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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

The Personal Assessments.
The biggest item in the valuation of
the personal property of the city is
the return for Merchants and Manu-
facturers' stock, which is returned at
S12,206,420. The next item is the as
sessment of the automobiles in the
city, the total valuation placed on them
being $1,395,820. Kenosha has in the
neighborhood of four thousand auto
mobiles. The number has increased by
about five hundred in the past year, but
the total valuation for the motor cars
shows a decrease on account of the big
drop in the value of the automobiles.
Bank stock in the city is assessed at
$4,000. The supply of horses may be
growing smaller, but the horses of the
city are assessed at over $31 900, and
while you may not have seen a single
COW pastured within the city limits,
the assessor found cows to the value
of $3.50. The city's wagons are val
ued at $15,725 Motorcycles in the city
run UP to the value of $6,710; steam
and other vessels are valued at $4,000,
tractors at $740, leaf tobacco $500, and
other personal property which falls in
none of these established classes is
valued at $662,820
The report of the assessor shows
that in the year covered by the as
sessment there was 4,228 tons of btu
minous coal and 1903 tons of anthra-
cite coal handled over Kenosha docks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Air Mems Signals
Save a COmrade

Danville, Ill. - Signalled from the
air by other aviators, Captain L. H
Hickey of Rantoul Field, was saved
from possible fatal injuries last Satur-
day evening when he piloted his plane
down over the Wabash river and then
jumped.
When he left the flying field one Of
the wheels on his plane fell off and
Lieutenants Carr and McDuffie i'm
mediately took to the air and were
able to make him understand his pre-
dicament.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Must Charge Equal
Land Rentals
(By Associated Press Leased wirel

Washington.-Rail which lease
lands along their right-of-way to pri-
to the sums which private owners
would charge for similar property or
the transaction hereafter will be con-
sidered by the Interstate commerce
commission as form of rebating in
violation of law. The commission held
today that in some cases the fixing of
a low rental charge in Asases of lands
to large shippers had been 'in practical
effect" a reduction of transportation
charges amounting to a refund.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
According to the officials of the Ma

According to the officials of the Ma
tional Automobile Association in
Washington, D. c., between rs and so
automobile owners from all parts of
the United States daily are seeking in
formation as to the best -autes aald
roads to New York City. Many of
the tourists making the trip are farm
ers, whose harvests are laid by and
who are taking the vacation they de-
ferred during the summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Cresson, Pa.-The special mine
rescue train from Pittsburgh ar
rived here at 12:45 o'clock and de-
parted for Spangler on a clear
track. When the special left here
the members of the rescue force
were donning their equipment and
intended to dash from the train
and into the mine Immediately up
on arrival. The rescuers received
a report here that % bodies had
been taken from the mine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Annual Report of Assessment Shows Total
Values of $56, $50 for All Taxable
Property in City.
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT Is LOWER
Big Gain in improvements of Real Estate is Cause for
Advance = Tax Levy of Last Year Would
Bring Increase in Excess of $4,000.

the law the levy will be made by the
council not later than the first Monday
in December. 1t may be made at an
earlier date if the council sees fit. If
the mill tax is left at the thirty-one
mills established last year, the in
creased valuation of the property for
this year would mean an increase in
the amount raised under such a mill
tax of between forty-fve and fifty
thousand dollars. Members of the
council have not as yet made any fig
ures on the levy for the coming year,
but there is a feeling of security that
the levy viii not be greater than the
levy made last year. There is slight
reduction in the amount the city must
pay for state tax this year, but it is
expected thta there will be some re-
duction in the amount received from
income tax. Only portion of the in
dividual income tax returns have been
filed with the county clerk, and it is
income tax assessments will be re-
ceived from the state tax commission
next week,
Sixth Ward Has Largest Roll.
This is the first year that the valu-
alton of the property of the city has
been made up in keeping with the new
ward lines. The sixth ward, with
real estate valuation Of $9,763, 900, has
the largest return made by the asses
sor. This ward now contains the real
estate of both Simmons Company and
the N. R. Allen Company, and these big
industrial properties give it long
lead The first ward is second in real
estate valuation, with total of $780,
100 The real estate assessments re-
turned for the various wards in the
city are given as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Travelling Salesman
Killed by Ambulance
,fBy Associated Press Leased Wire

Des Moines-Struck by the police
emergency ambulance as it was trav-
cling through town at high rate of
speed, r. C. Covell, travelling sales
man of Lansing, Mich, received in
juries from which he died last night
Officers in charge of the car claimed
the man lodged directly in front of
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Rain and Slush
Halt Minnesota

St. Paul, Muddy roads in the
country and prospects of rain or snow
in some sections, faced Minnesota
voters who went to the polls today to
elect a United States senator, con-
gresham and complete state ticket.
Two men and woman head the list
for senator, Frank B. Kellogg, Repub-
lican incumbent; Mrs. Anna Dickie
Olesen, Democrat, and Dr. Henrik
Shipstead, Farmer-Labor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
SOME CITY PRISON.

(By Associated Press Leased Wirel
Springfield, Ills. - Chief of Police
Morris of Springfield announced this
morning that George Beard, prison
or, yesterday kicked hole in the side
of the city prison wall and escaped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

Philadelphia Jacob Gimbel, mem
Der of the department store of CHM
bel Brothers, of Philadelphia, Kew
York and Milwaukee, died at his sum-
mer hon-s in Atlantic City today,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Badger Man Killed AS
He RObs Tea-Store
fBy Associated Press Leased Wir,

by Assoclated Press Leased Wirel
Chicago, Ill. - An inquest into the
death Of Merrill Voldron of Marin
cite, Wis, shot and killed by police
Saturday night, while he was in the
act of robbing the proprietor of an
Atlantic and Pacific tea store in Oak
Park, was scheduled for this afternoon
rat o'clock. Voldron served one term
in prison, being sentenced from Mil
waukee for burglary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09
Carl CernohOrsky Destroys
Evidence and Cracks
COntainer Too.
STILL OWNER FINED
Anton Kaminski Is Fined SITS
for Still and Moon Found
by the Police.

The new wrinkle among saloonkeep-
ers is to not only throw out the evil
dence but break the glass to boot so
that there is not even a smell" left
in it. This is what happened Friday
evening when the police sponge squad
visited the premises of Carl Gernohor-
sky, 1919 Prairie avenue, which is run
under permit. The man in charge
of the place, believed to be Gernohor-
sky himself, made a dash for the bar,
seized class and smashed it to tiny
bits after pouring out the liquor.
This is Against the Law.
According to the contention of the
district attorneys office, this act is
just as much of law violation as if
the officers present We're able to prove
what kind of liquor content the glass
had, as by the provision of the Sew
erson law, it is unlawful to destroy
fluids during raid. Nevertheless it
is handicap to the police, and we'll
do the saloonkeepers know this. Ser
geant Melbusch conducted the raid and
several police officers were with him.
Get Still Mash and Moon.
Friday afternoon Sergeant Schnee-
berger made two runs in the direction
of homes against which complaints
had been received. At the home of
Anton Kaminski, 361 North Pleasant
street, the squad found a still, two
barrels of mash and half gallon of
moon. With Schneeberger were Of
fcers Ohmstead, Britton and Mitchell.
Kaminski was arraigned this morn
ing before Judge Slater and entered
a plea of guilty to the charge of I'M
lawful possession. He was fined $175
and the costs.
When the police reached the home
of Ada Melnikel, 25 North Brockett
street, Mrs. Melnikel sent word to the
door by her little girl that she twas
not at home" The rude police en-
tered anyhow and found that she was
at home. A still was found in the
basement but none of the trimmings
with it. 1t was u tiny still, wash
boiler style, which would make an
attractive addition to miniature
laundry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

The London General Omnibus Com
pany, in England, spends over a mill
lion dollars year in licenses for their
vehicles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

Motorists in Southern California use
more than 100000 road maps year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-11-09

A tax of approximately S85 is paid
on the cheapest automobile in England.
Middletown transcript., 1922-10-14

Bright Shoe Store. John $ 10 90
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
CITY is INUNDATED
BY BIG CLOUDBURST
Many Families Are Trapped
BY Waters Rushing Out
Of Reservoirs

Port Jervis, N. Y.-Five and a half
inches of rain falling in five hours
drove hundreds of families from their
homes, trapped others in their houses
until rescuers arrived in rowboats,
floated houses away in streets to a
depth of rs feet, flooded industrial
plants and stocks of merchandise and
destroyed tracks and roadbeds of the
Erie and ID. l.. e. w, the damage to-
falling $5OO,000. Port Jervis is on the
main line of the Erie, SO miles north
OF New York City, in Orange county
Water poured over the stout walls
OF three reservoirs of the local water
system, but the walls held. Had they
given way, as was feared for a time,
much of Port Jervis would have been
wiped out.
Water rose so rapidly in the dams
that DR.. w. l.. Cuddeback, the presi-
dent of the water company, notified
Police Chief E. V. Morehead to warn
citizens whose homes lay along the
path of the overflow Police and fire
men in automobiles and on foot went
from house to house in the sections
of the city which were threatened.
rousing the residents and urging
them to get away in haste
Florence Jacobs and Lillian Mill
ham, the night operators of the tele-
phone company, spread the alarm by
telephone along the zone which was
soon to be flooded. Men, women and
children, in bathrObes and overcoats,
carrying bundles of clothing, rushed
from their houses just in time.
The waters began to pour over the
three reservoirs in great volume.
flooding one street after another.
Water rose from five to 10 feet over
the streets, filling the lower floors of
many OF the houses.
Fishermen's boats on the Delaware
and Neversink rivers, which meet at
Port Jervis, we're used in scores of
rescues. Four women were taken
from the loft of barn and a mother
and three children were taken off a
roof
AS the cloudburst continued, hour
after hour, police, firemen and vol
unteers opened faucets and hydrants
to run the greatest possible head OF
water through the mains, and water
gates opening into culverts we're
raised at the reservoirs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
NAVAL APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES SENATE
Measure Carrying $295, ,450, 900
Provides for Enlisted Per-
sonnet of $4,000 Men

Washington-The annual naval ap-
preparation bill carrying approximate
ly 1926, 100000 and providing for an
enlisted personnel of $4,000 men, was
passed by the Senate and sent to con-
ference with the House.
Action on the enlisted personnel,
now about 115,000. is final, as the
Senate accepted the House decision
and the question will not come be-
fore the conferees who will deal
principally with Senate increases of
about $44O00,00O over the House bill.
There was no record vote on final
passage and no effect was made to
reduce the enlisted personnel.
Unsuccessful efforts to end Ameri-
can. occupation. of Haiti--t QQmini-
can Republic and Nicaragua and to
launch a congressional investigation
OF navy administration marked the
debate. An amendment by Senator
King Oem) of Utah, providing for
withdrawal of American marines from
the two republics and Nicaragua De-
cember 81, next, was rejected, AZ to
Q. after a nearly all-day debate, in
which the American policy of inter
vention was both attacked and de-
Tended.
Another amendment, by Senator
King to cut the marine corps from
19,500 men to 1880 men, was re-
jected without a record vote
Supporters of the King withdrawal
amendment declared that American
intervention i'm Haiti, Santo Domingo
and Nicaragua was causing feeling
in Latin-America and also in Europe
against the United States Senators
Mccormick (RepD of Illinois, Pome-
rene (Dem) of Ohio, and Oddie (Rep)
OF Nevada, of the Senate committee
Investigating. Haitian affairs on the
other hand said Intervention was
necessary to aid the Haitians in es-
tablishing an orderly government of
their own and denied statements of
opponents that a permanent policy Of
occupation was involved
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Bonus Action Voted

Washington, d. C.-The soldiers
bonus bill was made by a vote of 50
to s, the special order OF business of
the Senate Immediately after the
final vote on the tariff bill. unless it
is disposed of before that time. Adop-
tion of a motion to this effect came
after an all-day fight, at the outset of
which an effort to get the bonus be-
fore the Senate failed Several SEN
ators gave formal notice that they
would continue to press for action on
the bonus ahead of the tarif.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
MORE RIOTING IN
WEST VIRGINIA
Mob of DiggerS Attempt to Pre-
vent Non Union Men From
Starting to Work
TWO KILLED; SHERIFF HURT
Many Are Injured When Strikers At
tack Car; Women Help Miners;
1000 More Deputies Ordered
Sworn In to Preserve Order.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-The Harrison
County Court authorized Sheriff
Young to deputize 1000 men to assist
him in preserving order In connection
with the miners strike in this region
The court took up the question after
it received reports of an attack by a
mob on a street car carrying non
union miners and officials of the Hud-
son Coal Company
Two foreign striking miners were
killed, a deputy sheriff suffered a
broken arm and dozen others re-
ceived minor injuries when a mob of
some $50 striking coal miners attack
ed an interurban traction car bearing
non-union miners and officers of the
Hudson Coal Company and deputy
sheriffs from this city to it's Lewis
mining plant near Reynoldsville
The strikers attacked the traction
car when it arrived at it's stopping
point near the mine, pulled down the
trolley pole and swarmed into it. The
two foreigners were shot to death as
they were crawling through windows
OF the car. James NJ. Deem, deputy
sheriff, received a broken arm. The
Lewis mine resumed operations on
the open shop basis recently.
James Kidwell, chief clerk Of the
Hudson Coal Company, is among
those who were injured. He was
struck on the head several times with
clubs welded by the rioters and re-
ceived three ugly gashes in the head.
Clubs, bricks and missiles of every
description flew thick and fast during
the rioting. Windows in the street
car were shattered and angry shouts
added to the din. The mob contained
a number of women and there were
a number of women in the car when
the riot began.
A posse Of deputy sheriffs went to
the scene of the riot and arrested
about 20 men, under charges of par
ticipating in the rioting All were
brought to the county Jail here in au-
tomobiles. Plans were being made to
arrest others and bring them to jail
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
HUNDREDS LOSE
HOMES IN FLOOD
Waters Sweep Valley of the
Rio Grande at Highest Stage
Ever Recorded
MANY BODIES SEEN IN RIVER
Twenty-one Thousand Acres of Crops,
Valued At s2,5oo,ooo, Flooded
Lighting Plant Destroyed
People Flee For Lives.

Laredo, TeXas.-Hundreds of Mexi
cans were rendered destitute, scores
of houses washed away, the Laredo
lighting plant put out of commission
and much livestock lost when the Rio
here, and spread out over the low.
lying sections of Laredo and Neuvo
Laredo, opposite. Government offices
were flooded and only part of the rail
OF the new international bridge con-
Meeting Laredo and Neuvo Laredo
was visible above the water.
Waters which swept between the
two Laredos at unprecedented swift
ness and at the highest stage ever
recorded here, carried along wreck
age of houses and bridges, and two
age piling against the international
bridge is threatening to wreck it. Ru-
mors that another rise is coming
down the stream caused increased
anxiety here.
San Antonio, Texas. - Twenty-one
thousand acres of Rio Grande Valley
land with crops valued at $2,500 900
flooded in Hidalgo county, fresh rise
in the lower stretches of the Rio
Grande as the result Of flooded waters
which came down from the San Juan
river in Mexico, while the flood of the
upper river is nearing it's crest at La
redo, $50 miles up stream, summariz-
ed the border flood situation
Meanwhile the fate of Is, 900 inhab-
itants of Piedras Negras, Mexico,
across the river from Eagle Pass, iso
lated since railroad and highway
bridges were swept out, is causing
grave concern. The city is surround
ed by water and the food supply is
thought to be short.
Brownsville. Texas.-Bodies OF sew
eral flood victims have been seen in
the Rio Grande river Rt Mier, Mexico,
80 miles west of Matamoros, and op-
posite Roma. Texas, according to tel
egraphic advices received at Matamo-
ros. This was the first loss of life
reported in the lower Rio Grande
flood
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
STRIKERS TAKE
MINE STOCKADE
Non-Union Workers Shot Down
by Guns OF Men Posted
on Hills Above
FOURTEEN REPORTED KILLED
Stores PlUndered of Guns and Aurnu-
milton BY Rioters-PriVate Oetee-
tIves Hoist White Flag and
Operators Surrender.

Herrin. IN - Fourteen men were
killed. two are dying and more than
score wounded when an army OF
miners. estimated 20 number more
than 5000. stormed the stockade OF
the Southern Illinois Coal Company's
mine. according 20 reports reaching
here
The majority OF the dead are mine
guards. IL Is said The battle lasted
more than four hours A white flag
was hoisted from inside the stockade,
with a request for a conference.
Miners officials demanded surren-
der of the mine and cessation or OPP
erations. IL Is declared. TO which the
operators are said TO have acceded.
The mine. since the declaration OF
the strike some weeks ago. has been
operating with non-union labor; the
workers guarded by operatives from
private agencies A large truck with
10 operatives. was travelling along a
road nine miles north OF Carbondale.
Strikers. ambushed in a clump OF
trees. opened fire on the truck. Three
operatives were wounded.
AS word OF the attack reached Her
rim, West Frankfort and other mining
communities. knots OF men quickly
gathered. Speakers jumped on wag-
ons and porches and addressed the
growing crowds.
These gradually dispersed TO re-
turn later with rifles and revolvers.
A crowd. numbering 200. invaded the
hardware stores OF the Bray North
Company, the Herrin Supply Com
pany and the Turner Hardware Com
pany and demanded arms and ammu-
milton. Refused the miners held up
the proprietors and clerks, bound and
gagged them. and rifled the stores. IL
is estimated that more than $1,000
worth OF supplies was taken
More than 100 non-union workers
barricaded themselves in a mine pit
There they were fired upon ceaseless-
ly by strikers posted on the hills
above.
1t was here that the greater part
Of the casualties occurred, IL is said,
the massed bodies of the non-union
men and mine guards making a per-
feet target for the snipers above
them
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Mail Carriers Must Wear saso.s

Washington - Every city and vii
iage mail carrier in the United states
and there are about $4,000 OF them
will be required in the future to
provide himself with a cap number or
badge bearing the number OF the car.
rier's route and the name Of the post
Office, under an order issued by First
Assistant Postmaster General Bart
lett The carriers will be Obliged to
pay for the badges themselves, the
department estimating that about 15c
is fair price for such an adornment.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Starts Blaze. Then Steals. charn.-

Philadelphia. - Charged with the
theft OF S4,683 from the Jenkintown
National Bank. William Phipps. Jr..
aged 25, a teller. was arrested. Ac-
cording to the bank officials and de-
tectives Phipps worked" on an en-
tirely new system They say he has
confessed that he started a slight fire
in the basement Of the building. and
in excitement took the money. not
from his own cage. but from the desks
OF two other employees.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Gompers Re-eIeeted pr.sider+

Cincinnati-President Samuel Com
pers of the American Federation Of
Labor was reelected without oppo-
sition at the federation's annual con
vention. 1t was his forty-frst election
to the Office. After the unanimous
vote had been cast for Mr. Gompers
a demonstration broke loose among
the delegates which continued few
minutes. Then Mr.. Gompers thanked
the delegates, and added: 81 shall en-
deavOr to give the best that is I'm me.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Flyers cremated Under wreoksoe

Louisville, Ky - First Lieutenant
Robert u. O'Hanlep, army air service,
and Sergeant Arthur Opperman of the
Photographic section, Eightyeighth
squadron, we're burned to death when
their airplane fell near a crowd of
spectators at a benefit air circus ex-
hibition here. The wreckage burst
into flames. The two dead airmen
we're first off the field and intended TO
photograph stunt flying which was
to have been part Of the air circus.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
Auto PIunees Into creek; one Killed.

Oil City.-John Reardon, 35 years
old, OF this city, was instantly killed
and his brother Anthony, Robert Lam
berton and Martin McGuinn were in
jured when a large automobile driven
by Lamberton, plunged over a 60foot
embankment into a small creek half
a mile east of KaneWlle Reardon's
neck was broken. His body was found
in the creek. The others are serious
ly but not fatally injured. They were
brought to a hospital here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-29
FIRE DAMAGE 100000
Greene County Borough Business Dis.
trict Blaze Is Laid to Feudists.

Waynesburg-F thought to have
been started by Italians as a result
of feud, swept the business district
of Clarksville, 10 miles northeast of
here, causing damage of approximate
ly 100000 The arrival of motorized
fire equipment from Bentleyville and
Brownsville, II and 10 miles distant.
respectively, saved the entire village
from destruction
The Clarksville borough night.
watchman discovered the fire in the
rear Of the store building occupied by
the Clarksville Supply Company
about 3 o'clock, shortly after he had
seen two men running from the front
door of the store. He fired at the
men but they escaped.
The watchman gave the alarm and
calls for help were sent to Bentley
vile and Brownsville