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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Michael Judeika
Died of ApOplexy
Michael Judeika, Native of Lithuania,
Died Early This Morning at Keno
sha Hospital Following Stroke.

Michael Judeika, aged 67, native of
Lithuania but for more than thirty
years a resident in this country, died
early this morning at the Kenosha
Hospital after an illness of several
days from apoplexy, He suffered
stroke several days ago and in his
weakened condition was unable to raj
ly from it. The deceased had lived
IN Kenosha for the last year and
half making his home with his son,
George Judeika on south Norman ave
nue.. He is survived by five sons
and one daughter: George Of Keno
sha; Charles, of Pinckney, Michigan;
Anton of Chicago; James, Detroit; and
Veronica of Grand Rapids.
The remains we're taken to the Mis-
CHER Mortuary on Park Street where
they will be until time for the fun
eral services, definite announcement
of which will be made later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
BABY FALLS IN
SCALDING WATER
Two and One-Half Year
Old Charles GARDENER
Severely Burned.
RUSHED TO HOSPITAL

While playing in the basement where
his mother was washing, Charles, two
and one half year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellsworth GARDENER of 101 North
Hamilton avenue, was seriously burn
ed about the hack when he tripped and
fell backward into pail of scalding
water which the mother had just en-
ptied from a boiler.
Startled by the screams of the child
Mrs. GARDENER who had been in an
other part of the basement for a mo-
ment, rushed to the baby and after
pulling him from the pail tore his
garments from his body. She immedi-
ately applied soothing oils and other
first aid treatment. She summoned DR..
F. ID. Curtiss who after examining the
extent of the childs injuries ordered
him removed at once to the Kenosha
hospital.
The physician stated that the child
has chance for recovery, but that his
condition is very serious because of
the fact that the burn, which is deep,
extends over the entire back and hips.
Playing with Sled.
When Mrs. GARDENER started the
weekly washing shortly after break
fast, she took the baby to the base
ment with her where she could keep
an eye on him. He had been amusing
himself pulling a sled which he had
gotten as a Christmas present, about
the floor. The mother swent to anoth-
er part Of the basement for moment
when she heard the child's agonized
scream.
She had poured the boiling water
from a clothes boiler into 16-quart
pail not m6re than a minute before.
The baby, intent on pulling the sled
over the cement floor, had been tod
ding backward and tripped over the
edge of the pail.
The mother is watching at the baby's
bedside at the hospital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
SUGGEST SCOTT
FOR DELEGATE
T. I'll. Scott May be Delegate
to Republican National
Convention.
STRONG FOR COOLIDGE
If Named, He Would be First
Delegate Kenosha Has Had in
: Last Thirty Years.

Kenosha may have a delegate at the
coming Republican National conven-
ton.
Friends of Thomas S. Scott of Keno
sha are urging him to become can
didate at the spring judicial election
for the place as delegate to the Re
publican convention from the First
wisconsin District, and it is very
probable shat he will seek this APP
pointment. HES friends point out
that it is high time that Kenosha have
delegate inasmueh as it has been
more than Is years since a Kenosha
man was chosen as the delegate to the
Republican National convention from
this district. The late John M. KEN
Tor was the last Kenosha man to serve
in that capacity.
Be Coolidge Delegate.
Mr.. Scott is acquainted with Presi-
dent Coolidge and is known in politi-
cal circles here as a strong Coolidge
man" He would make the race for
delegate as a Coolidge supporter.
Delegates to the National conven-
tions of the leading political parties
are elected at the spring judicial cleo
ton.
Election Of national delegates in
Wisconsin has been most bitterly con-
tested in Wisconsin in recent years
and the coming election promises to be
no exception to this rule. With Scott
one of the first entered in the race, he
will, however, have a good lead and
friends of his in Kenosha feel certain
that he will make successful candi-
date. He is widely known throughout
the entire district and Ris candidacy
is being pushed not only in Kenosha
but also in several other cities of the
First Congressional District.
Long Republican Leader.
Mr. Scott, who is now county treas
urer. has long been one of the "wheel'
horses" of the Republican organization
in Kenosha and Kenosha county. He
served as chairman of the Republican
campaign committee in the 1920 cleo
ton, being a staunch supporter Of the
late President Harding, both before
and after the nomination. He is amp
ly qualified to represent the First Wis
consin District as delegate, and
would no doubt secure many votes
throughout the entire circuit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Beet Sugar Plant
Seeking Contracts
MenOminee Falls Sugar Beet Factory
Expects to Sign Contracts With
Many Beet Raisers Here.

Sugar beet acreage is being solicit
ed by the Menominee River Sugar
company, Menominee, Michigan, in RAJ
cine and Kenosha counties and the
beets grown under those contracts
will be made into sugar at the Me-
nominee Falls plants.
The Menominee River Sugar COM
pany, Menominee, Michigan, is one of
the most successful companies operat-
ing in Wisconsin, having been buying
sugar beets from the farmers for
twenty-one years and have always
paid for their beets according to con-
tract and on one occasion paid bonus
to their growers not provided by their
contract.
This concern has been taking beets
from that territory around the Me-
nominee Falls factory for the past two
years and the farmers have been well
pleased with the way their business
was handled. The Menominee River
Sugar company, now have three factor
les located at Menominee, Mich,
Green Bay and Menominee Falls, Wis
consin and will continue under the
management of Geo. Mccormick who
has handled the affairs of this COM
pany since their incorporation.
Anyone desiring information regard
ing the financial reputation of this
company are referred to the First
Wisconsin National of Milwaukee or
any local bank.
Frank Frentz who has handled the
acreage for the concern in the Mil
waukee territory will supervise the
field work.
Local representatives are Fred
Donsing, Somers, Wisconsin and
Walter Harmon, Kenoshs, Wisconsin.
Approximately twenty-five Per cent
of the acreage for the three plants
has already been written and there
seems to be no question but what SUI
fcient beets for a full run at all three
factories will be obtained.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
BORN.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Laguenesse,
116 North Hamilton avenue, daugh-
ter, last evening at the Kenoshs hos
pital
To Mr.. and Mrs. H. Grams, 1860 Sa-
lem avenue, a daughter, last evening,
at the Kenosha hospital
To Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7. Koehl, SIT
Symmonds street son, at St. Gather
ines hospital, January IL.
To Mr.. and George Schaeffer Of
Noble street, a daughter, at St. Cath
crimes hospital, January IL.
To Mr., and Mrs. Albert Jornigo, 459
Edward street, daughter, January II,
at st. GATHERINGS hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe of sig Exchange
street, a daughter, January u, at St.
GATHERINGS hospital
To Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Reagan, 375
Cable street, daughter, January Q,
at the Kenosha hospital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
COKE IS USED
FOR BUILDING
Coke Mixed With Cement
Good Building Material
Says Zion Man.
HE HAS MADE TESTS

Exhaustive tests, covering a period
of seven years, have proven that coke,
mixed with cement, is the best build
ing material available today, accord
ing to Colonel r. Fl. Aiken, retired
army officer residing one mile north
of the city of Zion. AS a result of
these tests, the colonel has developed
what he calls the Aiken System of
Building and he is not reticent about
giving out his building formulas to
the public. He found that coke, mixed
with cement in the right proportion
was unsurpassed for walls, and build
ings erected at Washington, D. c.,
under his supervision have proven his
theory correct.
1t has been found that coke and
cement walls are cheaper than brick,
stone or concrete; they are freproof,
damp proof, and are so hard that you
can scarcely break it with a sledge-
hammer. Other advantages, however,
are that you can plaster direct onto
the inside walls, thus doing away with
'lathing, and you can drive nails into
the walls as easily as you could into
oak. A test made by the bureau OF
standards at Washington, d. c., show
ed that coke concrete, made up of one
part of cement to five parts of coke
without sand, showed a crushing
value of 1900 to 1900 pounds per
square inch.
Just Finished Fine Home.
Colonel Aiken has just finished a
fine S125,o00 home for an architect at
Washington, and engineers and archi-
tects in that city have indorced his
system.
One of the great objections to con-
crete houses has been their tendency
to hold moisture, and in some cases
to crumble. The former is caused by
the lack of insulation or air cells,
while the latter is caused by the ad-
dition of sand with the cement he
says. A beautiful home erected by
Colonel Aiken just north of Zion has
ten inch walls, with two inches of
gravel concrete for the surfaces.
With the exception of the surfaces,
these walls are composed of concrete
and coke, and it is claimed that this
house is easily heated.
Has Solved Problem.
On account of the numerous air
cells in coke it makes a good insula-
tor, and when it is mixed with coke
it is said to be an excellent building
material. BY applying an outer cover
ing of trowel-tight concrete, compos-
ed of crushed stone and small
quantity of cement, the surface is
made waterproof and is said to be
as hard as glaze.
Comparative costs of building ma
terial given by Colonel Aiken, are as
follows: Coke concrete, SOC per cubic
foot; stone concrete, 65e per cubic
foot; tile laid, Csc per cubic foot;
common brick, 85c per cubic foot;
pressed brick, $1.26 per cubic foot.
Against Concrete Roads,
Coke may be had in certain loca-
tions for the mere hauling. At Con-
nellsville, Pa, millions of tons of coke
is considered of no value.
Colonel Aiken expressed himself as
opposed to concrete roads. Long and
careful examination has convinced
him that the only stable road is the
asphalt-macadam road. With good
foundation, it will stand up under
heat, cold, or heavy hauling better
than concrete or any other material,
he says.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Nab YOUTH AS
STOREBURGLAR
Edward Knoblock Age "a,
Held for Preliminary
Hearing Jan. %.
FIX BAIL AT $500

Edward Knoblock, % years old, liv-
ing at 482 Rowland avenue. was ar
raigned in municipal court today on
a charge of burglary and bound over
for q preliminary hearing on January
% in $500 bail, after he had entered
a plea of not guilty Edward Nickolay,
also "a, living at 432 Rowland avenue,
who was taken into custody for the
same offense, will be arraigned later,
: Knoblock was detained by the police
two years ago, while investigation Of
his connection with an automobile
theft ring was made. He was later
releasde. At that time it was found
that he was selling cars in Kenosha
which had been stolen in Milwaukee,
but the officials could not establish
the fact that he knew that the cars
had been stolen.
He was arrested yesterday by Lieut..
Charles Rock upon complaint of Paul
Andrea, owner of cigar and confec-
tionary store at the corner of Charles
street and Salem avenue. Andrea's
establishment was burglarized of ap-
proximately 500 worth of merchandise
early Monday morning.
Gets Identification.
a man who CHANGED to be passing
the place saw some one coming out
of the back door, Thinking that It
was the owner, he hailed him and ask
ed for package of cigarettes. Be-
fore the man took to his heels, he
recognized him as Knobleck, The fol-
lowing day he was In the store and
Andrea reported the burglary to him,
The man then told what he had seen
on the previous night, and identified
the man he had seen leaving as
KnOblock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Police Raid
for Home Brew
Leonard Gentle and Stanley Bitautis
Yield up Bottles of Homemade
Beer to Squad.

The sponge squad, led by Sergeant
Kirsch, Wednesday evening visited sew
eral soft drink emporiums" for the
purpose 0f getting samples of the
home brew that is vended at such
places, Home brew, was found at the
place of Leonard Gentle, 456 Garden
street, and the police took four bottles
of it for testing purposes and to be
held as evidence. Gentle was booked
on the charge of home brew possession.
Stanley Bitautis' place at 462 JENNIE
street, was also inspected by the po-
lice squad, home brew being found
there and again four bottles taken
away, Bitautis, too, was booked on the
home brew possession charge and he
and Gentle will be arraigned in the
municipal court sons sine today. With
Sergeant Kirsch on the raiding squad
were Officers l. Bauschelt, Riley and
Callahan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
BAD WEATHER
OUT AND IN
Sordid Case in Municipal
Court Goes to the Jury
This Afternoon.
THE MICHELSKI TRIAL

The weather wasn't nice and neither
was the case in the municipal court
in which the state was plaintiff and
Nick Michelski defendant, which goes
to the jury for deliberation some time
this afternoon.
The case arose out of statutory r
Tense alleged to have been committed
by Nick and Stella Zdorowsk on No
vember II, 1923 at the home Of Mrs.
Zdorowski, 725 Pleasant street. Mrs.
Zdorowski was present in the court
room and this morning took the wit
ness stand for the defense II was
she who on Wednesday for contempt Of
court, appearing before the judge in
toxicated, was sentenced to the coun-
ty jail.
Zdorowski testified for the state
and through an interpreter that he had
come home on the day in question and
found his wife and Nick in a com
promising situation in the home His
young daughter testified that earlier
in the day while at the home Nick had
given her money to go to a show for
the afternoon. Zdorowski said that he
ran out of the house and across the
street summoning a neighbor, meat
inspector, who came with him to the
scene. AS they approached the house
he said Nick came out and ran away.
The neighbor testified to the condition
that Mrs. Zdorowski was found in
when he saw her.
Police ffoicers testified that they
were called to the house, found Mrs.
zdorowski in a condition of disorder
as to appearance and dead drunk, and
took her to the county Jail.
Defense Witnesses On.
Mrs. Zdorowski testified in Nick's
behalf this morning She said she and
he had been drinking together, but
that no further intimacy obtained on
the occasion. She said they had two
pint bottles, of moonshine, drank one
up and part of another. Nick took the
stand and testified that they had not
been drinking at all.
Counsel for the defense argued that
the affair was sordid one, disorder
ly and far remote from the lives Of
polite people, but that the state had
proven only that it was a case of dis
orderly conduct, not the statutory Of
Tense charged.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Seven Kenoshans Qualify
for Office of Post
master Here.
TWO ARE SURPRISES
Five Avowed Candidates Quail
ify with H. G. R; Piske and
]. M. Doerfler "Darkhorses".

Seven Kenoshans qualified for the
position of postmaster at Kenosha in
the questionable civil service exam
to messages reaching Kenosha this
morning from Washington. The seven
to qualify are: James German, present
postmaster; John H. Doerfler, rail
way mail clerk; Thomas S. Scott,
county treasurer; Charles F. Miller,
postal official here; Herman G. R.
Piske, former railway mail clerk;
Albert Morehouse, postal official here,
and Charles Carlson, real estate dealer
and justice of the peace.
The order>in which the possible can
didates are named is not intended to
rank them in any way, it being the
duty of the commission merely to
name those who are, according to the
examination, qualified to hold the
position.
Two names in the list came as sur
prises this morning. These dark
horses" were John H. Doerfier and
Herman G. R. Piske, both of whom had
certainly received questionnaires di-
rect from Washington so that only
their immediate friends knew of their
plans to seek the office.
Mr.. Piske was for many years the
railway mail clerk on the Kenosha-
Harvard line and is widely known
among postal and railway employees.
He is now employed at a local fac
tory. Mr. Doerfer is now a railway
mail clerk.
The others named were all avowed
candidates for the office.
Expect Nomination Soon.
With the report of the civil service
commission in the hands of President
Coolidge and others who have a part
in selecting the postmaster for Keno
sha, it is probable that an appoint
ment will be made in the near future
Congressman Cooper will have much
to say regarding who will be chosen
and the next step is to have him make
his recommendation to the president
as to his choice for the office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Barron Boy Killed
in Hunting Accident

Barron, Wis.-Elmer Shockelton, Is,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Shockelton,
was fatally shot Thursday afternoon
by his own gun while rabbit hunting
with Vernon Carr, a neighbor boy.
The boys were jumping on brush
piles to scare out rabbits when young
Shockelton fell in such way as to
discharge his gun. The charge ent
tered the body, wounding him so
severely that he died short time
later.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Grocer Files for
Voluntary Bankruptcy

A petition in voluntary bankruptcy
has been fled by w. T. Eichinger,
dealer in fruits and grocerys, at sos
Milwaukee avenue, through his attor-
ney, Edward Higgins. The crash came
after the business had been in opera
ton for three years. Last spring,
Eichinger moved from the Cudahy
market, on Market Square, to the Mil
waukee avenue location. Gustave Gra-
ham, proprietor of the Royal Restau
rant, is named as the heaviest single
creditor, with $1,000 for rent Of the
store. Others creditors are fruit firms
in Milwaukee and Chicago. The petit
tion will be taken before Milton Kno-
block of Racine, who will be petition
ed for the appointment Of recsivsS,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17

MILK PRODUCERS
STANDING PAT"
Not Weakening in Their
Demands for Continuance
of Price Pact.
HAVE BIG MEETING
Many Kenosha County Farmers
Attend Meeting of Producers
at Woodstock Wednesday,

Oficers of the Milk Producers assoc
citation of the Chicago district, IN
which many Kenosha county farmers
are entered, were instructed to stand
pat in the demand for continuance
Of the $2.75 per hundred price for milk,
which is the basis Of the difficulties
now existing between producers and
distributors of the Chicago district, at
big meeting of producers held Wed
nesdRy at Woodstock. Frank Holt, OF
Kenosha, president of the association,
reported this morning that more than
a Thousand milk producers, many of
them from Lake and McHenry counties
in Illinois and some from Kenosha
at the meeting and made it the biggest
gathering of it's kind of the year.
The producers, it is said, voted
unanimously to stand pat on their de-
mand for a continuation of the pres
emit price level and TO refuse TO send
milk to, the Chicago market until q
six-months contract at that price had
been secured.
Woodstock Most HOspitable.
The city of Woodstock was most hos
pitable to the milk producers. The
gathering was held in the court house
and at noon dinner was spread for
the many visitors at the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce association. The
dinner line" extended double column
for six blocks, all the way from the
courthouse to the banquet hall.
The meeting of the farmers was re-
sumed in the afternoon, many officers
of the producers association and city
and county officials addressing the
gathering, Among the speakers was
Judge Smiley, former cooperative
marketing man.
Ineensed Over Situation.
THE meeting showed that the farm.
ers throughout the entire district and
extending far into northern Wiscon-
sin arc much incensed over the situa-
tion," declared Frank Holt in report
ing the meeting this morning. "They
demand that the officers stand pat or
the $2.75 price for q six-months period
and stated their readiness to continue
tc refuse to ship milk until such an
agreement had been reached"
Mr.. Holt denounced the statements
made by the distributors to the effect
that the milk supply in Chicago was
ample, branding 1t as propaganda. He
declared that the distributors told of
large shipments from northern dis
tricts but failed to make mention of
the fact that the Chicago Board of
Health was elamping the lid on all
shipments which did not come from
inspected farmers.
Not an Increase.
"The producers are not demanding
an increase" said Mr.. Holt. "Two dol
lars and seventy-fve cents per hundred
is the old price and we merely ask a
continuance. The distributors wish tc
cut the wholesale price TO $3.50 with
out making any decrease whatever in
the retail price"
A similar meeting is to be held at
Antioch on Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock for producers in this district
Farmers of Kenosha county whether
they are members of the association
or not are invited to attend the meet
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Individual Surtaxes
TOtalled S846. 7O4

Madison, Wis. Individual income
surtaxes levied in 1923 and collectable
in 1924, total $s46,704, according to as
sessments announced today by the
state tax commission. This is an
increase of more than 100000 over
surtaxes collected last year, according
to commission officials.
The educational surtaxes levied last
year which will be collected this year
total S464.423.74, the report shows,
compared with $349, 999.92 collected last
year. This is an increase OF 34.4 per
cent.
Teachers retirement fund surtaxes
for the year total S349 ,281.65, compared
with 1886, 363.31, and increase of 800
per cent.
Increase in personal incomes during
1922 is declared by officials to be the
cause of the increase in surtaxes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Diamond Ring is
Strangely Missing
Paul Nickel Asks Help of Police to
Solve Mystery of Rings
Disappearance,

Police have been asked to solve the
mystery of what became of diamond
ring valued at S125 which Paul Nickel
alleges disappeared from off the top
of the dresser in his room at the home
at 662 Middle street. The ring dis
appeared several days ago but the
matter was not referred, to the police
Immediately in the belief that it might
either have been lost or that it would
be returned if it had been taken for
short time. A gold watch and some
money, which it is claimed, was lying
on the dresser with the ring, were un5
touched. The police have started an
investigation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Bristol Girl is
Called by Death
Thelma Arlene White, Fifteen@Year-
Old Bristol Girl, Died of PneH-
monia at Her Home.

Thelna Arlene White, aged fifteen
years, died at her home in Bristol re-
Gently, following an illness of several
weeks duration from pneumonia. The
deceased was born June 9, 1907, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John White
Of the town of Bristol. and had lived
all of her life in that community. She
is survived by her parents, by three
brothers, Clarence, William and Her
bert, and four sisters, Mildred, Hazel
and Verna White, all of Bristol, and
Mrs. Lee Dibble of Kenosha. She is
also survived by host of friends and
relatives in Bristol and Kenosha. The
funeral services were held at the home
with interment following in the family
plot in the Hickory cemetery.