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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
JURY FAILS TO
FINISH VERDICT
Incomplete Verdict in Suit
Gives C. Martin Damages
of $4,000 Today.
MUST RECALL JURY
Jurors Failed to Write in An
swers to Specific Questions
Asked by the Court.

Holding that the arrest of Charles
W. Martin, Chicago manufacturer, was
uniustffed, the jury which heard the
big damage suit brought by Martin
against DR.. Byron j. Corbin of Chicago
brought a sealed verdict into the court
this morning awarding damages to
Martin in the sum of $4,000. The YER
dict of the jury was opened in the abb
sence Of the court and after the usual
motions for setting aside the verdict
and new trial had been made, the
Jury was discharged.
Later Judge Belden was notified by
telephone of the finding of the jury.
He was read the verdict and he an
nounced that the verdict was inconn-
plete and that it would be necessary to
call in the jury again on Wednesday
for further deliberations. 1t Is be-
lieved that the attorneys for both the
plaintiff and the defendant will consent
to this arrangement by the court.
No Answer to Three Questions.
The verdict was incomplete in that
the members Of the jury had failed to
write in answers to the three questions
which had been suggested by the court
in connection with the defense which
had been made in the case. Instead OF
writing in an answer to the questions,
the jurors had simply scratched them
off the verdict with lead pencil.
"The three questions should have
been formally answered." said the
court in discussing the verdict over the
telephone, "and to complete the verdict
It will be necessary for the, attorneys
in the case, to consent to the calling in
Of the jurors for further delibera-
tons" It was admitted that the YER
dict left no doubt as to the intent of
the jurors in deciding the case.
Verdict is a Surprise.
It is admitted that the verdict was a
surprise to the attorneys and to the
litigants in the case. Martin, who al
legged that he had been assaulted by
Corbin and submitted to an unjustifed
arrest had asked for damages in the
sum of $4,000. Corbin, in a counter
claim, had declared that he had been
the victim Of an assault on the part
of Martin and his agents and he de-
manded big damages.
The questions which were not form
ally answered by the jury were iT re-
gard to the counter-claim made by Cor
bin, The suit had engendered lot Of
bitterness between the two Chicago
men, who are neighbors out in the
town Of Salem, and it is not improbable
that the case will go to the supreme
court. Several other suits, based on
the same state of facts, are still pend
ing in the court but it is possible that
these will not be tried until some final
determination is made of the Martin
Corbin case.
The opening of the sealed verdict
was the, only matter to come up IN
court this morning and Judge Belden
did not come to. Kenosha. Over the
telephone he said that there had been
no further developments in his inves-
legations leading up to the calling for
a grand jury for Kenosha. No session
Of the court will be held on Tuesday
on account of the national election
making the day legal holiday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
Body of Lord Mayor
Lies in State at Cork

Cork Ireland-The body of Terence
MacSwiney, the ex-lord mayor of Cork,
lay in state today in the city hall,
where in life MacSwiney had presided
as lord mayor. After damages to the
casket in fist fights after it had been
received by the authorities at Queens
town, MacSwiney's body lay in peace.
The body was only claimed by rela-
tives after the military forces had
threatened burial in the barracks
burial grounds in Cork. The city of
Cork is quiet and the additional
troops sent to quell any possible dis
turbance seem to be superflous. The
funeral will be held tomorrow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
Are Philippines
to Be Dry soon?
The American Colony Opposes Prohi-
bition but the Natives are
Working For 1t.

Manila, P Prohibition looms big
on the Philippine horizon now.
Many of the Americans here are OPP
posed to prohibition, while there is a
growing sentiment among the Filipinos
in favor of it.
DR.. Marvin A. RAIDER, pastor of the
Methodist church here, is the principal
exponent of prohibition. His Filipino
aide is Bienvenido A. Tan, young
lawyer and member of the municipal
board.
The municipal board recently con-
sidered a measure prohibiting the
sale of liquor in Manila, but when the
measure was pared down it was passed
to prohibit sale to American soldiers.
sailors and marines only.
Congressman Charles H. Randall,
member of the congressional junke-
tiers, who visited the islands, stated he
would bring the question of Philippine
prohibition before Congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
Germans TO Have
Eugene Marriage

Berlin Candidates for matrimony
who apply for marriage licenses at the
registrars office now are handed a
special bulletin of the Imperial Board
of Health urging them to consult a
physician and obtain clean bill of
health before marrying. The bulletin
gives warning that man or woman
who despite the doctors warning, en-
ters wedlock commits grave offense.
The imperial code also provides for the
annulment of the marriage if one of
the contracting parties knowingly con-
ceals condition of health which
otherwise would prevent the union.
The bulletin is the result of concerted
action on the part of the German
physicians.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
NINE MEN HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Chicago, North Shore and
Milwaukee Employees
Meets Injuries.
CROWBAR IS CAUSE
Joseph Perry of Kenosha Most
Seriously Injured and He
Escaped with Broken Leg.

Nine men were injured, one of them
seriously, just before eight o'clock
this morning when flying "speeder''
on the tracks of the Chicago, Milwau-
keen and North Shore Electric rail-
way was wrecked in an unusual man
ner. The most seriously injured
member of the party of workmen, all
employees of the company, was Joseph
Perry, 20 years of age, who is resi-
dent of Kenosha. He is in the Keno
sha hospital suffering from a fracture
of the right leg between the knee and
the ankle. The eight other men who
were in the speeder at the time of
the accident were cut and bruised, but
it was not found necessary to take
any of them to the hospital. The
injuries to Perry are so severe that
he will be laid up at the hospital
for some time.
Accident an Unusual One.
The accident was one of the most
unusual in the history of rail-roading
in this section of the country. The
nine men had mounted the speeder at
the Kenosha station and had started
off to work along. the lines.r The
speeder is operated by electricity and
it was gathering speed when crow
bar which had been left on the front
end of the car fell off and caught in
the front trucks of the speeder.
Without warning the speeder bucked
like q buckinp bronco and +,,rpad ox,o,.
The nine men were thrown in heap
at the side of the tracks and Perry
the most seriously injured, was buried
under the wreckage Of the speeder.
Notwithstanding their own injuries
the other members of the party of
workers aided in releasing Perry from
his place under the wrecked car. He
was taken to the Kenosha hospital in
the police ambulance and DR.. HI. A.
Robinson, the surgeon of the company,
was called to attend him.
Cher Men Limp from Scene.
The eight men who were not taken
to the hospital all suffered slight
bruises and several of them were un-
able to return to work during the
day. Five of the men were able to
right the wrecked speeder a half hour
after the accident and nursing their
bruises they went on to work for the
company. 1t was declared that care
lessness in placing the tools on the
speeder had been the cause of the
accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
LITHUANIANs REPEL INVASION.

London.-The Lithuanian legation
announced today that the Lithuanian
people were rallying to the colors to
repel the invasion of the Polish troops.
Wilma, the ancient capitol, is in the
hands of the Polish under Gen. Zelig-
owski and Kovno is threatened. Old
men and students were reported as
having joined the army. Several at
tacks on Kovno and wilma mines were
reported to have been repealed. 1t was
also said that German troops had
proffered their services to the Lithu-
anfans but that their offer had been
declined.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
AMERICANS SLAYER Is
SENTENCED TO PRISON
nv Associated Press)

Bologna - Sentence of twenty-seven
years, four months and three days was
aound against Alfredi Crocci in the
court here last night as a result of
his trial for the murder of Ruth
Crueger of New York in 1917, The sem
tence was arrived at by the court af-
ter long deliberation. The Italian
was found guilty on four counts -
criminal assault, murder in the first
degree, falsifying to secure passport
and enrolling falsely in military SER
vice. The aggregate sentence for all
was thirty years for which little
more than two years was subtracted to
meet the technicalities of the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
Polish Government
Commanders Rooms
lRu Assnciated pressl

Warsaw All rooms in the private
homes Of this city were commandered
by the government today to meet the
house shortage Only three rooms will
be allowed to any family regardless of
their wealth or social position and the
remainder will be turned over to
strangers now in Warsaw. The city
has doubled in population since the
opening Of the war and this step was
necessary to meet the conditions
brought on by approaching winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04

Washington. Recognition by the
principal allied nations may soon be
Won by the new Mexican government
as virtual recognition by the United
States was made today. Although sew
eral of the South and Central Ameri-
can republics have already recognized
the Mexican government, the foreign
powers such as Great Britain and
France, have been waiting until they
saw what the United States would do
in the matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
RAGGED STRANGER"
is AGAIN IDENTIFIED
Man Lured to His Death by Lieutenant
Carl Wanderer was John Barrett,
a Former Canadian Soldier.
(By Associated Pres,

Chicago.-The ragged stranger for
whose murder Carl Wanderer, who was
found guilty of the murder of his wife
and sentenced to rs years imprison-
ment, is still under indictment, was
identified today as John, Barrett, a
former Canadian soldier. The ldenti-
fication was made by Herbert Potter,
another Canadian soldier, who said he
had known Barrett well for some time
prior to the murder. Potter took the
detectives to hotel where the register
showed John Barrett" had been writ
ten there daily until the day OF the
Wanderer murder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
KENosHAN BADLY HURT.

Gust Striglos, one of the members of
the firm of Striglos Brothers, was bad
cut and bruised late Friday night in an
automobile accident near Chicago while
he was driving to DeKalb, He was
taken to a hospital in DeKalb where it
was said that he was painfully but not
seriously injured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
BALACLAvA's ANNIVERSARY.

London.-British cavalrymen on 0c-
tober 25th celebrated the Goth ami
versary of the Battle of Balaclava, i'm
mortalized by one of history's greatest
yet most glorious military blunder5,
the "Charge of the Light Brigade" on
which Tennyson based his poem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
HARDING WINDS UP CAMPAIGN.
(Rv IInited Prass1

Marion.-Senator Warren G. Harding
is now making his final dash on the
home stretch Of the presidential race.
He is on his way to Columbus where
he winds up his campaign with a
speech at Memorial hall. During his
trip to Columbus he will go through
Middleton, the birthplace of Cox, and
also Dayton, the present residence of
the Democratic candidate, It is ex-
pected that he will make several rear
platform speeches as he goes along.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
BoLsHEvIKs IN RETREAT.

Constantinople Bolshevik troops
fighting the Ukrainians along the
Dniester river are retreating all along
the line according to official state
ments reaching here today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
GOLF IS HEALTHY.

Toronto-Harry Vardon, English golf
star, has gained five pounds in weight
since coming to America and engaging
in a long American tour.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04

The Hamilton, OHIO, plant winch has
just commenced to play an important
role turned out 2,740 transmissions
which were shipped to the various
plants. Although July saw the break
ing Of the June record, there was no
day upon which a greater number Of
tractors were assembled than the rec
ord day Of June 10Th when 545 were
finished
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04
Ohio Plant Very Busy.

work late in June; and 2S6 at Cork,
Tralard
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04

In need of help-Try a Want Ad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-11-04

Read the sporting page.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
PURDUE LEADS OFFENSIVE
AGAINST ARMY WORM MENACE

Announcement has been made at
Purdue university that the university
will organize a campaign to halt the
army worm pest, which has appeared
in Vanderburg and other southern
counties. According to reports, dam
ages done by the worms is not yet
serious. and work will begin at once
to forestall dangerous plague. The
worms are said to be attacking corn,
wheat, oats, clover and other crops.
The pest will be combatted through
the use of poisoned bait and trench
digging. The poisoned bait is COM
posed Of bran, molasses and arsenate
Of lead, and the mixture is scattered
broadcast over the infected area.
The trench system consists of plow-
ing a furrow entirely around the in
fected area, and dragging log
through the trench to form a dust
through which the worms cannot adj
vance. Crude oil is then poured into
the trench to kill the worms.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
Tax Law Best We Ever
Had. Saws P. Zoercher

When people generally come to I'M
derstand the state tax law they will
befriend it and appreciate its great
worth, Philip H. Zoercher. of the state
board of tax commissioners, who is
defending the law in Indiana, said
Tuesday while in Richmond in consul
tation with the county board of equali-
cation at the court house.
1T is the best law Indiana ever
had. and people are becoming recon
ciled to its virtues" said Mr.. Zoercher
at would be much better if this law
were looked at like any other law and
accepted as such by the people who
have made it.
Il think the people should have a
full chance to approve the law, but
when it is in force it should be COM
piled with instead Of evaded. That
the latter policy has been practiced
by some folks is regrettable."
Knockers against the law occasion
ally have political reasons. some do
not understand it, and others are simp-
ly habitual knockers, according to Mr..
Zoercher.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
Farm Federation

The announcement was made at the
quarterly meeting Of the board of di-
rectors and officers of the Indiana
Federation Of Farmers associations
in Indianapolis Monday by John G.
Brown, of Monon, president of the or
ganization. that indianapolis had
been selected as the convention city
for holding the second annual gather
ing of the American Farm Bureau fed
Grafton during the week of Dec. 6.
The American Farm Bureau fedora
ton is the national organization Of
the various state associations of farm
ers formed at meeting held in Chi
cago last winter, and will bring dele
gates to the city from more than 80
sta ties. The Indiana Federation Of
Farmers associations made a valiant
fight to land the national headquar-
tiers, but on a close vote Of the ma
tional executive board Chica go won
the headquarters honors.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
Bachelor Girl Sayings
BY Helen Rowland

The world is never the same to
girl after some man has gazed into
her eyes and told her that she looks
like Mary Pickford or Pearl White.
1t isn't until a girl has tried doing
everything under the sun she can
think of to charm men that she dis
them is by doing nothing at all.
Can anybody remember the day
when a man kissed a girl for love,
excitement or curiosity instead of
just as a favor-and when a girl said
How dare you?" instead of "Gt on"
The average mans idea of a
sweet feminine woman" is the kind
who would rather choke in the right
corset than breathe in the wrong one.
"A mans ideal wife" is one who
can run marriage like a jitney-bus and
furnish limousine comforts on a troll
ley car income.
The beauty shop is a woman's senti-
mental garage, where she obtains
fresh supply of hope and patches up
the broken tires of her vanity. for the
last stretch in the love-chase.
Love fits a woman's heart like a
glove but it fits mans heart like
his clothes, always loosely enough
for him to turn around in, and look
fOr-another love.
kissing the June bride is carrying
gold to the Yukon-but if you will
save your kisses and compliments for
a few years, she may welcome them
as mamma in the wilderness.
Made in America: The finest bath
tubs, the most beautiful shoes, the
quickest marriages, the best husbands
and the happiest divorces in the
world
When a man kisses you, blush,
sigh, scream, struggle, or yield; but
never laugh-unless you want him to
stop.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09

sellers are to haul and deliver it this
week, according to Simon Snyder, who
was interested in the sale. This corn
all come from one farm, owned by a
relative Of Mr.. Snyder.
Worms Working in His Corn.
81 was out to the farm on Monday,
said John Dynes, of Centerville, and
found the prospect rather discourage
ing We put 20 acres in wheat last
fall and now find that there are but
IA acres which look like a crop. SO
much of it was infested by the fly
last year that we disced in 40 acres
in oats this spring, so to at least have
some feed from the land This leaves
us with a few acres which may not
be worth cutting"
Mr.. Dynes also stated that while IA
has a fair stand of corn, that an in
spection of the fields show that two
different worm pests are already at
work in it, One of these is described
as the web worm,' the other is a sap
borer which gets to the heart of the
stalk Some corn showed the raw
ages of these pests on Monday, and
while the loss may not be serious, Mr..
Dyncs says that he will run the planter
over II ana feHldnL Whatever uttu'u
AS to his feeding operations he says
that he has just begun to feed 10
head of hogs for the summer market.
Says also that a great many light
hogs have been marketed over his
buying field of late, and that com
paratively few hogs are now on feed
According to Glenn Gaar they have
% acres of pretty fair wheat on the
Gaar farm just north of the city, but
it is heading out unevenly, particular
ly in one end Of the field. Mr.. Gaar
says this seems to be quite a common
complaint in some of the territory he
has just driven over, east of his place
and on into Ohio.
He reports his 40 acres of corn as
looking thrifty and it has all been
narrowed. but like his wheat, would
be helped right now by a generous
rain. Glen claims to have some
pretty good Duroc Jersey hogs, pure
blood stock, nine of which were re
! Gently sold to William WilcoXen, the
Duroc breeder. He reports a fine
stand of clover on the old Gaar home
stead.
News From Walnut Level.
Charles Goodson mcdestly reports
the outlook for a 15-bushel wheat crop
| possibly more if it fills WE'LL" on his
! Walnut Level farm. He states that
! they had a good shower on Monday
night, May 81, and are not so badly ir
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
The Farm and
the Farmer
BY WILLIAM r. sANeoRN

Ollie Hodgin, living on the Nation
al road west of New Paris, stoutly
maintains that some belated farmers
were still planting corn in the Hollans-
burg district, on Tuesday forenoon
Said he had driven over several roads
and had gone a few miles north of
that town and that he not only saw
farmers putting in corn but, in two
instances, had seen men out with
breaking plows in corn land Ollie
says that he has no wheat to worry
over this year, but that at best there
are mighty few fields Of good wheat
in his vicinity.
The little stir in the cattle market
and the advance of more than So. 80
FER hundred at Chicago inside of three
weeks, has put cattle feeders in better
spirits. There is now more interest
taken in feeders and an increased de-
mand for pastures, same being accept
able within any reasonable distance.
John Turner Ollie Long and Tom
Commit, have each been looking
around for summer pasturage and
some Wayne county men have pros
rected for grass in Preble county in
the past few days.
Twenty Out of sixty-six.
All our wheat, that planted by my
son and myself" said Simon Snyder
Of Union county, was sown after the
cate set as being safe by the Agricul
tural Department last fall Well, of
the Sc acres put in we have
but 20 acres that looks like a
crop. This lot is also in clover. 1t
was planted four days later than the
balance Of the crop. The balance OF
the acreage was drilled to oats, in
part, the rest to timothy and clover
and will not be worth cutting, except
for the hay. The good wheat is on
my sons place, l haven't any worth
mentioning" Mr.. Snyder says that he
is done with wheat and will not SOW
any this fall. He has sixty acres in
corn which was planted after the rain
and is looking as thrifty as could be
expected, though of very small growth
"A good rain would be of great bene
fit just now"
Sold 800 Bushels of Corn.
Cash corn is bringing $1S5 at the
mill in Liberty, at least that price was
paid for 1900 bushels on Monday. The
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
Fences Passing Out Of
Style; Neighborly Spirit
ShoUn IN Yard JOINING

Fences in Richmond front and side
yards are gradually being supplarted
by hedges or no fences at all. Where
formerly the unsightly wooden or iron
fence barred persons or animals from
coming in, today beautiful and we'll
kept hedges are used The newer por.
tons of the city do not have alleys
intersecting all squares In these sec
tions. ore neighbor's back yard ex-
tends back to the others back yard
And vice-versa. The side yards are
often separated by hedges or lines of
flowers.
Lawns that are raised above the
sidewalks are one of the causes for
the absence of the fence. The two,
three or four foot bank discourages
those preferring TO walk on grass
lawns instead of the sidewalk
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
State Bee Inspector Will
Take Look at Wayne Hives

The state is making an inspection
of Indiana bees and the state bee in
spector will be in Wayne county on
Thursday and Friday for this pur-
pose.
1t is to the bee keepers advantage
to have his hives inspected both for
his own protection and that of his
neighbors, for an inspector who Wis
tied Wayne a few weeks ago discov
cred several apiaries that were in
fected with foul brood, a contagious
disease.
To prevent further infection these
diseased swarms are destroyed. The
inspector, James E. Starkey, will be
accompanied by E. F. Murphy, county
agent, on his rounds and bee owners
are invited to phone Murphy, stating
where the bees may be found. Phone
4719 between $50 and $50 mornings
and from 500 to ZOO in the evenings,
the above being his residence phone.