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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-04
New Head Coach foc. Aggics.

Manhattan, Kan, June 4.-Charles
W. Bachman will become head coach
at the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege here with the beginning of the
fall term He was head coach at
Northwestern university this>year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-04
HAULED TOO MANY PATRONS.
Jitney Drivers Arrested for Carrying
Five PASSENGERS

Hauling too many passengers at
once, according to police officers. led
to the arrest Thursday night of w.
H. Eastman and-W. H. HAYWOOD, jit-
ney drivers. They were released on
S25 cash bonds and were to appear in
police court for trial this afternoon.
1t is a violation of the city >ordi-
nance. according to the police, for jit-
ney drivers holding a license to oper-
ate a five-passenger car, to haul more
than that number of persons at one
time. Only four passengers. in addi-
ton to the driver can be hauled, il
was explained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-04

Kansas City Grain Market.
Orange of prices on grain futures on
Kansas City Board of Trade as reported by
L. c. Christopher d Co.. $40 New Eng
land Bldg.)
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Wilson May Yet
Seek Third Term
Washington Gossips After Peace
Treaty Fails in the Senate on
Friday Afternoon.
(By United Pressl

Washington-If President Wilson is
to run for third term on the issue
of treaty ratification, now is the
psychological time for him to make
it known in the opinion today of close
political observers in Washington.
The White House is being anxiously
watched by democratic party leaders
for some indication of what the presi-
dent will do, now that the Senate has
returned the treaty to him. Officials
of the party organization privately
profess to believe there is no chance
of Wilson becoming candidate on a
ratification platform, but it is consid-
cred significant that no definite word
has come from the executive mansion
and members Of the presidents house
hold refuse even to talk about it. The
public declaration is expected soon.
In that message to the people of the
United States, the president is ex-
pected to announce that the treaty is
in the campaign, that he will not aban-
don the idea of having real league
Of nations with America in it and that
he will await the confidence of the
verdict of the voters in November.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Demands Declaration
Of State of Peace
Joint Resolution introduced in the
House Calling for Peace.
Declaration.
(By Associated Press)

Washington-The Senate was not in
session this morning, but when the
House of Representatives met. Repre-
sentative Pinkham, Of Massachusetts,
offered joint resolution declaring
a state of peace between the United
States and Germany. Under the reso-
luton Germany would recognize all
the rights the United States had under
the treaty Of Versailles. Should Ger
many fail to agree to this declaration,
President Wilson is to be empowered
to authorize the resumption of trade
and the allowance of credit to German
commerce. There was no intimation
as 20 what President Wilson wodld dc
with the treaty. Precedent would de-
mand that it be sent to the state de-
partment for burial" in the archives
there. 1t was taken to the White
House by George A. Sanderson, secre-
tary of the Senate, accompanied by
two Senate clerks. 1t was taken by
Rudolph Forsker, chief clerk at the
White House, who turned it over to
Secretary Tumulty before it was
formally accepted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Warns Against
Ethyl Alcohol
United States Public Health Service
Warns of Treatment for
Vaccination.

Because smallpox is prevalent in
many parts of Wisconsin, a warning
issued by the United States public
health service to physicians relative
to cautions against the use of alcohol
containing phenol, has special appli-
cation in this state. Physicians are
advised against the use of denatured
ethyl alcohol containing phenol Gear
bolic acid) for the purpose of cleans
ing the skin at the site of vaccination
against smallpox. 1t is believed that
such procedure would materially de-
crease the likelihood of securing sue
cessful "takes" from smallpox vaccine,
and it is suggested that cleansing the
skin with soap and water is preferable,
and that if another agent is desired,
ether might be used.
Smallpox is still present in epidemic
form in many parts of Wisconsin. The
normal prevalence in March (based
on figures for the past five years. is
1873 cases. During the first II days
this month 339 cases were recorded
with the state board of health. The
greatly increased use of vaccination
is credited with the now almost negli-
gible mortality from this disease.
Deaths from smallpox in Wisconsin
are now listed in the unusual class
in the mortality reports.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Big Increases
in Fur Prices

Vancouver increases
in fur prices and declarations by mer-
chants that prices will remain sky
high for years, on the ground that the
supply cannot meet the world demand,
have caused provincial officials to con-
slider methods Of regulating and taxing
the industry in British Columbia.
at has been ascertained that the
value of the fur from animals taken
in British Columbia in 1918 was 81
100000 and in 1919 it was at least 49,
100000" declared DR.. A. R. Baker,
chairman of the British Columbia con-
servation board. "The fur trade is
an industry exploiting an important
natural resource Of the province"
One amendment under consideration
is to compel resident trappers to pay
a liscense Of S25 and fix the non-resi-
dent license fee at $500. It is claimed
that trappeys from other sections have
made fortunes in British Columbia in
two years. Breeding of fur-bearing
animals in captivity, under government
direction, also is proposed. Silver fox
farms in the maritime provinces have
yielded immense sums TO their owners,
it is claimed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
BURGLAR GANG
MAY BE HERE

Mike Gordut, held in the city lookup
since last Wednesday when he was ar
rested by Detective Charles Rock on 3
charge of forgery, may be turned over
to the Chicago officials and his arrest
may pave the way for the unearthing
in Kenosha of a gang which has been
operating as burglars in Chicago. No
charge of burglary has been made
against Gordut, but Chicago detectives
are expected to be here this afternoon
to make further Investigations. When
Gordut was arrested he had just cashed
a check drawn against the account of
the Clark Brothers Hair Drawing Com
pany in Chicago. Investigations made
in Chicago by the detectives discovered
the fact that the plant Of the Clark
company, located at 1850 Peoria street,
was recently entered by burglars.
Among the articles secured were sew
eral check books and the check protector
belonging to the company. Already
three checks alleged to have been
taken from these books and executed
by alleged forgers, hav been cashed
in diffrent parts of the country.
Only one of the checks has been dis
covered in Kenosha.
Seek Members of Party.
Gordut has told the police that the
check which he attempted to secure
$28.40 and on which he secured $500,
was given to him by another man, but
an effort to locate this other man has
been futile. The check was drawn in
the name of Jack Boble and it is
thought possible that Boble-who ever
he may be-was possibly one of the
men who robbed the Clark Offices in
Chicago. 1t is declared that there was
a long string of similar burglaries in
Chicago at the same time and it is
thought possible that the gang in the
burglaries came to Kenosha and that
lot of checks will be offered here later
on. Gordut declared that he never had
but one check and that it was given
to him.. It had been made out with
a check protector and appeared to be
an ordinary check such as would be
issued by the Clark company.
Gordut Not Arraigned.
While Gordut, who claims that his
home is in Detroit, is booked on a
charge Of forgery here, he has not been
arraigned in the Municipal Court and
it is said that, he will be held until
after the Chicago detectives have com
pleted their Investigations. Relations
of the officials of the Clark company
who, reside in Kenosha are aiding the
local police in their investigations and
it is thought possible that these will
lead to other arrests within the next
few days. Meantime merchants have
been warned to be careful of cashing
checks which are purporting to be
signed by the Chicago companies who
were victims of burglaries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Allies Reward
Belgian Women
Awards Made to Women Who Brought
Details of First German
Gas Mask.

London-Awards have just been
made to two Belgian women, Madame
Clement and her sister, Mile Marie
D'Have, and posthumously to their
father, Thophil Have for giving to the
Belgian general staff details of the
first German gas mask. Posing as a
pro-German, M. D'Have was able to
send one of his daughters to Havre,
then the Belgian great headquarters
with design of the mask concealed
in her dress. She went by way OF Hol-
land and at the Dutch frontier she
was searched for four hours in vain
Had the doucument been found she
would have been shot. Altogether
Mile D'Have crossed the frontier fifty
times until, at the end of 1915, she
thought it would be safer to remain
in Holland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Executions Public i'm
Early Wisconsin
the Practice and Finally Capital
Punishment Was Abandoned.

Madison.-Tn the matter of capital
punishment as in many other things,
Wisconsin is far ahead of most other
states. In the territorial period we
had capital punishment for murder,
and moreover the executions were
public in those days. In the first con-
stitutional convention an earnest
but futile effort was made to abolish
capital punishment. A few years later,
however, this was brought about by
statute, and for almost seventy years
there has been no legal taking of life
in Wisconsin. Nor has there been any
considerable sentiment in favor of re-
storing the practice, which still pre-
walls in most states of the Union. The
last execution in Wisconsin occurred
at Kenosha in August, 1851. The affair
was public and was attended by the
usual large crowd Files of the local
papers preserved in the state histori-
cal library at Madison contains strong
editorials in condemnation Of the exhi-
bition, effectively refuting, incidental
ly, some of the very arguments which
the Chicago papers have been urging
in recent weeks.
at was murder before the people, "
wrote the editor of the Democrat,
with its horrors removed by the re-
spectability of those engaged in its
execution. Death by violence may
horrible thing to contemplate before
they came here. The officers of the
law have demonstrated that it is a
thing as simple as the alphabet, and
a matter which men may go about as
deliberately as the eating of dinner"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Texas Position
For DR.. Wright
Former Kenosha Health Official Ac-
cepts Position with Texas
State Board of Health.

DR.. Herbert L. Wright, formerly
commissioner of public health in Ke-
nosha and more recently in charge of
the health department at Lansing,
Mich, has resigned his position at
Lansing and has gone to Austin, Texas,
to accept the position of director Of
publicity and education in the state
public health board of that state.
He began his duties in the new posi-
ton on last Monday morning. The
position is considered a great ad-
vancement over the position the form
erly held at Lansing. Mrs. Wright is
planning to come to Kenosha for a Wis
it the latter part of this month and will
later join her husband at Austin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Sells Big Farm
i'm Salem Township
Former AssembIyman ID; ], Vincent
Sells Farm to J. A. Schuelke for
Consideration of SAG, 500.

The biggest deal of the year in the
transfer of farm property in Kenosha
county was revealed in the office Of the
register of deeds this morning when
deeds were filed for the sale of the
farm Of former Assemblyman Dow J.
Vincent of the town of Salem, to j. A.
Schuelke. The farm consists of $40
acres of the best land in the western
part of Kenosha county and all of it
is located in the town Of Salem. The
indicated consideration is $46,500.
This is not all the land owned by the
former assemblyman and he is not
planning to give up the farm. He re-
Gently purchased several farms in the
towns Of Randall and Salem. The Vim
cent farm sold by the deeds filed to-
day, is regarded as one Of the best i'm
proved farms in Kenosha county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Husband Gets Divorce
Charges Wife Deserted
Robert e. Taylor Is Granted a Divorce
From May Margaret Taylor on
Thursday Afternoon.

In the Municipal Court on Thursday
afternoon, Judge FULLY handed down a
decree of divorce in the suit of Robert
E. Taylor against May Margaret Tay-
Tor. 1t was another case of Wauke-
gan wedding which went wrong. Tay-
Tor alleged in his divorce action that
he had married Mrs. Taylor at Wauke-
gan January O., 1919. There was no
issue to the marriage. The husband
charged desertion.
Announcement was made Thursday
by the Strakas Brothers, the owners
of the Olympia Sweet Shop on Main
street. that they had interested Chi
cage capital in the establishment of q
chain of restaurants and candy shops
in Kenosha. and other cities with the
main Office and plant OF the company
in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
BIG TAX PAYERS
FAVOR BRIDGE
Industrial Leaders Willing
to Pay to Advance
the City.
BRIDGE REPAIR WASTE

Sentiment in favor of the issuance
Of bonds for the construction of the
Main street bridge and the viaduct
with the Strengthening out of Main
street was gaining ground today fol-
lowing lot Of personal work and the
work of the Four Minute Men speak
ing in the theatres. Many people who
have misunderstood the problem are
getting into line in favor of the bonds
for the bridge. The leaders in the
fight to secure the big improvement
for the city are urging the people 70
carefully consider the financial propo-
sition to be met in order that they
may understand that the demand made
on the individual taxpayer will not be
a heavy demand and that it will be
spread over long term of years. In
this connection it is cited that
the large industries of the city will
bear the great bulk of the expendi-
ture for the bridge.
All Favorable to Project.
These industries which will pay APP
proximately seventy per cent of the
exception in favor of the building
Of the bridge.
eve want this project carried out
because we believe that it will be
real improvement to the city," said one
of the leading manufacturers this
morning. owe know that the expendi-
ture Of half million dollars for this
hstJ hot he h,,11
of this expense must be borne by the
industries of the city, but we are will
ing to bear it and believe that every
one Of the larger tax payers of the
city are favorable to the work going
forward at once. 1t may be that the
cost of the bridge is few thousand
dollars more than it would be in some
succeeding year, but possible the peo-
pie are better able to pay it now than
they would be later"
1t is asserted by students of the
Kenosha tax rolls that fully four
hundred thousand dollars Of the cost
of the bridge will be paid by score
of tax payers in the city. The re-
mainder is to be divided among the
smaller tax payers of the city and the
collection of it will be over long
term Of years.
No Hope for Reduced Prices.
Leading contractors who have made a
study of the building conditions and
the supply and demand for building
materials assert that there is no rea-
son to believe that the costs will be
reduced to any marked extent within
the next five years.
III we wait five years for the build
ing Of this bridge" said one Of the
city officials this morning tive must
be prepared to expend possibly fifteen
per cent of the cost of the bridge and
the viaduct in making repairs on the
old bridge. / do not believe that it
would be economy for the people of
Kenosha to make this expenditure"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
BURKE IS NAMED
CHIEF ATTORNEY

At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Kenosha Realty COM
pany, held on Thursday evening in the
offices Of the company, announcement
was made that Attorney Walter M.
Burke had been chosen as chief attor-
ney for the state of Wisconsin for sew
eral Of the larger eastern fire insur-
ance companies. These companies
have created legal department with
offices in Milwaukee and the Kenosha
attorney has been named as the chief
legal representative of the combina-
ton. The duties Of his new Office will
make it necessary for him to spend at
least two days of each week at his
new offices in Milwaukee.
The selection Of Attorney Burke
comes as recognition of the great
amount of insurance business done by
the Kenosha Realty company during
the past year. 1t is said that Kenosha
was very favorably considered as the
Wisconsin headquarters for the COM
pany but because Of the commercial
Importance of Milwaukee the new legal
offices were finally established in the
Majestic building of that city.
Realty Reflects Officers.
At the meeting Of the stockholders
Mr.. Burke was reelected president Of
the Kenosha Realty company, with
Miss Katherine d. Langan as vice
president and Arthur j. Schmitz as
secretary Miss Langan has
been chief clerk and cashier of the
company for the past two years and
the promotion comes as a recognition
of her efficiency Mr.. Schmitz has
been associated with the company for
three years and during this time the
department over which he has had
charge has grown enormously. The
annual report of the company showed
that they had done large share of
the insurance business of the city and
that it would be necessary for them
to devote their time entirely to this
department of the business.
Dispose of Real Estate.
at was decided" explained Mr..
Burke this morning, chat the Kenosha
Realty company hereafter will be ex-
clusively an insurance firm. During
the past we have been interested in
real estate but it is our plan to dispose
of all our properties and land con-
tracts, numbering more than three
hundred, because we have not time to
continue this business and care for
our growing insurance patronage as
WE'LL" This will mean that the com
pany will not launch building pro-
gram similar to the ones which have
been successfully carried on for sew
eral years past. 1t was made clear,
however, that the company would take
care of this business until such time
as it had been properly transferred to
some other organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
No Contracts
"Under Protest
Teachers Are Notified That Co-opera-
ton Is Necessary as Part of
Next Years Contracts.

Following conference between the
members of the board Of education and
the superintendent of the schools on
Friday evening, teachers of the schools
who have signifed willingness to
sign contracts "under protest" will not
receive contracts. A number of the
teachers were notified by letter of this
fact this morning. 1t is the idea of
the board members that no contracts
will be signed unless the teachers show
willingness to accept them in a spirit
of cooperation and contentment. 1t
was intimated that there was about a
half dozen teachers who had been
informed that contracts would not be
forwarded to them until they were in
full touch with the spirit of the schools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Twilight League
for School Teams
Four School Baseball Teams Already
Organized to Have Part in New
League in Kenosha.

Announcement is made today that
the Twilight Baseball League is to be
adopted for the school baseball teams
of Kenosha and four teams are al
ready enrolled for the new league. The
games are to be played at the Bonds
Woods diamond and announcement of
the schedule will be made in the near
future. 1t is planned to have the
games start at 4:30 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Possibly eight teams will be
secured for places in the league.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
STORE PREPAREs FoR sPRING.

Even if the weather persists in ca
tering to King Winter, several of the
stores are putting on their spring garb
with view to enticing Miss Spring to
come forth from her hiding place and
cast her balmy smile over the people
who are just trihe weary of her
fckleness. The Greening clothing
store at 500 Rowland avenue is one of
the stores who arc trying this method
and if Miss Spring ever ventures SO
far as to look into their windows she
will surely be tempted to stay out.
The latest in milord's raiment has been
attractively displayed against back
ground Of gold and green over which
Chamber sprigs Of gay blossoms. Mr..
Greening is prepared for general
rush for it is almost impossible for
one not to pause and be enticed
within.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Six Battleships
to Be Dismantled
ALI Built after the Spanish
American War.

Philadelphia-Six third-line battle
ships stationed at Philadelphia navy
yard are to be dismantled.
They are the Maine, Alabama, Wis
consin, Illinois, Kentucky and Kear-
sarge. An order directing that they
be put out of commission has been
received at the navy yard from the
burueau of operations of the navy de-
partment.
None of these ships were actually
in battle. They were completed after
the Spanish-American war. The dis
mantled vessels will be sold as scrap
or used as targets in gunnery prac-
tice. All were units of the fleet which
sailed around the world ia 1903.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Ebert Cabinet
to Be Recognized
(Bv limited Pressl

Standardization Ebert plans to
re-organize his entire cabinet when he
returns to Berlin, a semi-official dis
patch from the German capital said
today. Sporadic fighting continues
throughout Germany, the dispatch said.
Clashes between radicals and govern
ment troops were reported especially
severe: in the Ruhr industrial district
and near Breslau. Communist senti-
ment is growing, the despatch said,
adding that "the independent socialists
now realize they have loosed forces
which are getting beyond control. The
working classes have passed beyond
the influence of even their most radi-
cal leaders"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
London Bobby Gets
Improved Outfit

London.--One of the most pictures
que features of the varied outfit of the
Lonndon policemen, the old-fashioned
oil dark-lantern, is to give place to the
flash light.
The London bobby" has been accus-
toned when darkness fell to light his
lamp and attach it to his belt at the
back, slightly on the right side. 1t
generated too much heat, was cumber-
some and when a policeman engaged
in scuffle with criminal his cloth
ing was generously sprinkled with
kerosene.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Allies Congratulate
German Chancellor
Allied Statesmen Praise Germany for
Speedy Removal of Kappist
Usurpers.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Great
Britain, Italy and Belgium in this city
visited Vice Chancellor Schiller yes
terday and congratulated The govern
ment on the "Speedy removal of the
Kappist usurpers" according to a semi
official news agency announcement.
They assured Herr Schiller, it is said,
that entente representatives had not
recognized the leaders of the revolt
but had remained sympathetic to the
constitutional government and express
ed the hope the new crisis caused by
the general strike might be quickly
overcome.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
AND CAMPHOR ICE
THE NEXT MORNING

Memphis.-Comes now the camphor
drunk. Prohibition agents here have
discovered that thirsty ones place
spirits of camphor on radiator, wait
until the stuff separates and then
drink the liquid which is half water
and half alcohol, favored with cam
phor. Camphor fends do not suffer
with moths in their clothing, it is
said.