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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
WILLIAM VOLLMER
DIED ON SUNDAY
Prominent Resident of Ke-
nosha Died Sunday at
His Home.
LONG RESIDENT HERE

William Vollmer, aged Ga years and
long prominent in the business and
official life of Kenosha, died at the
family residence on Sheridan road on
Sunday morning following long ill
ness from complication of diseases.
Mr.. Vollmer had been in failing
health for some time and his death
was not unexpected.
The deceased was native of Keno
sha and was born here on November
&c, 1853 He was son of the late
Conrad Vollmer, one of the best
known of the early pioneer residents
in the schools of the city and he had
spent practically his entire life
in Kenosha. Recently he had been
employed in the plant of the American
Brass company
For several terms he served as a
member of the county board of Keno
sha county as a representative of the
old second ward of the city.
Mr.. Vollmer is survived by his
widow, five daughters, the Misses Edna,
Emily, Florence and Gladys Vollmer
and Mrs. Richardson E. Browne, all
Of Kenosha, and one son, Clarence
Vollmer of Utica, New York. He is
also survived by one brother, George
Vollfrer of Kenosha, and one sister,
Mrs. Louis Weyhe, of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at the
late residence at two o'clock Tuesday
afternoon and interment will be at the
family plee at Green Ridge. The
Reverend Malcolm James Van zandt
of st. Matthew's church, will be in
charge Of the services.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
RUSSIA NOTE 10
PLACATE BRITAIN
Proves to be of Most Con-
ciliatory Nature.

Moscow-Soviet Russia's note to
Great Britain, the text of which was
given out here today, is couched in
gretful surprises at the ultimatum, it
proposes a conference at a time and
place to be arranged with England
at which responsible representatives
of both governments shall discuss not
only the disputed secondary questions
raised in the British. note, but shall
also regularize fully the relations be-
tween Russia and Great Britain.
The note sets forth what it declares
are certain errors in the British
charges with regard to propaganda
by Russia in the. east. While admit
ting that. Russia naturally sent money
to the Russian representative in Per-
STA, it says the British are over
suspicious in thinking that Russia has
no use for money in the east other
than for propaganda. The note ais
avowes responsibility for the Third
Moscow Intenationale.
1t offers to settle by arbitration the
questions raised by the Russian seiz-
ures of British trawlers and compen-
safe the families of Charles F. Davi-
son, an English civil engineer, exc
cuted in Russia in 1920 and of another
British subject in whose case a claim
was made, if the British will agree
to give compensation for the long i'm
prisonment of several Russians in
England and India.
The note declares that despite mis-
understandings Russia greatly appre-
cates friendly relations with Great
Britain.
The document of about 5000 words
is signed by Maxim Litvinoff, assistant
commissar for foreign affairs, and is
addressed to Mr.. Hodgson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Polish Woman
Dead in This City
Mrs. Anna Laskowska Died at Home
of Daughter, Sheridan Road
on Saturday Night.

?
& One of Kenosha's oldest residents
and probably the oldest woman resi-
dent of the city, is dead.
Mrs Anna Laskowska, 90, died Sat
urday night at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Leo Rocknowski, 271 North
Sheridan road. Until two weeks ago
when she was taken sick, the old
woman was in apparent good health
and had hopes Of passing the century
mark, in years.
Mrs. Lackowska was born in West
Prussia, Poland, in 1925, coming to
Kenosha at the age of 81, in 1892, and
making her home with her daughter
She is survived by one daughter Mrs.
Leo Rocknowski, of Kenosha, and one
son, Stephan Laskowska of Hanover,
Germany, as well as by fifteen grand
children and twelve great-grand-
children. She enjoyed wide ac-
quaintance in Kenosha.
y Funeral services will be held Tues
day morning at 500 a. m. from the
St. Casiniir church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
WOMEN AT HOME
ECONOMICS SCHOOL
Forty Wisconsin Women to Have Part
in Great Meeting Arranged
.,,o4 a~1esy for Chicago.

Chicago, III. ~ More than forty Wis
consin. women will attend the annual
meeting of the American Home Eco
Monies association at the University
of Chicago, July 80 to August 8.
The meeting. is open to all women,
and is of special value to those inter
,ested in child, welfare, institutional,
management and home making.
Officers of the Wisconsin Home Eco
Monies association are: Margaret John
son, state board of vocational educa-
ton, Madison, president; Bernice
Dodge, Madison, vice presidentl-. Lor-
eta Reilly, city supervisor of home
economies, Madison, treasurer.
Council members who are heads Of
teacher-tr training departments in Wis
consin are: Ella Badbock, public
schools, Milwaukee; Bessie Allen. nor
NAL school, Sevents Point; Daisy Ku-
gel, Stout institute, Menominee; Susan
West, Downer college, Milwaukee;
Jean Kruger, University Of Wiscon-
sin, Madison; Elizabeth Tonigan, Cen
trail Continuation School, Milwaukee.
Women who are council members as
chairman of local home economies
clubs are: Ermine Carey, high school,
WHmot, Martha Christie, vocational
school, Superior; Virginia Seaman, high
school, Wausau; Helen Henderson,
normal school, Oshkosh; Harriet Cor
don, vocational school, Watertown; Ii
la Flagler, normal school,. Eau Claire;
Olive Cook, high school5 La Crosse;
Elizabeth Frah, vocational school, Ra-
cine.
Other members of the council are ::
Mrs. I. W. Witter, Wisconsin state con-
ference IF social work, Wisconsin
Rapids; Mrs. R. B. Johnson. Amigo;
Grace Geary, superintendent of schools,
Superior.
The Wisconsin Home Economics as
ISOLATION elected Daisy Kugel, Milwau-
kee, as Wisconsin Councillor, to the
American Home Economics associa-
ton, and Susan West, Milwaukee, al
ternate. 1a- A g.
The three-day meeting will be de-
voted to special lectures, and commit
tee reports. Trips will be made
through Chicago clinics, hospitals,
laboratories, hotels and tea rooms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17

Chester D. Barnes, aged 43 years,
one Of Kenosha's best known attorneys
died early Friday evening at Colora-
do Springs, Col, following a long ILL
ness from tuberculosis. The announce
ment of the death of MIR. Barnes which
reached fKenosha early this morning
came. as great shock to many OF his
friends as most people had believed
that he was rapidly regaining his
health and was winning his battle
against the dread disease in the noun
tains of Colorado. He had been in
fairly good health until a few days
ago when a relapse came and since
that time he had been \sinking rapid
ly. At the time of his death his wife,
his mother and his cousin Attorney
Richard p Cavanagh were with him
Mr. Barnes had been i'll with tu-
berculosis for little over 2 years and
he had made an unusually hard fight
to regain his healtht For some time
he was in the sanatorium at Stevens
Point and in the late summer of last
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Ben Hur Chief
Dies Suddenly

Word was received in Kenosha this
morning by officers of the Kenosha
Council of the Tribe Of Ben Hur, a
national fraternal organization, of the
death of DR.. Royal Hart Gerard,
Supreme Chief Of the organization.
Dr.. Gerard died at the st. Anthony
hospital in Terre Haute as a result
of injuries received in an elevator ac-
cident in that city The officials
home and office was in Charlottesville
Indiana, but he was in Terre Haute
to attend the state congress of the
Ben Hur units of Indiana, Jesse
Housh. secretary of the Kenosha
council of Ben Hur. was notified this
morning of the death. He had been
Supreme Chief Of the Tribe Of Ben
Hur since 1918.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Shoe CObbler on
Serious Charge

Joseph Simmons ~ cobbler and
shoe-shiner who complained week
ago that Anna Leichem had deserted
him after securing a suit of clothes on
a promise to marry him, was brought
into the municipal court this morn
ing on the charge Of paying improper
attentions to two little girls, one aged
nine and one aged ten, when the
youngsters came into his place to
have shoes repaired. The man plead
ed not guilty when arraigned in the
municipal court this morning and his
case was set for May ~
Simmons insisted that he had<meant
the children no harm. He declared
that the mother Of the children should
keep them at home, and showed q
general indignation oyer his arrest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Fear an Influx of
Cheap Foreign Labor

Washington D. c. An influx of
cheap foreign labor, especially from
Mexico and China, was considered to-
day at conference of Secretary Davis
and officials of the immigration serv-
ice. Methods of Tightening up the
Mexican border were gone over, and
reports that European immigrants
were finding easy access to this coun-
try through Cuba, were under discus
sion.
Within the last nine months, NSecre-
tary Davis said, more than 10000
Mexicans have entered the United
States, most of them finding their
way to the Michigan sugar beet fields.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Pay Last Tributes
to Chester ID. Barnes
Funeral of Well Known Attorney Held
from the Home of His Mother
This Afternoon. -

Funeral seEyices over the remains
of the late Chester D. Barnes, we'll
known Kenosha attorney, who died at
Colorado Surings on last Friday even
ing were held this afterpoon from the
home of Mrs. Clara P. Barnes, his
mother, on Prairie avenue. The serv-
ice was read by the Reverend NAL
colin James Van Zandt The remains
were laid at rest at the family plot
at Green Ridge.
Members of the Kenosha Bar asso-
citation attended the funeral in body
and leaders of the bench and bar from
Kenosha and other cities gathered at
the Barnes home to pay last tribute
to the memory of the deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Our Mayor Are
Put On NeW Wall

Although the city council of FIVE de-
bates now in a diminished council
chamber which has been cut down to
fit their small number, and the\clty
Of Kenosha has no longer a mayor,
the new administration has not squeez-
ed the line of historical mayors off
the face Of the map but on the con-
trary has given them a new place. OF
recognition and Importance.
All the portraits of the mayors of
the city Of the past have been lined
up on the west wall Of the court room,
placed in order according to the time
they served and a tablet has been
framed to hang on the wall, naming the
mayors according to position. This
shows Colonel Michael Frank was our
first and john G. joachim our last
mayor.
The interesting list reads as fol-
lows:
w. S. Strong Last President, Viii
lage of Southport.
/. Col. Michael Frank-1850-1 1851.
2. David C. Gaskell-1851-1S52
< 8. Charles c. Scholes-1852-185
A. Volney Hughes-1856-185
s. George H. Paul--1957-18
g. Ashael Farr-1859-1860; 1864
1866; 1871 1874; 1877-1S79.
T. Isaac c. Webster-186O- 1861;
1868 1869; 1874-1875.
s. Milton H. Pettit--1861-18 1862;
1865-1s66; 1867-186s; 1S7O-1871.
9. Frederick Robinson-1862- 1864;
J 1869-187O; 1s79-1s80.
10. Dennis J. Hynes-1866-1867
II. O.. G.. King 1S75-1876.
10. J. V. Quarles--1876-f 1877.
10. A.. c. Sinclair--188O-188
ID. Henry Williams Z 1881-1s83;
1sS9-189O.
Is. O. S. Newell--1883- 1884.
Is. z. G. Simmons 884-18e6.
II. Emory L. Grant-1886-1887
18. c. F. Steinm-1887-1 1888,
10. John B. Kupfer-189O- 1891.
20. o. M. Pettit--1891-1S 1898
1899
81. William NJ. Farr- 1s84-1ss7.
%. Frank C. Culley-1897-1 1888.
% James German 1899 1902;
19O4-19O8.
"a Charles H. Pfenning 1902 1904;
1916-1918.
1914-1916.
25, Dan 0. Head -1912-1914.
y. John G. Joachim 1918-1922.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
NATIONAL PROSPERITY
SETS new RECORDS
Head of National Association of
Manufacturers Declares That
Decade Peak is Reached.
lBy Associated Press Leased wirs.l

(By Associated Press Leased Wire,
New York City American industry
is fourishing and now is probably bet
ter than it has been in the past decade,
John f Edgerton, president of the
National Association of Manufacturers
saids,today at the opening of the or
CARNATIONS convention. The statement
was incorporated in his annual report
of a nation wide survey of industry,
in which more than $4,000 manufact-
urers were consulted
The survey showed low percentage
of labor disturbances as evidenced by
strikes or lockouts.
Generally, conditions are most
wholesome" Mr. Edgerton reported, "a
very great number of those reporting
characterzing trade as excellent and
placing the prospects for fall in the
same category. The number Of firms
reporting business poor is only small
fraction of one per cent"
Production the survey revealed, IS
showing forty-one per cent increase
over last year, and stocks on hand are
reported as low or normal Indicating
that sales are keeping ahead or abreast
of production.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
COOPER PE0NIES
TO CHEER SICK
III. S. Cooper, Peony Fan
De Luxe, to Send Flow
ers to Hospitals.
TO EACH SICKBED

"Say it with flowers means what
the slogan says to Henry S. Cooper,
the Kenosha manufacturer who more
recently has also won recognition as
the foremost "peony fan" of the en-
tire. country. From his famous gsrdens
Of peonies at his home "Dunmovin" !,
west Of Kenosha, Mr.. Cooper is plan
ming to send to each hospital in Wis
consin sometime in June enough peon-
les to place beautiful bouquet in
each sick room of the institution. All
this is to be done at his own expense,
and with his compliments.
Mr. Cooper has not yet perfected his
plans for dividing the beauty of his
flowers with others and for that rea-
son no definite statement regarding
how many Of the flowers will be dis
tributed this year was available this
morning. 1t was probable that the
number would reach above $4,000 bios
SONS. .-.s# 81 sssa1e So
Gets Report From Department.
The Kenosha "peony FAM, as Mr..
Cooper enjoys being called, has always
been a great believer in sharing the
enjoyment Of his flower gardens with
others Last year he distributed thous-
ands of the blossoms to brighten up
the railway stations between Kenosha
and Chicago and Kenosha and Milwau-
kee. This year he has devised "a plan
which will carry the beautiful flowers
to hundreds Of sick rooms in every
part of the state.
The first step in carrying out his
plan was to write to the state board
of health at Madison.
"Please give me list of all the
hospitals In the state of WWisconsin."
he wrote Likewise state hows many
beds there are in each institution.
81 have some 13 acres of peonies,
and when they are in bloom I wish to
send a, bouquet of peonies, for each
bed in each Of the hospitals. I This
| will send at my own expense prepaid.
A Most Unique Offer.
Mr.. Cooper was supplied by the
state board with the addresses of 202
hospitals, including county hospitals
for the insane and of 10 sanatorians,
all or which had a total capacity of
IS, 612 9aas5 as
The state board was of the opinion
that the list was so large that it could
not be all filled, but Mr.. Cooper be-
lieves that he will have ample peonies
to send bouquet to each sick room.
The board at Madison declares that the
offer stands unique and stimulating in
the high purpose actuating it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Church's Blessing
. on Russia Fighters

Moscow The supreme council of
the Russian church has sent a com
munication of brotherly greetings to
the archbishop of Canterbury, primate
of England, saying it considers it nee
essary in view Of the paragraph re-
garding the Russian church in the
British note to Russia, to say that the
church now is freer than ever before.
In the event of any attempt to bring
war upon Russia, the communication
adds, the church will give its bless
ing to those who fight for their coun-
try.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
MUST EXPAND HER
PREPARATIONS OFFER
Note of Lord Curzon to the German
Government Expresses Disappoint-
ment as to Decision.

London Lord Curzon's reply to
the German separations note expresses
disappointment at the inadequate
sum" offered and at the lack of pre-
cision a sto guarantees and also voices
a suggestion that Germany will recon
slider or expand her proposals Sin
such a way as to convert them into
a feasible basis for further discus
sion"
In thus leaving the way open to a
new offer, the British note says "the
first step toward realization of any
such hope must be recognition by Ger
many that contribution much more
serious and much more precise is re-
quired than any which has yet been
Forthcoming"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Frank Barber Dies
at Colorado Springs
Old EmpIoye of The News ReNches
End of Suffering After Months of
Illness This Morning.

Frank o. Barber, So, of So North
Hamilton avenue, died this morning
at the Printers Home at Colorado
Springs, according to a telegram re-
ceiyed this morning by his family
here. Mr.. Barber >has been i'll for a
number of months and two weeks ago
he was removed to Colorado with the
hope that the change of climate would
bring him. some relief. His death
came unexpectedly early today.
Mr. Barber was until his illness en-
ptoyed as a printer at The News Of
flee where he has been employed for
over twenty years.
He is survived by his widow and
two children. Francis and Banks, one
sister and two brothers of Joliet, III.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Aged Auto Driver
Runs Down Woman
(By Associated Press Leased Wirel

Appleton, Wis. : Apparently losing
control of his automobile which he
had purchased week ago, w. H.
Priest, 83 years old yesterday, drove
his Gag directly into Mrs. Joseph Loes-
sci, SO years old, according to witness
es. Mrs. Loessel died on the way to a
hospital. Priest was exonerated by
the police and coroner who annouuc-
ed that no inquest would be held. Mrs.
Loessel is survived by a husband and
two small children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Carnegie Trust Head
Buys Big Properties

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Purchase by John
A. Bell, president of the Carnegie
Trust company of Carnegie, Pa, of the
interests of J. H. Sanford in the Car
negie Coal company and its subsidiar-
les for approximately $5,000,000 was
announced last night.
Included in the sale. are annual out
put of some 100000 tons and yard
sites at Duluth, Minns and Superior,
Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
16a. GFrs pENsInNs

Peking-A resident of Manchuria
whose age is reported as 1853 years by
the Chinese press, has been granted an
annual pension by the government. He
was born in the twenty-ffth year of
the regin Of Emperor Chen Lung, he
says.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
THEY'RE OPEN LATER.

London.-The Ed~aas been lifted in
Westminster division. Public houses
are permitted to remain open now un-
til IL o'clock. A ruling by the licens-
ing justices revoked the 10 o'clock clos
ing order in effect several years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
State Bar Examiners Ask
Local Association to
4 Initiate Action.
PASS THE BUCK BACK
Local Attorneys Answer State
Boards Communication Of
fering to Furnish Records.

Indication was given today that a
movement was on foot to initiate pro-
ceedings to secure. the disbarment of
Walter M. Burke, Kenosha attorney,
now serving five year sentence in the
federal pentitentiary at FIT. Leaven-
worth following his conviction on
charges of having a part in the opera
tions of the Kenosha-Milwaukee whis-
key ring, when a communication was
received by the Kenosha County Bar
association from the State Board of
Bar Examiners asking the local or
ganization to start the action in cues
ton. The local attorneys answered
the communication by suggesting that
as in former cases of this kind,
the steps should be initiated by the
state board.
The letter from the state board came
from Attorney w. R. Bagley, Superior,
president of the state organization.
1t suggested that the Kenosha county
Bar association initiate proceedings
looking towards the disbarment of
Attorney Burke.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, The body
Of the sailor which was found Thurs
day by James Cadreau of Bal de Wasig,
after it had washed up on the beach
at Rosseau's Point, was buried in the
potters field yesterday, after all at
tempts to Identify it had been unsuc-
cessful, The man is Believed to have
been about 25 years Of age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Appoint a Committee.

At special meeting of the Keno
sha County Bar association a commit
tee of three attorneys was named to
communicate with the state board of
bar examiners regarding the situation,
Their answer, sent this morning to
the board, stated that the local at
torneys, while willing to furnish GER
titled copies of all legal records in tie
case, believed that it was the part
of the state board to start the pro-
'ceedings officially.
Disbarment proceedings = may be
initiated in two ways: a complaint
may be filed by the state bar ex-
aminers, which is the customary
method or complaint may be. filed
by three persons, such as attorneys
in the community where the lawyer
in question is practicing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-17
Cite Peter Fisher Case.

2 One attorney here this morning cit
ed the case of former District At
torney Peter Fisher, Jr., now serving
term in the state prison for NAL
feasance, embezzlement and malfeas-
ance: In that instance the state board
of examiners Untitled the proceedings
and no reason can be seen why the
same course can not be followed in
the Burke case.
In connection with the case it was
announced this morning that the Ke-
nosha County Bar association had
dropped from its rolls the name of
Attorney Burke, this action having
been taken as soon as the supreme
court decisions, unfolding the Burke
conviction, had been handed down,
closing the case.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-01-26
TOM MIX COMING IN
ANOTHER THRILLER

The genial daring. fun-loving Tom
Mix is returning here next Mon. <
Tues. in his Fox photeplay. Chasing
the Moon fc will be at the Huree
Theatre for two days. Chasing the
Moon" is another Mix thriller. and
contains an unusual amount OF fun
and frolic. the story giving Mix a
fine opportunity to display his daring
stunts and to indulge his fondness
for outwiting his foes. Eva Novak
is again his leading woman. and is
said to give her usual performance
with skill plus beauty.
Mix in this story starts in Amer
lea. goes to Russia and finishes in
Spain-where ne also finishes his
enemies.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-01-26
BE PRETTY! TURN
GRAY HAIR DARK
Try Grandmother's Old Favorite
Recipe of Sage Tea
and Sulphur

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly COM
bounded, brings back the. natural color
and lustre to the hair when faded,
streaked or gray. Years ago the only
way to get this mixture was to make
it at home, which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for "Wyoth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" you will get large
bottle OF this famous old recipe. inn
proved by the addition of other IN
gradients, at a small cost.
Don't stay grayl Try i'll No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does it so naturally and
evenly. You dampcn sponge or soft
brush with i and draw this through
your hair. taking one small strand at
time: by morning the gray hair disap-
pears, and after another application or
two. your hair becomes beautifully
dark. glossy and attractive.