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burial was al Choctaw corner.
 of Bothnia a long arm of the Bal tic, across the Scandinavian benin sula to Narvik in Norway, where, owing to the influence of the ocean currents, the water is open all the year round. although it is farther north than the Arctic coast of Alaska. This road is 300 miles long and one half of it has been electrified. The part which is now run by electricity goes from the iron mines to the At lantic and in time the electrification will be extended to the Baltic. The power comes from the Porjus falls. which serve also the iron mines, and they are so great that they can cleo trify the whole road with plenty to spare. The Porjus plant is one of the giant hydraulic rail stations of the world. It has an SO,000-volt trans mission line and 1t can develop 50,0O0 horse power for the greater part Of the year. There are other water falls near by which will yield 18o,- 900 horse power, and the Lulea river alone, it is said, can develop more than 300,0o0 turbine horse power.
 The White coSHf H 00 0f g Sweden.
 Sweden has practically no black coal worth while, but it's white coal in energy producing value is equal to 67,500,0 900 tons per annum, estimat- ing that it takes 10 tons of fuel to produce one horse power running all the year round. This alone is equal to over one tenth the annual product of our coal mines. Sweden has avail able water powers which approximate 100000 horse power of which more than one million horse power belongs to the state. The country is under going an extensive hydroelectric de- velopment and plans have been made for it's gradual identification. The southern part, which includes most of the farms, is covered with trans mission lines which give power and light to most of the people. The de- velopment is now being extended throughout central Sweden, and later it will go on to the settlements throughout the north,
 There are few countries so blessed in water power as Sweden. The coun- try consists of a plain sloping from the Norwegian plateau down to the Baltic, with streams running across roll over rocks and can be made to yield water power every few miles. There are tens of thousands of lakes and ponds which serve as basins and the streams can be easily damned. In south Sweden the big gest power plant is the Trollhattan, which uses the falls of the Gotta Alv river, which forms the outlet of Lax e Wennern. There are three falls in which the river drops 106 feet and the power production is constant. The Motala river, the outlet of Lake Wet tern, also furnishes a great deal of power, and there are hundreds of other water powers throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29
TAKES OWN LIFE
Officer At American Elm
 bassy In TokiO Commits Suicide

TOXIC, July 2S.-(By Associated Press )-Malter c. Magoon, language officer of the American embassy here. committed suicide today by shooting himself in the head with revolver. He had been suffering from nervousness and insomnia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29
Dollars Sng Cost or Roof On Stockhohn Magnificent
Fiance's Death Found Hoax Perpetrated By Young Lady

Mystery surrounding the disappear ance Friday of Joseph C. King, 22, an employ in a Bessemer cafeteria, deepened Saturday morning when what is alleged to be "faked death" was shown to be groundless and no trace of the man could be found. King was engaged to be married to Miss Leila Tyler Monday evening. En- gagement cards had been sent out several days ago by the couple, but the wedding has been called off.
 Miss Tyler declared she received a telegram; Saturday morning from F. B. Bryant, stating that he had found Kings body under an automobile that had turned over in a ditch near Bamford mines, 12 miles south of Besemer in Shelby county. It is inn possible to find a man by the name
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-------- - REVIVAL SUCCESSFUL

BROWNSVILLE, Ala, July 2S.- Special Leased Wire. )-The revival meeting in progress at the Methodist church has proved successful, there being a large attendance from this part of the county.
 Mrs. Minerva Griffin died at the home of her son, w. w. Griffin. The burial was at Choctaw Corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

aVera ge amount 3, 900 pounds of of ink and 3, 200 used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

To make a daily of postage stamps paper. 200 pounds pounds of gum are
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| Money Making Nation.

The SWedes are a good business people. They know how to make money and save it. although, like us Americans, they are always trying to get something for nothing and oftentimes fall. They are good farm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-29

O o O The Farthest North Railroad. The railway the Swedes have built to export this iron is farthest north of any on earth. It runs from the Port of Lulea. at the head of the Gulf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
RAIL WAYS PREPARE.
TO MEET DEMANDS
r. II. Ashton Tells Interstate Com
merce Commission of Efforts of
Great Companies.
(By Associated Press Leased wire)


Washington. D. C. - Railroads not
only are meeting maximum transpor-
tation requirements of shippers at
present, R. H. Ashton, president of
the American Railway association, de-
clared today before the interstate
commerce commission, but are buying
and repairing equipment on a scale
guaranteeing their ability to meet
such requirements even as they will
be increased this fall and winter. The
statement was made by Mr.. Ashton
as the first witness at hearings in the
commissions investigation of the ade-
quacy of railroad rolling stock.
From January 1 to May IL, Mr..
Ashton said, the railroads this year
handled 17,029,946 cars of revenue
freight as against 14,27S,847 cars dur
ing the same period last year. On
May IL, he said, car shortage had
practically disappeared.
while the railroads." Mr.. Ashton
said, shave been accepting this heavy
loading, they have at the same time
been bringing about substantial
relocation of closed equipment to the
west and northwest in anticipation Of
the crop movement this fall. One diff
ficulty confronting the railroads at
this moment and not peculiar to the
transportation industry, but common
to all industries, is a shortage of la
Dor. The railroads have confidence
that the program to provide adequate
transportation service in 1929 will be
met"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Roy Miles Gives Tip That
Renews Manhunt for
MulattO Murderer.
SEEN NEAR KENOSHA?
Claims He Recognized Whit
field in Car Going South on
Green Bay Road.

Kenosha Joined anew this morning
in the manhunt for John Leonard
Whitfield, mulatto murderer, who has
eluded dragnet laid for him in Wis
consin throughout the past week, when
a new tip was brought to police of
fcials here that Whitfield was seen in
the green Buick car at the intersec-
ton of the Geneva road and the Green
Bay Milwaukee Road at the Truesdell
tavern west of Kenosha. The tip came
from Roy Miles, owner of restaurant
in Balm Station, who claims that he
recognized Whitfield as man in the
rear seat of green Buick, car, all
meeting the descriptions given out for
the slayer.
Miles reported the discovery with
speed to the Kenosha police and a
dragnet was put out to the south
for the car to continue investigation
into the tip.
Slowed Up at Turn.
Miles declares that he had made a
study of the pictures sent out to aid
in the capture of Whitfield and that
lie Is COuNlHCeQ III his OWN IHIilQ LHdl
the slayer was in the car in question
Miles was driving to Kenosha on
the Geneva Road; as he approached
the tavern at Truesdell he saw a green
Buick similar to the one which Whit.
field is said to have stolen, approach
ing from the north on the Green Bay
road. Both cars slowed to make the
turn and Miles declares he had ample
opportunity to see the occupants Of
the car. The driver of the car was g
small man; in the rear was seated &
man whom Miles believes is the slayer
Police Take Up Chase.
The Kenosha police Immediately
took up the chase. Two cars were sem
out and all of the motorcycle police
men of the county detailed to search
the roads for the slayer. Meanwhile
the Waukegan and Zion police were
notified and dragnet was established
there for the car.
At late hour no report had beer
secured from them and if indeed the
murderer was in the car it is believed
that he must have darted down some
road infrequently travelled and escaped
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
MORE HEIRS FOR
HERMIT'S ESTATE
Cousins of Henry T. Smith,
Hermit of Salem" Found
In Vermont.
LEFT LARGE ESTATE

New interest in the settlement of
the $4,000 estate left by the late
Henry T. Smith, long known as the
Hermit of Salem," was aroused today
when petition filed in the county
court by Attorney G. A. Mittelstsed,
named executor of the estate by the
court, revealed that several new heirs
to the fortune had been found in Yer
mont. The petition asks that the
executor be authorized to go to Yer
mont to investigate the claims of the
heirs there in order that a final &C
counting of the estate may be ex-
pedited
The petition recalls one of the most
interesting estates ever filed for pro-
bate in Kenosha county. Henry T.
Smith, a recluse, lived for years in
the town of Salem and by saving and
scrimping, saved up fortune. Sew
eral years before his death he went
insane and he died at the Racine
county asylum.
Relatives in Faf Vests
At the time that the letters for ad-
ministration of the estate were filed
it was known that he was survived by
the following relatives in the far west
Clarence M. Smith, second cousin,
San Francisco; Helen F. Smith Gregg
a second cousin, Los Angeles; Francis
H. Paddock, third cousin, San Jose,
California; Clarence NJ. Paddock, third
cousin, Mesa, Arizona. The petition
filed today relates that a search of
records has revealed that the hermit
at one time had three uncles and two
aunts in Vermont, who if now living
would be entitled to share in the es-
tate. Some of the heirs of these have
been located by correspondence but a
thorough investigation is needed to
make proper settlement of the estate
The court authorized the expense OF
sending the executor to Vermont I'd
investigate the claims thoroughly
No Word About Wife.
No statement was made in the ap-
plication filed today regarding a form
er wife of the hermit, whose name has
been frequently mentioned in connec-
ton with the estate. They were d.
vorced only a short time after the
marriage and she disappeared. 1t is
known that this wife has been located
but it is alleged that the fact that a
divorce was secured takes away any
claim which she might have had to any
share in the hermit's estate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
MADISON FUGITIVE Is
SOUGHT IN CHICAGO
John L. Whitfield, Alleged Slayer De-
clared to Have Registered at
a Chicago Hotel.
(By Ass0eiated Prsss Leased wirel

Wy SASSOC41leA 1SSS 44SaSS0 HAISt
Madison, Wis.-Their quarry gone,
detectives and police hunting John L.
Whitfield, alleged murderer, whose elu-
siveness has baffled officers through
out the middle west, today trans
ferred the center of their search from
Madison to Chicago.
C. o. Newell, lieutenant of detectives
in Cleveland, announced today that he
had learned that Whitfield registered
at the Vincenz hotel, Chicago, on last
Wednesday night under the name of
Doc Woodward. Since that time, police
believe, they have been hunting a
phantom of the fugitive.
Lieutenant Newell and H. J. Williams,
assistant district attorney of Cuya-
vega county Ohio, left today for Chi
cago in the car in which Patrolman
Dennis Griffin is believed to have been
killed by Whitfield. They will cen
ter their search for the criminal out
of this point.
Reports continue to trickle in from
many sections telling of men re-
-sembling the sought for mulatto, but
all of these reports so far have been
based upon little that could afford a
clue, according to police.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
SOMERS.

Miss Marie Mattern of Wilmot clos
ed her third year of work in School
District No. with picnic on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin A. Hughes at
tended the funeral services for the
late Homer Pierce at Antioch, ILL.,, on
Saturday.
About 80 members of the local
camp, Royal Neighbors of America
4052, attended the county convention
held in Kenosha on Friday. Six camps
were represented at this meeting and
a county organization was formed,
with the following officers: President
Mrs. Sadie Dixon, first vice president
Mrs. A. Turner, second vice president
Mrs. Belle Bacon, secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Evelyn L. Gardiner.
The next annual meeting will be held
at Somers.
Anker Rasmussen spent Sunday with
Charley Doerflinger of Kenosha.
Lorin De Germo of Racine, spent the
Ward Ozanne.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Captile of Ra-
cine spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. William Miller.
The masons have finished the build
ing of Leet Bros. new brick silo.
r. G. Ozanne received carload of
Mrs. James o. Buswell of Brooklyn,
N. Y, will speak at the Congregational
church on Sunday morning, June 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Funk of Union
Grove, spent Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Yank.
John Goggin of Salem with his
crew of men, is grading and widening
the Green Bay Road north from the
Somers town hall to the Racine coun-
ty line. The road is to be covered
with Burlington gravel
Homer Pierce died at his home in
Antioch, ILL.,, on Tuesday afternoon
May %, 1923; aged II years. Mr.
Pierce had been assisting his two sons
Roy and Herbert about some work and
death came suddenly. The deceased
was united in marriage to Miss Hattie
French and for some years they lived
in Somers on the farm now occupied
by L. Frank Define. Mrs Pierce pre-.
ceeded her husband in death several
years ago. Two sons survive. Funer-
al services were held on Saturday af-
ternoon with interment in the Antioch
cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Whitcomb, Misses
Thelma Whitcomb and Jeanne Young
of Kenosha, spent Friday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Ozanne.
Miss Hester Miller, domestic science
teacher Of the Neilsville public schools
is expected home next week for the
summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Caystile
Grandma Caystile and Miss Florence
Schilling of Racine, spent Wednesday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs Axel v
Rasmussen.
The marriage of Miss Alice Middle
camp to Albert Rasmussen was cele-
brated in Racine on Wednesday. Nav
%, 1928, The bride, one of Somer's
most popular young ladies', is the
younger daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Middlecamp. The groom the only
son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rasmus-
sen, a young man of sterling qualities
Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmussen motored ia
the Dells and on their return will he
ut home on the fathers farm on the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
NeighborhOOd NeWs

Green Bay Road A host of friends ex-
tend congratulations.
Dalton and Junior Ozanne visited
with friends in Racine during the
week.
Among those who have recently pur-
chased new automobiles are N. E.
Thompson, Albert Rasmussen and
John Ryder, Jr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
GENOA JUNCTION

R. G. Holmes and C. E. Williams
spent Tuesday afternoon at Powers
Lake on business.
Mrs. Jacob Bucher Of Modest, Calf,
who has been visiting in the J. M.
Carey home for several days, left for
Monroe, Wis, Tuesday for visit
With friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Brunswick Of
Richmond, spent Wednesday here with
elatives. sE
Messrs. John and Howard Vosburgh
we're business callers at Burlington on
tuesday.
c. G. Lord and S. NJ. Carey motored
Twin Lakes on business Thursday.
Mrs. Oakley Lands Of Waukegan,
H., has been a visitor in the home
# her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G.
dalmgren for the past several days.
Mrs. Sarah Daniels of Lake Geneva,
vas visitor here Thursday.
Mrs. Agnes Matthews is here visit
ng her mother, Mrs. j. H. Miller.
John Grant of Richmond, was a
aller here Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Peacock, Mrs. Geo. Cone
nd Miss Bertha Rumple were in Burl-
ugton, shopping Wednesday.
Mrs. NJ Wieland returned to Chi
ago on Monday after few days
fsit here with her sister, Mrs. Albert
}ohn.
Mrs. Chas. Komholtz spent Tuesday
Nth Lake Geneva relatives.
Miss Violet Spencer left for Keno
ha on Wednesday where she has
Employment.
Miss Adria Moon of Williams Bay
pent the weekend here.
The last number of the Athena pro.
ram was given by the high school
the assembly room of the high
,hool Thursday evening There was
fine crowd present to witness the
God program, which consisted of 8
election by the girls and boys glee
Tub; reading, Nora Mae Katzenber.
.er; selection, boys quartette; violir
md piano duet, Edith Teldkamp anC
Harriet Bell; community singing
Dainty refreshments were served.
Mrs Don L. Slater returned to Ell
gin yesterday after spending two
weeks here with her parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Rudolph Feldkamp.
The seventh and eighth grades o.
the local public school enjoyed pic
mic in Chords Woods on Frida!
afternoon.
The Busy Bees met in the Congre
gational church parlors W.ednesda!
afternoon. A good social time wal
had and q da1icious sumner wa,
served from $500 to 1900 o'clock,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Search Four States
for Michigan Slayer
(By United Press)

Lansing, Mich.-Search for a thug
who shot and killed Mrs. W. J. Brit
ten in her home here early on Sun
day, was extended through four states
by police today.
Word was sent out to authorities in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
According to Miss Helen Powers, a
friend of the family who was spend
ing the night with Mrs. Britten, they
had retired shortly after midnight
when Mrs. Britten got up to investi-
gate noise in the house Almost i'm
mediately after shot was heard. Mrs.
Britten was dead when help arrived.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
FOX RIVER

Frank Werfing, Julius Spitzbardt
Wheeling, ILL.,, visited relatives at this
place last Wednesday.
Caroline Fernald and Agnes Koehler
called on Mrs. Florence Peterson last
Friday afternoon.
Charles Miller and wife and SON
Bert, motored to Kenosha last Thurs
day evening.
c. ]. .Koehler, our feed merchant
unloaded a car of chicken feed and
stock feed the past week.
Ed Lois and wife and daughter
Georgiana and Mrs. Aug. Riege were
Burlington visitors last Friday.
Mrs. George Sandberg and son, Vic.
tor, visited relatives at Bassetts last
Thursday
Charles Fernald and Joe Lovelace
were to Burlington last Thursday
evening.
John Kerkhoff and wife of Bassetts
visited at the C. G. Neuman home on
Sunday evening.
George Daisy and wife are spend
ing the week at Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Davis and Mrs
John Miller were to Kenosha last Sat
urday.
Frank Kersting, ST.. is the proud
possessor of new Nash car.
Otto Rasch of Richmond, H., called
at the C. ]. Koehler home last We'd
nesday evening.
Helen Johnson of Kenosha and
Frank Brinkman and family of Lake
Geneva were entertained at the Ralph
Fernald home on Sunday.
Sam Schools and family of Wilmot
visited at the Lovelace and G. Sand
berg home on Sunday.
Emily Miller was lout from Kenoshs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Foreign War Vets
Gather at Wausau

by Associated Press Lease5 Wirel
Wausau, Wis. - One hundred dele
gates, many accompanied by ladies,
arrived here today for the annual
state convention of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars which began with a
business and organization session this
afternoon. This evening the delegates
will be guests of the local post at the
play, "Doings of the Bowsers." In
addition to the business sessions to-
morrow elaborate entertainment has
been provided for the evening and on
Wednesday the delegates will, parti-
cipate in the unwilling of the memoir
ial monument which was made pos
sible through the activities of the To-
cal pont. Adjutant- General Ruel w.
Elton of New York City is represent
ing the national organization at the
convention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Still Guard Roads North.

BY Associated Press Leased Wire)
Chicago, Ill.-Chicago policemen and
deputy sheriffs continue to guard the
northern roads and to search the south
side negro district here for John L.
Whitfield, negro, wanted in Cleveland,
O., for killing policeman.
On information given by Daddy"
Reeves, Waukegan, ILL.,, a negro ans
wering the general description of
Whitfield was arrested here last night
but was released when he convinced
officers he was John Wylie, and not
the fugitive. Wylie was held, however,
on belief of the police that he was
wanted on some charge in Marion, o.
The search also continues in southern
Wisconsin where traces of Whitfield
have been reported at intervals since
he escaped from Madison, Wis, police
men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Rev. Tucker Declines
Church Leadership

Detroit, Mich. Bishop Henry St..
George Tucker, elected May 10, to sue
coed the late Right Rev. Charles D..
Williams as head of the Episcopal
church in Michigan, has declined to
accept the post. This was announced
in a brief telegram from Bishop Tuck
er, who is in Japan, addressed to Chas.
0. Ford, secretary of the diocese and
received here today
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Fifteen GeOrgians
Face Firing Squad

Riga.-Fifteen Georgians have been
executed in a Mensheva plot against
the Russian government, according to
Soviet press dispatches received here
today. The Georgians were charged
with supplying the British authorities
with military secrets. Three officers
also were reported to have been shot
at Petrograd.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
New Forest Fires
Threaten Minnesota
by Associated Press Leased Wire

by AssOcIaIeu tsS Leaseu WTeJ
Virginia, Minn.-New forest fires are
raging in northern Minnesota today.
Homes of scores of farmers residing
at Sand Lake, about 7 miles from here,
are. menaced by the fires raging in that
region today. Men have been rushed
to the scene to aid in fighting back
the fires. Tourists WING yesterday at
tempted to run the blockade" of fire
returned to this city reporting that the
woods lining each side of the road to
Sand Lake are ablaze.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
CLUTTER.

New York City will have over 100
million inhabitants in the year 2033,
if it maintains its present rate of
growth This is announced by Prof
Ogburn Of Columbia, rising from a
great mass of paper on which he has
been doing statistics.
However, ~if" is very big word.
In the year 2083 New York City
will not have more than $4,000 inhabi-
tants at night, and they'll be police
and watchmen. .Airplanes, destined to
destroy our great cities, will enable
people to live far out in the country
and quickly fly hundreds of miles to
and from work
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
POlacheck Doing
Well for Bristol
Former Wisconsin Telephone Company
Hurler Going Great Guns for Team
at Bristol, Tenn.

According to the latest advices from
Bristol, Tenn..-Yic Polacheck, former
Wisconsin Telephone hurler, is expert
encing highly successful season. On
Sunday he went in to relieve one Of
his mates and pitched his club to a
notable to victory over a strong
rival. Besides pitching a brilliant
game in the third and fourth innings
h esmacked out triple that resulted
in tallying a mate
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Mrs. Adolph Swan Called.

Mrs. Adolph Swan passed away at
her home here on Wednesday after
noon after a several days. illness of
pneumonia. She leaves her husband,
two daughters, Elsie and Grace, at
home, and one son, Frank, OF Hebron,
besides a number of other relatives
and many friends. Her daughter Elsie,
has for several years, until recently,
had employment in Kenosha. Funeral
services were held from the Congre-
gational church Sunday afternoon.