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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-03
DURANT WEEKLY VIEWS

business trip to Caddo Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Farrow and
"Sam" are visiting in Texas this week.
Mrs. Lille Cummings is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Oscar McAteer,
this week in Durant.
Roy Hawkes. and family spent the
latter part Of the week with Glennie
Howell near Blue.
Mr.. Horace and family made a
business trip to Durant Tuesday.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-03
MISSISSIPPI LYNCHING

A mob of 100 armed men, angered
over the severe beating of a peniten-
tiary guard when several negro con-
victs made their escape from a pris-
on camp near here three days ago,
stormed the local Jail at Corinth, Miss.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
CONTRACT Is LET
FOR new BRIDGE

The city council voted unanimously
or Monday night to award the contract
for the construction Of the new Main
street bridge and the other work at
tending the strengthening Of Main
street to Greiling Brothers at q con-
tract price Of sAs1,0o0 the work to be
completed By June LIST, 1921, and the
contract to bear penalty and bonus
clause TO enforce tbs completion of
the contract by the time specified. The
contract will be ready for the final
sanction of the city attorney within
the next few days and 1t is believed
that The work on the big job Of NOV
in The. old bridge to The Middle street
crossing Of the river and constructing
the new baseule bridge according to
the plans made by the Strauss Bascule
Bridge company of Chicago will be
started within d few days.
Nc provision was made to order The
bond Issue to pay for the bridge on
account Of The fact that the bond mar
ket Is net az The present time an adj
vantageous market, but 1t is believed
that a better market will be found lat
er in the year and that the bonds viii
be sold without trouble. The total of
the bond issue is 20 be half million
dollars and this will cover the cost of
the work and the damages which must
be paid.
Northwestern TO Do Own Work.
The council without division reject
ed ali bids for The construction of the
work which is ordered to be done by
the Northwestern Railway company
and It IS understood that this work
Will be done by the contractors of
that company under city supervision,
The company has given assurance that
the work will be done at a time and
in a manner not to in any way delay
the work done by the contractors nam
ed by the city, Money will be avail
able from the general fund TO pay the
costs Of construction until such time
az the city bonds can be sold.
To Vacate Pine Street,
The granting of the contract for the
construction Of the bridge and attend
ing work was held UP for some time
pending an agreement by the members
Of the council to an arrangement made
with the N, r, Aliens Sons company
This arrangement provided that The
Allen company would make deed to
the city Of the lands to the north and
east Of the approach Of the present
bridge In exchange for the land tc
the west of the new extended street
which would be of no value to the city
for street purposes with the added
provision that the council would
vacate to the tannery the one bloch
Of Pine street adjoining it's plant, The
proposed trade was sanctioned by the
street assessment committee and wa:
strongly urged by large number O.
the members of the council. 1t brough
storm of protest from Alderman
Wachs of the Seventh ward who de
clared that he preferred to have the
city condemn the tannery property t.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08

The limit that any druggist can sell
during any calendar year is $500 pints
and he must make a report of every
pint sold and the repeFs must clearly
show the name OF the physician who
wrote the prescription, It is said that
the ruling Of the prohibition commits
sioners will have tendency to fierce
the price Of Ehiskey and the price Of
prescriptions up. 1t is admitted that
some of the Kenesha men wins have
been attending to cases where booze
was deemed the only remedy fer the
ailment, have been lining their pockets
with money, but the government Off
Gals have begun to check back pre-
scriptiens and IL is declared that If
violations Of the law are shown that
there viii be prompt prosecutions net
only of the men who secured the liquer
but also of the doctors whe wrete the
prescriptions. Much information from
Kenosha in regard to drug store sales
of liqueF is new in the hands of the
federal agents and 1t Is certain that
this evidence will be followed up close
ly in an effort to put an end to viola
lions of the law. Many cases of per
feetly we'll men securing prescriptions
calling for liquor have been unearthed
here. 1t is said that some of the drug
gusts have sought to purchase liquor
by the carload in order to meet all
the demands made upon them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08

giving it the stub end of the street
which has long been used by the tan
merry:
Slater Talks Turkey"
City Attorney John c. Slater took
the floor and discussed the matter and
told the members of the council some
thing of what he thought the cost of
condemnation would be. He declared
that il the city was forced to go int
court and condemn the piece of prop
erty that the tannery had offered and
paid for harber rights along with other
rights, that IL weuld cost the city many
times the value of Pine street. When
the matter was finally put to a vote
in the form OF a resolution TO vacate
the stub end of Pine street and accept
the proposition as outlined, 1t carried
by large majority, with Aldermen
Loef, Waehs and Thomas voting against
the resolution. All of the aldermen
declared that they would vote for an
ordinance to vaeate the street If they
were on the council when the ordi-
nance was presented. It will be neces-
sary to have thirteen aldermen to vote
for the ordinance. AS Loef, Wachs
and Thomas later voted TO let the con-
tract Ii is thought that they will fall
in line and vote for the vacation erdi-
nance when it comes up.
1t is the plan Of the council to dc
every thing possible to facilitate the
work on the bridge. The vacation or
dinance will be presented to the new
council at its first meeting and It Is
believed that 1t will be adopted. The
stub end of Pine street has not been
used for passage Of vehicles for some
time and 1t Is not believed that the
people at large would have any OBJ
lection to the vacation of it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
400 GALLON RUM
LIMIT FOR YEAR

If you expect to lay in your summer
supply Of booze at the Kenosha drug
stores, you had better get busy at once,
for your Uncle Samuel promises in the
very near future to interfere with a
get rich quick movement that has been
growing rapidly. 1t Ia announced that
the limit Of whiskey to be sold in any
store, and this includes liquor sold
for medicinal purposes" has been
placed at four hundred gallons year.
After this amount has been sold, the
proprietor Of the store is liable to
prosecution and he must wait until
another year rolls round before he
starts filling prescriptions again.
The federal agents have sent warn
ings to Kenosha druggists and to any
other sort of dealers who may handle
alcoholic drinks that in the near future
they must dispense this liquor only
on the government prescriptions. The
practice of physicians of using counter
prescriptions to prescribe liquor must
be discontinued. "Only in emergencies
can counter prescriptions be used"
says the order of the government, tan
emergency means when it is matter
of life or death and not when doctor
has run out of blanks"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
SEARCH SALOONS
FOR GUN MEN
Police Search Hip Pockets
of Saloon Inmates but
Find No RevOlvers.
FIND NO HIP LIQUOR

The police department Of the city
stirred up some excitement in saloons
on the west side of the city on Mem
day evening when they raided half a
dozen saloons Ia search of "gun-men.'
A tip had been given to the police that
some GUNNER had come TO Kenosha
from Chicago and IL was foreeasted
that they were planning to pull off a
lob in this city and Detective Rock led
the invading company Of police officers
which went out TO search fer guns and
men whe handle them. In several pla-
ees tAe hip pockets Of number Of
people were given careful attention by
the officers and che report was sent
broadcast that che police with the aid
Of federal officials were cut locking for
"Alp liquor and were investigating
the Illicit sale Of liquor in the saloons
Of Kenosha. This report was promptly
denied at the police Office and the facts
in The ease were given out.
Man Sought Escapes.
The police declare that The man
sought escaped as the word Of the
search Of the saloons was carried from
place to place. Only one arrest was
made and this man was charged with
no more serious offense than disorder
II conduct. The raid made by the Off
cials Included the searching Of men In
six different saloons and the fact that
the police officers were coming was
carried to the places faster than the
police could reach them. There was
a general scattering Of patrons and Il
any wet goods stocks were on hand
they went under the counter or down
into the Easements in short order
The police made no effort to scrutinize
stocks Of LIQUOR on hand in these pla-
ces> They told the proprietors Of thu
places that they were looking for guns
and gun-rnen and that they had no I'M
terest in ANYTHING else It was admit.
ted that this statement came as a
comforting assurance to the saloon
proprietors,
Federal agents have made simila,
raids for liouer in other cities and
while the raid on Monday night may
have been false alarm, It Is certain
that similar raids will be made here
in the near future
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
UNION ORDERS
MEMBERS TO WORK
Formal Order from Union VIII Help
Break Strike of switchEnen in the
Chicago Yards
CBy Associated Praa1

Cleveland, o.-G. Lee, president Of
the Brotherhood Of Railway Erninmen
today issued She following statement
regarding the employment Of Brother
hood members Az union strikebreakers
in the Chicago switchmens' strike
Regardless of reports issued by John
Grunau, leader Of the strike of switch
men at Chicago, such strike is Illegal
and members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and others win bo
fully protected in accepting positions
rs switehnsn or switch tenders made
vacant by such Illegal strike. The
brotherhood win cooperate to che full
est extent with operating officers of
the railroads and with the government
in performing the usual and regular
work covered by contracts made BY
the authorized committees Of the
Brotherhood"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
ASK KENOSHA
TO HELP BUILD

Kenosha was asked today to help In
the building of home for the United
States Chamber Of Commerce at Wash
ington, D. c., when letter was re-
eeived from G. F. Kull, secretary Of
the committee in Wisconsin, asking
various Kenosha organizations to help
in the securing Of the quota for the
state of Wisconsin. For several years
the national organization has needed
home In Washington, D. G, and this
movement Is a nationwide step to-
wards the erection of such building.
The building will be erected to
house ali of the activities of the ma
tional chamber Of commerce which is
correlated with the work of the var
ious chambers of commerce ia cities
Of the United States:
Asked for $4,000.
Kenosha manufacturers and mer-
chants are expected to raise a mini
rnum Of $4,000 according to the state
ment sert By Chairman Kull. The let
ter received tAis morning by Secretary
sAea4e4 Of the Kenosha Manufacturers
association asks that committees be
appointed Immediately for che purpose
Of raising the fund in KenosAa. IT il
also reported that various cities in
wisconsin have already raised their
quotas and that It ~ believed that Ke.
nogha will want TO have part In the
erection OF this building.
Copies Of the letter were also sent
to officers Of the Kenosha Chamber Of
Commerce and to prominent manufae-
turerB in Kenosha.
Has Been Of Value Here.
The work Of the national chamber
Of commerce has been Of value to the
Chamber Of Commerce organization in
Kenosha. The local organization has
been a member Of the national body
ever since It's organization and IN that
time many valuable suggestions have
been made to the body here, Harry A.
Wheeler. the president Of the United
States Chamber Of Comm cree has Wis
tied in Kenosha during the past two
wears and helped in working out some
Of the civic plans which have been
pushed by the Chamber Of Commerce
for the progress Of Kenosha>
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08

Frankfort-Arrival of French troops
here early today found the streets al
most deserted. The people watched
the passing French uniforms with in.
difference. Soon after daylight the
proclamation issued by Gen. Degoutte
appeared on the principal bill boards
of the city, around which gathered
gro1ps of people on their way to their
usual occupations, German regular
trops, the presence of whom in the
neutral zone had been tolerated by
the allies, withdrew yesterday. Occu-
patton Of the neutral zone between
Frankfort and Darmstadt was proceed
ing quietly this morning. French
troops occupied the station here at
four-forty-fve o'clock,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
NEW EMBARGO
PUT ON FREIGHT
Northwestern Gets Order
to Stop Acceptances Of
Chicago Shipments.
DIVERT ALL SHIPMENTS

The tightening grip Of new freight
embargo began TO hit KenesAa on
Sunday morning following the strike
Of some two hundred and GfSy Of the
switchmen employed Ia tAe yards Of
the North Western road ia Chicago
and while switchmen ia the yards
here were still at work the embargo
placed by the company put an end to
all shipments into or through Chicago.
All freight frosA the south and east
coming through Chicago to Kenosha
was held up on account Of the labor
troubles and there was some appre-
hension in Kenosha on account Of
shrinking coal piles and lack Of the
usual arrival of new cars. Efforts to
move freight out Of Kenosha for CHI
cago and connecting lines in Chicago
came TO an end iA KeAosha early on
Sunday morning and the efforts now
made by the employees Of the North
Western here are to divert freight to
places beyond Chicago into some
channel which will Insure deliveries
sometime,
EIAb%t7B0 way DC ExCeAue0s
The notice sent 30 Kenosha just af.
ter eight O'clock Sunday morning said
IN parts Extending our embargo Of
this morning prohibit the acceptance
Of ear loads or less than ear load
freight for delivery 10 connecting
lines IN Chicago Including Proviso,
Fortieth street, Wood street. and U. S,
Yards" The seaae order provided for
the prohibition against the acceptance
OF freight IN cars or less chan cars
for delivery to amy Of the Chicago sta
tions o. the company. "All such
freight the order read, ~billed to or
routed via Chicago, Illinois, Eaast be
held and not perrMitted to move into
the Chicago territory. III any freight
routed for Chicago territory Is on hand
or received 1T shcg9a be diverted away
from that territory If possible. Make
every effort to obtain proper divert-
ing orders"
North Dfstrac3 Not EIfected,
Kenosha continues to get regular
freight shipments from the north Of
Milwaukee on Sg@day and 1T was un4
derstood that the traffic frosa the north
had not been in any way effected By
the strike, but the agents Of tine com
pany declared that they felt that a
moro extended embargo might come at
Any time with the extension Of the
switchmen's strike. The embargo re-
suited in many shipments being held
Ia the yards hero and other feight was
piling up, Cars Of live stock were
being diverted 10 DO sent to other big
shipping centers and it Is understood
that this plan win DO followed so long
as it is possible to find an outlet for
such shipments,
Kenosha today depended on the Hill
boats and the North Shore electric
line for freight shipments from the
south and the operations Of these lines
were held up by the winter storm.
On account Of the fact that the
strike held up the baggage of the COM
panies playing at the yirEinian Thea
tire, NO performance could be given at
the theatre ON Sunday afternoon
1t is feared that the strike OF the
switchmen viii extend to all parts Of
the Chicago territory within short
time 8orclnE a more complete tie up
Of all movement Of freight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
FRENCH TROOPS
IN GERMAN CITIES
March Into Frankfort and Other Ger
nam Cities Without Incident
Early This Morning.
(By Associated Prcss)

French soldiers today occupy
the German cities Of Frankfort-on-
Main and Darmstadt, sixteen miles
south, Forces commanded by General
Degouttte, which have been holding
the Mayence bridghead, were ordered
forward by Marshal Foch following
tho efforts on the part Of the French
government yesterday to induce the
Berlin government to withdraw its
forces from the neutral xone along the
eastern bank of the Rhine where they
had been ordered to dispense commun-
lists units that for the past fortnight
have conducted revolt in the Ruhr
valley.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Eau Claire Negro
Shot by Officer

Eau Claire-Henry Hudson, a negro
junk dealer of this city for many years
was shot and perhaps fatally wounded
by Pribate Detective John Sather here
late yesterday afternoon. The shoot
ing occurred when the negro is said
to have jumped upon Sather when the
latter turned his back to the negro
after quarrel during which the ne
gro accused the detective of taking
part in his recent prosecution on
charges of assaulting 14-year-old
white girl. The shooting took place in
front of the federal building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08

Mayence-At $40 o'clock this morn
ing French tanks entered Frankfort,
They were followed by battalion of
sharpshooters and company of en-
gineers and these troops occupied
strategic points and the railroad sta
ton. Half dozen tanks were posted
near the station and the barracks and
another force was stationed near police
headquarters and the post Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
FRANCE GETS CAPTURED sHIps.

tBy Associated Press4
Paris Particulars Of the distribu-
ton of enemy waFships among the al
lies have just been published here
Frances share, which is ten per cent
of the total tonnage Of all the cap
tured enemy ships with the exception
of submarines, represents $4,000 tons,
half of which is in German ships and
the remainder in Austrian vessels.
Five cruisers and ten destroyers are
allotted to France and the same number
Of cruisers and destroyers TO Italy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Says French Troops
Will be Withdrawn
(By Associated Prasal

Paris ~ Premier Milderand today
formally notified Dr. Won Mayer, the
German charge d'afFaires Of the action
Of the French government in ordering
the advance and informed him that as
soon as there had been complete
evacuation Of the neutral zone by the
German troops, the French would
evacuate the cities they had been
ordered to occupy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-08
Johnson Leads
Michigan Primary
(By Associated press)

Detroit, Mich out of 2421 pre-
cincts in the state, including Detroit
complete, give: Republican: Johnson,
103,7 1855; Wood, 59,483; Lowden, 33,2os;
Hoover, 29,774; Pershing, 1910. 996
precincts including Detroit COMPLETE,
give: Democratic, Hoover, 11,126; Ed
wards, 1o,O83; McAdoo, 1888; Bryan,
$3.50; Palmer, 5,646.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
John Doe Inquiry in
$780, 900 Poker Losses
Allegations of Unfair PLAY With
Marked Cards During
Stud Tournament

Chief Justice Kernochan, Of Special
Sessions, sitting az committing mag
istrate, yesterday began John Doe in
quiry into the stud poker tournament"
IN which, it has been alleged, partici-
pants were cheated out of $350,0O0 by
the use Of marked cards. These losses
took place, it is said, between July 1,
1919, and January /, 1920.
1t Is understood that the hearing is
being held at the request of District
Attorney Swami. The object is to de-
termine whether q crime has been COM
mitted. Newspaper men were excluded
from yesterdays session under the pro-
visions Of the law which require that
hearings Of this type be closed to all
except principals and their attorneys.
The facts established will not be made
public until the inquiry is completed,
Another session will be held Tuesday
next.
The hearing was held in Justice Ker-
nochan's chambers. Those who attended
included J. N. Silverman, q dress man
ufactureri Hyman Karp, an auctioneer:
Charles Pillar. q halter, and Henry
S!!berfeld, dealer In diamonds.
Aoe complAint thAt started the hear-
Ing was made BY Isador Kresel, who
10 associated with William Travers Je-
fome's law firm. Kresel, who has been
heavily in the poker tournament"
made his complaint to Mr.. Swami, who
assigned his assistant, Thomas A. Nc
Grath, to the case.
The witnesses who appeared yester-
day were served with subpoenas bv
Norman J. Fitzpatrick. private detec-
tive who was attached to the District
Attorneys office during the regime Of
Mr.. jerome.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Middle Class Union
Formed for Self-Defense
Non.members of Capitalistic or
Labor Bodies Invited to Join
Nexv C'0rnnrafinu


Signs that the ultimate consumer is
reaching that state of mind where he
kicks back were seen yesterday in
Brooklyn, where Supreme Court Justice
Kelby signed certificate Of incorpora-
tion for "Middle Class Union"
The organization, its incorporators
explained, ais open to any person who
considers himself as belonging to the
s2ek some defense against the things
the capitalists on the other, are doing
to him."
The directors are Wilmot L. More
seph Wolff, 1889 Eastern Parkway; Ma
Herman D. Mendelsohn, 1914 Eastern
Parkway, and Gideon F. Hall, 266
Eighty-third Street.
"By the term middle Glass;" Mr..
Wolff said, 1--WE mean that host of re-
fined, intelligent, but unorganized, in
dividuals who are neither labor union
lists, politicians or capitalists. This
body is the most powerful in all states.
Its immense power is dormant and
lacks the force Of concerted effort. It
is oppressed and will become extinct
unless some relief is afforded in the
shape of organization"
The first meeting of the union will
be held as soon as headquarters have
been obtained. Dues are 81 wear
Mr.. Wolff said that within an hour
after incorporation $50 persons had
Joined