast operators.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
NOw Firenan'H Reach

OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 2l,-Recently the civil service
y board here watched little fireman at the end Of big
ladder vany try reach another inches 10 get hold Of
the window of blazing building They Immediately re-
turned 10 their office and drew up ruling Now no
fireman be less than feet inches in height The old
minimum feet inches Thus. the civil service made
their little fire stretch the needed two inches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
Second Victim of
Texas Storm Dies

HOUSTON. Tex. Aug. 2t.--Death
Of Leonard Parker. .. Sunday even.
ing. raised the toll OF the storm ut
Kemah and seabrook, on Galveston
bay. Saturday night. TO two. with
nino injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24

Sparks from a rubbish heap sun.
day night ignited an abandoned leo
house at Auburn. The building be.
longed 10 the Northern Pacific rail.
road. but had been given up some
time ago because /, was dllapldatcd.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
KEEP DISCOVERY DAY

Alaska Yukon Pioneers and Ladies
Of the Golden North VIII hold their
annual Discovery Day picnic next
Sunday at Halls lake. Ben Fergu-
son. northern chief. Is In charge 81
arrnnremsnts
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
Negroes Rob Street
Car Conductor

o. l.. Burruss stopped his IL. Cher
ry trolley at 2lst ave. and II. James
st. nearly Sunday.
Two armed negroes got aboard.
Two minutes later they left
Cash and tokens totallinB $50 left
with them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
Prohibition Tom-Cat
Takes to Drink; Dope
and CarOuSing Fatal

iliot, tired and THIRSTY. hs took
one little lep ~ the liquid Thea
another. end another until final
~ he licked the whole mess up.
Next morning he lined up twen-
ty-scveu rats for W.,
Then Ernest got 90 knocking
bottles down every day. AZ first
Il was only bonded liquor, the
proNyar stuff hut a little later
be grew careless ana knocked
down anything that came handy
LOVE FOR DOPE
BROUGHT END
Two or three times week
then We would mlss Ernest. lie
began 90 participate in sercnndes
with a noisy gang near tho river,
once he came In with badly
gashed forehead. as tho Il
had been accidentally struck BY
flying she's With that came
neglect Co hts duties.
Last week, Joe pederlch Get
watch over his htorcroom IN
tho narcotic division. Every
packages Of dope strangely open.
When no amount OF outside
guarding stopped the leakage.
Joe sat up ali night and spotted
our Ernest snoaklus IN and sniff
ms around
I'VE found Ernest just had 10
have snittor every day. That
was tho end
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24

DETROIT Aug a. TINTED
rrcssl Paging tho Anil.saioon
League for a tom-eat who has
taken tho pledge
George perrinc. carptaker ~
tho prohibition Department. liq-
uor storcroom here is anxious Tor
such cat 10 replace his assis'
tant. Ernest, recently deceased,
Ernest. lot is DO said. was us
Industrious, as sober a tigcr cat
as you could find IN all tho
country round when no went 80
work for Mr. Pcrrine some six
months back. But is was a sod
der. asthmatic. blcary eyed
Ernest at tho end
Ernest was nll right until no
started drinking. Pcrriuc OK
planned but wine. woman and
sons. they've ruined far better
than he. First Il was only tho
best liquor And finally, 'he even
went TO dope
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
40 Acres Burned

Forty acres OF timber have been dc.
stroyed nj North lake, near Auburn,
according to Clayton CourtwrIght,
county fire warden. origin Is un.
known Tho fire burned q hours
before being brought under control.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-24
TONY TAKES
THE FIRST DRINK

Dropping a eonnscatcd bottle
OF our choicest old whisky on
the cellar floor started Ernes, on
the downward path
Ho had been working hard for
three months. ana especially 50
for the two nights before when
a ncw family Of rats moved in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
Warns Against
Loans on Bonus
Attempts to Buy Certificates from Ex-
Service Men is Violation of
Compensation Act.

General Frank T. Hines, director Of
the Veterans bureau, has again sent
out the warning against persons
attempting to purchase the bonus
certificates from former service men.
it was learned from officials Of the
Legion today.
The World War adjusted compensa-
tion act provides that after the ex-
piration of two years after the date
of the certificate, any national bank,
or any bank or trust company incor-
porated under the laws of any state,
territory, possession or the District
of Columbia Is authorized to loan to
any veteran upon his promissory note,
secured by his adjusted service GER
tifcate, any amount not in excess Of
the loan basis which is printed upon
the face of the certificate, and the
act expressly makes void any negotia-
ton, assignment or loan made in
violation of these provisions.
Reports are coming from different
parts of the country that certain per-
sons are attempting to give loans on
the certificates or buy them. It was
reported that this was attempted
some time ago in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
Home Should Have
Full Equipment

Many homes offered for sale are.
lacking in equipment and if one is.
not careful in checking up on this;
matter it will be found of considerable
added expense.
The item of screens is one which
would cost in the neighborhood of
500 and unless this item is included
In the contract you will be disap-
pointed many times in finding that
they are missing.
1t is we'll also to specify the type
of screen which you desire. A close
mesh is the only type which should
be considered, as the ordinary style
permits the entrance of mosquitoes, to
the great annoyance of every one.
A hot water heater installed costs in
the neighborhood, of $50 to $75, de-
pending upon the make and type, and
is an item of necessity. It is not gen.
orally included with the home but will
be installed if you are insistent.
Weather strips are another part of
the homes equipment and an abso-
Lutte necessity. They should be in
stalled and considered in the original
purchase just the same as decoration
of home is ordinarily part of the
finished house.
A comparison in cost of one home
over another is many times mistaken
in favor Of the one which is really
worth considerably less owing to the
fact that the price quoted does not
take into consideration the equipment
as does the better buy. An instance
of this kind was called to the atten-
tion of the writer in a western suburb
few days ago.
Two houses of almost the same type
and dimensions were offered for sale
and one at price of $1,000 less than
the other. A check-up developed the
following conditions: First, that the
lot value of the cheaper one was some
500 less than the higher priced home.
The cheaper one was without any
screens and also undecorated, and the
hardware was considerably inferior.
The sum of this amounted to to-
tai of $3.50 and the lot value of $500
giving a total valuation of the better
home $3.50 more than the cheaper,
which, though priced at $1,000 less,
was really poorer buy by at least
$3.50.
In buying home already built be
careful and analyze the situation and
do not be misled by the first cost
unless you carefully consider what is
included in the deal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
Make Inspection
of Jail Facilities

Madison, Wis.-During the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1925, inspectors
of the state board of control. made
325 inspections of county jails, work
houses, city police stations and vii
lage lockups.
These inspections have not only re-
vealed unsatisfactory housing and un-
sanitary conditions in some instances
but have also paved the way for many
improvements. Many of the jails were
overcrowded at times during the year
which has led to difficult administra-
tive problems. In some instances Of
icials were found lax and careless in
the performance of their duties. Va
cant cells were sometimes used to
store coniscated liquor and stills. In
many instances the bedding was
found poor and unsanitary and some
times with evidences of vermin. In
adequate heating and ventilating IA
cilities were frequently found and
many of the cell rooms dark and
dingy and badly in need of paint
and a general cleaning.
Some of the village lockups are en-
tirely inadequate for the communities
which they serve. A few are compos-
ed of nothing more than two cell
steel cage, placed in room in the
village hall which is usually frame
building. The housing of persons de-
tanned by locked doors or barred win
dows in buildings of this sort is con-
trary to law, as all persons so
detained must be housed in fire.
proof buildings.
In most instances the local officials
have shown willingness to cooperate
with the board of control in carrying
out it's recommendations and as a re-
suit many improvements have been
made. Here and there, however, the
board has not received this co-opera-
tion and today advised the village Of
fcials of the villages of Niagara,
Pembine and Wausaukee in Marinette
county and the village of Florence in
Florence county, that if provisions for
a more suitable and safe place for de-
tention purposes has not been made
within six months, or provisions for
the same are not completed within a
reasonable period thereafter, their
lockups will be closed to the admis-
sion of persons and condemned by the
board for use as places of detention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
Extensive Survey for
Pay Schedules

+
Madison "A survey of posi-
tons in Wisconsin state government
fer the purpose of preparing sched-
ules in grades and salaries is being
made by the state civil service COM
mission, pursuant to Chapter 16 Of
the Wisconsin statutes.
Each department in state service is
required under the law to furnish the
commission with such information re-
garding each employee as will enable
the commission to standardize salar-
les insofar as possible for similar
lines of work While the survey ex-
tends to every branch of state SER
vice, A. E. Carey, secretary and chief
examiner of the commission, states
that any changes resulting from rec
concentrations in the new classifica-
tions will relate to jurisdiction of the
civil service law.
A QUESTIONABLE required to be filed
by each employee must state the daily
hours of work, days of vacation with
pay, sick leave with pay, overtime
hours and reason for the same,
amount of salary, amount allowed for
overtime, other allowances received,
tools supplied by state or furnished
by employee, kind of work done, desir-
able and undesirable features of the
work, and supervision, if any, of other
employees.
In addition to this information
heads of departments are required to
furnish data descriptive Of the organ
ization and working functions of the
Office, annual reports, copies of all
forms and blanks used, copies and i'm
structions, rules, and regulations,
copy of organization chart, showing
relative positions of each man in de-
partments, and nature of legal or Of
Hoia1
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16

TvHE fortunate posSessors of a
summer porch spend at least
= four months of the year in its
delightful environment. 1t is the
connecting-lin between the home
and the great outdoor world. There
fore it should be made an exceed
ingly attractive place in which to
while away many a summer hour
with books or friends or needle
work.
White is the best color to paint
the posts and ratings of the porch,
but the gayest of hues are now
used in its further decoration. The
floor should be painted some neu-
trail shade that will not readily
show dust and foot-marks;s but this
may be partially covered with
bright-colored rug, harmonizing
with the general color-scheme. The
ceiling of the porch is usually paint
ed light blue, to give the effect of
sky or height.
The porch furniture-chairs,
table, divan or swing-may be
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
AUTO THIEF IS
SENT TO PRISON
Melvin P. Gribble Sentenc-
ed to Ten Years at the
Federal P enitentiary.
STOLE CAR IlERE

Melvin P. Gribble, who posed as a
travelling salesman and who on April
9Th last failed to return an automo-
bile rented from the Ellis Rent-A-C
garage in Kehosha, has been sem
fenced to serve ten-year term in the
federal penitentiary in Fit. Leaven-
worth, Kansas, according to news dis
patches reaching Kenosha this morn
ing. He pleaded guilty to five counts
of violation of the Dyer Act, the fed
eral act against automobile thefts, and
was sentenced in a federal court in
Milwaukee.
His escapade in Kenosha proved his
,undoing. After he had been nabbed
for taking car here investigation re-
vealed that he was wanted in several
other places for similar offenses and
when confronted with the evidence
against him he entered plea Of
guilty.
Stole Ford Coupe Here.
Gribble came to Kenosha about
April 6th He was well-dressed and
gave the appearance Of being a sales
man. He went to the Rent-A-Car gar
age operated by Clyde Ellis on West
Main street and rented Ford coupe.
When he failed to return at the end of
the time for which the car was rented
an investigation was started. This
gave every reason to believe that he
had deliberately driven away with the
rented car.
He was treiled by detectives and
finally arrested. The Kenoshan's car
has been recovered and will be
brought back to this city later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16

painted in any of several delightful
color schemes. Among the most
attractive for the summer porch are
orange and gray, rose and black,
yellow with touches of black or
green, green with tan or black,
Chinese red and black. black and
orange, grey and red. Bright-toned
chintz or cretonne is used for cush-
ions and covers, in shades harmon
izing or contrasting with the paint
colors of the furniture.
Porch awnings, too, should harm
onize to a certain extent; though
the restful green and brown COM
binations seem most appropriate.
If there is a shade, or Venetian
blinds, across one end of the porch,
green is the usual color for this
protection from the sun Porch
boxes, hanging baskets, waste-paper
baskets and Observation-Disclosures
the tall, standing variety OF bird
should be painted in colcrs
blending into the general scheme
of decoration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
BLAINE DEFENDS
HTS TAX STAND
Governor, in Letter to Iowa
Editor, Defends Admin
istrati0n Tax Posture.
RAPS IOWA SYSTEM

Madison. Wis. In ans
wer to an attack on Wisconsin taxa
ton as affected by bills 1872 S and
52e s, passed by the 1925 Wisconsin
legislature, Governor Blaine made
public today letter to Denta M.
Pierce, publisher of "The Wisconsin
Farmer" in which he severely criti-
cises as unfounded in fact an editor
ial entitled New Evidence of Care
less Wisconsin's Financing, which
appeared in recent issue of that
magazine.
In the letter the governor asks that
Mr.. Pierce make correction through
his publication of certain misrepre-
sensations of fact, which, he charges,
were made in the editorial.
The letter follows in part:
BILL No. $50 was the tax COM
MISSIONS corrective measure relating
to administration of the income tax
law, Bill 1872 S was the general income
tax revision law.
Regarding Income Tax.
All provisions of 122 S were in full
effect as to the payment of income
taxes for the year 1926 on incomes re-
ported in 1925, except that Of the adj
ditional exemptions of $4O0 for hus-
band and wife, or head of family,
and 500 additional exemption for de-
pendents, and even as to those addi-
tional exemptions, my personal opin-
ion was that bill 122 S made those
exemptions apply to the 1924 incomes
payable in 1925. However, there was
some uncertainty and in order to make
those additional exemptions effective
and certain, 529 S was passed after
the most gallant. battle of 80 hours
that the progressive members of the
legislature ever won.
Therefore, 529 S, instead of adj
ding 100000 to any tax bill reduc-
ed income taxes more than $1,000, 900
on those least able to bear the burden.
"You go on in your editorial to state
that it became obvious that some such
action was necessary if an increase
in the state levy was to be avoided
How could reduction of 100000
be necessary to avoid an increase in
any state tax levy?
"You then go in a burdened way to
talk about an additional burden of
$4,000 tax to be collected.
"Bill No. 52e had nothing to do
with rates, deductions, or offsets in
the income tax law under bill 1872 S,
and affected only the exemptions l
have mentioned to make it certain
that they would apply on the income
tax payment of 1926.
Raps Taxes in Iowa.
MAY comment briefly on the
tax law Of your home state Of Iowa.
A member Of your Iowa legislature
said: I consider that Iowa has the
worst tax system there is. Farm
lands and livestock in Iowa furnish
over Sc per cent of the tax, and yet
federal reports show $4,000 Iowa
farmers either bankrupt or in q con-
dition equal to it,
"That Iowa member of the legisla-
ture undertook revision of your tax
laws and the enactment of an income
tax law, and you opposed it.
II congratulate the farmers cf the
state of Wisconsin that they did not
permit you, resident of Iowa, to con-
troll Wisconsin legislation"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16

When a house is old, it is merely
a case Of repainting the roof, as
we'll as the rest of the house. In
this case, it will be more practical
bic to paint the roof all one color,
instead of attempting several tones.
Green-brown, red, or reddish-browp
are popular Protectors. Deep red
dish-brown makes an attractive roof
for a house that is painted cream
and has brown brick-work on porch
and chimney. A green roof is har
monious on a house painted brown
and relieved with a white wood
trim. On a house painted cream,
with brown wood-trirn, red roof
is always effective. There is a
shade of pinkish-red that is delight
full as color for the roof of
house painted a deep ivory tint. A
roof and wood-trim of golden
brown are effective on a house that
has been given that soft, pinkish
hue resembling the tint of Cali
fornia stucco.
The roof color should always be
a harmonious part of the general
color-scheme of the house. Con-
trast is desirable, but never to an
extent where it becomes discord-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16

either by writing directly to the coun-
Gil or to the Kenosha Evening News
under the Voice of the People col
umn. Let them state whether they be-
lieve the plan for honoring men who
were prominent in the building up of
Kenosha by naming streets after them
meets with their approval or whether
they favor the states plan, the presi-
Dental plan or any of the others.
These comments will be welcomed.
Hearing on Permits.
The council also set Monday evening
as a time for the hearing of any APP
plicants for Glass A permits who were
refused at the last meeting of the
council and who desires to present his
side of the case. Several of the tper-
mitless thirty-four" have renewed
their applications for permits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
r en- a ming Street Plan
Takes Step Forward at
Committee Meeting.
SUGGEST MANY PLANS
Council Adopts Plan for Num-
bering the East and
West Streets.

Another step towards the remaining
of the streets of Kenosha was taken
Monday evening when the city coun-
ell, at meeting as a committee of
the whole, held in the Office of the
city manager at the city hall, went
over the project and showed that 1t
favored the general movement for
adoption of new street names. De-
tails of the plan are to be worked
out later, the council today appealing
to the public in Kenosha to assist the
council in deciding, on this question.
One part OF the project was imme-
diately accepted by the council. That
was the part which suggested that the
east and west streets be numbered,
becoming uniform The plan which
met with the most favor for remain
ing these east and west streets was
the one which would start at a point
north of the present limits, about the
Berryville road, and accepting that as
LIST street, continue through the city.
This would make Prairie avenue Goth
street, Middle street 50th street, Selma
avenue 10th street and other streets
accordingly. This would provide
for continuance Of the system to
the south to the state line.
Other Streets a Problem.
The stumbling block in the new plan
was to adopt a method of naming the
streets which run north and south and
which have been named haphazardly.
Several plans were suggested, namely:
/. That the streets be named as
monuments to men who have done
much to build up the city Of Keno
sha. These names would be given to
the streets in alphabetical order start
ing with the CAS-" at the lake front.
A tentative plan was mapped out to
keep Rowland avenue, Lyman avenue
and several other streets, which have
been named after Kenosha pioneers
as they are. 1t is suggested in this
plan that for the sake of the touring
public Sheridan road should remain
unchanged and that probably Main
street should continue under this
name.
2. A second suggestion was that the
streets be named after the states of
the Union in alphabetical order.
8. Another suggestion was that the
names of the presidents of the United
States be used either in alphabetical
order or as used in Chicago in the
chronological order in which they
served as executives of this nation.
4. Other suggestions included the
adoption of names after the various
cities in Wisconsin, as Ashland, Anti
go, Manitowoc, Marinette avenues, or
after Indian tribes famous in Wiscon-
sin history.
Ask Opinion of People.
''The council would be pleased to
know the sentiment of the people Of
Kenosha on this subject" stated City
Manager Osborn this morning. cit is
hoped that many Kenoshans will in
terest themselves in this subject and
ELsleh council iuow thedE 7icRs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-16
Hold Funeral of
Miss Mary Dugan
Last Rites Held for Well known
Resident at Silver Lake
Funeral on Monday.

} Funeral services for Miss Mary
Dugan were held at the Holy Name
church at Wilmot on Monday morning
with Rev. Father J. Braskey reading
the solemn requiem mass. Interment
followed in the Holy Name cemetery.
Miss Dugan died July 10 at Silver
Lake, one of the best beloved mem
bers of the community. She was born
April 26, 1s48 in New York state and
removed when a child with her par
ents to Brighton. For the last fifty
years she has been living on the
Dugan farm at Silver Lake. She is
survived by two sisters, Johanna of
Silver Lake, Mrs. Bridget Hannah, of
Dunconb, Iowa, and by one brother,
Michael of Silver Lake.
She was known throughout the
vicinity as "Aunt Mary" much re-
spected for her Christian character and
loved for her happy disposition.