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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Andrew Anderson
Died Yesterday
Andrew Anderson Died at His Home
on Fleet Street Last Evening at
Seven-Thirty O'clock.

Andrew Anderson, 67-year-old retir-
ed farmer, died at his home. at 62s
Fleet street last evening at seven
thirty o'clock.
The deceased came to this country
from Denmark forty-five years ago. In
1890 he married Miss Amalie Tenny-
son. Since his arrival in this coun-
try he has lived in Kenosha county
with the exception of a short time
when he lived in Racine county. He
was a member of the Danish Broth
erhood and during his life he had
been very active member of the Dan
lsh Lutheran church.
He is survived by a brother, Jens
Anderson and sister, Mrs. Maren
Skov, both living in Denmark.
He will remain at the Hansen's Fu-
neral Home until twelve o'clock We'd
nesday noon when he will be taken to
the Danish Lutheran church. The fu-
neral will be held at two o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon and interment will
be made in the Green Ridge cemetery.
NATIONS HORSEPOWER.
The people of the United States have
at their beck and call a force very
nearly equal to quarter of billion
slaves. The generating plants of the
electric service companies of the coun-
try have capacity of 28,0oo,00O horse
power. AS it would eight slaves to do
as muchc work as one horsepower,
therefore these generating plants pro-
vide the energy equivalent to this
quarter of billion slaves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
DEPLORE WASTE
in EDUCATION
Children Who "Do Not
Pass" Cost Tax Payers
Much Money.
TO INTEREST PARENTS

About half of the more than
100000 children who enter the first
grade in the elementary schools each
year fail to reach the second grade,
according to a tabulation just COM
pleted by the interior department
through the Bureau of Education, and
received in Kenosha today.
Most of these pupils become So
called "repeaters. 1t is estimated
that the cost to each school district
is from $72 to $50 per year per pupil
because these children fail to pass
successfully the first grade of school,
resulting in a tremendous waste in
education which should command the
serious consideration of every parent
and teacher in the United States.
Due to Defects in Children.
The commissioner of education, in
calling the attention of parents to
this extraordinary situation, declares
that much of this waste in education
is due to physical and mental defects
in the children. He believes that the
number Of pupils who repeat the first
grace can De mdLeIlaily iSuuSSu ~
parents will give due consideration
to the defects of their children be-
fore they enter school.
The Bureau of Education of the in
terror department is collaborating with
the National Congress Of Parents and
Teachers in an intensive campaign to
have children one hundred per cent
perfect in mind and body before en-
tering school for the first time next
September. Thirty states have already
signifed their intention of participant
ing in the campaign. Parents through
out the nation are urged to join the
campaign at once and to prepare
their children for school during the
next eight weeks.
The Bureau Of Education has issued
posters and circulars calling attention
to the movement, which publications
are distributed widely through parent
teacher associations, to communities
throughout the United States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
DISHES UNWASHED
FOR FOUR WEEKS
Husband Tells Court Sad
Story of Slothful
Housekeeping.
BETTER STAY SINGLE"
Judge Advises Defendant to
Avoid Matrimony in Future;
Others Apply for Divorce.

Don't get married again" Judge
Slater counselled a plaintiff husband
in a divorce hearing in the municipal
court. "You are hardly the kind OF
man to marry. You were married
three years ago and all you purchased
during your married life was Ford
roadster and a Victrola! You never
bought a chair to sit on"
The advice was given in the case of
Glen William Verbrick VS.. Clara YER
brick. Berbrick had hard luck story
of feminine shiftlessness to tell the
court, and his voice got sadder ard
sadder as he told it.
"The dishes would go unwashed for
four weeks at a time" he declared.
"Once the beds were not made for
five weeks, and if ever the floors were
swept swept them"
Threatened His Life Too.
One of the men present as "audi-
ence" at the hearing said, i think II
the dishes were unwashed more than
a week in my house, would turn to
myself and clean up housed!
Verbrick added than in addition to
all of this laziness on the part OF his
helpmate, she threatened his life, ex-
hibited bad temper, tainted and hui
inflated him and associated with 9TH
err men.
They were married February %,
1922, have no living children, and
throughout their married life lived In
furnished rooms. The case is one OF
those milwaukee divorce cases"
When Judge Slater "razzed" the de-
PENDANT for buying only car and a
monograph and not setting up home
instead, Verbrick declared that it was
because his wife squandered his mon
ey that he had nothing to show for
his married years.
Divorce was granted, but the plain
tiff emerged from the ordeal of the
hearing fairly perspiring. 1t has been
his first experience in a court room
he said.
"My, the Judge was hard on mel"
he cried.
Other Divorces Filed.
Two divorce complaints have been
AIed in circuit court. Anna Loub, wife
of Joseph J. Loub who has a general
store at Salem, Kenosha county, has
filed suit for divorce. They were
married September 8, 1906, at Chi
eago, ILL.,, and have no children. Mrs.
Louis maiden name was Anna Tesky.
Mrs. Loub said that her husband as
ISOLATED with other women and some
times boosted tof his affairs. She said
that sometimes she found articles in
his pockets which bore out her belief
in his ihfdelity. She said she work
ed as a clerk in the store, sometimes
seventeen hours a day, and took COM
plete charge at times when Loub, she
declared, was away philandering.
Five years ago in Knowlton, Wis,
the complaint states, Loub was named
as correspondent in the divorce case
of Kennedy VS.. Kennedy, in which
Loub was charged by Kennedy with
philandering with his wife. This cMse
was dropped upon adjustment between
the two parties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Cannot be More
Than 10000 Miles

Madison, Wis. Any change
in the state trunk highway system
which would increase the total mile
age system 10000 miles is not per-
mitted under the existing law, the
Wiscons 4 Highway commission was
advised today by Attorney General
Ekern. The commission received a
petition for the county board of a
northern county requesting that GER
tain portion of the state trunk high
way system selected in the layout of
1923 be discontinued and another
route substituted for it. The mileage
of the system was increased in 1928
to 9,998 and fraction miles, the
opinion by Franklin E. Bump, assist
ant attorney general stated, the legis-
lature having fixed the limit at 10000
miles. If the proposed change was
made the total mileage of the state
system would exceed 10000 miles, it
was pointed out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
PLEADS GUILTY
TO AUTO THEFT
Louis Sherman, Cadet of
Illinois Guards, Admits
Stealing Ford.
DRAWS NEW SENTENCE
First Indeterminate Sentence
Under New Law Is Given
by Judge Slater Today.

Louis Sherman, 10, cadet of the Hi
nois National guards, pleaded guilty
in the municipal court before Judge
Slater just before noon today to the
charge of grand larceny Of an automo-
bile. Sherman had been willing to
enter the guilty plea early in the week,
but he was then given an opportunity
to think it over, and connect with rel
.atives if he so desired.
But this morning Sherman again re-
iterated his intention to plead guilty.
He said that his parents live IN CALI
fornia and are now visiting with sis
ter in Decatur, ILL.,, but he said he had
made no effort to reach them.
Gets Indeterminate Sentence.
On his plea of guilty Judge Slater
sentenced Sherman to an indetermin-
ate period of not less than one year
nor more than five in the state re-
formatory at Green Bay.
"You are the first person who has
been sentenced from this court under
this new law" Judge Slater told Sher-
man. "Under this provision you will
be eligible to parole at the close of
the first year, and will receive such
parole if your conduct merits it."
Sherman told the, court that he
would like to go and "learn something"
adding that he had never had chance
to learn a trade. Judge Slater told
him that at the reformatory he would
be given this chance, and he advised
him to make the best of it.
Try Out New Law.
Sherman was sentenced under the
indeterminate sentences for criminals,
instead of definite fixed terms. Under
the new law, the state board of con-
troll has the power to release the pris-
oners at any time after one year by
placing them upon parole.
This system is in use in many states
but in Illinois, where it is in force,
the police claim that it has been OPP
Grated with abuse, so that notorious
criminals, sentenced under it are re-
leased through political influence.
Find Clothes In Car.
Sherman told the court that he had
been drinking, and hardly knew what
he was doing when he stole the Ford
of Racine youth which was parked
down at the bathing beach in Keno
sha week ago. The police said that
his act was more foolhardy one than
one illustrating criminal intent. How
ever, it was found that Sherman had
come to Kenosha in stolen car.
A Ford roadster with license plate
which had been covered with grease
apparently in an effort to blur the
numbers, was found by the police and
towed to the city hall. Sergeant
Meissner found two cartridge belts in
the car and investigating found that
one belonged to Sherman. Presented
with this, evidence the young man adj
mitted coming to Kenosha in the
stolen car but denied that he had
stolen it. He said that there was an
other guardsman with him but that he
did not know his name.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
NEW RULING ON
DANCE HALLLAW
Counties Cannot Legislate
for Incorporated Cities
Says Atty. General.
BOTH KOSACKS IN IT

A ruling on the county dance hall
ordinance in the state was handed
down by the attorney generals Office
county dance hall ordinances do not
apply to city having its own regula-
tions. The decision is of interest in
Kenosha inasmuch as it answers the
question which has arisen here as
to why the county dance hall ordi-
nance did not include the city of Ke-
nosha within its provisions.
Attorney General Herman L. Ekern
today advised L. w. Broemmer, the
of his decision on this question. The
law enacted by the recent legislature
provides that dance hall regulations
enacted by a county board shall not
apply to any city in such county
which has an ordinance regulating
dance halls or other places of amuse-
ments. The effect of the new home rule
law is not involved, the opinion stated
Been Anticipated Here.
The county board of supervisors of
Kenosha county, when they passed the
dance hall ordinance, realized this
provision of the law and did not at
tempt to include the city of Kenosha
under the provisions of the county
dance hall ordinance. The city, how
ever, has dance hall ordinance which
is very similar to the county ordinance.
Since the passage of the county
dance hall ordinance here, there has
been much misunderstanding because
of the fact that the ordinance only
affected places in the county outside
of the city of Kenosha. The ruling
handed down today by the attorney
general shows that this is entirely
within the meaning of the law passed
by the legislature and that the county
hoard under the law would have no
authority to extend the jurisdiction
of it's ordinance over the city of
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Officer Finds Baby
Clothes on Tracks;
Tragedy or What?

Police Officer Henry Meurer, trav-
cling his beat on Saturday night at
eight o'clock, picked up complete
outfit of baby clothes on the North
Western switch tracks directly behind
the Balm Wagon Works on Pearl
street. And today every officer on
the force is turning several solutions
in his mind in an effort to reach a
satisfactory explanation for the pres
ence of the little baby's layette at
such place under such rcumstances.
The outfit consisted of a bonnet, a
pair of little booties with pink rib
bons on them, two pairs of knitted
socks, a long blue dress with lace
trimmings, and two fullsized diapers.
There was another little article that
the police identified as underwear, but
is appeared just about large enough
to get a mans fist through.
So what to do? All Of the best
minds on the force gathered about the
table in the police Office to discuss
possible clues. Of course it wasn't a
matter of life and death but it was
better than a crossword puzzle, and
besides it presented an opportunity
for deluge of what is called in po-
lice parlance "wise-cracks."
The articles are still at the police
Office, and unless they are called for
in short time and identified, several
police officers have expressed the sug-
gestion that they could use them-all
but the canary-sized underwear, in
their own families.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
ZION YOUTH IN
TRAGIC DEATH
Andrew Richards, Z, Drag
ged to Death Around
Field By Cow.
TIED ROPE TO WAIST

Seven year old Andrew Richards of
being dragged by a COW which he
was leading home, according to the
verdict of the coroner's jury, brought
in Friday afternoon. The lad had tied
the rope to his waist, as he had done
before, and started to lead the cow
to the home from the pasture. The
COW bolted and ran across the field
dragging the boy to his death.
Z The rope came loose in an alley
leading from the field, after the boy
had been dragged about two blocks.
His uncle, Guy Whitman, rushed to
him, and he was taken to his home,
where two physicians attended him.
His condition was not believed cri-
teal, although his head was severely
cut. He died about two hours later.
The boy, a son of Mrs. Goldie
Richards, 1900 Ezekiel avenue, went
to the field, which is a short distance
from the home, about $3.50 o'clock
Thursday evening, and looked for
ward to the sport Of towing" the cow
home, which he had done often before.
Cow Made Wild Dash.
This time the cow, after the boy
had tied the rope to his waist,
made a wild dash, and the boy, jerk
ed from his feet, was dragged across
the rough ground.
An aunt had warned him against
this means of taking the COW home
for milking.
Only one knot was tied, and it came
loose in the alley. AS the boy lay
there, the COW ran madly on out the
alley. Andrew was taken to the
home Of his grandparents, where he
and his mother lived, at 5000 Ezekiel
avenue. Death came unexpected later
in the evening. The body was taken
to the Scripter funeral home, where
an inquest was held Friday after
noon by Coroner J. L. Taylor of
Libertyville.
The coroner's jury found that the
boys death was caused by fracture
Of the skull.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Find Tracy Boy
in Lake Michigan

Chicago "A few hours after
a determined mother seeking her lost
son had appealed by radio to perhaps
millions, the body Ct the lad, Dwight
Tracy, years old, was taken from
Lake Michigan Then the mother who
had bravely insisted since he vanished
last Monday that he still lived, col
lapsed in her husbands arms.
Although the police had believed
that Dwight had drowned accidentally
they said they would investigate the
possibility that older boys might have
pushed him into the water.
Two bruises were found on his head
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
KENOSHA MAN
TO HEAD ASSN.
Alvin T. Hansen Named
President of the State
Funeral Directors.
AT. STATE CONVENTION

Alvin It. Hansen, of Kenosha, was
elected president of the Wisconsin
Funeral Directors & Embalmers' as
ISOLATION, Inc, at the annual conven-
ton of the organization at Eau Claire
on Thursday according to news mes
sages reaching Kenosha this morning.
Other officers of the association are:
First vice president, Phillip Weiss,
Milwaukee; second vice president,
Carl Nowack, Watertown; secretary,
Robert H. Kroos, Sheboygan; treasur-
err, A. A. Frautschi, Madison; sergeant
at arms, A. Schramm, Merrill; member
of the executive committee, A. s.
Kingsford, Baraboo, retiring president.
The election of all officers was unan-
inous.
The election of the Kenosha man to
head the association for the ensuing
year comes as recognition of his
work in the association in other offices.
Mr.. Hansen, the incoming president,
is secretary of the Thomas Hansen &
Sons company, Alb Park avenue, Ke-
nosha, and is widely known among
the funeral directors Of the state.
Superior Convention City.
Superior was selected as the 1925
convention city, winning a spirited
contest from La Crosse. Milwaukee
withdrew it's bid for the state conven-
tion inasmuch as it is seeking to land
the 1927 convention of the national as
ISOLATION.
The work of the national associa-
tion of funeral directors and it's Off
GERS, the proposal to establish an Am
erican Institute for funeral directors
and the proposition to establish a
state school of embalming at Madi-
son, were all endorsed in resolutions
adopted at the state convention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
To Act on Big
Paving Project
Petition for Paving Grandview Avenue
to be Presented to the City
Council This Evening.

At the regular meeting of the city
council this evening at the city hall,
petition will be presented for the
paving of Grandview avenue from
Salem avenue to Prairie avenue. This
will provide thoroughfare on the west
side of the city. The petition has
been signed by majority of the prop
erty owners along the street.
The council will also hold hear
ing on the proposed vacation of
Crooked Alley, this being the last
step in this action. The regular rou-
tine business will also be disposed of
at tn meeting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
MADE FORTUNE
IN HOTEL DEAL
ID. L. McOwen, Formerly of
Kenosha, Made Fortune
In Florida.
SOLD HIS HOTEL THERE

Florida deals have proven lucrative
of the Hotel Kenosha in Kenosha, and
for several years owner of the Park
Hotel in Miami, Florida, according to
messages reaching Kenosha today.
Friends of McOwen here will rejoice
over the news that has just come
from Florida that he has acquired
more than 100000 from the start
which he secured in Kenosha
Last March McOwen purchased the
Park Hotel in Miami for $185,0O0.
This week he disposed of this prop
erty for 100000, due to the phe-
nomenal real estate boom that is
sweeping Florida.
Hotel Owner Here.
McOwen when first heard of in Ke-
nosha was owner of the Genesee hotel
in Waukegan. He had come to Wau-
kegan about twelve years ago prac-
tically sbroke." He sold the Wauke-
gan hotel after conducting it profit
ably for several years and same to
Kenosha. Here he purchased and
the Hotel Kenosha for sew
eral years. He later sold this for a
profit and purchased an apartment
house in Detroit, which he is said
to have sold for a profit of approx
mately 100000.
Then came his foresight In purchas-
ing the Park hotel in Miami last
spring. which he is now said to have
sold at at enormous profit. In addi-
ton to the hotel property in Florida,
the McOwens have purchased thirty
six apartment house with twelve ga
RACES from which they are reported
to be receiving a yearly rental of
$4,000 They are holding this prop
erty at 100000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Report Deal for
Amusement Park
Rumor Says Chicago Amusement Park
Plans to Move Bag and Baggage
Towards the North.

An unconfrmed rumor is going the
rounds that large Chicago amuse-
ment park is planning to move "bag
and baggage" from its present loca-
ton near Chicago to a tract along
the lake shore between Zion and Wau-
kegan. 1t is said that the company's
lease on the Chicago location expires
IN the near future and that is UNI
able to renew it on favorable terms.
For that reason it has decided to move
northward and is said to have Sc
cured options for location, nearer
this city. The deal is of interest to
Kenosha in that the park, if located
near Zion, would naturally draw much
traffic here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
New York to Bid
for Hockey Stars

Hockey warfare in Canada seems to
be looming in the offing.
The announcement by the New York
club that it will make offers to the
clubs now members Of the professional
circuit for outstanding professional
stars of the league has started lot
of tongues wagging.
The question seemed to be still un-
decided as to which league New York
will enter. 1t is said that if the clubs
in the present pro fixture refuse to let
their men go, the Gothamites will
join the new international league.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Langley Pals Get
Two Year Sentence

Washington, D. sc Ben L.
Moses and Harry Sattler of Pittsburgh,
indicted last year with Rep. Langley
of Kentucky on charges of conspir-
acy to illegally withdraw liquor
pleaded guilty today in the District
of Columbia supreme court.
They were sentenced to serve two
years each in the penitentiary, but
were placed on probation for that
time.
A fine of $4,000 each was assessed
and they were allowed a week in
which to raise the money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Bryan's Wife to
Complete Memoirs

Chattanooga, Tenn. -. The
Chattanooga News in story publish
ed today, says that the Memoirs of W..
J. Bryan will be completed by his
wife. The story says:
"At the tim of his death Mr.. Bryan
had started on the framework of his
recollections. He had intended to de-
vote to the writing of his chronicle,
the rest of the summer and fall, and
in fact all the time up to his leaving
for the Holy Land in February, 1926"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
SOME WIND.

Scout: Does it blow much around
these parts?
Native: have seen it blow so hard
that it blew an iron pipe inside out
and blew crooked road straight
Rows Life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-08-06
Account for Increase.

The tremendous increase in the
school population is accounted for in
part with the addition of over one
hundred persons to the school district
of Kenosha coming from that part of
the city bounded by North Hamilton
avenue, Grand avenue, lakewood ave-
nue. and the North Shore tracks Then
too the business prosperity which has
reflected itself in every phase Of the
city's activities has attracted to Ke-
nosha an unusual number of new
families seeking to make their home
here.
The recent report of the department
of public works which showed that the
number of new water meters being
installed in Kenosha also reflected
the increase in the number of families
here. Figuring on the basis of the ar
bitrary figure of five persons to
family this approximate compilation
brought the population of the city
over $4,000 and today's completion of
the school census bears out that fig
ure adequately.