davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
MAY Be FACING
MURDER CHARGE.
M. Long, Pickaxe Wielder,
May be Held for MUIR
der if Wife Dies.
WIFE IS IN HOSPITAL

Martin Long, the man who was ar
rested on Tuesday morning on a
charge of attacking his wife with a
pickaxe, may be facing charge of
murder. This morning the condition
of his wife took decided turn for the
worse and she was hurried to the St.
GATHERINGS hospital. Physicians in at
tendance upon her announced that
there was grave danger that she might
not recover since unforeseen complica-
tions have arisen which make her con-
dition much more critical.
Officials have "efrained thus far from
placing a charge against Long to await
the outcome of the injuries which he
inflicted. 1t was admitted that in the
event of her death, Long would prob
ably be charged with murdetr.
Not the First Attack.
1t has also been found out by an
examination of the records of the
sheriff's office that this is not the first
attack which Long has made on his
wife. Several months ago the sheriff
was summoned to the LIGHTER farm to
settle a quarrel which had arisen be-
tween Long and his wife and during
which it was alleged that Long had
beat his wife.
In his cell at the county jail this
morning, Long had nothing to say
when he was told his wife's condition
was more critical and that she might
die. He appears at times to be penit-
ent for his act but still insists that
his wife and others on the farm had
nagged him and led him to make the
attack with the pickaxe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
XII KLTJX KHAN
ASKS FOR PROBE
Sends Letter to President Harding Ask-
ing United States to Make an
Investigation.
(By Associated Press Leased wire.)

Atlanta, Ga. = Letters have been
sent to President Harding and At
neyGeneral Daugherty by William
]. Simmons, head of the Ku KIux Klar,
requesting an immediate and thorough
investigation by the government into
the activities Of the organization, ae-
cording to statement issued at Klan
headquarters here today.
Both letters were signed by Mr.. Sim
mons, it was stated, but were given
out by other officials Of the Khan. It
was said Mr.. Simmons was i'll with
tonsilitis and no action had yet been
taken on che demand of E. Y. Clarke,
imperial Kleagle Of the order, TO be re-
lieved of his office.
In his letter to the president, Mr..
Simmons declared the Khan would wei
come a sweeping investigation by the
government into all it's activities tbreu-
out the country while in the letter to
the Encouragement he said al rec
ords, books and files Of the "invisible
empire" would be at the governments
disposal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
MAY DECIDE FATE OF
ARBUCKLE TODAY
Fate of Roscoe "Fatty" ArbuckIe May
be Decided by Decision of Judge
Lazarus Today.
Ru M TRACY

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
San Francisco, Cal The fate of
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was expect
ed to be determined before the end of
today's preliminary hearing in his
trial for the murder of Virginia Rape.
Whether the film comedian would face
trial for murder or manslaughter, or
go free, would probably be announced
by Judge Lazarus before night, it was
said. 1t was believed Arbuckle would
be held for trial.
The declaration of Judge Lazarus
that he did not like to dismiss any case
without a showing of evidence sup
porting the charge which was made,
was taken to mean that he would or
der Arbuckle to be held.
A subsequent announcement that he
would not specify upon what charge
he would order the comedian held, was
taken to mean that he was considering
reduction of the charge from first de-
gree murder to manslaughter. The
latter offense carries a maximum pen
atty of ten years in the penitentiary.
The proceedings of the preliminary
hearing have been robbed of an an
ticipated sensation by the decision Of
the state not to call Mrs. Bambina
Maude belmont, the "avenger."
District Attorney Brady admitted
that he didn't call the woman who
first and most vehemently accused Ar
buckle as being responsible for Miss
Rappe's death because he wanted to
avoid the subsequent cross examina-
ton by the defense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
SENATE SPEEDS UP
WITH NIGHT SESSIONS
Also Goes on Hour Earlier Day Seized
ule to Complete Big Work of
Legislation Pending.
(By Associated Press Leased wire.)

Washington With a view to ex-
pediting action on the peace treaties
with Germany, Austria and Hungary
and tax revision legislation, Repubi-
can leaders planned today to put
through a program calling not only
for night sessions of the Senate but
for the beginning of the day sessions
an hour earlier than usual. The tax
bill would be considered during the
day and the treaties at night.
There is desire to dispose of the
treaties before the beginning of the
conference on the limitation of arm
aments and since the three pacts must
be acted upon separately, leaders plan
to lose no time in getting their con-
sideration fully under way.
Chairman Penrose of the finance
committee is determined to push the
tax bill as fast as possible. He still
is hopeful that it can be put through
with two weeks consideration, but OPP
position to some features apparently
has taken on a wider range than at
first was anticipated.
Aside from the tax measure and the
portance are awaiting action before the
beginning of the regular session, early
in December. There is an agreement
to vote on the Panama Canal tolls re-
peal bill on October 10 and Senator
Sterling, Republican, South Dakota,
in charge of the beer bill, has given
notice that after the tax bill and the
treaties are out of the way, he will
insist that the conference report on
the beer measure be disposed of with
out Interruption. Other matters pend
ing including railroad refunding bill
and the measure authorizing the sec
rotary of the treasury to fund into
long time securities the debts owed
the United States by it's former asso-
ciates in the world war.
After the tax bill is passed SEN
ator Penrose plans to have his COM
mittee resume consideration of the per-
manent tariff bill Since it is now
practically certain that this measure
will not be brought out until the reg
ular session, there is discussion of
continuing the emergency tariff law
until the permanent act is passed. The
emergency law expires on November
81 and representatives of agricultural
interests already have asked that the
finance committee report bill con-
tinuing its life.
Senator Penrose hopes to have with
in two or three weeks, some of the
data now being assembled on the plan
to fix the American valuation of i'm
ports as the basis for determining the
duties, but all of it probably will not
be in hand for six weeks or two
months. Hearings on the tariff meas
ure probably will be resumed late next
month or early in November.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
Make Much Progress
i'm Work for Idle
tBy Associated Press Leased wirel

Washington - Progress of the ma
tional conference on unemployment in
Dictated today prospects for compile
ton of an emergency relief program
earlier than had been anticipated.
The conference adjourned on Mon
day until October when it was to
receive reports from its sub-commit-
tees, but conferees said today that
the work of shaping the reports was
being accomplished so rapidly that
it was believed most Of them would
be ready by the end of this week and
the conference be able to consider a
general emergency program while wait
ing recommendations of its more tech
meal committees such as transporta-
ton.
With the adoption of an emergency
program, the conference is scheduled
to take up consideration of a perma-
nent policy for combating unemploy-
ment throughout the country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
House seekg Inrestigation.

Washington = Investigation by
House committee Of he activities Of
the Ku Klux Khan IS proposed IL a,
resolution introduced By Representa-
tive Ryan of New York The commit
tee win be instructed 60 "corznend Il
necessary, proper disciplinary action"
and 70 inquire into tne financial az
fairs Of the organization.
Mr.. Ryan charged that :scome tax
reports did rot show proper returns
Of vast SUMS realized o. the Klsn
from the sale cf nateS:al an1 rera~
pharnAiia.n
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
Circuit Judge"
An interested Parties There.

When the hearing of the Amberlang
petition was called in the circuit court
late Tuesday afternoon, all interested
parties were on hand. Amberlang, who
asked that he be given a re-hearing of
the charges against him, which would
comply entirely with the law, was rep
resented by Attorneys Lewis Powell
and Walter W Hammond The police
and fire commission was represented by
City Attorney John c.. Sls5er ard all
members Of the board were present.
the matter was argued at length By
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
Continue HoIway
as Guard Leader
(By Associated Press Leased wire.)

Madison Adjutant General Or
lando Holway will be continued as
cad of the Wisconsin National guard,
according to word given out officially
at the executive office today When
General Holway reached retirement
age on October A, he will be ordered
back to his present post Immediately
by Governor Blaine, it is declared.
While a number of names of sue
cessors have been urged upon the gov
ernor, it is said that he has definitely
decided that General Holway should
remain. Prohibition Commissioner
Smith has been prominently named as
the choice of Governor Blaine, but
will not be named for the present at
least, according to word today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
BANDITS Ros ILLINOIS BANK

Quincy The New Salem, H., State
bank was robbed early today by five
Bandits who blew the safe with eight
charges of nitro glycerine and secured
$3.50 in silver and other valuables to-
falling nearly $1,000. The safe was
shattered and box OF money inside
was blown to bits. The blast broke
bottle of formaldehyde, the fumes of
which, officers believe, prevented fur
ther operations by the robbers, who
escaped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
POLISH CONFERENCE OPENS.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire


Toledo Reports of officers and
standing committees was the most i'm
portant business before today's ses-
sions Of the national Polish alliance
in tri-annual convention here. Sena-
tor Medill Mccormick who bore greet
ings from President Harding to the
convention was the principal speaker
today. Several other Congressman. in
GLIDING Klezzka of Wisconsin attend
ed today's conference.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
BRIToN LOSES TITLE.
ID Press Leased Wire.

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
New York City Jock Hutchinson of
Chicago, open golf champion of Great
Britain today lost his title as profess
sional champion of the United States.
In the tournament at the Inwood coun-
try club he was eliminated by Gene
Sarazen of Titusville, Pa, and z.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
Accident
Caused Death
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)

Milwaukee = Edward Smithberg, of
Chicago, surrendered to the Milwaukee
police today after police and deputies
had begun a hunt for the motorist
whose automobile had snapped off a
lighting pole and exposed live wires
which caused the electrocution early
today of John Stolla, 35, delivery
man for a bakery company. He was
taken to the district attorneys office
for questioning.
Stolla's body was found lying be-
side $4,000 volt wire by George
Stase, grocer at o'clock this morn
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
TRAIN KILLS TWO.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Victor D. Jones,
general ticket agent at Minneapolis for
the Great Northern railway, and his
wife were instantly killed this morning
when their automobile was struck by
a railroad train near Clair Lake, S. D,
according to advices received today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
GRAZ IIouoR IN CHICAGO.
~ Associated pres Leased Wire

(By Associated Press Leased Wlre.J
Chicago Two carloads of liquor
shunted to a railroad slip near the
mouth of the Chicago river during the
night, were seized today by police CO.
incident with the arrest Of ten men
with motor trucks found at the slip.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
FAVOR RUSSIAN TREATY.

London - Polish officials here stated
this afternoon that after a full ex-
change of notes between the Polish
and Russian Soviet governments, the
negotiations concerning the execution
bv Russia of the peace treaty signed
in Riga has taken a favorable turn
toward conciliattion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
MINISTER is MooNsHINER.

Joplin, Mo. - Driven by the urge Of
providing worldly necessities" for his
wife and three sons, Marion E. Crit
fifth, %, an ordained minister here,
took up moonshining. Today he plead
ed guilty of violating the law and was
sentenced to 80 days in Jail. Grifiths
quoted biblical passages wherein he
found justification for making liquor
as long as he did not get drunk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
FIGHT TO KEEP
MEN in PRISON
District Attorney Will Not
Sanction Movement for
Executive Clemency.
MUST SERVE TERMS
Letters Started to Governor
Blaine Urging No COnsidera-
ton Be Given Criminals.

VI shall not give my sanction to any
movement for the pardon, parole or
any suggestion of communication of the
sentence of Loveday and Carlson and
/ can be depended on to fight any such
movement with all the force that my
Office has, declared District Attorney
Frank s. Symmonds on Tuesday even
ing when he heard that movement
was being started to free Earl Loveday
and Carl o. Carlson, the men who rob
bed the vaults Of the American Brass
Company and were responsible for the
death of Police officer Tony Pingatore.
81 do not think that the governor will
give even the slightest hearing to
these men until after they have served
a lot more time in the state prison
regardless Of what kind of plea may
be advanced to have them released
from prison or to give promise of their
release some time in the future"
Will Study the Two Cases.
"I do not believe that the govern
or will give any consideration to any
action taken unless it has the sane
ton of the district attorney" con-
tinued Mr.. Symmonds, "and the peo-
pie of the city can be sure that their
rights in the case will be protected, !"
It was admitted that ittwas not APP
parent just who was behind the move
ment to secure cIemency for the two
men. 1t was suggested that the appeal
for Carlson might be made on the
ground that he had nothing to do with
the killing of Pingatore but his adj
mission that he was with Loveday at
the time of the killing is believed to
have disposed of any plea along this
line. The stories of Carlson and Love
day are both matters of record in the
police office and the statements were
repeated by the men to court officials
before they appeared in court. Love
days parents resided in Chicago at
the time he was sentenced but so far
as can be learned neither the father or
mother of the man has made any ap-
peal to the officials of Kenosha county
to Join in any movement for his re-
lease,
Judge Belden Not Advised.
Judge e. B. Belden who sentenced
the two men to prison had not been
advised officially of any movement to
secure their release when he was on
the bench here on Tuesday.
1t is known that already letters of
protest against any action to free the
two men have been sent to Madison.
Members Of the Kenosha Rotary club
at their meeting on Tuesday at noon,
discussed the proposition at length
and it was suggested that q petition
be sent to Governor Blaine. Later on
members of the club decided that in
dividual letters should be sent to the
governor protesting against any COM
mutation of the sentence of the men
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29

Washington President Harding
was understood to have given his ap-
proval today to plans of Senate Re
publican leaders to expedite gatifica-
ton of the peace treaties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29
KENOSHAN NAMED
ON COMMITTEE
Safety Engineer Kaems of Simmons
Company Appointed Chairman of
Committee at Convention.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Boston.-Sections of the National
Safety Council dealing with women in
industry and public safety began ses-
sions today in connection with the an
nual meeting of the council here. Dis
cussion of safety problems in mills,
workshops, mines and other industrial
plants was continued in other sectional
meetings. Speakers at the women in
dustry section meeting included Mrs.
Lillian M. Gilbreth of Mont Clair, N.
j.; Miss Idah M. Tarbell of New York
was unable to attend and her address
was read by Mrs. R. M. Hawkins Of
Baltimore. officers were elected today
by several of the sections. Among the
chairmen chosen included: Automotive
section, A. L. Kaems of Kenosha, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29

Mr.. Kaems is the safety engineer for
the Simmons company and his appoint
ment as chairman of the automotive
section at the conference is recogni-
ton Of his work in Kenosha. 1t is one
Of the important sections to consider
resolutions to be endorsed by the con
Yention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-29

Do you think Earl Loveday Should
be freed from the state prison?
ANCIMEPC
Smyrna times., 1921-09-14
COUNCIL VOTES TO MACAOAM
THE CAUSEWAY At LAKE COMO
WILL GRADE AND REBUILD 1T
OF WATER BOUND MACADAM
Also Delaware Street From South to
Frazier-COntractOr LOvett Ad-
vises Against Sprinkling Streets

At meeting of Smyrna Town
Council Wednesday evening last with
President L. M. Price and all MEM
bers present, it was decided to maca-
dam the causeway at Lake Como from
the tarvia street to town limits where
it will join up with the macadam road
of Kent County. This has been a mis-
cradle stretch to drive over for some
years especially since the big storm
which broke the dam and emptied the
lake over two years ago. Now that
the fill has been made and is about
settled all that it will settle, Council
desires to make the approach to that
cad of town more pleasant for motor
lists and the travelling public. F. W..
Lovett, the contractor from Newark,
who is here with his equipment re-
pairing some of Smyrna street with
Tarvia, was present and went into the
matter of cost to rebuild the stretch
across the milldam. He suggested
water-bound macadam which when
raised to grade would become a base
for Tarvia treatment in the future. 1t
may be that he will give the causeway
a surface treatment of Tarvia after
the macadam is built so as to make
the surface uniform from the brick
section Oh Main street from Chestnut
street to town limits. At the same
meeting it was found they could also
macadam Delaware street from South
to Frazier street and keep within their
appropriation. Mr.. Lovett will do
both jobs. Secretary Porter report
ed that the town sprinkler service was
discontinued on September the first.
Discussing the use of the sprinkler on
the Tarvia streets, Mr.. LOvett advised
strongly against sprinkling the Tarvia
] streets for the reason that it defeated
the very end to be attained in making
dustless streets. The constant wet
/ ting of the street, he declared, had a
tendency to keep the road surface
chilled and prevented the Tarvia X
from rising to the surface, and in time
would cause the road to unravel ant
go to pieces. Smyrna was the only
town he knew of that sprihkled its
Tarvia street and he felt if the
spnnkling was done away with anC
these streets kept swept clean, bettel
road surface conditions would b.
maintained and dustless streets too
Members of Council, who have beer
voting thousands of dollars for stree
maintenance, were glad to receive thi
advise and are disposed to heed it.
Smyrna times., 1921-09-14
PRISONERS BREAK DOVER JAIL
Walker PettyjOhn and Harvey Johnson
Brush Sheriff's Wife Aside While
She Was Handing Them Breakfast

Two prioners in the Kent County
Jail of Dover, awaiting trial at the
coming October term of the Court OF
General Sessions-Walker Pettyjohn
and Harvey Johnson-took advantage
of the openings in the Jail door Fri
day morning as the sheriff's wife
reached for the pans on which their
breakfast had been handed them. She
was pushed aside and the prisoners
escaped before Sheriff C. w. Graham
or his deputy could check them. That
the escape had been planned was evil
dent. AS soon. as Mrs. Graham, wife
of the sheriff, opened the large iron
door leading to the Jail proper, Petty
john, who had been in hiding beside
the grated enclosure, brushed past her
and out into the main corridor of the
house part of the jail. Johnson, who
had recently finished a term in the
Jail for larceny and was awaiting trial
on another charge of like nature call
ed out: "There goes Pettyjohn. I'll
catch him. Then he too brushed Mrs
GfdndQ dSlu6 DelOIe sic COulu SCC OliO
iron door closed. Mrs. Graham gave
the alarm at once. The sheriff and
Chief of Police Lane and others
searched the surrounding country un-
til a late hour without any results
Pettyjohn and johnson were both
charged with larceny. johnson is the
negro who fled shortly after his ar
rest two years ago and was not cap
tured for many months afterwards
being located in New Jersey. He wa:
arrested by the authorities there or
suspicion of being Lem Price, the
negro murderer who escaped from the
New Castle County Workhouse,
week before his execution in Decem
ber 1919. 1t was at the time of hi:
arrest in New Jersey that he revealed
his identity and told of being wanted
in Delaware on a charge of larceny
Johnson is from around Kenton.
Smyrna times., 1921-09-14
EFFORTS TO SHORTEN SEASON
FOR NET FISHING IN THE BAY
HANDLINE FISHERMEN CLAIM
SPORT is BEING RUINED
Delaware Bay Protective Association
Starts Action to Conserve the Fish
Supply Fast Depicting

Reduction in the length of the nets
and an increase in the size of the
mesh used, with a probable request
for a closed season for net fishing
while the food fish are spawning, will
be embodied in legislation that will be
sought by the Delaware Bay Protec-
tive Association, composed of hand
line fishermen and pleasure boat cap
tains. Captain of the big fleet Of
power boats which carry fishing par
ties out to the fishing grounds on the
Delaware Bay during the summer said
that such move probably would be
made when the Delaware and New
Jersey State Legislatures conveaes
early in 1922. A conference to this
end was held Friday night and fur
ther conferences are being planned.
1t is estimated that city sportsmen,
principally from Philadelphia and
many parts of Delaware, South Jer-
sey and Eastern Pennsylvania, make
an annual outlay of about $1,OOO,OOO
for the fun of angling for croakers
and weakfish in the Delaware Bay.
Fishing boat captains are alarmed
over the falling off in catches this
year. They blame the scarcity of fish
to the inroads of net fishermen woh
spread 50-fathom nets in the bay with
3-4-inch mesh and catch many of the
fish on their way to their spawning
grounds. The Delaware State Legis-
lature will be asked to enact fish pro-
lection laws in line with those that
will be asked for from the New Jer-
sey body, but the Delaware lawmak
ers do not meet again until 1923 and
no Immediate relief can be looked for
in that quarter. Net fishermen from
the bay and coast section will oppose
the legislation sought by the hand-line
| fishermen.