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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
FAIRFIELD SOCIAL

The following officers were elected to serve for the next six months in the Plunket Memorial Christian En- deavor; President, N. D. Bertram 1; vice president, Miss Nell Williamson i; ~recor1ing secretary, Miss Grace Will ilamson; treasurer; Miss Gertrude Me Latchy; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mackie. Prayer: meeting committee, Mir. Mackie, Miss Jeanette Johnston :; social committee, Miss Gladys JohHl son, o. F. Sanders; Lookout commit- tee, V. A. Burks, A. c. Decker; Local Union representative, Miss Anna Bell Cary; publicity superintendent, A. C.. lHazen.
 Will Fill Pulpit-Rev. R. L. Dill and Rev. o. K. Lamb of Ensley will fill the pulpit of the Methodist church Sunday morning and evening. On the third Sunday in August Rev. R. U. Nolen and Rev. E. L. Mackay will preach and the fourth Sunday Rev. $. l.. Dobbs will preach.
 Dance Given-Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Isaacs entertained at dance recent ly at Cascade Plunge complimenting Miss Thelma Appleby, who is their house guest. Those who enjoyed this lovely party were Miss Appleby, Miss 1SuIA SOuSuldug MES ollly SOuSIAhH, Mir. Grant, Mir. Beck, Mir. Otis Hern- don and Mir. and Mrs. Isaacs.
 Pers0nals-Dr. and Mrs. Groesbeck Walsh are enjoying. few weeks stay in Chicago and Mackine Island.
 Mir. Percy McNeely left Saturday afternoon with party of friends for a motor trip through Florida.
 Miss Hattie Lou Brown of Mississip- pi arrived Thursday evening for visit with her sister, Mrs. McNelly on Park way.
 Mir. and Mrs. Charles B. Thames and Grady Thames have returned from a motor trip through Florida. ~ Cards have been received from Dr. M. H. Glasgow and he is enjoying the scenery of Germany and is visiting many hospitals and clinics.
 Mir. J. c. Southall has returned from Florida.
 Mir. Mac Thompson has returned from South Alabama where he visited his relatives.
 Sam King. Jr., is visiting his .rela- tives in Tuscaloosa.
 Mir. and Mrs. Richard F. Bastar are the proud parents of daughter. IT,. HOW IT STARTED
 "I ain't 'fraid of yer. I'd jest as soon hit yer as not.
 ''Yes, and ye'd just likely not to as O T
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:. .FTEIDS REMARRTED

CHICAGO, IM., July 11.-Mrs. Carroll Brown Field and her former hus- band, Stanley Field, nephew of Mar shall Field, divorced two years ago, have been remarried. Mrs. Field, for merly one of the, th-ee Bro En sisters of Baltimore, was married to Mir. Field in 1900. z
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UNCERTAIN FOOTING Often wien a man stands on his dig nifty it might just as well be a banana peel.-Boston Transcript.
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LOCALDATA
WINDS

East Gulf and Hatteras. to-. Florida Straits: Moderate south and weather partly overcast Sunday ,t, B..
 West Cuff: Gentle southeast and south, and weather partly overcast Sunday.
 Caribbean Sea, and Windwafd Passage Moderate east and northeast over. east por- tion and moderate possibly. fresh east and southeast over west portion and weather partly cloudy with local showers Sunday.
 Sandy Hook to. Hatteras: Moderate to fresh south and southwest ;xapd weather partly overcast Sunday. NJ .
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TALKS ON REAL ESTATE AND
 BUILDING
By HAL SPEED
DROVIDED the owner and lessee
 can agree on the sales value of the

ROVIDED the owner and lessee
 can agree on the sales value of the
 land, and this can be done through a disinterested appraisal, the rate of rental of lease ranging from 20 to 99 years becomes automatic.
 The rent should amount to 6 per cent net on the present value of the land for the first ten years. This rate re- mains the same throughout the lease, but the valuation of the property is increased 10 per cent every ten years. In this way the rental increases.
 By net rental is meant clear rental of all taxes (income tax is often in- cluded) and all other charges, such as street paving, which may be levied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-13
FORT TO SPEAK Men And Women Invited To Meeting Al Strand Theatre

Judge W. E. Fort. of the circuit court, tenth judicial district. will ad- dress the weekly meeting of the Cosmo- politan Mems Bible class Sunday morn
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"As builder. grandfather was a first class wedding cake bakef."' In this way. a famous New York archi- tect summed up his opinion of Amer ica's Mid-victorian houses. But many d true word is spoken in jest. When all is said and done, those old'fash- toned, overdecorated mansions : do re- semble wedding cake highly, ornapaented with odd forms of frosting. And the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
BADGER VETERANS
IN ANNUAL REVIEW
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic March in Proud Parade
at GAINESVILLE.

GAINESVILLE, Wis. With one of the
largest parades held in recent years
the G. A. r. opened the last day of
the encampment here today. Escort
ed by the Sons of Veterans, American
Legion post of GAINESVILLE, drill teams
of the auxiliaries, Spanish War Vet
Grams and the Tank corps of the Wis
consin state guard, $50 veterans
marched in the parade. Fifty more,
unable to walk, were in carriages.
Commander A. S. Eaton, Superior, aged
s3, Senior Vice Commander A. G. Dins-
more, Oshkosh, 81, Frank Fox, Jr.,
junior vice commander, Milwaukee, 80,
and Adjutant General E. B. Heimstreet
Lake Mills, n, formed the first rank OF
tours leading the parade with Tom
L. Johnson of Milwaukee, chief of
staff, in command. Floats formed a
section of the line and afterward were
reviewed by the commander and 9TH
ers at the stand in Courthouse park.
Officers were elected by the Wo-
mems Relief Corps with Mrs. Sadie
Carmen, GAINESVILLE, winning close
race for president. Other officers
elected are:
Senior vice president, Mrs. Ida K.
Lawton, North Freedom, junior vice
president, Mrs. Ida Meeks, Peshtigo.
George w. Morton Berlin was elect
ed commander.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
Surprise to Bostrum.

Green Bay, Wis. - When informed
that the secretary of the board of
control had announced today that he
would not be reelected assistant SUI
perintendent of the state reformatory
for boys, here, Charles Bostrum stat
ed:
81 am at loss to explain the boards
action, especially in view of the fact
that / had been granted an increase
in salary last March"
The deputy warden also said that he
had been informed of the boards &C
ton last week, and that he then went
to Madison for an interview with the
board. Except for the fact that no
charges were filed, nor were com
plants of any kind lodged against
him, he learned little, he declared
For the last four and one half years
Mr.. Bostrum has been assistant SUI
perintendent of the .reformatory. He
came here from the Saltwater, Mimi,
penitentiary, where he had been con-
nected with that institution. He has
had 20 years of prison experience.
1t is rumored here that George
Bernhagen, assistant deputy warden
at Waupun will succeed Mr.. Bostrum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
M'ADOO In GOTHAM
READY FOR A FIGHT
Democratic Candidate and Members of
His Personal Party OH
Convention Ground.

New York--The campaign Of William
G. McAdoo for the Democratic nomi-
nation for president centers on it's
final phase with his arrival from Los
Angeles today to take advisory charge
of his forces. Several thousand, it is
anticipated, will be at the depot to
greet Mr.. McAdoo.
National committeeman and delegates
already in town are displaying de-
cided sentiment in favor of Senator
Thomas j. Walsh of Montana, leader
of the oil lease investigation, as per-
manent chairman of the convention.
1t is generally agreed that inasmuch
as the oil scandals are virtually cer-
tain to be one of the chief issues OF
the campaign, it would be a wise move
to capitalize the Montana senator's ma
tionally known connection with the in
vestigations. There is also the feel
ing that it behooves the party to show
Walsh it's appreciation of his efforts.
Members of the Democratic national
committee let it be known last night
that Homer S. Cummings, often men
toned for the Craftsmanship of the
committee on rules, was virtually GER
tain to be chosen chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions unless expected
opposition developed.
In the camp of both Mr.. McAdoo and
Gov. Smith indifference is expressed
as to the result Of the sight which
may be provoked by the proposal to do
away with the traditional two-thirds
rule.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
LEOPOLD WILL NOT
PLEAD INSANITY
Nathan Leopold Said That He Would
Not Try to Plead Insane as He
is Not Insane.

Chicago.-Nathan Leopold Jr., who
with Richard Loeb, awaits trial on the
charges of kidnapping and killing Rob-
ert Franks, 13-year-old schoolboy, may
not rely on insanity as defense, he
is quoted as saying, in spite Of efforts
of alienists examining him and Loeb to
find mental defects.
I'm not insane and, I'm not going to
be made to appear insane" he is quoted
as saying. He would not say whether
he intended to repudiate the confession
he made TO states attorneys, resulting
in his Indictment. Extensive and min
ute physical and psychological examin-
ations have been made of Leopold and
Loeb, millionaires' sons, who confessed
they planned the kidnapping and Staying
for excitement and $4,000 ransom. On
the results of the experts tests, the
defense will be based, attorneys for the
boys have said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
EXTRA /!
CUMMINGS PICTURED
AS SPORTS PROMOTER
People of Canada Say That George
p. Cummings Was
Sports Promoter.

Shawano, Wis.-County authorities
here seeking trace of George P. Cum
mings in connection with the Staying
of his 62-year-old bride near Witten-
berg early Sunday, are without
clue as to the whereabouts of the
man.
That he is now in Canada is the
general belief of those in charge of
the case. Reports from Victoria, B.
c., where Cummings lived for time
disclose that the man, while there,
represented himself as a sportsman,
interested in boxing exhibitions and
having financial connections in the
east. He is said to also have claimed
to be the son of family &C nobility
in England. His friends assert he
was a patron of matrimonial agencies
and at times exhibited letters receiv
ed from scores of women in various
parts of the United States.
The body of Mrs. Cummings was
shipped to her home in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
LOVER AGREES
TO MARRY GIRL
Charge of Assault is Con-
tinued in Court Pend
ing Marriage,
CHANGES HIS MIND
Frank Bernardo After Seeing
Child Said to Be His,
Acknowledges 1t.

The case of the state against Frank
Bernardo, held under bonds on sta
tutory charge in which irene Brlden-
hagen is named, was continued this
morning when the case was set Tor
preliminary hearing.
Continuance was asked by District
Attorney Morris Barnett until July
10, and the request was granted by
Judge Slater. In case there is an
adjustment between the young people,
it is understood that the prosecution
will be dropped when the case is called
then, but if there has not been the
proper adjustment, the preliminary
hearing will go forward on that date.
Wishes to Marry.
Frank Bernardo said this morning
that he wished to marry sixteen-year-
old Miss Bridenhagen, but that The
marriage would not take place until
July 9th or 18th.
When first arrested on the statu-
tory charge Bernardo disclaimed any
responsibility for the circumstances
in which the young woman was found
The day following a dance at which
she had been present as one of the
liveliest of the dancers, Irene Briden-
hagen gave birth to child. She
named young Bernardo as the father
Of the infant.
Bernardo was taken into custody
two days later by Lieut.. Rock and the
detective squad. The young man ex-
pressed amazement at his arrest, and
denied that he had done anything
more than pay attentions to the young
LADY whom he described as a person
he had known as darn nice girl"
When brought before Judge Slater,
bonds were fixed at $4,000 which were
Immediately raised by the defendants
father and friend of the family.
Later Bernardo went to see the
girl and the baby. A reconciliation
was affected, it is said, at the bedside
of the young mother. Bernardo was
affected by the resemblance between
the new arrival and himself, the police
say, and softened by the circumstances
acknowledged his responsibility.
The solution as promised, was one
satisfactory to the district attorneys
Office and it is believed no trial will
be held.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19

County Joins Launched city Hall Regulation
DAWES TO CONDUCT
SENSIBLE CAMPAIGN
Brig Gen. Charles G.. Dawes Says No
Quarter Will Be Given the
Demagogue in Campaign.

Chicago - No quarter will be given
the demagogue in the coming campaign
by Brig.-Gen. Charles G.. Dawes, Re-
publican vice presidential nominee, he
declared last night in his first extend
ed utterance since his selection as
running mate to President Coolidge.
He spoke to a gathering of friends and
neighbors felicitating him on his
nomination at his home in Evanston.
William M. Butler, chairman of the
Republican national committee attend
ed the reception, at which DR.. Walter
Dill Scott, president of Northwestern
university, James A. Patten, grain OPP
orator and John G. Schaffer, newspaper
publisher, spoke. Several thousand
gathered in pouring rain to greet
the nominee.
"To such an extent has grown the
evil of demagoguery among polite
ians," Gen. Dawes said, chat the real
facts and the economic principles in
volved in questions of national policy
are continually obscured by a dense
and putrid fog of demagogic argu-
ment, designed simply for the purpose
of forwarding selfish personal, po-
litical and group interests"
His recent experience in Europe,
the former chairman of the repara-
tions commissions expert committee
said, had shown him the demagogue
method of treating serious questions
that had brought Europe Ito the very
brink of the abyss"
"To serve herself she has abandoned
the demagogue and returned to COM
mon sense" he asserted.
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SCOTT DIRECTS
PFENNIG RACE
Z. S. Scott to Head Commit
tee Managing the Pfen-
mig Campaign.
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
Campaign Will Continue Battle
Started at Convention Be
tween Cooper and Scott.

Thomas S. Scott, who put Kenosha
on the national political map recent
ly at the Republican national conven-
tion where he was the lone Coolidge
delegate from. Wisconsin, continued to
bask in the political spotlight here to-
day when it became known that he
would head the committee which would
manage the campaign of Charles H..
Pfennig for the Republican nomination
for congressman from this district to
oppose Congressman Henry Allen
Cooper, who is seeking reelection.
The campaign will resolve itself into
a continuation of the issue which was
drawn at the convention between the
principles upheld by Mr.. Scott, as a
defender of the Coolidge administra-
ton, and those backed by Congress-
man Cooper as one of the spokesman
of the LaFollette delegation from Wis
ccnsin.
Mr.. Pfennig was in Cleveland with
Mr.. Scott and counselled him in the
stand which he took there. Mr.. Scott
will now aid Mr.. Pfennig in carrying
on the campaign.
Going to VIM" He Says.
"We are going to beat Congressman
Cooper with Mr.. Pfennig-we are con-
fident of that said Mr.. Scott this
morning. "We concede that Mr.. Coop
ser was in the spotlig ht a gcud deal
at the Republican convention in Cleve-
land and we are glad of it because
the old Republican First District is
for President Coolidge and General
Dawes. 1t did not do Mr.. Cooper any
good to oppose the overwhelming ma
jority at Cleveland. The issue is
clearly defined by his own action and
we are glad of it."
Both Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Cooper have
been flooded with letters and tele-
grams as result of their stands at
the Republican convention. From
these many messages Mr.. Scott takes
confidence that the First District is
strong for Coolidge and Dawes and
will elect congressman who stands
for their policies.
Mr.. Scott has been complimented for
standing by Coolidge, while Progress
sives of LaFollette persuasion have
congratulated Mr.. Cooper for his cour-
age III pICSOAblA& khC- AoA OAiCbtCf pat
form against odds. No other pair of
delegates even rivaled them for pub
lie attention at Cleveland.
The Pfennig campaign against Mr..
Cooper swung into action Tuesday,
when Mr.. Scott canvassed Rock coun-
ty. Pfennig's petitions are in circu-
lation and will carry many more than
the required number of signers. Mr..
Cooper is depending on the united La
Toilette support to pull him through.
Senator LaFollette is expected to is
sue statement in support of his can
didacy.
Political interest in Kenosha to-
night centers in the organization of
the Coolidge and Dawes club at the
Elks' club. Mr.. Scott as chairman of
the committee has sent out a call to
Republican leaders throughout the
county to attend the dinner and meet
ing this evening to launch the organ
ization.
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DAWES INVITED
TO SPEAK HERE
General Dawes, Vice Presi-
Dental Nominee, Regrets
He Cannot Accept.
FOR FOURTH OF JULY

Hopes that General Charles G.,
Dawes, candidate for vice president
of the United States on the Republi-
can ticket, would be in Kenosha to
make the address at the Fourth of
July celebration to be staged at Lin
coin Park, were blasted today when
City Manager C. M. Osborn received a
telegram from the candidate stating
that he greatly appreciated the invi-
tation but was forced to decline it.
The, committee in charge of the
Fourth of July celebration united with
city officials and civic organizations
in extending an invitation to General
Dawes to be the speaker on the Fourth
of July here.
The telegram from General Dawes
to the City Manager received this
morning, read as follows:
Every greatly appreciate your invi-
tat}on for July 4th, but it will be inn
possible fer me to accept.
Charles G. Dawes"
Members of the committee, while
deeply disappointed that they were
not able to secure General Dawes,
stated that they could hardly hope for
his acceptance inasmuch as the fact
that his time is probably in great de-
mand, especially for the Furth of July.
The fact that an invitation was extend
ed to General Dawes is an indication
that the committee will have real
celebration for the Kenosha crowds
on the Fourth,
1t was stated that some nationally
known speaker would be secured if
this was at all possible and that
definite announcement regarding it
would be made later.
!. kilograms similar to the one re-
ceived by City Manager Osborn were
also received by other persons in
Kenosha who Joined in inviting Mr..
Dawes to Kenosha.
Since announcing the plans for the
celebration of the Glorious Fourth
several days ago, one feature attrac-
tion has been added to the program
for the day.
The Kenosha Troop riders, who
on last Saturday thrilled Milwaukee
with their equestrian performances at
the Gymkhana at Marquette Field,
have agreed to stage the same pro-
gram on the afternoon of the Fourth
at Lincoln Park. The exact time for
this will be announced later.
Meanwhile plans are being COM
pleted to make the celebration one of
the most complete Fourth of July OBJ
servances in the history of the city.
There will be no reason for Keno
shans to go elsewhere to observe the
national holiday properly.
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GOVERNMENT STILL
FRIENDLY TO JAPAN
No Action Taken on the Exclusion Law
Yet-Decoding of Document Com
pleted in Toxic Today.

Tokio.-The American reply to jap
ans protest against exclusion of Japan
csc from the United States is marked
by a spirit Of friendliness and reason
abIeness and will be examined in the
same spirit, it is authoritatively stated
here today. DECIDING of the document
after its cabled transmission from
Washington was completed at the for
eign office late today. Official comment
was withheld pending careful study
of its terms. The government has not
decided on its further action regarding
the exclusion issue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-19
COUNTY DEMANDS
DANCE RULING
County Parent Teachers
Asks Regulation of
County Halls.
COOPERATE WITH CITY
Action Follows Agitation Start
ed in Kenosha Several
Months Ago.

Demand for dance hall regulation to
protect the morals of young people
was made today on District Attorney
Morris Barnett by the Kenosha Coun-
ty Council of the Parent Teachers
association. This demand took the
form of a resolution passed by the
organization, which called for reguia-
tion of all places of amusement, but
particularly singled out the dance
halls.
This move on the part of the coun-
ty clears up the last barrier to action
on the part of Kenosha's common
council. A similar agitation was start
ed in the city several months age, and
was considered by the council at sew
eral hearings. Assurance was given
by the council that some action would
lie taken, but as yet no definite ordl-
nance has been drafted.
The feeling has been expressed by
10th dance hall proprietors and lead
Ing citizens that it would be useless
to place strict regulation 'on the city
cssnce halls, while allowing the county
tsrpsichorean places to operate as they
saw fit. This action on the part of
the county PARENT Teachers association
il apparently the answer to this prob
lem.
To Circulate Petitions.
Petitions will be circulated in the
various townships of the county by
the presidents of the respective Par
tnt-Teachers' organizations and pre-
scented to the chair1nen of the towns,
asking that speedy action be taken on
the matter.
contained a copy Of the resolution
YMssed by the county organization read
as follows:
"Kenosha County Parent-Teachers'
Associations"
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.
JunS II, 1924
Morris Barnett,
District Attorney
Kenosha County.
"Dear Sir - At the annual meeting
of the Parent-Teachers' associations,
which represented the rural districts
of Kenosha county, the following res
olution was adopted:
"'Whereas the conditions at public
dances have become so inimical to the
morals of our young people, therefore;
"'Be it resolved, that the Kenosha
County Council of the Parent-Teachers
association request that the county
board Of Kenosha county pass fitting
regulations governing all places OF
&n,uaement. particularly dance halls
FOR public ucc.'
at is She intention Of the prest-
dents cf the various Parent Teachers
associations throughout the county to
yetfrion the chairmen of their respec-
S.ve towns with circular letter sign
ed by all the good people of the com
munity in which they live requesting
that speedy action be taken to protect
our young folks from the environment
of ili-regulated dance halls.
1T is our understanding that the
city of Kenosha proposes to enact or
dinances regulating dance halls and
to protect ourselves we desire similar
law in the county.
eve would appreciate your influ-
ence in assisting us in this very i'm
portant matter.
Every truly yours,
(Signed) Mrs. Charles Crane,
County Chairman, Union Grove, Wis.
The district attorney today promised
to bring the matter to the attention
of the county board at the next meet
ing.
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Was Resident of Racine.

Racine, Wis.-Mrs. George Cum
mings, murdered at Wittenberg, was
a resident of Racine for nearly two
years, according to an investigation
made here today. She came here to
keep house for H. j. Baker, it is said,
and she married him November 81,
1919. On October 6, 1920 she was di-
vorced from Baker. At the time of
her divorce her age was given as 38
years. She was given $500 in cash in
lieu of alimony. She is said to have
exhibited letters purporting to have
been written by Cummings while she
was keeping house for Baker.