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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
INVITE COOLIDGE
TO JUNIOR PROM
General John H. Pershing and Other
Leaders Are Also Asked
to Come.

Madison, Wis. - President Coolidge,
Gen. John H. Pershing and host of
other state and national officials have
been invited to attend the annual Jun
Tor Prom here on February s, to be
held for the last time in the state
capitol.
THE Prom of History will attract
hundreds from all parts of the state
and many from schools and colleges
outside it is thought. Last year close
to thousand couples dan-sd in the
marble brilliance of the capitol and
the number attending this year will
exceed this figure, it is estimated.
Chapmans Drake Hotel orchestra
will furnish the music for dancing
which will begin at 10 Immediately
following the governors reception and
will conclude at 2:45. The rotunda of
the capitol will be blaze of light, re-
Elected from thousands of crystal
chandeliers hung in the dome. A rain
Of gold and silver confetti will gid
the heads of the dancers, falling from
an invisible height.
All state officials, United States
senators and congressman and state
solons have been invited for the event
which is the biggest on the social cal
endar of the University of Wisconsin.
The legislature voted at the 1928 SEES
sion to forbid the use of the capitol
to any function for which admission
was charged after 1924. Prom trotters
are looking forward to completion of
the Union Memorial building by 1925
and hope that '>he Prom may be held
there next year, however.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
MILLIONS INVESTED
IN CONCRETE ROADS
State Engineers Show That the State
Now Has Over Two Thousand
Miles of Concrete.

Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin today has
approximately 1000 miles of concrete
highway surfacing, representing an in
vestment of $50,O00,000 and sound
business judgment requires that this
investment be safeguarded and con-
served through adequate maintenance,
C. R. Weymouth, division engineer Of
the state highway commission said to-
day, speaking before the state road
school. The taxpayers of the state
contributed this money and further
expenditures depend upon showing the
taxpayers that the investment was
wisely. made, he said.
Maintenance >should start the day
after the road is finally accepted" &C
cording to Mr.. Weymouth. "a con-
crete road costs for the surfacing
alone $18,500 per mile for 18 foot
width, built by selling five per cent
bonds or by direct tax. If the road
get on this road would show $18,500
divided by twenty, making an annual
cost of 1926 If it, can be made to last
thirty years through maintenance, as
it can, then the annual cost will be
only S505 per mile, a saving of 1923
per mile annually The average cost
of maintaining 340.1 miles of pave
ment in the eight counties in my di-
vision in the southeastern part of Wis
consin for the season 1928 was $150.11
per mile, which probably is the mini
mum which should be spent.
"The secret of maintenance is a
definite progra to be carried
throughout the year"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Will Try Middle
Street Permit Case
Case. of Hermann VS.. Dorfman to Go
!, to Trial in Circuit Court Next
Week; Injunction Continues.

After hearing in the circuit court
before Judge Belden on Monday
afternoon in the case of Hermann VS..
Dorfman, it was decided that temp
orary Injunction now in effect re-
straining Dorfman from continuing
with a commercial building on Middle
street, would hold over until the trial
which it was agreed will come before
jury next week.
Hermann asks that Dorfman be re-
strained from putting up a CONNER
cial building in block which was set
aside as residential under the new
zoning law r. V. Baker, arguing for
the plaintiff, said that the power of
the zoning law had been recently
tested in supreme court and held its
own. He claimed that under the
interim zoning law, in effect when
Dorfman secured his permit, he had no
right to, secure permit or to build.
A. E. Buckmaster, representing the
plaintiff, argued tit tit having been
granted permit by the building in
spector which had in effect the sane
tion of the city council back of it,
Dorfman could not be restrained. He
insisted that permit had been grant
ed in proper course and before the
coming law had gone into effect
The case when it comes to trial next
week, will be an interesting one and
the first to come to trial as result
of zoning the city. The plaintiff is
not attacking the coming ordinance,
but seeking protection under it, or
rather under the preliminary interim
ordinance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
RATTLE DRY BONES
OF OLD TAX PLAN
Semi Annual Payment of Taxes Be-
ing Discussed Again and
Legislation is Asked.

Madison, visa movement is be-
ing inaugurated over the state look
ing toward enactmsnt of legislation
by the next legislature which will
permit the payment of state taxes
semi-annually, it was announced here
today. Tax officials generally are
favorable to the plan.
Semi-annual payment of taxes in an
advisable plan, Charles D. Roas, mem
Der of the state tax commission de-
clared today, commenting on the
movement. He said that a similar
plan is in operation in several
other states and has proved to be
successful.
Payment of taxes in two install
ments instead of one at the first of
the year relieves the burden of pay
ing out large sums of money at one
of the most unfavorable seasons Of the
year, officials said. Under Che plan,
the tax burden is distributed so that
payments are made early in the spring
and late in the fall, when times are
most favorable and money plentiful.
In states where the semi-annual
payment plan is in force, officials de-
clare that a larger percentage of taxes
are collected, thus working to the adj
vantage of the state. In Illinois, de-
faulting in payment of the first in
stallment, defaults che taxpayer on
the entire years taxes, thus causing
greater incentive for the payment
of the first half of the taxes.
A number of county boards over the
state have adopted resolutions u1g-
ing the legislature to enact measures
which will permit semi-annual tax
payments, according to- information
received here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Kenosha Methodists Start to Raise Funds for
the Building of an Extensive Church
Plant in KenOsha.
ARE OUT FOR THE FIRST 100000
Present Campaign is Expected to Raise 100000 by
February 18th Among the Members of
the Park Avenue Church

Kenosha Methodism launched its
campaign to raise funds to erect a
commodious and magnificent church
plant on the site of the old Simmons
home, later the A. H. Lance home, on
Prairie avenue between Sheridan
road and Congress street, which site
was purchased by the Park Avenue M.
E. church several months ago, when
the campaign plans were announced
Thursday night at meeting held in
the present church of the congrega-
tion. This meeting was conference
and organization meeting of the cap
tains of the "Dollar-a- Week club"
which is expected to play great part
in making Methodism's dream for Ke-
nosha come true.
The Reverend Edward Burns Martin,
pastor Of the church, announced this
morning the plan which had been
launched for the raising of the funds
necessary to start the building in the
near future and to carry it on to com
pletion within comparatively short
period.
To be Real Church Plant.
The new church plant is to meet all
the demand made on the modern
church and will make it possible for
the Methodist people of Kenosha to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
STATE TO TAKE
MANY HIGHWAYS
Fifty Per Cent of Roads in
County May be Added
to State System.
10000 MILES SOON

Madison, Wis. = Public demands
will necessitate the taking over by the
state of at least fifty per cent of the
present county trunk highway system
within the next ten years, thus bring
ing the state trunk system to ap-
proximately $4,000 miles. J. T. DON
aghey, maintenance engineer of the
state highway commission told the
annual Wisconsin Road School here
Mr.. Donaghey spoke on Wisconsin's
new 10000 mile state highway sys-
tenn
Between eighty five and ninety per
cent of the population of the state
lives within two miles of the new TO-,
900 mile state trunk highway system
and probably more than Is per cent
lives within the same distance of a
state or county trunk highway thus
giving practically all of our farmers
a we'll maintained highway to their
market and giving city folk and tour
lists a we'll marked and maintained
system throughout the state, he said
within a ten year period, public
demands will compel the taking over
by the state of at least fifty-per cent
of the present county trunk highway
system and counties in turn will take
over an additional mileage of town
roads that viii eventually result in
10000 miles of roads in Wisconsin
being adequately maintained, marked
and signed.
Experience has taught US that the
public demands continuous marking
of the state trunk highways. We there
fore have determined in numbering
the enlarged system to select just
as many continuous routes as is pos
sible, traversing the state from north
to sout hand. east to west. Under the
new plan of marking, the enlarged
system will have twelve main arteries
running north and south through the
state and thirteen east and west, with
a mileage of 1900 miles and averag
ing 300 miles each. Probably fifty
per cent of the old $500 miles state
trunk highway system will be changed
more or less.
"Our aim is to serge traffic in the
most adequate manner. In 1924, there
will be approximately 1900 patrolmen
employed in the new state trunk sys-
tenn and we have available for main
tenance of this system, $3,250,0o0. The
counties will maintain 10000 miller os
more of county trunk highways, en-
ploying no less than 1,100 patrolmen
and have available for maintenance
on the county trunk system, $780,
OOO"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
May Dismiss the
Better Etc. Cases
Morris Barnett as District Attorney
Asks Judge Belden for a Fur
Their Continuance.

When the state cases were called
in circuit court this morning, District
Attorney Morris Barnett answered
Ready" for most of them. There
was sticker, however, in three state
cases. Those against R. A. Better,
Chef Kramer and Nels Madison, for
the reason that the girl witness, Miss
Pauline Mills, is still among the miss
ing.
I have asked for a continuance"
said Mr.. Barnett today, because I'M
derstand that neither the chief of po-
lice nor the sheriff have been able to
locate this witness without whom a
trial cannot go ahead in any of these
three cases. If she is not found, we
shall have to dismiss them"
John Kuehnl, who was assistant
while Frank Symmonds was district
attorney, assured Mr.. Barnett that his
Office had done all it could to locate
the witness and failed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Can't Use Truck
Wants to Get Out
NellO Fazzi Asks Court to Appoint Re-
ceiver and Sell Business in Which
He is Partner - Dissatisfied.

A suit for the dissolution of partner
ship between Nello -Fazzi and Alfops
Allies was filed in circuit court today
by Clarence J. Fisher, attorney for
Fazzi. The complaint requests the ap-
pointment of receiver to adjust the
affairs Of the meat market which the
partners started last September,
In his complaint Fazzi alleged that
Allies refused to make an accounting OF
the funds received from the business
and further refused to allow him to
use a light delivery truck which was
the property Of the concern. Fazzi
asks that the business be sold and the
prGcr2&z divided.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
DIOCESE SEEKS
ANOTHER BISHOP
Bishop Webb of Episcopal
Church Asks for Re-
lief in Work.
FOUR PLANS POSSIBLE

Another bishop for the diocese of
Milwaukee will be one of the import
ant questions to come before the
seventy-seventh annual council of the
Episcopal diocese, which will be held
at All Saints Cathedral, Milwaukee,
January %, 80 and 81.
A memorial has been addressed to
Bishop Webb, signed by the clergy of
the convocation of La Crosse, asking
that steps be taken to secure assist
ance for the bishop in the discharge
of the increasingly heavy duties which
fall upon his shoulders.
Among the reasons assigned are the
"vast extent of territory in the do
cese," the isolation of the northern
area and cts remoteness from the
center of administration which makes
impossible the adequate development
of the churchs resources in the
parishes, and missions" There are
physical limitations to what any bis
hop can do. We cannot help calling
to mind in this connection the SIMS
ter fact that the terms of office of the
bishops OF Milwaukee have been ira
gically short No diocese has the
right to solve its problems by the
martyrdom of it's bishops.
Bishop Webb has been bishop longer
than any of his predecessors since
Bishop Kemper, who died in 1870, with
the whole state of Wisconsin for his
jurisdictions Bishop Webb was con-
secrated in 1906. During the eighteen
years of his episcopate the work has
grown more and more exacting. Some
relief seems to have become a prac-
teal necessity.
Four possible plans are recommend
ed. A coadjutor bishop or suffragan
bishop might be elected to share the
diocesan responsibilities. A new do
cese might be erected comprising the
northeastern portion of the state or q
missionary district created for the
same area with a bishop of its own
The council will be asked to authorize
the appointment of a committee fol
the study of the whole matter to
report back to the council of 1926
for action.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
ITALIANS VOICE
PROTEST ON BILL
Local Fascist and Italian
American Association
Wire Capital.
CALL MEASURE UNFAIR

A protest against the proposed
immigration bill which will come up
today for consideration at Washing
ton, was made by officers of the Ke-
nosha Fascist and the Italian-Amerl-
can association, in a telegram sent to
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette lace
Yesterday. The combined membership
of the two organizations is said to be
over 1000.
According to Fred Logue the propos-
ed bill would restrict the immigration
to 5 per cent of the number recorded
in the census of 1890, which would
limit the number of immigrants al
lowed to come in from Italy to 1000.
Last year $4,000 Italians were admit
ted it was stated.
The bill, the telegram pointed out,
would discriminate against the ma
lions of southern Europe, and include
in addition to the Italians, Czecho-
Austrians. and several other slavic
races. At the same time it you'd allow
a greater percentage of immigration
from England, Germany, France, Nor
way, Denmark and other northern
countries.
Point To Debt.
In the wire to the senator, the or
CARNATIONS pointed out our debt TO
Columbus, a prominent Italian who
discovered America and started Europ-
can immigration back in 1892. 1t read:
america today cannot ignore the
friendship of a nation which proved
that friendship by sacrificing its own
blood nor can America refuse to re-
cognize the land which gave birth to
the discoverer of this country and who
gave US the first eternal principal of
its civilization"
The Kenosha Italians point out that
the northern European countries had a
greater comparative representation
back m 1890, than did the southern
nationalities, and that consequently
it is unfair to take this census as a
basis for the proposed restriction.
They declare that the passage of this
bill would tend to single them out
as belonging to an inferior race,
against which the bars must be raised
The telegram was signed by D. M.
Gastadi, president of the local Ease
isti, together with DR.. Raffaele La
macchia, and Fred Logue. The two or
CARNATIONS have requested similar
groups to join them in laying down a
barrage of protesting kilograms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
|KEN0SHAN WINS
| BERMUDA TRIP
NJ. J. Higgins Qualities as
Member of 100 Point
Club for Trip.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN

M. J. Higgins, salesman in Kenosha
and Kenosha county for the National
Cash Register company, and G. A. Nc
Laughlin, sales agent for that com
pany in Racine, will leave this week
for New York from which point they
will sail for Bermuda, January 26th,
on a trip being given by the company
to members of it's Hundred Point
Club"
The Hundred Point Club" consists
of the men who make a 100 per cent
or more of their sales quota for the
year. The 1923 club contains 549 mem
bers, by far the largest membership
in the history of the company. 1t is
a distinct honor to belong to this
organization, and it is The ambition
of every N. C. R. salesman to be a
member every year. Requirements for
qualifications are very strict, and
when a man acquires membership it
indicates a very healthy business con-
dition among the progressive mer-
chants in his territory.
The trip to Bermuda, where the
Hundred Pointers" will spend sever
al days, is believed to be the biggest
outing ever given by an industrial
concern to its prize winning statesmen.
The voyage will be made in the liner
"Orduna." While at Bermuda, head
quarters will be established at the
Hamilton hotel, Hamilton.
All Records Broken.
Sales of national cash registers
reached new high level in 1929,
showing gain of 80 pei. cent over the
preceding GEAR and an increase of 20
per cent over 1920 formerly the larg-
est year. In each of the IL months all
previous sales records were broken.
From production standpoint also,
all former achievements were sur
passed. 1t was year of expansion and
progress in all departments of the
business.
California Next Year.
Expecting an even larger business in
1924 than last year, officials of the
company have announced that those
who make" the Hundred Point club
this year will enjoy trip to Cali
fornia. Among places to be visited
during the journey will be the Grand
Canyon, Salt Lake City, San Francisco,
Los Angeles and Catalina Island.
Trips of this nature have been found
to berof great value, not only as in
centives to the selling force but in
their educational and broadening eff
feet upon the men.
In common with other industrial
leaders, N. C. R. officials predict that
business will be better this year than
in 1923. Intensive selling campaigns
will be carried on throughout the
year.
G. A. Mclaughlin qualified for the
club from Danville, ILL.,, Mr. Nc
Laughlin has had IA years experience
with the NJ c. R. company and has
just been appointed sales agent at Ra-
cine, to succeed w. S. Decker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Public Hearings
on Muscle Shoals

Washington, D. c, = Offers for the
governments Muscle Shoals project
were taken up today by the house
military affairs committee, which be-
gan a public hearing on various pro-
posals submitted for it's development
and operation.
At the outset of today's hearing the
committee turned it's attention to the
offer for Muscle Shoals submitted by
a group of southern power companies
and heard E. A. Yates, vice-president
and general manager of the Alabama
Power company, one of the compan-
les making the bid Mr. Yates read
and explained terms of the offer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Contractors Complete
New Municipal Dock

Greiling Brothers, Green Bay CON
tractors, today completed the new
municipal docking in the harbor, upon
which work was first started three
weeks ago. The work of filing in be-
hind the planking, which supports the
bank of the harbor, will have to be
completed in the spring, it was an
nounced. An attempt to do this work
now proved futile, due to the frozen
condition OF the ground. The city con-
tracted to construct the dock when
contracts were let for the construction
of the new Main street bridge two
years age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24

carry on all branches of church activi-
ties. These plans, as published previ-
ously, provide not only for the erec-
ton of large church auditorium to
be located at the corner of Prairie
avenue and Congress street on the site
named above, but also provide for the
erection adjoining this of church
social gathering room and other rooms
for libraries and Sunday school work
and for a large girls home to be man
aged as a church directed home for
working girls This last unit will have
more than two hundred rooms.
The plans when carried out would
give the Kenosha church not only the
most complete church plant in Keno
sha but probably one of the most com
plete in the entire state. 1t is esti-
mated that the total cost will be in
the neighborhood of $350,000,
After First 100000.
The campaign which was launched
on Thursday evening is for the first
100000 of this amount, which if ac-
CURED will assure the success of the
project and will enable the officials #
the church to proceed Immediately
with it's building plans.
The movement was launched proper
ly several weeks ago when the official
board of the church by an unanimous
vote endorsed the plan and voted to
support it throughout. This was fol-
lowed by official sanction of it at the
quarterly meeting, as provided for in
the rules of the church.
The official board in launching the
movement issued challenge to the
remaining members of the church
agreeing to raise among it's thirty
nine members a sum Of $4,000 if the
remainder Of the church will give this
amount.
70 Raise it in Month.
The plan is to stage a campaign now
among the members of the congrega-
ton to raise this first 100000 by Feb
ruary 18th which date is to be known
as 100000 Day" Those attending
the meeting on Thursday received the
plan most enthusiastically and will
set. about to reach the goal set.
With the first 100000 supplied en-
tirely by the membership of the
CHuICn, IL is anticipated CnaC 1rlenQS
of the congregation and of the magni-
ificent movement inaugurated by the
church will aid materially in increas-
ing the funds needed to continue the
building campaign.
Build it by Units.
DR.. Martin, pastor of the church,
stated that it was the plan to build
the large plant by units. The present
church-the Park Avenue M. E. church
at the northeast corner of Park ave-
nue. and English court-will continue
to be used by the congregation indefi-
nitely, this making it possible to post
pone the erection of the church audi
forum proper until one of the last
units. With the raising of the first
100000 the church will proceed with
the erection of the social center and
adjoining Rooms and the large girls
home which is to be a part of the big
plant and these units are expected to
be the first completed.
Progress of the~ campaign will be
watched with interest throughout all
Wisconsin as the movement is great
forward step in church work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Father Finds Girl
Here After Search
Dolores MOnteton Arrested Here by
Police Recently is Located by
Anxious Parent.


Dolores Monteton was brought be-
fore Judge Slater this morning on the
charge of being ''vag." She was
just a little slip of a. thing, her hair
bobbed, her eyes young with adven-
ture a-gleam in them, and with as
much idea of tragedy and sorrow as a
buttercup. The girl was arrested last
week in the company of Esther Gladys
Drake, and both were said to have
drifted here from Waukegan and
blown about without visible means of
support.
Meanwhile the police learned that
an anxious father had been on the
trail of Dolores since before Christ
mas. Judge Slater directed that a
plea of not guilty be entered for the
girl and the case deferred for ten
days, or until the father does come
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-01-24
Battle Fourteen Hours
Against Ice and Cold

Marquette, Mich.-Rail and postal
communication with the southern pen
insula was resumed last night when
the car ferry Chief Wawatam reached
st. Ignace with the south shore train
No. 1 aboard. This ended a fourteen
hour battle with the ice in the Straits
of Mackinac. Leaving Mackinac City
at $3.50 a. M, the ferry proceeded two
miles when it was caught in an ice
jam. For two hours no progress, was
made, but the engines were kept GO
ing and finally the vessel started
slowly to move. It arrived in st.
Ignace az