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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-02

Moved and supported that the
bills be allowed and orders drawn on
the Treasurer in payment. Carried.
A. j. Thomas reported on matters
pertaining to the Community Fair
organization.
w. P. Wolff gave verbal report
relative to Federal Building.
Moved and supported that the
Secretary be instructed to write the
Congressman requesting them to
present bill calling for an ap-
preparation of Seventy Five Thous-
and Dollars for the purchase of a.
site and the construction of a Fed
eral Building in Ely. Carried.
Motion to adjourn. Carried.
E. w. HANSON,
Secretary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-05-02
Bank No. 1910.
Statement of the Condition
OF THE
FIRST STATE BANK
OF ELY, MINI,

At the close Of business on April. 22. 1924.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
ASHLAND SCHOOL GIRL
ACCIDENTLY POISONED
Daughter of Deputy Sheriff Uses Dead
" Poison for a Mouth Wash
Which Caused Death.

Ashland. Wis.-Funeral services Tor
Myrtle Keinsteiber, IT, daughter OF
GAdersheriff Kleinsteiber, who died on
Thursday morning after swallowing
poison, will be held Sunday. District
Attorney George Merrill has announced
that no coroner's inquest into the glrfs
death Will be held. The girl, who was
senior ST the local high school. went
into the bathroom Of her home Thurs
day morning, preparing tc wash. Mem
bers Of the family heard her cry out
as if in great pain and rushed TO her
side. They found that she had mis-
takerly used poison as mouth wash
and has swallowed much of it.
Her father administered emetics Of
warm soapy water and warm milk and
lard. The poison however had done its
deadly WORK and the girl died shortly
after the arrival of local physicians,
Mr.. Kleinsteiber and other members
of his households are certain that the
girls death was acci,la1 tai, She would
have graduated from high school in
June.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Mrs. Gustave Mattnerr
Dies Sunday Night
Long Illness is Ended by Death of Mrs.
Frederick Mattner at Home on
Elizabeth Street.

Mrs. Frederick Mattner, aged Al,
the wife of Gustave Mattner, died Sun
day night at ten o'clock at the home,
1921 Elizabeth street. after an illness
of several weeks duration from a com
plication of diseases. The deceased
was born in Poland, April 20, 1875, and
spent her early life in that country.
She came to America and to Kenosha
more than fifteen years ago and had
made many friends in that part of the
city in which she lived.
Surviving her are her husband Gus
tave Mattner; three daughters and two
sons: Mrs. Hugo Wenngreen, and Otto,
Elsie, Ferdinand and Ida Mattner, all
of Kenosha. She is also survived by
one brother in St. Joseph, Mich.
The funeral services will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock al
the st. Luke's Lutheran church on BaiG
avenue with interment following in the
family plot in the Green Ridge ceme-
terry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
KEEP ROADS OPEN
DURING THE WINTER
Fighting Snow to be One of the Real
Problems Before the Highway
School at Madison.

Madison, Wis.-Keeping Wisconsin
roads open through the entire winter
will be one of the chief problems to
come before the thirteenth annual
road school which will open here un-
der the direction of the Wisconsin
Highway Commission on Monday.
Although this subject has not been
formally placed upon the program, it
will be taken up and discussed at many
of the sessions of the school, Pur-,
chase of tractors and other machinery
for clearing snow from the roads will
be considered and a plan will be
worked out, it is thought, whereby
the counties will cooperate in sys-
tenn of road clearance.
Besides members of the Wisconsin
County Highway Commissioners asso-
citation, the meeting will be attended
by state, county, town, village and city
road officials from every part of the
state. Many foremen and road con-
tractors will also be present, it is
thought.
Very complete exhibits by the high
way commission and by private firms
of road machinery, trucks, surveying
instruments and other essentials of
highway construction will be shown
All sessions are to be held in this as
sembly chamber of the state capitol
and the exhibits will be placed about
the rotunda and at the entrance to
the capitol.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Board of Education Will Hear Plea for Lifting
of Ban in City of KenOsha Against
Married School Teachers.
OLD QUESTION BOBBING UP AGAIN
The Q:=e=.:c.. IS an Old One IN Kenosha Having Been
Up Before the Board Two Years Ago
When Rule Was Adopted.

Lifting of the ban on married wo-
ried women teachers in the Kenosha
city schools is to be asked of the
school board at its meeting on next
Tuesday evening, according to infor-
nation made public today. 1t is
known that the Kenosha College club
has taken up the question and IS seek
ing a chance to present to the board a
new situation which has arisen as a
result of the passage of the equal
rights bill. Super ntendent Loomis,
without discussing the measure Whatso-
over stated today that an opportunity
would be given TUESDAY evening for
the board to discuss the question and
take whatever actibn seemed advis-
able.
The married woman teacher problem
is one that has been bobbing up in Ke-
nosha periodically. 1t has been dis
cussed pro and con in the press and
before the board several times In rec
ent years and several times action on
the question has been taken.
Here's the Status Now.
The Kenosha school board several
years ago adopted policy of not en-
ploying any new married teachers. 1t
was agreed however, that in the APP
plication of the rule, extenuating cir
cumstances should be considered and
in the event that it was necessary for
a married woman to teach in order to
support herself or members of her
family. which situation might arise
in the case of illness or injury to her
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
DOUBLE ASSESSMENT
ARGUED AT MADISON
Attorneys Claim That Sections of 1918
Income Tax Law Are
Unconstitutional.

Madison. Wis. - Arguments on con-
stitutionality of the double assessment
clause Of the state income tax law,
passed by the 1923 legislature, were
submitted to the supreme court today
in answer to mandamus action brought
two weeks ago by the Globe Steel Tube
company, the S. Heymann company of
Milwaukee, and the Schuster Realty
company Of Oshkosh
representatives. of the plaintiff
firms claimed that the double assess
ment clause is demonstrations because
it violates the general equality clause
of the state constitution and delegates
executive authority to the tax commits
sion. 1t was further argued that there
is no statutory power to levy sur
taxes on back taxable incomes, that
the act of the legislature cannot be
retroactive and that the measure was
passed in illegal form by the legisla-
ture.
Attorney General Franklin E. Bump,
denied all of these major claims. 1t
was contended byathe state that the
legislature did not exceed its power
in passing the law and that the tax
commission was acting within it's jur-
isdiction in assessing taxes against
the plaintiff companies. The case is
the first test of the double assessment
and ten per cent additional assessment
feature More than $1,0O0,000 annual
ly is involved in the test, it is said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
FIND FARMER
DEAD IN BED
Olaf Larson of West Som
ers Dies While Sleeping /.
in Night.
A NATURAL CAUSE
Coroner Parker Investigates
Death and Finds Heart
Trouble Cause.

Investigation made today by Corner
T. T. Parker of the sudden death of
Olaf Larson, 72, farmer living west
of the town of Somers, resulted in the
statement by the coroner that death
had come as a result of natural
causes.
Olaf Larson went to bed hale and
hearty on Thursday evening, apparent
ly in excellent health and upon Fri
day morning was found dead upon
the pillow by his Mortified and strick-
en- wife. The coroner was called later
in the morning and an investigation
followed. Corner Parker said that no
inquest would be called as he was sat
isfed that the old man lad died in a
natural way.
Was Well Night Before.
Olaf Larson and his wife live with
their son, Nels Larson and his family
on the farm in Somers township. Mr.
Larson while in advancing years, was
in good health, and was not known to
be ailing in any way when death over
took him.
IuuISOdy evening he WeHI 70 Deu az
eight o'clock, keeping the maxim OF
"early to bed and early to- rise" Of
his youth. His wife went to bed later
and at midnight she was awakened by
some murmured words from her. hus-
band. She listened, he spoke no more,
and satisfied that he had been dream
ing and talking in his sleep, she re-
Taxed again and fell into slumber.
Lies Dead Upon Pillow.
When morning came, Mr.. Larson
made no move to arise and his wife
went to him to see if he were well
Instead of a greeting from her husband
she was met with a white still face
upon the pillow. Larson was dead. A
physician summoned in haste only
confirmed the sad news.
Coroner Parker was summoned to the
scene and consulting with the physi-
clan, it was found that de:th had come
as result of "mitral insufficiency," 8
form of valvular trouble.
Olaf Larson was we'll known in Som
ers township where he has lived fo1
some time He is survived by his wife
and two grown children
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Boy Case Aired
Before the Chief
Mrs, Mcneil Assigned to Investigate
Home Influences; Mother
Denies Unkindness.

Mrs. Mcneil, in charge of police
service work, was assigned by Chief
Logan on Monday to look into the
circumstances surrounding the life at
home of Neil Hauta, the twelve-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alrik Hauta,
North Rowland avenue, who ran away
from home farefooted in the bitter cold
Sunday afternoon to avoid a "hiding."
Meanwhile Mrs. Hauta this morning
came to Chief Logan's Office and told
her own story of the events Sunday
afternoon She said that the boy had
not been out skating, but had been
down in the basement of their home
and there got his stockings wet. She
said she had repeatedly warned him
not to do that because he took his
little sister down there to play and
she feared some injury might befall
the smaller child in slipping down 20
the floor below. Mrs. Hauta said that
when she was summoned to the house
where the boy had taken refuge, she
did not want to go back for the shoes
and stockings because she was worn
out chasing the lad, but was ready TO
put her own clothes over him. She
said she did not say she didn't want
the doctor called, but only said that
she didn't have money to pay for him
if he were summoned.
The mother claimed that her trou-
bles arose through the lads hayward
ness and responsibility.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Council Endorses Plans for
Use of Money Gained
from FOrfeits.
S11OO FOR A STARTER
Money Secured from Bonds
Forfeited by Raided Saloons
to Go to Building Funds.

Bootleggers may help Kenosha build
u new police station.
That is, they will if they are caught
by the police and happen to be holders
of Class A permits issued by the city.
This was made possible Monday eve
ming when the city council adopted a
plan suggested by>~City Manager Os-
born whereby all funds secured by the
city through the FORGETTING of the cash
bonds put up by holders of Glass A
permits will be put into fund to be
known as the New Police Station
Fund"
These permit holders, whose permits
are forfeited as a consequence of their
being caught in violation of the dry
laws, can at least have the consolation
of Knowing that they have helped Ke-
nosha towards new police station.
Have A Good Starter.
City Manager Osborn set forth to
the council that the city now had $1100
secured in this way and fer which no
use had been provided by law. This
S11OO came from bonds forfeited by IL
Kenoshans, each of whom was either
convicted OF or pleaded guilty to a
charge of violating the dry laws as a
result of a police raid. Automatically
each permit was revoked by reason of
such conviction and the 500 cash bond
given by each to the city was forfeited
to the city.
Here Are "Charter Members"
These "charter members" of this
"New Police Station Fund Club" and
the locations of their former places Of
business, are: P. M HOLMAN, $50
Division street; Anna Pavlic, 1872 S.
w. Main street; Louis Recla, 1871
Salem avenue; Walak Malazuiski, 1917
Prairie avenue; Adolph Glozauskas,
920 Salem avenue; John Vitkus, 267
Milwaukee avenue; Wallace Flowri
and John Ryshkus, 200 Newell street;
John Nuprienok, 281 Elizabeth street;
Peter Latoza, 351 N w. Main street;
Josephine Duba, 335 North Pleasant
street.
1t was declared that the present
quarters of the police department were
inadequate and that the time was not
far away when additional quarters
would be needed. While it is not be-
lieved that all the money for such
quarters can be secured in this way, it
is certain that large sum might ac-
cumulate from forfeited bonds in sew
eral years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Mrs. Robbins is
Identified in Case
Woman Driver of Car Which Over
turned Resulting in Death OF Jacob
Keul is in Chicago Court.

Mrs Mary Cutler Robbins, the for
mer Follies girl and Chicago divorcee,
who was in the limelight in Kenosha
recently due to the fact that she was
the driver of the automobile which ov-
erturned near Fox River when Deputy
Sheriff Jacob Keul was killed, is in
court again in Chicago. Mrs. Robbins
was identified in the morals court in
Chicago on Friday as the woman who
accompanied man giving the MANS
of Robert Gordon, when the latter
signed a lease for an apartment at
AGO Drexel Boulevard.
The Identification was made by G.
B. Van Derpealt, manager of the apart
ment hotel at the Drexel boulevard
address, when the case against Mrs.
Robbins and Gordon, who are charged
by Robbins with occupying a "love
Judge Theodore Ehler. Gordon, whose
name appears in the court records as
such, is said to%be Norval Douglas, who
was arrested by the Sheffield avenue
police several months ago after he
partially wrecked an apartment on the
north side said to have been occupied
by Mrs. Robbins. snJ
The manager testified that Gordon"
and Mrs. Robbins went. to his apart
ment hotel on Dec. IL, 1923. All of the
other witnesses in the case were on
hand to testify, but when Van Der
pealt concluded the case was continued
for two weeks. #.r.,t
The arrest of Mrs. Robbins and "Gor-
don" came about on, Dec, 20 last when
Robbins led police raid on the Drexel
boulevard apartment Mrs Robbins
charges that the raid was spite work"
on the part of her ex-husband.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
MARRIED IN EAST
LAST SEPTEMBER
T. ]. Dale and Mrs. Matte
Spalding Married in
New York.
WAS KEPT A SECRET
Wedding, Kept Secret, Is Re-
veaIed in Letter Received
Here This Morning.

A wedding secret, successfully kept
for FIVE months, was disclosed today in
a most unusual way when it became
known that T. j. Dale, prominent Ke-
nosha jeweler and leader in the bust
ness and civic life of Kenosha, and
Mrs. Matte White Spalding, formerly
Of Kenosha, were married on Septem-
Der 4, 1923, in the Little Church Around
the Corner in New York City. The
announcement of the wedding was la
ter confirmed by Mr.. Dale, who stated
that Mrs. Dale was now in California
but would soon return to Kenosha
The way in which the secret became
known was most interesting. In a let
ter received here today by a Kenosha
attorney from, DR.. j. B. Spalding form
er divorced husband of Mrs. Dale, re-
garding litigation which is now in the
courts as a result of a Judgment re-
eeived here against him, it was stated
that Mrs. Spalding had testified on the
witness stand that she was married to
Thomas j. Dale of Kenosha in New
York City in September, 1928.
eyes, that's true" said Mr.. Dale, as
he smilingly confirmed the report.
1--WE were married on September the
4th last in New York City as stated,
but because of the litigation which was
pending we decided to keep the we'd
ding a secret. Shortly, after returning
from New York, Mrs. Dale went to Call
ifornia, where she is now living. She
will return to Kenosha as soon as her
suits there are settled"
The announcement came as a real
,Aric 70 10 IL
secret had been so carefully guarded
that not even the close friends of the
couple knew of their nuptials.
Mr. Dale is owner of the Dale Jewell
ry store on Market square and is one
of the leading business men Of the city.
He is president of the Downtown. Bust
ness Mems association and has taken
an active part in various civic move
ments launched here. He is also prom
inent in social and fraternal circles
in Kenosha.
Mrs. Dale has lived in Kenosha for
many years and is widely known in
social circles here. Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
have many friends in Kenosha to wish
them happiness. ad} r.,t-
The litigation in question concerns a
judgment for $4,000 which was handed
down in the circuit court here against
DR.. Spalding for his former wife and
as a result of which she had acquired
half interest in a ranch owned by
DR.. Spalding as an inheritance.
Several months previous to her re-
cent marriage, Mrs. Dale, then Mrs.
Matte White Spalding, had filed suit
to set aside e sheriff's deed to this
one-half interest and testimony was
being taken in this suit at Modesto,
California, when the news Of the we'd
ding was revealed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
PETER A, THOMEY
CALLED BY DEATH
One of Best known of the
County's Pioneers Dies
Early Today.
WAS LEADING FARMER

Peter A. Thomey, aged n years, one
of the Oldest and best known of the
pioneer residents of Kenosha county,
died just after seven o'clock this morn
ing at his home, $50 Pomeroy street.
He had been i'll for only a short time.
He had suffered from cold and on
last Monday pneumonia developed and
since that time his condition had been
critical. Members of the Thomey fam
lily were at the bedside when the final
summons came this morning,
The funeral services will be held
from St. Thomas church at nine o'clock
Thursday morning and interment will
be at the family plot. at St. George
cemetery.
Long Resident of County.
Mr. Thomey had been a resident of
Kenosha county for more than sixty
five years and for over half century
he was one of the leading farmers Of
this section of the state. He was a
son of the late William Thomey, one
of the first settlers of the town of
Pleasant Prairie Mr., Thomey was
born in Luxembourg March %, 1912,
and he came to this county with mis-
parents when he was eleven years of
age. The family settled on a farm
in Pleasant Prairie and this farm CON
tinued to be the home of Mr. Thomey
until he retired from active work q
little over fifteen years ago and re-
moved to Kenosha to spend his de-
Ginning years.
Interested in Town Government.
Mr.. Thomey always took great in
terest in the local government in the
town of Pleasant Prairie and he served
for number of years as a member Of
the town board of supervisors. He also
served as treasurer of the school dis
trict for a number of years.
In 1876 Mr.. Thomey was married to
Miss Magdalena Brown of the town
of Paris. Mrs. Thomey died in Keno
sha six years ago.
Surviving him are one daughter,
Mrs. A. L. Silver, of Kenosha and four
sons, Charles, Walter and Herbert c.
Thomey of Kenosha and Frank W.
Thomey of Pleasant Prairie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Arrest Man for
Selling Over Bar
Chief Logan Brings in Frank Matleski
Charged With Selling Drinks
to Two Men.

The practice of selling drinks across
the bar has been continued in spite
of several warnings issued from the
police department that it was con-
trary to law and that offenders would
be arrested.
Frank Matleski was arrested at $40
p. m. Friday evening by Chief Logan
and officer Riley, charged with sell
ing drinks over the bar to customers
at the Grand View hotel (the old
'Schlitz) on North Main street and
Grand avenue.
The saloon man is charged with
selling drinks across the bar to Martin
Melios and Ben Lester, both occupants
of rooms in the lodging house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24

husband, the fact that she was married
should not operate against her. 1t was
also understood that married women
teachers already in the employ of the
city should not be affected by the rul
ing.
At that time a clause was written in
to the contracts for new teachers to the
effect that any teacher who signed a
contract for a coming school term
and married during the vacation period
or during the time of the contract,
that the contract expired automatical-
ly by reason of her marriage.
1t is the ban contained in this clause
which will be under fire in the discus
sion on Tuesday evening.
Claim 1t Is Unconstitutional.
Since the adoption of this policy
most interesting case has been tried
out in the courts in Milwaukee. A
lady teacher in that city married Sc
cretly; a rule was in effect in that city
similar to the one in effect here, but
with further provision that lady
teacher upon marrying SHOULD report
the fact at once to the principal Of the
school. 1t had been the policy there
in such cases to continue during the
length of the contract then existing.
This teacher did not report her mar
riage and when it was discovered
several weeks later she was suspended,
not because she was married, but be-
cause she had disobeyed the rule re-
quiring her to report the fact to her
principal. The case was taken into
court and the court handed down rul-
ing holding that the rule in question
Disseminated against women in viola
tion of the equal rights law.
Many in Kenosha now claim that if
the Milwaukee rule is unconstitutional
that the one in Kenosha must also be
invalid.
An INTEREST," sdnigdtnoewwNETAO$
An interesting discussion of the
question is expected on Tuesday eve
ming. In opposition to the equal rights
law it is advocated by some that an
employer has a right to employ whom
he pleases and if the city as the en-
ployer of school teachers does not care
to employ married women teachers,
that is its right. These maintain that
the equal rights law was not intended
to go into such situations as are con-
fronted in the question of employment
They maintain that the law would, on
similar basis, be privileged to lay,
down a rule for other employers in-i
sisting that no regulation be made,
anywhere regarding married women.