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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Milk Producers
Unite in Racine
Producers in Mt. Pleasant, Yorkville
and Somers Unite for Their
Common Interest.

Milk producers living in Mt. Pleas
ant, Yorkville and Somers held meet
ing at Corliss recently and considered
measures to improve the market con-
dition of milk and milk products in
this vicinity and following discus
sion of the various phases of the pro-
position at stake adopted an agreement
presented for their signatures. Their
action is of interest to milk produc-
ers throughout all Kenosha county and
these may follow there lead.
Through the instrumentality of a
bargaining committee the producers
hope to be able to obtain a more pro-
ftable situation with regard to the
disposal of their milk.
BY a vote of So to 1 it was decided
by the producers to band together in
common purpose to better their con-
ditions, the only objection raised by
the sole opponent of The agreement
being that he felt it was not binding
enough on the members.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
VET ANSWERS
LAST ROLL CALL
T. B. Quinlan, Civil War
Veteran, Dies Satur-
day Evening.
MALT HOUSE ENGINEER

Another Kenosha Civil War veteran
answered the last roll call on Saturday
evening just before six-thirty O'Clock
when Frank Bernard Quinlan aged 70
years, died at his home 583 South
Chicago street, after long illness
from the weaknesses due to his adj
vancing years. He had been in a
critical condition for several days and
death was not unexpected. He had
suffered a nervous breakdown last
July from which he had never been
able to rally.
The deceased was one of the "full
time" members of the Fred S. Lowell
post Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, having served through the four
years of the War of the Rebellion He
enlisted August 5, 1861 as private
of Company E, 23rd Regiment, Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. J.
Fitzgerald and Col. James A. Mulligan.
Served Through the War.
He served throughout the entire
war, taking part in several major en-
gagements. He was honorably dis
charged June Is, 1865, after the sign
ing of terms a. Appomatox Court
house.
He had since coming to Kenosha
been always a member of the Fred S.
Lowell Post of the G.. "A. R. and until
the time that failing health forbade
it had taken an active part in it's work.
The deceased was born June 9Th,
1843Nin the town of Hartland, Illinois,
the son of John and Catherine Quin-
Ian, pioneer residents of that village.
He was educated there and left that
town to enter the service of the flag.
Thirty-nine years ago he came to Ke-
nosha as the engineer Of the M. H.
Petit Mailing company, which posi-
tion he had held until the fire which
destroyed the property of the com
pany He had previously been en-
ployed by this company at their
branch in Hartland.
Wife Died Year Ago.
Mr.. Quinlan is survived by daugh-
ter, Catherine, and two sons, John and
William Quinlan, all of Kenosha. His
wife died little less than a year ago
on January %, 1922. He is also sur
vived by two brothers, John Quinlan
of st. Paul, Minnesota and William
Quinlan, of Elgin, III. He was man
of sterling qualities and enjoyed the
esteem of large circle of friends.
The funeral services will be held at
nine o'clock Tuesday morning at the
st. James church with interment fol-
lowing in the family plot in the St.
James cemetery. The members of the
Grand Army will attend the funeral
services in body.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
WIFE DISCOVERS
SWEETIE'S
Mrs. Steve SeimOn Finds
Missiye in Husbands
TrOuser Pocket.
THEN FIGHT WAS ON
Wife Claims that Mrs. Joseph
FilkO Was the
Correspondent.

A suggestion Of a domestic tragedy
following in the wake of House of
Correction sentences served by Keno
sha liquor men came into a case in the
municipal court Friday afternoon.
Mary Seimon, in charging her husband,
Steve Seimon with assault and battery,
asserted that Mrs. Filko, the wife of
Joseph Filko, had been a sweetheart
of her husbands for year and a half
and that the affair had started while
Filko was away at the House of Cor
rection in Milwaukee Mrs. Seimon
insisted thatg this alleged affair had
been the cause of her own domestic
unhappiness.
SeimOn's Became ReconciIed.
Mrs. Seimon testified that she had
commenced a divorce action against
Steve Seimon, charging him with I'M
faithfulness, during the fall, but that
when New Years came they decided to
let by-gones be by-gones, and started
the married life anew. The first week
in January they Joined households
once more, and were reconciled to one
another.
Then early on the morning of the
sixth, trouble was brewed before the
morning coffee had chance. Mrs.
Seimon rose before her husband, and
like a good wife should, she went
through her husbands trousers pock-
cts. Husbands do not agree with the
sentiment expressed in this paragraph
and it is with difficulty that we can
persuade the printers to set the type).
Finds Letter From "Sweetie.''
The enraged wife, Mrs. Seimon, told
Judge Slater that her search was re-
warded, or punished, as you choose,
by finding a letter from a woman in
her husbands pocket. The letter was
from ''Mrs. Filko, his sweetheart" she
asserted and read: Steve, Pm going
to meet you at two o'clock and need
some money. Pm going to get d.
vorce. Tear this up"
"How do you know the letter was
from Mrs. Filko?" cried Steve Seimon,
the defendant, to his wife on the wit
ness stand, introducing a good legal
point in his own behalf. 'Was it
signed?"
mo it wasn't" his wife retorted,
''but know the handwriting. It's
been going on year and half, and
ever since that began there's been
trouble in my house"
We'll" Mrs. Seimon went on, ''after
found the letter in his pants peck
ct, 1 showed it to him, Steve, and he
cried, Give me that letter back
wouldn't and he chased me and threw
me down the steps. Then he went
away and afterwards he came back
and threatened me with a butcher
knife. He said should give him back
the ring his sweetie, Mrs. Filko, gave
him, but / told him that didn't have
the ring"
Due to the fact that the divorce pro-
ceedings are to be brought up again,
Judge Slater advised Mrs. Seimon that
after the divorce litigation was over
she could bring Seimon into court
again and charge him with the assault
but for the time being, the case would
be dismissed upon the payment of
costs by Seimon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
PATROLMAN IS
FACING CHARGES
Chief Logan's Axe Falls
When SchmitZ is Found
Intoxicated.
SUSPENDED AT ONCE

Another Kenosha patrolman lost his
star early Sunday morning when Pa
trolman John Schmitz, for more than
two years member of the police de-
partment of Kenosha, was suspended
on charges of conduct unbecoming an
officer and of being off his beat while
on duty. The star was ripped off by
Assistant Chief John Cyzak and his
action was unheld by Chief Logan.
Formal charges will be filed against
the patrolman and be heard by City
Manager Osborn in the event that he
elects to fight the charges.
Patrolnian Schmitz was supposed to
be travelling Beat No. on Sunday
morning, which has as its western
boundary Rowland avenue and which
he is not expected to leave except in
extreme emergencies.
Caused. Disturbance.
Just after two o'clock on Sunday
morning a call was sent in to police
headquarters that a policeman was
intoxicated and causing a disturbance
near the Danish Brotherhood Hall on
Rowland avenue. Assistant Chief
Cyzak and Sergeant Melbusch answer
ed the call and according to their re-
port found Patrolman Schmitz intox-
icated.
He was taken Immediately to the
police office where his star and other
paraphanalia of office were taken from
him. He made no statement at the
time other than to declare that he had
not secured any liquor at the Danish
Brotherhood Hall but that he would
not reveal where he had secured it.
At the Danish Brotherhood Hall
this morning no eye witness of the in
cident in question could be found. The
man in charge declared that reports
had come to him that the patrolman
had stumbled and had struck someone
who was leaving the hall. 1t was
stated that he had been in the hall
earlier in the evening but that there
had been nothing unbecoming in his
conduct at that time. The manager
stated that when the disturbance took
place he was in the clubrooms and
that he himself did not file the re-
port to the department.
To Continue Cleanup.
GAS I have said before, the depart
ment will not tolerate such action by
any members of the department" de-
clared ~Chief Logan. "Officers must
learn to obey the laws themselves be-
fore they can expect to force others
to obey them, AS in the pact Incl
dents of this kind will be met with
immediate disciplinary measures. Pa.
trolman Schmitz is suspended and Af
the charges are proven he will be
permanently discharged. AS in all
cases he is entitled to hearing if he
decides to fight the case"
This is the sixth member of the
force who has felt the power OF Chief
Logans axe in the cleanup of the de-
partment which he started more than
a, year ago.
Patrolman Schmitz was first APP
pointed to the force in 1913 at which
time he served less than year; he was
reappointed in 1921 and has been on
the department since that time. 1t
is the first occasion that formal
charges have been preferred against
him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
ROBBER OF MINT
PAID WITH LIFE
Dead Body of Leader of Bandits Who
Robbed Denver Mint Found in
Garage There.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire

t6y Associated EreSS Leased Wlrel
Denver, Colo. = The daring bandit,
who stood upon the running board of
an automobile as the men who robbed
a Federal Reserve bank truck of
100000 in front of the Denver mint
on December Is, last, sped away amid
rain of bullets from mint guards,
paid with his life,
Deserted by his pals, the body Of
the dead robber- believed to be the
leader of the band-was found last
night in private garage near 18th
and Gilpin streets, in the fashionable
Capitol Hill residence district.
A gaping wound near the bandits
heart told the story. In, his pocket
was a large eaibre revolver while a
high-powered rifle and pump shotgun
were found in the car.
The man, whose clothing and hands
bore evidence that he was not used to
manual labor, rented the garage about
week before the mint robbery oc-
Cured. When the new tenant did not
pay his rent today the owners investi-
gated. The dead bandit was found
stretched out in the front seat of the
car. He was frozen and an overcoat
had been thrown over him.
Police believe the bandits home was
in Chicago. The initials ''T. F. H."
were found on handkerchief in his
pocket. His necktie came from Cap
per and Capper, Chicago, and his tan
SHOES were bought in the retail shop
Of Hannah aud Son, Chicago.
That the dead man did not profit
much in the huge loot secured by his
confederates was indicated when po-
lice found only some change in his
pockets.
Eight shells to fit the revolver in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

Escaping from his burning homes in
his night shirt by breaking window
and leaping out, Joseph Stepanik had
rather narrowing experience in the
rain storm of early Sunday morning
and when he was found by neighbors
he was suffering from several bad cuts
on his wrists. His ears had been
scorched by the fire which caused a
loss of more than eight hundred dol
lars to the home and portion Of his
hair had been burned off. Stepanik
took to the window to escape after he
had found his way to the doors of the
little home barred by wall of flames
and after he had made several inef-
fectual attempts to reach the kitchen
of the house and secure water to fight
the fire. Stepanik was asleep in the
bedroom of the house when the fire
broke out and it had gained very
large Roadway before he was awaken,
ed by the smoke and the cracking of
the flames as they spread rapidly
to all parts of the house. His in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
ESCAPES IN NIGHTIE
FROM BURNING HOME
Joseph SteRanik is Seriously Cut and Burned
when flames Quilted His Home
ze2" Early Sunday Morning.
FIRE BLAMED TO STOVE POLISH
Stepanik is Overcome by the Flames When He Seeks
to Fight Way Into Ktchen-Odor of Kero-
sene Causes Investigation by Chief.

juries are not of serious nature and
he is recovering today.
Wanted to "Dolr' Up the House.
The fremen made an investigation
Of the cause of the blaze today and
found that it had been the desire of
Stepanik to improve the looks of the
home which had caused the fire. The
house is located at Is South Ridge
street and on Saturday morning Mrs.
Stepanik had gone out to the town
Of Salem to spend the weekend with
her mother. Her husband decided that
this was good opportunity to clean
out the stove pipes and polish them
up for the rest of the winter. He set
about the work in the early afternoon
and cleaned and polished the pipes. He
did not have all the ingredients for
mixing the polish SO he substituted
kerosene and went ahead with the
work. In the work some of the kero-
sene mixture was spilled on the floor
in the kitchen and in the dining room
of the house. The work of polishing
up the pipes had been completed in
the late afternoon and Stepanik went
down to picture show. He then went
for visit with some friends and re-
turned in the early evening.
Goes to Bed--Forgets Fire.
Stepanik started fire in the stove
and being very tired went to his room
and decided that he would get up late
and shut off the fire. He slept so
soundly that his good resolution to
look after the fire was forgotten and
he did not think of it again until he
was awakened just before one o'clock
Sunday morning. The house was fill
ed with dense black smoke and
Stepanik sought to fight his way thru
the smoke and flames to the kichen
Of the house in an effort to get water
to fight the fire. The smoke drove
him back into the little bedroom and
as the flames crept nearer and shut off
his escape he broke the window and
leaped to safety. Neighbors who had
been attracted by the flames hurried to
take care of him but Stepanik insisted
on going to call the fire department
Oil Adds Fuel to Flames.
When the firemen reached the house
they found that the stove was heated
red hot and the heat from the over
heated stove had caught fire to drap-
cries only few feet from it. The fact
that a portion of the floor was soaked
with the kerosene stove polish made
it easy for the spread of the flames.
The entire interior of the house was
burning when the fremen reached the
place and on account of the intense
odor of kerosene about the place the
investigation was determined on by
the fire chief. He declared that he
was satisfied with the story of the man
that the kerosene had been used for
mixing the stove polish.
The building is owned by Ben F..
Stahl and the loss on the house was
in the neighborhood of $500. It is COW
cred by insurance, The, loss on the
furnishings of the house will exceed
$500 and it was covered with an in
surance of $1,000, according to the
records of the fire department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Fail to Find
Bodies of Victims
(By United rress)

Key West, Fla.-The bodies of E. F.
Atkins, Jr., of New York City, his two
sons, and Miss Grace Mcdonald, who
were drowned when the seaplane
Columbus sank off here Saturday, may
never be recovered it was believed
today. Following an all day search by
boats yesterday, marine officials ex-
pressed the belief the bodies had been
devoured by sharks, which infest the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico near
here. With the exception of Mrs. At
kins, all of the survivors of the dis
aster were reported to have suffered
no i'll effects from the wreck. Mrs.
Atkins. though still confined to a hos
pital here, was reported to be improv-
inr
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Arrest in Chicago.

by Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago - Daniel Culhane, who said
he was st. Louis gambler and other
wise was described as a member of a
Chicago million dollar gambling syn
dictate, was under arrest here today in
connection with the robbery in front
of the Denver mint last December.
Culhane's arrest was reported at APP
proximately the same time the body
of a man believed to have been the
leader of the mint robbery was found
at Denver and led to rumors that Gull
hane had confessed and indicated
where his leaders body would be
found.
Later, however, it developed that
Culhane's arrest and the discovery at
Denver merely were coincidental. Gull
hane was arrested, according to Chief
of Detectives Hughes after he had
telephoned to Kansas City. Detectives
at Kansas City were said to have the
place to which Culhane telephoned UNI
der surveillance and to have been lis
tening in on all telephone calls to and
from it.
After hours Of questioning datec-
tives denied knowledge of the Denver
robbery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
BIG FIRE AT PORTAGE.

Portage, Wis. Fire of unknown
origin early Friday destroyed the
-four mill of the Columbia Mill COM
pany here, causing loss estimated at
100000, and threatening several near
by houses before it was brought I'M
der control. The mill had a capacity
Of six hundred barrels of flour daily.
1t was formerly the electric light
plant and was built in 1888.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
Franklin 7. Smith
Dies in Milwaukee
tBy Associated Press Leased wire.l

MISUNDERSTANDING T. Smith, SO,
treasurer Of the Marvel Clutch Co.,
here, died yesterday from pneumonia.
Mr.. Smith was the son of Augustus
Ledyard Smith, who came to Wisconsin
in 1855 and became an instructor at
the University of Wisconsin. Mr.. Smith
was born in Appleton. He attended
Lawrence College, later graduating in
law at Wesleyan University at Middle
town, Conn. He was active in Red
Cross and Liberty loan work during
the war. He was prominent in Milwau-
kee club life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
HOLD PROPERTY
TO SECURE CLAIMS
Secretary Hughes Opposes the Re-
turning of Trusts to Germany
at This Time.
(By Associated Press LEASED wire


Washington, D. C.-Secretary Hughes
in letters read before the House COM
merce committee, said he could not
approve the bill for return of the
smaller trusts held by the alien prop
erty custodian unless it was under
stood that enough property would be
retained to constitute security for
American claims against Germany
Wilbur J. Carr, head of the consular
service, representing the state depart
n1ent, read the letters to the commit
tee and explained that the peace reso-
luton and the treaties with Germany
had provided that the property be re-
tanned as a pledge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
ONE KILLED IN WRECK.

BY Associated FTess Leased Nlfei
Toledo, 0--0ne man was killed and
several injured when 8 Baltimore {
Ohio passenger train running on the
Pere Marquette tracks crashed into the
rear of freight train one mile north
of the Michigan state line at 10
o'clock this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

With the idea of making New York
city safer place to walk in, the Pc
lice Department started a campaign
against 'jay-walkers. 1t is intended
to break up the pedestrian practice Of
cutting diagonally across street cor
ners and causing many unnecessary
accidents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

the bandits pockets were found in his
coat.
The dead man was described as be-
ing 35 years old, short and heavy set.
The robbery of the Federal Resere
guards took place at 1890 o'clock on
the morning of December IS last. The
daring of the robbers and the utter
abandon which they displayed during
the hold-up and their apparent disre-
gard for human life characterized the
robbery and the murder as the most
sensational ever staged in Colorado.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18
pie, and his death leaves vacancy in
the working ranks of the order.
Funeral ON Tuesday

The funeral services will be held at
the late residence on Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock, at which time the
services will be read by the Rev. NAL
colin James Van zandt, rector Of St.
Matthew's church. The remains will
be laid at rest in the Randall family
plot at Green Ridge Cemetery, the
members of the Blue Lodge of Masons
being in charge of the services at the
grave
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

The percentage of uncovered stolen,
automobiles in the United States has
increased since 1920 from % per cent
to 40 per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

The Keystone Automobile Club, in
Philadelphia, Pa, has membership of
$500 motorists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

A law has been enacted in Ohio
which forbids women to operate taxi
cabs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-01-18

juries are not of serious nature and
he is recovering today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-27
INJURED EYES END CAREERS
 OF Z BOXERS

ST PAUL, June z7.-Mike Gibbons. the middleweight brother of Tommy Gibbons, challenger for the heavy weight crown, known in ring circles around the world as "The Phantom" and Saph McKanna, the bantam weight who was a pocket edition of the elder Gibbons, will never box again because of defective vision.
 In his last few starts the Phantom collided with punches which in other days would have whizzed harmlessly by, been blocked with elbow or shoulder, or have been picked off with glove before we'll started. It was not until he visited an eye spec ialist that Mike learned that the sight of one eye was virtually gone. due. it is believed, to loose lace of a glove striking it.
 McKanna was recently dismissed from a hospital where he was taken following his last bout with J,l,nny Ertle, former bantam weight title claimant in which Ertle shaded him and landed a blow which definitely put out of the ring one of the cle,- crest little boxers ever developed :n this section. Physicians declared
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-27
SIX ROWING CREWS WILL RACE TOMORROW WASHINGTON VARSITY
 AND FRESHMEN ARE IN EVENTS

PouGHkEEPsiE, June 27. - Physicians announced today that Daw WaIine, stroke for the Uni versity of Washington eight who it was feared would be out of to- morrow's race because of a carbun- cle on his knee, will probably be able to row.
 Washington's hopes are therefore revived.
 Experts here count Washington as one of the strongest crews in the regatta and say the crew looks bet ter than last year which forced the Navy to a worlds record to win.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-27
ANOTHER FINANCIAL
 CRISIS IS AVERTED
 IN FIGHT ON FOURTH

SHELBY, June 27,-Another finan- cial crisis which menaced the Demp- when the fight officials and Great Falls business men financially inter ested in the fight and nine local lum- Der dealers and labor contractors holding an $S5,000 mortgage against the fight arena, agreed the bankers should be reimbursed for loans to contractors and lumbermen for bills on a pro rata basis. The lumbermen had demanded first lien on the re. ceipts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-27

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