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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
NeW Spring Styles in Mems
Derbu Hats

A man who wants derby hat and wants it to
be correct in fashion and finely made, can come in
here and choose from notable collection
Wanamaker Special derby hats made for this Store
only and made of the best materials, 81 and $8
Lincoln Bennett and Redleaf London derby hats
$40 each. The latter also made specially for
Wanamaker's, and the former the shapes
by Englishmen of fashion.
MAIN Floor, Market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27

needs only apply at Housewares Store during this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
Woven Madras Shirts, So
Mems Handkerchiefs Special
at S4.2O a Dozen

Good substantial qualities of Irish lnen plail
hemstitched and with narrow hem-just such hand
kerchefs as men like for everyday use
We will mark them in indeble ink for Sc {
handkerchief.
(West Asle)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
WEATHER
Fair
WANAMAKER'S

time to choose from such stock at the
same low prices. ,.t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
Mems Suede Cloves for Sprinq

Sturdy suede skins that have mocha finish. They
are outseam sewn, have clasp for fastening and
,ome in good shades of gray.
And they very good indeed for $3.50
(West AisIe)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
Nev Suits for Junior Girls

$47.50 to $3.50 for unusual and attractive new
Spring suits of serge, velour checks and other ma
terias in light and dark colors and many new
models. Is and II year sizes.
(seoond Floor Chestnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27

not to get servant girls, but to get such good, hal
woman who does her own work to do it easily ar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
Mems Irish POp!in Ties
ArriUe ut Last

We have been looking for them since early last fall
but they have just got here
Because of their fine appearance and splendi
serviceability, Irish popln necktes much in de
mand In this lot plain colors, stripes and pads
and the price is $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-27
Won,en's Charming
FrOcks of TricOLette
Oborts Goats Suggest Them
~ selyes to Women or Spring

Not necessarily short coats, for the new wool jers
coats are almost full length and women buying the
to use for everyday we'll as sports wear.
\ They are exactly the right weight for Spring al
ycome in Oxford navy, Copenhagen, brown and heath
mixtures. All are af-lined with pongee silk. $475o.
Short polo cloth sports coats in tan beted styl
with raglan shoulder and large outside pockets. Tht
are haf-lined with pongee silk and they go well wi
any kind of skirt. $780,
(FIrst Floor. CentraD
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
BERGSTROM ON STAND
In HIS OWN DEFENSE
Kenoshan Charged With Murder Fol-
lows His Mother in Telling
Story to the Jury.
BULLETIN.

Laramie-Roy Bergstrom took
the stand in his own defense just
before noon today and is still be-
ing examined by Attorney Sullivs,i.
He showed every sign of being
under great nervous strain, mis-
answers came stutteringly and
several questions he was unable to
reply to. Concerning the early
part of his life and his military
service he seemed clear as to dates
and details. He told of his ex-
periences at the front chasing
prisoners and carrying ammunition
and of his being gassed and of his
long illness after his return from
service in France. He told of his
marriage in Laramie after his dis
charge from the army and his re-
turn to Wisconsin and in detail of
his life at Racine and of his as
constituent in finding that his wife
had returned to Wyoming. He was
telling of the refusal of his wife's
mother to permit him to see her
when the noon recess came. Will
liam Thomas, who was a Buddy"
of Bergstrom in France and who
was with him later in the army
of occupation in Germany, was
was also a witness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
MAN ARRESTED
AS DYNAMITER
PIttsburg Police Hold Man Suspected
of Causing Blast in New York
City Recently.
by Associated P-ess,1


Flttsburg. Information obtained
from Florean zelenaka of Brooklyn, ar
rested last night with dynamite in his
possession, may lead to a solution of
the Wall street explosion, according to
police and government agents. Zelen-
AKA was taken at hotel after a fight
with police. He had been enroute from
cincinnati to New York and his re-
marks on the train to an unidentified
man who called the police, brought
ABOUT his arrest. Authorities were re-
lucent about their questioning, but it
was claimed clues Zelenaka furnished
may lead to scores of arrests in Brook
Ign and New York. He is alleged to
nave remarked to train companion:
Tell them l will have the stuff there
tomorrow" Another remark attributed
TO him as he was being placed in his
cell was: "See what we did in Wall
street. Next time it will be bigger and
more terrible. The last was only a
start"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Oshkosh Suspects
Prove Criminals

Oshkosh-The arrest of three men
and three womenat Chippewa Falls re-
Gently in connection with the robbery
of the state bank at Oshkosh, has re-
suited in the capture of three of the
most clever and notorious crooks in
the country, according to develop
ments here today. One of the three
was positively identified on Sunday as
murderer and safe blower long
sought by the police all over the
country. Another is characterised as
an al! around crook by the police and
it is believed that it will be found that
the third is also long wanted Grim
inal. The man who claimed he was
Edward Rogers and who appears to be
the leader and the master mind of the
band, is known to be Joseph James
Meehan, alias West, who was convicted
Of murder in Ohio. Meehan, alias
Rogers, after being found guilty Sc
cured stay OF execution and while
they were waiting investigation broke
from the Jail at Toledo. These facts
in his career have been ferreted out
Wy D. " Nh vi lALS VI LnS bureau OI III
vestigation of the police detectives.
E. E. Hunter, the president of the
Great Northern Trust company of st.
Paul, was positive on Sunday that
Rogers was the leader of the bandits
who early in June robbed that bank
of several hundred thousand dollars
in cash and notes all of which with
the EXCEPTION of eighty-.fve hundred
dollars was later recovered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
(By Associated Pressl

Washington.-Pres Wilson urg-
ing endorsement at the polls next
month of the administration stand on
the League of Nations, declared in a
communication addressed to "My fell
low countrymen" and given out for
publication today that there was moth
ing in the covenant, (which in the
least interferes or impairs the right
of congress to declare war or not de-
clare war according to its own indie
pendent judgment as our constitution
provides" The president character
lied as absolutely false" assertions
that other nations, under article ten
of the league covenant, would be in a
position to lead the United States into
war. The communication which was
the presidents first direct campaign
appeal to the public, charged that you
have been grossly misled with regard
to the treaty and particularly with re-
gard to the proposed character of the
| League of Nations, by those who have
assumed the serious responsibility of
opposing it," "The whole world will
wait for your verdict in November"
the president declared, "as it would
wait for an intimation of what its fu-
ture is to be-"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Report Three Shots
Can't Find Shooters
Newell and Elizabeth Streets Have
Early Sunday Morning Shooting,
Police Hear.

Reports were made to the police just
before two o'clock Sunday morning
that q shooting ARRAY had taken place
at the corner of Elizabeth and Newell
streets in which three shots were
fired. officers Long and Runaway
were sent out to investigate the story
of the shooting, but no arrests were
made and they found no one who had
any ideas as to just what it was all
about. There was plenty of excitement
about the corner and lot of people
heard the shots but not one of the
people hearing the shots saw the peo-
pie who fired them. The police have
secured no solution of the mystery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
KenOshan's Wife
Is Now Released
immigration officials Allow Mrs. Soph-
ia Chuubrillo to Come to Keno
sha After Detachment.

Congressman Clifford E. Randall to-
day received word from immigration
officials that Mrs Sophia Chubrillo, the
wife of a Kenoshan who has been held
at the immigration detention quarters
In Quebec harbor had been released
and that she would be allowed to come
to Kenosha to make her home. Mrs.
Chubrillo was held because she was
believing to be suffering from favus
nails. The officials finally agreed to
allow her to come on to Kenosha in
the event that she would be placed
under the care of DR.. G. A. Winde
sheim, county health officer. She has
been assured hospital care and atten-
ton as soon as she reaches Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Wisconsin Grows
297,979 in Decade

Washington.-The census bureau an
nounced the following 1920 population
figures for the state of Wisconsin,
Total population, 1920 1881. 839 -
which is an increase of 297,979 over
the 1910 census. This is an increase of
1880. The 1920 population figures
announced by the census bureau at
Washington today shows that this
state has increased $50 796 in the past
twenty years. The 1900 census gave
Wisconsin population of 2,O69, O43.
The first census taken in 1910 showed
that Wisconsin had a population of
30,935. The state passed the half mil
lion mark in 1860 when the population
was 1881 and the million mark just
ten years later when the census was
1,054,670. The second million mark
was passed in 1900.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
SENATOR CRANE
DIES AT HOME
Famous Scion and Republican Leader
Dies Early This Morning at
His Home in Massachusetts,.
(By Associated Press.l

Dalton, Mass-W. Murray Crane,
former United States senator from
Massachusetts and one of the leaders
of the Republican party, died early
today at his home at Sugar Hill. The
end came quietly after four days Of
sleep. Sleeping sickness" set in fol-
lowing an illness of several months
duration, the actual cause of death
being given by the physicians as in
flamation of the brain. At his bed
side at the time that the final sum
mons came were his wife, a son, j.
Murray Crane ,Jr., and two sisters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
(By a Special Corresaondentl

Laramie-Mrs. Carrie Bergstrom, of
Kenosha, mother of Roy Bergstrom, on
trial for the murder of his wife, Gladys
Macarthur Bergstrom, took the stand
this morning in an effort to save the
boy from conviction. With sobs chok-
ing her every word, she told the story
of her life and that of her son. She
said that she was born in Stockholm
and that she is the last but one of a
family of eleven children. She told
the jury that one of her brothers had
been confined in an asylum for the
insane, another was deaf and dumb
and that the sister who had accom-
panied her to the United States had
died of cancer.
Her husband, the father of Roy, she
declared, had been hard drinker for
years and that he had died lingering
death from cancer. Roy Bergstrom
himself, according to the mother, was
always a sickly boy and at the age of
nineteen he underwent an operation
for appendicitis. Other witnesses to-
day testified to the "Queerness" of
BergStrom.
Miss Dorothy Donahue, who was in
charge of the news stand at Laramie,
testified that when she had asked
Bergstrom in regard to the employ
ment of Gladys at the stand at the
Hotel Connor received the answer "She
is no good" Pressed for an explana-
ton the witness Declared that Mrs.
Bergstrom could neither wash dishes
or cook. Mrs. Holmberg, who had en-
tertained Bergstrom at her home, tes-
tilted that she had remarked him aft
erward and that she did not want him
to come any more because of his
queerness.
Alienists are testifying in the case
this afternoon and it is expected that
the case will go to the jury tonight
or tomorrow morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Severnoff Pays Fine
in Municipal Court
Didn't Intend to Go Hunting But Dog
Was Out of Practice.

Judge Tully in the municipal court
this morning established a new high
figure for rabbits when Joseph Sever
noff was fined to the extent of $5742
for shooting five rabbits out of season.
/ Severnoff, who lives in Wheatland,
stated that he really didn't intend to
go hunting but that he had a dog
who was rather out of practice and it
was with the intention of teaching an
old dog new tricks that he set out
When asked to explain the five rab-
bits he had, he scratched his head and
said that the dog hadn't been out of
practice as much as he had thought.
Severnof paid his fine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
MRS. JONES
ASKS DIVORCE
Woman Widely Known in
KenOsha, Files Complaint
Against Husband.
CHARGES THREATS

Alleging threats to kill and extreme
cruelty, Mrs. Emma Jones, through her
attorney, Robert Verne Baker, has filed
a suit in the circuit court of Kenosha
county, demanding a divorce from her
husband, Luke L. Jones. The parties
to the action are both widely known
in Kenosha and Jones is prominent as
a real estate man and automobile
salesman. In her complaint Mrs. Jones
demands a division of the estate,
claiming that much of the property
accumulated by the parties to the ac-
ton was accumulated as a result of
her savings.
Mrs. Jones, who was formerly the
wife of the late DR.. Paul Malmstrom,
was married to Jones Feb. %, 1907.
There was no issue of the marriage.
Complaint Sensational.
Some months ago Mrs. Jones filed
an action for divorce, but later it was
withdrawn and the two resumed their
relations as husband and wife. Mrs.
Jones in her complaint relates several
instances Of alleged cruelties. She
declares that she was forced to flee
from the home in order to escape per-
sonal violence. One incident related to
an automobile ride which she had tax
en- with her husband and she declared
that he assaulted her in the automo-
bile and picked up stone along the
road and threatened to kill her with
. it. Later, according to the complaint
Mrs. Jones was choked and bruised
struck with knotted rope and thrown
down stairs.
The case is slated to be tried at
this term of the court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
WOrkmen Striking
against Red Regime
tBy United Press)

London-An anti-Bolsheviki wave is
sweeping over Russia and constena-
ton is reigning in Moscow, according
to reports from Helsingfors today. A
majority of the factory workers in
Petrograd were reported to be on a
strike ostensibly agains 1.-THE employer
class but the real reason was the at
tempt to overthrow the Red regime.
Soviet troops on the western front
were said to have held mass meeting
demanding peace.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
SAY ARMISTICE
HAS BEEN SIGNED
(By United Press)

London.-A Reuter- dispatch from
Warsaw today said Poland and Lith-
uania had concluded an armistice. An
nouncement of such an agreement had
been expected in view of the fact that
Poland had discontinued her efforts to
seize Wilma, the Lithuanian capitol.
Polish troops were within striking
distance of Wilma but halted while the
main offensive further south was d.
rected to the east against the bolshe-
wiki. With the conclusion of an ar
mistice, Lithuania was to agree that
bolshevik forces would not be permit
ted to enter the country enroute to
Poland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
ORGANIZE BACHELOR GIRLS CL1TR

group of Kenosha girls met at
the home of Misses Lucille and Nina
Whitbeck Monday evening for the pur-
pose of organizing Bachelor Girls
club patterned after the Lake Forest
organization which recently came into
prominence. Detailed plans for the
operation of the club will be considered
at second meeting to be called in
the near future. Charter members of
the club are the Misses Lucille Whit
beck, Nina Whitbeck, Helga Anderson,
Inez Bartel, Elaine Kinchner, Elsie
Quick, Laura Dittler, Esther Dittler,
Marguerite Weis and Ethel Wells. The
business session was followed by a
social hour of music and dancing A
midnight luncheon course was served.
Appointments were yellow and white.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07

out of order pending the decision of
the courts. After this decision we
may take such action as the situation
may warrant. Regarding other charg-
es, will state that up to the present
time no charges have been preferred
against anyone, either in the police or
fire departments Assuring you that
l believe that the best interests of the
city and the police and fire depart
ments are in your hands, am, yours
very respectfully, H. B. Robinson,
president. An answer will be gracious
ly received"
Nothing New"-Buckmaste
Attorney Buckmaster this morning
declared that there was nothing new
in the Lang case from his angle and
that he did not expect any develop
ments until the hearing was called on
Friday. II should prefer not to have
this case tried by public opinion but
in the courts" was the final statement
of Mr.. Buckmaster.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
SURPRISE BRIDE-ELECT.
Friends Entertain for Miss Louise
Krassin on Monday Evening.

Miss Louise Krassin, an October
bride-elect, was the SURPRISE at a
party given for her Monday evening.
She was presented with many gifts.
White and yellow chysanthemums were
used in appointing the home Dancing
and games entertained the guests until
eleven o'clock when sweet course was
served. Places were marked for the
Misses Minnie Heyn, Olga Stebbin, AL
ma Splitter, Louise Rentz, Edith Rentz,
Clara Wendt, Jennie Walzak, Rose Nc
Cauley, Antoinette Turcek and Adeline
Petznik, and the Mines. A. Pelishek,
A. Kraft, E. Ardt, E. Rentz, w. Splitter,
H. oberly, A. 0berly, C. Getersonke,
G. Radke, w. Haynes, G. Fitz, w.
Reiser, G. Splitter and Julius Splitter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Coolidge Laments
Death of Crane
(Bv Associated Press. ,

Boston-Governor Calvin Coolidge,
upon receiving word of the death of
former Senator W. Murray Crane,
ordered the flag at the state house
to be placed at half mast in respect
to the memory of the dead statesman.
Governor Coolidge also made an eulo-
CYSTIC statement regarding the career
of the late senator.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Society Woman
Killed by Bandit

Kansas City, Mo-Police today were
without motive for the murder here
of Miss Florence Barton, %, society
girl. She was killed while motoring
with R. L. Winters, her fancee. Win
tiers, a real estate man, was shot in
the arm According to Winters, they
were fired at by bandit
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
ANTS LOST LAST HOPE.

Washington-The decision of the
District of Columbia supreme court de-
nying an injunction to prevent Secre-
tary Colby from proclaiming the
amendment to the constitution grant
ing woman suffrage was affirmed to-
day by the District Court of Appeals
to which it was carried by the anti
suffragists. The decision knocks out
the last hope of the ants to secure a
reversal on the decision.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Harding Pleads
for Cooperation
(By Associated Press)

West Jefferson, O.-Advocating an
Industrial and agricultural policy to
cooperate for the common good, SEN
ator Warren G. Harding today address,
I'd a Republican rally here, declaring
hat zone for all and all for one" must
be the motto of the nation if it is to
achieve its full potentiality.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Magee's Part to
Be Investigated
(By Associated Press)

Chicago.-Judge Mcdonald issued an
order today extending the operations
of the Cook county grand jury indef-
intely in order to complete the inves-
tigation of the baseball scandal. The
jury is to meet again on Tuesday when
John McGraw, Ferd Tonney and Ben
ME Kauff have been called to tell all
they know of the reasons why Lee
Magee, Hal Chase and Heinie thinner
man were released from organized
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Russian Delegates
Open Negotiations
by United Pressi

London-The Russian trade delega-
ton here to arrange the re-openirg of
business relations with the English
were very much concerned today in
the delay in negotiations. The dele
gates were said to fear that there was
large possibility that an agreement
could not be reached.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
Cox Opens Fire on
"Peace PrOfiteers''
(By Associated Press)

Joplin, Mo.-In speeches at Miami,
Oklahoma and Joplin, Governor Cox
today discussed the humane provisions
of the League of Nations, asserting
that "profteers of peace" are opposed
to it because it prevents them from
the exploitation of humanity in sweat
shops and unsanitary working >condi-
tons"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR.
tBy Associated Press,

by Associated Press,
Neutrality-suspicious. Avezzana, Italian
ambassador to the United States, has
been transferred to another post by
his government, according to the an
nouncement which reached here today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
JUDGE SLAVES IN COURT ROOM

San Francisco n Court attaches
were surprised to hear that Judge
Deasy shaves himself in his court
room. That developed when the judge
reported that burglars had rifled his
desk of 80 two-cent stamps, safety
razor and a pair of shears. Betting is
even as to whether he cuts HE own
hair, too.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07

Manager Carl Zievers of the Sim
mons company team announced late
this afternoon that he had been able
to book two games of baseball with
an All Star major league team to be
played at Simmons Field on Saturday
and Sunday, October 10th and 18th.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
COACHES FOOTBALL.

Des Moines.-Jack Cofey, manager
Of the Des Moines Western League
baseball club, is coaching football at
Catholic college here Jack once play
"a for Fordham College, New York
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07
KENOSHA PEOPLE HURRY
TO URGE NEW ACTION
Petitions in Circulation Ask Judge Belden to
Provide for Thorough House
Cleaning.
ROBINSON SENDS OUT LETTER
Tells Members of Police Commission That He Has No
Charges for Them to Consider = Ministers
Urge Cleanup" in Sunday Sermons.
To the Hon. E. B. Belden,
Judge of the First Wisconsin Circuit,
Racine, Wis.

Sire
Kenosh do hereby
conditions
the public
making
members of the police department Of the city Of Kenosha
include
Of gambling operations
Of
Of
E. Philip,
submi to the ontentso of uchco
county idea
possibl O bring about such result
" -. . :. 80.
Address.
this and mail to Judge E. Racine, Wis.,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07

New York City-Action against any
gamblers fo~ an attempt to fix the
1920 world series was recommended to
the October grand jury by Judge
Dykes today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-10-07

The regular October term of the cir
cult court which was to have opened
next Monday, has been postponed to
October 18th and not November 18th as
stated in last nights issue of the
News.