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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Jury Finds Verdict
i'm POmerOy Trag
COrOner's Jury Hears Evidence OF
Charles Gruis on Tuesday ant
Finds Accident Unavoidable.
The coroner's jury called to

The coroner's jury called to
additional evidence in the inquisit u
into the circumstances under which
Albanus Kimball Moulton Pomeroyj 30,
of 1912 South Sheridan road, met his
death on December when he was
struck by a Chicago and. Northwestern
passenger train at the Sheridan road
crossing, returned a verdict finding
that the accident was unavoidable.
accidental, and not~otherwise" on Tue
day afternoon III the municipal court.
The jury had met twice before to hear
evidence and twice the inquest was
continued until all Of the witnesses
could testify. Mrs. Charles Gruis, 961
Fremont avenue, was the last witness
and she told her story on Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs. Gruis had been i'll
for some time and was unable to APP
pear before the coroner's jury until
Tuesday. She gave essentially the
same testimony that had been given
before by other witnesses, declaring
that in her opinion the tragedy in
which the elderly man lost hiA life
was entirely accidental, andl chat
Pomeroy himself probably never knew
what struck him. >
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Inaugurate State
Officers January 5
nv Associated Pics

Madison, Wis.-The inauguration OF
the state officers-elect will be held at
noon, January 5, in the assembly
chamber of the capitol Plans were
announced today by Frank Kuehl,
secretary to Gov. John J. Blaine.
Chief Justice Vinje of Che supreme
court, will administer the formal
oath. C. e. Shaffer, clerk of the as
sembly, will preside at the ceremony.
After the oath has been administered,
the state officers will retire, to their
Offices, where an informal reception
will be held, to which the public is
Invited. There viii be no inaugural
ball, Mr.. Kuehl said,
The only new officer to take the
oath of Office will be Lieutenant Gov
egncr Henry A. Huber. The others
ere hoId-overs and in addition to Gov
ernor Blaine are Secretary of State
Fred r. Zimmerman, State Treasurer
Solomon Levitan. Attorney General
Herman L. Ekern and State Superin-
tendens OF Schools John M. Callahan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
BOrkenhagen is
Given a Year
Man Changes Plea to Guilty Monday
Afternoon on Burglary Charge
and is Sent Away.

George Borkenhagen, arrested on
the charge Of burglary of the George
Becker cigar store on West Main
street, came into court Monday after
noon and entered a plea of guilty. He
had previously entered plea of not
guilty, which was withdrawn when he
came into court the second time.
Judge John G. Slater sentenced the
defendant to year in the state re-
formatory at Green Bay. Borkenhagen
admitted that he used some keys which
he retained as q former employee of
Becker's - had opened the store with
them at various times during the
night and helped himself to boxes of
cigars which he sold for less than
their Wholesale cost. He also admit
ted that he had tapped the till" sew
eral times while in the place.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
KID MCCOY GUILTY
TO en- PRISON TERM
Former Fighter Found Guilty Ce ssAaa-
slaughter in Connection With
MoFs Killing.

Los Angeles, Cal. - Kid Mccoy will
not have to pay the hangman for the
shooting of Mrs. Theresa Mors here
last August IL.
This raEch was definitely determin-
day brought in a verdict convicting
the former pug!list of msnslaughter,
which carries q penalty of from one
ta ten years in prison.
Whether Mccoy will spend the rest
Of his lie IN rvison as the result of
the Staying sNd a shooting ARRAY
closely linked with it, still remains
- be seen.
His trial on four counts Of robbery
end three of assault with q deadly
weapon with intent to kill, all grow
ing out of the shooting orgy which
ragged in the Mcrs antique shop the
morning after Mrs. Mors died of q
pistol wound, is set for next Monday.
Should he be convicted of robhing
four men in the antique shop at pis-
tolls point, and convicted of shooting
and wounding Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Sehapp and William G. Ross, three
who crossed his path that morning
when he says his lights were cut"
Mccoy could be sentenced to from
one to fourteen years in prison, and
these sentences could be made to run
conscecutively. The penalty for rob-
berry is from one year to life imPsis-
onment. -
Whatever he might think Of the tri-
al still ahead of him, however, Mccoy
IL iwa+n NH
terday's verdict was returned, Tears
came to his eyes when he heard it,
and to those nearby, he said;
81 don't believe it was a just ver-
dict. If | am not guilty as charged,
am not guilty at all"
The nine women and three men
chosen to decide McCoy's fate had
been out for Is hours when they
reached verdict, and had taken "a
ballots.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Revoke State Right
of Chicago Broker

Madison, Wis. The brokers' certi-
fcate of George M. Forman and COM
pany of Chicago was revoked in an
order issued today by the. state rail-
road commission on the ground that
the concern had violated suspension
order. which resulted from the alleged
sale of certain securities for which no
permits had been issued, and which,
therefore, could not legally be sold in
the state.
The order, which is considered inn
portant as setting an example for the
guidence of securities brokers in Wis
consin, disposes of a case which has
been pending before the commission
since Aug. 13, 1924. The certificate of
the Forman company was suspended
on that date, the commission said, "be-
cause investigation indicated that they
had sold certain securities for which
no permits had been issued and which
therefore could not be legally sold in
the state"
Hearing was held on Sept. Is, and
considerable testimony TAKEN" said a
statement of the commission.
"The commission had notified For
man and company under date of Oct.
10, 1924, that the certificate would be
reinstated on the condition that For
man and company would qualify the
issues which had been sold in viola:
ton of the law and on the further
condition that it would reorganize it's
Wisconsin business so that the situa-
tion which had caused its suspension
would not again occur. Forman and
company had signifed its intention Of
accepting this offer and had taken
steps to reorganize its business. Then
thing happened which changed the
course of events for Forman and COM
pany."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Will Probe Needs of
United States Navy

Washington, D. c. Investigation
into the needs of the navy was de-
cided upon today by the House naval
committee during storm session.
A motion was adopted to call Secre-
tary Wilbur before the committee
January Q TO make such recommends
tions as he might deem expedieut.
Chairman Butler announced that
during the discussion he had been in
formed unofiicially, President Coolidge
expected a conference to be held
within a year looking to further naval
disarmament.
1t was at the suggestion Of Mr.. But
Ter, however, that the motion for an
inquiry was made. The chairman
said he supported such step because
he had been charged with attempting
to override the will Of the committee.
AS adopted the motion represented
compromise between those desiring
to take up bill proposing q naval
building program and members who
sought to have the committee direct
it's attention to measure designed to
adjust certain irregularities in the
naval establishment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
PUTS SKIDS UNDER
MINIMUM WAGE LAW
Declares It Invalid SO Far as 1t Re
lates to Employment of
Adult Women.

Superior, Wis.-Wisconsin's mini
mum wage law is invalid in its APP
plication to adult women, final de-
cree given by Judge c. q. Luse in
federal district court declared. The
decree also restrained the state in
dustrial commission from enforcing
such provisions of the law.
Judge Luse's ruling does not affect
the law as it governs wages of minors.
The findings are result OF an &C
ton brought by the Folding Furniture
Works, Inc, of Stevens Point, Wis,
which asked for an order. restraining
the Wisconsin Industrial commission
from preventing the employment Of
women at a wage less than the %
cents an hour set by the law.
The decision upheld a preliminary
injunction granted last August after
the court had compared the Wiscon-
sin law with the District of Columbia
minimum wage law which had been
declared illegal by the federal SUI
premiere court. No substantial differ
ence being noted, the court held that
the Wisconsin law also was invalid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Pensions Scattered
to Far Corners

Washington. - Government pension
checks travel to the far corners of the
earth, seeking out the more than
100000 persons who have served the
country in the wars that preceded the
world war, Into every American state,
territory, and possession and 6S for
eign countries and dominions they
went during the last fiscal year, bear
ing an aggregate value of $229,9s4, TT.
Pension checks issued during the
last year were fewer by 14,217 than
during the preceding year, going to
525,539 soldiers, widows, and depend
ents as compared to 539,756 in 1923.
When the pension bureau closed its
books June 80 it found an unexpended
balance of more than $23,00o,000 of
it's appropriation. This was turned
back to the treasury. The steady
shortening of the roll is reflected in
the bureaus budget estimate for the
new fiscal year, which cuts approx
mately $25,000,000 from the total ap-
propriated last year.
Ohio retains it's lead as the place of
residence of the greatest number of
pensions, with 1872 Pennsylvania
is second with 44,993, and New York
third with 41,060. Only 292 pension
ers reside in Nevada. There are Sc in
Alaska, GIT in the Philippines, and
but one in the Virgin Islands.
Canada, with 1,477 American PEN
sioners within her borders, leads all
foreign countries. England is next
with 266, and Ireland third with 244.
Germany is the residence of 229, and
Australia 81. Among the countries
sheltering but one are Algeria, Bull
garia, Korea, Egypt. Lithuania, Mon
AGO, Jugoslavia, Seychelles Islands,
and the Society Islands. There are
two in Syria, four in Limeria, six in
New Zealand, and seven in South
Africa.
The total number of pensioners
reached it's peak in 1902, when 9,446
names were on the roll, and since that
year the figure has declined steadily,
with the exception of 1905, when the
total rose to within 1000 of the top.
The government, since the year
1870, has paid out s6,836,351, 1856 in
pensions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
LAWYERS GET Sl50.OOO
FOR SAVING SLAYERS
Loeb Family Objected to 100000
Bill Presented by Attorneys
After the Trial.

Chicago, Ill.--The lawyers who saved
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
from the gallows when they pleaded
guilty to kidnapping and killing Robert
Franks, will receive $4,000 for their
services, it became known today.
Clarence barrow, veteran criminal
lawyer and Benjamin and Walter
Bachrach, brothers, share in the fee,
though the proportion of division has
not been made public.
The lawyers, it is stated, asked for
5000, 900 at the conclusion OF the trial,
and, though the Leopold family made
no objection, the Loeb family thought
the amount excessive, after some dis
custom the $4,000 was agreed upon.
Other expenses to the families of
the two youths, serving life sentences
in the Illinois state prison, were con-
siderably more than attorneys fees
Four alienists who testified at the trial
received $3.50 day for their services,
their testimony disclosed, and ten or
more other medical men received up
wards of $4,000 for their parts in
the case
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
FIRE DESTROYS
BARNS AND TOOLS
Barn, Garage and Tool
Shed Near Caretaker's
House Burned.
STOCK IS ALL SAVED
Cattle and Hogs Driven Out of
Barns but Valuable Ma
chinery Is All Lost.

Fire or unknown origin early this
morning caused $4,000 loss at the
Kenosha Country Club grounds north
of Kenosha when the barn, tool-shed
and garage adjoining the caretaker's
house were burned to the ground
Thousands of dollars worth Of valu-
able machinery used in keeping the
links in condition were stored in the
barn and were destroyed by the flames
The total loss was $4,000 with insur-
ance of $4,000.
Bert Barrows, earetaker for the
Country Club grounds, whose house
is near the barns and other buildings
destroyed by the flames, was awak-
ened at four o'clock this morning by
the cracking of the flames. When ne
discovered the fire, the Toulouse was
practically destroyed and the flames
were starting to spread to the horse
barn and the hog house nearby. He
immediately summoned aid by calling
neighbors on the telephone and went
out alone to do what he could
to fight the fire and keep it from
spreading to other buildings.
Stock Led Out OF barns.
Barrows led the stock out of the
barn and drove the hogs out of the
hog house, keeping the loss at a min
imum. By the time neighbors had ar
rived it was impossible to enter the
burning buildings in order to make at
tempts to rescue grain or machinery
stored in them and all of this was
lost in the fire.
Four buildings were lost in the
fire: the barn, 30 by 40, in which
was stored some grain and in the
basement Of which were stored many
tools and much machinery used in
tending the links; the garage and
tool shed attached to this also went
uu in flames; the horse-barn, corn
crib and hog house were all also de-
stroyed.
The buildings are close to the house
occupied by the caretaker and it was
only by vigilant work on the part
of neighbors who hurried to the scene
that the flames were prevented from
spreading to this building as well.
Origin Is a Mystery.
lnVGSp1KatlOu Ndo AoAASA w 1890
any explanation for the origin of the
fire. It had evidently been shoulder
ing for several hours during the night
as the barn and toolshed were prac-
tically destroyed when the fire was
discovered All ordinary precautions
had been taken whenever any one en-
tered the buildings and the caretaker
is at a loss to explain any way in
which the flames might have been
started.
The heaviest part of the loss is the
destruction of the machinery which
had been purchased in recent years
by the country club and which was
in the best of condition. 1t will be
necessary to replace this next year.
Frank T. Neff, president of the Ke-
nosha Country Club, and several other
officials of the club were notified ear
" this morning of the loss and were
called to the scene Of the fire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
COUNTY COURT CALENDAR.
Regular January Term of County
Court to be Held January 6,
1925 at 10000 A. M.

Hon. Robert v. Baker, presiding.
George Stevens, Clerk.
Minnie A. Staver, Reporter
1. In re Estate of Edward H. New
man, deceased. Administration.
2. In re Will of Hans Peter Larsen
deceased. Probate of will.
3. In re Estate Of Frank Wisnef-
ski, deceased. Final account.
A. In re Estate of Ignacio Confor-
ii. deceased. Final account.
s. In re Estate of Robert J. Mico
deceased. Administration.
6. In re Estate of B. t. Lehman
deceased. Final account.
7. In re Will of Christian Nissen,
deceased. Probate of will.
8. In re Estate of Diedrich ]. Harf,
deceased. Hearing to amend record.
9. In re Estate Of John Ellis, de-
ceased. Final account.
10. In re Estate of Paul Jurik, de-
ceased. Probate of will.
Last Day for Filing Claims in
Re Estates of:
II. Albert Schultz, deceased.
IL. Zelia Bougneit, deceased.
10. Mary A. Zeihen, deceased.
Ia. Sophia F. Ellison, deceased.
Last Day for Adjustment of
Claims in Re Estates of:
10. J. H. Cass, deceased.
16. Fred Haenni, deceased.
II. BENZ. F. DeDiemar, deceased.
10. Simon Krebs, deceased.
10. John S. Zauner, deceased.
20. Thomas Carr, deceased.
21. James Johnson, deceased.
%. William A. Zielsdorf, deceased
%. Jennie Browne, deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
SLAYER OF WIFE
DIED in COUNTY JAIL
Belated Report Tells of Death of Ham,
mer Murderer in County Jail at
Hudson, Wis.

Hudson, Wis. - William Clark, who
inflicted serious wounds on himself af
er Staying his wife at their home. in
.oulton on Wednesday, died at the
ounty Jail here Sunday, it was learned
yesterday The body was sent to New
Richmond for burial, At the bedside
when death came were Clarks aged
mother, his brother, the sheriff and
his wife. Clark killed his wife with a
hammer and then cut her body in nu-
merous places with a butcher knife.
He is believed to have been temporar-
Ny deranged Authorities had filed no
charges against him, pending the out
come of his condition. Death, they
say, closes the case. Clark's three
children, now in the care of their
grandparents, were witnesses to the
Hing. The body of the mother was
Inferred at New Richmond.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Iains Administrator
of Jurik Estate
Frank Hams and Not Wells is Admin
istrator of Paul Jurik
Estate.

An error was made in the Monday
evening edition of this paper in the
statement that John H. Wells, of Kc-
nosha, was administrator of both OF
The estates of George Balazs and Paul
Jurik, the two partners in a near-beer
depot business, who were killed here
by a bandit trio early in December,
Mr. Wells was named administrator of
1e Balazs estate by the court at RAJ
cine but Frank Hams of Kenosha was
named administrator of the Paul j.
rik estate The administrators will
work together in handling the affairs
Of the two estates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Compensation Act
Reports Record "
Benefits Paid Total Over IS Nil
According to Annual Report OF
Industrial Commission Today.

Madison, Wis,-Benefts paid
the Wisconsin workmen's compens
act have totalled nearly twent
million dollars since the law wen
effect, according to the annual
of the state industrial comm
made public on Tuesday.
Indemnities amounted to $18,575,
and medical aid to $6,029,709, to
of $24,604,9 1926. The average indemn
was $1O6 and the average med
aid, $34.
A total of 2O3,O22 cases were
ported TO the commission. OF I'll
18,037 were not compensate case
and the open cases number 9,75.
leaving 1921 cases settled.
The aggregate benefits during I
fiscal year ending June 80, 1924, W.
the largest for any similar period
the history of the act. A TOTAL
90, 1913 cases were settled and 1882,
paid out in benefits, an average
$172 per case. Actual indemnit
totalled $2,8O3,249 and medical
1869, 45O. The average indemn
was $125 and the average medi'
aid, SAP.
In the previous fiscal year, benef
amounted to $3,602,016, comprisii
$2,763,s96 in indemnities and $685.
in medical aid. During the secon
year of the act, 1912-1913, benefit
totalled $253,30O.
The number of cases reported ar
settled also has increased rapidly. !.
1912-1913, 1888 Gases were report
and 2,841 settled. In 1922-1923,
totals were 23,166 and 1908. L
ing the last fiscal year, they W
25,196 and 22,393.
The commission estimates that
actual medical aid granted is alb
80 per cent than that shown in tn
figures, as the aid reported does
include cases in which disability
less than 80 days.
The commission made awards
only l,240 cases, 5.5 per cent of
total, but representing 46.5 per c
of the indemnities. Not all of tn
were contested, as about 10 per c.
were submitted to the commission |
on stipulation of facts. A total {
522 other cases were dismissed by tt
commission, and 1922 were settled b
the parties themselves after appl
cations for claim adjustment hi
been fled.
Only a conf aratively small numbe
of cases have been carried to tn
courts, and the commission has b.
upheld in a great majority ofe
actions. The commission was reve
only IL times in the 81 decish
handed down by the Dane county c
cult court in compensation cases d
ing the last fiscal year. Fifty-one
the commissions decisions were
firmed and 16 remanded. Thirte
appeals were dismissed.
In the IS decisions handed down
the state supreme court, the conn
sion was reversed five times, and
held twelve times. One appeal v
dismissed.
Seventy-nine actions were &C
menced during the past fiscal v
following awards of the commissj
In 81 instances, employers or insura
carriers appealed from the CONN
sion's order. The other appeals "
brought by employees or dependen
Twenty-nine appeals were taken
the supreme court between July
1923, and June 30, 1924, and five m
were pending when the 1923-1924 fl
year began.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Power from Air
May Save Coal

Amsterdam, Holland. Director
Busiman, of the Dutch Hydrodynamic
Institute, believes that Anton Flet-
tner's discovery Of the principles by
which air currents can be made to
produce heat and energy will reyolu-
tionize the entire fuel industry. In an
article which is causing much COM
ment in engineering circles, he adj
vances the opinion that when once the
Flettner system has been applied
completely, it will be possible to re-
duce the worlds consumption Of coal
90 per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Launch New Car
Ferry at ManitOwoc

Manitowoc, Wis.-Preceded> by a
luncheon to seventy-fve guests, in
GLIDING officials of the Ann Arbor
Railway company, and many other
out-of-town people as invited guests,
at the Elks' club at 1880 today,
Launching OF the new car ferry Ann
Arbor number seven, last word in car
ferry construction, took place at the
yards of the Manitowoc Ship Build
ing corporation, promptly sc two
o'clock this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Finds Death Report
"Greatly Exaggerated

New York City - irwin S. Cobb
like Mark Twain, has had the pleas
ure of denying report of his death
Mark said the rumor about himself
was greatly exaggerated. The latter
day humorist, in a telegram to the
New York World today, from Padu-
cab, KY, says:
Il hate to disappoint any one. but
the Chicago report that l am dead is,
so far as | can learnS entirely un-
founded"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Rob One Bank While
Posse Watches Other

Chandler, Okla While the Lin
coin county sheriff's force guarded
banks in Stroud, Okla, having been
clipped" that there would be a rob-
berry there. fur men today robbed the
Farmers National bank here and es-
capped with an undetermined amount
Of loot-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
FORMER POSTMASTER DEAD.

Oshkosh, Wis.-Henry Buetow. aged
81, former postmaster at Vandyne and
Civil War veteran, died here this
morning as the result of inhaling pois-
onous flames from coal stove at his
home in this city. He and his wife
the latter aged "a, were found uncon-
scious in their bed Sunday morning
by a son
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Cardinal Giorgi
Dies in Rome Today

Rome Cardinal Oreste Giorgi, died
of pneumonia at his residence in the
Palazzo Attempts here today, in his
Goth year. He was born in Valmon-
tone, Italy, and was created a car
dinal December 4, 1916. He held the
office of grand penitentiary of the
holy Roman church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01

Colds of the ancients were not
treated with quinine, for the drug
was not discovered until after the
time of Columbus.
Twelve new American auto trucks
have been placed in service on bus
routes in Lima, Peru, and vicinity re-
GENTLY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-01
Coolidge O. KS Plan
to Reward Filters

Washington, D. C. President
Coolidge will approve the plan for re-
warding the army world fiers as
drafted by the general staff and en-
dorsed by Secretary Weeks, although
he hao hoped the plan might provide
more generous treatment for the avi-
ators.