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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-12-03

PAYNE NEARLY TURNS TIDE
Following tire touchdown by Law.
Payne Towards full back, brought
the spectators to their feet with a IS
ward run from the kickoff. Again
Howard showed her prowess by march
Ing up the fieM 10 Lincoln's yard
line. making Il number OF first downs
Her rabble was begging her for q
touchdown which seemed certain
when apenafy for holding was inflict
ed carrying her back -15 yards. The
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
Plan New DOrmitOry
for Training School
Kenosha County Solons Go to Union
Grove to Lay Plans for New
Buildings Today.

Plans for large addition to the
Racine Kenosha County Training
School for Teachers at Union Grove is
being planned at a joint meeting of
members of the county boards of the
two counties being held at Union
Grove this afternoon and the plan in
cludes the erection of a modern dor
mitory on the grounds of the school.
The new dormitory would provide liv-
ing quarters for between seventy-fve
and hundred young women and ar
chitects will submit plans for the new
building to the joint commission. The
members of the Kenosha party in
cluded Chairman Fred Murdoch and
County Supervisors Dowse and Spartz.
It is said that the estimated cost of
the new building will be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The expense is
divided between the two counties, Ke-
nosha county paying three-eights or
fifteen thousand dollars. Chairman
Murdoch declared that he believed that
the new building should be built at
once. 1t was declared that it was
necessary to the proper growth of the
school.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
Army Recruits Two
More KenOsha Lads

August Litabarski and Czerlan Stor
upa were sent yesterday to Camp Lew
is, Washington, where they will start
a period of training extending owe
three years. August will be in the 4th
Sanitary Train and Czerlan will be
an infantryman in the 18th. Both are
young men of Kenosha who have seen
former service.
kilograms from the War Department
in Washington indicate that army re-
cruiting offices over the United States
will be soon closed. The United and
Associated Press yesterday carried
stories about the Army Bill passing
which provided for a maximum army
of 10000. This number has already
been mustered in and it is thought
more than likely that the office will be
closed before very long. In case any
young man of Kenosha is hesitating
about entering the service, he should
have final talk with Sergeant Vogol
and his assistant at the 1ecruiting sta
ton in the Scholer Building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
LOOMS LIKES
KENOSHA JOB
Assistant Superintendent
of Schools Praises Or
ganization Here.
Is AT OFFICE TODAY

G. F. LOOMS, new assistant superin-
tendent of the schools of Kenosha likes
his job. He said SO himself this morn
ing and declared that he had found
an excellent school spirit in Kenosha
and one which appealed to him strong
ly. After nearly week of busy in
speeding work and just looking over
the lay of the land Mr.. .Loomis was at
his office in the administration build
ing Strengthening out the new desk
this morning and getting ready for the
active work of his Office.
eyes, 1 like my job in KenOsha" he
declared pleasantly as he greeted
representative of the News. 81 have
been looking over things connected
with the schools and am much pleas
ed with the conditions I have found
There is a splendid spirit among the
teachers and like greatly the way the
members of the Board of Education are
going after these big school problems
They show willingness to do the best
things for the schools of Kenosha."
Teachers Shoulder Responsibility.
"Has the. absence of the Superint-
endent brought any disorganizatiOn ?"
was the suggestion made to Mr.. LOOMS.
"Not in the least was his response.
tThe teachers have recognized the new
responsibility placed upon them by the
illness of the superintendent and they
have done splendidly. l find won
darfu1 snirit for work anaono tba
teachers of Kenosha. They are taking
on these new responsibilities and every
thing is in excellent shape"
Mr.. Loomis spoke of his high regard
for Mrs. Bradford and the organization
which she has perfected in Kenosha.
Mr.. Loomis is planning to bring his
wife and daughter here from Wauke-
sha just as soon as he can find a
suitable home for them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
LOOK FOR KENOSHAN
In ''POISON M STERY"
Bud" of the Milwaukee Poison Mys-
terry Case is Believed to be
KenOsha Man.

Information received from Milwau-
kee this morning indicated that Off
Gals were narrowing down their in
vestigation into the case of Miss Mar
ion DaYis, otherwise known as Mrs.
NJ O'Connor, the woman who was
brought to the Emergency Hospital
after taking seven bichloride of mer-
curry tablets, and that the investiga-
tion seems to indicate that the Bud
mentioned in the case is a well known
Kenosha business man.
The true story of the incident which
resulted in the attempt of the young
woman to end her life was made pub
lie today. 1t appears that Miss Davis
with her sweetheart, and a man, called
Bud, who is believed to be from
Kenosha, and a woman named as
Blonde" had been at roadhouse
where Miss Davis had quarreIed with
her sweetheart. "Bud" tried TO in
terfere in the quarrel but was unable
to placate the lovers.
''You will never haye chance to
call me that name again." declared the
woman and before the men could in
tervene she had taken the poison. It
is alleged that the Kenosha man, who
is we'll known here, was one of the
men who took the woman to the hos
pital. 1t has been shown that the
name Edward Smith" which he gave
was entirely fictitious.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
KenOsha Woman
Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs. Jane L. McKenna, Widow of the
Late William McKenna. Dies in
Milwaukee This Morning.

Mrs. Jane L. McKenna, aged 80 years
and the widow of the late William
McKenna, and a pioneer resident of
Kenosha, died early this morning At
the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
l.. C. Scott, in Milwaukee, after a long
illness. The deceased was a daughter
of the late John Fox, pioneer of Ke-
nosha, and had lived here the greater
part of her life. She is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Ella F. Adams Of
zenosha, and by granddaughter, Mrs.
L. C. Scott of Milwaukee. The fu-
neral services will be held Monday
morning at the home of the latter at
718 Prospect avenue, Milwaukee, after
which the remains will be brought to
Kenosha on the 1850 train. There
will be services at the Green Ridge
cemetery where interment will be
made in the family plot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
POLICE RECOVER
LOOT OF THIEF
More Than $500 is Found
Hidden in Tomato Can
in a WOodshed.
MAN ADMITS CRIME

Six hundred and thirty dollars in
gold and green backs, which had been
stolen from the home of Mrs. Cecilia
Vlackina, Ats Marion avenue, was re-
covered by Chief Of Police Owen
O'Hare late Thursday night following
the confession of Joseph Bullas,
thirty-nine years of age, who had been
arrested by Police officer Max Kramer
earlier in the day. Bullas is held on
charges of burglary and grand larceny
and following an arrangement in court
this morning the case was continued
for an investigation. Bullas is alleged
to have burglarized the home of Mrs.
Vlackina on Wednesday evening, max
ing an entrance into the home by
breaking open one of the windows. At
the time of his arrest he vigorously
denied any knowledge of the burglary.
but last night he made confession and
agreed to take the police to his home,
315 Superior street, and show them
where he had hidden the money.
Chief O'Hare went with the man and
he found that the money had been
crammed into a tomato can and had
been hidden behind pile of rubbish
in the wood shed at the Superior street
house, where Bullas had been room
ing. The man had formerly boarded
at the Vlackina house and he admitted
that he knew that the woman had
considerable money stored away in
trunk in the house. A hundred dollars
Of the money recovered was in gold
and in the big roll of green backs were
many old time bills. The $500 repre-
sented the savings of the woman for
long period and she was overjoyed
when she found that the police had
recovered the money this morning.
It was said that the burglary was
committed just after six o'clock on
Wednesday evening. Bullas has no
police record here but efforts are be-
ing made to investigate his former
life. He is unmarried.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
KenOsha Films
Plan to Buy Home
Organization Is Being Drawn Up for
Purchase of Clubhouse for Ke- ,
nosha Finnish People.

Kenoshans of Finnish descent are
planning on the purchase of club
house in the very near future. 1t was
learned today that steps had been tax
en- to perfect building organization
and that the committee of this organi-
cation viii be prepared to purchase a
home in the near future. There are
one hundred and fifty Finnish families
in Kenosha and they have long desired
to have some common meeting place,
The Kenosha project will be model
ed after the one in Waukegan. Sew
eral probable buildings are all ready
being considered by a tentative COM
mittee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
The Per Capita Cost to the People of KenOsha
for Educational Purposes is 1881
for the Year.
COMMUNITY CAN STAND new SCHOOLS
Addition of Cost of Two New Junior High Schools
Would Still Leave Per Capita Cost of Educa-
ton in KenOsha Below Some.

1t costs Kenosha 1891, for every one
of its 4O,O73' people to provide for the
education of its children. This is
shown by definite figures just made
public by leaders of the educational
world of the state. Kenosha is not a
"spendthrift" in providing for the SOL
ution of its educational problems and
its per capita expense for education
is considerably lower than many of
the cities of the state which are less
progressive along other lines. Figures
from Madison and Racine both of
which have expended large sums in
educational work are missing from the
tables, prepared on account of reports
not being received from these cities.
Milwaukee is also eliminated from the
tables on account of the fact that the
big city problem is vastly different
from the smaller city problem. With
these cities eliminated Kenosha is
ranked tenth in the state in the per
capita expenditure for educational
purposes. The cities where more mon
ey is spent per capita for education in
clude Milwaukee, Racine, Madison, She
boygan, Fond du Lac, Appleton, Marin
cite, Amigo and Port Washington. It
is interesting to note at Port Washing
ton, one of the smallest cities of the
state, has the largest per capita ex-
penditure for education. There the per
capita cost of the maintenance of the
school system is 1852.
Marinette in Second Place.
The city of Marinette with a per
capita expenditure of $18.59 is sec
ond in the state. It is declared that
Racine and Madison would be ranked
third and fourth with expenditures ap-
proximating $1700 per capita. The list
of the cities with amounts expended
and the per capita cost per person are
given as follows: The figures were
received following the announcement
of the 1920 census but the school ap-
preparations are for the present year.
Current Cost
School per
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
Current
School
Can Stand Cost of Schools.

Educators in Kenosha today pointed
out that Kenosha could stand the cost
of two new junior high school as sought
by the board of education and still
have an annual per capita cost for
schools much lower than in other
cities. The school board has asked for
100000 for the two schools. This
would be extended over a period of
twenty years with the understanding
that the interest on the loan and one
twentieth of it would be paid each
year the average cost would be about
$6s,o00 a year. This would mean an
annual addition to the per capita cost
Of education in Kenosha of about a
dollar and a half. Kenosha would still
be far below the other cities in the
state which have real progressive
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
Mrs. A. I'll. Moore
Dies i'm the East
Widow of Former Vice President of
Allen Co. Died Suddenly at
Wilkesbarre Thursday.

kilograms received in Kenosha on
Thursday evening announced the death
of Mrs. Frances Moore, aged SO years,
widow of the late Arthur H. Moore,
former vice president and general
manager of the N. R. Aliens Sons
Company in Kenosha. Mrs. Moore died
at Mercy Hospital in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
following an operation for appendicitis.
She had been i'll but a few days and
the announcement Of her death came
as a great shock to friends and rela-
tives in Kenosha. Mrs. Moore made
her home in Kenosha for seven years
and the family home was at No. 683
Park Avenue. Mr.. Moore died in Ke-
nosha two years ago and his widow re-
NAMED here until the latter part of
1919 when she moved to the East.
Mrs. Moore during her life in Keno
sha took a most active interest in the
work of Park Avenue M. E. Church.
She was woman of unusual literary
attainment and Of a most gracious dis
position and she had many friends to
whom her death comes as a personal
sorrow. She was during her stay in
Kenosha one of the leading members
of the Woman's Club Of Kenosha and
she was active in many lines Of char
liable work.
She is survived by one son Graves
Moore who is in charge of the work
of the state of New York in it's effort
to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
The remains of Mrs. Moore will be
brought to Kenosha for interment at
the side of those of her husband in
the family plot at Green Ridge. An
nouncement of the time of the funeral
will be made on Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
One of Four Men Arrested for Culver Bank
Robbery is Identified as Abe Silver
of KenOsha Fame.
MAY GO TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Sheriff Elmer Green of Waukegan Goes to Plymouth,
Ind. and Identifies Man as Leader of Band
Which Robbed Gambling House.

county, it is probable that he will be
brought back to Kenosha and possibly
sentenced.
First Arrested at Zion City.
Silver, Byers and Fox are declared
to have been well known to Sheriff
Green of Lake county on account of
the fact that the trio was arrested at
Zion City during the famous beer run
ming cases nearly two years ago. It
was alleged at that time that Silver
was at the head of gang transport
ing beer from Wisconsin to Illinois.
When the case against him was called
in the circuit court of Waukegan, Sill
yer was released for lack Of evidence.
The prosecutor then turned Silver
over to the United States officials and
later he appeared as a defendant in
the United States court in Chicago.
So far as is known, charges brought
against him there were never heard.
The local police Office has no report
of the disposition of such charges.
Judge Tully Doubts Report.
When told Of the reported arrest Of
Silver on a charge of murder this
morning, Judge James E. Tully of the
municipal court said: "There must be
some mistake in the report and would
investigate it very closely before using
it. 1t was just little while ago that
| had second letter from the proba-
tion officers in Chicago asking that
the parole restraint on Silver and the
men who were with him in Kenosha be
lifted. Certainly these men in Chicago
should have known it if Silver had
been arrested on SO serious charge.
feel certain that there has been a
mistake made"
Green Strong in Identification.
mistake, nothing" declared Sheriff
Green of Waukegan in a telephone
message to the News this morning 81
know Abe Silver; had him in Jail
here and / know he was the man I
saw at Plymouth yesterday. Silver
was arrested in Indiana on December
Goth charged with the robbery of the
bank at Culver and with the killing
of one of the members of the posse
capturing the four men charged with
this robbery. He gave his name as
Art Silber' when he was arrested, but
know it was Abe. saw him and
talked with him, but I understood this
morning that the men were to be TAX
en- to the state penitentiary at Michi-
gan City for safe keeping until they
are brought to trial. knew Abe in
timately enough to pick him out any
where and you can take it from me
that no mistake has been made"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
OPENS WRISTS IN
EFFORT TODIE
DespOndent Old Man Makes
Sensational Attempt at
Suicide Today.
STABBED IN BREAST

Old and respondent and deprived of
the care Of relatives and friends, Leo
pold Witt, SO years Of age and resi-
dent of Kenosha for many years sought
to end it all this morning when he
slashed both of his wrists with
razor at his room in the Schlitz Beer
depot at 453 Pearl Street. For some
time the old man had been employed
as a porter about the place and he had
been allowed to sleep in one of the
rooms at the depot. He was found
this morning weakened from loss of
blood which was flowing freely from
the gashes which he had cut in his
wrists. He had also stabbed himself
with pocket knife making an ugly but
not dangerous wound in his left breast
just over the heart.
He was found just before eight
o'clock and removed to st. GATHERINGS
Hospital in the police ambulance. At
the hospital it was declared that he
would probably recover from his in
juries but it was admitted that he was
weak and discouraged and that he
will have to be given tender care.
Planned to End Life.
Facts brought out by the police
showed clearly that the old man had
carefully planned to commit suicide
On Thursday he went to Victor Bern
owski saloon keeper friend and turn
ed over to him $1,225 in money. The
old man told him that he wanted SIPS
of the money used to defray his fun
eral expenses. Bernowski had depos-
tied all of the money in the bank under
his own name but when he heard of
the old mans plight he made prompt
report to the police of the conditions
under which the old man had given
him the money. Bernowski told the
police that when Witt came to see him
he had made no suggestion that he
planned to commit suicide. Bernowski
told the police that the old man ap-
peared to be sick and respondent but
that he had not expected him to at
tempt his own life.
Seek Nephew in Spokane.
The only known relative of Witt is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03

cured by the members of the commit
tee and they have in mind just about
what is needed for Kenosha. Several
architects have plans ready to submit
to the board. 1t is probable that the
two schools will be very similar in
construction and in general layout
but that slight architectural changes
will be provided in order not to have
the two buildings identical. 1t is,
however, expected that they@will be
sufficiently alike to make the cost of
them much less than it would be in
case two different buildings were
planned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-02-03
Board Formally Asks Big
Sum for Erection of
Junior Highs.
LOOMS is NAMED
Choice of Mrs. Mary d. Brad
ford Unanimously Elected
Assistant Superintendent.

Eight hundred thousand dollars is
the price set by the board of education
for the erection of two junior high
school buildings for Kenosna and at
the meeting of the board held Thurs
day evening a formal resolution was
passed, asking the common council to
provide for bond issue in this
amount to provide for. the erection of
the new buildings.
AS stated in the Evening News on
Thursday evening, the request for the
large bond issue will be presented at
the next meeting of the common coun-
Gil to be held week from next Mon
day evening and it is the understand
ing that the council will order ref
erendum on the 100000 bond issue at
the coming city election. The plans
of the board of education leaders pro-
wide for the erection Of the new build
ings at the earliest possible time with
the intention to start the work in the
early building season of this year. 1t
is said that members of the board have
made a careful estimate of the cost
Of the proposed buildings and that the
amount asked of the council is ex-
pected to cover the cost Of erection
and equipment of the buildings.
Elect Loomis School Head.
By the unanimous vote of the board,
Guy F. Loomis of Waukesha was elect
ed as assistant superintendent of the
schools of Kenosha. Mr.. LOOMS is
the man selected for this position by
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, superintend-
ent of the schools, and her selection
was sanctioned by the members of the
teachers committee of the board at a
meeting held on last Sunday. Asst,
Supt. Loomis has been in Kenosha for
several days and he began the regular
work of his Office this morning. He is
to receive salary of $4,25O a year
and until Mrs. Bradford RECEIVERS suffi-
GENTLY to resume her work in Kenosha
he will have full charge of the school
system.
Mr.. Loomis has held many confer
ences with members of the board and
w La cNAOO4 ACo0CAo 0AHSC 41C CdIilG "
Kenosha last Monday and the leaders
are convinced that he will make an
excellent assistant head of the schools.
His Office will be located at the Ad-
ministration building on Sheridan road
but much Of his time will be given to
personal supervision in the various
buildings Of the city. Mr.. Loomis has
held number of conferences with
Mrs. Bradford and the program which
she has outlined for the work of the
year will be carried out without any
change.
No Sites for New Schools.
While the board voted to ask the
council for 100000 for the two junior
high schools, no definite plans are be-
fore the board for the buildings and
no sites have been selected. It is
understood that the committee which
has been handling the proposition has
several sites in view and that if as
surance is given by the council that
the work will go forward Immediately
and plans will be secured so that the
delay in starting the actual work of
building will be minimized Modern
ideas Of school building have been Sc