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Evening star., 1923-05-13
BY JAMES A. BUCHANAN.


HERE are but two persons in
the United States that have
the legal right to sign the
Presidents name to official
papers. One Is Warren G. Harding
and the other is Viola B. Pugh of
the general land Office. who daily
dips pen in ink and boldly and
without fear of consequences aff1xes
the name of the nations chief ex-
ecutive to hundreds of documents,
all of which are legal and binding
and recognized as bearing the sigma
ture of the head of the nation.
There exists, to a certain extent, a
belief that the President of the
United States delegates to his eff
cient aides the work of affixing his
, signature to many letters and docu-
ments that daily pass over his desk.
That belief is incorrect, for. with
the exception of Mrs. Pugh, no one is
authorized to sign the name of War
rem G. Harding to any document or
letter, and, in addition to the ille-
gality, 1t Is a matter Of common
knowledge at the White House that
the President considers it a duty as
well as a courtesy to sign all his
mail. He realizes that a communi-
cation that Is entitled to an answer
from him is of enough Importance to
warrant his writing his name thereon.
OF course, there are thousands of
letters that never reach the Presi-
dent and are answered by Secretary
Christian or his able aides, Foster and
Hard, but all of these letters are
signed with the names of those who
write them.
Even with the great number passed
to the secretaries. there are hundreds
that every week must be signed by the
President himself, and often there is
light in the Presidents room far
into the night, when he is busy writ
ing his name on letters and docu-
ments that require the signature of
the chief executive to make them
legal or to bring feeling of happi-
ness to the recipient Of a communi-
cation that has the magic words
white House" emblazoned On the
envelope.
The position that Mrs. Pugh oc-
cupies Is not a new one. In fact, 1t
| was created during the administra-
tion of President Tyler, for even in
those early days the President of the
United States had to aff1x his sigma
ture to many documents. and some
bright mind devised the plan of dele
eating to some one the authority
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
1IRL LOOKOUT"
HELD AS ACCESSORY
Sthel Beck, 10, Must Face Charges in
Connection With Chicago
Murder.

Chicago, I'll. - A charge of being an
,ccessory in the killing of Edward
4ehmann, shot when he surprised a
nan and woman attempting to rob a
tore early last Sunday, has been placed
gainst Ethel Back, 10, who confessed
esterday, according to the police that
Walter Bockelman now under arrest.
red the shots that killed Lehman
nd wounded his Waterman companion,
lbert Stemwedl.
The girl made complete confession,
lie police said, and faced Bockelman
nd accused him of the Staying. He
I'd promised her lot of pretty clothes
re told the police and suggested that
lie accompany him as lookout while
committed the robbery. Bockelman
as recommended held for grand jury
:tion by the coroner's jury.
Bockelman denied that he had ever
en- the girl who accused him. His
fe told the police he was absent
ON their rooms for several hours
rly Sunday, at the the police say
e shooting occurred.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
VICTIMS OF MINE
AWAIT BURIAL TODAY
Last of Twenty-seven Bodies Taken
from Glen Rogers Mine Late
Last Night.

Glen Rogers, w. Va. The bodies
of 27 miners killed yesterday in a
gas explosion at the mine of the Ra-
leigh Wyoming Coal company today
lay side by side in various undertaking
establishments in Mullens, this county,
where they were taken in a special
train after having been recovered from
the entry 500 feet below the surface
which had proved their tomb. The
last body was brought to the surface
late last night just as a party of state
officials including Governor E. F. Nor
gan arrived from Charleston. They had
left the state capital when news of
the disaster reached there.
Meantime an investigation was be-
ing conducted by r. M. Lambie, chief
of the state mining department. but
it was considered improbable that the
cause of the accumulation of gas in
the entry or how it became ignited
would ever be explained. All the men
killed were working in the single
entry where the explosion occurred,
and only the fact that the mine was
equipped with three separate ventilat-
ing systems enabled So miners in 9TH
err headings to escape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
SETS NEW RECORD
FOR MINUTE FLIGHT
Lieutenant Williams Goes Into the Air
for Mile in Sixty Seconds
Comparable to Lightning.

Mitchell Field, N. YIN one minute
an airplane went nearly one mile high
yesterday and man had made another
mark in the sky. More comparable,
perhaps, with the passage Of lightning
than anything else mortals have seen,
the airplane rose from the wet turf OF
Mitchell Field and flashed upwards.
In the pilots seat was Lieut.. A. j..
Williams, known as "Al" when he
pitched for the New York National
league baseball club, holder of the
worlds speed record which he estab-
lished last week at 1868 miles an hour.
His feat was the elimination Of day
of thrills witnessed by 10000 people,
undeterred by the rain.
Dusk had fallen when 1t. Williams
and 1t. Harold ]. Brow, both of the
navy, took off and none but official
observers realized that Williams plane,
its exhaust pipe splitting fire that
left blazing trail, was going for a
record. The previous ascending speed
record was 1000 feet in one minute
made by Roland Rohle.
The crowd went all aghast over moth
ing at one period when the basket OF
an ascending kite balloon was tripped
end two figures dropped out hanging to
paraehutes which failed to open soan
enough. The figures landed with ter
rife force and an ambulance went
dashing for them.
Only few officials realized the para
chute episode was premature. The
balloon was sent up as target for
airplanes and the basket was to fall
automatically when il went into flames
and the figures were to descend to
show the crowd how balloonists es-
capped death Even the ambulance man
forgot that the figures were. dummies
and many in the crowd had trouble.
realizing il when informad
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
TWENTY TWO KILLED
In WARSAW RIOTS
Riots and Bombings Growing Out of
Rail Strike Cause Big Loss
of Life.

Warsaw, N. v. Twenty-Five per-
sons have been killed and three score
wounded in riots and bombings grow
ing out of the strike of railway work
ers.
The disorders occurred despite the
agreement Of the socialists to call off
the strike in return for the govern
ment's promise to withdraw he military
from the railroads.
The most serious riot was at Cra-
COW, where crowd surrounded and
disarmed company of infantry. The
men were rescued by cavalry charge
in which 20 persons were killed. Most
of the dead were soldiers, including
three officers.
A bomb exploded in Warsaw yester-
day morning in the headquarters of
the Socialists killing two persons. The
city was alarmed by the disturbance
but no further trouble occurred.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
HARDING ASKED
FORBES TO QUIT
Demanded Resignation At
ter Repeated Violations
of Orders.
,AWYER ON STAND
MUSICIAN to Former President
Tells of Manner in Which
Orders Were Disregarded.

Washington. - President Harding
allied for the resignation of Charles
(. Forbes as director of the veterans
bureau as a result of the Perryville,
Md, surplus supply sale transaction,
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, personal
friend and physician to the late execu-
tive, testified today before the senate
veteran committee. Gen. Sawyer testi-
fed that in the face of an order by the
president that the shipments of sup
plies from Perryville be stopped, car
loads of materials were sent out for
two or three days.
GAS a result of this characterization,
Col. Forbes was asked to resign" Gen.
Sawyer said.
Sawyer, who is co0rdinator for the
general disqualification board, read TO
the committee a prepared statement
regarding the whole Perryville trans
action. He said that on or about No
yember 26, or twelve days after the
contract of sale had been entered into
With Thompson & Kelly Co., Inc, of
Boston, Surgeon-General Cumming of
he public health service reported to
aim that supplies at Perryville were
,eing sold regardless of public health
ervice needs. DR.. Sawyer accompaa-
ed DIR. Cumming to the veterans bu-
eau and asked for a conference.
ut was after quite heated confer
nee" the witness continued, that
yol. Forbes was persuaded that the
,ublic health service should be consid-
red in the matter at all.
"After this conference | took the
natter up with President Harding and
requested me to proceed at once to
'erryville to see what was going on.
accompanying me on this trip were
zen. Cumming and DIR. Smith, CDR.
frederick C. Smith of the public health
ervice).
upon arrival at Perryville, we found
reat activity going on in the matter
shipping supplies. Investigation
bowed that one large truckload OF
)wels was just being moved out of
ne of the buildings. After confer
nee the loading was stopped.
"Within day or two second con-
,rence was held with Col. Forbes, in
uding Gen. Cumming, DR.. Smith and
lySeI, ana we received WrlCISE
sreement from Col. Forbes that the
DIVISIONS of the executive order would
carried out. Col. Forbes gave us to
1derstand positively, by a signed
yreement, that no further shipments
ould be made until the DIETER of the
Iecutive order had been executed.
bout three weeks later word came to
from representative of the public
ealth service at Perryville that ma
rials still were being shipped, that
ractically 1876 carloads in all had been
,rwarded to Thompson & Kelly.
81 then took tn subject up with
lie presidnet and he Immediately
allied Col. Forbes and said to him that
othing further must go. Regardless
this order, however, directly from
ne president, other carloads withs1
he next two or three days were
hipped out, and as result OF this
characterization, Col. Forbes was asked
o resign"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
GERBER INELIGIBLE
FOR ILLINOIS GAME
Star Badger Tackle is Taken Out of
the Game by Athletic
Council This Afternoon

Madison, Wis.-E. C. Gerber, star
tackle on the Wisconsin football team,
was held to be ineligible by the Uni
versity athletic council after a three
hour session this afternoon. The com
mittee's findings were based on a re-
port of Director Jones who in
vestigated charges that Gerber was
employed as an athletic director at
the Lacrosse Y. M. C. A.
"The council found Gerber guilty of
violation of the Big Ten conference
rulings" Jones said after the meeting.
N"We found that he had acted in the
capacity of a physical director of the
Y. NJ. C. A. at Lacrosse. This makes
him a professional"
Gerber attended the councils ses-
sion and was questioned at length
regarding his connection with the La
Crosse organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
STMLMAN LETTER
is MADE PUBLIC
N1ng Hidden Correspondence Between
Mrs. Stillman and Her Husband
Barred Today.

New York City.-The famous "con-
fession letter" alleged to have been
written by Mrs. Anne U. Stillman to
her husband, James A. Stillman, was
submitted to the appellate division OF
the supreme court in Brooklyn today
IS the basis Of an appeal by the banker
from recent decision of Justice Nor
schauser, confirming referees report
in which Stillman was denied divorce
and the legitimacy of Baby Guy was
upheld. The letter, previously ruled
out as evidence when Stillman tried tic
prove that Fred Beauvais, an Indian
guide, was the father of Baby Guy,
now becomes public for the first time,
it is addressed to Dear Jimmie" ana
was written in hotel in Buffalo, N. Y.
The letter as filed in court today con-
tains this paragraph:
Il am not smashed, but if you loved
all your family and were going to
have an Indian baby that you tried
not to hate; that there is not spot
for you with honor or peace; that you
were i'll and tired; that a dead little
man with whiskers tells you that the
world is a good place and that the
hard, blind people are to be pitied, for
they know nothing of what they miss"
Another line in the letter was as
follows:
II won't write you of what the cold
and Canada were to me. Fred meant
to be kind, but he had won me and I
was has and no one else wanted me and
he is much Indian"
And further appears this:
Il was too proud to speak, but I
broke just the same in the arms Of
my Indian"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Must Get Warrant to
Seek Illicit Liquor

Madison State prohibition officers
are not authorized under state laws
to search premises without warrant
which have been licensed by city or
dinance, the attorney generals depart
ment today held in an opinion to T.
M. Beck, district attorney at Racine.
1t was further held that seizure of in
toxicating liquor on such premises is
illegal.
Liquor unlawfully seized can be used
as evidence, however, unless the court
orders it returned to the owner, the
opinion stated.
! The question of search warrants is
now the subject of test suit in Dane
county which probably will be carried
to the supreme court in the rear flu
ture for final adjudication.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08

Paris = The reparation commission
has decided to comply Immediately with
the German request for hearing on
the reparation question as proposed in
the Berlin government note of October
"a, if the several governments, includ-
ing the United States are unable to
agree regarding the setting up of the
advisory investigating committee.
This decision was reached by Sir
John Bradbury of Great Britain, M
Barthou Of France, Signor D'Arelio of
Italy, and M. Bemelemans of Belgium
at a meeting of the commission last
evening at which Colonel James A..
Logan, official observer for the United
States also was present.
The Germans, in their note last
month, asked the commission to be-
gin an examination into Germany's ca
pacity for payment, and to allow re-
representatives. of the Berlin government
personally to explain the situation and
the measures Germany had taken for
reforming her budget and stabilizing
her currency.
AZ The ilarvoved situation was said to
be due to the tendency of the British
government to accept in attenuated
form Premier Poincare's reservation
restricting the estimate of Germany's
capacity to pay to the present.
NJ Poincare, it is stated, has already
declared he is willing to give a rather
elastic Interpretation to this reserva-
ton, permitting it to cover a period
of perhaps two years.
Discussion now is proceeding as to
whether an accord can not be reached
on the understanding that the word
present" would mean the period of
the moratorium asked for by Germany,
which every one admits must be grant
ed for at least four years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Rudolph Wallig of Racine Tries to Commit
Suicide While Calling on His Sweet
heart in KenOsha.
BULLET GOES THROUGH BREAST
Cupids Arrows Hurt So Much, Lover Thought Gun
Would Offset Pain-Jeanette Dworoy-
Sees Her BethrOthed Fall

sicians attending him a. ,J .hay
believed the man would recover
Had Spat With Sweetheart.
The Racine young man has been
keeping company" with the youngt
,lady Of his choice for the last three
years, according to the statement of
relatives and of the girl. Tuesday
evening he came to call at eight
o'clock. His visit was so prolonged
that the parents of the girl as we'll as
her brothers, retired one by one, eX-
hausted by the staying powers of the
late caller.
The disagreement between the two
lovers started over a trivial opposition
on Wallig's part, which became heated
when the girl told him she would have
nothing more to do with him.
Miss Jeanette had told her sweet
heart that she was going to wedding
on Thanksgiving Day. He objected,
insisting that he wanted her to spend
the day with him.
Told Him They Couldn't Hitch.
81 told him. then that we couldn't
get along together because he was so
mean and denied me my happiness"
said the girl to the police following
the affair. 81 had myptwo Lands mp
befort my face while he was talking.
The next thing / heard a terrible
sound, saw a fash, and there was Ru-
dolph, .tumbling lover to the floor"
The girl screamed and summoned
her sleeping family, and was Joined in
moment by her Mortified father and
mother and two brothers. One neigh
Dor ran over to a telephone to sum-
mon physician who in turn sent in
a double-quick call for the police am
bulance.
Lover Bleeding on Floor.
Assistant Chief Cyzak, Officers L.
Bauschelt and Callahan answered the
avenue. Mr.. Wallig was found lying
on the floor in the midst Of pool Of
blood, with bullet hole in his left
breast. He was hurried to the Keno
sha hospital.
The injured man had missed his
heart when he tried to stop its violent
beating at the 'jilting" of his sweet
heart. 1t was found that the bullet
had come out just below the left arm.
He'll pull through and find life
sweet after ALL" said the surgeon, as
he dressed the lovers wound.
When the police searched Wallig at
the hospital they found bottle in his
pocket. 1t was empty but from the
odor the police suspected that it had
contained liquor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
LADY HAD STICK
WITH PUFF in IT
Walking Stick Lady Was
Drunk and the Police
Locked Her Up.
WITH TWO CAVALIERS

A lady with walking stick was
helped up the stairs of the city hall
and into the police office at five
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The walk
ing stick did not help much, for it
took a couple of police officers to as
sist her up the steps and later over
to the county Jail.
This morning Carolyn Tanning, 10.
of 1904 Prairie avenue, Chicago, was
booked to appear in the municipal
court on the charge Of intoxication.
The police said they did not blame
the unfortunate young woman so
much as the two cavaliers in whose
company she was. These were Eric A.
Monroe, 1920 Forest avenue, Wilmette,
and Karo Steinkemp, 1925 Maple ave-
nue., Evanston. Monroe is % and
Steinkamp SO. Neither of the men
were intoxicated. but they had a good
ly cargo of liquor in their car. Be
cause they were older than the young
woman, and not in condition in
which they were irresponsible the po-
lice held that they were to blame for
the dreadful condition that their
feminine companion was found in.
Gin, Whisky, Ginger Ale.
The party caused some disturbance
on Wisconsin street late Tuesday af-
ternoon resulting in the calling of the
patrol wagon into which the trio were
hustled.
In the car the police found two pint
Ill
whiskey; one bottle was full and one
empty. They also found some gin
and some ginger ale.
Monroe was booked on the charge
of unlawful TRANSPORTATION of liquor
and Steinkamp on the charge of dis
orderly conduct
Miss Tanning carried walking stick
with a silver top. Inside the cover Of
the headpiece was a powder puff and
mirror. The stick was a carmel color,
with twisted rope wristlet of carmel
and white.
Carried Bank Book Also.
She carried as well a bank book
showing deposit of $4,000 Accord
ing to the story told, some relative of
Miss Fanning's died recently, l-aving
her sum of money. One of the men
with her Tuesday claimed that he was
a relative of Miss Fannings.
Miss Tanning was fined So a. costs
this morning after pleading guilty to
the charge of intoxication. She was
petite and lady-like young person, and
much chagrined to find that she had
had a "little too much" liquor in yes
terday's party. She explained that she
was a show girl who had just received
a. little insurance legac. which had
been left in her name by az deceased
relative She was travelling with her
uncle. Mr.. Monroe to Milwaukee where
they were to visit her aunt and had
taken some whiskey to deaden the
pains of inflammatory rheumatism.
Monroe was fined 500 and costs on
the charge of unlawful possession of
liquor. The case against Steinkamp
was dismissed. Thespolice sad they
had booked him merely to hold him as
a witness in case the young woman
did not recover from her stupor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Letter from Germany Tells
PitiabIe Condition of
Former Kenoshan.
HAD SERVED CITY
Son Declares His Father Had
Been Injured Fighting
Fire i'm KenoSha.

lDelving so far into the past history
Of Kenosha that it antedated all of
the directories of the city and even
the memories of many of the Oldest
citizens, an appeal came to the city
manager today in a letter from Ger
many, asking for aid for Franz
Schanker, once a prominent jeweler
in Kenosha, and now almost destitute
in Germany. The letter is from the
aged mans son and set forth how his
father had come to Kenosha more
than seventy years ago, had engaged
in the jewelry business here as the
junior member of the firm of Heath
and Schanker at So Main street.
On the letter is attached trade
mark of the former firm here, but
investigation failed to find any one
who remembered the man here. The
earliest directory was issued in 1875
and according to the letter, the man
had left Kenosha to return to Ger
many before that time.
Had Written Three Letters.
This was the third letter which the
city manager has received from the
>
The first letter was written in Ger
man and was returned with the nota-
ton that it should be rewritten in
English. Since then two answers,
both in English, have reached the city
manager, the second one arriving
today.
The letter recalls how the father
LoL = roou;zoJ N x,olup+aar 6,o donor+
ment here and had been so severely
injured in fighting fire here that he
had been forced /. to return to Ger
many 1t also tells of conditions now
in Germany, bringing some most
interesting light on the present sit
uation there. The letter follows:
Sir:LWith my thanks for your
kind writing, l have the honor to
repeat my first letter.
Jeweller Here Years Ago.
Seventy years ago, Mr.. Heath es-
tablished with my father a jewell
lers firm in your city of Kenosha
under the firm Heath & Schanker..
Jewellers, Kenosha, Main Street S.
Both owners being diligent, they had
may friends and the trade flourished.
In his free time my father also en-
deavoured to serve the city of Keno
sha. He founded voluntary fire
brigade for witch he entirely worked
in his free time. At the occasion Of
fire, my father was poisoned b.
smoke. In consequence Of this, he
was forced to return to Germany
Continued on page 81
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
oRLADY CASE CLOSING.
BY Associated Press Leased Wir,

Alma, Wis. Closing arguments in
the trial of George B. Orlady, former
vice president of the Mondovi State
bank, charged with implication in the
robbery of the bank, were begun in
county district court here today and
the case was expected to go to the
jury late this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
Seek Delay lin
Klansmen Trial

Bastrop, La. - Counsel for the de-
fendanats at the opening of district
court this afternoon asked for an hour
in which to prepare motion for ex-
cuse of, Judge Fred M. Odom. This
meant that the defense desired to
have Judge Odom disqualified and have
another judge famed to try the re-
mainder of the misdemeanor cases
growing out of mob operations in
Morehouse parish last year.
Judge Odom recessed court until 8
O'clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-08
BURNETT FOUND GUILTY.

Bastrop, La. = T. JEFF Burnett tried
jointly with Harley Rogers for as
sauit with dangerous weapon IN con-
nection with the hold-up of Harry
Neelis, near here in August, 1922. was
declared guilty by Judge Fred NJ.
Odom in district court mere today The
case of Rogers was taken under adj
yisement.