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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
Lower Temperature IS Reported Today;
 87 Degrees Yesterday

A drop of ten degrees in temperature below yesterdays high record was reported from the Weather Bureau office to- day by k. c. Mize, who took over the duties of meteorolo- gist in charge relieving M. B. Summers who leaves for Seat tie tomorrow. At D. m. to- day the Weather Bureau sta- tion's thermometer registered 77o.
 Yesterdays sun, unrelieved by any tempering and cool ing breezs, boosted the mercury column to the S7' mark which is the highest point ever record ed locally during the month of August in 30 years of official records. This was but two de- grees below the extreme hot weather record, made in July, 1915, and equalled in the same month in 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21

Old papers for sale at The Empire
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
P. A. F. HAS TOTAL
 PACK 10000 CASES

The Pacific American Fisheries has total salmon pack of 10000 cases at the two plants in this district, ac- cording to F. H. Bailey, superintend. eDt, who is in Juneau on business. The plant at Excursion Inlet has a pack of 60.000 cases and the Gambler Bay plant has 50O0O cases.
 The salmon run has slacked off at the present time and a large run again this season is not anticipated Mir Bailey said. It is expected that possibly another 1000 cases will be packed at each cannery before the close of the season.
 MT. Bailey came to Juneau on the Forester from Excursion Inlet and is on his way to Gambler Bay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21

In his statement Col. Steese an- alyzed the Commissions road build ing program and activities of the last fiscal year. showing expendi- lures by Division. Total expendi- June 30th, last. were $740.0S2.49 of which the Territory contributed s119,s33.33, including s20,000 for
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21

informally discuss the entire situation at the Seward meeting.
 Following that meeting. Gov. Bone and his family will go over the Alas ka Railroad to Fairbanks. On their return trip to the coast, if weather conditions are favorable, the will come by the Richardson Highway. The Governor expects to return on the next southbound trip of the steamer Alaska.
 Old papers for sale at The Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
DR. DAGGETT LEAVING

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Daggett, pioneers of Seward and residents at different times of that place, Cor dova and Anchorage, will leave short. ly to locate in the States. Dr. Dag gett has been one of the leading dentists of the Territory, and recently sold his Anchorage clinic and busi- ness to Dr. c. A. Pollard. Dr. Dag gett will practice his profession in Seattle.
 Old papers for sale at The Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21

mentary to Parker Collins, Fred Nims, Bill Kimball and Earl Doyl, University of Washington students, who left Juneau this morning on the Princess Alice for Seattle, having spent the summer her. Twenty-four guests were present.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
s162.4O1.9O $121,212.87 $2S8,614.77

$162.401.90 $121,212.87 3,614.77 In addition, the Chairman of the Third Divisional Commission ex- pended s1O,S55.72, and the Chair man of tho Fourth Divional Com mission expended s15,717.11, on local Territorial projects. Fer the current fiecal year. allot- ments have been made to date az gregating $792,950, including con tributions from the Territory and others amounting to sS3,000. In addition, the Chairman of the Third Divisional Commission has been al- lotted s15,O0O and the Chairman of the Fourth Divisional Commission s20, ,000.
 The following cooperative pro- iects were included:
 First Division:
 Haines-P Pleasant Camp, Porcupine Branch. Hoince-Mud Bay, Strawber- " Point. Sitka Cemetery. and Doug l las Island
 Second Division;
 l All projects in this division are supported by cooperative funds. Third Division.
 Talkcetna-Cache Creek. Valdez
 Mineral Creek, strelna-Kuskulana. and Anchorage Eagle RiyerWhit- ney.
 Fourth Division:
 Dunbar-Logjam, Ruby-LongOphir, kantishna, Oph.r-Tacetna. Goodnews Bay, Iditarod. and Hot Springs Rampant.
 Operations reports showing in de- tail the work performed indicate that work has progressed substan- tially in accordance with the pro- gram proposed, said Col. Steese. In most cases work was performed well within the estimates and in some cases proposed work was cancelled in favor of more pressing needs else- where. In a few cases, conditions on the ground were found to have changed since the previous year, so that some allotments had to be in- creased to take care of additional seasonal damage.
 Program Is Flexible.
 Each years expert ience,' he said, demonstrates more clearly the im- possibility of fixing the exact pro- gram in advance with the limited funds available. With less than s100 per mile available and with the varying climatic conditions to be met, our program must be suffi- ciently flexible to meet emergencies as they arise. Repairs in a single mile may aggregate several thousand dollars which can only be obtained by robbing many less urgent miles elsewhere. Where glacial streams must be fought, conditions ill suc- cessive years are never the same.
 Until May 1st, 1922, the Alaska Road Commission assisted in the maintenance of projects within the National Forests, the Department of Agriculture funds available since 1919, having been inadequate to support the projects in the forest areas before that date entirely sup ported by the Alaska Road Con- mission and the Territory. For this year more funds were available for the forests than for the remaining 95 per cent of the Territory, hence the Forest Service has, since last May 1, assumed responsibility for all projects within the National forests.
 This has released funds of the Alaska Road Commission for expen- diture in the Kuskokwim and other outlying districts heretofore receiv- ing little or no relief in the way of road and trail development. The Government Railroad area still needs substantial sums to provide high
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
REMARKABLE EXPANSION OF ARC.
 ACTIVITIES SINCE 1920 SHOWN
 IN FIGURES ISSUED BY STEESE

the Nizina River bridge and ST. 300 for shelter cabins. The cooperative funds were dis tributed by Division as follows.
 First Division. A R. c. Territory Total s 11.739.Sg 23,997.5G 35,737.45
 Second Division. 2S.925.O6 33,655.50 62,58056
 Third Division. 84,223.95 42,33S.S2 126, 6,562.72
 Fourth Division. 37,513.05 21.220.99 58,734.04
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-21
BARRAGAR ENTERTAiNS FOR VISITORS FROM SEATTLE

James Barragar entertained with dancing party last night at his home on Gold Belt Avenue, compli-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
RELEASED FROM JAIL
SHE DRINKS POISON

Fond du Lac, Wis.-Mrs. Mamie
Burns, who was released from custody
yesterday in connection with the
Campbellsport post Office robbery,
committed suicide at noon here today
by swallowing poison.
Mrs. Burns was arrested with her
husband, Matt Burns, when Thomas
Murray, Frank Ward and James White
were found in the Burns home during
a raid by the local police.
After lengthy questioning by the
police and postal inspectors, Mrs.
Burns is said to have told of the divi-
sion of large amount of postage
stamps by Murray, Ward and White.
The inform alton collected by the
police did not implicate the woman in
series of robberies for which Muir
ray, Ward and White are being held.
Police could not assign a reason for
the woman's act other than fear that
friends of the men held would seek
to harm her because of her story to
the police.
During the raid on the Burns home,
all of the stamps taken in the Camp
bellsport robbery were found hidden
between the leaves of a magazine. In
addition to this a pistol, identified as
one taken in recent robbery of a
hardware store, was recovered. Mrs
Burns has lived in Fond du Lac for
number of years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
HOLD JACK MCDONALD
FOR HUGE FRAUD
Former /. w. w. Leader and Wife Ar
rested in Chicago This Morning
Charged With Counterfeiting.

Chicago.-Jack Mcdonald, once an 1.
w. w. member, with his wife and an
other man were seized by the police
today in connection with the opera
lions of band which is said to have
printed counterfeit pay checks purport-
ing to have been issued by the Penn
sylvania railroad, to the amount of
100000 and to have cashed many of
them. Besides Mcdonald, whose wife
is said to have been involved with him
in l. w. w. strikes and troubles during
the war, Thomas Murphy was arrested
with the McDonalds in their fat on the
west side. Mrs. Anna Mcdonald, ac-
cording to the police, was suspected of
having knowledge of the carrying of
dynamite to strikers in Denver during
the wartime activities of the 1. w. w.
Many of the counterfeit and forged
pay checks are said to have been
cashed in Gary, Ind, South Chicago
and other points in the Calumet in
dustrial district. The trio was caught
in raid by squad from the detective
bureau.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
FOX FOUND GUILTY
ASKS A new TRIAL
Attorneys for Khan Editor Who Killed
Col. Coburn Seek Another
Trial.

Atlanta, Ga. = Attorneys for Philip
E. Fox, former editor of the Night
Hawk, Ku Klux Khan official organ,
who last night was found guilty of
first degree murder for the fatal shoot
ing of William S. Coburn; Khan at
torney, by a jury in Fulton county
superior court, were expected to file
a motion for new trial today.
The jury after celebrating all day,
returned a verdict of guilty with re-
commentator for mercy, which auto
matically fixed penalty of life i'm
prisonment. Fox walked into Coburn's
office on the afternoon of November 3
and shot the attorney to death.
While the hearing on the motion IS
pending it was said Fox will be held
in Fulton Tower.
Fox took the verdict more calmly
than had been expected. While he was
extremely nervous during the trial,
Fox maintained a disinterested atti-
tude during the eight days the trial
lasted scarcely speaking to his at
torneys during the entire proceedings.
Jailer H. c. Mcall said that both
Fox and his wife appeared to be well
pleased with the verdict.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Mrs. Amelia DIX
Died on Friday
Death Claims Pioneer Woman of Keno
sha County Friday Evening at
Daughters Home.

Mrs. Amelia ok, aged 80 years
widow of the late Bernard Ok and long
a resident of Kenosha county, died
Friday evening at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Eliza Meyers, 319 Elk
change street, after an illness of sew
eral days from bronchial pneumonia.
Because of her advanced age, she was
unable to rally from the first effects
of the disease.
Mrs. ok was born in Germany, July
10, 1S43, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Goers. She came to America in
1870, settling in Kenosha county, in the
town of Somers. Surviving her are
three daughters and two sons, Mrs.
Barbara Kennedy of GAINESVILLE, Mrs.
Elizabeth Meyers of Kenosha, Miss
Kate DIX of Racine, Theodore ok of
Kenosha and Frank Ok of Somers.
Also surviving her are four grandchil-
dren.
The remains were taken to the
Mischief mortuary on Park street
where they were prepared for burial
and from which they will be taken to
the home of a daughter, Mrs. Eliza
Meyers $40 Exchange street, late this
afternoon. The funeral services will
be held Monday morning at o'clock
at the St. George church with inter-
ment following in the family plot in
the St. George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
BORN.

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Barden,
681 Exchange street, son, Monday,
at st. GATHERINGS hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Rome Vernizzi, a
daughter, Tuesday at their home, 7O5
Adams street.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Albert E. Frantz,
of Dallas, Texas, a son, December 4.
Mr.. Frantz is the grandson of Capt
Charles Frantz, of Park avenue.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Anderson, of
919 Seventh avenue, a daughter, at the
Kenosha hospital, Tuesday morning.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Buell., of 159
South street, a daughter, Tuesday
evening at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Thomas, of
West Grand avenue, son, on Sunday,
December 16.
To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, a son
December 10, at st. GATHERINGS hos
pital.
To Mr. and Mrs. Emil Anderson, a
son, December II, at St. Catherine s
hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. P. Sorenson, a
son, December IS, at the Kenosha hos
pital.
To Mr.. and Mrs c. Ahlefeldt, Decem-
Der Is, daughter, at st. Catherine S
hospital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
APPORTI0N FUNDS TO
WISCONSIN COUNTIES
State viii Give S3.75 a Year 70
Education of Each Child
in State.

Madison, Wis, Apportionment
common school funds for the presen
year, amounting to $3,656,049.25, wa
announced today by State School SU
perintendent John Callahan. The pc
capita rate for the funds was fixed
$3.75. The funds were distributed t
the seventy-one counties on the basi
of a scholastic enrolment of 1926
From the total amount apportioneC
S448,801.72 was withheld by the stat
department under certain sections
the state laws and for supplemental
apportionments, and $8,710.65 for de
linquent districts, leaving the amour
available for distribution $3,19S, 536.85
The apportionment was made accord
ing to counties and the funds will b.
distributed to cities and towns by
county officials.
Milwaukee county received by far
the largest allotment Of any county,
$643,616.25 going to that county. The
two districts of Dane county combined
received the second largest allotment,
with slightly over 100000. Marathon
county ranked third and Brown county
fourth. Kenosha county receives
$5S,214.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Real Estate Men Sue
for Commission
r. A. Wilson and L. G. Schaefer De-
mand' Judgment of S4,74O for the
Sale of 70 Lot Subdivision.

A Jury in circuit court is attempting
to determine whether Robert A. VIII
son of Kenosha and Leonard G. Schaef-
er of Racine are entitled to recover
s4,740 from Marie Kamme Ostergaard
for the sale of a subdivision contain
ing 70 lots.
According to the complaint, the real
estate men sold the land in 1917 for
s47, 400, and were to receive as their
commission ten per cent. Mrs. .Oster-
gard refused payment on the grounds
that she had q contract with the men
to defray the expenses of the survey
for the subdivision and legal services.
Assistant District Attorney John
Kuehnl is appearing for the woman,
while the case Of the real estate men
is being guided by James E. Tully.
The case will probably G. ts the jury
Ia+a +od~v.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
ON TRAIL OF
XMAS THIEF
Postoffice Searches for
Man Who Stole Xmas
Savings Check.
HAD A GOOD SYSTEM
Bought Small Purchases in Or
der to Get Merchant to Cash
Another's Christmas Check.

Post office and police officials of
Kenosha Joined hands today in search
ing for a clever Christmas thief who
appears to have stolen four Christmas
savings checks from the mails and
then forged the signatures OF the
owners to cash them at two stores III
! Kenosha. Through his operations the
thief managed to secure Christmas
present for "his best girl" at nominal
price and more than SIS in cash.
AS result of the robbery false
rumors have spread in the city of
wholesale thefts of Christmas checks
from the mails here, all of which
were vigorously denied by Postmaster
James German.
Has Good Lead on Officials.
"Out of the thousands of Christmas
savings checks mailed at the Kenosha
post office from the four banks here,
only four have been reported as miss
ing" declared Postmaster German
this morning. eve have started an
investigation to locate the person who
cashed these four checks and it is pos
sible that he may be apprehended."
Inc Inl6l, AOWcNSI1 hdO q SoON AO0Ne
on the officials and this may enable
him to escape. The first inkling of
the affair did not come~to the officials
until Friday as the owners of the
checks had waited to report to the
banks their failure to receive them.
When it was found that the checks
had been cashed and an investigation
was made, it was discovered that some
stranger had intercepted the letters
and secured the money for the four
checks in question. 1t is believed
that he stole them from an outside
mail box after the mail had been
delivered by the postman.
Cashed Two at One Store.
The stranger, who is described as a
tall slim man with a checkered over
coat, evidently had started in to steal
the checks on a wholesale scale. He
cashed two of them at north side
store where he made a small pur-
chase and presented one Christmas
check in payment This amounted to
$3.50 and was cashed without ques-
ton. When he secured money for it,
he produced a second check which he
claimed to have cashed for friend
and asked for payment on it, which
was given. 1t amounted to $3.50, be-
ing a savings check of a child.
At a downtown jewelry store the
Christmas thief used his checks to
purchase a Christmas present for his
best girl The present cost $40 and
he paid for it with two Christmas
checks Of friends" of $3.50 each and
$500 in cash. These checks were also
children's checks.
Officials are advising merchants to
be wary in cashing of Christmas
checks, making sure of the identity
of persons who present them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Frank Symmonds Tells Judge Belden in Hear
ing in District Attorney Contest That
He Should Win.
JUDGE HAS CASE UNDER AMUSEMENT
Hearing in Famous Contest is Held Friday Afternoon
in Circuit Court After Return of Case and
Reversal by Supreme Court.

Frank Symmonds told Judge Belden
IN circuit court Friday afternoon that
he had one-fourth of a vote majority
over Morris Barnett in the contest for
the Office of district attorney. The
statement was made in what was per-
haps the final hearing before Judge
Belden in the famous contest. Sym
rnonds in argument in his own behalf
claimed that further apportioning
Of stray ballots (six) would leave him
victor by one-quarter of a ballot. He
argued that it was only right that his
title to the office he established and
that judgment of custer be given
against Morris Barnett.
Page That Fractional Voter.
I'D like to find the guy who cast
that one-quarter of vote" commented
Edward Ruetz, one of the battery of
counsel for Barnett, after the hearing.
Maybe he was a short man." sug-
gested another.
The suggestion of the one-fourth of
vote came, however, in all serious
ness from Frank Symmonds.
ut was just before Christmas"
Outside, fog, and Christmas shoppers.
In the dusky courtroom, lit feebly by
few electric lights under the Gothic
rafters, the lawyers assembled. SYM
monds argued and then Calvin Stewart
In behalf Of Morris Barnett, who sat
quietly in corner, an interested but
unobtrusive spectator.
eve hold that Morris Barnett has
been district attorney all along" said
Stewart, "and that his certificate Of
election has not been overcome. Mr.
Symmonds must show more than tie
and no votes can be apportioned which
are not illegal ones"
Edward Ruetz then presented fur
Their argument in behalf of Barnett
and John F. Kuehnl closed in Sym
monds' behalf.
Merry Christmas, Judge.
At the close Of the hearing judge
Belden said not word. He gathered
under his arm the supreme court de-
cision as well as the briefs filed by the
two attorneys, and left the bench
Someone said, Merry Christmas,
Judge" and he looked glum, as if he
anticipated nothing of the kind.
Judge Belden does not expect to re-
turn to Kenosha until the second or
third week in January, but it is ex-
pected that he will send down a de-
cision in the case, if not by Monday
OF least before the close of next week,
il rder that Kenosha county may
III, who is district attorney before
the New Year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Little Red Hen
On Main Street

The Little Red Hen put on her lit
tie bonnet Friday afternoon and start
ed across Main street for some belated
Christmas shopping. They had been
talking at home about who would go
out and get the rattle for Ducky-
Daddles and as usual nobody wanted
to stir out into the grey fog except
herself. They all refused.
81 will them" said the Little Red
Hen.
She was just the important little
housewife that you remember on the
cover of your nursery rhyme book:
the shawl with the fringe, the basket
on her arm, the little poke bonnet that
tied under her chin.
On Main street as she crossed in
front of Hackers barber shop, an au-
tomobile slowed down to give her right
of way. No one knew where she lived
and no one asked. She was coming
east, so it is possible she came from
the domestic group that dwells in the
back yard of Mr.. John Wattles. He
has four Rhode Island Reds, they say.
This is true story, because Oscar
Wesener and Myke Quinn, both limo
type operators at The News, saw the
Little Red Hen just as she calmly
crossed the street at the height of the
traffic at four-thirty o'clock, and sure,
it was herself that was in it, and no
mistake. The porter of the barber
shop opened the door and tried to coax
the hen to come in. He probably
would have made the hens life short
and had visions to prepare a fine
Christmas feast with all the trmmin's
for his friends. True to tradition
she crossed the street in decent way
using more than ordinary care.
She is so circumspect and right;
She has her soul to keep"
But she was jay-walking.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
REACH FARM FOLKS.

Waukesha, Wis.-More than $4,000
farm people were reached during the
past year through the activities of the
county agricultural agent, according
so the report of j. F. Thomas. The
county agent declares that 6,473 miles
were travelled during the year, 5000
circular letters distributed, and $500
bulletins on farm work distributed.
Other items included in the report
are: Days in field, 176; days in office,
10; farm visits 713 to $50 farms; Of
flee callers, 354; letters written, 1901 /;
demonstrations conducted, So; meet
ings held, 104; and press articles, las.