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The Washington times., 1925-07-16
LostsA Young Shy Kinkaiou

ELIZABETH, n. j.. July 16.-
Somewhere in this city there wan
ders a very much lost young honey
bear, officially known as a kink-
ajou. Since it is a total stranger
in these parts and very shy
young thing, it's fate is causing it's
mistress, Mrs. William Elwell, grave
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Change Order for
Truesdell Crossing
Gates are to be in Operation Only
Sixteen Hours Of the Day With
Wigwag for Eight Hours.

Today was the day set by the rail-
road commission for the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul line to have
gates tablished at the Truesdell
crossing of the Geneva road for the
protection of the travelling public.
The company is installing the gates
and they will be in operation prob
ably today.
The railroad commission has chang
ed the original order regarding the
crossing. The order as amended di-
reefs the company to install gates at
the crossing and operate the gates
from 1900 a. m. until 11:0O p. m.
From 1900 p. m. until 1900 a. m. the
wigwag system which has been in use
is to be continued.
1t is maintained that the late night
traffic and early morning traffic is not
sufficient to warrant use of the gates
during those hours.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
MANY SURPRISES in
MOVIE STARS RETURNS
Tax Return Information Upsets the
Dope Bucket Regarding Salar-
les of the Movie Stars.

Los Angeles, Cal. -. - Film
fans here expressed surprise today
when the federal income tax returns
of internationally known picture cele-
brities were made public by the col
lector of internal revenue A come
dian and former comedian headed
readers of the published tax list on
one of the biggest surprises in the
district ~
Charles Spencer Chaplin, thought
by many to- have one of the largest
incomes in the world, paid a $345 per-
sonal income tax, while Roscoe c. Ar
buckle, thought. by many to be near
ly broke, paid $5,116.
Others who trailed Arbuckle includ-
ed Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Berry,
Monte Blue, Lon Channey, Barbara
LAMAR, Ramon Navarro, Charles Ray
and score of directors and producers
prominent in filmdom.
Chaplin's showing on the list was
strengthened somewhat by the 1894
tax paid by the Chaplain studio Inc,
but even with that he was well behind
the cross-eyed Ben Turpin, who paid
Sc, 104. s# 4
Of the forty-two residents of Los
Angeles and vicinity who paid more
than $4,000 each on their personal
income only four hailed from the mo-
tion picture colony
They were Douglas Fairbanks, who
paid $182,190; Gloria Swanson who
paid $57,075; James L. Laskey, the
producer whose tax was $48,592, and
the director, James Cruise, whose was
down for $40,357.
Mary Pickford $34,3S7.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Man is Fined for
Having Bottle
Henry Endsberg, Road Worker of
Cambridge, Wis, Will Get Quar-
tiers in New Jail.

Henry Endsberg, Cambridge, Wis,
drew a fine of 500 and costs with the
alternative of sixty days in the county
jail this morning in the municipal
court before Judge Slater when he
pleaded guilty to the charge of un-
lawful possession OF intoxicating IL
quor.
Endsberg was arrested by Police
Ofhcer Otto Pollesch when he found
him driving a car in the interurban
tracks on Milwaukee avenue beyond
the pavement The officer stopped
Endsberg, arresting him for reckless
driving. When he searched him he
found bottle of moon. Endsberg in
sisted that the bottle belonged to his
companion in the car He admitted
that he had had two drinks" but not
out of that bottle, which contained a
full pint, untouched, of moonshine.
After the preliminary hearing had be-
gun and Officer Pollesch had testified,
Endsberg decided that he might as
we'll plead guilty. He was given the
minimum fine of 500 and costs or six
ty days. In default of payment he
was committed to Jail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
PADDY WAGON
FOR DELINQUENTS
Sixty-six KenOshans Sum-
moned to Court for Fail
ule to Pay Taxes.
HAD MANY CHANCES
Domestic Action Taken Only
After Sixty-Six Had Failed Z
to Heed Warning.

Sixty-six Kenoshans received per-
sonal invitations today to see the in
terror of the municipal court room at
Kenosha's new courthouse on next
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.
The invitations" were mark of dis
honor rather than honor, however, for
they were in the form of a summons
to appear before the judge and ex
plain why their personal property
taxes which have been delinquent
since last February are still unpaid.
More than that it was announced
by city officials that if the sixty six
paid no more attention to this notice
than they have to other notices sent
them regarding these delinquent taxes,
'the paddy wagon would call for them
and take them to court to explain the
delinquency. If they fail to obey this
summons they are in contempt of court
and summary action may be taken.
Mostly for Small Sums.
Most of the delinquency is for
small amounts ranging from $1.61 to
$500. A few of the delinquents owe
in excess of 500, the largest amount
being for $164.30. The total amount
of the delinquency is in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
Now in addition to paying the tax
and the seven per cent penalty the
delinquents will probably have to pay
the cost for court action which will
amount to several dollars. More than
that unless the tax is paid at once,
they will receive the usual unde-
sirable publicity connected with all
court action.
Have One Last Chance.
"These persons have one last
chance" said Director of Finance
Laughlin this morning. "The sum-
mons directs them to go into court
Thursday afternoon and they must
obey that summons or be in contempt
of court. However, if before that
time they come to the Office of the
city. treasurer and pay the tax as
sessed against their property, they
will have little explaining to do
before the judge on Thursday after
noon"
In the event that the delinquencies
are not met, the court can order con-
fiscation of whatever property the per-
son may have to meet the tax. Much
of the delinquency is for stock in
small stores and this may be seized
to meet the tax. Some of it is for
automobiles which may also be seized
and sold to secure the amount
of the tax.
Similar action was taken last year
against delinquent personal property
taxpayers with a result that the de-
linquency has decreased to large
extent this year. It is the plan of
the city to keep up this practice until
all taxpayers learn that the taxes
must be paid and that the assessment
of the penalty does not allow them to
postpone the payment of the tax in
definitely. All of these persons have
been notified several times of their
delinquency. but have failed to pay
any attention to the notices.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
FRANK BUTERA
FINED IN COURT
Man Who Figured in Acct
dent Cannot Drive Car
for One Year.
DRIVING WHILE DRUNK

Frank Butera is another to join
the Drunken Drivers association,
having just been convicted in the mu-
nicipal court on the charge of driving
an automobile while intoxicated on
July 10. Butera pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Slater and was ordered to
pay a fine of $50 and costs or thirty
days in the county jail in addition to
ten days at hard labor. In addition
the right to drive a car for one year
was denied him, and he was warned
that if he is caught driving an auto
mobile in contempt of court he will
again be arrested.
Some leniency was shown Butera as
the court listened to the plea of his
attorney, r. " Baker, who urged that
the defendant is a barber living out
of the city, and that he will not again
Judge Slater replied that a barber
has no more right to violate the law
than anybody else, yet in applying
the sentence to hard labor which OPP
crates under the Huber law, some
consideration was given due to the
fact that the mans work is out of
the city and that he cannot well come
under the supervision of the sheriff
while at work.
Butera while drunk and driving a
car on Sunday evening July IL, crash
ed into telephone pole at the corner
of the Grand avenue road and School
street At first it was believed that
his wife and two children who were
occupants of the car, were seriously
injured, but later it was found that
their hurts were not of a grave ma
ture. All recovered.
Some confusion arose after the ac-
cident due to the fact that Mrs. But
era insisted that she was driving the
car. Later witnesses were produced
who saw that the man was driving.
Butera, who is sometimes known by
his sEep-father's name of Morrone,
was then arrested AT first he plead
ed not guilty and the case has been
pending.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
SMALL CHILDREN
ATTEND SCHOOL
Adequate Kindergarten
Facilities Provided for
Kenosha Riddles.
BIRTH REGISTRATIONS

Kenosha kindergartens open for the
term of 1925-26 on Tuesday, Septem
Der at $3.50. Enrolment will take
place on that date as follows: Four
to five year old children will attend
the afternoon session of from 100 to
3:15 o'clock; the, five to six year old
children will attend the morning ses-
sion from 8:3 to 11:15 O'Clock.
The kindergarten course progresses,
as does the work in the grade from
the simple to the more complex, hence
it is greatly to the child's advantage
to enter when the work begins, on
the benefit of the logical proce-
dure of the course as it unfolds
and in it's entirety. n
The kindergarten course is built on
a two year basis, the experiences Of
fered, the materials used, and the
methods followed all being carefully
adapted to the physical and mental
needs and capacities of the individual
child under observation. The work
of the primary grades is built on the
foundation offered in the kindergar-
ten. The child's chances for un-
retarded progress through the grades
are greatly increased by his kinder
garten experience.
The following graduate-directors
will be in charge in the several kin
dergartens:. Balm, Miss Frances O'Hare,
Miss Marjorie Isermann; Columbus,
Miss Esther Swain; pDeming, Miss
Elizabeth Brooks Calls kindergarten
children attend the afternoon session
because of the small district); Dur
kee, Miss Emily Lyman; Frank, Miss
Media Hilker; Grant. Miss Elizabeth
Brooks, Gall kindergarteners attend
morning SESSION.; jefferson, Miss
Agnes Blackwood; Lincoln, Miss Fran
ces Weiskopf;. Mckinley Miss Mar
guerite O'Brien; Salem Avenue, Miss
Gladys Maegaard; Washington, Miss
Bernice Bishop; Weiskopf, Miss Es-
telle Frew; supervisor of kindergarten
department, Miss Jane e. Vernon, ad-
ministration building, phone 4209.
The kindergarten department also
urges parents in Kenosha to see that
their children's births are properly
recorded in the office of the register
of deeds, if they were born in Keno
sha county. This will eliminate any
chances for error in such matters as
his entrance in school, and later his
application for labor permit,
his establishing legal identity in
cases of law, for government serv-
ice, or in securing passports for
foreign travel, etc. I
If the child was not born in. Keno
sha county, the securing of copy of
his birth certificate from the register
of deeds in the county where he was
born, will insure him against any later
irregularities and inconveniences.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Birge Hands Over
Reins to Frank
President Birge Turns Over Direction
of State University to New
President Today.

Madison, Wis. DR.. E. A
Birge was prepared today to relin-
quish to DR.. Glen Frank the duties of
president of the University of Wiscon-
sin. DR.. Frank was scheduled to ar
rive in Madison at 1880 p. m.
The plans for the transfer of the
presidency were transformations. DR..
Birge, who has been assisting the geo
logical survey in the northern part of
the state, was due to return to hand
the reins of university leadership to
his successor. The two regents Of the
university who live here, H. B. Oh
brich and John Callahan, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction,
were absent from the city, as was
M. F. McCaffrey, secretary of the
board of regents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Agree on Division
of Tax Monies
Pleasant Prairie Board and City
Agree to Go $3.50 On Taxes for
Annexed District.

At a meeting of the town board of
the town of Pleasant Prairie and the
members of the city council of Keno
sha, held Monday evening in the city
council chamber, it was agreed that
the two units would divide the tax
monies collected from district an
nexed to the city during the past year
on a 5000 basis. The agreement re-
lates to a territory along the Geneva
Road and west of Grandview avenue,
which was formerly part of Pleasant
Prairie and which has been taken into
the city of Kenosha this year. The
schoolboards of the town and of the
city will meet at later date to make
an adjustment regarding the school
funds of the town as they relate to
the annexed territory
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
KENOSHA DRIVER
FREED OF BLAME
George BickfOrd Freed of
Blame for Lads Death
In New York.
LAD IS STRUCK BY CAR

News dispatches reaching Kenosha
today from Dunkirk, New York, told
of an accident near there when Will
liam Casey, Is, of Fredonia, New
York, was fatally injured last Sat-
urday when the bicycle which he was
riding was struck by an automobile
driven by George Bickford, director
of public recreation in Kenosha. The
same. dispatches told of the subse-
quent exoneration of the Kenoshan
for any blame for the accident, which
was held unavoidable by the coroner's
jury after a thorough investigation.
Mr.. Bickford and his family were
on motor vacation trip near the out
skirts of Dunkirk when the accident
happened Witnesses of the accident
declared that the boy was riding a
bicycle along the side of the road
and without any warning turned onto
the main road, swerving directly into
the path of the Bickford car.
Bickford turned his car as quickly
as possible but was unable to avoid
striking the lads wheel. The boy was
thrown to the pavement and rendered
unconscious from fractured skull.
The Kenosha man halted his car at
once and went to the aid of the lad,
hurrying him to hospital for treat
ment and later reporting the acct
dent to authorities of the New York
city. The lad died Of his injuries
FIVE hours later.
Coroner George Blood of Dunkirk,
made a thorough investigation into
the accident and rendered a verdict
completely generating the Kenosha
man for any blame for the accident.
Bickford remained in Dunkirk until
after the inquest was completed but
is now en- route back to Kenosha.
The vacation trip appears to have
been i'll fated from the start. The
accident at Dunkirk was the second
which occurred to mar it. The other
happened at Lebanon, Indiana, where
Mr.. Bickford's car was crashed into
by another automobile while it was
properly parked along the side of the
street. Mr.. Bickford was not in the
car at the time and was in no way re-
sponsible for this accident either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
SERVICE LEAGUE
CHANGES HOME
Old County Court Building
To House Social Serv-
= ice Workers.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT

The Kenosha Service League begins
another era in it's career today. HEAD
quarters are being moved from the
former service home at Market and
Congress- street, to the old county
court building, Market street and
Sheridan Road. The league workers
have been handicapped for lack OF
room for some time, and the new
home will answer the housing ques-
ton adequately.
The new home will have office space
for the workers beside store rooms
and files for the service league rec
ords,
New Worker Coming.
The board of directors has en-
ployed Miss Gertrude Longden of Chi
caeo, TO take the position of Super
intendent, made vacant by the resig-
nation of Mrs. Hazeltine Nidey. Mrs.
Nidey will leave Kenosha October l
to take a position with the Associated
Charities in Milwaukee.
Miss Longden has an extensive ex-
perience as a social service worker,
and is we'll trained to take the respon-
sible position here. She is gradu-
ate of Knox college, Galesburg, ILL.,,
and took preparatory work in social
service at the University of Chicago
She was visitor and assistant dis
trict superintendent of the United
Charities of Chicago; general secre-
tary at Champaign and Urbana, Ill,
and more recently general secretary
Of the Associated Charities at Free
port, III. She will assume her new
duties here on October l. :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
WOODWARD OPENS
CAMPAIG HERE
Campaign Opened in Ke-
nosha by Woodward
Address Monday.
STRONG FOR COOLIDGE
Woodward Comes Out Flat
footedly in Support of the
Coolidge Administration.

Firing the opening shot o the sena-
torial campaign in Kenosha, Daniel
Woodward, of Oshkosh, candidate for
Che Republican nomination for United
States Senator, delivered an address
Monday evening at the German-Amer-
lean clubhouse auditorium, outlining
his platform on national issues. He
came out strongly in support of the
Coolidge administration, stressing the
work done by the administration both
along the lines of economy and along
the lines of international relations.
In prefacing his address, DR.. Wood
ward told Of his work as warden of
the state penitentiary and of his pre-
vious experience as legislator. He
declared that he had been pressed in
to the race as a, candidate and had
accepted the challenge only on condi-
ton that he did not represent any
organization or group of organiza-
tions which had united to support his
candidacy.
81 am in the race to the finish" he
declared. There has all ready been
some hint of bargaining, but / will
have nothing to do with it"
For Law Enforcement.
DR.. Woodward declared that he
stood solidly for the strict enforce
ment of the 18th amendment to the
Constitution. politicians are trying
to make people believe that they stand
for the repeal of the 18th amendment
when they know that the 18th amend
ment is here to stay" he declared.
"And if it is here to stay, it Is the
duty Of every law abiding citizen to
be it's friend Enforce the law and
we will get away from this crime
wave which is now prevalent through
out the country"
He was greeted with applause when
he stated his stand on law enforce
ment. There was also applause for
his stand for the support of the Con-
stitution, to give equal rights to all
before the courts of justice.
Stand On Labor Problem.
DR.. woodward declared that he had
written his platform to be man of
the whole people and to work for
their interest. He said, if elected to
The Senate, he would give his best eff
forts to secure for the laboring class
and the farmers their just rights. He
also stated his definite position on
full religious freedom and the support
If the American public school and
Universal education
Between two and three hundred
,eople heard the address. 1t is the
irst campaign speech to be delivered
Kenosha during the present cam
,aign and was the third appearance
If the candidate in Wisconsin since
lie launched his speaking trip several
lays ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Autos Are Making
DOg-Catcher Idle
Automobiles Kill So Many Dogs That
the Dog Catcher Has Little to
Do at Superior.

Superior, Wis. -. "a dog
catcher hasn't much to do nowadays .
says John Bowser, dog catcher for Su-
perior.' Automobiles do most the
work of killing dogs, stray and other
wise. There was time when my av-
erage haul of dogs was three or four
a day. Now the number rarely ex-
ceeds eighteen month, and most OF
these are calls from owners.
"All dogs that are caught are shot.
Once, at the wishes of the master, l
tried to chloroform big dog and af-
ter half an hour 1 had to shoot him
anyway. Some dogs that / get are SO
afectionate and well hammered that,
even after eighteen years at my job, 1t
takes courage TO kill them"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03

James Cline, Chicago, arrested for
speeding by Police Officer Paul Rhode,
was fined $40 and costs this morning
in the municipal court.
Approximately $975,OOO was collect
ed in fines yesterday at the opening
session of the municipal court in the
new courthouse building.
Russell Resch, arrested by Police
Officer Reynolds for operating a car
with an open cut out, was ordered to
appear in court this morning.
Axel Miller, 66S1s Strong street, was
fined 50 and costs for violating the
arterial highway ordinance He was
arrested by Police officer Robert
Mitchell.
DR.. F. C. Vandervort, father of Miss
Isabel Vandervort, of the Kenosha
High school faculty, died Saturday,
August 20, at his home in Blooming
ton, Illinois.
The cases of Frank Belik and Victor
Csavoj both of 1877 Maple court, and
John Petruk, GOA Bronson street, have
been continued for hearing. The three
men were arrested on the charge of
assault and battery by Sergeant
Meissner and Detective Tusler on a
warrant.
The funeral of Lee West was held
this afternoon at four-thirty o'clock
from the Hansen Funeral home. The
funeral services were in charge of the
Odd Fellows lodge and the American
Legion. Interment was made in the
soldiers lot of the Green Ridge
cemetery.
Stanley Sakalawski, $50 North
Pleasant street, was fined SO and costs
this morning on the charge of intoxi-
cation. He was arrested on com
plant made by his wife who said he
had been hanging around Ounce
street with a married woman, and that
he had been drunk three days.
No inquest will be held in the death
of R. F. Sherman, who died on a
Northwestern train Monday morning
while on his way to the Grand Army
encampment at Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan. This statement was issued by
Coroner Joseph Friend this morning.
The funeral Of Ruben Francis Sher-
man will be held Wednesday afternoon
at two o'clock from the Bristol Meth
odist church. The remains will be
taken to the church Wednesday noon
and will lie in state there until the
time of the services. The Civil War
veterans will assist in the services.
Edward Johnson, colored, Racine
avenue, was arrested Monday by Po-
lice Officers Pecan and O'Hare, charg-
ed with disorderly conduct. He had
been chasing members of his family
with a.cleaver, it is said. Johnson
when arraigned. this morning before
Judge Slater denied the charge, and
the case was continued toSeptember 4.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
Sheriff Willems
is Moving Today
The Exodus From the Old County Jail
is Taking Place Today = Going
$50 to New Quarters.

The change that has been going on
in the old courthouse district contin-
ued today when moving vans backed
up into the yard of the county jail,
and preparation was made for the
journey to the new Jail quarters.
Hereafter the sheriff's family lives
it's own life apart from the jail in its
own home, and the moving will con-
sist of the sheriff's belongings to his
private home, and the moving of the
prisoners to their newer, finer but
also more jail-proof quarters. The
county Jail and home will be the head
quarters of the police department af-
ter it has been remodeled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-03
BORN.

To Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Ham
mond, 1908 Prairie street, daughter,
August 9th, at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ecker, Sol
Erie street, daughter, August 9th
at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Richter, 784 IL
Pearl street, son, August 18th at
the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Peterson,
662 Newell street, daughter, Au-
gust 80 at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs Carl Schwalve, AL
Cable street, daughter, August 81
at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kline, a
daughter, August 31st at the Kenosha
hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nicholson,
Route 2, daughter, September 1st,
at the Kenosha hospital.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Birkholz, ITO
Garden street, daughter, September
LIST at the Kenosha hospital.