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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
GET NEARER COLI
KEEP WORKING ON
FARM RELIEF PLANS
Senate and House Agricultural Com
mittees Continue Their Work on
Farm Relief Projects.

Washington.-The problem of work
ing out farm relief program to be
pressed for action in the remaining
three weeks of the session continued
to occupy the senate and house agri-
cultural committees, both having called
members of the presidents agricultur-
al conference for questioning on the
conference recommendations
Chairman Carey of the conference
was the first witness on the house COM
mittee's list for the day, while the
senate committee had called VIM. M.
Jardine to continue his explanation of
the conference proposals begun yes
terday. Chairman Haugen of the house
committee, who had drafted for COM
mittee study today a bill to carry out
the conference recommendations with
regard to cooperative marketing, con-
tinued optimistic as to the chances of
getting this feature of the program
through congress before adjournment.
Some members of the senate commit
tee, however, were frankly doubtful
that their committee itself could reach
any agreement on a farm aid program
and more SO that any substantial pro-
gram could be put through the senate
in the short time remaining. The
house in the meantime has moved for
ward speedily to carry out part of the
conference program by passing and
sending to the senate the Strong and
Purnell bills.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
LUMBER STANDARDS
TO CHANGE SOON
Both Dealer and Customer to be Bene-
fitted by Change in Nation
al Standards.

Milwaukee, Wis. Within the COM
ing four months the most marked eff
feet of the Standardization of lumber
will be felt by the consumer, Arthur
T. Epson, lumber standards advisor
afstha sNsatsoaal Lumbe zuf yctuSers
association told the Wisconsin Retail
Lumbermen, in convention here to-
day
Within the next four months the
American lumber standards will be
extended to include soft wood factory
lumber and structural timbers," Mr..
Upton said, and eventually the lumber
standards will include the hardwood"
Manufacturers, distributors and
consumers will share alike in the bene-
fits. Standardization, lumber Sizes,
grades and practices will combine to
make for economy in lumber manu-
facture, and will increase efficiency in
utilization and consumption.
"The American standards for yard
lumber are construed to mean stand
ards of size, standards of grade and
agreement to submit to official asso-
citation inspectors any complaint in
volving either standard size or stand
ard grade.
at is obvious that all will be pro-
tected when the Standardization pro-
gram becomes effective"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
EIXI'R a..
FORD TO OPERATE
ATLANTIC FLEET
Will Use Own Boats to Carry Manu-
featured Products to Foreign
Ports Soon.

Detroit, Mich.-The Ford Motor
company will enter transatlantic
shipping, operating its own feet for
carrying manufactured automobile
parts to the company's foreign plants,
it was announced today by Edsel B.
Ford, president. The Ford company
has purchased the steamer East In
dian from the Emergency Fleet cor
poration as the first large unit in the
proposed foreign service fleet.
The Ford company already is oper-
ating in the South American and
coastal trade with two small ships, the
steamers Oneida and Onondaga. These
seamers "were put into this service on
rather experimental basis" Mr..
Ford's announcement said, "and have
proven the feasibility of extending
our own shipping service to Europe"
The Oneida and Onandaga have been
engaged in carrying automobile and
tractor parts to Ford assembly plants
along the southern coast of the United
States and to South America. The
company sent its first ship to a foreign
port November last, when the
Onondaga, laden with motor car parts,
sailed from the River Rouge plant at
Detroit for Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
BLAINE APPOINTEES
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
Fight is Made on Confirmation of
Senator Staudenmayer But He a
Won Out With Ease.

Madison - The gubernatorial APP
pointment of William j. Conway, Wis
consin Rapids as member of the
state tax commission, to succeed
Thomas j. Lyons, resigned, today was
confirmed by unanimous vote of the
state Senate. Confirmation of SIX
other appointments likewise was con-
frmed.
Appointment of Senator George
Staudenmayer, Portage, to succeed
himself as a member of the state high
way commission met with opposition,
Senators G. B. Casperson, William IL
tus, j. G. Schuman and Herman :.
Severson, voting against confirming the
appointment. The appointment was
confirmed 81 to a.
Other appointments confirmed fol-
low:
J. Q. Emery to the office of state
dairy and food commissioner to sue
coed himself (Senator Herman Bill
grien voting "no") Thomas ]. Cunning
ham to be state supervisor of inspec-
tors of illuminating oils to succeed
himself; B. j. Castle to membership
on the state civil service commission
to succeed himself; Ernest N. Warner
and William Mauthe, as members OF
the state board of Cancellation to sue
coed themselves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Ratify Treaty
With Reservations

Washington.--The German CONNER
cial treaty has been ratified by the
senate after objections were removed
by attaching reservation placing in
the hand of congress authority to alb
rogate the section preventing discrim-
ination by either nation in favor Of
:ts shirping tkre gs tariff duties sl%
IL servatisa wrl ten ITO the tread as
ratified late yesterday BY the ssrste
was substitute for the susgs steG
by Secretary Hughes and approved by
the foreign relations committee and is
understood to be not wholly acceptable
to the state department. The first pro-.
posal would have given the president
alone authority to abrogate the provi-
sions in question. Under the treaty
as ratified congress is given authority
to put into force preferential tariff
duties in favor of American shipping
at any time within one year after ex-
change of notifications. Ratification
was without record vote and was
preceded by only brief discussion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
COOLIDGE ELECTED
PRESIDENT TODAY
Formal Casting of the Electoral Vote
of the States Takes Place
at Noon Today.

Washington D. C.-The result of the
November election received the final
attest Of Congress today sin joint con-
vention assembled.
The statement by Senate President
Pro-tempore Cummins that the count
of electoral votes showed Calvin Cool
idge of Massachusetts,, and Charles e.
Dawes Of Illinois, to have been elected,
and the entering of the ballots IN the
journal of the Houses closed the po-
litical contest in accordance with the
constitutional requirements.
Barely half an hour was set aside
for the ceremony. Pursuant to con-
current resolution for the joint as
sembly, the Senate marched to the
house chamber, preceded by the Ser
CANT at arms and accompanied by
pages carrying the electoral votes in
locked boxes. Senator Cummins pre-
sided with Speaker Ghlett on the dias
at his left.
After formal Announcement from the
chair of the purpose of the meeting
tellers for the house and senate took
charge of the ballots, opening the en-
velopes in alphabetical order. The re-
suit was announced as follows:
Whole number Of votes cast for Pres
ident 531.
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts
1872 votes; John w. Davis of West Vir-
ginia 1856 votes; Robert M. La Toilette
of Wisconsin Is votes.
i Whole number of votes cast. for vice
president SCI.
Charles G. Dawes, of Illinois, 3S2
votes; Charles w. Bryan of Nebraska
1856 votes and Burton X. Wheeler OF
Montana 13 votes.
Senator Cummins then dissolved the
convention with the traditional words
"This announcement Of the votes cast
by the electors of the president and
vice president by the president pro
tempore Of the senate, is, under the
constitution and laws of the United
States, deemed a sufficient decision
of the persons elected for the terms
beginning March 4, 1925 and shall be
entered together with a list of the
votes so cast on the journal of the
Senate and House"
Following the ceremony both houses
resumed their routine business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Governor Acts in
Many Pardon Appeals

Madison, Wis.-An absolute pardon
has been granted 20 Floyd G. Congdon,
convicted in Walworth county of auto
mobile theft and sentenced to five
years Imprisonment, Governor Blaine
announced today. The pardon was
recommended by the United States vet
Grams bureau, Congdon having been
undergoing treatment in a hospital for
disability received in the war.
Four conditional pardons and one
Communication Of sentence were granted
two prisoners made eligible to parole,
ten petitions for executive clemency
denied, and no action taken in two
cases, according to the announcement.
Those conditionally pardoned include
Sylvester Kummershek of Milwaukee
county, prohibition law violations;
Frank Drummer of Manitowoc county,
arson; Chester Swenson of st. Croix
county, issuing fraudulent checks, and
Howard Ameden of st. Croix county,
polygamy. Ameden, the governor said,
intends to confirm his second marriage
which took place before he was d.
vorced from his first wife.
The sentence Of Joseph Zajiechek of
Milwaukee county, charged with fail
ure to stop an automobile after injury,
was committed to expire December 20,
1924.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Still Search Woods
for Gun Fighters

Green Bay, Wis.-The hunt for
Robert and vern Wilson, fugitives Of
the law and thought to be secreted
in the dense woods near Tripoh, was
at a stand-still today ANYTHING an in
vestigation into numerous charges of
larceny charges lodged against them in
Adams, Lincoln and Oneida counties.
Sheriff Hans Rodd of Oneida county,
who has joined in the hunt, stated
today that the charges Of petty lar
ceny on which a warrant has been
sworn out, for the brothers, do not
warrant shooting man" but he said
when all complaints against the fugi-
tives, for which no warrants have been
issued, have been investigated then
s'nending cur investigation posse
from the three counties involved will
not rest until they get the Wilson's"
"We look for a gun fight" the
sheriff said, s.but we aim 90 get the
drop on them, however, do not be-
lieve they have any shells with them. "
The wilson's escaped from a deputy
sheriff late Tuesday and a sheriff S
posse traced the pair to country
store where they attempted to pur-
chase cartridges. The trail then led
to the woods and no trace OF the fugi-
tives has since been found.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Highway Bill Gets
Favorable Action

Madison, Wis. The highway bill
carving a huge distribution of S14,-
900 600 for 1925-26, raised from gaso-
line. automobile weight tax and feder-
al aid was recommended for passage
with a slight amendment by the joint
finance committee last night, following
nublic hearing on the bill. The
amendment now in the process of draft
ing will eliminate the objections raised
bv residents Of Milwaukee county in re-
spect to distribution and will be more
equitable from the standpoint of cities
of the first class.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Find Many Troubles
in Vatican Pact

Rome All attempts to negotiate
a concordat between the Vatican and
the Italian government have SO far
failed because the Holy See it is stat
ed in circles close to the government,
has made it an initial condition that
the concordat be acknowledged by all
the powers, thus becoming an interna-
tional agreement. This would enable
any signatory party to interfere in
what Italy considers her own internal
affairs, namely her relations with the
Vatican.
1t is understood that Premier Mus
solini has not lost hope of finding q
solution satisfactory to both parties
hut so far nothing positive has re-
suited.
The report reaching here that, once
the concordat was concluded the Pope
would make tour of the world is CIV
en- no credence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
Banker is Held
on Fraud Charges

Minot, N. D.-Jourgen Olson, of
Minot, former president of the Ameri-
can State bank at Burlington, N. D.,
near here and who has been under
a physicians care for several weeks,
was placed under arrest this after
noon on a warrant from the state of
Wisconsin, charging him with using
the mails to defraud.
The warrant resulted from grand
jury indictment returned at Madison,
Wis, recently, alleging irregularities in
connection with transactions which
Olson had with bank at Prairie du
Sac. olson Immediately furnished
bonds of $4,000 following his arrest
today, and his attorney, E. r. Sinkler,
announced that he would demand a
hearing before United States com
missioner.
Olson also faces a charge of using
the mails to defraud in federal court
in Minot arising out of the same al
legged offense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
SCHOOL BOARD
STARTS PROTEST
Register Opposition to Pro-
posed Re-districting of
. Wards in City.
MAKES BIGGER BOARD
Re-Districting Would Increase
Size of School Board to
Twenty-four Members.

The first concerted effort on the
side of the opposition in the discus
sion of the proposed re-districting of
wards in the city as placed before the
city council in resolution drawn up
by the Kenosha Civic council was
voiced by members of the board OF
education at their meeting in the adj
ministration building on Sheridan
road Tuesday evening. 1t was the
concensus of opinion among most OF
the members of the board who took
part in the discussion that the rear
rangement would not be a desirable
action as far as the school board was
concerned.
The subject was placed before the
board by Commissioner George A.
Cook, of the first ward. Cook de-
clared that he believed that an in
crease in the present membership of
the school board would be most unde-
sirable to be consistent with an efii-
cient woodworking board.
Want Further Discussion.
personally, l believe that the pres
ent board is too large, and to increase
it to twenty members, as would
follow if the wards of the city were
re-districted to provide twelve wards
with two precincts each as is pro-
posed, is something would not be
In. favor. The idea Increased rep
resentation on the county board on be-
half of the city is an excellent one
and all we'll and good, but think that
this board should be considered"
Commissioner Cook appealed to all
of the members of the board to take
adde interest in the proposition.
The resolution of the Civic
council has been placed in the hands
of the city council as committee of
the whole and this committee has
ordered a public hearing on the ques-
ton at some future date.
On motion of Fred F. Joerndt, of the
eighth ward, the president of the
board was authorized to appoint a
committee of three members to keep
the board posted and to represent the
board officially when the proposed
hearing is called.
Following the discussion of business
matters which came before the board
the meeting adjourned to the bowling
alleys of the Elks' club where a
tournament was started which seeks
to determine the champion bowler on
the school board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
.JARDINE is PICKED
FOR CABINET POST
Rumor Says Kansas Man wan be
Named Secretary of Agri-
culture Soon.

Washington d. C.-Although the
White House withheld comment, ad-
ministration officials elsewhere indi-
Gated belief today that William M.
Jardine of Kansas had virtually been
decided on by President Coolidge for
secretary of agriculture.
The Kansas delegation in congress,
which once endorsed ]. J. Mohler, also
of Kansas, for the post, met and
changed it's support to Mr.. Jardine.
Members of the delegation have been
in constant consultation with MIR,
Coolidge, but they declined to say
whether they had definite information
as to his decision.
Mr.. Jardine himself, who is 4 mem
Der of the Presidents agricultural con-
ference, conferred with Mr.. Coolidge
during the day. Officials said the
visit had to do with agricultural ques-
&ions but declined to go into details.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
BULLETIN.

Cave City, Ky. - Barring un-
looked for Developments, indica-
tions at 1880 o'clock this after
noon were that Floyd Collins
would not be extricated befoSs
late tonight from Sand Cave in
which he has been trapped for ~
! day..
. ri. r. Carmichael, IN charge or
sinking fhe shaft SAID that a sud
den Striking of the cavern in
which Collins is a prisoner would
be the only unexpected develop
ment which might possibly lead to
an earlier rescue.
The twelfth section Of timber
ing up the wall OF the shaft was
completed at noon today. Each
section covers approximately three
feet. The excavation was slightly
below the last bracing put in.
DIR. w. ID. Funkhouser, gcologist
of the University of Kentucky,
later expressed the opinion that
unless some unforeseen good for
tune came to the miners, they
would be unable to reach Collins
for a day or two. He said they
had considerable digging after
they reached the main tunnel to
the cave before they could get to
the rock pinning Collins down.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12

Madison. Wis. - Wisconsin ratified
the proposed federal child labor amend
ment today, the assembly concurring
Ga to 26 in the Padway resolution
adopted by the senate last week.
Approval of the resolution was voted
after motions for tabling and nom
concurrence had been voted down. me
vote in each of these instances was So
to %. The action followed almost two
hours of debate in which virtually ev-
cry argument for and against the pro-
posal was reviewed. The roll call:
Ayes-Barber, Blanchard, Brooks,
HCieszynski, Coleman, Conway, Cush-
man, Dettinger, Duncan, Eber, Gerald
son, Glass, Goodman, Grimstad, Gwidt,
Hanson, Hilker, Holly, Hutchinson, In
gals, Jensen, E. H. johnson, r. B.
Johnson, Kersten, Kiesner, Carl Koe-
mig, M. Koenigs, Krause, j. L. Larson,
Nels Larson, Leicht, Mcdowell, Mathi-
owetz, Mentink, Millar, Miller, Miner,
Moseley, Mueller, Nelson, o. G. Olsen,
Papl, Perry, Prescott, Price, Raihle,
Royce, Rufiing, Saugen, Schmidt, Sell
ers, Shearer, A. E. Smith, Sonnemann,
Staab, Swanson, H. F. Thompson, j, c.,
Thompson, Thorp, Walsh, Weber,
Wood, zittlow and Sachtjen.-64.
Noes--Beversdorf, Bussc, Caldwell,
Cody, Dihring, Doerwin, Engcl, G..
Frederick, F. A. Frederick, Hail., Hal
verson, Hillmann, Huxley. Hoffman,
Huckstesd, Hamper, Laffey, Lawson,
Meggers, Moul, Naumann, w. Olson,
/ Slack, Stokes, Vincent, Warden.--26.
Absent or not voting-Davies, DER
niger, Edwards, ElleRbecker, Peterson.
Schultz, II. H. Smith, Tremblath and
Tuffley.-9,
/ Several Bills Passed.
Among bills passed by the senate,
! one related to procedure in the civil
court of Milwaukee county and the
\ other to terms of court in the Goth
/ judicial district. Senator Stauden-
/ mayors bill to annex Columbia coun-
ty to the ninth judicial district WAS
reported for Indefinite postponement.
The highway bill was reported for
passage and went to the finance com
mittee for committee recommendation.
The bill wss slightly changed before
the report was made so as to provide
a little moe money for cities. -he
Dane county circuit court bills as re-
1 considered and amended were passed
by both houses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12
GOOD SAMARITAN
GETS BAD END
Henry Owen Has Accident
After Going to the Aid
of MotOrist.
ONE IS UNCONSCIOUS
Harry DennisOn of Zion Is at
st. Catherine Hospital Suf-
fering From Injury.

man sitting in his constable do
ing the evenings milking and looking
forward to a quiet night indoors with
the radio in the center OF MS famlly'
will hardly forsee that in the next
hour he, will have an encounter with
a drunken driver on the highway ana
narrowly escape with his life.
This is what happened to Henry
ox,en, farmer in the town of Pleas
ant Prairie, on , Tuesday night, Mr..
Owens farm is on South Sheridan
road. He was engaged, rather late, IN
finishing up the chores about the
barns when a men entered the yard
and asked for help.
Stranger Needs Gas.
Harry Dennison, the man who ap-
preached owen, informed the other
that he had been stalled on the road
without gas and asked for help in get
ting to the nearest service station.
Owen accommodated him and the. two
went together in Mr.. Owens Nasn
coupe. They secured the gas and
were returning south along Sheridan
road with Dennison's Maxwell car
which had been left on side road, as
their objective.
Another car came toward them from
the south, and the crazy manner II
which it was driven suggested
drunken driver at the wheel. Owen
endeavored to steer carefully past the
nath of the other but just as they APP
nroached one another, the strange car
drove straight into the Nash coupe
pushing it up against the cuivert.
Both Men Injured
Both Dennison and Owen were IN
iured. Owen sustained broken nose
and other injuries but was not so Sc
riouslv hurt as his companion. IL
WINS taken to his home but Denn'sor
was removed to st. GATHERINGS nos
initial. where he remained unconscious
throughout the night.
The car which struck Owens Nasr
did not stop but went right on It's
way. Because of the sudden lmpac'
of the other car, neither of the vic
Tins had an opportunity to learn the
make of the other car or get the IL
cense number.
Deputy Sheriff Steven Robinson an
vered the call from mis- home OF
South Sheridan road, and Deputy
Sheriff Tom Jester, night man at th'
sberiff's office was sent out from there
when the call came. BY the time thu
accident report came in. however, the
driver sought for was we'll out of th'
way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-02-12

Cave City, KY. - A definite connec-
ton between the rescue shaft and the
tunnel, in which Floyd Collins had
been imprisoned for twelve days, at
10 o'clock this morning was expected
to be reached very soon, it was de-
clared this morning by H. T. Car
michael, experimenting the sinking
Of the shaft.
81 am prepared at almost any time
to find a definite connection between
the shaft and the cavern" Carmichael
said "More crevices are being found,
rocks are getting larger, sand has Civ
en- way to gravel and more cave crick-
cts are reported by the diggers."
Hear No Heart Beats.
For the first time the amplifier
tests across the electTic wire leading
down to Collins failed completely this
morning to record anything in the
head phones. The last successful
test at midnight repeated the breath
ing" sounds at the regular rate OF
is per minute, but H. G. Lane, man
ager of the electric apparatus at the
cave, said the test indicated the globe
was out of Collins socket or burned
out.
Carmichael would not estimate how
soon the Sand Cave tunnel might be
pierced but said:
"We appear to be very close, and
| believe we will get Collins out alive"
Carmichael explained that the cave
had been completed two-thirds Of the
depth originally planned and that hA
expected to find more passageway bes
fore the maximum depth estimated
had been reached.
Twenty hours was given by rescu-
ers, at 9 o'clock, as the maximum
time they expected to take to extri-
cate Collins. The workers said that
if he was not out of the hole in that
time they would be sorely ! ,appoint-
ed. They were hopeful 6f reaching
Collins much sooner, saying that It
might come any minute.