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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Rose Covered Island
Is In Dispute

Bucharest-0n the agenda of the
Lausanne conference is an item which
has baffled the worlds statesmen who
are trying to re-establish peace in the
Near East. 1t is the question Of the
"Kadi of Ada Kaleh." At first nobody
knew whether Kadi of Ada Kaleh was
the name of a man, geographical
term, state of mind, mystic Turkish
phrase, or a specie of banana. In
quiry by the peace delegates, however.
showed that Ada Kaleh is a delightful
little island in the Danube near the
"Iron Gates" with only a few thous-
and Mohammedan inhabitants who
grow roses and extract the essence
from the leaves. The minaret of the
only mosque on the island is a we'll
known landmark on the Danube as
boats pass through the Iron Gates.
Ismet Pasha claims Ada aleh for
Turkey, while Rumania insists it is
hers by reason of the Trianon treaty.
Before the treaty Ada Kaleh was in
Hungarian possession, although the
Budapest government always recog-
nized the nominal sovereignty of the
sultan over the isle.
The victories OF Renal Pasha re-
awakened Turkish nationalism among
the peaceful rose and tobacco planters
on the picturesque isle of Roses" and
they sent a petition to Angora asking
Renal to re-establish the ancient Tur-
key sovereignty over the island.
Mustapha Renal dispatched Kadi,
or judge, to Ada Kaleh and the Ru-
manian government, suspecting moth
ing and regarding him as only harm
less Turkish visitor, granted a visa to
emals emissary. Now Ismet Pasha
pretends that the granting of the visa
is equivalent to the recognition of
Turkeys rights to the island.
When the Rumanian authorities
learned that the newly-arrived Kadi
had taken over the administration of
the island, they Immediately asked him
to leave Ada Kaleh, and, with all
honors due to Kemal's governor, the
Kadi has very politely been deported
from Rumanian territory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Make Your Lights
Right for Comfort

Preparing for a summers comfort
means getting rid of all the discom-
forts that have been noted, either dur
ing the winter or over a more extend
ed period of time. If there are faults
with furnishings which are unattrac-
tive or uncomfortable, these should
as far as possible be remedied during
spring cleaning. Likewise, if the
lighting IN any room is unsatisfactory
for either eye comfort or attractive
ness, this should be remedied. The
weH-being Of the entire family hinges
largely on lighting efficiency, and with
the exhaustive Investigations which
lighting scientists have put into this
utility of late years, it is possible
for each home to be lighted not mere
ly for efficiency but most attractively.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
BEGAN CAREER in
KEN0SHA COUNTY
Teaching Career of Martin
L. Smith is Ended
at Racine.
A NOTABLE TEACHER

A teaching career started in Kenosha
county more than fifty years. ago came
to an end on Friday in Racine when
Martin l. Smith, widely known in edu-
cational circles in southern Wiscon-
sin, and for As years principal of
one of the largest schools in Racine,
resigned his position as assistant sup
erintendent of the Racine schools, ..
position created for him by the board
of education there. Kenosha joins
with Racine in paying tribute to his
long career of efficient work in the
schoolroom.
Mr.. Smith thus ends an honorable
record Of nearly half century in the
service of the city of Racine. In point
of actual continuous service in the
public schools, he has served for more
than 80 years for there were several
years in other schools in the state be-
fore he came to Racine to start his
work in the Franklin which was then
called the Sixth ward school. His first
teaching was at Brighton, Kenosha
county, after which he spent term in
the schools of Green Bay, at that time
known as Fort Howard, Wis.
Forty-eight Years of Teaching.
Then he came to Racine and for As
years, until three years ago, missed
scarcely day in his teaching service.
The influence of Mr.. Smiths char
acter on the youth of Racine has been
inestimable. Not only in the ground
work Of their scholastic education, but
on their characters, mental, moral
and physical, did he strive to in
sure the pupils Of his school of a
good start in life. He taught industry,
punctuality and responsibility even be-
fore he taught the rudiments of know
ledge, and the pupils of the school re-
fected this teaching in the high places
many Of them achieved in life.
During the three years as assist
ant superintendent, his work has been
in an advisory capacity, spent mostly
in daily visits to the schools where his
help was extended to the younger
teachers. Superintendent Longanecker
testifes that his influence for good has
here been even wider than in his sery-
ice in single school.
Great Pride in Racine Schools.
His pride in the Racine schools has
been immense and particularly his
pride in the accomplishments of those
who had been his students in the ward
school. His qualification when one of
these pupils reached a high place later
on in life was almost greater than if
the success had been his own.
Graduates from his school have
achieved much distinction and this sue
cess has meant more to Mr.. Smith
than great financial success might
have. They have won success along
many lines, political, financial and in
industry. The Rev. Sylvester Bowling,
who is to return to the vicinity of his
boyhood home as pastor of St. Rose
church, is one of the old Sixth ward
school boys, and the names of others
have been legion in the affairs of Ra-
cine. f. w. Rapps, of the Manufac-
turers National bank, is a graduate of
the Sixth ward school, so is Mrs. Dick
ey, present member of the Racine
school board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Blame Outside Firms
for Old Agreement
CBy Associated Press Leased wire

A41l AsSpNAdAS0 TeSS Leased NlfeA
Chicago, Ill. - Because women ant
children were employed long hours By
outside mill work concerns, William
F. Brims business agent of the Car.
penters' union in testimony in federal
district court today said Chicago mill
work concerns and union leaders en-
tered an agreemnt in 1918 to proven
use of non-union mill work manufac
tured outside of Chicago. Brims ties
titled for the defense in the trial
81 mil work concerns, 81 of their off
Gals and seven officials and member
of the Carpenters union and six con
tractors charged with violation Of tn
Serman antitrust act. Brims test
fed that many women were employed
some of them soon to be mothers, /
mill work plants at eight cents a
hour. They worked II hours a da,
he said, and carried heavy timbers an
did other strenuous work.
The witness declared that the Pain
Lumber company of Oshkosh, Wis, sal
to be the largest door manufacture
concern in the world, employed tn
largest number of women.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
BOwery First User
of Electric Light

The Bowery was the first street in
New York to take up lighting in a
serious way. In 1882, the year of the
opening of the first electric light com
pany, the Bowery won this tribute
from the Electrical Review:
"The Bowery, that enterprising, if
not fashionable street, is the first
great thoroughfare to adopt the new
electric lights on grand scale. Be-
fore magnificent Broadway or superla-
tive Fifth avenue, the Bowery blazes
with light and every secondhand
clothing shop has dazzling globe
over the entrance" The event. was
@AlAbp~eA& vss-A a big parade.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
DEAD MAN IS A
STRANGER STILL
No One Can Identify Vic
tim of Train Accident
Many Try.
IS TATOOED ON ARM
Left Hand and Arm Bore Tat
tooings as of Lumberack
Or Old Sailor.

Although as elaborately tatooed as a
sailor who had sailed for years the blue
waters of the Indian ocean, the man
who met his death Thursday night
when he walked in the path of North
Shore train, was still unidentified this
morning. Twenty-Five persons, each
of whom thought he might be able to
establish the identity of the dead
stranger, visited Crossin's morgue Fri
day evening, but only one of these was
able to say that he had met the man
before.
Joseph Hart, 554 Rowland avenue,
declared that he recognized in the
features of the dead man stranger
who, just previous to the accident Of
Friday night, had inquired the way
to the North Shore station at the in
tersection of Grand avenue and the
North Shore railway. Hart had given
the directions and the man then start
ed :. to walk south along the railways
right of way.
Death Revealed No Secrets.
Except for this very slender clue,
death revealed no secrets of the dead
mans past. The tattoo markings on his
person indicated that he was not a
man who had lead life of refinement
and suggested that he had had an out
door career, that of a sailor, lumber
man or longshoreman. But on the
other hand, Secretary Meissner and
Officer Buchanan of the police de-
partment, who made detailed exam
ination of the mans person, stated that
their findings suggested that the man
had not done any hard work for some
time.
Secretary Meissner and his assist
ant succeeded in obtaining excellent
finger prints, and Sidney photographed
the dead face.
Carried Heart on Arm.
Among the interesting tattoo marks
was conspicuous one on the left hand
consisting of heart with a red CEN
ter and an arrow shot through it. Six
teen small dots were carried about
the heart. There were three tatto
marks on three fingers of the left
manu-, ouSSCoklllS IuICS @1LSo. AuOLuCI
marking was that of snail or curled
snake. tas.,s,rs,a s9- zrs
On the left forearm there was a
crude tatto of an old-fashioned femi-
nine figure with hustle skirt and wasp
waist and profile of another figure
alongside of it, whether meant to be
man or woman it was hard to discov-
er. There were three vaccination
marks on the upper left arm.
The fact that the man had not re-
Gently been engaged in heavy manual
labor was arrived at by the police on
the showing of the finger prints, which
were lighter than usual with the hard
horny hands of the day laborer. The
finger nails, however, showed that the
man had taken no care of them, be-
ing long and heavily clothed with dirt.
All the tattoeing was crude and ap-
parently not that Of a tattoo "artist"
but of clumsy novice, again suggest
ing man who had lived among the
lumberjacks in the deep woods, farther
from the centers where more of that
talent is available.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Kitchen Stove Now
Placed i'm a Recess

In building home in which the
standard appliances of utility and
comfort will be installed, the house
wife must not forget that electric
ranges may be built into kitchen walls
with little added expense or alteration
of original house plans. This method
of enclosing the electric range as in a
cabinet makes an odorless kitchen, as
the compartment acts as flue.
In a recent Better Home exposition
in the middle west, just such set-in
range was shown with background
or flue, Of yellow tiles. At the top of
the stove were ovens, at the bottom,
the warming oven and pan cabinet.
There were three electric plates or
units. An electric lamp connected to
the baking oven insured plenty of light
for cooking.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Take These Along
on Touring Trip

Before going out on tour of any
considerable distance, be sure you have
these extras with you:
Spare inner tube with a box of
valves insides.
Two extra spark plugs.
Few extra bulbs.
Pound of cup grease.
Can of hand soap.
Can of light lubricating oil.
Wiping cloths.
Extra fan belt.
Oil and grease gun.
Extension luggage carrier.
Roll of tire tape.
Blue book.
Besides, if baby is going along, a
small hammock made especially for
automobiles will relieve mother from
holding him all the way.
S6,000,000 passengers used the Penn
sylvania railroad terminal in New
York last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Cannot Paint, So
They Weave Rugs

There is another thing that the Mo-
hammedan religion prohibits besides
alcohol. 1t is the use of paintings in
interior decoration. For this reason,
Turkey and Persia, the land of lovely
rugs, wove their most beautiful i'm
agery into the hangings of palace
walls and balconies.
The cleaning Of the rugs of pal
ace or mosque of those countries, done
by hand. must be laborious task, and
ten times more tedious because it has
to be so carefully done That oriental
rugs are more reverenced and that
less dirt and dust gets into them
than in those same rugs in another
country, is evident, but the question,
"who cleans the rugs of the Sultan
and Shah" is. an interesting one.
American owners of oriental rugs
appreciate their beauty and value.
The care of them, in an American
home, must necessarily be one of the
most important items of housekeep-
ing. But they are not to be cleaned
by hand or broom Careful house
keepers know that the electric suction
cleaner finds dust in delicate weaves.
which no broom or hand can pene
trate, and that the fine threads of
rugs are Strengthened out and fiuffed
into new life by the use of suction en-
ergy, instead of being raveled into
shreds or cuts and damaged by the
action of stiff straw broom or brush
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
HEAT TAKES IT'S
FIRST TOLL HERE
F. M. Wehner, Aged IS,
Collapses on Steps of.
Home Friday.
WORKING IN GARDEN

The heat wave now keeping the mid
die west enthralled in its suffocating
grip, took its first casualty in Kenosha
this morning when Frank M. Wehner,
aged fifty-six, died at his home, at 653
Park street.
Wehner had been working in his
garden and the early morning heat
proved too much for him. In the rear
of the house on Park street, the family
has q good-sized garden in which
every member took considerable pride.
All summer and since early spring the
father of the family had spent his
spare hours in the garden before TAX
ing up his regular employment at the
Nash Motors company. This morning
at shortly after five o'clock, he awoke
before the rest of the members of the
family and after spending half hour
doing odd things about the house, he
went into the garden where he spent
an hour or so wedding and picking
vegetables for the days dinner. At
six-thirty the other members of the
family were up and at breakfast.
a Collapsed on Steps.
Wehner returned to the house to get
his dinner-pail and get ready to leave
for his work at the factory He kissed
his wife and each of the children an
affectionate goodbye and left for work.
About two minutes later two men
who had been living at the next house,
and who were workers at the same
bench with Wehner, carried the sick
man into his home--dead. He had
collapsed on the~steps- of his home on
the way to start his days work Of
providing for his family.
DR.. ]. 0. McCracken, the family ply
stefan, was called but the father Of
the family was beyond the stage where
he could receive earthly aid. Instead
the physician found it necessary to
treat the wife of the deceased, who was
Frustrated with grief from the shock
Had Been Ill Before.
The deceased had been i'll before and
frequently complained of pains in the
region of the heart. He had oeen
treated once before some time ago for
heart trouble, and only yesterday he
had talked with his wife about going
to Rochester to consult with physi-
clans at the Mayo Brothers hospi-
tai there concerning his chest and
heart trouble.
Frank NJ Wehner was born in Chica-
go, July II, 1866. He received his early
education in the public schools of the
city and shortly afterwards he took
up work with the old Thomas Jeffery
company as worker in the export
department there. Here he worked for
many years until at the time of his
death he rose to the position of as
sistant foreman of the export depart
ment of the Nash Motors company.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, six children: Irving, Alfred,
Frank, Edmund, Helen and Caroline,
I'LL of Kenosha, and one sister, Miss
Carrie Koch, of Chicago. He was a
member of the Ke-Nash-A club and
was prominent in it's activities. A
large delegation from that organiza-
ton will attend the funeral services
which will be held from the Hansen
chapel at three o'clock Monday after
noon. Interment will follow at Green
Ridge cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Dahlias for the
Home Garden

Lovers of flowers of the more strik-
ing types have had their desires graft
fed the past few years in the wonderful
development of the dahlia. While this
flower is not adapted to growing every
where and does best in moderately cool
or temperate climates, it make a good
showing and often gives a reasonable
profit from the sale of cut flowers.
Present varieties include flowers from
the small compact type all the way to
the big spreadingfi loose-petaled sorts
that are extremely attractive
In the fall, about the time the frost
kills the dahlia plants, the stems are
cut off just above the ground. The
tubers or roots are dug and left in
a clustersfor storage Dahlia roots can
be kept under much the same condi-
lions as Irish potatoes, that is, they
should be kept reasonably cool so they
will not sprout and should not become
so dry that they will shrivel.
A storage cellar where potatoes are
kept is generally fairly good for keep
ing dahlia roots. In order to keep the
roots from drying out by exposure to
the air they may be packed in shall
low box of sand which is moistened
just a little from time to time, but not
enough to cause the roots to rot.
Thinning Out.
In the Spring of the year the roots
are taken out and divided, one root
being planted where each hill of dab
las is wanted. Sometimes each root
will throw up several stems and if
too many appear, part should be thin
ned out.
The plants can be brought into bloom
earlier by placing each tuber in a
pot and starting the plants in the
house, then setting them in the open
ground after the weather has become
warm. The same method can be fol-
lowed where hotbed or coldframe is
available for starting the plants. Pots
five or six inches in diameter will be
needs as the roots are sometimes rath-
er large.
Dahlias should be planted on good
deeply prepared soil and the indi-
vidual plants placed at least three
feet apart in the row and the rows
about four feet apart. A stage should
be driven by each hill and the stems
kept tied to these stakes, as they break
easily with the wind.
Cultivation.
The cultivation of dahlias is just
about the same as for tomatoes or most
any Of the garden crops. In extreme
ly dry weather they will need water
ing. A little mixed fertilizer sprink-
led over the surface and worked into
the soil about the time they begin to
bloom will add yigor to the plant.
Mulching with fine, strawy manure, or
sweepings from the poultry house is
also an advantage.
Where dahlias are grown as border
plants and the flowers not cut for sale
or for use in the house the old flow
ers should be kept nipped off before
they fade, so the vigor of the plants
will go into the formation of new
flowers. The best effects in growing
dahlias are obtained where they are
either planted in mass of one color
only or else the combination of colors
in the group planting is carefully con-
sidered. The colors vary from light
creamor almost white to the deepest
red and bronze.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Housing Plan Gives
Buildings of Beauty
(By Associated Pressl

Amsterdam Confronted with a
housing shortage after the war, Hol-
land undertook to remedy the situation
with three fundamental ideas in mind,
efficiency, economy and beauty.
The government gave subsidies. At
first these were 100000 house; to-
day with building material cheaper the
rate is $125.OO. No people are able
to make money go as far as are the
Dutch, even when it is public money.
Jobbery seems to be practically I'M
known-on anything approaching the
American scale, at all events. But al
though the work has been done eco
nomically, Amsterdam has been trans
formed.
The old Amsterdam with its pictur-
esque and narrow streets and lanes, it's
narrow canals in the city and it's larger
surrounding canals, is spreading out
into new suburbs with wide roads and
fine avenues and parks. Hollands
best architects are cooperating with
the two council to build the best
houses at the lowest possible cost.
The architects concerned have taken
pride in obtaining the most delightful
effects with the cheapest material 1t
is not what housing has cost the city
that they talk about, but how much
it has saved the city. That is the Dutch
brand of civic pride.
Great attention has been paid to
what may be called the rebuilding of
Amsterdam to provide dwellings for
the working and middle classes. They
mark a great advance over such houses
as are usually found in continental
cities. The number of houses built in
Amsterdam since 1914 has now
reached over 10000, and even more
extensive and finely planned suburban
schemes have been provided. 6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
SON KILLS FATHER
DURING FAMILY ROW
John Mallow of Wabeno Shot and
Killed by His Son Who Saw
Service Overseas.

Wabeno, Wis. = John Mallow, for
mer member of the Forest county
board and a saloon owner here, was
dead today while his son, Jack, one
of the first Forest county soldiers to
go overseas during the World war, is
held in the county Jail at Crandon
pending the outcome Of an inquest
tomorrow.
Mallow died a few minutes after he
was shot during a scuffle with his
sons, who grappled with him when he
threatened his 10-year-old daughter, it
is said. The father was under the in
fluence of liquor at the time, members
of the family said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Cooper PeOnies
Win Four Prizes
By Special Correspondent

st. Paul Peonies displayed by
Henry S. Cooper won four prizes at
the peony show which closed here Fri
day evening. The flowers from Dun
movin were awarded three first prizes
and one second prize the display being
one = the most notable of the show
The Cooper display was badly handi-
capped on account of the fact that
many of the choicest blooms which
were to have featured the Cooper dis
play at the show were ruined in tran
sit on accoant of the intense heat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Baldwin Denies
Prohibition GOssip
(By Associated Press Leased Wirel

10y EASoUUIdteu IISSs LtsIs1<1 WITGJ
London, Eng.-An official atstement,
issued this afternoon, read:
'There is no foundation whatever
for certain remarks attributed to Mr..
Baldwin (the prime minister) in the
press to the effect now that the Irish
question and the debt are out of the
way prohibition seems to be the only
thing likely to disturb Anglo-American
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
TODAY,S THOuGHT-

The beginning of strife is as when
one letteth out water; therefore leave
of contention, before it be medled
with.-PrOv. 1874.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28

Unity, agreement, is always silent
or soft-voiced; it is only discord that
loudly proclaims itself-Carlyle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28

Artic regions have their cold, but
we have our ferc~vn policy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28

Population Of the United States in
1860 was 31,0o0,00O.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28

PARDON FOR ST. CROIX MAN.
Madison, Wis.--Frank Schmidt, st.
Croix county, serving three years for
burglary, was granted conditional
pardon by Governor Blaine today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28

Sahara Desert has her water prob
lem, but we have our prohibition.