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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Men Celebrating Norway's
Day of independence in
Royal Style.
THEY ARE LOCKED UP
Monday Morning Tells Tale of
Sunday and Saturday as
Fines Are Given.

A new excuse for hitting the high
spots was given this morning IN the
municipal court by Captain Clausen
in behalf of two defendants, both Nor
wegians.
sThey were celebrating the Norwe-
gian day of independence" the cap
tain told Judge Slater.
Hans Syverud Of Winthrop Harbor,
Norwegian, walked into the police of
flee Saturday night and told Sergeant
Kramer that he had come to clean up
Kenosha. He said that it was some
thing awful the way drinks were sold
here, and something awful the ease
with which they could be obtained.
Hans could hardly hang onto the floor
while he talked, and his breath sug-
gested that he knew whereof he
spoke. Hans wanted to have an officer
go with him and he would show the
places where drinks could be had.
sTen thousand Swedes running
through the weeds and cleaned up
Copenhagen" said the desk sergeant.
His mistake was pointed out to him,
when the man gave his nationality as
Norwegian.
Judge Slater Wants to Know.
Judge Slater asked what was this
holiday that Syverud had celebrated
with such a high spirit of revelry.
"May 17th," answered the police
captain. "The Norwegians shook off
the yolk of Sweden on that day, so
whenever the anniversary comes
around they have grand and glori-
Gus celebration"
Hans was fined SO and costs, and
thanked for his zeal in seeking to mop
up the wet spots in Kenosha.
Martin Johnson, 255 Balm avenue,
also celebrating the Norwegian day of
independence, who was arrested Sat-
urday night by Detective Breidt and
Officers Pecan and Tusler, pleaded
guilty to the charge of excessive cele-
bration and was fined So and costs.
The police captain told the court that
about with an AK in his hand, crazed
by drink.
A number were ordered into court
this morning for violating the arterial
highway ordinance The police are
continuing their steady check-up OF
these violators.
Lloyd Mcdonald, 391 Main street,
Kenosha, was arrested Sunday by Mo-
torcycle officers Chase and Mitchell of
the city police for speeding thirty
miles an hour east on Prairie avenue.
A. Wiegert, Des PLANES, Ill, was ar
rested by Motorcycle Officer O'Hare
for speeding 35 miles an hour on
Sheridan road between Park Row and
Collins street. Harry Brandewein,
Chicago, was arrested by O'Hare for
speeding Sunday at 2;05 p. m. on
Sheridan road between Dayton street
and Prairie avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Tourists Shouldn't
Transplant Trees

Madison Wis. - Warning to tour
lists against attempting to transplant
trees from one part of the state to
another has been issued by the state
department of agriculture here calling
attention to dangers of spread of
plant disease and parasites In this
way.
white pine is especially to be a
voided," S. B. Fracker, state entomo-
mologist said. "The white pine blis-
ter rust which reached Wisconsin in
trees imported from Europe in 1908, is
fatal to the pine woods and state and
federal governments have spent large
sums in bringing it under control.
State and federal guarantees are eff
fective prohibiting moving this tree.
One stage of the blister rust is found
in currant and gooseberry bushes also.
The pine tussock moth, a member
of the gypsy family, is also present in
some sections of the state, according
to Frecker. If this pest is introduced
into certain sections where its natural
enemies are not as numerous as in
its present environment, serious losses
are liable to result.
Several of our most injurious and
costly insect pests and plant diseases
have been barred about the United
States and into new locations on plant
material" the department says. "San
Jose scale and oystershell scale Of
fruit trees are we'll known examples.
Packing material sometimes is respon-
sible for the injury. Many OF our
most serious pests are not native to
America but have been introduced and
scattered in the United States by hui
man agencies.
wisconsin has been fortunate in
keeping comparatively free from such
pests up to the present, but the pine
tussock moth and the white pine
blister rust and several other diseases
and insects might be introduced in
new localities in uninspected plant
material with serious results. If ar
rangements are made with the owners
of the land for digging and taking
away some particularly desirable trees
or shrubs they will be inspected by
the state department of agriculture
free of charge.
Failure to allow the state depart
ment to inspect tree shipments is a
fine as $25 to $500 and employees of the
state conservation commission as well
as the department Of agriculture are
authorized to enforce this law"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Sidewalk Bids ReOpened
With a Saving of $500
On Program.
A STRANGE INCIDENT
Filing of One Bid Ten Minutes
Late Forced the Calling
of New Bids.

$50 minute!
That is what the city Of Kenosha
saved by reason of the fact that a
contractor was ten minutes late in
filing his bid for the construction Of
sidewalks in the city of Kenosha. As
a result of his hardness new bids had
to be taken and the low bid in the
second bidding was $500 under the low
bid at the first opening of bids.
Several weeks ago the city of Keno
sha advertised and received bids for
the sidewalk work planned for the sea-
son. There were several bidders who
filed bids promptly at two o'clock
Ten minutes later John B. Wade,
contractor, appeared with bid which
turned out to be the lowest bid filed.
AS a result the city exercised its
perogative of refusing all bids and
advertising anew.
New Bids Lower.
The new bids have been received
and opened and will be presented to
the council this evening. The Covell
Engineering company of Kenosha is
low bidder at total of $13,055, $500
less than the lowest bid on the first
opening of bids. Other bids received
were as follows: John B. Wade, $12,-
$50; Nels Thompson, $4,000; Olaf
Jorgensen, $14,120; H. D. Beebee,
$4,000.
The Covell company was as low as
any company on any part of the work
and far below the others on the price
submitted for grading. The bid an
alyzed was as follows: For new walk,
Is cents per square foot; for relay,
16 cents per suare foot where more
than SO square feet in one piece; for
relay, II cents per square foot under
so square feet; grading, 671s cents
per cubic yard.
The bids will be submitted to the
council this evening with recon-
mendation from the city engineer that
the contract be awarded to the lowest
bidder.
A petition from the school board
asking for the use of the residences
on Congress street, which have been
used temporarily by the St., James
school, will also be presented to the
council this evening. These houses
were the property of the city and
their use will greatly alleviate a
school problem. The building now
being used for the commercial sub
jects at the high school is no longer
available and the school board must
find another place for this work.
The council will also have present
ed several ordinances now in the
course of adoption.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Open City Tennis
Courts on Saturday
Net Fans Start Seasons Play at the
Lincoln Park Course on
Saturday Afternoon.

One of the two municipal tennis
courts at Lincoln park was opened by
the park department for the seasons
play Saturday afternoon upon orders
from F. A. Carlson, director of parks.
The other court. which was one Of the
pair built last summer, is to be mark
ed off and opened for play as soon
as the weather clears, it was announc-
ed today. Under the system which
will be used this summer, a charge
of 25 cents an hour will be made for
the use of the courts. This charge,
Mr.. Carlson said, will be the same
whether the courts are used for sim
giles or doubles
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Charge Dukes
With Car Sale
Pleads Not Guilty To Charge of Sell
ing Mortgaged Property; Mat
ter May Be Settled.

William Dukes, 1920 Prairie avenue,
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
selling mortgage property in the mul-
cipal court Friday when arraigned be-
fore Judge Slater. Dukes was charged
with selling Ford coupe on which
there was a mortgage of 474.72. The
car had been purchased through A. H.
Dahl, and chattel mortgage was held
by the National Bond and Investment
company.
Dukes said in court Friday that
there was $3.50 due on the car, and
that he was ready to pay it. A con-
tinuance was taken in the case with
the expectation that the matter might
be adjusted amicably. Dukes said that
the car had gone in trade with some
lots that were sold. but that he had
delayed in clearing off the mortgage.
Judge Slater said that he was not in
terested in a criminal prosecution for
the purpose of collecting a debt, and
that if good faith could be shown and
the matter adjusted, the case would
probably end.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
State Has 5000
Mentally Deficient

Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin has APP
proximately 5000 school children who
are so mentally defective that they
cannot be trained in the public schools
and should be cared for by the state
through special courses or in state
institutions, according to a survey
just completed by DR.. Elizabeth
Woods, specialist in child welfare of
the state department of education.
"The majority of these children
will always be outside of the regular
institutions of education" DR.. Woods
declared today. MANY of them can be
handled best IN the community where
they live through special methods.
Such work would require three things;
early diagnosis of the difficulty;
special training in small groups by
specially prepared teachers, and skill
ed vocational guidance and superyi-
sion in their jobs after they have
left schools.
at has been demonstrated that high
grade subnormals and borderline de-
fectives can be successfully and hap
PLY handled in the way outlined. OF
the 5000 children mentioned, at least
1000 live in towns and cities where
such naturalization and special care
is entirely possible and should be es-
tablished Immediately. Seven hundred
and fifty children already are being
trained in special classes in thirty
two different towns and cities of the
state.
1--WE have need of more and better
prepared teachers for handling these
children. To that end, we should se-
cure for one or more normal schools a
special training course for teachers
of handicapped children"
DR.. Woods also revealed that the
Oshkosh normal school has been grant
ed permission by the state board of
normal regents to establish special
course for teacher training for handi-
capped children. She stated the
courseN will be inaugurated soon as
funds are available.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Office Managers
form Association
Office Managers of Kenosha Factories
Meet at Elks Club and Or
ganize an Association.

A number Of the Office managers of
the local factories held a luncheon
meeting at the Elks' club recently to
consider the advisability of forming q
club membership. All of the larger
and much interest manifested. Office
management and its relation to the
industry as whole was shown to be
of sufficient Importance as to require
careful handling of the several
problems involved. Training young
men and women for their entrance
into the business world is a subject
which must receive special attention.
Office managers believe that through
proper cooperation with the schools,
courses can be formulated which will
more nearly fit into the requirements
of the factory office. Many of the
young people of the present day who
aspire to office situations fail through
lack of proper training along the line
Of requirements in such situations. 1t
was suggested that it may be possible
to give apt students part time training
in actual Office work which insure
their ability to properly fill such sit
uations upon the completion of the
school course. This arrangement
would also relieve such students as
are unable to make the grade and
change their course to other channels
before they are too far advanced
in school
1t was voted to hold another meet
ing of the Office managers next month
at which time it is likely that a per-
manent organization will be effected.
In the meantime the proposition will
be taken up with all local factories
with Sview to securing as broad a
representation as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Bought Moon
for Sick Horse

Judge Slater this morning listened
to a new and novel reason for carry
ing about bottle of moonshine, when
a defendant in court told him that he
had bottle for "sick horse"
Hugh Frazier Waukegan, was ar
rested by Officer Reynolds on Sunday
for intoxication and when searched
bottle of moonshine was found on
his person. The charge Of unlaw al
possession wsE placed against him.
II bought that stuff for medicinal
purposes" said Frazier when ar
raigned this morning.
"For what?'' asked the judge in
credulously.
t'For medicinal purposes - for
sick horse" the man said.
"Ineed?" said the judge.
eyes sir, wouldn't take drink out
of that bottle for thousand dollars"
declared the defendant.
cts shame" commented the
judge, "for a man to be arrested for
tending to sick horse. Talk to the
district attorney. Tell him about the
sick horse. Case is continued for
hearing, bonds $780,"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Greene Leaves Bed
to Sustain Veto

Washington - Senator Greene, Re-
publican, Vermont, who has been CON
fined to his home since he was acct
dentslly shot last February, sent word
today to the senate he would appear
in the chamber to sustain President
Coolidge's veto of the bonus bill.
Mr. Greene just recently has been
able to leave his bed and has not APP
peared in public since the accident.
His support for the veto gave the adj
ministration forces an unexpected adj
ditional vote and served to narrow
the already close margin on the line
up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Consecrated Professor
Enriches University

Delaware, O,-Perkins Observatory
at Ohio Wesleyan University, which
will house the third largest telescope
in the world, is being built mostly
with the life savings of Hiram M.
Perkins, an obscure college professor.
Prof. Perkins salary never was more
than $500 a year, but by keen bust
ness sagacity and fortunate invest
ments he accumulated 100000, every
cent of which he gave to Ohio Wesly-
an. He taught in the institution for
more than half century. The pro-
fessor did not live to see his life's
dream realized as he died at the age
of 81, several months ago.
Perkins telescope will be a 61-inch
rejecting one and workmen are COM
plotting the metal cap for the build
ing, which will completely enclose it.
Work on the 61-inch mirror is well
under way and the telescope mount
ing has been ready for some weeks.
The steel top for the telescope dome
weighs 168 tins, mounted on wheels
so that it will revolve on circular
track. Directly below it, the telescope
itself will be placed on 460-ton con-
crete pier, which forms the base of
the dome.
The total weight of the instrument
will be 81 tons and the mirror will
add weight of 2,700 pounds. Despite
its great weight, the telescope will
be so del.cately balanced that it will
require only the same amount of cur
rent necessary for an electric lamp
when in use.
The telescope will make visible to
the eye stars of the eighteenth magni-
tude, and make possible photographs
of stars of the nineteenth and posi-
bly, the twentieth magnitude, accord
ing to Ohio Wesleyan astronomers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
This Piano Went
in Fast Time

one-half hour was the time required
for News ad to sell an upright piano
for Mr.. Martin, 475 Park street.
Mr.. Martin put an ad in the CLASH
fed columns of the News that he had
an upright piano, in good condition, at
very reasonable price, and within
half an hour after the paper was re-
leased he received five calls. That
leaves at least four more people right
here in Kenosha who want used up
right piano and are watching the ads
in classification (62), musical mer-
chandise.
If you want to make a quick sale
of a used piano or of anything else call
the News and ask for an ad-taker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
MORE COPS FOR
COUNTRY ROADS
Pabst Appoints Three More
Motorcycle Men, Making
Eight in All.
MAKE STURDY FLEET
Eight on Patrol Sunday Keep
the Highway Dangers at
a Minimum.

Now there's Nick and Steve and
Chef and Stanley and Clarence of the
old guard, that's FIVE and three new
ones on patrol of the county high
ways. So: the goblin'uns will get you
if you don't watch outi
Sheriff Pabst has named three new
motorcycle officers for service in the
feet for the season and the new men
went on duty Saturday for the first
time. The new men are Max Roemer,
who will patrol the west section of the
county together with Deputy Sheriff
Stanley Rauen, Chef Bostetter and
Clarence Erickson, Phillip Brown who
will patrol the Lake Shore road with
Deputy Sheriff Nick Otto and Paul
Guttormsen who will work on the
Sheridan road with Deputy Sheriff
Steve Robinson.
All made deputy sheriffs.
So if you, Mister Motorist, saw a
man in khaki-colored whipcord Sat
urday or Sunday on a motorcycle in
the country who looked like motor
cycle cop and yet was not one of the
well-known figures of the old guard,
this explains it: there are three new
men. The trio have been sworn in as
deputy sheriffs, and are expected to
further strengthen the good work ac-
complished so far by the other depu-
ties, who have kept the traffic within
sober limits on the whole so far this
season.
sDo you make cars move along the
highway" motorcycle officer was
asked this morning.
"We certainly do" answered one of
the ''peppy" young men. Twenty
miles an hour is all right, or anything
between twenty and thirty, but below
that we do not allow snail's pace.
We tell them to 'step on it" if they
are going below twenty. 1t halts the
traffic, causes cut-ins, and is a nuis-
ance. There won't be any ten-mile-
an-hour stuff allowed, When we see
No parking on the concrete If they
want to drive as slow as that they can
drive funeral cars for RUSSELL"
Arrest Speeders Sunday.
At the same time, the motorcycle
men point out that speeding will not
ging the road, reckless driving, cut-
ting in where the traffic is packed and
driving while intoxicated are all taboo.
Deputy Sheriffs Clarence Erickson
and Max Roemer arrested John Fran
tel, 424 Linden street, Kenosha, for
speeding on the Geneva road Sunday
afternoon at forty miles an hour. He
was ordered to appear in court today.
D. S. Gent of Chicago was arrested
by the same pair of motorcycle cops
for speeding DO miles an hour on the
Geneva road at p. m. Sunday. John
Kelly was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Robinson and Guttormsen for speed
ing on Sheridan road Saturday at As
miles an hour.
Two Driving While Drunk.
Jack Naso, 303 Ridge street, was ar
rested by the sheriff's men for driv-
ing while intoxicated Sunday noon on
Sheridan road. Naso was going south
in Ford and collided with an Elgin
car driven by Fred Lentz of Chicago.
The Ford was damaged. Naso plead
ed not guilty and his case was set for
hearing May 81, bonds 500.
Steve Shemanck, 112 Edward street,
was arrested by the sheriff's force for
driving while intoxicated. He was
fined $50 and costs and paid the fine
in the municipal court this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22

every ramifying agency of the Federal
government over the country to distri-
butte the blanks and to help the veter-
ans fill them in.
$40 not pay fees other than no.
tary charge" runs the language of an
emphatic notice which will be circulat-
ed everywhere. "The law prohibits any
persons from charging fee for as
sistance in the collection of the COM
pensation."
Legion posts everywhere have agreed
to serve not only Legion members but
all war veterans in filing out the
blanks. In the same way every army
post or detachment, every national
guard center and every Official of the
federal government of whatever kind
will give voluntary aid to the veterans
as they need it.
General Davis has laid down one
other rigid rule. Applications for
blanks will not be received by the
War department directly from the
veterans. There will be no necessity
for that as the blanks and the enyel-
opes in which to mail them will be
made available everywhere and COR
respondence direct with the depart
ment would crush it under the load
of clerical work before it, could even
begin on it's real task.
Applications Follow Routine.
When the applications are received
they will go into receiving station"
and notice will go back to the appii-
cant that his case is in hand. From
then on the applications will move in
orderly way through the ramifications
of the files to be checked and re-
checked time and again.
There will be reference wherever
necessary to the muster rolls of regi-
ments and even small detachments
and there will be comparison of finger
prints to insure identification. The ap-
plications which can be checked in tbs
regular way will move directly
through the main channels of the files.
Where difficulties are encountered,
however, the troublesome application
will be promptly side-tracked to
trouble clerk" for special treatment
and in order that theTe may be no
delay and congestion in the main
traffic.
General Davis estimates that with
the system he has mapped out it will
be possible to attain an average OUT
put of 10000 certificates, checked and
delivered to the Veterans bureau,
every day for six days Of every week
switch means about nine months OF
work In order to reach that average
however, the system devised has been
made sufficiently flexible to reach a
daily total output of 10000 certificates
as a peak load in the full stress OF
the work.
(. The product Of all this vast clerical
labor will be the typed certificates
forwarded to the Veterans bureau
containing the records of each mans
service and the computation Of the
exact amount of compensation to
which he is entitled under the law.
It is from the War department. Navy
and Marine corps certificates that the
checks for cash payments and the in
surance policies will be filled ont by
the Vetrans' bureau and pasit~r to APP
plieants.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
INSTRUCT PYROMETRY.

Lafayette, Ind.-Purdue University
claims to have the largest and best
equipped laboratory for the study of
high temperature measurements in
the United States.
Pyrometry became required study
at Purdue IL years ago. Other schools
took it up but, excepting Columbia,
offer only theoretical courses. Both
Purdue and Columbia possess equip
ment for this phase of extensive prac-
teal engineering work.
There are 10 promoters in the Pur-
due laboratory. Four are radiation
promoters, II are optical, seven are
resistance type, and the remaining 20
are thermo-electric and miscellaneous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
Vote to Adopt
Experts Findings

Milan--An official communique to-
day announces that the conference of
Italian and Belgion ministers here has
agreed to the necessity of a speedy
settlement of the reparation problem
by carrying out the findings of the
experts committee and that as soon
as the exchange of views between
the allies was sufficiently advanced it
would be advisable to convene an
inter-allied conference. 1t was also
agreed, the communique states, that
the question of inter-allied debts
should be regarded as connected with
the reparatlon problem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
May Place 6 Cent
Tariff on Copper

Washington, D. CA six cents per
pound tariff would be placed on all
forms of copper under bill proposed
today by Representative James, Re-
publican of Michigan. Such protec-
ton, he asserted, should be given to
enable copper mines to pay living
wage and to give back to mine owners
a "small part of their investment"