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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Todd Divorce Case
Adjourned Two Weeks

Oshkosh, Wis. = Crowds that flock
ed to the Winnebago county courthouse
this morning at 10 o'clock with the
idea of hearing sensational things at
the hearing obtained by Mrs. Jeanne
Todd, requiring her husband, Rev E.
w. Todd, to show cause why the order
in the Todd divorce proceedings, Civ
ing Mr.. Todd possession of the home
and custody Of the two minor chill
dren, should not be modified, came
away deeply disappointed. Without OBJ
lection from anyone, steps were taken
to postpone the hearing for two weeks
George E. Williams attorney for de-
PENDANT, moved for adjournment on
the ground that some affidavits would
be fled that would require answering
and John F. Kluwin, attorney for the
plaintiff in the divorce action, said he
was willing provided the status of the
original order remained the same.
Judge d. E. Mcdonald then announced
adjournment to the date of March 7
at 10 o'clock,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
PROPOSAL LOST
By "a MAJORITY
Proposal to Reduce School
Board to Seven Members
is Defeated.
MOST VOTERS AT HOME
Less Interest Shown than in
Any City Election in the
Past Twenty Years.

There will be no immediate change
in the size of the school board of the
city of Kenosha or in the manner in
which the members are to be elected.
In the referendum election held on
Tuesday, the proposal to decrease the
school board from eighteen members.
elected two from each ward, to seven
members, elected from the city at
large, went down to defeat by vote of
535 to 461. Less than one thousand
voters 99S to be exact--went to the
polls to vote-the smallest number to
take part in any election in Kenosha
in the past twenty years.
In none Of the wards did there APP
pear what might be called represen-
tative vote due to the fact that SO
small proportion of the voters went
to the polls to vote.
Wins On North Side.
The opposition to the proposal piled
up its largest majorities in the seventh
and eighth wards, where it was known
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
ARREST STXTY-FOUR
IN COUNTERFEIT PLOT
Greenwich Village Furnishes the Big
gest Plant Uncovered in Years
by Federal Force.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)

New York City - Sixty-four persons
have been arrested in what secret serv-
ice operatives described as "the most
elaborate counterfeiting plot ever I'M
covered in this country" according to
Joseph A. Palma, chief of special
squad of operatives in the New York
district today. Twenty-eight persons
were rounded up last night and thirty
six have been apprehended in the last
two weeks.
Nine large wholesale distributors of
counterfeit money with central plant
located on Cornelia street, in Green
witch Village, have been located, Mr..
Palma said. These plants were in
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island and
New Jersey.
Counterfeit bills in denominations of
50, S., $40 and $40 were sent in great
numbers all over the United States,
Cuba, West Indies, and the European
ports, he said. In addition the country
was flooded with gold and silver coun-
terfeit pieces. Millions of counterfeit
United States internal revenue stamps
and liquor labels were also turned
out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Building Program of the Wisconsin Telephone
Company Provides Cor 81 100000 Pro-
gram in KenOsha.
TO BE EXPENDED IN FIVE YEARS
Appropriation the Largest for Any City in the State
of Wisconsin With the Exception of the
City of Milwaukee.

More than million dollars will be
spent by the Wisconsin Telephone
Company in expanding its lines, sta
tions and equipment in Kenosha and
Kenosha county during the next five
years, according to the announcement
made here today by James w. Holub,
manager of the Kenosha branch of the
company. He declared that the five
year building program of the company
in which they will spend a total of
$3O,OOO,O00 throughout Wisconsin, pro-
vides for the expenditure of $4,000
in Kenosha. A previous announcement
gave out the figure as 100000, but
Manager Holub declares that the new
statement has been authorized by the
officials and presents more clearly the
plans which the company has for keep
ing pace with the telephone needs of
this community.
"We are working with an eye to the
future" declared Mr.. Holub. "Kenosha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
SENATE HALTS VOTE
ON SECRECY CLAUSE
Amendment to the Bill Causes 1t to
Go Over until March 1st for
Consideration.
(By Associated Press Leased wire)

Madison, Wis. - The fight in the
senate over the repeal of the secrecy
clause to the state income tax Lac
was carried over until Thursday, March
l as a result of the Introduction to-
day by Senator w. L. Smith, Niells-
Vile. of a substitute amendmn.
This amendment is the same as that
added to the administration bill dur
ing the special session in March, 1922,
called by the governor to repeal the
secrecy clause. 1t would open income
reports of individuals and corporations
to all public officials but would forbid
their divulgence to individuals.
The special session accepted the
amendment now offered by Senator
Smith, but the bill so amended was
vetoed by Governor Blaine. Socialists
will Join with the administration fore
es to defeat the move in the present
session.
Senator Severson was prepared to
force vote on his bill today. Be
fore the session opened he announced
that he had sufficient votes to defeat
q move to postpone consideration and
to pass the bill calling for the secrecy
clause repeal,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
ASSEMBLY REPEALST
DOG LICENSE LAWS
Houses of the Legislature Spend Most
of the Day Tending to Minor
Propositions.

(By Associated Press Leased Wire)
Madison, Wis. - The assemly today
unanimously voted to repeal the state
dog tax law that has served through
three sessions of the legislature as an
object of attack on the part of farm
ers.
A resolution by Senator PoIakowski
Milwaukee, proposing a constitutional
amendment to permit the state to pur-
chase printing plant of it's own was
adopted by the Senate without roll
call.
In the assembly a resolution intro
duced by Assemblyman w. A. Free
hoff, Waukesha, asking that President
E. A. Birge Of the University ,of Wis
'consin furnishe the fegfsfatdf Inform
alton concerning drinking anw gamb-
ling among students, was killed on
vote of Al to 40.
An invitation from the legislature of
Minnesota to send delegation to the
Farmer-Banker difference at st. Paul
February 81 and %, was accepted by
both houses of the legislature. Two
senators and three assemblymen will
attend.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22

Majority against proposed cnange-i4.
Two Forgot to Vote.
An interesting feature of the cleo
ton was that two voters-one in the
sixth and one in the eighth ward
went to the polls and then cast blank
ballots.
"They must have wanted to be sure
that they were registered" was the
comment of the election officials.
All around the circuit election Off
Gals commented on the few voters
that came to the polls. eve wouldn It
have had even that many if some of
us hadn't drummed up some neighbor5
during noon hour" declared one of the
officials at the Fourth ward. eve could
have played pinochle all day so far as
the voters were concerned"
Less Than Sought Election.
The question was put to the voters
as the result of a petition filed with
the council asking for a special cleo
ton. The petition was backed by the
present schoolboard and contained
more signatures than there were votes
to support it at the election.
Friends of the project this morning
expressed regret that so little interest
had been taken in the election and de-
clared that lack of interest rather
than real opposition to the proposal
had caused its defeat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
BOARD TO BRING
A GOLDEN SPADE
County Board Adjous IS
Till March S When They
Plan to Dig.
STEP ON CITY'S TOES

The county board of supervisors ad-
journed at four o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon until March 5, after. one-day
session.
And when you come March s." said
Roy B. White, chairman of the new
building committee, "bring along a
spade to be ready for work"
ga golden spade" amended Mich
olas Roders, chairman of the county
board.
When the board adjourned the new
building committee went into session
to discuss some of the many problems
connected with the building of the
new courthouse.
Jog Up City Council.
Meanwhile the county board ex-
pressed some impatience because the
new courthouse block had not been
cleared with greater speed, or over
night, with magic, at the rubbing of
Aladdin's lamp.
Sat a meeting of the council in No
vember," said Supervisor White, 'they
told US they would start at once to
have the site for the courthouse
cleared"
81 was there" nodded Chairman
Roders.
"Now March, the great building
month is hard upon u.s." the supervis-
or continued, ''and the Coliseum tur-
rets still cut off view of the sky
from the east, and on the west, she
can still see smoke coming out of the
chimney in the old Hannahs home"
Osborn Says it Will be Cleared.
City Manager Osborn appeared be-
fore the county board and explained
the steps that were being taken to-
wards a clearing of the block. The
city's representative told the county's
representatives that the city had beer
moving right along on the clearance
proposition.
"The Coliseum will be partly wreck
ed by March Is, and finished by Apri
! 15," said the city manager, land the
/ Hannahs home will be moved BY
/ March Is. There has been some delay
because we have been forced to wal
4 for Mr.. Gilbert to come and settle fol
his property"
The county board, after some dis
cussion of the matter, decided to leave
it to the new building committee. l
was agreed that the new building com
mittee together with the architects
and the district attorney, should g
before the city council and speal
about the matter, and should use al
legal means necessary for getting tn,
block cleared without delay.
The board is so Jealous to go aheat
with the new courthouse that onlook
ers were led to wish the national con
gress saw as well the urge for a new
postoffice for Kenosha, and would US,
all legal means necessary to procur,
the building without delay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
THAW LEAVES ASYLUM
ON SHORT VACATION
White Haired, STOPPED and Sallow He
is a Far Different Man Than He
Was Six Years Ago.
By JOSEPH C. WASNEY.

Omitted Press staff Correspondent
Philadelphia - The great iron gates
of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
Insane swung open today and a white
haired, stopped, sallow-faced man rode
out in closed automobile for tenn
porary vacation"
1t was Harry K. Thaw, slayer of
Stanford White and former husband
of Evelyn Nesbit, who had been grant
ed liberty for ten days so that he may
visit his aged mother, Mrs. Mary Cop
ley Thaw, in Pittsburgh.
Few persons today would recognize
the man who was committed to the
asylum SIX years ago. In 1917 Thaw
was as straight as an arrow, his hair
was coal black and he walked with q
springy step.
Today his general appearance, how
ever, is vastly changed.
Thaw's complexion is sickly yell
low-white, almost a prison pailor. His
shoulders are bent and he has aged
rapidly. He looked nearer 70 years
old than 81.
Dressed fashionably, his appearance
was neat. An overcoat was SINGLED
around his neck and a soft felt hat
was pulled down. over his eyes. Be
meath the hat strands of white hair
showed.
Thaw manifested eagerness to leave
the asylum. His only concern was
relative to the care of his pets while
he was away. He has raised pigeons
and the birds fly toward him whenever
he approaches and sit on his head,
shoulders and arms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
MRS. MAY B. FORD
ACQUITTED BY JURY
Verdict Finds Detroit Woman mot
Guilty" of Conspiring to Stay
Her Husband.
(By Associated Press Leased Wire.)

tBy Associated Press Leased WIre.)
Detroit, Mich. Mrs. May B. Ford,
arrested December II on charge of
conspiracy to kill her husband, Ney
j. Ford, wealthy Wayne county farm
er, was free today, jury having ac-
Quilted her after q short deliberation
in Judge Thomas NJ. Cotter's court
last night. The verdict followed a
ruling by the court that the prosecu-
ton was obliged to prove an overt
act and that mere words or expressed
desire did not constitute such an act.
Mrs. Ford was alleged to have of
fered a detective, posing as gun
man, $4,000 to kill her husband. The
defense contended she was the victim
Of ~frame-up" engineered by Ford.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
SENATE WILL SAVE
NATIONAL GUARD
Committee Votes Unanimously for
Indefinite POstponement of
Bill to Abolish 1t.
(By Associated Press Leased Wirel

Madison, visa crimp was put in
the plans of opponents of the Wiscon-
sin National Guard bill by the state
affairs committee of the senate today
when it sent a unanimous report to
the upper house recommending indie
finite postponement of the Hirseh bill
which provides for abolition of the
states military force.
Senator w. A. Titus, chairman of the
senate state affairs committee, an
nounced today that the Polakowski
bill providing for abolition of the Ma
tional Guard acted upon by the assem-
bly, yesterday would be heard Mar. II.
This bill is going to meet the same
fate that the identical Hirsch bill met.
1t will come out of our committee
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment with another unanimous rtport.
"The attempt to abolish the National
Guard has gone as far as it is going
to go. We will kill the two bills
providing for its abolition here in the
senate"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22

h,Quiring Reporter
TODAY,s QUESTION !:


Would you be in favor of an inter
city sidewalk between Kenosha and
Racine? Question suggested by Sam
s. Sorensen, Woodwork, Wis, Thank
you.
THE ANSWERS:
J. Winger, 472 Lake avenue, chem
list: I surely think that would be a
good idea, providing Of course, that
both of the counties and both of the
cities paid their share Of the expense.
1t would do the counties as much good
as it would do the cities good. A side
walk would keep foot traffic off the
road.
F. H., Milwaukee avenue: That is
one of the best things that has been
thought Of yet to solve the problem
Of protecting the people that walk over
the north shore road from Kenosha to
Racine. In the summer these people
are endangered by passing motorists,
and they also confuse the motorists.
The sidewalk would do away with both
Of these evils.
L. Rizzo, Rice avenue: No would not
be in favor Of building sidewalk be-
tween here and Racine. In the first
place it would cost too much. Taxes
would be raised on account of it. No
good would be derived from it either.
There are not very many people walk
ing nowadays. Most of them ride,
especially since there are bus lines
now in operation.
Louis Fasulo, 623 Park street: Sure,
l would be in favor of such ar idea.
think that it would be a good thing.
The number of autos is increasing
every year and this makes it more and
more dangerous for the people that
walk on the country roads. There will
always be some people who will walk,
and in order to protect them and make
it easier Cor motorists, the sidewalk
should be built
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Billions Have Been Paid.

Berlin Germany's payments to the
lilies between November 1918 and Sep
ember 1922, in fulfllment of the Yer
allies peace treaty and supplementary
agreements, amounted to 45,600, 100000
old marks, according to an official Ger
nan compilation made public here. If
ierman losses in the execution of the
reaty terms are taken into account, it
declared here that the total payments
ave been $4,000, 100000 gold marks.
Inclusion of the value Of AlsaceLor-
aine and the former German colonies
rings the grand total to more than
ne hundred billion gold marks The
eliveries and payments are classified
S followsi
5,600,000,000 gold marks for imperial
nd state property in ceded territory;
600 100000 marks for the Sarre mines;
900,000,000 for non-military property
1T on the German front; 100000, 900
)r rolling (railroad) material and
hine bridges; 10000, 900 for ocean
)ing and inland water vessels; $780,
10000 for coal and coke at world mar
It prices; 11,500,0 100000 for German
,operty abroad; 8,600,0O0,00O for
ansferred claims of Germany against
rmer allies; 2,7O0,OO0,OOO for cash
yments; 3,500,O00,00O for other pay
ents and deliveries.
Add German Peace Losses.
This makes total of 45,600,00O, 900
Id marks. To this sum is to be added
erman losses in the execution of the
rms of the peace treaty:
1,400,000,000 gold marks for sur
,ndered warships, excluding the Scapa
,ow feet; 6,3O0,000000 for other mill
nv disarmaments; 00,000,000 for in
lstrial disarmament; 500,000,000 for
ternal expenditures.
This makes a total sum of $780,
10000 gold marks, equalling 282,500,
$1,000 paper marks at the dollar rate
100000
The value of Alsace-Lorraine and the
lonies is not included in these figures,
lcluding them. the total payments
Guild be more than 100,000,000, 1000 gold
arks. The figures do not include the
osts of occupation.
Protest On French Action.
In its latest note to the French
ritish and Belgian governments and
ne Rhineland commission at Coblenz,
ne German government utters strong
rotest against the expulsion of Presi-
emit Fuchs of the Rhine provinces
Who as was his right and sacred duty
biected to orders of the inter-allied
hinleand commission which were not
ased on the Rhineland agreement
he note also protests against the ex-
llsion of German officials from the
.cupied area. The explosions are
laracterized as brutal. The note says
officials were arrested and imme-
ately sent away. Members of their
miles also were expelled (which de-
ties special cruelty, as, in view of the
I'll known housing shortage, the ex-
He'd families will be unable for years
ain to conduct their house . lids in
cir own homes" "In many instan-
s." the note continued, their furni-
re has been taken over by the occu-
ton forces"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
FIERCE FIGHTING
in DUBLIN STREETS
IrreguIars Storm the Public Buildings
and Seek to Set Fire to Them
This Morning.
(By Associated Press Leased wire.)

Dublin = An organized attack was
made this afternoon on various gov
eminent offices in Dublin. An at.
tempt also was made to set the income
tax office on fire. National troops
guarding the local government board
office, fired and killed one irregular
and captured three others.
A care-taker in hotel was wounded
during the fighting which lasted an
hour.
Three government offices were raid
ed simultaneously. Some of the at
tackers attempted to set the buildings
on fire, while others kept UP rain Of
bullets from their positions on ad-
joining roofs.
The motor car used by the irreg-
ulars attacking the central office was
captured by the government forces
and was found to contain land mines.
The fighting caused intense excite
ment among the population.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Returns In Fifteen Minutes.

A record in gathering the returns
of the election was established by
"The Kenosha News" as the com
plete report from the wards was
available and bulletined at 8:15 just
fifteen minutes after the polls had
closed. The returns were put on the
air atebroadcasting stations for~Ke
noshans who have radio equipment.
Evidently there was more interest
in learning the outcome of the cleo
tion than there was in voting, for
the telephones at the News office
were kept busy for two hours CIV
ing out reports of the election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Barney Farrell
is Granted Parole

Madison, Wis.-Barney Farrell, Mil
waukee, convicted April /, 1921, on the
charge of false swearing and sentenced
to the house of correction for three
years, was granted parole today by
the state board of control.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
Federal Government
Will Buy Nitrates
CBy Associated Press Leased wire)

Washington, D. C.-Another measure
for the stimulation of agriculture
would get right of way in the House
under rule adopted today by the
rules committee. 1t is the Senate
resolution proposing government pur-
chase of $1O,OOO,OOO worth of Chilean
nitrates and calcium arsenate and
their resale to the farmers at cost
for use in connection with the 1929
and 1924 crops
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22

, IS growing, and we are ready to keep
pace with that growth 1t is our ambi-
ton to furnish high standard of ser
vice to all of our subscribers, and with
this end in mind, preparation must be
made now for the KenOsha of several
years hence"
Expect $4,000 Here in 1927.
Telephone engineers have forecast a
population of $4,000 for Kenosha in
1927, when the building program now
mapped out by the Wisconsin Tele
phone Company will have been com
pleted. Today there are 5,697 sub
scribers' stations served by the Wis
consin Telephone Company in this
community; by 1927 it is estimated
that there will be 7,4O0 subscribers
stations. More than $4,000 telephone
calls are now handled by the local op-
orators daily, and this will jump ac-
cordingly
There will be some additions here
to the central office equipment" said
Mr.. Holub, land there will also be
some reconstruction and extension of
existing telephone lines and general
plant equipment"
/ No Specific Announcement Yet.
/ There. has -beeh~as yet no specific an
nouncement as to what the extensions
IN KenOsha will be. While it has not
been authoritatively announced, it is
taken for granted that the large appro-
priatiOn named will provide for the
building of a new Office here. Manager
Holub declared that there had been
some steps taken in that direction al
ready, inasmuch as the telephone
company had started survey of the
city in order to establish where would
be the most convenient location for a
new office. 1t was stated that it would
not be necessary for the office to be
located in the same district where it is
now located, and that, in fact, a more
central location might be more desir-
able.
1t is only matter of time until the
company will have to provide new
office, inasmuch as the present branch
station is located in that part of the
city which is included in the civic CEN
ter project.
To Spread Work Out.
The telephone company has adopted
a policy of extending its construction
work over a fve-year period, with an
idea that this will be of value to the
communities which they serve. By
thus spreading the work, construction
crews can be kept steadily going, thus
helping to eliminate seasonal unem-
ployment and effecting economies in
construction as we'll. ....
The large appropriations made for
extensions in Kenosha is an evidence
of the faith which the company is put
ting in the future of Kenosha and of
Kenosha county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
MUST GET PARENTS CONSENT

Washington, D. c. = BY vote of
TT to 1874 the House today insisted on
its provision in the annual army APP
preparation bill prohibiting the enlist
ment of persons under 81 years of age
without the written consent of the
parents or guardians.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22
nan FILIBUsTER sTARTEp.

Washington, D. C.-Presenting I'M
oken ranks and armed with more
,tefial for continuing their campaign
talk and more talk, Senate oppo-
nts of the administration shipping
1 resumed today their filibuster with
end in sight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-22

that opposition to the proposal center
ed. These two wards gave the opposi-
ton lead of 1876 votes and despite
majorities in the first, second and third
wards, this could not be overcome
Most interest for the proposed change
was evidenced in the first ward where
the proposal carried by vote of 1853
to Sd