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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-25
Catholic Hospital
Association Meets

Oconomowoc, Wis., J. Catholic
medical and hospital workers from all
parts of the United States and Can
ada gathered at Springbank, near here
today, for the tenth annual meeting of
the Catholic Hospital association of
the United States and Canada which
will be held at the summer home Of
the association this week.
The Rev. Charles B. Moulinier, S. j.,
of Marquette University, organizer and
president of the association, in gen
eral charge of the convention. The
program includes addresses, commit
tee reports, round table discussions
and exhibits.
Preceding the convention six-day
spiritual retreat was held at Spring
bank last week, directed by the Rev.
William Whalen of Creighton Univer-
sity, Omaha. Another will be held
June 27 to July 5, with Rev. Andrew j.
Cook of st. Ignatius high school and
Cook county hospital, Chicago in
charge.
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COOPER TO BE
SPEAKER JULY 4
Get Henry Allen Cooper for
independence Day Adj
dress in KenOsha.
FEATURE FIREWORKS

Kenosha's Fourth of July celebra-
tion this year is to take. its rank with
the most elaborate in the history of
the city, if present plans already ten
tatively completed are carried through.
Committees appointed two weeks sgo
by George Bickford, general chairman
of the days celebrations for the
American Legion post here which is
sponsoring the days festivities, have
been hard at work for the past sever
al days and each has worked out its
part of the program.
]. A. Foster, Jrs chairman of the
program committee, has outlined a
temporary plaa for a program for the
celebration. 1t is planned to begin
the formal celebration here late in
the afternoon to give all persons in
the city an opportunity to utilize
their mornings and early afternoons
as they see fit. The program proper
will begin about six o'clock in the
afternoon.
Band Concerts Feature.
At that time the Italian Boys band,
directed by Father Simeoni Of the
Holy Rosary church here, will pre-
sent a concert program at Lincoln
park. This organization has establish
ed a unique reputation in Kenosha
and surrounding vicinities for the
caliber of its musicians. All of the
players are mere boys and all have
been tutored by Father Simeoni until
they are most efficient in their pieces.
The American Legion band will also
alternate with the boys band in pre-
senting concert numbers. The Legion
will also sponsor street and sidewalk
dancing on South Pleasant street OPP
posite Lincoln park. Every attempt
will be made by the Legionnaires as
hosts to provide everyone with an en-
tertainment worthy of the occasion.
Henry Allen Cooper Speaker.
Chairman Foster announced today
that his committee had secured the
assent Of Congressman Henry Allen
Cooper to be the speaker for the occa-
sion, Congressman Cooper will pre-
sent the patriotic address early in the
evening.
Following several additional band
concert numbers and other feature
forms of entertainment, not yet an
nounced in full, the spectacle of the
evening will be provided. A gigantic
display of fireworks even greater in
magnitude than that of last year will
thrill the thousands of persons who
are expected to be present at Lincoln
park during the celebration. Profess
sional men are to be brought to Ke-
nosha with the fireworks displays and
no labor is being spared to make this
feature of the program one which will
be very worth while.
In the meantime other Legion COM
mittees are at work among the vari-
Gus organizations of the city, and
further arrangements for Kenosha's
Fourth celebration will be announced
as they are completed.
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Railway Accident
Basis of Suit
Seek $4,000 Damages for Death Of
Joseph Spiglan at Elizabeth
Street Railway Crossing.

The Chicago and Northwestern Rail
way company is named as defendant
in a suit filed in the circuit court
here this morning for $4,000 by the
heirs of Joseph Spiglan, Kenosha man
who was killed March 9, 1925, when
struck by a Northwestern passenger
train at the Elizbaeth street crossing
of the right of way of the company.
The suit, brought in the name of the
administrator of the estate, claims
that the railway company was negli-
gent inasmuch as the train was travel
ing at rate of fotIy miles an hour
and that proper warning was not given
at the crossing. 1t sets forth that the
victim helped to support his mother,
Mrs. Christina Spiglan, and that he
was indebted to his brother, Charles
Spiglan, to the amount of $1,000, these
being named as heirs to the estate.
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Single company, of Waukegan, made
out on the Waukegan National Bank
He made out about fifty of these, ne
told the police in his confession, US
ing different name and clock num-
Der on each to make them appear ike
payroll checks.
Cargill said he could not get a
check-protector in Waukegan without
arousing any suspicious and he came
to Kenosha on Friday looking for one.
He went into a little tailor shop on
the west side, the name of which the
police are Withholding, and told
clever story.
According to Cargill he told the
tailor that he was foreman Of gang
Of workmen which was completing a
Job at the Nash Motors plant and
wanted to pay them off. He asked the
tailor where he could get a check-writ-
ing machine. The tailor kindly allow
ed hin. the use of his own.
The Rest Was Easy.
So without much effort on his part
Cargill ran off the batch of checks in
large amounts with the smallest one
at $50 and the largest at $102.47. All
were signed by L. Bates. of the As
hestos Single company. CargilPs
wife admitted that she had cashed
three checks earlier in the week at
Waukegan, each running between $50
and 500. Cgrgill himself had cashed
one Of them at the Green Front Inn on
South Sheridan road for $85. And he
ATTEMPTED to cash another at a west
side saloon when he was arrested.
All of the. checks were dated June
20 and all were to be cashed, Cargill
said, on Saturday afternoon after the
banks were closed. He was to use as
many as he could in Kenosha, and
then move on to Racine, and from
there to Milwaukee. He had no idea,
he said, what he would do with all the
money, nor did he know why he was
doing all this.
In order to make sure that the
checks were forgeries Chief Logan
called L. Bates of Waukegan to his
office here and showing him one of
the checks asked him if that was his
signature. Bates answered yes but on
closer examination found that it was
a most clever forgery.
The Waukegan police were notified
of the arrest here and Chief Isaac
Lyons came to Kenosha to take the
pair back to Waukegan where they
will face charges of forgery there.
They will probably be arraigned today
and if they are bound over on bench
indictment they will have to await the
October term of the Lake county
grand jury before their case is heard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-25
HEALTH OFFICER
ASKS FOR HELP
School Nurses Helpless to
Uncover, All Cases of
Disease, He Says.
REPORT TO OFFICE

With the school houses empty and
all of their former inhabitants now
playing in the home yards or in the
parks, Health Commissioner DR.. e.
Windesheim is making an appeal to all
motherB and fathers IN nenosna TO TO-
operate with the health department in
helping to uncover cases of contagi Gus
disease. The health department re-
ports that there are q great many
cases of whooping cough and measles
extant in the city at this time, and
while this number is not unusual, there
is serious situation in that it is
difficult to keep a check on all of the
cases that are developing.
During the school year the school
nurses have an opportunity to examine
all of the students who show suspl-
cious symptoms, but now that is I'M
possible. The parents of the children
are asked to watch them and the mo-
ment they develop anything that looks
serious enough 30 show symptoms for
some children's disease, to get in
touch with their family physician, or
where a physician cannot be afforded,
to call the health department and a
nurse will be sent out to examine the
child. The parents are asked while
waiting for the call to keep the child
away from contact with any other
child.
May Reach Serious Stages.
In communities about Kenosha the
communicable diseases have reached a
serious stage, and every effort is be-
ing taken here in the way of precau-
tionary measure to prevent such con-
ditions in Kenosha. 1t is pointed out
by health officials that in many dis
eases the actual disease does not break
out until several days after the first
symptom appear and contact with 9TH
er people exposes them to the same
disease.
The principal thing to watch, it is
also pointed out, is that child in
whom there has already been found a
contagious disease be kept in a room
and not be allowed to leave the house
in which he or she lives. This precau-
tion protects the entire neighborhood
from the spread if that disease and
safeguards the child as well.
The health department also issued a
warning declaring that it was ready to
order prosecuted any case where VIC
lation of the quarantine laws was evi-
denced The penalty for conviction in
each such case is a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $500, or a
term in the county Jail of not more
than six months or both, for each Of
Tense.
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DEATHS RECENT TOLL
OF BADGER GOVERNORS
Distinguished Names in Past Few
Months Have Been Added to
Wisconsin Neurology.

Madison, Wis. y = The death
of Senator Robert M. LaFollette com
ing three days after the passing OF
Former Governor Emanuel Philip re
calls the departure of half dozen
Wisconsin leaders who made Badger
political history during the last 81
years.
Four ex-governors have died within
the last six months period, including
Philip and LaFollette.
Within the past six months, Ex-Gov.
ernor W. H. Upham, Marshfield, pas
sed away. Upham was chief execu-
tive from 1895 to 1897 in the days
when Senator LaFollette was wagine
a campaign in behalf of the primary
election system.
Schofeld and Davidson.
Former Governor Edward Schofield
chief executive from 1897 to 1901 died
several months ago. La Toilette
succeeded Schofield in Office. 1t was
during Schofield's campaign that the
picturesque battle staged almost sim
gle-handed by LaFollette for regula.
tion of the railroads and public uti-
lities reached its climax.
James D. Davidson, who succeeded
LaFollette upon the latter's resigna-
ton as governor to take his seat in
the U. S. Senate died approximately &
year ago. Davidson occupied the exc
cutive Office from 1905 to 1911.
L. C Bomrich, Democratic candi
date for Governor against LaFollette
in 1900 died recently Bomrich figured
in one of the most turbulent poll
tical campaigns in the history of Bad
ger politics. Running on the same tic
ket. with William Jennings Bryan, po
litical opponents raised the effective
slogan: Bryan, Bomrich, and Blood
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SIMPLE RITES
FOR SENATOR
Notable Gathering Empha-
sizes Widespread Grief
at Death.
TRIBUTE Is NATIONAL
Official Representation Ignores
All Partisan or Poll
teal Differences.

MADISON, Wis {. } Robert
Marion La Toilette was returned today
to the soil of the state that gave him
birth.
The last services for him were of a
simplicity in keeping with that off the
life he had lived. While the state
claimed him to the last, it was the
plain people to whose cause he had
devoted his all that gathered to show
reverence to his memory.
The funeral was conducted in the
rotunda of the state capitol and in
terment was made in the family plot
in Forest Hill cemetery beside the
graves of the senator's father and
mother.
Marked by Simplicity.
Although from the moment his fu-
neral train arrived here last Saturday
from Washington the state had claim
ed his body for its own, there was
nothing of pomp or of ceremony in
these, the last honors that it might
tender.
That was as the senator himself had
wished. To friends of a lifetime in
his native soil at point overlooking
a broad blue lake beside which he was
born and came to mans estate.
Many with whom he had labored so
long in the state and the nation were
gathered from far and near to do
homage at his bier.
Program of Service.
The service was arranged as fol-
lows:
Hymn-"Nearer My God To Thee"
Mozart, Mannechoir chorus.
Funeral serman-Dr. A. E. Hayden
of Chicago.
Hy1nn-"Abide With Me-, Mozart,
! Mannechoir chorus.
the audience.
Thousands had journeyed to Madi-
son for the funeral. Many Of these
came to join the throngs that viewed
| the body yesterday while others
reached today by trains from Chicago
and other nearby points some hours
before the funeral train.
| The congressional delegation at
tending the ceremonies was increased
| by three who arrived on a morning
train. They are Senators Peter Nor
| beck of South Dakota, and Hendrix
! Shipstead of Minnesota, and Congress
man James A. Frear, Hudson, Wis.
Impressive Tribute.
Upon few men had Wisconsin be-
slowed higher honors in life and per
haps to none had she given so impress
sive a tribute in death. And yet there
was nothing of pomp or display; it
was the simple outpouring of the peo-
pie, from high places and low, bowling
| in respect at bier.
The funeral Grafton delivered by
/ DR.. Albert Eustace Haddon, pastor of
the Unitarian church of Madison, and
a professor in the Chicago University
was a glowing eulogy of the personal
/ qualities of Senator La Toilette and
an enthusiastic idealization of the po-
litical activities to which his life swas
devoted
Service in Capitol Rotunda.
During the funeral service the cas-
ket rested in the spot where yesterday
| it lay in state. A single American
flag covered it and in the background
was q mass of palms and floral trib-
| utcGs relieving the drabness of the
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onyx marble columns which fanked
the bier.
The heavy marble balustrade encir-
cling>the well of the rotunda was COW
cred with wreaths and sprays Of flow
ers. There were offerings from the
United States Senate, the Wisconsin
legislature, labor, fraternal, educa-
tional and political organization and a
host of individuals.
Joining the family on the main floor
of the rotunda were the active and
honorary pallbearers, including the
congressional delegation; members of
the state legislature and state officers.
Others were seated or found places in
three of the main galleries. The ov-
erfow was cared for as far as might
be in the we'll below. The choir was
IN the east gallery overlooking the
temporary altar.
Fortitude of Mrs. La Toilette.
Bearing with great fortitude still
this supreme trial of her life Mrs. La
Toilette entered the funeral chamber
between her sons, Robert ]. and Phil
lip, followed by her two daughters and
other members, of the immediate fam
lily. They were seated to the right of
the altar with the congressional dele
cation to the left.
The soft strains of the hymn,
Nearer My God to Thee, floating
from an organ in an overhead recess
marked the opening of the services.
The choir took up the familiar words
as hush descended upon the hun
dreds within the capitol.
Before his funeral grafton, DR.. Hay
den read the burial service of the
Unitarian church. The singing of the
hymn, abide With Me-, by the choir
and America" by choir and audience
and the brief service was ended.
Cortege to Grave.
After the rotunda had been cleared
the casket was lifted with tender care
and carried down the long marble
steps of the state house to begin the
three-mile journey to the grave.
AS the body was brought out of the
capitol the chimes in Grace Episcopal
church across the broad square played
Lead Kindly Light"
Thousands crowded around theIstate
house and fell in behind the funeral
party for the march to the cemetery.
At the grave simple service was
read by DR.. Hayden before the body
was entombed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-25
SOMERS TO HAVE
A NEW SCHOOL
Two Room School to be
Built in Town of Som
ers This Year.
CONSOLIDATION STEP

Announcement was made this morn
ing by Superintendent l. H. Ihlenfeldt,
county superintendent of schools Of
Kenosha county, of the plans for the
building of a new school in the town
Of Somers this season. The school
commissions of Somers presented to
the town meeting a plan for the new
school, which was authorized by
vote of 40 to a.
A two room building is to be erected
at the site of the school known as
the Washington school. It is to be
modern in every respect and will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Whyte and Whyte have been named
as architects for the building and are
to be in charge of the erection Of it.
1t is expected that the building
will be ready for use early in the
1925-1926 school year.
Step Towards Consolidation.
The erection of the new building
is long step towards consolidation
in Somers and will furnish a means
of providing much better school faci'
lities for the children Of the COM
munity. The school in the town has
been very much over-crowded and the
new building will remedy this entire
ly. School Commissioners Mutchie,
Sorrensen and Jensen helped in carry
ing cut the project in Somers.
A similar situation exists in the
town of Woodwork. A special meet
ing has been called for next Wednes-
day, June oath, for the voters there
to decide on a proposal to build & new
school for that district. The Wood
worth school is badly overcrowded
and a two room building, at least
is needed there.
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READY TO FLOOD
BADCHECKS HERE
POlicewOman Nabs John
CargilI and Wife, AL
legged Forgers.
HAD MANY BIG CHECKS
Forged Checks On Waukegan
Company in Large Amounts
Totaling S4,176.47,

A clever bit Of detective work by
Policewoman Beulah Mcneil has re-
suited in a saving to Kenosha, Racine,
and Milwaukee business men of over
$4,000 and in the capture of John Car
gill, 45, and his ifteen-year-old wife,
of Winthrop Harbor. The arrest was
made late Friday afternoon but the
seriousness of the charges that the
two faced was not realized until Sat-
urday when an investigation showed
that the two were ready to flood forty
four checks totaling S4,17647 upon
business men here.
The detective work brought about
one of the most unique arrests in the
history of the local department and
Chief Thad Logan indicated today
that he would cite the bravery and
courage of the policewoman as one OF
the outstanding performances of duty
Of the month.
1t all started out rather innocently
Mrs. Mcneil found a girl on Market
street crying as if her heart would
break. The girl said that she was
lost and was looking for her husband
She said she was Mrs. John Cargill Of
Winthrop Harbor, and that she was
fifteen years old.
Look for Husband.
She gave the policewoman an ides
of where she had last seen her hus-
band and the two went out to the vi
entity of Market and Newell streets
Here they found John Cargill attempt
ing to cash check at soft drink
payIor The man was so drunk he
could hardly stand.
There's my husband" Mrs. Cargill
pointed out. The policewoman decid-
ed that she would need assistance
here and she called headquarters and
Sergeant lie oBuchman was despatch
ed to her aid. The two arrested Car.
gill and brought him to the police sta
lion to face charges Of intoxication.
At the Office the man was searched
as prisoners always are. Buchmar
noticed a little package of papers in
an inside coat pocket and before Car
gill knew what he was doing, the SER
geant pulled out neat little stack Of
forty-four checks, having all the ap
pearance of perfectly good negotiable
paper Here was something the police
hadn't expected
Confesses to Forging Checks.
Further questioning of the man anC
his wife brought out a spectacular
confession that went into thousands
of dollars IN its details. Cargill ad.
mitted, after HE wife had SPILLED
the beans" that they made out these
checks several days ago. He was for
merly an employee of the John Man
vile company at Waukegan and there
etole book Of checks Of the Asbestos
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-25
JACK PARQUETTE
SHOT in KNEE
Trouble When COlOred Man
Calls On Wife Who
Seeks Divorce.
TOLD TO STAY AWAY

A near tragedy took place early
Sunday morning in colored house
hold where there have been many
scenes of violence in the past. And
as result, Jack Parquette, colored,
is in the Kenosha hospital suffering
from gun-shot wounds in the righS
knee, and Mrs. Parquette is in tho
county Jail, held as a precautionary
measure, on the charge of attempted
murder
Mrs. Parquette's own story, born
out by her variations of difficulty in
the past, is that she did fire at Jack
but only in self protection when he
entered the house and grievously as
saulted her.
Was Sueing for Divorce.
There have been numerous com.
plants made about Jack Parquette by
Mrs. Parquette in the past. Several
times he was arrested on the charge
of assaulting her. Finally Mrs. Par
quette started divorce proceedings
against her husband, stating that
when he was good he was Every very
good, and when he was bad, he was
horrid." She said she feared of her
life when he had been drinking. Once
he pursued her with butcher knife.
Sunday morning Jack Parquette,
who had been ordered by the court to
stay away from the house while the
divorce was pending, came and knock
ed on the door Mrs. Parquette re-
fused to open the door. Jack broke
the door open, threatened her with
dire violence and started otter her.
Shoots Him In Knee.
The frightened woman, according
to her story and that of friend who
witnessed the scene, pulled revolver
from her bed and fired a shot. The
revolver was ID caliber New Brit
ish bulldog" make.
Mrs Parquette then ran to the tele-
phone and called the police. Sergeant
Max Kramer answered the call. All
he could hear when he picked up the
receiver was a sound as if telephone
was knocked off somewhere, followed
by the sound of cries and violence.
He fastened to another telephone in
the police Office and with the CO.
operation of the operator at the tele-
phone succeeded III locating the house
from whence the call had come. 1t
was at 1872 Main street Police officer
McGivern, Bauschelt and Ambelang
answered the call.
Jack was found with bullet wound
through the right knee Following
the practice Of the police in such mat
ters Mrs. Parquette was arrested and
taken to the county JAIL leaving it to
the court to determine where the re-
sponsibility lies.