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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-07-31
WHERE THE BLAME LIES

Over thirty million dollars
worth of work clothing was
made in the penal institutions
of this country last year. Only
working men use work clothing,
consequently it was working
men who must have bought
these goods.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-07-31
DALLAS, TEXAS CROWDED
COMMUNICATIONS

The Leader would appreciate
hearing at all times from any
worker regarding any subject per-
tanning to labor, and will gladly
reproduce the communication in
it's columns. Whenever such COM
munications are received the name
and address should be legibly
written, but will be withheld upon
request.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-07-31

SECRETARY of Labor Davis has
~ gone to Europe leaving the an
thracite situation up in the air and
with threats of a strike this fall still
being heard. The feeling in the Cap
ital is, however, that the President s
threat of government control unless
the coal industry learned to behave
has offset walkout for the pres
ent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
FORGER GETS
NEW SENTENCE
CDR. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
Gets Indeterminate Term
at Green Bay.
NEEDS EXAMINATION

A chinless youth stood before Judge
Slater this morning in the municipal
court and pleaded guilty to the charge
of forgery. 1t was Alfred Radke, ar
rested by the police at his own re-
quest. His hair, face, eyes and mouth
were all colorless, and his general
droop and spinelessness told of one
who was out of step mentally with
others Of his time.
He told Judge Slater that he had
cashed a check on the Peoples Credit
store for $35, using the name Of "Lar-
SEM" Then he took the money, went
to Chicago and spent part Of it. But
he was troubled about It,
Sergeant Meissner, representing the
police, and District Attorney Powell
informed the court of the circum-
stances in the case, of how Radke had
called the chief of police by telephone
and asked him to send somebody out
to the North Shore station, where he
was at the time, and ARREST him."
Judge Slater after hearing the story
and contemplating the defendant,
gave the indeterminate sentence of
one 20 nVe years III CHe sthIe re-
formatory in Green Bay. This is the
second person to be given this SEN
tence in Kenosha county under the
new law.
The sentence In Radke's case, was
given not SO much in punishment as
to help the defendant.
There are schools and workshops
at the reformatory," Judge Slater told
Radke, "and you can learn to do some
thing there which will enable you to
earn a living when you get out. am
not quite sure Of your mind, young
fellow. You don't look just right 20
me. You will be examined up there,
and if there is anything wrong with
you, they will send you to the hos
pital."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Herman Keuck Dies
in Home Suddenly
Known Residents of Pleasant Prai-
/ rie Died Last Evening.

Herman G. Keuck died at his home
in Pleasant Prairie after a short i'll
ness. He was born at Perleberg, Ger
many, on October %, 1S43, and was
educated in the schools of Berlin. He
travelled extensively in Germany
France, and other European countries
up to the time when he came to the
United States in 1859 and located in
Kenosha with the firm of Nicholas
Pirsch as carriage maker. Later he
went to Oconomowoc conducting the
same line of business in that city. At
ter that he went to Chicago to en-
gage in the grocery business and in
1880 settled on a farm in Pleasant
Prairie, Kenosha county, where ne
spent the remainder Of his life. A
year after his arrival in the town OF
Pleasant Prairie he married Miss
Emile Kurth, of Chicago.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Emile Keuck, two sons, August w
Keuck and Louis H. Keuck, both OF
Kenosha, two sisters, living in Ger
many, and four grandchildren.
The funeral services will be held
from the late home in Pleasant Prai-
rie after which the remains will be
taken to Milwaukee and, interment
will be made in. the Forest Home
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
FARMER KILLS TWO
WOUNDS ANOTHER
Mystery Murder appears in Crystal
Falls, Mich, With Death Toll at
Two This Morning.

Crystal Falls, Mich. - Muir
dering one neighbor woman and
wounding another, his brothers wife,
John Thompson, 40, farmer near
here, shot and killed himself sometime
yesterday while officers were investi-
eating another shooting in the county,
that of Alonto Putci, 81, who died
last night in the hospital here.
Aiming himself with his rifle early
Monday morning, Thompson set out
from his farm home without saying
a word to his wife. A few hours be-
fore he had been entertaining COM
pany and seemed in the best of spirits.
Approaching the farm home of Axel
Weht, whose land adjofned Thomp-
sons forty, he crawled, officers be-
lieved, close to the house. Standing
less than six feet from the bedroom
window, the slayer fired four shots
into the room and then, hearing the
screams of Mrs. Weht, turned and
fled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
CISTERN TRAGEDY
REMAINS MYSTERY
Coroner's Investigation Fails to Show
Whether Miss Stallman Was MUIR
dered or Committed Suicide.

Nation, Ill. - - Whether
Miss Anna Stallman, az year old
former Cincinnati school principal
took her own life by poison or was
murdered is as much of a mystery as
it was last Saturday when her body
was found in the cistern on the farm
of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Seaman
near here.
Mrs. Seaman, who with her husband
took the body to Cincinnati for burial
yesterday, is confident her sister COM
mitted suicide. She had been acting
queerly for some time, although it
was not suspected that her mind had
become so seriously affected, said Mrs
Seaman.
Three days of investigation of the
many and perplexing angles of the
tragedy have thrown no light on the
motive for the death. Finding and
deciphering of notes found with the
body served only to complicate the
tangle.
Some of these notes made public BY
F. S. Schilling, county coroner, were
undecipherable. One of them, believ.
ed to refer to written demands fol-
money said:
'Look under your front door for the
check. So sorry we made a goat OF
you. When R saw you crying, he was
sorry too. You happened to be the
goat"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Another Evolution
Trial in Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tenn. , A
companion case to the Scopes trial
will be instituted here today when DR..
John R. Neal, chief counsel in the
Scopes case files in the United States
district court a tax payers petition
seeking to enjoin enforcement of the
anti-evolution law.
The. movement marked another at
tempt to carry the fight against the
law, which prohibits teaching of evolu-
ton in the public schools of Tonnes
see, into the federal courts.
The petitioner today will be Robert
Wilson, who appears in the effort to
restrain the state authorities from
enforcing the law on the ground that
his children would be deprived of be-
ing taught "the truth" in public
schools of the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Haynes Will Continue.

Swampseott, Mass. 1T was
reiterated today at the summer White
House that President Coolidge under
stands that Roy Haynes will continue
as prohibition commissioner despite
persistent reports that he might
resign.
The president has received no Of
fetal information of any change en-
Torment policy eurtailing Mr.. Haynes
powers. It is his understanding that
Mr.. Haynes is functioning as usual
except that he is Immediately respon-
sible to Assistant Secretary Andrews
of the treasury who has been placed
in charge of the government campaign
against prohibition law violators.
Mr.. Coolidge, however, has taken
the position that administration Of
the Volstead law now is in the hands
of Mr.. Andrew and he should be given
a free hand to make such shifts in
personnel and changes in policy as he
deems desirable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
DETECTIVES SCOUT
INSURANCE HOAX
Investigate Theory That Body of
Missing Recluse Was Placed in
Building Before Explosion.

Martinez, CAL .ASf@ Authorities
today accumulated evidence which
they believe materially strengthens
their theory that body found in the
ruins of the Pacific Cellulose com
pany's laboratory after an explosion
last week was not that of Charles
Henry Schwartz, chemist and Of
fetal of the concern, whose life was
insured for $18O,0OO.
The body, charred almost beyond
recognition, was found following the
explosion and fire which destroyed
the laboratory last Thursday. At
first it was believed to be that of
Schwartz who had evolved formula,
which through the artificial cutting
of silk fiber, was expected to revolu-
tionize the silk industry.
Although identified by Mrs. Schwartz
as the body of her husband, District
Attorney A. B. Timing refused to al
low the woman custody of it until
legal identification had been estab-
lished Schwartz was recently made
defendant in a breach of promise
suit for $4,000 by Miss Elizabeth
Adams of Oakland.
One phase of the case which Of
fcials are endeavoring to clear up is
the disappearance of Joe Rodriguez,
itinerant Portuguese farm worker who
has been missing since the day of
the explosion. In the belief that
Rodriguez was murdered and his body
placed in the laboratory, friends of
the man were sought in an attempt
to establish Identification.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Continue Seven
Gambling Cases

Seven gambling cases on the cal
endar for hearing today were cons
tinued to August IA, at the request of
the police Sergeant Meissner inform
ed the court that one Of the state wit
nesses, Detective McCluskey was out
of town. The defense attorney argued
that the time of the defendants was
being wasted by being required to come
into court every day the case was set
for trial, and the police sergeant re-
piled they weren't doing anything
anyway" After a rather amusing
skirmish between the two the cases
were continued. They were the case
against Eugene Cuntary, lit South
Rowland avenue, charged with being
keeper, and the cases against the fol-
lowing charged with gambling, Carl
Laciallo, Carlo Soda, Alex Moratti,
Sylvester Constable, John Blazi and
James Butera.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
BOOZE CAR IS
HALTED HERE
Sheriff's Deputies Bring in
Milwaukee Man Hauling
Cargo of Moon.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Otto P0mlun Is Arrested by
Deputies Chef Bostetter and
Stanley Rauen.

what are you so nervous about 2"
asked two deputy sheriffs late Mon
day afternoon, as they drove up along
side Of Studebaker sedan on
Highway 81, driven by Otto Pomlun
Of Milwaukee.
"I'm not nervous" replied the
driver, but he was quaking like jelly
fish, his shaky condition belying his
words. what do you want with me p
"You are arrested for speeding
said the deputies and the driver of the
Studebaker was accordingly escorted
into town, one motorcycle officer rid
ing in front and one behind.
Find Booze In Car.
Once in Kenosha, one of the depu-
ties went to get a complaint and war
rant for speeding at the municipal
court while the other hied himself
over to the district attorneys Office
and secured a search warrant.
The car was searched and ninety
gallons of alcohol found.
"Well boys, you've got the stuff, y
cried Pomlun, apparently aware that
the "jigg was up"
And according to the two deputies
it had been "some jigg" for they had
danced after Pomlun all over. the
roads of Kenosha county.
Stanley RAuen and Chester Bostet-
ter were the two deputies who caught
Pomlun. His actions while driving a
car on the Geneva road were the thing
to attract their attention. From the
first Pomlun behaved as If he had
something on his mind. At the time
the deputies did not know that that
something on the mind was "some-
thing on the nip" but they trailed
him just he same.
1--WE couldn't make out what was
the matter with him." said one of the
deputies this morning, "but from the
first he was just nervous"
Finally the pair of motorcycle pa
trolmen drew alongside of Pomlun's
car. They talked to him a bit and
then released him. The release prov
ed to much for Pomlun's self con-
troll. The minute he had put between
himself and the cops what he thought
was a safe distance, "he stepped
on her." The car began to take a
flying course.
But the two deputies had kept the
car in their line Of vision and no
sooner did Pomlun begin to to speed
then they followed suit. The wheels
Of their motorcycles spun about with
a swifter motion than those Of the
coach ahead. Pomlun few, and so did
they. The dust of the dirt road was
torn up by the fleeing sedan and by
the two plunging motorcycles in its
wake. Finally the chase was ended,
and the quarry was captured.
Shivering with the excitement of
the chase and pursuit, Pomlun seemed
even relieved to have it all end $50
peacefully" He had no protest to
make as he turned with his captors
headed east towards the turret of
the sheriff's Jail.
He told the sheriff's men at the
Office that he ran a saloon six miles
south of Milwaukee on the Kilbourn
road, and said he had just made a
trip to Chicago and loaded up for
the benefit of his place, according
t. the story told.
He pleaded not guilty nevertheless
when arraigned in the municipal
court, and was placed under bonds
of $1,000 for appearance In court on
August IL to answer the charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Ready to Break Off
Coal Negotiations

Atlantic City, N. ]. II - An
thracite scale negotiations will def
nitely be broken of on resumption Of
the wage scale conference here this
afternoon "ha-ring unforeseen develop
ments," according to an opinion voiced
by a high authority among the min
ers today. What ground would likely
be adduced for such break was not
indicated.
Anthracite operators on arrival for
the meeting EXPRESSED full determine
ton to uphold at all costs the dignity
of their scale COMMITTEES against the
challenge they felt John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, had raised against it,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06

The inroads of modern progress on
the placid calmness of the institutions
Of bygone days today became more
marked in Kenosha. The last real
horsebarn and livery stable in the city
is now no more. The famous Palace
livery stable of olden times, which
held at one time reputation thai was
recognized as nationwide, was leased
on Monday by George Height, of OF
tawa, ILL.,, to Victor and Add Dahl of
the Dahl Ford agency. The consid-
Grafton was $4,000 with an option to
purchase later.
So the last stronghold of old Dob
bin in Kenosha has finally given way
to the flivver. 4 But for the men who
are interested in the little two-story
structure at the corner of Wisconsin
street and Maiden Lane, behind the
present Ford garage, the passing is
not going without mourning.
Built in Southport.
Packed with traditions in every
crack in the walls of the building, and
on every oldtime picture tackled on
the wooden boarded walls, the stable
u2S DCcH OAG O1 LHE OIL Ne
nosha county for years. The first
barn in the city, located on this site,
was built way back when Kenosha was
Southport, and there are few now
living who can remember the gangs
that used to congregate about the cor
ner and talk aout horses and races and
things. 1t was the only sportsmen's
ma in 4bop
Then the building passed through
various ownerships accommodating more
and more prestige and popularity, be-
coming the home for some of the
greatest horses that ever faced a bar
rier on the race track. About so years
ago Ben Jewett was the owner, and
Ben was one of the best horse lovers
in the country. The stable was then a
boarding house for the equines and
the horses were referred to as part
of Ben's family. Then came Ted
Meyers, who operated the stable for
a time. And then Bill Kober, now a
Waterman at the plant OF the Ameri-
can Brass company. This late Peter
Stahl followed Bill in the ownership of
the stables and gave it the same con-
scientious care that made the Palace
livery the chest horses home in the
state" Ben Stahl had the place for
time, and then Bill Schnuckel took
it over. Bill specialized in funeral
livery, and he earned the reputation
OF having the best funeral equipment
IN the state. A funeral in those days
was something to look at. Ben's shin
ing black horses strutting down the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
DI WINCH FIRST
FOR EVOLUTION
=. M. Albers Tells ROtarians
How Di Vinci Antici-
pated Darwin.
TALK ON LIBRARIES

Leonardo di Vinci and not Darwin
was the first man to enunciate the
theory of evolution.
This was one of the most interest
ing things stated before the Rotary
club today at its regular dinner meet
ing at the Elks' club by j. M. Albers
in a speech on Books as a Hobby"
He showed how in building up a Ii
brary of history he had secured a
most interesting storehouse of in
formation regarding leaders of the
centuries, Di Vinci being one of the
men whom he mentioned.
"a hobby" he said" is defined by
Webster as something in which one
takes an extravagant pleasure, The
collection of a library may become
a hobby and a most interesting and
profitable one"
Proceeding he told how he had for
several years interested himself in
books of history, starting with the
records of the earliest periods of civ
ilization and coming on down through
the centuries. His nominations as
he discussed each period, pointing out
men who had stood for service, were
most interesting.
Hear of Boys Camp.
The Rotarians also heard report
from Director Sauer of the Phantom
Lake Camp telling of the progress
made by the n boys sent to the camp
taken at the time when the Kenosha
lads were there. He also brought
copies of letters written by the lads
to express their appreciation of the
two weeks there.
President E. ]. Geittman announced
to the Rotary club that i'll health had
forced him to plan an indefinite va
cation period which would call him
away from Kenosha for several
months at least. He called meeting
of the directors of the club to take
action on the naming of new execu.
tive for the club.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
DObbin's Last Stronghold
Gives Way to the F1iUUer
Old Time palace Livery Last Horse Barn in Kenosha Leased
to the Dahl Ford Agency a Show Place
for FIivvers Monday.

street in his luminus black hearses
gave almost a tinge of pride to mingle
with the mourning and grief.
Bred Thoroughbreds.
Then Herman Hansen took over the
stables and he was followed by Fred
H. Donsing now of Somers. 1t was
Donsing who accumulated the pictures
OF famous horses on the walls of the
building that at one time were hailed
as one of the most complete as well
as valuable picture galleries of thoro-
breds in the state. After Donsing re-
linquished the management of the sta
bles Peter Huluguard took over the
lease, and held it for time. Then
Herman Hansen and John Mahoney got
together and they have held it ever
since, until on Monday when their
lease was sold to the Dahls.
"And now the only place left for 8
farmer to put his horse when he comes
to town is gone" mourns John Ma
honey. "The old days are fast slip
ping behind u.s."
Today several of the old-timers
gathered about the building to talk
over the last moments of the Landmarks
here. They recalled the old days
when some of the city's finest saddle
horses were kept at the Palace livery
John Keating's famous horse, "Dick
Wells" the horse that broke worlds
record in its class % years ago, made
it's headquarters at the Palace livery
Before the national guard calvary troop
was housed in Camp Williams, all of
their horses and equipment was kept
in this stable.
Even Built Wrong.
When the building was first built
there was no such thing as zone or
dinance, and today the remarkable
fact is discovered that the structure
was built right out on the street Six
teen feet of the building now stands
on Maiden Lane. And when Ben Stahl
operated the stables he put on brick
front in order to make the building
look more like modern affair. In
building the brick facing no attempt
was made to destroy the wooden front
and today the bricks stand plastered
against the old wooden wall.
Today Mahoney and Hansen are ex-
pecting to take their feed, equipment
and horses and buggies to the Balm
farm on the Allen road, three blocks
off Salem avenue. Here the Dobbin
stronghold will once more intrench it
self and defy anyone to pull it out for
another space of time. They will OPP
crate on the Balm farm with the same
quality of service as has featured their
operation in the old place in the past.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Dog Poisoning
h Case Dismissed
District Attorney Moves for Dismiss
al of Case Arising Out of
Dogs Demise.

The case against Mary Kondrecki,
651 Julia street, charged with hav-
ing exposed poison to dogs in the
neighborhood, was dismissed in the
municipal court this morning by
Judge Slater on the motion of Dis
trict Attorney Lewis w. Powell.
Mr.. Powell told the court that while
there might be enough evidence to
bind the defendant over to- trial, he
did not think that there was enough to
sustain conviction before jury. He
said that he had talked the matter
over with the complainant, John Good
win, who was satisfied to accept this
condition of affairs. Mrs. Kondrecki
told the court that all she had done
was threaten to shoot dogs who came
into her garden.