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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-09
COAL SHORTAC
CRY UNFOUNOED
SAY PRODUCERS
Director Cushing Blames
Government Agitation
for Panicky Feeling;
Bidding Cause Prices.
|. Q. G. Order on Prefer
ence in Cars for East
Collieries Protested by
Many Interests.

Washington, July S-Assurance of ia
adequate supply of coal to meet all do
nestle requirements during the coming
months was given today by George Fl
Gushing. managing director Of the Am
arican Wholesale Coal association, who
declared In a statement that reports Of
impending coal shortage were unbound
ed,
The public. he said, is panic-stricken
without reason or excuse.
There is no shortage of coal" Mr..
Gushing said There is no danger OF
any such shortage. Therefore, there is
q reason, but no excuse, for the current
high prices in the open market. Tile
reason is that we have too much govern
mental agitation of the danger of a
famine"
Mr. Gushing declared that for the last
eight months there has not been a day
or even an hour when some government
al agency was not agitating about coal
and predicting a coal famine"
Prices, he said, have reached the
highest peace time level in history be-
cause those who need coal are fran
tically bidding, against each other in
every market
Declaring that he had investigated
nearly every adarmist report, Mr..
Gushing asserted that mot one of them
will stand scrutiny or analysis"
He predicted that the consumption of
bituminous coal during the coal year.
beginning last April l, would not ex-
ceed 53J 100000 tons.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-09
TEUTONS ARE GIVEN
24HOURSFOR REPLY
PREMIERS' TERMS

Occupation Coal Territory Immediate Unless
Prompt Compliance Is Promised Hidden Air
planes and Materials Discovered Create Sus-
picion That Ebert Government Is Not Acting in
Good Faith; Partial Reduction by October and
Full Demobilization January, 1920 Demand
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
YOUTH ADMITS
BRUTAL MURDER
Confession of Anton Best Clears Up
Murder Mystery at Pontiac, Mich,
This Morning.
(By Associated Press)

Pontiac, Mich. Anton Best, former
ly of Flint, Mich, confessed early this
morning, according to Prosecutor G. G.
Gillespie, that he killed Miss Vera
Schneider, 18-year-old telephone oper-
ator, whose body was found early Sun
day morning on the porch of an un-
occupied dwelling. "She asked me to
kill her." Best was quoted as saying.
He declared that he met Miss Schnei-
der for the first time late Saturday
night. The confession, Mr.. Gillespie
declared, was made in the presence of
a stenographer and several police off
GERS and gave no other reason than
that Miss Schneider begged Best to
end her life because she was tired Of
living and was Simply in the way Of
others" She even drew the handker-
chiefs from his pockets and asked him
to tie them together and place them
about her neck, Best was quoted as
saying. The officers said Best told
them that when he complied he at first
refused to pull the handkerchiefs tight
but she begged him to do so, saying
she was ready to die.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Simmons Guess Is
for Kenoshd ~, 900

What's your guess on the popula-
ton of Kenosha ?" was the question
put up to q G. Simmons, president Of
Simmons Company, at the meeting of
the Chamber Of Commerce on Tuesday
night.
"I'm a BULL declared Mr.. Simmons.
II guess $4,000 and if the census re-
port doesn't show that number, some
body is not counting them right"
Then Mr.. Simmons had some real
things to say. "Kenosha is 10000 peo-
pie underpopulated for its demands.
Kenosha is underhoused by more than
10000 people. We have outgrown ev-
erything that we have. The buildings
are all too small; the factories need
more room; the schools aren't any
where big enough;' the sewers are in
adequate, and we have just naturally
outgrown everything"
"The lake is still big enough" sug-
gested George S. Whyte, president of
the Chamber of Commerce.
"Well, you see that we are pushing
it back, don't your" was the quick re-
tort Of Mr.. Simmons.
Other men present at the meeting
also guessed on the population of the
city and the guesses ranged all the
way from $4,000 to $4,000
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
WOMAN SELLING
hip" LIQUOR
Takes Orders and Delivers
Real Old Fashioned
Stuff to Thirsty.
HAD OFFICE Al. HOTEL

They are coming into their own all
right even though some of the states
are not ready to endorse the suffrage
amendment and the latest activity for
woman in Kenosha is declared to be
acting as an agent for "moonshine
whiskey. With headquarters in one
of the down town hotels, this attrac-
tive little woman, who knew all about
the ditfereit proofs of whiskey and
different grades of "moonshine" is
declared to have been doing thriving
business in KeAosha for some time.
Her line is sufficiently extended to
meet the demands of the most exacting
and it was declared that she had no
trouble getting business or in making
deliveries. Men who patronized the
woman agent declared she created quite
an oasis in the sahara about Kenosha.
Police Have No Information.
The police had no information in
regard to the operations Of the woman
in Kenosha They admitted that they
knew that lot of "moonshine" or
some other kind of liquor was finding
its way into Kenosha, but they could
not be coaxed to tell anything of the
route it came over if they knew
anything about it.
1t is admitted that liquor is flowing
pretty freely in Kenosha and that a
lot of it would not be considered as
within the law. Every day the muni-
cipal court has cases of men who adj
nit delinquencies because they were
drunk" and it is pretty certain that
all Of these DRINKS are not due to
"home made wine" So far as is
known the government officials have
made no effort to interfere with the
nnnnns nnnnnn aoaiann iiiiaao oaaioi
rapidly growing business of the woman
booze agent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Send Commission
for Russian Trade
fBy Associated Press)

Atlantic City, N. 1.-THE board Of
directors of the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce today authorized appointment
Of commission to proceed to Europe
to investigate the possibility of re-
sumption of trade relations between
the United States and the Russian peo-
pie. President Homer L. Ferguson was
directed to name members of the com
mission and given authority to "bring
the project to successful termina-
ton" the commission to make its re-
port to the board of directors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
ROAD TO JERICHO
HARD in KENOSHA
John r. Wilson Tells Po-
lice He Was Robbed Of
$500, Later Says $50.
COMPANIONS RETICENT

Just like the man in biblical history
among thieves, John R. Wilson, one
armed man who lives at 511 East
Water street, Milwaukee, went to the
police office just before midnight Tues
day night and declared that he had
been robbed of $500 in Kenosha. He
admitted that he had been having a
pretty good time in the city and told
the police that he had made "a day
of it." This morning Wilson had re-
vised his figures on his losses and he
told the police that the amount of
which he had been robbed was possibly
somewhere between fifty and sixty dol
lars. He had eleven cents left. 1t was
asserted that he had somewhere in the
neighborhood of hundred dollars
R&hen he came to Kenosha on Tuesday.
Learn of Gay Party.
The police in their investigation of
the case learned that Wilson had been
a member of gay party which had
consisted of two women and three men
which had spent a considerable time
at roadhouse near Kenosha on Tues
day. OF course, the fact that nothing
intoxicating is sold in roadhouses pre-
cluded even the suspicion that any of
the members of the party were intoxi-
Gated. One of the men who had been
a member Of the party was arrested
as suspect for larceny but he was
later released,
According to the story told the po-
lice by Wilson, he was 'rolled" in a
downtown eating house after the re-
turn Of the party from the roadhouse.
The police had not been informed as
to the Identity of the two women who
had been with the party and Wilson
intimated this morning that he was
not very DESTROYS Of having the police
find out who they were. The Milwau-
kee man seemed to be willing to drop
the case.
Police Doubt Robbery.
Chief 0'Hare and his men seemed to
have grave doubts Of the truth of the
story of the robbery. They declared
that any man could spend hundred
dollars with four other thirsty people
in ar'afternoon even though there was
nothing but one-half of one per cent
to be consumed. The police appeared
to be more interested in the investiga-
ton Of the rOadhouse than the robbery
story,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
ESTABLISH POLICY FOR
MERCHANT MARINE
Senate Committee Provides to Ameri-
canize Shipping Out of American
Ports Under New Law.
nv Associated pras.,


Washington Establishment of an
America First" policy for the develop.
ment of the American merchant ma
rine is provided in bill drafted as q
substitute for the House merchant ma
rine bill by the Senate commerce sub
committee and made public today by
Chairman Jones, who plans to report
it to the full committee tomorrow.
Coastwise shipping, the bill provides,
must be entirely American owned while
75So of the stock of corporations en-
gagged in foreign trade must be held
by American citizens. Sale of Ameri-
can ships to foreign interests would
be prohibited by the bill without the
approval Of the shipping board, which
the act creates. The bill also would
prohibit the interstate commerce com
mission from exercising authority al
ready existing to grant preferential
rail and water freight rates on exports
or imports as well as passenger rates
unless American owned vessels were
used.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
WEST SIDERS
TO BOOST CITY
Prominent Business Men
( Lay Plans for Closer
Organization.
SAYS NO SELFISH AIMS
Development of Hub Of First
Interest but Whole City
viii Be Considered.

Tentative plans for the formation
of cooperative organization of bust
ness men situated in the club of
Kenosha" were discussed Tuesday
evening when a representative body
of such men gathered in the directors
room of the Kenosha State bank.
In commenting upon last nights
meeting one of the leaders of the
movement said that the business men
feel that what is now considered the
west side of the city, will shortly be-
come the business center of Kenosha.
Indications of this are evident in the
building operations which extend
many miles west of the principal bust
ness streets in this section. The gem
eral sentiment is that only through a
centralized organization can the bust
ness men of the hub of Kenosha
play the proper part in the develop
ment of greater Kenosha.
Permanent Organization Later.
A meeting will be called within the
next two weeks for theg purpose of
effecting a permanent organization.
Every person in the development
of that section of the city will be
invited to attend.
Not only will organization be ef-
fected but matters beneficial to the
entire city will be considered. An
important item will be the considers
tion Of system Of ornamental light
ing for the hubs business section.
Judging from last nights informal
meeting the pojects will meet with
enthusiastic approval as will all move
ments for the development of better
business section in greater Kenosha.
Section Grows Rapidly.
The recent establishment Of the
Kenosha State bank has centralized
the west side business section and
brought the realization that with the
almost phenomenal growth of bust
ness and residential districts, the
business center is certain to be es-
tablished there. The section now has
drug stores, department stores, cloth
ing stores, produce stores, millinery
shops, recreation centers, confection-
airy shops, real estate offices, doctors
Offices, all of the most modern equip
ment. The factories situated in that
section, and the new plants which are
under erection, have brought to the
section thousands Of outsiders who
are willing and eager to settle in
Kenosha and whose needs must be
served in just such centralized To-
cality. The present indications of an
even greater development of the bust
ness section promise community not
only sufficient unto itself but factor
in the civic life of the entire city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Lands Berates
Postal Wages
(By United Press)

Chicago-Judge Lands in the Fed
eral Court here today pointed to an
example in low wages paid by the
government when Allen E. Carlyle. a
postal clerk was arraigned for steal
ing diamonds valued at $1,190 from
the mail. Turning to the spectators,
Judge Lands said: ''Look at this
man. He has two children to support.
He works from five thirty in the af-
ternoon until three or four in the
morning and all he is paid by he
government is $1,000 year. 1 sup
pose / will have to. send this fellow
up but he has been working like a
slave and getting only half what he
would be getting as private secre-
tary to a hod carrier" Carlyle plead
ed guilty and will be up for sentence
Thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
SAILOR JUMPS OFF
FROM MOVING TRAIN
Mere Boy Charged With DESERVING
from Naval Station Stages
Thrilling Incident Here.

Risking his life to avoid being
taken back to the Great Lakes Naval
Station to answer charges of being
absent without leave, seventeen
year old boy leaped from the labora-
tory window Of rapidly moving cleo
trio train of the Chicago, North
Shore and Milwaukee Electric rail
way just after ten o'clock this morn
ing. He was later captured and taken
to the station.
The young man had been arrested
in Milwaukee and in charge of one of
the guards from the station he was on
south-bound electric car which had
left the Kenosha station just after ten
o'clock. The car had gone possibly
three hundred feet and was just get
ting into full speed when people on
the platform saw the boy hanging
from the window of the laboratory.
Had Been Handcuffed.
Up to the time the train reached
Kenosha the deserving sailor had been
handcuffed to his guard. He had asked
permission to go to the water closet
and the toilet room was so small as
to make it impossible for both of the
men to go into it and the guard had
released him. Just as the train was
well underway the sailor lifted the
window of the laboratory and went out
feet first. He dropped to the ground
along the track and the car was run
ming at such a speed that he was
thrown thirty feet. He struck on his
hands and knees and in second he
was off and running north. The guard
heard the window open and he gave
the signal to the conductor to stop the
train. He ran after the sailor and
caught him just as he was entering the
yards of the Nash Motors company sew
eral feet from the place where he had
made his daring effort to escape.
Badly Cut and Bruised.
The boy had been badly cut and
bruised by his fall from the moving
car, but he had no broken bones. He
was running like deer when the
guard came up behind him. ITS all
Off he said as he turned around and
surrendered himself.
The escapade Of the sailor caused
great excitement in the west part OF
the city and scores of people who
had been on the train and on another
train just leaving for the north Joined
in the chase for the sailor.
1t was reported that the boys name
was Moran and his nome in Chicago,
He was not charged with any serious
offense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Japs Are Killed
by Hundreds
(By Associated Press,

Washington Japanese guards in the
district of Nikolaezsk in eastern ST.
IBERIA are believed to have been an
initiated and several hundred Japanese
residents, including the japanese con-
sui massacred, according to an of
fetal statement issued by the japanese
foreign Office today and made public
through the state department. The
Japanese statement while it admitted
that communication lines had been so
cut as to make an accurate descrip-
tion of conditions unavailable, declar-
ed that it was evident that serious
upheaval" had taken place. An effort
to send military relief was .thwarted
by the ice. The japanese government
sent an expedition to Alexandrovsky
accompanied by two warships where
the japanese residents were found to
be safe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
DIRTY MILK TO
COST LICENSE
Health Board Announces
that It Will not Grant
Licenses.
TWO FAIL IN TEST
Licenses Will Not Be Renewed
Saturday and Men Must Go
Out of Business.

The city health department this
morning declared its determination to
root out of business in Kenosha milk
dealers who have not properly safe
guarded their product and when APP
plications are filed for licenses for the
new year on Saturday at least two
licenses will be refused until such
time as the milk men show their will
ingness and their ability to meet all
the demands Of the department to
clean up their places for handling
milk and provide clean product.
Chemist Miller of the city laboratories
has been making an examination of
the milk samples and he has discovered
two dirty samples. The samples come
ban Of the health department before.
eve shall refuse to issue licenses
for these dairies," declared DR.. G.
Windesheim, commissioner of public
health, this morning. "These men
have had plenty of time to understand
that the city Of Kenosha demands
clean milk and there is no reason to
temporize with them farther" Chem
ist Miller said that his tests had shown
that the samples taken from these
dealers were very dirty and far below
the standard demanded by the city.
Must Protect Babies.
The health officials declared this
morning that the season Just opening
was the most dangerous season Of the
year so far as the milk supply is con
cerned. "The summer is the time that
milk must be protected and we'll pro-
tected," was the statement of the de-
partment. Impure and dirty milk
sold at this season of the year is q
direct menace to the lives of the
children of the city. They must be
dependant on the milk dealers for
food. The dealers who have shown
an unwiilingness to comply with the
wholly reasonable ordinances of the
city, have but one alternative and that
is to get out Of business. Most of
the dealers will get their licenses on
Saturday, but no licenses will be
issued to men whose product is far
below the standard of cleanliness"
No Large Diaries Hit.
It was stated by the officials of the
health board that none of the large
dairies would be hit by the new order
based on the tests just completed.
However, it was admitted that the
milk men who had been found selling
dirty and impure products had con-
siderable number of customers. For
the most part the customers ere among
the poorer people of the city.
Saturday is license day for a lot of
people who do business in Kenosha
as practically all of the licenses is
sued by the city expire with the last
day of April. The notable exception
is the saloon licenses which are grant
ed from the first of July. Within
short time the city will consider
the issuance of the bar permits for
another year.
Many Forget Licenses.
In the past many people have for
gotten to take out the license at the
time set by the city ordinances, but
it is declared that prompt prosecutions
will follow delinquency this year.
Already the city clerk has received
many applications for new licenses
and in many cases they can be is
sued without any consideration Of the
application by the common council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Neck and Neck
in New Jersey
(By Associated Press

Newark With 166 districts missing
in the reports Of yesterdays presi-
Dental primary election, General
Wood had 49,77O and Hiram johnson
AS, 237, giving Wood lead of 553 votes.
WANTS TRUST CASE RE-HEARD.
Washington The federal govern
ment today asked the Supreme Court
to rehear its dismissed suit against
the United States Steel Corporation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Philip Expects
Return of Beer
(By United Press)

Madison Sentiment in America is
opposed to any return Of whiskey or
high wines but is in favor of beer and
drinks of low alcoholic contents; much
unrest has been started by dry laws
among our peoples and crimes of mi
nor kinds have been materially de-
creased" This was the report sent to-
day by Governor Philip in letter to
John A. Pace, secretary of the True
Temperance Association of England,
who has sent QUESTIONABLE all over
the United States in preparation for
the coming prohibition fight in Eng
land.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Civil War RACES
Today in Tampico

San Antonio, Tex.-Fighting between
Carranzaistas and rebels has broken
out in Tampico, Mex, according to ad-
vices received here today. Troops from
the federal garrison at Vera Cruz were
ordered rushed by boat to Tampico to
the aid of Gen. Francisco Murguia.
Carranza commander in the oil dis
trict, reports here said. Murguia was
reported hard pressed by the revo,u-
tionists commanded by General Gomez
and General Manuel Pelaez.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Ohio Votes for
FayOrite Son
tBy Associated Press

Colum bus Late returns today from
yesterdays presidential preferential
election in the state from all but 582
of 1882 precincts, showed Senator
Harding leading General Wood by
1921 votes. The vote in the $500
precincts was: Harding, 114,893; Wood
102,612 Additional returns. late this
afternoon indicated that 38 and pos
sibly 40 of the 48 delegates from Ohio
to the Republican convention will be
pledged to vote for Senator Harding
as their first choice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

Washington-An agreement on the
water power bill was reached by the
Senate and House conferees at their
meeting today but the terms of the
agreement will not be made public
until the bill is reported back to the
bodies. Representative Esch, a mem
Der of the committee is now preparing
the report explaining the object of the
bill. Prompt action is expected as
soon as it reaches Congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
French Evacuate
German Territory
(By Associated press)

Paris. Premier Millerand, speaking
to the Chamber of Deputies today on
the results Of the supreme council
meeting at San Reno, said that the
Frankfort and Darmstadt territory
would be evacuated by the French as
soon as the allied commissions have
established that the German armed
force over the number allowed by the
convention of August, 1919, had been
withdrawn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Arraign Preder for Embezzlement.

Chief Of Police O'Hare announced
this afternoon that George Preder,
who has been held for several days
by the police, would be arraigned to-
morrow on charge of ENLIGHTENMENT.
Preder has a long police record and
was at one time sent to prison from
this county. He was arrested on a
larceny charge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

Milwaukee. II couldn't bear to do
like some mothers take my baby's
life.n Pinned to the clothing of a
month old baby girl was this simple
explanation accompanying a little bun
die discovered last night on the door
step of local hospital. No trace of
the mother of the child has been found.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29

On account of the shortage of
raw materials and shortage, of
cars in which to ship finished
product, Simmons company went
to the eight hour schedule on
Tuesday. The order affects all
departments of the company with
a total of over $500 men. Man
ayers of the company expressed
the hope today that the "short
day" would be necessary for only
a short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-29
Negro Delegates
Carry on Contest
Pr rrni+aA p.a.sA

Little Rock; Ark. Contrasting negro
delegates denied seats by the legis-
lature committee in favor of the coun-
ty of Pulaski delegates are carrying
their fight to the floor when the state
Republican convention meets here
this afternoon, their leaders an
nounced.