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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
LOCAL LABORER
Is BURIED ALIVE

Gilbert Lawrence, aged 43 years, was
buried alive Friday afternoon just
after three thirty o'clock, when he was
caught in a cave-in. of seven feet of
Eearth in sewer to the house at 40
Marion avenue He was completely
buried beneath the pile of earth and
after the accident was discovered. it
took the rescue crew, composed of Roy
and Carl Rasmussen and Officers Rock,
Kautenberg and Schmitt more than
thirty minutes to uncover the body
of the unfortunate man.
The body was still warm, and in
hope that there was still ray Of life
left, the victim was hurried to the fire
station, where, at the direction of a
physician, lung motor was applied
in an attempt to recuscitate him. All
Of these efforts were futile, and short
ly after five o'clock the body was taken
to the Hansen morgue to be prepared
for burial
Physicians declared that it was their
belief that Lawrence had been dead
for some time before the body was
reached He had been buried long
enough to have been suffocated, and
in addition the weight Of the earth
had broken one of his legs and it is
believed that he may have suffered
internal injuries as well.
Was Working Alone.
Lawrence with his partner, John
Tinker, Of 500 Charles street, were
constructing a private sewer leading
into the home of Mrs. Edwin Mass at
440 Marion avenue. Lawrence was
working outside and had dug an ex-
cavation several feet wide and more
than seven feet in depth, while Tink-
Ter was completing the work in the
basement of the house
Shortly, after $3.50, Mrs. Fred Pitts,
neighbor, left her home for a call
to a neighbours and when she passed
the Mas home she noticed that Lawr-
ence was not at work. Because she
had seem working earlier in the after
noon and since she saw his shovel on
the ground, she called to Tinker and
asked of the mans whereabouts. Tink-
Ter came at once and with the help of
police and others who were summoned
to the scene Of the accident attempted
to rescue Lawrence.
Had No Chance for Life.
1t is believed that Lawrence had
dug a deep hole under the sod with
out realizing the danger he was in
and that this suddenly caved in on
him and gave him no chance for his
life. There was no sheeting in the
ditch nor any protection Of any kind
to stop any of the force of the seven
feet of earth.
Lawrence had been in the employ of
T. E. Jensen, who was the contractor
for the sewer which was under con-
struction. He had always been a care
full and efficient employee Of the com
pany.
The victim of the accident is sur
vived by wife, Mrs. Dolly Cummings
Lawrence. Their home in Kenosha
was located at the corner of Fourth
and Selma avenues. The funeral
services will be held Monday after
noon at two O'Clock at the Hansen
Chapel with interment following in the
family plot at Green Ridge cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Bolsheviki Battle
with Polish Army

London Hard fighting in several
sectors of the Polish front is reported
by the Russian. soviet government in
its communiquesissued at Moscow Sun
day. An advance by the reds in the
Black sea also is announced. The state
ment reads: "In the Boriscoy region
we have beaten off the enemy's advance.
In the MAR region we are f1ercely en-
gaging the enemy on the river Beres-
ina. In the region Of Kamenstz-Po-
dolsk, northeast Of Uschitza, the red
troops are successfully engaged.
Along the Black sea we flung back the
enemy seven miles to the southeast of
Lazerevskia."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Gordon Barn Burns
Auto Victim Of Flames

The fire department was called out
just after one o'clock on Sunday morn
ing on account Of fire which damaged
the barn of H. R. Gordon, 301 North
Chicago street, to the extent of three
hundred dollars and completely de-
stroyed an automobile belonging to
Morris Schwartz which had been
stored in the barn. It is believed that
the fire started in the automobile, a
Ford touring car, and when the fire
men reached the place the automobile
was wrecked. The car was insured for
four hundred dollars and it is said that
the loss on the building was fully COW
cred by insurance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
SPEAR SUCKERS
AND PAY FINES

Henry Newman, Jack Allen and G. ].
Adamson, three Kenosha county fish
ermen, armed themselves with spears
and went out hunting for suckers ON
Saturday night in Barnes Creek.
Game Warden Michael Kleist also
went out hunting for different kind
of suckers the same evening and ran
across the three men just as they were
beginning to lay their traps for the
fnny brand in nice bayou Of the
creek.
'Looks like sucker spearing to me, -
said the game warden as he informed
the men that their fishing party had
come to rather disastrous end and
put them under arrest for violating
the game laws. He told them to re-
port for trial this morning before
Judge Tully
Suckers Come High.
Allen, Adamson and Newman appear
ed before Judge Tully this morning.
They pleaded guilty but declared that
they had not caught single sucker
when they were apprehended by the
game warden "Too bad" said the
judge, you'll have to pay for those
that got away. $50 fine for each"
The fines were paid while those in
the court room were wondering just
who were the suckers in the case.
1t was intimated in the court room
this morning that the arrest of the
sucker spearmen might be the ex-
PLANTATION for the elusive red light
which has been appearing along the
beach for several evenings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
ASK KENOSHANS
TO CONFERENCE

Secretary Conrad Shearer of the Ke-
nosha Manufacturers association, re-
ceived letter this morning from the
state industrial commission urging
Kenosha manufacturers to attend the
conference which opens Monday after
moon April the 26th at the Hotel
Pfster. The letter outlines the pro-
gram for the week, showing that it will
be one of the most interesting sessions
in the history of Badger industry.
"For the first session on Monday
afternoon" continues the invitation,
I'VE have Willard E. Hotchkiss, who
was the executive secretary of the re-
cent industrial conference, called by
President Wilson and who will talk on
Industrial Relations" and Stewart
Scrimshaw, who will talk on "Appren-
ticeship," Monday evening there is a
session on sPublic, Safety with Carl L.
Smith, public safety secretary of the
National Safety Council to talk on
Teaching Safety in the Public
Schools" and j. A. Heeveler to explain
the new automobile light orders.
One Session Tor Women.
Tuesday mornings session will be
devoted to woman and child labor with
the principal addresses by Mrs Ray,
mond Robbins on 'tThe Future of
Women in Industry" and by Taylor
Frye on "The Employer and the Child
Labor Law with particular reference
to how employers may be certain that
they comply with the requirements of
this law. For Tuesday afternoon we
have DR.. Alice Hamilton, who will
speak on Industrial Diseases" upon
which subject she is recognized to be
the greatest American authority, and
DR.. Robert Olsen of the United States
4 Public Health service who will talk on
Studies in Industrial Fatigue" with
/ particular reference to research work
made under his direction in Wisconsin
plants in 1916-1917. Tuesday evening
the conference will join with the safety
and sanitation committee of the Mil
waukee Association of Commerce in its
annual banquet at which Judge A. G..
Backus will be the chief speaker.
Housing Question on Top.
son Wednesday forenoon we have
Professor Leonard Smith on the pro-
gram for an illustrated lecture on
Industrial Housing and will also
have a discussion Of the workmen's
compensation act from the point Of
view Of employers and employees by
Joseph Quarles, Jr., and Frank H.
Weber, respectively. The last session
on Wednesday afternoon will be de-
voted to safety problems with DR.. H.
D. Martin of the Pollok Steel company
Of Cincinnati, and number Of Wis
consin men on the program"
Secretary Shearer was also asked to
speak at the conference on the ques-
ton of the application of the minimum
wage law, but was forced to refuse the
4 invitation because of previous engage
ments. 1t is expected that many Ke-
nosha industrial headers will go to
j Milwaukee for the three day confer
ence since there will be discussed many
problems which are now under con-
sideration by several Kenosha plants.
H It is believed that thee men will
4 bring back to Kenosha many sugges-
tions which may be Of value to the
4 industrial life of Kenosha for the
coming year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Manufacture Lock
for Stockholders
Unique Meeting of Stockholders of the
Monarch Auto Lock Company
on Tuesday Evening.

An interesting meeting Of the stock
holders of the Monarch Lock company
will be held Tuesday evening at the
factory at 361 Market street Arrange
ments have been mace whereby the
employees Of the company will come to
work that evening and for the instruc-
tion Of the stockholders go through the
process of making one of the motor
locks which are made by the company.
Every stakeholder of the organization
is expected to be present. Following
the demonstration a business meeting
will be held in the Offices of the lock
company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
BIG GROCERY
CHANGES HANDS

A deal was concluded on Friday aft
ernoon by which Charles H. Kuehn
sold his interest in the Kenosha Whole
sale Grocery company, 168 Pleasant
street, to Childs and Franklin of Ev-
anston, III. No announcement is made
OF the consideration of the deal, but
the Kenosha company was incorporat-
ed with capital of sixty thousand doll
lars, and it has been considered one
Of the most valuable properties of the
kind in this section of Wisconsin.
Negotiations for the purchase of the
business have been going on for some
time but the deal was not concluded
until Friday evening. The new owners
Of the business will take possession
of it on Monday morning and the bust
ness viii be continued under the well
established name Of Kenosha Whole
sale Grocery company.
Brehm to Be Manager.
Hans M. Brehm, who Las been as
sociated with Mr.. Kuehn in the man
agement of the business as an assistant
for number of years, has acquired
an interest in the business under the
new ownership and he has been named
as the local manager. He assumes
his duties on Monday, and it is de-
clared that the policy of the company
under the new management, will be
largely continuance Of the policy
of the years gone by.
The company is one of the best es-
tablished in this section of the city.
1t was originally opened under the
firm name of Mueller uehn company
in April, 1917. The company was in
in charge of large stores in both Ra-
cine and Kenosha and in January of
1918 the partners decided to divide
their interests. H. F. Mueller, senior
member of the firm, took over the Ra-
cine store, and Charles H. Kuehn took
over the, Kenosha interests.
Long Rest for Kuehn.
Following the announcement of the
sale of the business, Mr.. Kuehn an
nounced that he was planning to take
a long and well earned rest and that
he had no plans for the future at this
time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
ARREST ANOTHER DRIVER.

William 0'Hare employed by the
United States Railway Express com
pany, was arrested on Saturday night
on charges of grand larceny, He is
charged with the theft of two packages
from one of the wagons of the com
pany. One was addressed to the Nash
Motors company and the other to the
Allen A company O'Hare has made a
full confession duplicating others and
it is expected that arrests charging
receiving stolen goods, will be made
this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Call County Board
to Meet Mas 5th.
Call is Issued for Annual Reorganiza-
tion Meeting of the Board to be
Held at the Court House.

County Clerk Charles L. Holderness
today is sending out the call for the
annual organization. meeting of the
county board which is to be held at
the court house on the morning of
Wednesday, May 9TH At this meeting
new chairman Of the board will be
elected and the standing committees
for the year appointed 1t is possible
that at the same time the board may
have before it some proposition for the
building of the proposed new court
house. The meeting is expected to
be concluded in one day unless the
board should happen to get into the
court house problem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Local Operators Pay
Tribute of Silence
kenosha Joins Nation in Tribute to the
Memory of the Late Theodore
n. Vail on Sunday.


Kenosha paid a tribute Of silence to
the memory Of Theodore N. Vail, the
presiding genius of the telephone, on
Sunday morning wnen as the clock
struck ten o'clock in the morning every
activity Of the Kenosha telephone ex-
change was stopped. Calls were for
gotten and all employees of the com
pany stood in. silence at the SWITCH
board for the one minute as tribute
to the fallen chief. The ceremonial
was carried out in every telephone Of
fee in the nation at the same hour.
This was the hour set for the funeral
of the late chairman of the board of
directors of the American Telegraph
and Telephone company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
ECHO OF TRAGEDY
in POSTAL ORDER
Police Get Money to Pay
for Worthless Checks Is
sued by Chicagoan.
IDENTITY HELD SECRET

The echo of a domestic tragedy
which settled down over the home Of
prominent Chicago doctor, was re-
vealed in a postal order received by
the chief of police of Kenosha this
morning. The postal note was for.
Sits and it was to pay people who
had cashed two checks presented by a
fashionably dressed woman who re-
Gently visited in Kenosha. The deep
est mystery has been thrown about
the identity Of the woman and the on
ly fact given out in regard to the case
is. that she was the wife of prom
inent Chicago physician"
Two checks were cashed by the wom
an when she was in Kenosha and they
were returned from the Chicago bank
on which they were drawn with the.
notation ''no funds" People who had
cashed the checks at once appealed to
woman. The local officers took the
matter. up with the Chicago detective
bureau and the men from the bureau
had no trouble locating the woman.
Husband Is Shocked.
It was stated that the husband Of
the woman was shocked when the
checks We're presented for payment.
He declared that he did not know that.
the checks had been drawn. Later it
was stated that at the time the checks.
were drawn the woman in question be-
lieved that there were ample funds in
the bank to pay them. The checks
were not returned and they were not
eashed through the banks but the hus-
band of the woman sent post Office
money order to the local police and
the people who had cashed the checks
were reimbursed today. mo, we do
not believe that the public would be
interested in the least in knowing the
rest of this story" was the comment
of Chief O'Hare ut is a closed Incl
dent SO far as this department is con-
cerned."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Sanctions Contract
for Geneva Road
State Highway Commission Gives It's
Consent to the Building of PER-
manent Roads in This County.

The Wisconsin State Highway Com
mission has given its sanction to the
contract for the construction of the
Geneva road in Kenosha county and
Chris Petersen, the successful contrac-
tor, will start work probably before
the first of May Under the contract
nearly four miles of road will be CON
structed directly west from the end of
the present paved road. The road will
cost a little over forty thousand dol
lars a mile and it will be paid for with
state, federal and county road appro-
priations. Other contracts for Keno
sha county have not as yet been passed
by the state commission.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Denver Cought
in Snow Storm
(By Associated Press. J

Denver-Light snow was still falling,
but the wind which had been piling in
into huge drifts that blocked railroad
tracks and city streets had abated.
Snow plows had taken up the task of
opening the streets and tracks to traf-
fic. Despite all this, it was feared this
morning that the city might receive
no milk today The downtown hotels
were filled with people caught in the
heart of the city by the storm and
barred from their homes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Patches Will Bring
Down Prices
az rnited Presa,

Washington.-De that he had
no love for dudes, Senator Dial of
South Carolina today in speech ia
the Senate applauded the overall and
calico revolt against the high cost az
clothing. Let US wear old clothes
and refrain from purchasing Anytime
We can do without and then the com
try will be soon in joint again. said
Dial "Let US take the advice of ~
former secretary of the treasury h,
getting our shoes half-soled and mn,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Horse Tramples
Owner to Death
(By Associated Pressl

Rhinelander. Wis. Sidney Wright,
a well know teaming contractor was
kicked and trampled to death by one Of
his horses. Mr.. Wright had entered
the stall to put bride on the horse
and was found some time later fatally
injured. He died few hours later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

Minneapolis Half an hour before
opening time at the Fidelity State
here, four men entered the bank, held
up the clerks at the point of revolver
and seized $4,000 in cash and $4,000
in Liberty bonds. Before the alarm
could be given they escaped in the au-
tomobile in which they had driven up
to the bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Court Is Silent
About Prohibition
(By Associated Press.)

Washington-Th supreme court re-
convened today without rendering an
opinion in any Of the various pending
cases involving the validity of the pro-
hibition amendment to the constitution
and portions Of the enforcement act.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
CLEAN UP NOW
AND PAINT UP!
Industrial Commission IS
sues Springtime Advice
to Badgers.
GIVES SUGGESTIONS

Kenosha was invited to join in the
stare wide cleanup movement todap
when the bulletin Of the Wisconsin
Industrial commission, advising cities
to "clean up and paint up was re-
.ceived in this city. The committee
suggests that the mayor appoint
clean up week and that all residents
join in it enthusiastically to make
each city model clean city, and the
Badger state the pride of the Union in
this regard.
The suggestions made by the state
commission are valuable to all Keno
sha residents. They include the fol-
lowing:
Filth Invites Fires.
Filth, dirt, and rubbish invite fires
and disease
Waste paper, packing materials. S..y
waste and rags, discarded clothing,
old furniture and like useless rubbish
have accumulated during the long win
ter. Now is the time to rid your prop-
erty of all such fire hazards. Streets,
alleys, yards, area-ways, Easements,
attics, closets, fence corners and OUT
buildings all need attention.
Residents sometimes loses civic pride
but a stranger will always judge 3
town and it's citizens by what ne sees.
Rubbish breeds nres, it spreads fires
and increases the fire damage, it makes
fire fighting dangerous, sometimes I'M
possible because of the volume of
smoke. Trash sometimes blocks rear
exists and costs precious lives.
Renew that moss-covered shingle
roof, rebuild tho defective chimney
top. c'ean out the chimneys. When you
take down the stove close up the fue
hole with a metal stopper, not rags
or paper.
Replaces missing, loose and broken
siding and close up needless wall OPEN
ings. Sparks may enter.
Whitewash is clean and a fire re.
tardant.
Apply the paint brush literally.
Spade up fence corners and other
waste ground and raise green grass
flowers and much needed vegetables
instead of unsightly and dangerous
weeds.
This is your home town. Ii is what
you make it. Clean it up, and then
keep it clean.
Clean up, fix up, and spade up.
Mayors should proclaim ~clean-uR
week" not later than the FIRST week
in May.
Firemen designated for that purpose.
and the health officer should see that
the cleaning up is dune thoroughly.
Women's clubs, commercial clubs
and other civic bodies, through the app
pointed committees, should aid in this
work.
School children and boy scouts make
good cleanup squad,
The house keepers and the snopkeep@
ers must do their part.
| Unattended rubbish fires are dsngep@
Gus to property and to children.
Section 927p makes provision for the
removal of rubbish and ashes at public
expense, as city councils and village
boards may direct.
If favorable action is taken, publish
notice that call refuse, litter, trash
and ashes piled in convenient piles
along the street or alley by the ever
/ ing of the second day of May, will be
hauled away free by the city. Wagons
will be sent around for that purpose
the following morning. You must be
ready, if you want this free services
Make your town the cleanest one Of
the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Strikers Must Settle
with Employers First

Washington.-Jersey City outlaw
railroad strikers today were denied
hearing by the railroad labor board.
Under a rule Of the board which re-
quires workers with a grievance to
first try and settle their differences
with their employers. The ruling
states that the board will refuse to
hear grievances where this provision
has not been complied with.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

Lacrosse Building operations were
almost completely suspended here to-
day as result of the sympathetic
strike of all of the building trades as
q result Of the refusal Of local con-
tractors to recognize the newly or
ganized hod-carriers and common la
borers' union. Many of the contractors
have declared that they will make La
Crosse an "open town.,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Hundred Million
Decrease i'm Debt

London Great Britain's floating
debt Of March 31st was 1912 ,2O5 900
lbs, decrease Of 100000 900 lbs. in a
year, according to a statement made
today by Austin Chamberlain, chancel-
Tor of the exchequer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
Milwaukee Strike
Settled Today

Milwaukee The strike among
Northwestern road switchmen ended
today. 210 men agreed to report for
work tomorrow morning at seven
o'clock. The agreement was reached
at the meeting before noon when a
secret ballot was taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22
STATUTE CONSTITUTIONAL.
fBy United Press j

Washington The supreme court to-
day held constitutional the statute of
limitations in Minnesota. The statute
was attacked on the grounds that it
violated the privileges and immunity
clause of the constitution regarding
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

New York The Norwegian steamer,
Hallfried, was Attire off the Busch term
inal here in Brooklyn today. Two
fire boats We're fighting the flames
which broke out following three vio-
lent explosions which shook the wa
ter front. The vessel was loaded with
pitrstes. Three men were injured
and it was said that many Others
r mi have been hurt
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

Twenty fellowships, each with a
stipend of $1,000 or $1,000, will be
awarded in May to American students,
men and women, for technical re-
search and humanistic study in the
universities of Sweden, Denmark and
Norway
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

Washington Extensive prosecution
Of profteers will occur in thirty days
if Investigations now being conducted
by the department Of Justice agents
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

If the French are successful in sur
veying the, river Of French Guiana by
airplane, the Brazilian government an
nounces airplanes will be used to map
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-22

Austin, Texas.-Governor Hobby to-
day telegraphed Secretary of State
Colby that Texas is unalterably. OPP
posed to any movement of Mexican