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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
HOLDS SCHOOLS
ARE NOT LIABLE
Supreme Court Fails to Find Law to
Protect Children in Voca-
tiOnaI Schools.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire. !


Madison, Wis. Until the legisla-
ture enacts a law making vocational
schools responsible for injury to pu-
pills working on their machines, school
districts are not liable for compensa-
tion for such injuries, the Wisconsin
supreme court held today.
It sustained lower court decision
holding that boy, Daniel Sullivan, of
Tomah, who lost three fingers in an
unprotected saw in the Tomah high
school could not recover damages.
"The doctrine of non-liability of a
municipality for performance of gov
ornamental functions is so deeply
rooted in Jurisprudence that in effect
it has virtually attained the force of
statute" Justice Doerfler wrote.
until the legislature by statute
changes this, we must consider it our
duty to adhere to former decisions and
pronounce in favor of non-liability."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
ASSEMBLY SEEKS
SOME REALFACTS
Move of Simmons Company
Brings Demand for
Investigation.
INCLUDE FIVE STATES
Simmons Says High Time
as He Is Shown Message
of Proposed Probe.

AS an ,outgrowth of the announce
ment Of the removal of the executive
offices of Simmons company from Wis
consin TO New York and Of the con-
troversy between the governor and z.
G. Simmons, head of the company, As
semblyman Duncan of Milwaukee,
this morning introduced into the low
er house of the legislature resolu-
ton requesting the tax commission
to advise the state whether it's rev.
enue laws have unduly burdened in
dustryf
"It's high tine," was the comment
of President Simmons of the Kenosha
company, when shown copy of the
resolution at his Offices just before
noon today.
II don't think that | would care to
make any extended comment on the
resolution at this time but certainly
the state should find out just what
the condition is. suggest that the
resolution include the manufacturing
rather than the states where there is
little manufacturing. ] would sug-
gest the addition of the state of Indi-
ana to the list"
How the Resolution Reads.
"Claim is made that the state has
placed an unfair tax burden upon the
manufacturing industries of the
state" the resolution reads. ''To de-
termine this, the tax commission is
directed to furnish the legislature in
formation upon the amount of taxes
which corporations have to pay in a
number of representative Wisconsin
cities, as compared with taxes corpor-
ations pay in Illinois, Michigan, Min
nesota, New York and Massachusetts.
1T is also directed to furnish in
formation to show the effect the in
come tax has upon the progress of
manufacturing in Wisconsin since its
enactment in 1911, and particularly
whether this tax has driven industry
out of the state as disclosed by the
United States census and other reli-
able sources of information"
Others Support the Motion.
Manufacturers in Kenosha were
strong in support of the suggestion
that there should be an investigation
Some of them suggested that it should
get into wider fields and open the way
to show just why there was such, a
"fear" on the part of industrial Lead
ers Of what Wisconsin was going to
do.
Some suggested that it was hardly
fair to ask tax commission, which
had already committed itself on the
subject to make the investigation. Mr..
Simmons himself suggested that pos
sibly some entirely neutral organiza-
tion might be depended on to give
the state better service.
its not SO much how much the
state is collecting in taxes but how
much it is lacking in the encourage
ment of industry" said one leading
man of Kenosha. 81 have been told
that in the past twenty years there
has been just one new large industry
located in Wisconsin. Certainly with
the splendid advantages which this
state offers to industry there must
be something wrong if but one indus
try has come into the state in that
time. The industries which were here
have developed but there has been no
encouragement to new industry"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
HARDING POSTPONES
HIS DEBT MESSAGE
Expects to be Ready to Give Views
on British Refunding to Con-
gress on Wednesday.
(By associate Press Leased Wire)

by AgSOcIaCeL FreSS Leased WiFSt
Washington, d. c. = President
Harding decided today to postpone I'M
til tomorrow at least, his message to
Congress asking for modification of
the debt funding law to permit final
approval of the funding settlement re-
Gently negotiated with Great Britain.
1t was said at the White House that
no time had been fixed for transmits
sion of the presidents recommends
tions, which generally had been ex-
pected to go forward today. 1t was
indicated, however, that the message
would be sent to the capitol as soon
as further conferences with leaders in
the Senate and House had established
what form of amendment of the law
would be least likely to meet with seri-
Gus opposition.
Those who conferred with Mr.. Hard
ing on the subject during the day pre-
dicteed that he would be ready to
act by tomorrow afternoon and that
he would send his statement to the
capitol by messenger instead of ap-
pearing personally to deliver it at
joint session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
FRENCH OCCUPATION
SPURS UP GERMANS
WOrkmen in Thyssen Plants Are
Brought Into Line by Fear of
French Interference.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire,)

(By Associated Press Leased Wlre'J
Hamborn, Germany Sixty six
thousand workmen employed in the
various Thyssen plants at Hamborn,
Mulheim, Duisburg and Dinslaken, are
working full time e. three eight hour
shifts day - and have not been af-
fected either by the railroad strike
or lack Of fuel.
Locomotives are busy shunting cars
in the immense railroad yard of the
plants which cover about ten square
miles. They are built around seven
pit-heads and are thus provided each
day with sufficient coal to supply the
entire works with motive power.
'The French occupation has not in
terefered with u.s. is the opinion ex-
pressed at the Thyssen plants. GAS
matter of fact it has helped US. We
were having lot of trouble with the
communist element among our work
ers, but the French occupation and
the arrest of Fritz Thyssen lined them
up solidIy behind u.s."
Many industries in the Ruhr are in
similar situation, mining their own
coal within few hundred yards of the
works.
1 Navigation is at a complete stand
still. AT Ruhrort the correspondent
saw two tugs flying the Dutch flag
and one with the French emblem, haul
ing two coal barges up TIE Rhine to.
ward Alsace. The river was practical
ly deserted. The industrial Inagnates
have not lost courage. eve can hold
out as long as the French can," seems
to be the consensus of opinion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Saturday Earthquake
Was Far, Far Away

San francisco, Cal. = Professor T.
j. ]. See, government astronomer at
Mare Island in a statement here to-
day said he calculated from study
of press reports that the earthquake
of last Saturday was in the South Pa
cifc ocean near the Society Islands.
Professor See said no other location
of the disturbance was possible at a
distance of 5000 miles from Manila,
5000 miles from Honolulu, 4,40O miles
from Chicago, 5000 miles from Wash
ington and 4,20O miles from Berkeley,
these being distances deduced from
seismograph records.
Professor See said his studies led
him to the conclusion that a submarine
mountain range was forming near the
Society Islands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
POLICEMAN KILLED in
MOTOR CAR CRASH
st. Paul Police Officers Killed and
House Wrecked When Automobile
Skids Into Building.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire

~A9oSNAeNNNN ~N~NS~4
st. Paul, Minn.--Two st. Paul police
men were killed and four other per-
sons were injured, two critically when
a speeding police car skidded on the
icy street and crashed into millinery
shop in the residence section. The
front of the building collapsed when
the police car struck it.
Edwin Earl Hackert, so, patrolman,
and William Wilson, 40, negro chauf-
feur, are the dead. Arthur Haessig
and William Kostohrys, patrolmen, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Throckmorton,
were the injured.
The Throckmortons were preciptated
from their bed amid a mass of wreck
age when the careening police car
smashed the studding from under the
front end of the building and brought
a shower of bricks and iron beams up
on the heads Of the patrolmen. Throck-
morton and his wife were bruised.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Indiana ConspiratOrs
Enter Guilty" Plea
fBx Associated Press Leased Wire

indianapolis, Ind. - William Krog-
man and the four other defendants on
trial in federal court charged with
conspiracy to rob the Krogman dis
tillery at Tell City, Ind, changed their
pleas to guilty at the opening of court
here today. The men were given I'M
til March to wind up their business
affairs by Federal Judge A. B. An
derson, who announced that the 10
men indicted in the case would be in
court on March 8 to receive sentence.
Thirteen had already pleaded guilty
to the indictment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Interesting Table Shows Steady Increase in
the Value of KenOsha and Keno
sha County Property
TAXES HERE AND ELSEWHERE
Report Also Shows That While Taxes Are Not the High
est Here That KenOsha County Has a
Comparatively High Rate

Land values in Kenosha and Kenosha
County have continued to increase
steadily in value during the past decade
according to the report made public
today by t. A. Polleys, tax commits
sioner of the Chicago and Northwest
ern Railway. By studying the tax fig
ures for the period and comparing them
with the figures for the year 1922 this
official has given out some valuable
information regarding Kenosha County
and all counties of the state.
The present average value of land
in Kenosha County is $183.75 per acre.
This shows a steady and healthful in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Pugilist Dies
Just After Fight

New York City Antonio Perrain-
40, pugilist, known as Andy Thomas,
who collapsed last night during bout
with Johnny Clinton in Brooklyn, died
today in hospital from conclusion of
the brain. Thomas fell to the floor at
the beginning of the 18th round, final,
before blow was struck. The district
attorney is investigating.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
SOCIALISTS STORM
( LUDENDORF'S TRAIN
German General Narrowly Escapes
Lynching at Hands of German
Socialists, Says Report.
(By Associated Press Leased wire}

tby Associated Press Leased Wlrej
Vienna - General Ludendorf is re-
ported to have narrowly escaped lynch
ing when his train was stormed by
socialists at Bruck, Kapfenberg and
Weenerneustad, on his way to Vienna
from Klangenfurt, Carinthia, where his
arrival on Saturday caused serious
fighting between Socialist workmen
and Pan-German irregulars.
The police removed Ludendorf from
his train at Hetzendorf just outside
of Vienna and requested his imme-
date departure for Germany. The
German general passed the night in
Hetzendorf, planning TO return to
Munich without entering Vienna.
He came to Austria with the inten-
ton of addressing the national peas
ant congress at Klangenfurt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
MICHIGAN KICKS
ON PROM SLEUTHS
Threat to Send Federal Enforcement
Officers to University Party
Causes a Stir.
CBy Associated Press Leased wire.l

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Detroit, Mich. A protest TO the
federal prohibition enforcement direc-
tor at Detroit against announced plans
to send two operatives to the Univers-
ity Of Michigan ~. Hop Friday even
ing, was in prospect today. Faculty
and students alike were stirred by the
report that liquor agents planned to
mingIe with the guests at the Uni
versity's leading social event, and the
imputation that the dry laws might be
infringed.
The order by Prohibition Director
Davis, "bordered on an insult to the
700 young men and their guests and
the members Of the faculty who are
to attend" in the opinion of DR.. Joseph
Bursley, dean of men. Other members
of the faculty expressed themselves in
a similar vein.
President Marion L. Burton had
made no statement today With Mrs.
Burton he will attend the ball, as
will deans of all departments and the
members Of the various faculties, with
their wives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
(By Asgoeiated Press LEASED Wirel

(By Associated Press Leased Wire)
Lausanne. Pasha, head Of the
Turkish delegation, informed the cor
respondent today that Turkey had no
desire to resume hostilities with either
Greece or Great Britain as a result of
the collapse of the Near East confer
ence, but he emphasizes that the Turk
ish and English armies were still fac
ing each other in AsiaZMinor. Ismet
said the Turks would ask the powers
whether they consider the negotiations
officially at an end. The impression
prevailed among the conference dele
gates that Turkey would not be in
formed officially of the termination of
the negotiations inasmuch as it was
generally desired to continue the Mu-
DANA armistice thus avoiding the pos
sible renewal of war.
The entire French delegation planned
to leave for Paris this afternoon. The
Turks will probably depart tomorrow.
It is believed that the misunder-
standings which developed between the
British and French delegations in the
last days of the conference contributed
to the final break, as the Turks got the
idea that they could count on split
among the allies to obtain more favor
able conditions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
TWO FIRES AT MADISON.

Madison, Wis. = Two fires in the
industrial section of Madison early
this morning resulted in damage es-
timated at 100000.
The first of the blazes occurred in
the warehouse of M. Engelhardt, oc-
cupied by the Capitol City Broom
company and wholesale fruit COM
pany. Damage is estimated at $4,000.
The second fire occurred in the feed
mill of Saul Snake, resulting in a
$4,000 loss.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Claim Solution Found
of Waupun Well Case
(By Associated Press Leased Wire

Waupun, Wis. The coroner's in
quest into the death of William
Peters, whose body was found in a
we'll late in December, which will be
resumed February 10, promises a So
luton of the mystery that apparently
surrounds the case, according to per-
sons closely interested in the investi-
cation. 1t has been definitely es-
tablished that Peters died before his
body was placed in the well. 1t is
reported that traces of arsenic have
been found in the organs of Peters.
The question which will be argued
in the coming inquest is whether
Peters took his own life or whether
he was the victim of murder plot.
1t is said that the evidence offered
next week will have a direct bearing
on this angle Of the case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
PRISONERS APPEAL DENIED.
by Associated Press Leased Wirel

St. Louis, Mo.-The United States
circuit court of appeals here today de-
MED application of counsel for w. E.
Stewart, charged with using the mails
to defraud in connection with the sale
Of land in Hidalgo county, Texas, for
a writ of mandamus to compel Federal
Judge Van Valkenburgh of Kansas City
to accept Stewards no contest plea. AS
q result of this action, Stewards trial
in Kansas City will proceed tomorrow,
IL was explained.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
NOTHING TO ADD TO REPORT.

81 have nothing to add to the re-
port from Manistee," was. the comment
of Robert S. Cooper when seen shortly
after noon today. at speaks for it.
self. We built the plant at Manistee
four years ago and the cause for build
ing it was the same as the cause for
the extension of the business there.
There isn't any need of any further
statement from us at this time. We
regard Michigan as very favorable
place for the extension of our business"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
RALPH DORT MAY
BE A SUICIDE
Swiss Officials Seek Some Trace of
Son of Wealthy Automobile
Manufacturer.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire. J

Geneva Ralph bort, son of the
Michigan automobile manufacturer;
has been missing since last Saturday.
The local authorities have been noti-
fed by his parents in America that
they have received a cable message
dated Geneva declaring he committed
suicide in this city. Neither the po-
lice nor the American consulate, how
ever, have, any knowledge of the af-
fair.
The last fact known here with re-
gard to bort is that his passport was
vised at Nthe French consulate last
Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Death of Minahan
Was Accidental
(By Associated Press Leased wire.)

Chicago, Ill.--Two new theories to
support belief that John Minahan,
first year student at the University of
Chicago, found slain with a shot gun
last Friday morning, was killed acct
dentally, were advanced today. George
Huff, a student, said Minahan had
shown him the gun several days before
the shooting and had told him the
shell ejector was faulty. The slain
youths father, Green Bay, Wis, ply
stefan, said his son had a habit of
blowing into a gun barrel in cleaning
his hunting gun and had been caution
ed against it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Increased AlimOny
Denied Mrs. StilIman

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-Supreme Court
Justice Morschauser today handed
down decision in which he denied
the application of Mrs. Anne U. Still
man for increased alimony, but al
lowing $4,000 addition counsel fees
for defense of the divorce action
brought by James A. Stillman.
Mrs. Stillman asked for $4,000 a
year alimony. She is now receiving
100000. She also asked for $4,000
counsel fees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Twelve Thousand Die
In Motor Accidents
tBy Associated Press Leased Wire.

Nby AssocIaLeu Press Leaseo W1re.J
Chicago = More than 10000 per-
sons were victims of automobile ia
talities in the United States in 1922,
and more than 100 persons lost their
lives in such accidents in each of ten
cities of which New York and Chi
cago, with their large populations, had
by far the larger amounts, according
to statistics Of the National Safety
Council made public today.
New York has the largest number
of automobile fatalities, 7s5, which
did not include the months of De-
cember, and Chicago had 735. Los
Angeles ranked third with 321.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08

Zion buzzed today with the story of
an attempted assassination at eight
o'clock Monday night of George
Beach, well-known travelling sales
man, working out Of the Voliva city
who was twice fired on near his home
en- Thirty-third street. Two bullets
passed through the coat and vest Of
Beach but he escaped without a
scratch and according to stories from
Zion went to Waukegan this morning
iny company with Chief of Police
Becker of Zion and caused the ar
rest Of prominent Waukegan bust
ness man. Chief Becker refused to
give out the name of the man declar-
ing that he was one of the most prom
inent men in business in Waukegan
and that he would not give out his
name until he was convinced that he
was connected with the shooting. 1t
is declared that the shooting was con-
nected up with a recent suit filed by
she wife Of Beach in which she sought
divorce. The divorce action was
filed at Waukegan early in January.
Says Man Made Threat.
Beach lives at the corner of 33rd
street and Enmaeus avenue in Zion
and since the bringing of the action
for divorce his wife had lived in Wau-
kegan. According to the story told
by Beach to the Zion police depart
ment he had left his home just be-
fore eight O'Clock on Monday evening
and was walking along the street
about two blocks from Sheridan
Road. He said that he saw a Buick
automobile with "Troop A" desig-
nation on it standing along the road
with one or two men in it. Later
someone called to him; "Wait min
ute Beach ?" He declared that as he
turned around he was struck in the
head with the butt end of revolver
and that two shots were fired in rap
id succession. ''I'll give you di-
vorce," Beach told the police that
the man who did the shooting shouted
at him as he opened fire.
Automobile is Traced South.
When Beach recovered from his
fright he went to seek the aid Of
the police. The Buick automobile
had gone south and efforts were made
to locate it. This morning Beach
went with Chief Becker and other
members of the police department to
Waukegan and Beach found the au-
somobile standing along one Of the
principal business streets. He point
ed 1t out and declared that he was
convinced that it was the same car
he had seen standing in Zion. The
owner of the car was later taken into
custody, according to the report from
Zion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Make Retail Meet
An Annual Event

Milwaukee.~It is planned by officials
in charge of the retail merchants week
which opened here today and which is
being attended by retailers from all
over the state to make the gathering an
annual event. The retailers were ad-
dressed today, by Francis w. Dickey, a
Milwaukee banker, who spoke on the
financial aspects of the coming year;
State Senator Oscar Morris, who talked
on political questions of interest to
merchants; James W. Fiske of the Mil
waukee Journal and Walter B. Barker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Washington Waits Report.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.

(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)
Washington.-Advices from Ambas-
sador Child telling of the rupture be-
tween the Turks and the allies at the
Lausanne conference began reaching
the state department today, but pend
ing a complete report, there was dis
position to defer comment as to the
effect Of the breakdown on American
interests in Turkey. No attempt was
made, however, to disguise the serious
ness with which the situation is viewed
in Washington
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
EIGHT BODIES IN Ruins.

by Associated Press Leased Wirel
Wichita, Kass-Eight bodies still are
believed to be buried under tons of
debris In the basement of the Getto
building, swept by fire early yesterday
morning, police and fire headquarters
announced today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
French Await Delegates.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire)

Paris.-The French government is
awaiting the return of the head of it's
delegation to the Near East conference
before commenting officially on the
Lausanne Developments, but considers
meantime that the breakup ought not
to be considered complete rupture of
the negotiations for peace in the Near
East. M. Bompard, the leading French
delegate at Lausanne, is expected here
tonight. The stand taken by Ismet
Pasha is interpreted in official circles
here as distinctly indicating the desire
of the Turks to continue the CONVEX
sations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
GERMANS DETERMINED
TN THEIR RESISTANCE
Germany Shows No Signs of Weaken
ing in Attitude Towards French
Occupation of Ruhr.
RJTLLETIN.

(By Associated Press Leased Wire,)
Metz - The German railroad
workers in the Saare valley have
agreed to support the striking coal
miners and threaten to bring about
a quick stoppage of transportation
if any move is taken by the French
government with adverse results
for the miners.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
Five Are Injured
in Big Four Wreck
y Associated Press Leased Wire

ny Associated Press Leased Wire.l
Tere Haute, Ind. = Five persons
5ere injured one perhaps fatally, in
wreck on the Big Four railroad at
{. Marys, six miles west of here,
hen passenger train No. 46, st, Louis
o New York, struck an open switch
aday.
Ernest Mcdonald, fireman and T. NJ.
lenham, engineer, both of Indianapolis,
sere seriously injured. Mcdonald was
iurned probably fatally. Three mail
Jerks were slightly bruised.