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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
NAB MEXICANS
AS SHOPLIFTERS
Police Get Two Men and a
Girl and Dresses Stolen
from Paradise.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY

Marie Cara, 10, of Sheffield, Ill.,,
Franstini Torres, %, of the Tannery
clubhouse, Waukegan, and Arcadia
Tirse, of the Central Hall hotel, Wau-
kegan, all pleaded not guilty this
morning to charges arising out of
shoplifting at the A. L. Paradise store,
when arraigned this morning in the
cense. Three Mexicans were inside, the
were charged with grand larceny and
Tirse was charged with aiding and
abetting them.
Their several cases were continued
for hearing to March Z.
Meanwhile the police hold as evil
dence four pretty gowns which the
trio had in their possession at the
time of their arrest by Detective
Breidt of the police department.
Swarm of Mexicans.
A swarm of Mexicans descended up
on the Paradise store during the noon
hour Thursday. There were three
women and all were anxious to get all
outfit of spring clothes. They were
very particular in their selection and
insisted upon trying on some of the
more expensive gowns in the shop.
When the customers had gone out,
the saleswoman in charge missed some
of the dresses which with their hang
ers attached, had been lying across one
of the racks. A hurried callAwas sent
to the police.
- Detective Breidt halted Ford tour
ing car which carried an Illinois Ii
cense. Three Mexicans were inside
dusky dark-skinned girl in a fur coat
and her two masculine companions
one of whom wore sailors pea
jacket.
All Are Innocent of Theft!
The police officer found also four
of the dresses from the Main street
store. They still bore the A. L. Para
disc label, and were still attached to
the hangers.
The trio pretended to be perfectly
unaware of how the stolen goods had
come into the car or into their pos
session. Arcadia Tirse, the driver Of
the car, said he knew nothing of any.
thing wrong until the officer came
along and stopped the car. It is be-
lieved that the trio were just prepar-
ing to ''beat it" from the city when the
officer caught them in opportune time
The police have been warned of the
presence of many Mexicans around
Waukegan and the northern part Of
Illinois, some of whom bear close
watching. Many of the Mexicans
were brought north last summer t.
serve as beet weeders during the busy
sugar beet season, and instead of re
turning to their clay ovens and pot.
terry in the south, preferred to swim
ter it" in the north.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Highway History
is Told By Hirst

Madison, Wisconsin's highway
history, as told by A. R. Hirst, state
highway engineer, in the Farmer
Banker News Bulletin, official organ
of the Wisconsin Bankers associa'
ton for March, gives an insight into
what is known as the Wisconsin idea,
now adopted in many states.
"While Wisconsin's record in con-
struction is excellent and the states
standard of performance is at least
the average of American states" says
Mr.. Hirst, "its place in road history
probably for all time to come, will be
based on two basic Wisconsin ideas;
81. The state should maintain a
statewide system of roads regardless
of its state Improvement.
"2. This system should be num-
bered and shown on maps so that
any one, given a map or instructions,
can follow the system"
These ideas have become so fixed
in the public mind that Wisconsin
legislatures have fallen in with the
idea in the several sessions last past
and given such encouragement and
support that in 1924 there will be
10000 miles of numbered and marked
state trunk highways in the state
maintained by counties under state
auspices, Mr.. Hirst adds. The total
rural highway mileage in Wisconsin
being 10000 miles, the number Of
marked highways in 1924 will be thir-
teen per cent of the total, he states.
Such marked trunk highways have
been counterpart in similar county
highway activities, according to Mr..
Hirst, so that by the end of 1924 the
two systems will have 10000 miles
of marked road or 20 per cent of all
marked highways in the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
COMB CITY FOR
TWO LOST GIRLS
Little Ann Gaffney and
Alice Webster Strangely
Disappear Today,
STARTED FOR SCHOOL
Both Started to st. James
School This Morning but
Never Reported There.

All police officers in the city were
notified shortly after noon today to
be on the lookout for Ann Gaffney,
aged 10, and Alice Webster, II years
old. Ann is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Gaffney, AGA West street,
and Alice lives with her grandmother,
Mrs. John j. Gallagher, 476. Pomeroy
street.
The parents of the children became
alarmed when they failed to show up
for lunch this noon. When they COM
municated with the St. James school,
where the children attend the Fifth
grade, they were notified that they
had not been at school during the
morning. Up until press time no trace
of their whereabouts had been OBJ
tanned.
The last seen of the little girls was
by schoolmates who reported that they
saw them crossing a vacant lot near
the school house. At that time, they
said, both were apparently bound for
school.
Not at Hospitals.
AS soon as their families discovered
that the children had disappeared,
they at once began check of all of
the hospitals, but without results. The
police were notified and given de-
scription of the two youngsters. Ann
is said to be wearing blue tam hat,
dark green coat and brown shoes
and stockings. Alice is dressed in a
I. hTo,7ea
shoes and a sailor hat of brown beaver.
Shortly after 1 p. m. Mr.. Gaffney
started tour of the city in the hope
of finding the children, but without
success.
He expressed the belief that due to
the coming of spring they may have
been suddenly seized with an attack
of spring fever and decided to take a
vacation on their own accord. He
added, that he expects that they will
turn UP before dark tonight. The
girls may have made up their minds
to skip school due to the nice weather,
and when noon time came have failed
to show up at home fearing that their
parents would learn they had played
"hookey."
This belief is further strengthened
by a report which was made by man
who saw two little girls playing on
Congress street about 10 o'clock this
morning. He declared that at the
time he wondered why they were not
in school.
The police, however, are making q
thorough search of the city, fearing
the children may have been lured
away.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Ninth Ward Wants
Two Precincts
Council Receives Petition for New
Voting Precinct in the
Ninth Ward.

A petition has been filed with the
city manager by many of the residents
of the Ninth ward asking for the. di-
vision of that ward into two precincts.
The petition suggests that one voting
place be located at the portable school
center on Salem avenue and that the
other remain at the Columbus school,
where all of the voters of the ward
are now required to go to vote. The
petition will be presented to the coun-
ell at the meeting on Monday even
ing.
This is the third ward to seek to be
divided into precincts since the last
election. The Second and Fourth
wards have both been divided into two
precincts recently.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Organize Cow
Testing Association

Superior. visa COW testing assoc
citation has been organized here on the
northernmost fringe of Wisconsin.
A group of northern dairymen or
ganized the newest testing association
to foster the industry in their section.
These farmers have gone into dairying
on large scale believing it more
profitable than one-crop farming.
From present indications at least
one more association will be in opera
ton in northern Wisconsin before an
other year passes. The northern
farmers are sold" on COW testing.
according to state Investigators
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
Industrial Board
Fixes Damages
BY Decision of State Commission
Mrs. Caroline Rudd Will
Receive $4,000.

The firm of Buckmaster and Ham
mond, attorneys for Mrs. Caroline
Rudd, has received word from the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission that
damages for Ralph Rudd have been
fixed at $4,000.
Rudd, an employee of A. H. Dahl was
killed in an accident when his Ford
collided with a train when he drove
out of farm road near Pike's\ Greek
upon railroad crossing. Rudd>had
gone out to answer service call
for his employer.
By the terms of the decision Mrs.
Caroline Rudd, the mother Of Ralph
Rudd, will receive $4,000 of which
S746 is in cash and the balance in
regular installments.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
RORN.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Rackow, SOB
Milwaukee avenue, daughter Sunday
at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Parr, 6811a
Exchange street, daughter, last even
ing at the Kenosha hospital.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-06
FIND BODY OF MISSING MAN.

La Crosse, Wis. Missing since
February IA, the body of Otto Schultz
so, Of Caledonia, Mimi, was founs
frozen in the snow near an abandoned
farm three miles east of that city
There were no marks on the body. Al
autopsy will Be held.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
The Time Has Come

The hand when Americans
passing Citizen,
think anything
its welfare Do what?
telegraph your representatives
the immigration bill
the present session
quota which has been effect for the
void Unless has by that time enacted
there will preventing and all who
desire, from coming into this country.
passing such vital legislation? the
Congress playing politics. playing it for all is
with which gather votes But in truth the maneuv OF at
present smoke arise around the real issues
with which the American people confronted
of the United States today
pressure channels members of
xe BILL Some Legislators
political foreigners within their districts
politics brought defeat this
which passed will make America truly American and keep
o the future
politics
the election candidate public
within the does though
the of foreign minori the
probaby Voluntarily
New York states Legislative delegation to work against the immigration
holder concerned about half of his neighbours chickens
his back than he is about million ierate aliens
INTO the country each
said that the Americans the middle west have laid
the job called shrke the
sh the who have
making their
natvebo
Che balance because they do their duty?
given
and all knowt tmeha to
representatives
desire the the johnson bill similar which
the unchecked undesirable
be needed than
Klansmen Americans write telegraph today!
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
Presidential Chatter


booklet fine sending broadcast the nation
aun individuals forth his
pertinent public questions
at
much faying his public speeches
talking He has made much of it, In fact
be laboring under a of ntiKlan mania.
But the publicity booklet the buried
the bottom of the KnwNohng the middle
century
be applied the Khan today And
the Khan in the entire publication.
printed
word 1t evident that drought the presidential de-
might to
Try carry both shoulders as far possible.
1t for the Khan has the
Hiram of Mercury The
writer John w. Owens that Johnson
California
the last Republican national convention He
hid down like whipped since that time, Owens
that Johnson opportunities
leadership the Republican
ince but he has lacked the do He
Possibilities.
Much Johnson
abusive
He degree than that his
effect the and
a radical progressive
stand by himself
In this of The printed dispatch
of Publication Education which
the coming campaign and the personalities
readable FORM 1t will American dispatch
will be noted that the junior
Samuel M rapidly
he Democratic asprant would the
national
be that dark horse He will bear watching by
ssted In the Of national affairs
The Washington declares that the opinion prevailing
e national capital that Coolidge will easily the Republican
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
RADICALSM SCORED
BY BURTON {. SWEET
Senatorial Candidate Decrics
Boring From Within
G. D. p. Party

SIOUX CITY, IA, March Form
er Congressman Burton E. Sweet and
at present a candidate for senator
from Iowa in congress, scored radi-
calism which seems to hold sway in
things political these days, in a
speech here Thursday night.
The issue of this election as out
lined by the senatorial candidate is
"progressivism against radio alism."
The boring from within in the Re
publican party, by individuals who
call themselves Republicans, but who
in fact are not, was scored by the
eX-congresSman.
In the reconstruction days follow
ing the war, the people are liable to
be lead astray by false prophets and
false propaganda, declared Mr..
Sweet. THE time has come in Iowa
for Republicans to clean house, to
look with suspicion upon those who
pretend to be Republicans but who
are not" he said.
Mr.. Sweet declared he was a be
lever in American institutions, was
for soldiers bonus, favored out
lawry of war, was against recogni-
ton of the soviet government of Rus
STA, favored the McNary-Haugen ex-
port corporation bill and resented
statements rejecting upon the sta
bility of agriculture in Iowa.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
ABBOTT MURDER
CASE Goes To
JURY MARCH 7
Believe Witnesses Will Pro-
duce Sufficient Evidence
to Indict
JURYMEN INFLUENCED?
Two Public Khan Demonstrations
Held in Pittsburgh Area
Recently

PITTSBURGH, PA, March THE
cases of the IL men charged in diff
ferent instances with rioting and in
citing riot, in connection with the
fatal assault upon parading Klans-
men at Carnegie, Pa, August %,
1923, will be placed before the Allie
gheny county grand jury here next
Friday, March 7. Included in the
lot are, John Conley, Burgess of
Carnegie; Ira (alias Ike) Irving,
Carnegie constable, and Patrick Nc
Dermott, Carnegie undertaken.
McDermott was indicted by the
Allegheny county grand jury for muir
der and involuntary manslaughter
Tuesday, February IS, in connection
with the death of Klansman Thos. r.
Abbott, of Atlasburg, Pa, who was
shot in the right temple that fatal
Saturday night at Carnegie.
May Indict Men
The cases of the IL men were to
have been held by the grand jury
Thursday, February 81, but were
postponed. At that time, postpone
ment was decided upon until the
coming Friday, March Z, at which
time it is believed sufficient testi-
mony will be introduced by scores
of subpoaened witnesses to indict
the men.
1t has been reported from author
alive sources that considerable influ-
ence has been, brought to bear upon
the members of the grand jury by
clergymen and laymen in the Roman
Catholic diocese. At the time Nc
Dermott was indicted, Is jurors vot-
ed to hold him for court trial. Six
Roman Catholics were on the jury,
and all voted against indictment, it
is reported.
Two huge and successful public de-
monstrations were staged in the
Pittsburgh district last weekend, by
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan from
western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio,
and northern West Virginia.
The first was at Coraopolis, Satur-
day night, February %. A long and
colorful procession formed by both
robed Klansmen and Klanswomen,
augmented by picturesque floats,
traversed the principal streets of
that community through long lanes
Of spectators. Despite the fact that
frigid weather kept thousands away,
it was conservatively estimated by
prominent Coraopolis Klansmen, that
the mid-winter demonstration was
one of the most successful of it's
kind ever held in western Pennsyl-
vania. A class of candidates was ini-
tiated into the order by members of
the Williamsburg, Pa, degree team.
They made the trip from Coraopolis
to Williamsburg in a chartered street
car.
Hold Khan Wedding
A Khan wedding, the first of it's
kind in the Coraopolis community,
was one of the outstanding features
of the evening.
The next demonstration was held
at New Castle, Monday night, Febru-
airy 25, when members from, western
Pennsylvania gathered and paraded
the principal streets of the New Cas-
tie and Sewickiey districts. A brush
with a group of "antis" was averted
at one point in the procession, when
the leader of the parade ordered the
group to move off the line of march.
The leader, said to be a member of
the East Liberty Khan, took
drastic stand against the opposite,
and it is believed his prompt action
prevented any trouble.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
BURN FIERY CROSS At
VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA
Speculation Runs Rife When
Symbol of Khan Is Seen
in the Town

VIRGINIA, MINI, March 1.-The
Klan's symbol, the fiery cross, again
was seen by many of this town, and
they are wondering what it meant.
Some say thHt they have heard that
the flaming cross appears wherever
there is an increase of a hundred
members, others insist that the cross
indicates the close of a special meet
ing wherein Klansmen participate in
an unusually weird ceremonial that
takes place at certain times marked
by the movement of the planets.
And so speculation runs rife. On
one point all seem generally agreed
the kluxers are in their midst. But
who are the members of the Khan?
Nearly every Protestant in Virginia
of any standing at all is thought by
non-Protestants to be a member.
And the Klansmen smile and smile
and smile.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
A KLANSMAN'S CREED

/ believe in God and in the ten
cts of the Christian religion and
that goddess nation can not long.
prosper.
believe that a church that Is
not grounded on the principles OF
morality and Justice is mockeTy
to God and man.
/ believe that church that does
not haze the aoelfare of the COM
mon people at heart is unWorthy.
/ believe in the eternal Separa-
ton of Church and State.
/ hold no allegiance to any for
eign government, emperor, king,
pope or any other foreign, potiti-
cal or religious potrer.
/ hold my allegiance to the Stars
and Stripes merit to my allegiance
to God alone.
believe in Just latDs and liberty.
I believe in the nphotding of the
Constitution of these United States.
/ believe that our Free Public
School is the corner stone of good
government and that those tcho are
seeking to destroy it are enemies
of our Republic and are unworthy
of citizenship.
Il believe in freedom of speech.
believe in free press nncon-
trolled by political parties or by
religious Sects.
believe in laU and order.
believe in the protection OF our
pure Womdnh0od.
do not believe in mob violence,
but / do believe that IaDs should
be enacted to prevent the causes
OF mob violence.
believe in closer relationship
of capital and labor.
beliese in the prevention of
unwarranted strikes by foreign Ia
Dor dgitatorS.
beiiepe IN the limitation Of for
eign Immigration.
/ am a natipe-born American cit
iSen and beiiepe my rights IN this
country are superior TO those OF
foreigners.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
An Experiment
in Iona
An Editorial from the Oklahoma
Fiery Crosse

I
Fiery Crosse
Persons in the habit of thinking
seriously about some of the major
social problems confronting the coun-
try today will note with interest the
eugenics feature of the new marriage
law now being considered by the Iowa
state legislature.
An amendment to the bill which
has already passed the senate pro-
vides that the prospective bride and
groom shall submit physicians
health certificates before license
shall be issued.
"Eugenics" is the general term APP
piled to various plans for protecting
the health and improving the inner
tied qualities of the race through
scientific methods of mating.
1t is a known fact that insanity,
epilepsy, feeble-mindedness, as we'll
as certain so-called social diseases
are transmissible from parents to
children. Realizing this, many soci-
ologists have been active in a move
ment for the legal restriction of mar
riage, to the end that adults found
physically or mentally unfit to bring
strong, healthy children into the
world. would be denied the privilege
Some advocates of eugenics have
gone so far as to argue for a compul-
sorry sterilization of afflicted adults
and confirmed criminals, and the es-
tablishment of scientific mating elm
les. 1t is to be regretted that ex-
tremists by such absurd theorizing
have brought the eugenics movement
s,,tA I'll tal 20 nth The
public in general.
Scientists are often "one-sided"
people, and so, quite blind to the
human elements in courtship, love,
and marriage, which can never be
controlled or changed by laws, how
ever plausible from the purely scien-
tific standpoint.
However, the saner opponents of
practical eugenics seem agreed that
the greatest value of this science of
marriage" will eventually be realized
through education.
Havelock Ellis, the English sociolo-
gist, and possibly the greatest author
ity on the subject, warns against
drastic state regulation, and points
out that the problem is not one of
legislation 50 much as one of educa-
tion. The results can be obtained,
he thinks, by teaching people to
stink eugenically."
The Iowa bill, it seems, cannot be
classed as radical" Put in opera
tion, it will no doubt help in COM
batting the menace of social disease.
1t is a sensible step in the right di-
rection, and we do not think it goes
too far.
The measure was opposed on the
floor of the senate by a number of
Catholic members. The church, which
looks upon marriage as an exclusive
ly religious institution, and refuses to
recognize civil marriages under our
laws, has always frowned upon any
attempts to insure the health of our
citizens before they are born. The
church (which never changes" will
thus be found always a barrier to
progress in this quarter.
But the eugenics theory is sound.
1t is sound from the social welfare
point of view; and it is exceedingly
difficult for US to believe that Gods
law would in any way handicap the
well-being or progress Of Gods men!
Whether the bill be passed or not,
the attempt at least shows that Iowa
legislators are thinking.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
Klansmen Donate Fund
to Methodist Church

PLAINVILLE, KAN, March L.
Seven Kluxers recently entered the
local Methodist church, knelt in
prayer, listened to their leader make
q brief talk on the principles of the
Ku Klux Khan and contributed $50
to the church, after which they re-
tired as silently as they entered.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07
(Bureau OF Publication and Education)
Monday, February %


SENATE-Met. at noon; adjourned
at 6:07 p. M.
Senator Walsh, Montana in y
speech denied that the Sinclair and
Doheny oil leases were negotiated
under the general leasing act which
he helped enact, as has been charg-
ed, but, he said, under a general
provision of an appropriation bill
adopted June 4, 1920.
Continued consideration of the In
terror department appropriation bill.
Senate restored an item of S450,000
for the Boise, Idaho, irrigation pro-
ject, struck out by the committee.
Senator Edwards, New Jersey, wet
senator, introduced a resolution to
have the Judiciary committee direct
ed to investigate the Prohibition bu-
reau, with special reference to the
facts leading up to the shooting of
Senator Greene of Vermont.
Senator Wheeler, Montana, asked
unanimous consent to consider his
resolution for an investigation of the
attorney general. Senator Willis,
Ohio, objected and it went over.
C. Bascom Slemp, private secre-
tary to the president, told the oil in
vestigating committee about his re-
cent visit to Palm Beach and said he
had talked with former Secretary
Fall several times and advised him
to tell the full turth about his oil
leases, Mr.. Fall replying that he had
nothign more TO tell. Mr.. Slemp said
he was on no intimate terms with
Secretary Fall or E. B. Mclean, of
the Washington Post. He said fur
Their that the reports he made to the
president did not relate in any way
to oil.
The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-07

CRESTON,-During the Shepard
Towner clinic held here last Tuesday
and Wednesday, 81 mothers and as
many babies received treatment from
medical specialists, II was announced
by local sponsors Of the clinic.