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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
SCHOOL OFFICE
FIGHT DENIED
Fitzpatrick Declares He is
Not Backing Anyone for
State Head.
SYSTEM Is ALL WRONG
(By Associated Press)

Madison, Wis.-Denial was made to-
day by E. A. Fitzpatrick, secretary of
the state board of education, that he
was supporting John Callahan, director
of the board Of vocational education,
as candidate for the position of su-
perintendent of public instruction.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick has maintained that
the elective nature Of the Office should
be changed and said that under the
present system it matters little who
serves as superintendent.
Election Of superintendent Of pub
lie instruction will take place April
9th. G. P. Cary, present incumbent,
has held the Office for eighteen years,
and newspaper reports stated that Mr..
Fitzpatrick was putting forward Mr..
Callahan to oppose him.
Il noticed in Milwaukee papers a
statement that / have candidate for
state superintendent at the spring
election. I am not and never will be
candidate for election to the posi-
ton, nor have l a candidate" said Mr..
Fitzpatrick. Il shall certainly take no
part in the coming election. To me
the election appears to be a matter of
no Importance. Changing the person
mel of the Office will not remedy the
fundamental defect of our educational
system. Educational reform and edu-
cational progress is coming in another
way"
Believes System Wrong.
Il believe that the present system
Of the election Of state superintend-
emf, who is presumably a professional
and not political officer, is funda-
mentally wrong in principle" the sec
rotary continued. mo educator of
standing in the country not holding
such an Office, has a good word for it.
No text book on school administration
supports it, nor fails to recommend,
where it exists, the selection by a
state board of education, of the chief
supervisory officer of our common
schools on the same basis and in ac-
cordance with the same principle that
the city school administration is or
ganized. Every survey of a state edu-
cational system that has had this prob
lem within its scope has recommended
the change from an elective to an APP
pointiye educational school officer. The
state Of Wisconsin will sooner or later
abandon this office.
$50 far as know, no friend of mine
will be a candidate for state superin-
tendent and should discourage any
friend of mine who would saak INV
advice as to whether or not he should
run for this Office. In fact, if my
opinion were sought, I would be in
favor of leaving the present incumb-
ent unopposed. He has served for 10
years and I think he should be con-
tinued as long as we have the Office as
at present organized"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
BEET GROWERS
DECLINE NERO GER
Racine Kenosha County
Growers Fail to Turn
Over Contracts.
TO ACT INDEPENDENT

Beet growers of Kenosha and Racine
counties in big meeting held at Cor
liss and which lasted all afternoon on
Friday, declined to form merger of
their organization with the Society of
Equity and the organization for this
year at least, will continue along in
dependent lines. A committee consist
ing Of A. J. Piper, Kenosha county;
William Tucker, Racine county, and
Frank Smith, Milwaukee county, was
named to go to Milwaukee and confer
with the Equity chiefs later and find
out just what the proposition is that
these men have to offer. Leaders of
the Society of Equity in this section
of the state were present at the meet
ing on Friday and suggested that Ke-
nosha and Racine county growers turn
over their contracts to the organization
with the understanding that the beets
would be marketed and contracts paid.
Rescind Action Later.
The members of the joint county
organization at first consented to ac-
cept the proposition of the Equity So
ciety, but later rescinded the action
and the contracts for this year will
be made direct with the sugar COM
panies as in former years. The men,
bers of the organization showed an
active interest in protective tariff to
protect the industry and it is possible
that some communication will be sent
to Washington urging action by Con-
gress along these lines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
A. III. Dahl of Kenosha and Each of His Sons
and SOns-in-Law Have Ford Agencies
in Wisconsin Cities.
MADE MARVELLOUS RECORD LAST YEAR
Combined Ford Agencies of Which Kenosha Has One,
Sold More Than $500 Cars During the Past
Year in State of Wisconsin.

M. Sorley, another son-in-law, is in
charge; at Plymouth, A. j. Dahl, one
of the boys who went to war, is help
ing to run the Ford garage; at Racine,
Chester. Dahl holds the franchise;
Victor Dahl, another son, is also at
Plymouth; Loren Baptie, the third
son-in-law, is selling Fords at Viroqua
and Harry Dahl is the manager of the
Ford agency at Lacrosse and Oshkosh.
Having run out of Sons and sons-in-
law, Mr.. Dahl has started in on
nephews. Recently he established his
nephew, M. D. Peterson, as the agent
for the Ford cars and trucks in the
town of Salem in this county.
Not a Bad Agency.
Between sons and sons-in-law, I
can't tell which is the better" said
Mr.. Dahl "There isn't a bad agency
in the bunch. Last year every one of
them held up his end of the 'family's
business We sold $500 Fords among
us and each Of US had finger in the
pie"
Mr.. Dahl declares that although he
enjoyed his life as a public official and
though in the last few years he has
been often besieged by his many
friends to re-enter politics, that he
has no desires in that direction. "I
have no regrets" he said. "a little of
that political life goes long ways but
the farther / go in this new business,
the better like it. I'm here for good"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
NIIMBLE FINGERS
NIP BANK ROLLS
Chicago Men Report Big
Robberies by Pickpock-
cts at Coliseum.
AUTO STOLEN HERE
Road House Proprietor Tele-
phones that He Lost S4OO
and Watch.

Not all Of the holdup artists worked
in the squared circle over at the Coli
scum on Friday evening and reports
to the police indicate that the nimble
fingered gentry were pretty we'll rep
resented in the crowds which came to
Kenosha for the usual Charley White
fasco, Three reports of robbery were
made to the police in the early hours
Of the morning and while attempts
were made to locate men who might
be arrested as suspects of the pick
pocket operations, no arrests were
made and it is believed that the pick
pockets and the loot went back to
Chicago on the Special"
ROadhOuse Man Robbed.
M. Maxine, who is alleged to- be the
proprietor of a roadhouse, called the
police from Highland Park just after
one o'clock this morning and told them
that his pockets had been picked at
the Coliseum during the fight and that
the thieves had secured $500 in money
and gold watch. He declared that
there were two 500 bills and a colIec-
tion Of fves and ones. The man did
not discover the robbery until he
reached Highland Park. He said that
his money had been in his right pants
pocket.
0. Otterson, who claimed that he
was a resident of Chicago, came in
person to the police office after the
boxing show and reported that he had
been touched for a roll containing $25
It also was in his right pants-pocket
and 0tterson declared that he had not
been aware Of the fact that he had
been robbed until he sought his roll
after the show was over.
Hurley Raider Loses Gun.
"A report was made to the police
that Frank Coleman, who was alleged
to have been one Of the government
agents engaged in the recent raid on
the saloons at Hurley, had been rob-
bed of .45 calibre revolver. Coleman
did not make the report in person but
his partner" who declared that he
also was one of the prohibition en-
forcement officers, told the police of
the alleged theft Of the gun. Coleman
did not have any official duties at the
boxing show and he had come up with
the Chicago crowd as a Spectator.
Kenosha Automobile Stolen.
An Elgin automobile belonging to
Joseph Meyers of Kenosha was stolen
from the street in front of the Eagle
Laundry on Park street during the
boxing show. Meyers had brought a
number Of friends downtown and had
gone to the fight, leaving the automo O.
bile on the street. just after eleven
o'clock he went back for his automo-
bile and found that it had been stolen
The loss of the car was promptly re-
ported to the police department and
kilograms were sent to surrounding
cities. Early this morning message
was received from Chicago announcing
that the automobile had been recov-
cred in that city and that two men
who had been in charge of the car
when it came into Chicago were under
arrest. The names Of the men arrest
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
O'DONNELL TAKES
OUT His PAPERS
M. G. O'Donnell Officially
Starts Campaign for
Municipal Judge.
FIRST IN THE FIELD

The ball was officially started roll
ing for the coming spring elections
when Attorney NJ G. ODonnell, who
recently announced that he would be
candidate for the Office of judge of
the municipal court, took out the pa
pers to secure signatures to place his
name formally in nomination. He is
the first in the field and it is expected
that he will have the signatures of the
requisite number of voters in very
short time.
Since informally announcing his
willingness to be considered as can
didate in statement published ex-
clusively in the Kenosha Evening
News, Mr.. O'Donnell has been compli-
mented by many of his friends on the
stand he has taken and it is antici-
pated that enough voters will quickly
rally to his standard to file the petit
ton which will place his name on the
ballot.
Stated Stand Previously.
At that time Mr.. O'DonneTl made a
sizzling statement in which he criti-
cized the present conduct of the court
and intimated that the policy now fol-
lowed appeared to be for the increas-
ing of the revenue of the court rather
than for the prevention Of the crime.
He pledged himself in this statement
to vigorous enforcement of the law
if he should be elected and promised
to enforce not minimum but maximum
fines in an effort to establish closer
law enforcement in the CITY,
It is expected that the action of
Attorney 0'Donnell in taking out his
papers will urge other candidates to
act. While no statement has yet been
made it has been taken for granted
that Judge Tully will seek reelection
and it is believed that there will also
be many other candidates in the field.
First One in the Field.
Attorney O'Donnell is the first can
didate to take out papers for any office
in the coming spring election. It is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
Constable SchOley
Arrests Two More

Word was received from Constable
John Scholey, who is still on dry raid
with state officials in Racine county
that he had busy night on Friday
Peter Gross, a saloon keeper on the
Four Mile Road was arrested, as was
also a saloon operated by woman
named Mary Kunas, in the town Of
Cafendonia The officials had little
trouble in staging the raids. They
found small quantities of whiskey in
each place and the owners werS placed
under arrest
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
DEATH SUMMONS
PIONEER WOMAN
Mrs. Julia M. Johnson, of
Salem, Dies Friday at
Home There.

Mrs. Julia NJ. Johnson, widow of the
late William F. johnson and pioneer
resident of the town of Salem, died
Friday at her home in Salem after
long illness from the weaknesses due
to her advancing years.
For several months Mrs. johnson
has been in failing health, suffering
from heart rouble and its attending
complications. All this she bore to
the last hour with a fortitude and
resignation symbolic of the life she
had lived.
Leader in County.
She had ever been a woman of keen
intellect, ready wit, and strong con-
victions. Being an extensive and
broad-minded reader, her home was
filled with the best of books and peri
odicals, and this, even at her advanced
age, made her a pleasing conversation
alist and an authority on current
events. Though unable to attend the
polls she exercised her full right to
vote last November. The village has
lost one of its pioneers; a helpful
neighbor; an earnest worker for that
which she deemed her duty.
Mrs. Johnson was one of the pioneer
members of the Congregational church
at Salem and had been one of the
leaders in its work.
For many years she had been the
correspondent of the Telegraph Cour-
Ter" and the Evening News" and she
was known as one of the women of real
literary ability in Kenosha county.
ifimrdfobii. ..YYuDpHedb er k2mrc
Born in New York.
Julia M. Johnson, daughter of Almon
D. and Cordelia Gornweli, was born in
Venice, N. Y, and departed this life
at Salem, Wis, January ID, 1921. She
was the eldest of a family of eight
children. Of these there remains but
three, Adelbert, of Coloma, Mich, Ed
win, Racine, Wis, and Mrs. VIM.
Bacon Bristol Wis.
On October 1 1861, Julia NJ. Corn
we'll was united in marriage with Will
liam F. Johnson and in the vicinity of
Salem they reared four children, Mary,
whose summons at the age of twenty,
made the first break in the family cir
Gle; Justin, of Spokane, Wash, How
ard and Ada, Mrs. George Huntoon, at
home. She leaves one grand-child.
Doreen of Spokane. The husband died
May II, 1895.
When her infrmities were first
known to be serious, Justin johnson,
son, spent several weeks at the old
home, returning to Spokane at Christ
mas time. He will be unable to attend
funeral services which will be held at
the home Sunday at one o'clock with
burial in the family plot at Salem
Mound.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
DEATH FOLLOWS
BIG P. @. ROBBERY

Dallas, Texas With one man
dead beneath racing automobile, and
three others in custody, following a
spectacular hold-up of the Jackson
street postoffice opposite the Union
station here in which two postal clerks
were shot, officials today expected
further arrests A Federal Reserve
bank shipment was stolen but the
amount of the shipment was not made
public. Six men participated in the
robbery and drove up to the station in
big touring car. Four of the men
alighted and entered the postoffice,
shooting. One of the robbers was shot
down by the clerks defending the of
fee after two Of their number had
been shot
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
Italian Socialists
Open Big Conference

Leghorn, Italy-The Socialist leaders
from Italy opened session of the
Congress of the Socialist party today.
There was some talk of break in the
organization before the congress met
and it seems possible that there may
be disagreement. This congress fol-
lows that of meeting of the French
Socialists at Tours two weeks ago.
Leghorn is in the immediate vicinity
of Milan, Tyrone and Genoa and have
been notorious for their radical So
eialistic views.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
REPORT ATTEMPT
TO KILL LENIN
Six Guards Declared to Have Been
Killed When Bomb Was Thrown
at Carriage of Soviet Premier.
(By United Press)

(By United Press)
London.-Russian newspapers re-
ceived here today described a desper-
ate attempt to assassinate Nickolai
Lenin, soviet premier of Russia. The
attempt on the life of Lenin took place
near the Kremling in Moscow. Lenin
was on his way to meeting Of the
soviet council in a heavily guarded
automobile when bomb was thrown
from private residence. 1t missed
the automobile in which Lenin was
riding, but six guards were killed in
an automobile which followed. Three
civilians were also injured as a result
of the explosion. Twenty arrests have
been made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
President ObregOn
ReOrganizes Cabinet
by Associated Pressl

Mexico City, Mexico-President obre-
gon is re-organizing his cabinet ac-
cording to an announcement by news
papers here, which will affect seven
portfolios. The changes are not view
ed as indicating any discord in Presi-
dent 0bregon's official family and
newspapers here declare that the re-
adjustment was as predicted when the
official family was first announced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
FAMINE TO STALK
THROUGH ALL CHINA
Help Must Come for Oriental Peoples
or Famine VIII Kill More Than
War Did in Europe.
(By Associated Press)

New York City. Famine stalking
through China will cause more loss of
life than suffered by all the nations
during the World War unless the
world comes to the rescue of China,
according to an address here by the
Rev. DR.. w. A. Mather. Presbyterian
missionary, upon his return from Chi
ma. There will be 100000 starved
unless immediate assistance is given.
An additional 45,00O,000 are affected
in another zone of 100000 square miles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20

anticipated that the political bug will
now start buzzing in the bonnets Of
many Kenoshans who have been con-
sidering running for the various Off
ces, and that before many days have
passed several petitions will be in cir
culation and that fairly full ticket
will be in prospect for the officials to
be chosen before the middle of Febru-
airy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
HEROIC MOTHER
DIES WITH BABES
Mrs. Marie Green of Charlton, Ohio,
is Burned to Death With Her
Three Children Early Today.
(By United Press

~
Charlton, O.-Mrs. Marie Green, ag-
ed thirty-seven years and three of her
children are dead here today, the vic
tins of fire. One of her children,
Lola, aged six, is the only survivor of
the family. Mrs. Green, widow, died
with her arms about the children who
she had tried to carry from the burn
ing home at an early hour this morn
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20

ed were not given but it was said that
they were Chicago men. "John Doe"
warrants were issued in the municipal
court and the police will go to Chicago
and bring the men here for trial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20
Says Prohibition
Has Made Change
(By Associated Press)

Chicago n A decrease Of twenty per
cent in municipal court cases and in
"disorderly conduct" cases brought be-
Tore the court in 1920 as compared with
1919 was cited today by the prohibition
office of the central department as evil
dence of the big results Of the en-
forcement Of the provisions of the
Vohlstead act in this district The
hgures for 1920 were 32,305 cases; for
1919, 1888, and for 1918, 1886.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-20

She first policewoman in America is
~ deputy sheriff in Maine.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-11

are hereby expelled from the de-
partment within twenty-four
hours from the receipt of this or
der by the post commander, etc.
The Jews of Cincinnati, Louisville
and Paducah thereupon appointed
committees to go to Washington
and to interview the President.
The Cincinnati committee consist
ed of Rabbis Wise and Lilienthal.
DR.. Wise in reporting the meet
ing with Lincoln, writes: 1--WE
were introduced to the President,
who, being all alone, received us
with that frank cordially, which,
though usually neglected, be-
comes men high in office SO we'll.
Having expressed our thanks for
the promptness and dispatch in
revoking General Grants order,
the President gave utterance to
his surprise that General Grant
should have issued so ridiculous
an order, and added: To con-
denim a class is, to say the least,
to wrong the good with the bad.
I do not like to have class or
nationality condemned on account
of a few sinners. +"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-11
LINCOLN AND lew
HATRED

On the anniversary of Linco1n's
birth, one of this nations holi-
days, it is we'll to repeat the great
Emancipator's noble words that
may serve as rebuke to all those
who seek to stir up race-hatred in
this country. They were uttered
during the Civil War and on occa-
sion of the PRONUNCIATION of what
is described as "The Infamous
Grant Order No. H." We quote
from Isaac Mayer Wise, a Biog-
raphy," by Max B. May. "On
December II, 1862, General u. S.
Grant, Department Commander
of the armies of the United States,
with headquarters at Oxford, Mis-
sissippi, issued the following or
der, known as General Order No.
IL. The Jews as a class, vio1at-
ing every regulation of trade es-
tablished by the Treasury De-
partment, also department orders,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-11
The Bolsheviki and the Poles at
BialYstock.
Page Nine

Paris.-Warsaw advices give
details of the report of Deputy
Farbstein who personally investi-
gated the situation in the town
of Bialystock. According to the
Deputy's report, damage done by
the Polish troops to the amount
Of thirty million marks has been
registered by the Bialystock exc
hillah." That the Jews in that
city were entirely loyal is best
proven, the report says, by the
treatment they received at the
hands of the Red forces. On their
appearance at the end of July, the
Bolsheviki completely suppressed
all Jewish institutions, removed
all signboards which bore Yid-
dish lettering, ans forbade TIE
study of Hebrew. The Commits
sariats established were COM
posed exclusively of Poles, and
Jewish officials even of minor
character were replaced by Poles.
Members of all Jewish parties
united and rendered protest at the
manner in which they were being
treated by the Bo1sheviki. Of the
ten individuals executed by the
Bolsheviki as hostages, four were
Jews, and they were all leading
officials in different institutions.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-11

London q. C. B).-Cabled in
formation received from Mel
bourne, Australia, reports of
great Zionist demonstration held
by the Jews of that city at which
General Monash was present.
The meeting decided to found 4
colony in Palestine which will be
named Australia. One hundred
thousand dollars was collected at
the meeting for the Redemption
Fund. General Monash, an Aus
tralian Jew who distinguished
himself as a brilliant soldier dur
ing the great war, has become a
patron of the Victoria Zionist Or
ganization.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1921-02-11
Poland Will Strive for Unity,
Pilsudski Tells Jewish
Delegation.
Delegation.

aris-Receiving a deputation
of French Jews representing the
"Alliance Israelite" and headed
by M. Solomon Reinach and Pro-
fessor Sylvan Levi, the Polish
President, Pilsudski, said that the
Jews have now won complete
citizen rights in Poland and if
misunderstanding between the
Jewish and Polish communities
should persist the Polish govern
ment will strive to remove them.
The President added that the
democratic ideal which actuated
all sections of the Polish popula-
ton would gradually realize that
national union which all desired
in order to secure the progress of
Poland.