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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
BAKERS ANSWER
IN THE BALANCE
Baker Asks Time to Con
slider Governors Offer
of Judgeship.
POWELL WILL ACCEPT
Blaine's Second Choice for Place
on Bench Is willing" If
Baker Refuses Office.

Kenoshas new county judge is still
a matter of conjecture. With Attorney
R. V. Baker, the governors choice for
the bench, still undecided as to his ac-
ceptance or refusal of the appointment,
there remains considerable mystery as
to who will succeed Judge Symmonds,
recently named by the governor to take
the place of District Attorney Peter
Fisher, Jr., resigned.
81 am still uncertain about my an
swer," was the only statement Mr..
Baker would make today.
He did admit, however, that the
county bench would afford him welcome
relief from the grind and CRIME of too
many criminal cases" "They keep a
man on the rack" he said, "and I've
had more than my share of them. Be-
Sides" he added casually but reveal
ingly, there are advantages in being
a judge, even if one does miss the ex-
element of less routine cases"
This remark has been interpreted by
some of Mr.. Bakers friends to indicate
that he is contemplating an accept
ance of the governors offer.
In Conference With Symmonds.
f Color was given to this belief by the
fact that Mr.. Baker spent much of this
morning in conference with Judge Sym
monds and other friends of the same
political alignment. They are said to
be urging Mr.. Baker to accept place
on the bench, if it will not interfere
with his personal plans for the future,
as means of Strengthening the law
and-order regime which they promise
to establish.
owe will be head over heels in cases
by the first of August" the newly APP
pointed prosecutor announced in Mr.
Bakers Office this afternoon.
1t is granted that he meant legal
"cases" but the statement is none the
less ominous for bootleggers and rum
runners in Kenosha county. He sug-
gested, too, that there would be no
further immunity for anyone and that
he felt sure that the governors APP
pointee to the bench would cooperate
with him in his campaign for law en-
forcement.
Powell Equally Acceptable.
AS far as this feature of his program
is concerned, it is believed that Attor-
ney Lewis Powell, the governors sec
ond choice for the Judgeship, would be
equally acceptable to Mr.. Symmonds
and his aids. 1t also became known
this morning that Mr.. Powell would
accept the appointment in case it was
refused by Mr.. Baker, and rendered to
him by the governor.
81 will accept if Mr. Baker doesn't, "
was his answer when questioned about
the matter just before noon today.
While Attorney Baker has said moth
ing definite about his final decision on
the appointment, it was believed in
legal circles here this afternoon that
he would not defer his answer beyond
noon Tuesday and that Judge Sym
monds' successor would, therefore, be
certainly known by that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
BROTHERS CONFESS TO
BANK ROBBERIES
Leferance Brothers in Jail at Green
Bay Admit Robbing Wisconsin
Banks of Vast Sum.

Green Bay, /Wis.-Lawrence Letter.
ance, twenty-four, and his brother,
Willis, nineteen years of age, confessed
to the Green Bay police today that
they had robbed the state bank at
Waubeno, Wis, securing thirty-two
thousand dollars in cash and negotiable
securities and that they had robbed
the Outagamie State bank at Apple
ton securing nine thousand dollars in
cash. They said that they were, as
sisted by third man who is in Chi
cago and who is expected to be arrest
ed at once. The two brothers said that
after the robbery they went to Chicago
and bought five thousand dollar auto
mobile. The men were arrested as a
result of the police at 0conto listen
ing in on long distance telephone
message between Leferance and the
other man in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
Farmer Kills Farmer
Commits Suicide
Grim Tragedy Enacted on Farm Just
Outside of Unity, Wisconsin, at
Early, Hour Today.
fRy Associated P,ess Leased Wire,


Unity. Wis. = Arthur Lube, 40,
farmer was shot to death in the pres
ence of his 10 year old daughter, by
George Rarberger, so, bachelor, when
Lube went to get some cattle which
had broken through fence and stray
ed on to Herberger's land. Hafberg
err. after shooting Lube, removed one
shoe, placed the muzzle of the gun at
his head and with his toe, pulled the
trigger, killing himself instantly.
Harberger, according to neighbors,
had been examined by aienists sew
eral weeks ago. He was believed to
be mentally unbalanced.
According to the story told by Lube's
daughter, Harberger came out of his
house a short distance from where her
father and she were starting to drive
the cattle back home. Aiming a shot
gun, Harberger was said tQ. have yelled
and Lube turned. At the same instant
Harberger pulled the trigger. The
bulk of the shot struck Lube in the
face. Harberger, walking up to where
Lube lay, saw that he was still alive
and discharged second shot in his
neck. He then committed suicide.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
American Money
Reaches Poland
Work of American Joint Distribution
Committee Insures Money Arriving
Safely to Jewish Destitute.
by Associated Pressl

Warsaw = The American Joint Dis
tribution Committee which has been
doing relief work among the Jewish
population in Poland nearly two years
is preparing to greatly reduce its ac-
Invites early in July, it was announc-
ed in Warsaw recently Approximate
ly S25 100000 has been expended to
date.
One Of the principal tasks under
taken BY the Joint Distribution Com
mittee was the sending of money from
individuals in America to poor relatives
in Poland. This work has already
been discontinued.
While the welfare work of the Joint
Distribution Committee is to be cut
down about one-third, the care of a
limited number of orphans in Poland
and Jewish refugees coming from Rus
ia is to be continued. Reconstruc-
tion work in the war-stricken districts
is also to 90 on, 800 villages scattered
along the eastern borders of Poland
already having been benefited by wa
ter supply stations.
An educational campaign, under ri
rection of DR.. Harry Plotz of New
York City, designed to teach the bene-
fits of sanitation was inaugurated this
year In these operations it is planned
% reach virtually every Jewish home
in the smaller towns throughout Po-
land which had a Jewish population
of something like 100000. The total
population OF the new republic is ap-
proximately 10000 900.
Sixteen doctors from America who
began their field work last fall are to
continue indefinitely, working in the
districts where there is the most need.
Under supervision of the Joint Dis
tribution Committee medical depart
nent, ninety-two hospitals have been
established in various Jewish settle
ments. Some 500 public bath houses
nave also been erected in as many
villages, many of which had never had
such an institution until this spring.
Within the last few months more
than 100000 children have been vac
cinated against smallpox by the Joint
Distribution Committee doctors and
their assistants.
Hereafter, virtually all efforts are
to be directed more toward productive
work designed to help permanently
the thousands of war sufferers and
others who have been aided to get a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
new start in life and who are .gradu-
ally becoming independent Of charity.
Main Street Worse
Than Primrose Path
Sage Says a Gallon of Gas in a Village
Is as Good as a Hundred Dol
lars in a City.
By Paul R. Mallon

United Press Staff Correspondent.
Monticello, n. Y.-"It's the sneaky,
lowdown, backdoor gossipy. lonely
country road wickedness of the village
that sucks more souls to hell than
Broadway's primrose path" Mrs. Lucy
0strom, mother-in-law in the Monti-
40 marital Janele tod the United
Press today.
Earl was a good boy until ne got
to scooting around the country roads
i'll a flivver," she said, referring to her
son-in-law, Earl Van hoy, who eloped
with Mrs. Clark Durea, wife of the
holiness preacher.
"The villages are not what they used
to be in my day-what with autOmo-
biles, home brew and even eabarets,
It's enough to ruin any young man.
"They glided up the walls on the
second floor over Morrison's butcher
shop and imported couple of singers
from New York with jazz band. They
dance there until 1870 some nights,
annoying all the people in the neigh
borhood. People go out in machines
and they stop there to dance. If that
were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but
they drive along these moonlit country
roads to cool off after dancing.
"In the city a man has to work to
keep going, but in the small town he's
got plenty of time to figure out some
devilment, and if he's got car he can
usually figure it out.
"If l ever have a son, I'm going to
raise him in the city where it costs a
hundred dollars for the same wicked
ness you get in a small town for
gallon of gasoline"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
Special Prosecutor and New District Attorney
Hold Conference and Reach AmicabIe
Agreement Saturday.
OPEN MANY new LINES OF WORK
Probe Is Being Directed Along Lines Not Expected
when Grand Jurors Were Called for Service
Grand Jurors Give Up Vacations

Their indictments will be returned and
it is possible that the retirement of
the district attorney on Friday will in
a measure slow up the work until the
new organization can be effected. 1t is
admitted that some very interesting
lines of work have been opened for the
probers and that the investigation is
going into some lines which were not
expected at the time the grand jury
was called by Judge Belden. The mem
bers have given the assurance that they
will stay on the job regardless Of hot
weather or anything else and that the
work lined up will be cleaned up as
soon as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
CHICAGO THUGS
INVADE RESORT
Three Chicago Gun Toters
Cause Wild Time at
Paddock's Lake.
LEAVE IN A HURRY

Three Chicago gun -toters brought
thrills galore to Paddocks Lake on
Sunday afternoon when they invaded
the resort, madeAa threatening showof
their revolvers as they promised to do
whatever they pleased and then after
prolific use of profane and insult
ing language, sped from the park
when they heard that Sheriff Rauen
was on his way to arrest them They
drove a large Buick automobile carry
ing no state license tag and it is be
lieved that they may have been
connected with some ring of auto
thieves in Chicago.
The sheriff when he arrived at the
resort found another automobile from
Chicago without license and brought
it to Kenosha along with it's driver.
The car was held but the driver releas-
ed on a promise to bring bill of sale
to the sheriff on Tuesday.
Made Themselves at Home.
The three gun-toters were out for a
gay party with three lady friends.
They drove into Paddocks Lane at a
a short time at the cottage of a Chi
cage man, drove down to the beach to
take a swim. They drove their car on
to the property of former Alderman
Herbert Thomey and this was the cause
of all their trouble
Mr. Thomey came out to remon-
strate with the three and to urge them
to put their car in the place assigned
for the parking of automobiles. He
abuse in which the three Chicagoans
showed their guns and declared with a
great deal of profanity that: "they
would leave their car where they
pleased"
The three refused to move their car
and commandeered another Chicago
car, also bearing no license number, to
use to place their clothing in while they
were bathing. Former Sheriff A. J.
Stahl was on the grounds and tried to
urge the Chicagoans to realize property
rights but he was met with the same
show of arms which had been &C
corded to Mr.. Thomey, Then the sheriff
was summoned.
Getting wind that officials were on
the way to the resort, the three talk
ative Chicagoans-on of them at least
having drunk too freely of hip liquor
left in hurry. Sheriff Rauen, how
ever, found the other car without H.
cense and brought it back with him.
c. P. Shea, Chicago cottager al
Paddock's Lake, came to Kenosha with
the latter and by the efforts of his at.
torney, Walter w. Hammond, gained the
release of the men, insisting that they
knew nothing of the other party.
Meanwhile the officials believe that
they may have stumbled on to rec
hot clew to an auto theft ring and are
securing the countryside for the three
gun-toters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28

Judge Frank S. Symmonds, who is
moving over to the Office of the district
attorney week from this morning,
q conference on Saturday afternoon
with Mortimer E. Walker, the special
prosecutor of the Kenosha county
grand jury. The meeting was most
amicable and while the matters dis
cussed were held to be a secretive ma
ture, it is certain that the new prose
cutting attorney is going to work in
complete harmony with the grand jury
officials.
1t is understood that at the confer
ence on Saturday Mr.. Symmonds ex-
pressed the hope that Mr.. Walker
would keep right on at his work as
special prosecutor with the assurance
that the new district attorney would
rive every possible aid in the work.
It is not known whether or not Judge
Joseph R. Clarkson will continue to
act in the position as assistant to the
district attorney. This will be a mat
er for decision between Mr.. Symmonds
and Judge Belden. 1t is expected that
conference will be held within
short time at which time the new dis
trict attorney, Special Prosecutor NJ. E.
Walker, Foreman Martin of the grand
Jury and Judge Belden will discuss
future plans for work
Walker Anxious for Vacation.
1t is known that Special Prosecutor
Walker is anxious for a vacation and
it is possible that he will find way
to take at least two weeks off even if
he continues in his work in connection
with the inquisitorial body. Sometime
ago Mr.. Walker expressed the hope
that when new district attorney was
ramed. that he would be released from
service. Mr.. Walker, however, has de-
cared that he is not going to quit
The work if the best interests of Keno
sha county demand that he continue.
81 want Mr.. Walker to continue in
The work." declared Mr. Symmonds af
ter the conference on Saturday. "He
is in close touch with the investiga-
lions which have been under way and
feel that his work will be of greatest
value in carrying this investigation
forward We have a complete under
standing and l know that we can work
together without any friction of any
Nind. What want is to get the best
possible results for Kenosha county"
While no definite statements are be-
ing given out in regard to the work Of
he grand jury, it is known that there
no definite end in sight at this time
and the members of the jury may re-
main in session for the rest of the
summer and even late into the fall.
Nothing has been said as to when fur
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
RACINE MAN TO
BE ALNIONTY POOR
Captain Brotherson of the United
States Navy May Pay $3.50 a
Month to Two Wives.

Racine, Receiving a salary of
5000 a month as captain in the
United States navy, William D. Broth
erton, fifty, may be compelled to pay
out $3.50 month to two wives from
whom he has separated.
His first wife, married in Racine in
1899 and divorced in 1905, is receiv-
ing 500 month alimony.
The second wife, whom he married
in California in 1912 and from whom
he separated year ago, is receiving
$3.50 alimony and she now demands an
increase to $3.50 month. In an appeal
to the court for increased alimony she
declares that it is impossible to main
tain herself in society on $3.50 month,
Captain Brotherton is in command of
a dreadnaugh tin the Atlantic fleet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
1wenty-Fiv Held
on Robbery Charge
Zion Police Take Rovers Charged with
Looting Home on South Sheri-
dan Road This Morning.

Chief of Police Becker and his men
at Zion arrested a whole "tribe" of
gypsies this morning and they are be-
ing held at police headquarters at Zion
pending an investigation of a report
that they entered house in Kenosha
county and secured money and other
valuables to the amount of twenty-fiv
dollars. The house alleged to have
been entered adjoins the home of Mo
torcycle Deputy Steve Robinson on the
Sheridan road.
"The gypsies deny it," said Chief
Becker, "but the woman is very certain
that she saw them enter the house"
We sent her back home to find out just
how much money was missing and we
are holding the gypsies until she re
turns. 1t is possible that there has
been mistake made"
Gypsies FrOlic About Station.
Meantime the twenty-five gypsies in
Guiding one white child frolicked at the
Zion police station They appeared to
be little afraid of facing charge of
burglary and one of the old timers out
of the three loads declared that if the
chief could find twenty-five dollars in
the whole party he could have it. The
first story of the arrest of the gypsies
said that they had held up road
house at the DEVILS Elbow near Rus
sell. This was promptly denied. The
twenty-five gypsies were arrested just
in front of the former home of John
Alexander Dowie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28

by Associated Press Leased Wirel
Chicago.-A new baseball scan
dal was brewing today as agents of
the states attorney continued their
frantic search for immunity waiv-
ers and confessions signed before
the grand jury last fall by Eddie
Cicotte, Claude Williams and Joe
Jackson. Information in the hands
of Assistant States Attorney Cor
man indicates New York gambler
paid $4,000 for the papers soon af-
ter they were stolen from the
states attorneys files.
Another development of today
was the discovery that a signed
statement made by Williams in the
Office of Alfred Austrian, attorney
for the White SOx, has disappeared
from Austrian's files. In this state
ment, which was made public by
Austrian when Williams went be-
fore the grand jury, the ball player
detailed the ramifcafions of the
alleged plot to lose the 1919 worlds
series.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
Officers Raid
KrisOr Home
Get Full Case of Bottled in Bond
Whiskey and Alleged He Was
Making Home Brew.

John M. Scholey and federal officials
accompanied by Detectives Rock and
Preidt, made raid on the home of
oter Krisor, IT'S Milwaukee avenue,
MIS- afternoon and seized a full case
of bottled in bond Kimbroke whiskey.
was bourbon" In addition the Of
hcials took twelve quarts, four bottles
and eight gallons of moonshine. 1t
was alleged that home brew was being
made in the place at the time of the
raid. The officers said Krisor would
re arrested later on charges of violat-
ne the prohibition laws. When the
sponge squad" left for the raid this
afternoon they were armed with six
warrants to search various places in
the city 1t was expected that lot of
contraband would be brought in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
Declares Terms
Are Not Accurate
(By Associated Press Leased Wire

London.-The statement with regard
to the Irish peace negotiations which
it was hoped Lloyd-George would make
in the house of commons today, was not
forthcoming, the premier saying in re-
ply to questions that he hoped to be in
a position to make statement shortly.
"T shall make an announcement as
soon as it is possible to make it with
out endangering the successful issue
Of the negotiations" said the premier,
"but warn the members they must
not accept accounts in the public press
as to the terms because all those I
have seen are inaccurate"
The premier's inability to make a
statement today was due to the fact
that Eamonn de Valera and his col
leagues were still considering the
terms and have not indicated the Sim
Feins attitude toward the proposals.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
Taps ACCEPTANCE
LIFTS BARRIER
Washington Believes That Last Han
dicap for the Disarmament Con-
ference is Removed,
tBy Associated Press Leased Wirol

cry Associated Press Leased Wire)
Washington Apparent acquiescence
b. Japan in the insistent suggestion
of the United States that definition
&c the scope of the conference on far
eastern subjects and limitation of ar
naments should not be made a condi-
on Of the acceptance of the invita-
on\was regarded here today as remov-
q The most serious barrier to hold
nc the international meeting proposed
Nr President Harding Although the
ccision Of the diplomatic advisory
}uncn which met at Toxic on Friday
Is no. been communicated to Secre-
yy Hughes there was manifest in Of
al quarters today tendency to ac-
mt as correct Japanese press reports
nat Japan would accept fully the invi-
,a1ion to JOIN the discussion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
TrRN IN TIDE IS HERE.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire)

by Associated Press Leased Wire)
Milwaukee.-That the turn in the
tide of business depression is here, was
the consensus of opinion expressed
among members of the Investment
Bankers association of America meet
ing today in Milwaukee. A complete
ticket to be presented at the annual
convention at New Orleans on October
31st. was drawn up with Howard F.
Beebe Of Harvis, Forbes Co., New
York, heading the ticket, Morris F.
Fox Of Morris F. Fox & Co., Milwaukee,
was nominted as one of the board of
governors for the full term Of three
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28
VICTOR
In GRAND PRIX
Joe Murphy in American Owned Car
Wins Famous French Automobile
Race at lie Mans.

LIE Mans, France.-Joe Murphy, Amer
lean, won the grand prix automobile
road race run here today. Ralph De
Palma, American, was second; Goux of
France, third; and Dubonnet, fourth
Murphy drove one of the American en-
tered Deusenberg cars, and Dubonnet,
the wealthy Grench amateur driver
piloted another. De Palma drove one
of the Ballot care entered by France.
Goux drove another of the Ballot en-
tries. The winners time was 4 hours,
7 minutes, 10 seconds for the distance
of SIT kilometres, $50 metres, or APP
proXimately 322 miles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28

Milwaukee-The Milwaukee Milk
Producers association representing the
farmers who ship milk here, decided
to demand $500 can from the deal
ers at meeting to be held some time
this week. The producers are receiv-
ing $3.50 can and they assert this is
below cost Of production. Because of
the dry weather, they say, pastures
haev burned up. Dealers say that if
anyappreciabl advance is granted the
farmers, it will be necessary to raise
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-28

Thy Associated FreSS Leased wire
Chicago Eddie Cicotte, Joe Jackson
and Claude Williams, former White
Sox players, told their own stories in
the baseball trial today of how they
confessed to special grand jury last
fall that they had received money to
throw games in the 1919 worlds series.
Each of these men declared that his
confession had been made only after
Judge Charles Mcdonald, who ordered
the baseball scandal investigation;
Hartley Replogle, former assistant
states attorney, who directed the in
quiry, and Alfred Austrian, Chicago
American League attorney, had prom
ised them that their confessions would
never be used against them and were
wanted only so that baseball gamblers
might be "trampled under foot"
Their testimony was given with the
jury absent from the court room pend
ing decision from Judge Hugo Friend
as to whether the confessions are ad-
MISSILE as evidence in the case. The
defense maintains the confessions were
involuntary.
Cicotte and jackson admitted they
had "signed something" in the grand
jury room, but did not know whether
it was an immunity waiver. Cicotte
said he had broken down and cried
while he told Judge Mcdonald his story
and that much of what he did on that
day was simply a hazy memory. Under
cross-examination he replied to many
questions, "I don't remember"
Jackson's testimony kept the court
in an uproar of laughter when he told
of repeated sprees about the time Of
the grand jury investigation and ex-
planned that he had gotten two court
bailiffs drunk.