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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
BRUNER NAMES
HIS COMMITTEES
President Elect Of Keno
sha Retailers Announces
COMMITTEES for Year.
PREDICTS GOOD YEAR

President-elect H A. Bruner of the
Kenosha Retailers association has an
nounced the committees for 1921 who
will be called upon to assist him in
the work of that association. Each
of the committees will be called to-
gether in the near future to discuss
their duties and lay plans for next
years work. The committee are:
Board of Directors:H. A. Bruner,
Michael Bode, Chas. E. Turnock, G. E.
Dewey, Jake Van Bendegon, C. w.
Johnson and E. Epstein.
Finance Thos. A. Sullivan, A. Iser-
mann and Russell Jones.
Trade Promotion-R. S. Kingsley,
H. E. Barden, John NJ. Regner, H. F.
DeBerge, William Block, Ralph Karnes
and R. j. Austin.
Legislative-A. H. Dahl, Chas. H.
Goodman and Chas. B. Werve.
Membership Chas. H. Curtiss, Her
man Jensen, Samuel Isen, 0. A. Nc
Neil, Ray Kappus, Fred Raiman, Ben
jamin Cohn, Lester Holderness, and
Joseph JoSephSon.
Entertainment - Frank Getschman
Al. Kappus, Leon G. Hamlin, Max Bear,
W. w. Barlow, Adam Schneider, Bar
ney Levin, William Schmidt Christ
Heinz, Earl ]. Rasico, Louis Turner
and Hans M. Brehm.
The first named on each committee
is chairman, excepting in the case of
the entertainment committee, in which
instance the first two. named will act
as joint chairmen.
Will Report to Retailers.
There has been no further action
taken on the Sheridan Road improve
ment suggestion other than the COM
mittee has discussed informally the
problems confronting it. 1t is thought
that this committee which was ap-
pointive by the president would have
an interesting report to make to the
Retailers at their next monthly ban
quet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
HOLD MORONS
ARE INSANE
Arthur DEM and William
Stark Committed to the
Hospital for Insane.
RAUEN IS IN CHARGE

Arthur DEM, aged twenty-five, and
William Stark, aged fifty-six, two men
who have been in the custody Of the
police on charges Of annoying girls
of tender age, were adjudicated insane
in the county court this morning by
Judge George w. Taylor and committed
to the Northern Hospital for the In
sane at Winnebago. Before noon to-
day the two men were taken to the
hospital by Sheriff elect Billy Rauen
and it is understood that if they are
released from the hospital they will
not return to Kenosha.
DEM ms a resident of Ishpemihg,
Mich, and his relatives there have
been notified of his being committed
to the asylum. Stark formerly lived
at Sheboygan and it is thought that he
has relatives there. The two men
seemed to be ready and willing to go
to the hospital and neither of them
demanded a trial by jury after the po-
lice officers filed the formal petitions
in the county court demanding an ex-
animation into their mental condition.
Doctors Say "Insane.
Under formal order from the
county court the two men were ex-
amined by DR.. George F. Adams and
DR.. J. o. McCracken, the examination
which was made late Monday afternoon
was very thorough one and the ply
sicians declared that they were con-
WINGED that the men were suffering
from mania. The history in each
case showed that the men had been
accustomed to the excessive use of
stimulants. With the men committed
to the state asylum for the insane it is
expected that charges which have been
brought against them here will be
dropped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Red Sweater Thief
Enters Two Stores
(By Associated Press

Chicago. Chicago's fred sweater
bandit" with his gun wrapped up in a
newspaper, varied the string of street
holdups which he has staged here re-
Gently when he robbed two stores here
this morning before ten o'clock. This
brings the total Of robberies commit
ted since last Friday to %. The fifty
police who have been on the trail Of
the bandit for six days were taken
unawares as they did not expect him
to begin operations until afternoon as
has been his custom. The robberies
staged today showed that the ''red
sweater bandit" has secured a con-
federate, as two men staged the rob
berries this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
FOUND DEAD IN
POOL OF BLOOD
August ]. Baumann, Mil
waukee, Found Dead at
Fischer Hotel.
is FOUND BY MAID

Lying in pool Of his own blood
the body of August J. Baumann, 9
pump salesman and repairman from
Milwaukee, was found Monday evening
just after seven o'clock in the bed in
the mans room on the second floor Of
the Fischer Hotel on Market street
The discovery of the body was MADE
by Miss Jensen, maid at the hotei
who went to the room to clean it. She
had attempted during the morning tc
enter the room, but upon seeing Bau-
mann on the bed. had left, believing
that he had oversight.
When she went back to the room
Monday evening and turned on the
light, she made the grewsome discov-
cry of the body. It is believed that
Baumann had suffered an internal
hemorrhage as he had bled profusely
from the mouth and nose.
Dead for Seven Hours.
DR.. j. H. Holm, who was summoned
to the hotel Immediately, declared
that the man had been dead at least
seven hours. A post-mortem examin-
alton to determine the exact cause OF
death was to be held this morning.
There are no signs of violence or
the body and no reasons to suspect
foul play. There was long cut or
the chin which led to rumors Of sui.
eide, but these were dispelled wher
investigation showed that Baumann
being extremely nervous, on Sunday
evening had cut himself while shaving
Baumann had come to Kenosha or
this last trip the latter part of last
week. To his friends he had com
planned several times since he hac
been here, having been afflicted with
some kind of stomach trouble. Or
Sunday he had eaten but little bui
had not been thought to be danger,
ously i'll.
Had Interesting Life.
Baumann had been a frequent Wis
itor to Kenosha in recent years anc
had a number of intimate friends il
Kenosha. One Of these was Pau
Junker, the owner of the Plaza Cafe
for whom Baumann had recently
worked in installing equipment.
He was a native Of Germany, but
had lived in America practically al
of his life. It is said that severa
years ago he had been the sole owner
Of Milwaukee hotel, which he sole
for more than $4,000, but that heav,
losses had made him almost pennies
before his death. Six weeks ago hi
had been divorced from his wife, who
is now residing in Milwaukee, but who
had not been reached at late hour
today. Since the divorce he had made
his home at 161 West Water street il
Milwaukee.
The remains were taken Monday
evening to the Hansen funeral home
on Park avenue, where they are being
held pending word from relatives II
Milwaukee. 1t is probable that The
funeral services will be held in thai
city on Thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Long Illness is
Ended by Death
Joseph A. Jureyich, Sixteen Years Old,
Dies This Morning After Illness
of a Year.

Joseph A. Jurevich, the sixteen-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Jure-
vich, died at eight o'clock this morn
ing at the home at 1910 Middle street
after an Illness of more than years
duration from stomach trouble. The
deceased was born in Chicago, October
5, 1904 and came to Kenosha with his
parents two years later. He was edu-
Gated in the st. Peters school and had
been popular with the scholars Of that
school. He is survived by his parents
one brother, Walter B. Jurevich, and
two sisters, Josephine and Adela Jure-
vich. The funeral services will be
held at the st. Peters Church Thurs
day morning with interment following
in the family plot in the St. George
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Copyright 1920, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association 4
/ Am Fearful as to What Might Hap
pen at the Rally.

I Am Fearful as to What Might hap
pen at the Rally.
Mr. Best was not the only guest who
might spoil the rally in the Lorimer
Park, I felt sure. Several triangular
relations seemed to threaten members
Of the family. In midsummer, OF
course, many people whom we wanted
to attend would be out of town. The
Lorimers were all at the big mansion
by the lake for several reasons, the
most important being the state of
Daddy Lorimer's health. He could not
be happy away from his favorite ply
stefan, and although he might have
taken his doctor with the family to the
big farm in the mountains, he was
most comfortable in his own splendid
home by the lake at the. edge OF the
town. Quite a colony of our neigh
bors. known as "the shore folks" telt
the same way.
Katherine Miller came home sudden
ly from goodness knows what long
tour of the battle fields of Europe
AS soon as I heard that the tawny
tiger lady was at nOtHS, ChS
hurt in my heart came to lie again
I was positive that Bob had never been
disloyal to me except in thought-but
that. of course, would serve to break
nv heart. He had always been at
tracted by our lovely next-door neigh
Dor. simply as specimen OF beauty
he had admitted many times.
OF course Katherine came at once
to call on. Jims bride. And of course,
we met My first glance made me
envious. Her glorious tresses had new
er been touched by the BARRIERS shears
They were much more magnificent than
mine had ever been. When I remem-
bered how Bob admired lovely hair,
was filled with regret for having saerl-
feed mine in order to play the show
girl.
Upon the occasion of the ballet,
Katherine's hair would be especially
conspicuous, for she promised to re-
present Miss Columbia would be
the spirit of the ballot ballet and she
would wear her glorious tresses
streaming over her shoulders IN
magnificent contrast to the shorn locks
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Four Bandits Take More
Than 5000 from Two
Kenosha Men.
ESCAPE in MOTOR CAR
Bandits Block Roadway and
Stage Daring Hold-up and
then Escape in Auto.

Four bandits staged daring holdup
that netted them more than 5000 on
Monday evening just after eight o.
clock when they halted the automobile
occupied by Charles Murray and Peter
Gales and after searching the pockets
of these men, escaped in waiting
motor car. The holdup was staged on
west Salem avenue near the Schrayer
Inn and the bandits are believed to
have gone towards Lake Geneva.
The Kenoshans who were robbed
were rather reticent in telling the de-
tails of the affair to the police and it
was some time before the officials were
put on the trail of the bandits. Sew
eral clues were being worked on to-
day but it was believed that the four
holdup men had made good their
escape.
Blocked the Roadway.
The bandits with their motor car
blocked the roadway and when Muir
ray halted his car the two Kenoshans
found themselves looking into the
business ends Of revolvers and ordered
to throw up their hands. They com
piled with the request and while two
Of the bandits kept them under cover,
the other two searched their pockets
The exact amount that was secured
by the bandits is not known but it is
certain that it was more than $500.
After securing the money, the ban
dts cut the wires in the electrical
connections of the Kenoshans' car in
order that they would be hampered in
securing help.
Wave Farewell and Speed Away.
Then the bandits, keeping the Ke-
noshans under cover all of the time,
crawled into their own car, waved
farewell to their victims and sped
away westward.
GALES and Murray hurried to the
Schrayer Inn to telephone the sheriff
but due to an inability to locate the
officials it was some time before the
sheriff was put on the trail. The
county official reported the affair to
the police and two patrolmen were de-
tailed to go with the deputy sheriffs
in their search for the bandits. All
Of the roads of the county were
searched but no trace was found Of
the bandits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16

+. A. Staff Correspondent
using the red tape and whitewash OF
trial board charges; punished six po
hcemen who let a wounded bandit es
cape from a hospital by suspending
them so each loses $3.50 pay; initiated
gambling raids that brought 462 ar
rests in one night; planned motorcycle
squad to check clockwork regularity>of
Saturday pay roll robberies; drafted
plan for merit system-merit marks
for good work and dement's for every
crime committed from district captain
down to policeman.
The young police chief is short,
stocky, boyishly young and has smile
and twinkling eye, and firm hand
with kid glove touch.
Interested in Cops.
81 don't believe in talking much,
he says. 81 believe in doing things
I'm willing to cooperate with any
body who can help the police depart
ment. Ny policy is: First, get the
police to work; second see that they
are better paid; third. demonstrates
the need of more pOlice-and get
them"
In 1900 Fitzmorris, in newspaper
contest for boys, broke the worlds
record on trip around the world
He showed such political strategy in
Carter Harrison's campaign for mayor
that Harrison made him his secretary
in 1911. Though Democrat, he was
retained when Thompson became the
mavor in 1915.
Chief Fitzmorris has a wife and
three children. His salary is $4,000
Mayor Thompson says he is "a bird Of
chief"-sure to be disliked in other
cities because "crooks are getting out
of Chicago while the going is good"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16

Chicago.-The new fashion of put
ting newspaper men in places Of pow
er2f 'rinstance, President-elect Hard
ing-is being tried in the Chicago pc,
lice department. Chicago has had
chiefs of police who were politicians,
professional policemen and soldiers.
Now newspaper man, Charles c,
Fitzmorris, at the age of SO, has the
job of doing what the others failed to
do-clean up crime.
absolute Authority"
eff things aren't rubber stamped
and Charlie Fitzmorris starts to clean
up on crime" said newspaper man
who knew him when he started as a
copy boy twenty years ago, "he'll
make thorough job of it."
Mayor Thompson says Fitz is not a
rubber stamp. In naming him, the
mayor conferred absolute authority
and added:
"No one is authorized to speak for
me or ask you anything in my name"
Fitz is going ahead on that basis.
He has started to be a "go-getter.
First he "got" a few men on the force
by transferring 500 to new fields.
Eight days after he took Office he
personally went out with gun, cap
tured two bank robbery suspects and
recovered $8,687 in loot.
Lines Of Action.
Here are some other things he did
before he was month old as chief:
Deposed Detective Chief J. L. Moo
ney and made Lieut.. Michael Hughes
chief; started to draft new anti-crook
laws, chief of which is law making
robbery with gun punishable by i'm
prisonment for life; started suspend
ing delinquent policemen instead Of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
LIGHTEsT KIND oF WORK.

Lazy Lorenzo and Dog-Tired Dick
were discussing something they knew
but little about-work.
Il think" said Lazy Lorenzo, "that
if they did away with work altogether
it'd put an end to these ere strikes
"Yus,' said Dog-Tired Dick, "thatll
be the time when everything's done
by electricity. Only got to press a
button and the jobs done"
A slow horror dawned in Lazy Lor-
enzo's eyes.
"That won't do" he said emphatic
ally. who's agoin' to press the but
ton ?"-Houston Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Orders Germany
to Keep Terms

Berlin-General Nollet, head of the
allied control commission here, has
informed the German government that
its explanations regarding the dis
armament of peoples guards cannot be
accomplished, and has ordered the gov
eminent to direct the destruction of
several siege guns before December
IS. He has declared these guns were
kept in contravention of the Versailles
treaty and in spite of the reiterated
demands Of the allies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
HENS WORK OVERTIME.

Ames, LA plan to work hens ov-
ertime has been announced by the
Iowa state college of agriculture,
Electric lights in poultry houses are
to be turned on early in the morning
SO the chickens will think it is day
light and get up and get busy, and
kept burning late in the afternoon SO
they will be ashamed to go to roost
early. The additional number of eggs
produced will more than pay for the
electric light.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Arrests Badgers
on Serious Charge
(By Associated Press)

Marion, Ohio.-Carl ]. Harry and his
wife, Bertha, and Mrs. Hary's mother,
Mrs. Martha ]. Lampert, of Rhinelan-
der, Wis, were arrested here today by
federal service detectives on charges
of stealing, forging and cashing 10
war risk insurance checks for sums
ranging from $40 to $48 each. The
deed is alleged to have been done in
Rhinelander last February.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
BIG STEAMER MAY BE LOST.
by United Press

Milwaukee, Wis.-Coast guards and
members Of the crew Of tugs which
stood BY the freighter, W. B. Craw-
ford, which grouned near here late
yesterday, expressed fear today that
it would be impossible to save the 500
foot steel vessel. She is fast break
ing up on the rocks and water is
pouring into her hold through large
rent in the hull.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
VOodoo Trail is
Found in Haiti
(By United Press)

Washington Vodooism, involving
human sacrifice, is prevalent on the
island Of Haiti, says a report by Rear
Admiral H. S. Knapp, made public
today. The report was submitted to
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels, who
sent Knapp to Investigate conditions
in Haiti. "Voodooism is originally
snake worship. In its extreme rites it
requires the sacrifice of human beings
the drinking of their blood and the
eating of their flesh. The human
sacrifice is called the "hornless goat,
minor sacrifices of cocks or goats
are made"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16

Chicago is the real gateway" of Wis
cousin.
Mayor Joachim, when interviewed,
declared: "Let Illinois keep it, we
have troubles enough of our own" and
it is not improbable that his view will
be echoed by the rest of the officials
of Kenosha city and county. Kenosha
has been the biggest city in this neck
of the state for some time and it
wants to continue to hold that dis
tinction, even to the end of giving
Chicago to Illinois.
The encouragement is preparing a
brief on the matter to be submitted
to the Illinois constitutional conven-
ton and while it may make interest
ing reading, it is certain that this is
as far as it will get
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Lands Hands Booze
Peddler Sentence
by United Pressl

Chicago-Edward Schweitzer, whose
residence is in Racine, Wis, was sent
enced to serve six months in jail and
was fined $1,000 by Judge K. M. Lands
in the federal court today on charges
of violation of prohibition laws.
schweitzer is alleged to have sold
whiskey for thirty cents a drink at
drug store in which he worked at
Waukegan, Illinois.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
ElkhOrn Woman
Dies i'm Kenosha
Mrs. MabIe June Finley Dies Early
This Morning at the Willow
brook Sanatarium.

Mrs. Mable June Finley, wife Of
James Finley Of Elkhorn, died early
this morning at the Willowbrook
Sanatarium after long illness. The
deceased had been critically i'll for
Several days and for this reason death
was not unexpected. Her husband and
her relatives from Elkhorn were at
her bedside when the death summons
came The remains will be taken to
Elkhorn where funeral services viii be
held probably on Thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Get Mystery Tip
on Clara Smith
nv United Prassl

Ardmore, Okla. Another mysteri-
GUS ''tip" that Clara Smith Hamon,
sought on charge Of murder in con-
nection with the death of Jake L.
Hamon, multi-millionaire oil man and
politician, was believed to be getting
her mail at Post Falls, Idaho, 20 miles
east of Spokane, Wash, failed to
arouse officers here. County Attorney
Russell Brown believed the "tip" was
another "false scent"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
George Gipp Died
at South Bend

South Bend, Ind.-George Gipp, No
tire Dame football player, died at 1923
this morning from streptococcic
throat disease. Gipp, whose splendid
playing won him countrywide recog-
milton and made him choice for a
position on an all-American eleven,
had been i'll since the Notre Dame
Northwestern game. November goth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
PRISONERS sCORN nm.

Akron, O.-Joe Mack, charged with
firing the contents of two revolvers
into the body of his mother while he
was in a drunken rage, can't break
into the social swim" at the county
Jail. Wife deserters and bootleggers
won't associate with man who is
said to admit he killed his own mother
and isn't sorry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Hogs Reach Bottom
on Chicago Exchange
(By United Press.s

Chicago - Hogs slumred generally
throughout the middle west as farm
ers sold heavily. A feeling that corn
would go lower induced heavy ship
ping. The slump today is new low
record in several places as compared
with four years ago. Prices general
ly were off from twenty-five cents to
fifty cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT.

Washington. - The international
Communications Conference which is
in session here, has reached an agree
ment, according to the oral announce
ment of its officers. Formal announce
ment giving details of the plan will
be made public late this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16

Railroad passengers in Wisconsin
required to pay increased fares vary
ing in amounts from 46 cents to 1892
in travelling from Kenosha to principal
points in the state as the result of
the 3.6 cent a mile rate, which became
effective for intrastate passenger serv-
ice on Friday at midnight.
The following table shows the in
crease Of fare which the new rate
makes over the old three cent rate:
Ernnn Kannsha OLD Naw In
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16

Although the railroads scored de-
cisive point in the legal rate con-
troversy which has been waged between
the roads and state officials when they
secured continuation of the temp
orary Injunction restraining attorneys
Of the state from attempting litigation
to prevent the enforcement of the
higher rate, Governor f. L. Philip
and the office of the attorney general
are preparing to carry the fight to the
United States supreme court.
Will Test the Act.
A decision by the supreme court on
this question will amount virtually to
test of the constitutionality of GER
tain provisions of the recent federal
transportation act. This was indicated
in a letter by Gov. Philip to Congress-
man Frear, in which the governor
stated that the federal constitution
should not be considered merely piece
of rubber that will permit the federal
courts to stretch it far enough to
cover the entire country.
The state of Wisconsin will maintain
that it has not given up its constitu-
tional powers to control railway rates
within the state under the provisions
of the transportation act giving the
interstate commerce commission power
to fix rates within the borders of any
state as we'll as to fix interstate rates,
according to Governor Philip.
Cute Down Travel
However, until the case again comes
to the supreme court the Kenoshans
will have to pay the new rate. At first
glance the increase seems to be more
than SO which it actually is, but the
government gets war tax Of 5 u on
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
SECRET WOMAN CAN KEEP.

Ethel-They say woman cant keep
a secret.
George Have you any evidence to
the contrary?
Ethel-Just try to get well-dressed
woman to give you the name of her
dressmaker-D Detroit News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
LUNATIC Jumps TO DEATH

Seattle, Wash.-For years William
Fonda, "whistling evangelist" had rid
den a bicycle here, carrying big
sign: Prepare to meet thy God" He
jumped to death from a two-story
building.