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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Establish Identity
of the poison Grip
Brother of poison Girl Indentifies
Body as that of Miss Esther Repstine
of Atchison, Kansas.

The mystery surrounding the life of
the poison girl" in Milwaukee was
lifted on Sunday when her brother
Edward R. Repstine, a travelling sales
man from Wichita, Kansas, identified
the body as that of his sister, Miss
Esther E. Repstine, twenty-one year
old girl, daughter of wealthy and re-
ligious farmer CO Atchison, Kansas. The
brother claimed the body and will take
it to the home in Atchison.
"Marian's story" for she was
Il is the age worn story of the unso-
phisticated country girl, who, firing
of the loneliness Of farm life and daz-
zled by the bright lights Of the big
city, leaves her home to carve out a
career for herself She was a pretty
high school girl at Valley Falls, Kan
sas, which village she left to go to
Kansas City to work for telegraph
company. She had been transferred
to Chicago and later to Milwaukee but
had only written to her family a. in
frequent intervals.
Today Marian is going home She
will be buried at Atchison.
District Attorney label is mean
while making plans for sweeping in
vestigation of the details Of the road
house party which ended in the girls
DEATH mo one will be spared" he
declared in stating his plans for the
probe. A Kenoshan who was known as
"Bud" is said to have been one of
the members of the party and is ex-
pected to be one of the first called to
Milwaukee in the investigation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
TrOt and Toddle.
Like They All Do

Chicago-The shimmy is out of date.
The two-step is dead.
The one-step is on its last legs.
And the waltz is one with the turkey
trot.
Such is the decree of the Chicago
Association of Dancing Masters in
solemn conclave. To be in the swim
now one dances:
The fox-trot.
The toddle.
But a refined toddle, mind you. A
slight, quick bit of swaying, but with
no suggestiveness, no vulgarity in it.
The dancing masters are endeavor-
ing to renovate the modern dances
to take out the vulgarity and sugges-
tiveness out of them. They will not
teach exaggerated dances. And they
entreat their pupils not to dance them
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

cepting the Jew as the scapegoat, for
the Jew, by his position in the heart
Of all activities. responds to every
mood.
"But Judaism is not dogma. fixed
theorum; it is elastic and adaptable.
1t was first conceived for a principle.
Each nation has certain mission in
the world The mission of the Jews
was to teach the art of living, to teach
the power of peace and goodwill. The
Jews have not been true to the under
lying principle of their religious life;
they have wanted to excel in every
thing, to have more money, more pow
err, more everything, and so the world
has scoffed at those who have forgot
ten to bear their banner of spiritual
ism. Today we must relearn our mis-
sion of spiritualism to answer the need
of the hour. No matter what the task
one must not lose the forest because
of the many trees. One must ask him
self whether he really knows the mis-
sion Of the Jew and whether he has
taught it to his children. You cannot
expect lne WoIiu 70 pelleNe III you I'M
less you are true to yourself. All |
can hope is that every community
which has seen the warning will awak-
en- SO that the world may see and say
that the Jew is still true to his prin-
ciples."
A committee from the Council of
Jewish Women has been appointed to
take definite action on securing a spir-
itual leader for Kenosha and report
will be made at an early meeting
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
BLAZE OF RED
FOR CITY CARS
Auto in Service Of City to
Have Uniform Vermil-
lion Color Soon.
EASY TO RECOGNIZE

Streaks Of vermillion are going to
break the monotony of the automobile
traffic in Kenosha and streaks of YER
million are threatened to break the
use Of city automobiles for private
business. 1t was announced this morn
ing that every automobile owned by
the city and used in the service of the
city would be painted a blazing red
and the work of painting them is now
under way. Over at the city garage
most of the red paint is now ready
to flow onto the bodies and wheels and
axles of the various city cars. A doz-
en- automobiles, most of them Fords,
in the city service, will be given the
red paint treatment and it is expected
that all of them will be ready for
dress parade. The cars will not be
letttered in gold but there will be a
neat lettering in black to show just
what department the car belongs to.
Want Fleet Uniform.
eve want to have this feet of auto
mobiles in the public service of uni
form appearance" declared the mayor
this morning, "and we want to have
them Of a distinctive appearance. We
want the people to know just what au-
tomobiles are in the city service. When
one of these pretty red cars with black
letters pulls up in front of a place the
householder will know that it is on
city service and the automobile will
be as good as an engraved badge"
"Can it be that this is being done to
prevent the cars being used for pleas
ure trips-joy riding?" was the ques-
ton fired at the mayor Danish the
thought" he came back quick. at has
been established that Kenosha employ
ees would never use the city's automo-
biles for pleasure riding anyway if
they are painted this bright red"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Robinson Runs
Down Cadillac

Steve" Robinson showed that his
new four-cylinder motorcycle could go
just as fast as anything around Keno
sha county on Sunday when in race
between the policeman and A. ]. Ron
sit, driving Cadillac 8, Robinson
overhauled the fleeing car. Ronsit is
a speed demon and was getting 20
miles an hour from the Cadillas but
Steve easily kept apace with him.
Ronsit gave bond of $50 last night
and was released. He forfeited bond
when he failed to appear in court this
morning to answer to the charge of
speeding. Robinson stated this morn
ing that he had plenty of reserve speed
and that his boast that he could get
as much out of his Richardson as any
thing on wheels around Kenosha, still
held good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Hold Woman FOR
Murder of Father

10y CA&tSO
Milwaukee Mrs. Mary Kalor was
arrested and held without bail here
today on a warrant issued by District
Attorney label charging her with the
murder of her father, Captain Brad
dick Outs, retired Mississippi river
captain who was found dead in the
basement at her home last Wednesday
The woman's attorney asked for an
Immediate hearing but a postponement
was granted on a request of District
Attorney label. Mr., Kalor was taken
into custody yesterday and held for
questioning. 'ZaEel refused to state
on what grounds the warrant was is
sued. The coroner's examination
showed that Quis had died Of strang-
ulation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Children Sell $4,000
Worth of Old Paper

During the school year of 1919-192C
the public school children of ST. Louis
Mo-, collected and sold 500 .e75 worth of
waste paper Of this amount, S3367
went \for operating expenses, which
made the net profit $17,308.
This movement started in April
1916, when the 100000 children in the
1876 schools of St. Louis were asked to
bring old newspapers and magazines
to school to be sold for the benefit of
the Teachers Benevolent Annuity As
ISOLATION.
The children make a great game of
the business and there is much rivalry
between rooms and grades over which
will have the biggest showing in ton
mage of old newspapers and maya
zines. For the children literally bring
waste paper to school by the ton.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
ENGLISH HUNT FIRE-BUGs.

London - Working on the theoF~
that Sim Fein has renewed its cam
paign of destruction in England, au-
thorities throughout the country to-
day hunted fire-bugs who started nine
fires in Manchester. The losses in the
textile, rubber, oil and chemical fac
tories were not great. Watchmen
promptly calling in the fire depart
ment. In one instance a Waterman
came upon a gang which fired at him
without result Eve suspects were
arrested shortly after the fires had
been extinguished
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Will Appeal Suit
Against Nash Motors
Goldsol Claim viii be Taken to Higher
Court, Declares New Report
FsNm Baltimore.

An appeal to the Court of Appeals
will be made in the $5,4O0,O0O suit of
Joseph Goldsol, of Washington, an au-
tomobile salesman, against the Nash
Motors Company of Kenosha, accord
ing to new reports from Baltimore,
where the case was heard recently and
decided in favor of the local company.
The argument for the appeal was start
ed in the city court in Baltimore on
Saturday.
Chief Judge Morris 4. Soper over
ruled a new trial of the case which
was decided against Goldsol two weeks
ago but the plaintiff is carrying the
appeal to higher court. Former United
States Senator Joe Bailey of Texas,
with Howard Bryant, prominent Bal
timore attorney, appeared for Goldsol
on Saturday.
No definite word regarding the ap-
peal has vet been received by the ofic-
falls of the Nash Company in Kenosha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Russian Peace
Seems Assured
by United Press

Warsaw-A final peace agreement
between Poland and Russia remained
uncertain today, soviet representatives
refusing to meet the PREPARATIONS de-
mands Of the Poles. Polish delegates
have stood out for 8O,OOO0OO rubles in
gold. The Russians protested violent
ly against the amount, declaring it was
confscatory and exorbitant They of
fered to pay 100000 rubles but in
gold. Notes, concessions and materials
would have to serve, they declared.
Other Polish officials left for Riga to-
day to join the conference. 1t was
believed here compromise might be
reached.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Tries to Force
Harding's Hand
fBy United Press J

Washington A move which would
force President-elect Harding to call
a disarmament conference before any
funds be available for the 1915 navy
building plan was started in the House
today. by Representative Brooks Of
Illinois, when he introduced an amend
ment to the navy appropriation bill
which after sharp debate was held to
be in order.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
You May Not
Believe This

London-The first baby's feeding
bottle was bulls horn.
False teeth were worn 5000 years
ago.
A pad of wool was used for tooth
brush.
Primitive doctors were able to oper-
ate on the brain with pieces of glass
without killing the patient.
Medical relics of former ages in
the Welcome Historical Medical Mu-
scum are proof of these things.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
ANOTHER CUT IN SIGHT

JBy United Nress4
Kansas City, Mo. = Further cut in
the price of gasoline was thought prob
able here today by independent oil
producers Crude oil price has de-
clined % per cent within month and
is now selling at $172 barrel On
Jan. "a it brought So so, The decline
in the price of gasoline has not ap-
preached the proportion of the crude
slump and it is for this reason further
gasoline price reductions are. expect
ed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Brings Milwaukee
Into Booze Rings

Milwaukee Evidence that Milwau-
kee is one of the distributing points
of whiskey brought from Canada was
vouched for by government officials
today with the seizure of large
quantity of whiskey at the depot of the
Chicago and North Western Railway
here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
Slim Fein Capture
British AerO'plane
(By United Press)

Cork-Sinn Fein have captured and
burned a British aeroplane and kid
mapped the aviators, it was learned to-
day when official reprisals were order
ed at Ballinaverenna and Killfannane.
The aviators were captured near Kill
fannane. The military issued an or
der that the aviators must be returned
within forty-eight hours.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

at Kenosha for hospital, as it is the
purpose of the United States health
board to scatter these hospitals as
much as possible.
Assuring you Of my desire to coop
crate in every way possible, and with
kindest personal regards, | am,
Very sincerely yours,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
WEEKLY PASS
is FAVORED
Weekly Pass Of Wisconsin
Gas & Electric Proves
Popular Here.
SALES ON INCREASE

That Kenosha folks are becoming
accustomed to using the weekly pass
which recently went into effect in Ke-
nosha on the street cars, was evident
from the figures given out this morn
ing at the Office Of the Wisconsin Gas
and Electric company More and more
people are becoming used to showing
their pass instead of dropping in their
nickel and two pennies or their chips
and the sale Of the tickets has mounted
from 392, the number sold during the
first week, to sol last week.
vIs Decided Improvement
The weekly pass was designed by the
electric company to cheaper the
street car fare and to facilitate the
transportation system in Kenosha. The
weekly pass can be used at any time
by any person for the week in which
it is sold. 1t is transferable and can
be used by any and all members of
the family, so long as they ride singly.
The weekly pass is decided improve
ment over the old system of using
chips and is quite great deal cheap
er for any one who uses the street
cars regularly.
Expect Larger Sale.
O. E. Koenes stated this morning
that while the sale of tickets were not
quite as high as expected, there was
steady growth in the sale of tickets
as the weeks went by and that it would
not be very long until there would be
fifteen hundred sold weekly in Keno
sha. "The weekly pass is being fav-
ored by the people" Koenes said, "as
anyone whoever purchases a pass one
week invariably purchases one for the
week following" Racine has had the
weekly pass in effect for quite while
and the number of tickets sold there
last week was 1900. They started out
with about 700 during the first week
and have had steady increase since
that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

Cairo, Egypt Egypt is flooded with
refugees from Russia. Most of them are
wives of officers in armies scattered by
the Bolsheviki. Their board bill to
date is S2,33O,00O.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
English as it
Amt Spoken!
New York" His'n."

New York is'n."
"'Tain't!"
"Her'n?"
'Uh huh"
Hotel employees won't talk hathaway
no more at the Pennsylvania, Commo-
dore and Ritz-Carlton.
They're also learnin' 'em politeness
and the three RS.
The hotels have established special
schools for employees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
BLUE SUNDAY sTYMIED.

Haddonfeld, Pa. The Haddon
Country Club has purchased two farms
on the outskirts of town. Reason:
Members want to play golf on Sunday
and intend to incorporate the farms in
to borough governed by themselves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

New York Edward Costello, motor
man on Long Island local railroad
train that collided last night with an
express train in Brooklyn injurying
more than sixty persons, fifteen seri-
ously, was held today charged with
felonious assault. The local train, in
vestigators said, passed several dan
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17
HANGED BY own ROPE.

Leeds, Eng Henry Leonard, so,
vas buried on the day he was to have
Reen released from Armley Gaol. Dur
be his term he picked cotton, took the
~ ~ bis cell and wove rope with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

Musicians are said to be more liable
to color blindness than those of any
other class or profession.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

. Five persons picked at random are
asked a question each day by re-
porter for the "Kenosha Evening
News "
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

Grand View ,Tex-Paul Lockhart
and H. Mcdonald were burned to death
today when the Commercial hotel here
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-17

Of the $4,000 tons of rubber grown
last year, the United States took
OFT 600 tons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-27
GLASS GG1NIP'AIIIIII
STOCK 10
folks
Monongah Plant Will Soon
Have Producer Gas
Plant

Falrmont people with money to
invest will be interested in the an.
nouncement that the Monongah
Glass company, the city's largest
employer of labor and one Of West
IiVirginia's most successful indus
trial corporations, is going to Of.
fer about 100000 worth of seven
per cent cumulative preferred
stock OF the company for sale.
The Monongan Glass company
has been in continuous operation
in Fairmont since 1904. At normal
production it gives employment to
about 1,1OO people and the an.
nual pay roll runs to between
100000 and $1,OO0,000. The
company has been consistent dt.
vidend payer and the original
stock holders have received re-
turns that sound almost impossible,
and probably would be impossible
in any other country than this. "A
recent statement by the company
set forth the fact that these origin.
al holders have received in secur-
ity dividends seven and half
times their original investment,
and in addition have received cash
payments Of dividends and inter-
est averaging over Is per cent per
annum for the seventeen years.
The new caplal which the sale Of
the stock now offered will provide
Will be used !Sr the installation Of
n system of gas producers and
coal handling equipment. which Is
made necessary by the failure OF
the natural gas supply. With the
fl-a1tir'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-27

Hen and Four Chicks Buried Under a Falling Wall
We're Rescued Alive This Morning Fire
men Made Good Record
lmen Made Good Record

I. = iil4II. I q .ifl
Quite the most ensationaI Incl.
dent connected with the fire this
|morntng that compile etely destroyed
the automobile repair plant owned
BY Bred Dietrich on Cleveland ave;
nue. happ pened several hours attei
the building wasia mass Of ruins,
me lire etnen had responded prom
~ when alled At 3 80 but could MOI
ave the bull ding, AZ seven O'clock
as Chief okey atllins was Stand!
ing directing the firamen where u
play water on the It'll smoking ruins
he heard ay sound under q mass Of
debris at his feet, Determined to
see for himself whether or not he
could be dreaming he dug down
into about four feet Of ruins and
found. under a fallen wall a box
conta ming q mother hen, brooding
over three baby chicks. How tie
family had escaped destruction in
the fire no one could tell, but the
only damage to the quartet seemed
to have been done to the mother,
who was slightly singed and very
mad, as a wet hen Is always known
to become. The family were taken
into the house and fed and seem
ed none the worse for wear.
The fire was discovered at $3.50
by q young lady who rooms in the
Dietrich home at the end Of the
building next to the repair shop.
By the time Mr.. Dietrich had got to
the Office, however. the telephone
was IN flames. A car was run ou.
of the building and a hurried trip
made to the nearest other Telephone
that Of the Imperial Ice Cream Co.
and within a very few minutes the
Central department responded but
the building which has been used
for years us a repair shop and CON
tanned quantities OF lnflammable ma
terial could not be saved. An es-
fort was made to remove a nun.
Der Of automobiles that were "a the
building but only three were got-
ten out. The rest were completely
destroyed.
Most oflthe efforts oftiiatirenen
were then directed to SAVING the
Dietrich home, which was only a
N ~ r. VI . .H| .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-27

POO ueers IA use the. upsfat ting cost,
iE,lati sitss litnsl
'coniliIG Gous operati on III be pos
sfGIes Ecmetning that could not be
had toI 1.-THE past three or four
years. q. II
Froma cold bIooded business
standpoint this stock issue is said
.tu be one ot, the best things ever.
placed within the reach OF the peo-
ple OF Fairmbnt. In addition to the
plant Of the company in this city,
which for the most part is the
l..Vst modern in West Virginia, and
is q very valuable property, the
company owns one third OF the
Fatrmont.Hartford company, which
Owls some Of the most valuable
patents on automatic glass
machinery in the world, and the
exclusive right to use these
machines In the United States; the
capital stock of the Atlantic Coal
company, which owns 700 acresFof
gas coal close to Fairmont worth
five times the amount at which it
is carried on the books OF the
company; the capital stock Of the
Consumers Lime company, OF Tif.
fin. Ohio, which manufactures
lime for use in the manufacture Of
glass, and a part of the capital
stock Of the Fairmont box com.
pany which is using several floors
OF the new warehouse building Of
the Number 6 plant for the manu-
tecture Of boxes used by the Mon.
ongah glass company.
In statement which accom-
ipanies the announcement Of the
;stock issue the company says:
Earnings for the past ten years
available for preferred dividend
requirements have averaged about
$4,000 per annum. Those earn
ings have been computed after the
payment of interest, taxes and de-
probation charges. During this
period We have charged out Of our
earnings approximately $275,OG0,
for depreciation. Earnings for the
year ending June 80, 1920, before
interest, taxes and depreciation
were $290,9S0. The proceeds OF
this issue are expected to substan-
TALLY increase our earnings"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-27
WEST VIRGINIA ASKING THE
SUPREME COURT TO HURRY
Attorney General England Petitions For Early Hear
ing In Suit Brought Bs pennsylyania To Pre-
vent Enfc cement OF steptoe Gas Law

5! = a. 57ssI5s
~ ~. =. y. . !. - ~ =
lBy Asso etas sed rFesa. !

WASI1Ill lGT0N & May petition asking that
The original suit between " est irgnia and Penn
sylyania, growing cut sof the West Virginia natural
gas be and set for early final hearing
was filed in supreme court today by Attorney Cen
eral giandfof West Nat the supply of
West natural gas is diminishing from year
10 year IS sundisputed,, & The petition said.
With the approach Of winter II IL important to
gas consumers Of this state to knowof the earliest
time when the enforcement Of the statute can be
relied upon on 1T will be necessary to make
readjustment with a view to- the consumption OF
other fuel: