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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Arrested Again
as Drunken Driver
Herman Cicchini is Arrested on Charge
of Driving Car While IntOxi-
! Gated Following Accident.

Herman Cicchini was arraigned in
the municipal court this morning on
the charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated. 1t is the third time
that he has been brought into court
on such a charge. He entered plea
of not guilty and the case was contin-
ued for hearing to January % at 9
a. M, bonds fixed at $100.
This most recent arrest of Cicchini
arose out of an accident which oc-
Cured Friday evening at 1903 p. m. at
the intersection of Grand avenue and
Newell street. A street car was. going
west on Grand avenue and Cicchini
was about to stop the automobile he
was driving for a man who was cross
ing the street, put on the brakes and
his car skidded upon the street car
tracks, breaking the windshield.
Oscar Fillhouser of Milwaukee, who
was with Cicchini, was cut about the
face and neck and was taken to sthe
Kenosha hospital. "Cicchini sustained
cut over the left eye. He was al
legged to be in state of intoxication.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
BADGER BIRTH RATE
DECLARED SLIPPING
Report of State Health Department
Shows Big Reduction in Visit
of the Stork.

Madison, Wis. - Wisconsin's birth
rate dropped "a per thousand popula-
tion in 1922, according to figures COM
piled by the state board of health here
today A total of $685. births were
recorded in 1929, rate of 21.7 per
thousand population
The illegitimate births numbered
GAL, making one out of every 81 births
irregular, the figures showed.
OF the 1922 births, 30,050 were of
the male sex and 28,5O4 of the female.
There were four reports of triplets,
born, respectively, in Bayfield,, Mara
thon, Outagamie and Price counties.
There were 319 twin births. OF the
GIG twins, S33 were males and 291
females.
The number of still births was 1872.
The passing of the midwife is seen
in figures showing that of the 58,635
births reported, 53,447 were attended
by physicians and only 1866 by mid
wives. The remainder, to the number
Of 1903, were attended by other per-
sons. N'.- ~
The births for five yeats were as
follows: 'A.'' 's'-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
May Place Tax
ON Gasoline Tanks

Racine.-That the city should de-
rive some revenue from the use of the
space between the sidewalk and curb
ing, which is in many instances made
use of by dealers in gasoline, is the
contention of the majority of the
members Of the council, Chairman
Frederichs, of the fire and water COM
mittee and the city attorney. Mayor
Armstrong also favors regulation and
getting clause in an ordi-
nance. City Attorney Gittins and City
Engineer Beaugrand and the mayor
will draft such a measure for presen-
tation to the committee of the whole.
Alderman Frederichs said that the
persons who have been given permits
for the installation of gasoline tanks
outside of the property line should
pay something to the city as they do
not pay any other tax. Forty gasoline
tanks and pumps were put in last
year, and there are now about $50 in
such places in the city, and they are
getting to be eyesores, in his opinion.
On motion of Alderman Homan, the
committee Of the whole referred the
matter to the above special committee
of three to draw up a measure and sub
nit it for the councils consideration.
This same question was laid before
the city council of Kenosha recently
by City Manager Osborn, who sug-
gested that some plan should be
adopted here for regulating the gaso-
line curb tank. Kenosha officials will
watch with interest the developments
in Racine with a possibility that some
similar, plan may be put into effect
in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Mrs. Sidney P. Butcher is
Hurled to Death in
Strange Accident.
NECK BROKEN in FALL
Husband, Escaping from Car,
: Wades into River to Find
|, Wife Dying of Injuries.

Hurled to death when the automo-
bile in which she, was riding was
thrown down a, twenty foot embank-
ment into the Root river, Mrs. Anna
Butcher, aged 45 years, 902 South
Pleasant street, Kenosha, was IN
stantly killed just after twelve-thirty
O'Clock this afternoon in an accident
at Racine. Her husband, Sidney T.
Butcher, driver of the autom obile,
saved his life by jumping from the
car, Just before it rolled over the en-
bankment; he waded into the icy
waters of the river in an attempt to
save his wife and whep help reached
them he was found holding her head
out. of the water but unable to pull
her body out of the wreckage.
She was dying then, having suffered
broken neck from the fall; she
never regained consciousness.
Skidded Over Embankment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Butcher were in Ford
coupe, having left their home in Ke-
nosha about noon for trip to Mil
waukee They had driven down Sixth
street in Racine, turning into Kinzie
and from it into a driveway leading
through the park. Just beyond the
turn was the, Root river with bridge
spanning it. This bridge had been
blocked up by park authorities so
that there would be less danger for
children sliding down a hill on the
other side of it.
AS Butcher rounded the turn, he
saw that the bridge was blocked and
pulled to the side of the street in an
efforeeto stop his car. The street was
slippery and the car skided across the
sidewalk and over the embankment
into the Root river.
Hurried to Aid Wife.
There was thin coating of ice over
the river with the water less than
two feet deep The car rolled down
the embankment and crashed through
the ice. Butcher leaped out of the
car, as it rolled down the embankment
Mrs. Butcher was unable to jump from
the car and was caught under it. First
reports declared she was drowned, but
investigation revealed that she had
died from a broken neck suffered
from the fall.
Witnesses of the accident summoned
an ambulance and when this arrived
the attendants found Butcher, kneel-
ing in the icy water holding his wife's
head above water.
The woman was hurried to Racine
hospital but was dead before the am
bulance reached it's destination. The
body will be brought to Kenosha,
probably late this evening. ;asp
Widely known in Kenosha.
The news of the tragic accident,
reaching Kenosha early this afternoon,
cast a shadow over the entire com
munity in which the family had re-
sided since last May. Mr.. and Mrs.
Butcher had lived in Kenosha several
years ago but had left here to reside
in Chicago. Last May they returned
to Kenosha and since then have lived
at 902 South Pleasant street. Mr..
Butcher is at present salesman for
a large powder factory. They have
no children.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Butcher
was Miss Anna Towee, and had lived
her younger life in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
STATE LEADERSHIP
UNDER MICROSCOPE
Secretary of State Zimmerman De-
clares Progressive Legislation
Stopped In 1913.

Milwaukee.-No Progressive legisla-
ton has been enacted since 1913, al
though the present administration was
overwhelmingly elected on platform
which pledged the party to many re-
forms, Secretary of State Fred r.
Zimmerman told members of the Mar
quette University Progressive club
here.
He traced the growth and develop
ment of the Progressiyes in Wisconsin
and listed past achievements, scoring
recent administration leaders for fail
ure to follow the precedent of the Pro-
gressives.
"The history of the human race is
an unbroken record of struggles by a
large unorganized majority against
the injustice, tyranny, and oppression
of a selfish, well-organized, and gen
orally INSCRIPTIONS minority" Zim-
norman said. "The Progressives as
sumed control of the state government
at the dawn of the present century
and at once proved their sincerity by
carrying out their program of reform,
despite every obstacle that the power
full minority could devise to obstruct
and discourage" he declared.
Among the outstanding achieve
ments of the party, listed by thinner
man, were abolition of the free pass
and railroad rebates, direct taxation
of railroads on an ad valorem basis,
the revision of the tax laws and the
creation of a tax commission with
powers to enforce the law which eff
fected a more equitable distribution
of the tax burden, enactment of the
best state banking law in the country,
passage of wholesome pure food laws,
first workable income-tax law in
America, sound labor laws that as
sured the worker safe and healthful
surroundings, honest wages, and com
pensation in case of accidents.
In conclusion the secretary of state
appealed to the members of the club
to take up the burden of leadership
when the older leaders relinquish
them. "The whole world of progress
is before you. Democracy is actually
dead and almost forgotten. What re-
mains is a mere shadow, memory of
the real thing. 1t must be revived and
it is the mission of every true Pro-
gressive to aid in its resurrection, and
to establish government that Shall
vivify the dreams of jefferson, of
Lincoln and of LaFollette."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Is Officially Installed as President of Organiza-
ton at Annual Dinner Held Last Night
at Elks' Club.
REV. DORWARD DELIVERS ADDRESS
Carl Reed, Who is Again Named Secretary of the Or
ganization, Makes Annual Report of
Associations Activities.

Charles Pope, accepted the presi-
dents gavel, and outlined his two
plank platform last night before more
than $50 members of the Kenosha Re
tailers' association at the annual dim
ner held at the Elks' club. Rev. w.
T. Dorward of Milwaukee gave his
master key as the address Of the even
ing.
'sMy platform consists of but two
planks," Mr.. Pope said following his
introduction by A. A. Isermann, ,retir-
ing executive. First the goal will be
to have every reputable merchant of
Kenosha a member of this organization
by the end of the year. By reputable
merchants, | mean those merchants
who use good business ethics in the
conduct Of their business, and to such
men membership is limited.
"The second plank is related to the
first. This is to increase the attend
ance at the regular meetings. At pres
ent there are many men in the organ
ization who seldom, if ever, take the
trouble to attend these meetings. Con-
sequently they do not know what is
taking place. Increased attention will
lend force to the utterances of the as
ISOLATION.
Other Activities Important.
81 do not intend to convey the I'M
preston that all other activities of the
association will be submerged to gain
these two points, but | do intend that
they shall be emphasized. With a full
attendance many of the other problems
will lake care Of themselves.
eve are fortunate to have again the
services of Carl Reed. To have man
of Reeds calibre to look after the in
terests of an organization of this kind
is providential Too much praise can
not be accorded to him for his tire
less efforts in the past, and to him
should go much of the credit for the
success of the association"
A brief resume of the activities of
the association during the past year
was given by Mr.. Reed. The present
membership of the association is 100,
he said During the past year all of
the credit files, which contain more
than 10000 credit ratings of residents
of the city, have been completely
checked over.
Collected $4,000.
The collection agency of the asso-
citation has had more than $4,000
worth of so-called bad bills turned
over to it during the year, and more
than half of this amount has already
been collected. Mr.. Reed mentioned
spring dollar day, spring opening, dol
lar day, the booster trip, and the an
nual picnic as activities which had
been guided by the Retailers associa-
tion.
large number of applications for
permits had been turned over to the
advertising and donations committee.
Many of these applications had been
investigated and turned down either
because it was discovered that the
merchants would not get full value for
their money, the majority of which
would be taken out of town, or be-
cause the collectors had been found
fakes.
He cited the instance of the appear
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
DICK" ROBINSON
DIES in WEST
Former Well Known Keno
sha Man Dies at
San Diego.
LEADER IN BUSINESS

kilograms received in Kenosha this
morning announced the death of Rich
ard T. Robinson brother of the late
Henry B. Robinson;" former president
Of the Merchants and Savings bank,
and former prominent Kenosha resi-
dent which occurred on Wednesday
night at the family home at San Diego,
Cal. @'s@
Mr.. Robinson had been in failing
health for some years and an attack
of heart disease brought his death.
He was sixty-eight years. His wife, a
son and a daughter were with him
when the final summons came.
The funeral services will be held at
San Diego and the remains will be in
tered here.
Richard Taylor Robinson, who for
many years was a leader in the indus
trial life of this section of Wisconsin
was native of Kenosha He was a
son of the late Frederick Robinson,
former mayor and one of the leaders
of the pioneer business men of Keno
sha and Ann Bertholf Robinson. He
was born in Kenosha November %,
1856, and spent all of his earlier life
in Kenosha. He was educated in the
old Kenosha Free school and later
completed his education at the Univer-
sity of Michigan.
After leaving the university he was
associated with his father in the his
toric Kenosha drug store and later he
went to Racine where he was in the
same business for number of years
Helped Organize Case Business.
In 1897 he participated in the re-or-
ganization of the Case T. M. company
in Racine and elected secretary of the
company. He served in this capacity
until 1915 when he retired from ac-
tive business and established his home
at San Diego. On February IL, 1884,
he was married to Miss jeanette G.
Bull of Racine. Mrs. Robinson died
in 1919 and in 1920 Mr.. Robinson was
married to Mrs. Mabel Baker of San
Diego. The widow, one son, Richard
I. Robinson, Jr., and one daughter.
Mrs. Katherine Robinson Judson, both
of San Diego, survive him. He is also
survived by two sisters, the Misses
Emma and Louise Robinson of Keno
sha.
Mr.. Robinson was widely known to
the older residents of Kenosha and
although he had not lived in Kenosha
for many years he was a frequent Wis
itor in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
.PORTABLES TO
FILL THE GAP
Portable Schools May Be,
Placed at South End of
Lincoln Park.
THE ONLY WAY OUT

Building of portable school. bull
ings in Kenosha must be resorted
again in order to handle the Situate
in Kenosha, according to the lettc
received by the city manager and tn
city council from Superintendent
Schools G. F.. LOOMS, acting for TIL
school board, as made public today
This letter asks the council to set asid
a strip of land approximately ~
feet by $50 feet at the extreme south.
ern end of Lincoln park for the tenn
porary location of group of portable
school buildings with the idea in. mind
that the children may use the park for
playground purposes.
The letter explains that this request,
is made necessary by reason of the
unavoidable postponement of the con-
struction of the proposed new Lincoln
junior high school which, had it beent
erected, would have released the pres
ent Lincoln junior high school for ele-
mentary school purposes and solved
the problem of providing ample school
facilities for the elementary grades in
the southern end of the city. The
erection of this building has now been
postponed and it becomes necessary to
take steps to provide temporary quar-
tiers.
Build Only Few POrtables.
The plan proposed is to move most
of the portables now located on the
Lincoln and Columbus school grounds
to the new center and build there what
ever other portables may be needed.
1t is believed that the entire project
will not cost in excess Of $4,000 and
will provide temporarily for the care
of the children. 1t would be a portable
group similar to the one now located
on Salem avenue.
1t was pointed out that it would be
most advisable to use the park for
this purpose inasmuch as this would
remove the necessity Of either buying
site for portables or of leasing one,
either of which plans would cost the
city a large amount of. money, Since
it is only a temporary move, no dam
age will be done to the park and there
appears to be no objection to this
plan.
Two Buildings Near Completion.
The completion OF Cne new SCHOOLS
which have been erected this. year
the Grant school in the northern part
of the city and the Jefferson school in
the northwestern part Of the city
will do much towards clearing up the
situation. The contractors Have prom
ised these buildings for The middle
of February and are now starting to
put on the finishing touches to the new
buildings. Each of these is a large
and we'll equipped unit. The Grant
school will materially relieve the con-
gestion at the Washington school and
the jefferson school will relieve the
crowded conditions at the Balm school.
This will also be reflected at other
schools by transferring of pupils
wherever this seems advisable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Milk Organization
Must Be Larger
Present Milk Crisis Points Out Def
ciencies in Milk Producers
Organization.

Madison, Wis. - The present Chicago
milk situation is. bringing out the
fact that the dairy business should be
organized as a commodity and not by
localities if the producer is to have
any say in marketing his product, l.
M. Wright, secretary of the Wiscon-
sin Farm Bureau federation, declared
today.
"The producers have been building
up numerous local milk producers as
sociations and dairy marketing organi-
cations but to that avail" Secretary
Wright declared. "Unorganized pro-
ducers dump their product on the mar
ket as individuals. Each is competing
with every other producer.
"The dealers in milk and dairy prod
ucts seem to have a machine which
is one better and is designed to work
quietly over large areas. Local milk
producers associations are played
against each other to flood markets
and break market prices.
"The Chicago distributors are using
organized milk from the outer Chicago
belt, organized milk from Milwaukee,
Detroit and Wisconsin points. accord
ing to present information, to flood the
Chicago market and break the whole
sale price paid the producer. If the
dairy farmer of Wisconsin believes in
organization, why does he seem to be
satisfied with shipping his milk di-
rect to Chicago?"
Mr.. Wright declared that those fur
nishing milk from outside the Chicago
belt may in a short time find the
price battle brought to his own mar
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
General Denial is Entered
to MOOnshine Max
ing Charge.
TO HAVE HEARING
Preliminary Hearing Set for
January Fl at 8 a. M;
to Fight Case.

William Voss, Bassett farmer and
stock raiser, pleaded not guilty to the
charge of unlawful possession OF
moonshine distillery, moonshine mash
and Moonshine liquor, when arraigned
in the municipal court on Wednesday
Voss had little to say in the court
room beyond entering a general denial
to the charge, preferred against him
by District Attorney Morris Barnett
as the result of a raid on the Voss
farm by Sheriff Pabst and his deputies
on Tuesday afternoon.
Voss was represented in court by
Attorney A. l.. Drury as counsel. On
his plea of not guilty the case was
set for hearing January Fl, at 9:OC
a. m, bonds fixed at $3.50.
Due to the fact that the still outfit
was found in three buildings on the
Voss farm, ostensibly used as a moon
shine making establishment de luxe
the plea of not guilty caused some
thing of a sensation.
Sheriff's Office Is Full.
Sheriff Pabst's office and yard was
the scene of many visits from the
curious all Jay Wednesday. Barrels
and jugs filled the office and on top OF
all, the neat and clean stills, sat up
with their noses in the air.
Among the haul made by the sheriff
which took two truck loads to get into
town, were 5000 pounds of sugar, 150
gallons of moonshine, 81 barrels of
mash, consisting Of lemons, raisins
etc, two stills, about 800 bottles, a
corn mill and other apparatus.
Photographs of the outfit were taken
on the farm and are on view in the
window of the Becker cigar store.
Voss when taken into arrest was in
high dungeon and is said to have de-
sired more than anything else, to find
out VIII o"spuealed upon him."
"He hasn't any kick coming" said
one of the officials. "We have had in
formation to the effect that that moon
factory has been running secretly for
about three years"
Has Served as a Juror.
William Voss has been regarded as
a citizen in good standing, being an
American, prominent as farmer and
stock raiser, and the raid upon his
farm with the subsequent discovery
of the luxurious appliances and cleo
trio bell system between the moon
shine buildings, three in all, has been
the sensation of the week.
1t was recalled in court circles that
Voss had been impanelled in the past
as a juror and perhaps has sat in
deliberation upon. liquor cases.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
Mrs. Victoria Hauff
Died on Saturday
Mrs. Victoria Hauff, Wife of Anton
Hauff Died Saturday Night
at Her Home.

Mrs. Victoria Hauff, aged Al, the
wife of Anton Hauff, died Saturday
night at the home at TIA South
Charles street, after a long illness
from a complication of diseases. The
deceased was born in Germany, jan
uary II, 1888, " e daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gruhs. She came to Ameri-
ca many years ago and has long been
resident of Kenosha.
Surviving her are her husband, An
ton Hauff, and one son, John Hauff,
both Of Kenosha. The remains were
taken to the Mischler mortuary on
Park street and were returned to the
home late this morning.
The funeral services will be held on
Tuesday morning at nine o'clock at the
St. George church with interment fol-
lowing in the family plot in the St.
George cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-17
RETAILERS NAME
new COMMITTEES
Charles Pope, President,
Names Six Groups for
1924 Machine.
REED IS SECRETARY

Charles Pope, president of the Ke-
nosha Retailers association. TODAY an
nounced the completion of committees
which win compose the 1924 machine.
The board of directors is made up
of Louis Turner, vice president;
Charles Ernst, treasurer, and Carl
Reed, secretary, in addition to Harry
Bruner, William Jornt, Anthony Iser-
mann and Benjamin Cohn.
The civic committee consists of
Louis Turner, H. E. Barden, James
Dolan, William Kamm and Fred Raj
man. Henry DeBerge, Bruce Eastman
and Michael Bode, are the. committee
on finance and auditing. The mem
bership committee is Harry Bruner,
Albert Nielsen, Jake Van Bendegoa,
Joseph Josephson, Mark Kindt. Jack
Nussbaum, Charles Goodman and
Thomas Sullivan.
The committee which will guard the
interests of Kenosha retail business at
the state legislature, is composed of
Joseph Josephson, Ralph Kingsley,
Samuel Morrison, A. l.. Paradise, Ben
jamin Cohn, L. C. Thompson, Anton
Mica, and Carl Johnson.
Hubbard Heads Entertainment.
Chester Hubbard was named chair
man of the entertainment committee.
Other members of the group are
Frank Getschman, c. j. Cornwell, Sid
ney Bisno, T. Montemurro, Carl Leger
and Gilbert Stapffacher. Arrange
ments for the annual picnic and oc-
cassional dinners of the association
will be managed by this committee,
it was stated.