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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
CADETS
GONE BACK HOME
Boys who Borrowed A,ieorncbi1e Sign
an Agreement to Pay Expenses
and Are Released.

G. Burt and r. Butler, the two Deia-
field cadets arrested here on Tuesday
night charged with some irreg,llarity
in connection with the lease Of AN au-
tonhobihe, left Kenosha for Deiafeld
late Wednesday afternoon after they
had agreed with h. Waller, owner of
an automobile in watch they left Della
field, TO pay all the expenses incurred
in pulling the automobile cat of q
snow drift UP in Racine county and
towing it back to Delaffeid When the
boys got things settled up they were
still a little short Of resdy cash and
Sheriff Meyer dug down deep into his
pocket and furnished transportation.
TO Racine where the boys thought that
they could find friends to stake them
for the rest Of the trip. II was said
that the agreement called for the pay
neat of something like SI5s.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
Wills PROPERTY
ON the MARKET
Heirs Owning Property at
Corner of Market and Ex-
change Offer Property
for Development.

In order that the estate Of Mrs.
Emile &. Wills, who died, last year,
in New York City, may be liquidated,
it has been decided to sell the proper
ty belonging to the estate, in Kenosha,
The farm property owned by the es-
tate, located near Trevor, was sold a
few months ago.
Mrs. Wills, who was a daughter of
P. w. Voltz, one of the old settlers Of
Kenssha, bought in most Of her faith
er IS holdings here when his estate was
partitioned In 1892.
This included the old American Ho-
tel with the barns Adjoining, located
on the block bounded by Market, Elk
change and Park streets.
The old hotel was favorite stop
ping place for more than thirty years.
Was Old American House.
When Mrs. Wills became the owner
in 1892, she completely remodsIed and
refurnished all the buildings and then
leased them. The hotel was destroyed
by fire in 1893, and since then the hotel
site has remained vacant
The plot ON the corner of Market and
Exchange WAS seriously considered
when the new Kenosha pOstof8ce was
decided upon.
Mrs. Wills while making her home
in New York, invariably came to Ke-
nosha for visit with old friends each
summer.
The sole heir of the estate is Louis
o. Wills, q New York lawyer, who is
the only surviving son, who attended
school in Kenosha from 1891 to 1893.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
ASKS KENOSHA
TO JOIN SEARCH
KAnOslla Asked to Help Find Alma
Mulhollan, 14-Year-old Girl Who
Recently Disappeared.

Officials of Kenosha were asked to-
day to aid in the nationwide search
which is being made for Alma Mulhol-
nan, a fOurteen-year-old girl, who dis
appeared from her home in Huron, s.
Oak, on November 27th, last. No trace
has ever been found of the girl and in
every city where there are large mum
Der of girls employed, a search is being
made fer the girl. She is said to have
been large for her age aud IL is de-
clared that she might easily have gain
ed employment in factory by mas
stating her age.
The girl has a light complexion.
brown hair and blue eyes and is about
feet inches tall. She has brown
5irthmark, about ~ inches long and
y inch wide on her left arm, near the
elbow. At the time of her disappear
snce she wore a dark red velvet coat
with best, fur collar and beaver cap
md q brown dress trimmed with mar
cow, rose cOlored ribbon.
Mrs. Frank Mulhollan of Huron, the
mother Of the girl, has offered reward
If $50 for information leading to the
Whereabouts of her daughter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
BUYS NORTH SIDE ri
ATLETHTC PARK SITE

Announcement is made this morning
that the North Side Athletic Park at
the corner Of North street and Sheridan
road has been purchased by Mr.. and
Mrs Peter J. Pfarr. The considera-
ton is said to have been in the neigh
borhood of $4,000 The property runs
through from Sheridan road to North
Chicago street and it is whole city
block. It is probable that it will be
subdivided later and offered for resi-
denee purposes. Its location is regard
ed as one of the best on the north side
of the city and it will undoubtedly be
popular if opened for residence prop
erty.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
FRANCIS RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED by BOARD
Committee 10 Secure New ssssCzeSarJ
Selected Board VIII ask Council
for City Planning Commission


The resignation of Rich artg Fsnthgls al
secretary of the. Chamber of Commerce
was accepted blythe heaxd of tarrCtgrs
at the meeting 6f that. body. heIdka4 the
Blks Club Wedness3ay afternoon. After
unanimously teRdering Mr.. Ffaae5s a.
vote of thanks fer..Kis .labUrs while
secretary of the; Cbahabe sgf Commerce
for the last; tlEfee years, committee
consisting of President Gemge s..
Whyte, w. g. Atfofas and Jassph FtRck
was appointed tos seriae ga secretary
fer that body and report ito the beard!
of directors.
The board decided tUza*$enasfnsaa body
the next meeting Of the eanGi19tD be
held next Monday to urge @the apyBint-
-ment of committee ON city p4asan4ng.
President Whyte outlined in brief, 3
program for the coming year. Thelpro-
gram embodies the growing needs Of
the city and county Of Kentsha. The
matter will be taken upsin detail at a
future meeting of the board
Reports have reached the board of
directors that other cities have, SUCCESS
fully changed their war chest or Pat
riots Fund, into civic fund The
board is investigating these reports and
as soon as details of working plan
can be secured this will be, embodied in
the activities Of the chamber.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
DIRTY EASEMENTS
ARE FIRE MENACE
Chief Of Fire Department Says Owners
Of Property Refuse to Clean
Up Places,

Chief of the Fire Department john
Schwartz declared today that dirty
basement sare the biggest menace to
property in Kenesha. An inspection of
Easements both in the dUwn-town and
some of the residence DISTRICTS of the
city, has just been made and the chief
declares that conditions which have
been found constitute read FIRE men
ace. 'sThese people have been ordered
to clean up the Easements and they
simply laugh at the officials, declared
the chief. Now if they don t clesn
up / am going to see if there is
any law that win force them to do
it. 1t is unfair to permit these base
ments to be menace to the rest of the
property in the city. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
Kenosha's Garbage Crew.
Find City Might Make
Cost of Reduction of
Garbage Under Plan.
PLANT WOULD COST SI4, 900
No Plant of System is Now In Opera
tiOn in Milwaukee but oficials Are
Invited to CO to Pittsburg and See
Plant Now Being Built.

Members Of the City Council who
went to Milwaukee on Wednesday to
investigate the system for handling
garbage on a drying system as proposed
by the Bailey Manufacturing company
of that city, were interested but not
convinced that the system is applicable
to Kenosha. The system is not in
operation In Milwaukee, but the com
@pany now has a plant under construc-
ton at Pittsburg and the KeRosha al
dermen have been invited to go with a
member of officials from Milwaukee to
witness the operation Of this plant when
it is completed and ready for service.
The system proposed is simple. Il
provides for the passing of the gar
bage through highly heated pipe
chamber with the provision for grind
ing it up into fertilizer after it has
been dried
Superintendent of Public Works Hurt
gen, VINO accompanied the KenCsha
aldermen, declared today that he would
want to see plant in operation be-
fore he tried TO pass judgment on it..
" The idea is all right and it is a sys-
tenn that could be taken up by Kenosha
with possibly the miainum cost for dis
posaafof garbage. 1t was Indicated from
figures prepared by the company that
the cost of plant large enough To
handle ten tuns Of garbage daily would
be in the neighb0rheOd Of thirteen or
fourteen Thousand dollars, exclusive of
the cost of the building 10 house 1t.
The company 8 CHAIN for the plant is
that it weufd be better than self! sup-
porting. The figures they made indi-
Gated that the city of Kenosha might
hope to hzsve g. profit of possibly
twelve hundred dollars q year on the
amount OFF garbage NOW being handled
in the city,
It was declared by the prSmUters of
the new system THAT the handling of
the garbage was in a plant practically
devoid off offensive odUrs and that the
usual objections to garbage reduction
plants wenld be absent In this case.
The. only. effect that it would have ON
the present cost Of collecting garbage
in KEHusha,'' declared Mr.. Hnrtgen,
"wouiR be that the profit made on the
sale of the fertilizer, if there was a
profit, could be applied to cost Of
collection
A further investigation of the sys-
the viii be made by the members Of the
special committee before final report
on it is sent to the council
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
''FL U"- CRTPPLES FORCE
ATPOST. OFFICE
Six Members f0f Post Cflce FGrce Are
Reported as Absent by restInas-
ter This Mbrntng,

'sThe flu or something, has struck the
POST Office and struck it hard said
Postmaster German this nBrning.
There are six members of the force
sick this morning and all of them. re-
port that they have heavy cuIds a4r6
may be threatened with influenza. ,
The postmaster declared, that all of
them SAID that they were notaseriolls1y
i'll but that physicians had advised. them
to be careful and to stay away from
the office. The Casualty lists' in
cludes Carriers Nicholas Schultz, JOHN
NOrthway and Hans Nelson, and Clerks
Robert Maegaaxd, John Hartung and
Miss Lillian Wolfe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
Kenosha County .SchooIboys
Asked to Join in State
Livestock Judging Con-
test at Madison.
HOPE TO OUT POINT DADS"
Rising Generation Hopes by It's Contest
to BE Able to Show their Farmer
Fathers Some New Points About
Live stock Raising.

The members of the classes in asgri-
cultural in Kenosha county High schools
were asked to join with all of the high
schools in the state in staging the
annual state high school livestock judg-
ing contest, to be held at the Stock
Pavilion at Madison, Friday and Sat
urday, February the 9th and 7th. The
request was contained in bulletin
from Madison which pointed out that
in several schools great deal of in
terost had already been aroused in the
contest.
The boys believe that they can show
their fathers a few things about stock
Judging and they intend to prove it
first at the twenty preliminary or dis.
tTict centers scheduled for the last
week in January. At each of these
contests a team Of three Boys will be
selected to enter the state meet.
County Schools to Participate.
1t is not expected that the Kenosha
High school will send any representa-
tives, but several of the smaller schools
of the county are preparing to compete
for the hOnors. KenOsha has been as
signed to the Walwgrth district with
Waaworth ceuaty. d. s. Bullock is
the manager for this district with
z. g. Carey Of Wilmot, as the repre-
sentative for Kenoshn county.
Hold state Roundup.
At the state Roundup" FIVE classes
of livestock, dairy cattle, beef cattle,
hcrscs, swine, and sheep will be judged
by the team and prominent stoeknen
will choose the winning teams. The
silver cup for which the teams are com
peting must be won three times or
twice In succession before it passes in
to the hands of district or high
school team. A banner WIKI be award
cd as secOnd prize.
From three to FIVE high schools are
Included in each district. Each OF
these schools win send a team to a
central point to compete for the dis
trict Aeacrs. and the winning teams of
the various districts will be eligible 20
enter the state meet. County agents
and prominent stockmen win act as
judges of the district competitions.
"A hard fought battle of elimination
to weed out. some sixty earnest young
cOnteBtsntg Is predicted by r. L. Be-
wick, state leader of the Boys and
Girls Clubs, and J. A. James Of the
state committee. Members of fha state
committee who are handling the work
include j. A. James of the college of
Agriculture; T. 4. Bswick, a. N. God
dard of the state Office of public in
structiOn; Bay Baker, assistant secre-
tary of the Wisconsin, Livestock Breed.
ers Association; J.. G. Fuller, repre-
senting the College of Agriculture; A.
g. Oosterhuis, representative teacher
of agriculture in the high schools, and
". L. Houser, president of the Wiscon-
sin Livestock Breeders Association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
MORE MXSMATED COUPLES
ASK FOR DIVORCE

Two new actions for divorce were
fled in the Municipal Court ON We'd
nesday afternoon and today.
Mrs. Ruth Sweetland demands a di-
v0rce from her husband, James Sweet
land to whom she. was married at Bara-
boo on August 4, 1898 She asks the eus-
tody of FIVE minor children and charges
her husband with cruelty
Caroline English, who married Ed
ward English in Chicago in, November
of 1917, charges her husband with de
.sertion in a bin for divorce fled today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
RED TAG SALE BEGINS
ON FEBRUARY TENTH

Red Tag Sale Of the Kenosha Retail
ers' Association win take place Feb.
10, il and IL. These dates were set
for this event at the meeting of the
Trade Promotion committee Of the Re-
taiiers at it's meeting held in secre-
airy Maddox s Office Friday afternoon.
In addition to arranging for the date
Of the sale the committee also out
lined a plan Of publicity to be carried
out before the sale begins.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22

President Wilson has called the meet
ing of the League Of Nations. 1t may
be a little homogeneous to have it call
ed by the president Of nation out
Of sympathy with the movement, but
some one had to call it. Mr.. Wilson
has been wiling to accept burdens in
the past and one more may not be suf-
fcient to break him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
FEDERAL AGENTS
BUSY IN kENOSHA
Government Agents Seek
ing to Find Path Taken by
Vast Shipment of Liquor
Arriving Wednesday.

Federal agents were busy today max
ing an investigation of large shipments
of whislzey which reached Kencsha dur
ing the past few days and it is admitted
that the men who are seeking to enforce
prOhibitio1sfor the government are look
ing into the shipment of more than one
carload Of whisAey to the city. It is
declared that in the last few DAYS sew
eral very large consignments of liquor
have been received in Kenosha, but it
is admitted that the car which came
in on Wednesday morning is the larg-
est shipment to be called to the at
tention of the government officials.
The report of this car s coming to
Kenosha was made to the officials
in Milwaukee before ten o'clock on
Wednesday morning
Say May Be No Prosecution.
"Of course it is just possible that the
men who brought in this liquor may
not be prosecuted, said one of the
federal agents cit is possible that the
shipment which came in today and the
shipments which have come In before
this were brought for private use and
that the liquor has been stored away
in private cellars. If this should hap
pen to be the fact there could be no
prosecution under the Law. y
For some time investigation has been
on of other large shipments Of liquors
brought into Kenosha but no arrests
have been made in those cases. The
federal officials declared that they
could not give out any facts in regard
to what was being done by the men
in charge of the prosecutions, but they
intimated that the facts would be
laid before the grand jury when it
meets again.
Prohibition Coming Friday.
The prohibition amendment 10 the
constitution is to 90 into effect at mid
night tomorrow night and although the
time for closing out the business of old
John Barleycern is very short there was
no special activity shown in Kenosha
today. Saloon men declared that there
had been nothing dome to make any
kind of ceremonial on Friday night
and at hotels and other places it was
declared that there was nothing planned
to mark the night before the morning
after.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
CENSUS WORK
NEARLY COMPLETED
En1urerators in Ksnosha Just Picking
Up the Last Ends Of the Enumer-
atfOn Now.

The period for the taking Of the fed-
eral census in Kenusha ended at mid
night son Friday evening, but Director
Schowaltef Of the district has an
nounced that there is still little work
to be done before the figures viii be
ready for submission to Washington.
No hint issgiven out as to the pcpula--
ticn of Kenosha and nothing Will be
given out until it is given out by the
department Of the census at Washing
ton. The work Of counting the'Snoses
in the county will be coatiaued for two
more weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
SENATOR bob"
EXPLAINS VOTE
Senator Lafollette Sends Be
lated Explanation to Ke-
nosha Vets on His
Prohibition Vote.

On the eve of the obseguies for the
late John Barleycorn, Senator Robert
M. .LaFollette sent today to some of
the mourners of the :" departed in
Kenosha, letter explaining his vote
on the. various prohibition questions
which have been presented to the
United States senate for adoption. The
letter came to Fred r. Bahr, one of
kenosha's leading " anti-prohis, who.
with several other Kenoshans wrote
sometime ago to the senior senator
from Wisconsin, asking him to use his
influence TO oppose prohibition measures.
A few days after their inquiries, let
tiers were received from other solons,
explaining their stand on the situation,
all of which have been published some
time ago.
Opposed to Prohibition
The letter from Senator LaFollette
makes no explanation of specific votes
but explains his position on the gem
eral question of prohibition. 1t reads
as follows:
UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Manufactures
Washington, D. @.
January 10, 1920.
Mr.. Fred R. Bahr.
K.en0sha, Wis. 81 sS$l
My dear Mr. Bahr:
| hope you will pardon this tsrEiy
acknowledgment of your letter.
| wish to assure yea that r am ep-
posed to any curtsilment Of free speech
and free press, and that I wass oPnesed
to prohibition in principles, although
did vote for it's referendum to the
States, as | have always been sin favor
Of the referendum in principle.
Trusting that this VIII make my po-
sition clear and assuring you Of my
sincere appreciation for your Kind
words regarding myself, L am,
Saneerely yoaxs.
R0AertlM LaEH0Qette.
Brings LUKE Consolation.
This letter of cunSlelanee failed TO
bring march consolation to the Kenosha
+" vets" this morning They admitted
ths6t they thought that, the senator was
doing some excellent explaining but
added that they could hardly under
stand the expaanatiSn.
The a6efsted letter arrived iii Keno.
sha this morning, just in time to be
shown to F"the boys today upon the
eve of the legal death of john. Barley
corn and was one of the interesting
incidents IN the passing of the IegaHzed
saloon in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22

Possibly some coed prOspcctor could
be shown the, Kenssha river and get
out and sell some oil stock. Such
pockets Of oil should not escape the
operations of the Get Rich Quick :
family. Kenosha might go into the
business herself and get money enough
to build q bridge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
LAKE SAILOR
SECURES PROMOTION

hS-zAA0A 44~@&AJ u OOSaAG1 Id ( 1V1XlOb&3Q 10
Third Glass Engtne1nan on Ship
at Hampton Roads.
Harry ]. Becker, a sailor who hails
frsm Silver Lake, is making rapid
progress in his trasning as a jacktar.
This was evidenced this morning when
Commander Fl, Ertz of the Great Lakes
Station, where Becker originally enlist
ed, was notified that the Kenosha coua-
ty lad had recently been promoted to
become a third class engineman.
Becker was recently transferred to the
training station at Hampton Roads,
Virginia, and according to reports is
rapidly becoming real Uaited States
sailor. The Silver Lake man has en-
Used for a regular term in the navy
and is said to BIT enjoying his service
under the tsStars and Stripes.s'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
KEN0SHA REAL TORS
VISIT RACINE BOARD

attend Annual Meeting and Banquet
Of nslle City Realtors Held at Com
111srcia Club Wednesday Night.
Blight members of the Keaosha Real
ESTATE Hoard attended the annual meet
ing ana banquet of the Racine Real
Estate BeasH which was held at the
Commercial Club rooms Wednesday
evening. Those who aftended were:
JOHN G. Genska, John Tomlinson and
son, Herbert, Herbert a. Yule, John
2ens, Cherries Carlson, Truman T. Park
er and Henry L. BnlIamore. The Keno
sha dea2ers report a fne time spent with
their nsighbors in Racine Speeches
were made by everybody aud the Ke-
nesi,a contingent did Eot get back home
until so this morning.
- . - Pma
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22
CORN CONTESTS
SHOW GOOD WORK
Seven Youngsters Compete
for the Acre Corn Contest
Prizes for which Were
Awarded

That attention to details is the best
paying investment, was fully attested
IN granting the awards at the corn
contest which is one of the fine attrac-
lions at the Kenosha county poultry
show, the prizes for which were given
by Judge T. L. Bewick, of Madison,
this morning. The first prize of $l7
was awarded TO Arthur Fiegel because
Arthur paid more attention 10 details
than some Of the others.
Basis R Awards.
rae awards were made on a basis Of
1919 for yield, 2596 on cost Of produc-
ton, 20Sd on exhibit, and 1870 ON rec
ord, which was q story written by the
contestants, giving complete details Of
now the work was done. ANY contest
ant in the acre aontest who raisad 1t,0
bushels or more was given the 4o9o ON
yield. Arthur Fiegel s yield was low
which would have cut him out Of first
place had. some of the others complied
with the terms of the contest. They
had better yield than he but his story
of how he did it brought his general
average up to the winning point.
Prize Winners.
\ George Miehela won the second rrixe
of SIS; Russell Engberg, thtrd prize,
So; Clarcnce Engberg, fourth prsge, g.;
Will Jensen, fifth prize, 81; jerome
Buck, sixth prize, 81; Dorothea Lloyd,
seventh prize.
Will Jensen, winner of the fifth
prize, would have won the first prize
but he did not furnish a story Of how
he did the. work and this cut him 25SS.
Bis yield was good, his exhibit, was
good, but his story was missing.
George Michels, while he did not get
first prize, found the contest very
profitable for he saved % bushels Of
seed corn, which at the prevailing prizes
of 81 q bushel nets him 800. Russell
Emgberg's work was fne, his exhibi4
was about the best in the contest and
his story was ane, but his yield was
low and he only received low per.
centage.s .4..
General requirements.
The above contests were all the acre
centests In this. contest each child is
required TO grow one acre Of Golden
Glow corn and TO keep complete rec
ord Of his methods Of planting, tilling,
and harvesting. A story on How +
Grew My Corn, IS sent to the agri.
cultural agent and this taken with the
other data data is taken into consider
alton when the prizes are awarded.
the prizes for the last three years have
been furnished by the ]. Gottlieb Co.
General Cctzsest. II
In the general contest the contestant
took samples Of corn and raised small
patches and did not compete for the
acre prizes. There were only two of
these. Albert Bose won the first prize
Of So and Frank Gulicki won the Sec
ond prize of %. In both the acre con-
tests and the general contests the CON
testants furnished 10 ears Of the corn
raised by them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-01-22

Thirty people in Racine were pois-
onedby eating canned corn. Its just
as well to be a little careful in hand
ling canned provisions. Don't take
chances on their being bad IF you
are in doubt the garbage can and a
little waste is a lot better place to
put the contents Of any can than into
the stomachs of your children