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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
WOMAN DIRECTS
RAID HERSELF
Mrs. Libby Tells Court How
Moon Was Nabbed at
Rein's Place.
LUCKY STRIKE AGAIN
Proprietor, Robert Balm, Now
in Jail. Bound Over
in Another Case.

A woman can herself direct and
stage a raid on place where illicit
liquor is being vended, if she be en-
terprising enough, fact proven by
the testimony given this morning in
the case of Robert Rein, charged
with unlawful sale of moonshine
liquor at the Lucky Strike" resort, a
notorious hangout at the corner of
Rowland avenue and Division street.
Robert Rein following the testimony
given in the municipal court before
Judge Slater this morning, was bound
over for trial, bonds fixed at $1,000.
At noon this bond had been furnished
and he was released.
Woman Tells Story.
Mrs. A. Libby, 4O3 Sheridan road,
took the stand and testified to the
facts and circumstances of the "raid.'
She said that her brother had been
in Rein's place and lost $50 and she
admitted that she was wroth over
this circumstance when she went
over to the Lucky Strike accompanied
by several others.
She said she dared Edward Pilligor,
10o5 Second avenue, TO go in and buy
a drink She said she came into the
place just as Rein was serving moon
shine drinks in glasses. She seized
glass of the liquor and carried
it all the way in a Ford car to
the police Office.
Police Verify Her Story.
Assistant Chief OF Police Cyzak
took the stand as another witness for
the state, and he verified the story,
so far as her appearance in the police
Office with the liquor was concerned.
"She came to the police Office with
two girls and young man." said
Mr.. Cyzak, "and carried a glass of
moonshine in her hand. She said,
This is what got at Rein's place.
She told me that there were girls
and men, music and dancing at Rein's
place, where she said the moonshine
was served. 1 directed the sergeant
to go out and bring in Rein and
the bunch"
Police Sergeant Weissner testified
that he had sealed the evidence and
turned it over to the city chemist for
analysis. The glassful of liquor con-
tanned II per cent of alcohol, accord
ing to the chemists report of the
analysis, he said.
Attorney Ruetz, representing Rein,
moved for a dismissal of the case, but
the motion was denied by Judge Slater
and the defendant bound over.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
PUTTING PEP
in LIQUOR DRIVE
Is OF INTEREST HERE
Federal Enforcement Unit
Reorganized Erasing
State Lines.

Kenosha and all other sections of
Wisconsin will be linked with Chicago
and the northern part of Illinois in a
federal prohibition enforcement dis
trict beginning August 1st, according
to reports emanating from Washing
ton.
One of the things made plain is that
city and county, as well as state Of
ficials, will be obliged to take great
er interest in law enforcement as far
as it has to do with small violators
while the rum runners and manufac-
turers of liquors will receive the at
tention of the federal men.
More Arrests Expected.
1t is expected the number of arrests
will increase as the federal enforce
ment agents will assist in developing
local enforcement.
According to Lincoln G. Andrews,
federal enforcement chief, only those
men who have ability and a clean rec
ord will be retained in that depart
ment and the undesirables will be
weeded out.
The plan for reorganization divides
the United States proper into twenty
two federal districts bounded exclu-
sively by federal judicial district lines,
their size having been determined by
the amount of permissive work to be
done and by the difficulties of enforce
ment to be met due to local conditions,
public sentiment, ETC., the dispatches
declare.
Linked With Illinois.
It was said that Wisconsin and
northern Illinois have been grouped
together because, as far as bootleg
ging is concerned, these two states
have become a single sector. Chicago
and Milwaukee bootleggers work to-
gether to the mutual advantage of the
bootleg trade, it was said. The new
plan, it was said, will make the pro-
hibition enforcement service in this
sector more mobile and better equip
ped to meet the situation.
Mr.. Andrews went further and said
that 1t is believed the federal function
in prohibition enforcement is to stop
the source TO supply.
"That includes" he said, "importa-
tion, diversion of legitimately manu-
facrured alcohol, illegitimate manu-
facture and transportation Of alcohol
and alcohol beverages. Federal law
enforcement energies will be directed
primarily against the bootleg industry
in all phases of its operations. Efforts
will be made to assist and develop To-
cal enforcement"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
Shenandoah Will
Fly Over KenOsha
Tentative Plans Cell for Flight To
Minnesota Shortly After Trip To
Maine Scheduled for July A.

Kenosha's opportunity to watch he
U. S, airship Shenandoah sail over
this city became one step nearer real
ization today with the announcement
from Washington that the dirigible
will attempt the trip immediately
after its return from a flight to Maine
on July A. This exact date for the
beginning of the fight westward is
not yet given out and this will be an
nounced early next month, it was
said. The ship will probably go by
way of Buffalo and Detroit, using the
mooring mas just completed at De-
troit for few hours. The craft then
will pick up at Sandusky, O., the
abandoned route of the Los Angeles
on its unsuccessful attempt to go to
Minnesota, and will follow that route
which runs through Kenosha for the
rest of the fight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
KEN()SHA DAY NEARER
TO EASTERN BUSINESS
Overnight Air Mail Between Chicago
and New York Will Expedite
Local Business.

New York City - - Every
thing has been perfected for the in
auguration of the overnight air mail
service between New York and Chi
cago Wednesday, July /. J. E, Whit
beck, superintendent of this eastern
division, reported to Colonel Paul
Henderson, second assistant postmas-
ter general, here today. The new ser
vice will eliminate full business day
between the two cities, the regular
mail time between them being two
days.
Letters and packages intended for the
overnight service must be deposited
in the New York postofhce by o'clock
at night and in the Chicago postofice
by 1880 o'clock. This mail will be de-
livered by the first carrier trip the
next morning.
The charge for the New York-Chi-
cago overnight air mail will be ten
cents an ounce or fraction thereof,
including transportation to and from
the air mail route. All mailable mat
ter will be accepted, including seal
ed parcels weighing not more than DO
pounds and exceeding not more than
"a inches in length and girth COM
hined Mail matter may be insured at
ordinary rates, registered and sent
special delivery.
Planes in The New York-Chfcago
overnight service will fly over the
same route followed by the machines
of the transcontinental service.
(rYi.- IL. ~ yrrh& aIR
mail amounts simply to 'double-track-
ing the existing air mail route be-
tween these important cities" said
Col. Henderson. @The significance of
this new effort on the part of the post
Office department to remove aviation
out of the theoretical or military and
establish it within the practical lies in
the fact that this service was literally
forced by business men. 1t has been
just one year since we opened the
worlds first lighted airway and estab-
lished what, in aviation, may be COM
pared with a single-track railway, 5000
miles long, over which we operated
one train, or plane, each way, each
day. What was both an operating and
traffic experiment July 1, 1924, be-
comes a proven and acknowledged fact
July /, 1925. So far as the mails are
concerned, Chicago is now located by
air, with respect to New York, where
Boston is located by train"
All Kenosha mail which is to be de-
spatched through the air service on the
proposed night air mail lines must be
in the Kenosha post office at 2:15 o.
clock in the, afternoon, according to
Postmaster Charles Holderness. 1t is
sent to Chicago on the 1853 Chicago &
Northwestern mail train in time to
make connections in Chicago before
the mail closes at 4:30 o'clock.
For east and westbound mail leav-
ing Chicago at seven o'clock in the
evening for both directions the mail
should be in at the same time, pointed
out the postmaster. Railroad connec-
tions for this service are not so good
and there is too much risk Of missing
connections in Chicago if the mail is
not received in the main post office
by two o'clock in the afternoon.
Ali air mail must bear the special
air service postage which may be Sc
cured at the post office stamp window.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
Archbishop Messmer
Leaves for Europe

Milwaukee, Wis. 49, - Sebas-
tian G. Messmer, archbishop Of the
Catholic diocese of Milwaukee, left
late yesterday on the first lap of a
trip to Rome and his boyhood home in
Switzerland.
Archbishp Messmer, who is n years
old, was confined to hospital here
during the past spring, suffering from
reoccuring attacks Of heart disease,
and for time his condition was con-
sidered critical.
His condition improved late this
spring and his physicians declared
him sufficiently strong. to undertake
the trim
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
HE ELIMINATED
THE MIDDLEMAN.
Joseph Poszkus, Saloon
keeper, Made His Own
MO0nshine.
GET STILL AT HOME

Joseph Poszkus, who operates a
soft drink parlor at GAG n. w. Main
street, believes in the old slogan that
has made the farmers markets popu-
lar-selling from maker to consumer.
And 1T was because he was So demon
strative in carrying out that slogan
that Poszkus is in the hands of the
law.
Police officer Sam Westra got his
third still as a result of Poszkus' eff
forts to eliminate the middleman in
his business. Westra, who stands over
six feet in his stocking feet, has that
part of town on his beat from ten
o'clock at night until seven o'clock in
the morning, and he has been most
successful, the police records of his
activities show. Along about three
o'clock in the morning these days a
little wind comes over that part of
town and on it are waited any moon
laden breezes which might emanate
from any cellar in the neighborhood.
At about that hour on Saturday morn
ing Officer Westra exercised his nose
a bit strenuously and after little in
vestigation on his own became con-
WINGED that the peculiar odor suggest
ing moonshine and a still was coming
from the vicinity of the cellar of the
home of Joseph Poszkus at 1923 N. w.
Main street-a short distance from
his place of business. When Westra
reported back to police headquarters
at seven o'clock he reported his in
formation and a search warrant was
sworn out.
Find Still, Moon, Mash.
Later Sergeant of Detectives Emil
Meissner, Sergeant Leo Buchanan, Of
fcer Ernst Radatz and Westra went
out to the place on N. w. Main street.
Sergeant Meissner read the warrant
to Mrs. Poszkus, and the squad pro-
ceeded to search the house. In the
cellar they found a confirmation of
what Sam Westra's nose indicated.
There was forty-gallon still, with
coils, cooler, cans, barrels and all.
The police confscated sixty-fve gal
Ions of ready-made moonshine and
500 gallons of mash, and it took a
Nelson moving van with two men
working for an hour and half to re-
move the spells to police headquar-
tiers.
On. three other occasions Poszkus
has had "trouble" with the police In
August, 1924, police squad consist
ing of Officers Kramer, Ambelang.
Fenske and Callahan, raided his soft
drink parlor. The permit was then
issued in the name of Mrs. Poszkus.
But when their case came up in court
it was dismissed. Again in March,
1925, Officers Kirsch, Ambelang, Reyn-
olds and Vanderwall made another
raid and again their case fell flat
when it came out in court. A bit
later another raid was productive of
results. Officers Breidt, Larsen and
Eek found some Intoxicating liquor in
the saloon and Poszkus was fined $3.50
and costs as penalty.
This afternoon Joseph Poszkus was
fined $500 and costs or an alternative
of four months in the county jail on
his plea of guilty before Judge John
Slater. 1t was pointed out that Posi-
kus was unable to get permit, and
was operating the place without one
He is not a citizen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
MINISTER'S TO
ATTEND SCHOOL
Wisconsin Clergymen Hold
Rural Church Summer
School at Madison.
TALK CHURCH WORK

Madison, Wis., J-Clergymen of
various denominations enrolled here
today for the fourth annual Wiscon-
sin Rural Church Summer school, con-
Quoted by the University of Wiscon-
sin. Glasses will be held daily dur
ing the two weeks of the school, clos
ing July II.
To meet the requirements of those
returning to the school for the second
year, new cycle including courses in
rural sociology, cooperative marketing
methods and demonstrations in various
phases of rural work, has been added
to this years schedule.
Other subjects that will be studied
in the school include agricultural eco
Monies, community organization, home
economies, auth-mechanics, poultry
raising, stock judging and other relat-
ed subjects. instruction is largely
carried on by members of the Wiscon-
sin faculty.
All Attend Conferences.
The conferences are participated in
by both clergy and laity, but a spec
ial feature of the school is the group
plan under which the representatives
of the various denominations may dis
cuss problems in which all are alike
interested and then later divide daily
into groups for the discussion of the
special problems which each church
faces.
Group meetings will be held daily at
II o'clock extending over the lunch
con period The Catholic group will
be in charge of DIR. Muench, Milwau-
kee, or Rev. William McDermott, Ra-
cine; the Episcopalian group, Rev.
Goodwin, New York City, and the
home missions council group, DR.. YER
milya, New York City.
Many Church Leaders.
Among those who will assist the
university instructors in conducting
the school are Ralph S. Adams. com
mission of social service and rural
work, Reformed church in the United
States, Philadelphia; Rev. William F.
McDermott, Racine; and DR.. Edmund
de S. Drummer, New York City.
Evening programs to be held during
teh term of the school include COM
munity singing under the direction of
Prof. E. L. Gordon, motion pictures,
Grnup recreation CAMPUS excursions
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
RUN WIDE OPEN
WITHOUT PERMIT
Reporter Finds Places
That Felt Permit Axe
Still Operating.
BOUGHT SOFT DRINKS
Newspaper Man Finds 1t Easy
to Discover Whether Place
Is Open for Business or Not.

Large oaks from small acorns
grow"
Also a news story of Importance to
the community often grows by the
work of reporter from what at first
seemed fairly insignificant item.
Such story developed here when
newspaper reporter Wednesday after
noon stumbled on to the fact that
70 Kenosha "soft drink parlors,"
itch had recently had their permits
revoked, had made application for
new permits. He wasn't trained de-
tective, but using this as lead, he
found that these places had not only
made application for renewal Of per-
mits but also that they and one other,
which lost its permit at the same
time, were operating now as soft
drink parlors without permits.
The places in question were those
formerly operated under permits is
sued to Stanley Jocius for 900 JENNIE
street, Thomas McNally for STA Ere
mont avenue, and Sam Locante for
165 Pearl street,
Reports to Police.
When the reporter found the APP
plications of Jocius and Mentally for
renewal of their permits, ne recalled
that at the last meeting of the city
council, these permits had been re-
voked. He started to the Office of
Chief of Police Thad Logan to find
whether the 90. K" placed on the
permits had been put there after the
revocation was taken into consideca-
ton. Before he reached the police
Office he happened to find out that
these places were possibly running
without PERMITS now.
Chief Logan quickly explained why
he had 20. KID" these applications
while he had not recommended re-
issuance of permits in many other
places where they have been revoked.
The men, holding the permits for
these places had not themselves been
convicted of violation of the law, but
their permits had been revoked as
result of the fact that in each in
stance bartenders had pleaded guilty
to selling liquor.
Outside Laws Reach.
81 can not see where there is au-
thcrity to refuse the permit unless
+he holder himself has been actually
svicted," it was stated.
While I have no right to refuse to
recommend these applications because
the men themselves have not been
convicted of violations of law, the
council does have the right to use its
own discretion in whether or not these
are to be granted" the chief added.
"Then that goes too for Sam Lo-
cante?" interrupted the reporter re-
Numbering that Locante had lost his
permit after his bartender had twice
pleaded guilty to a charge of selling
liquor at his place.
The Chief answered that Locante
had also made application for per-
init and that this would also probably
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
Boat Capsizes;
One Man browns

Wausau, Wis Frank Ter
esinski of Schofeld, an employee of
the Marathon Paper Mills. company
at Rothschild, was drowned yesterday
in Rolling Stone Lake when the boat
in which he and Mike and Charles
Albrecht were fishing was capsized by
the high waves. The body had not
been recovered early today. The Al
brecht brothers held onto the boat,
which had overturned, until rescued
q half hour later by Walter Bell and
Walter Gruenennberg. They were al
most exhausted from the cold and
excitement and coutl have held out
only few minutes longer. This is
the second drowning in Rolling Stone
Lake within two weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
DisOrderly Bunch
Get Stiff Fines
Judge Slater Hands Out Fines of $50
and $50 Each to Suitors of
Cecilia Kretchinsky.

Many reports have come to the po-
lice Of disorderly conduct bouts at the
home of Celia Kretchinsky, 673 Elm
street Early this morning at 1880
a. m. the police were called again to
the house. The police found the wo-
man there and bunch of men fight
ing. The woman has recently paid a
fine in court for possession of moon
shine.
The men arrested were Paul BONN,
8o3 Jenne street, Emil Korsek, 672 En-
gel street, Paul Kostan, 673 Engle
street, Albert Schott, 67S Elm street,
and Albert Harson, address not given.
All were fined $25 and costs each,
with the exception Of Schott, who was
fined $50 and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02
Take the Green
and Let Silver Go
Burglars at So6 IL Main Street Are
Very Particular, the
Police Learn.

John A. Tomson, 300 IL Main
street, reported to the police that the
place was robbed sometime during
Sunday night. He found the frons
door open at 6:45 a. m. Paper money
to the amount of $3.50 was stolen from
a drawer but silver to the amount Of
s75 was not taker. Checks in the
drawer were avoided also.
Another burglary took place &C
boarding house at SI1s Park street on
Sunday between one and six o'clock
in the afternoon. Roomsrs' belongings
were stolen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-07-02

to Indian mounds and other historic
informal group conferences. All but
the last two programs are held in con-
rection with the regular summer ses-
sion, ard participated in by the clergy
as they may desire.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-23

An exceptionally brilliant young
theological student was candidating be-
fore rural congregation. After sol
emn deliberation the committee turn
ed him down because he was appar-
emily lacking in profundity.
"His sermons" they declared, are
so simple that any child can under
stand them"
Just now a big laugh is going the
rounds Of movie circles at the expense
of prominent but uneducated pro
.ducer. This magnate was originally a
pants maker. Being in need of seen
ario writer, he advertised for col
lege graduate. One applicant pleased
him. but. to make sure, he asked to
see the writer's college diploma. The
applicant explained that diplomas were
not carried around like a drivers Ii
cense.
"Vell den" demanded the producer
SAY me big void"
Time was when big words were the
recognized earmarks of education; but
like a stand-up collar, white satin bow
tie, frock coat stove-pipe hat, and
mutton-chop whiskers, they have lost
much Of their original power to i'm
press.
II is true that the medical profes-
sion. for business reasons, still hedges
itself about with tetrasyllables, but the
time is coming when even the doctors
will be forced to speak the simple truth
about our ailments.
OF course, everyone now recognizes
the absurdity and unproftableness Of
big words in modern literature Some
writer's. however, have not yet grasp
ed the equal Importance Of terseness.
A dearth of reader interest cannot he
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-23
Raising The Maximum

No opposition is developing to the
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tiOn of Arkansas, to be submitted at
the general election of 1926, raising the
maximum school levy from II to Is
mills. 1t appears that the people are
or one mind on the subject. They re-
cognize the fact that present school
finances are wholly inadequate, and
they are willing to pay an increased
tax for the purpose Of increasing the
efficiency of our schools to the maxi
num-
1t was agreed, at the Annual Con-
ference of County Superintendents,
held last week at Fayetteville, that a
concerted movement shall be made to
bring the Importance of this question
to the attention of the voters. 1t was
predicted that there would be no organ
lied opposition since the people never
have refused to vote any amount of
taxation which might be needed for
the benefit Of the public schools within
the limit of legal restrictions.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-23

bolstcred up by a plethora Of words.
The entire story Of creation was
written i'm something like three hun
drod short words. A modern writer
has employed 3OO0O'worls with copi-
GUS illustrations to impart the same
story to child readers, but he has not
succeeded in adding single fact to the
original script.
Big words are like hard pits in a
cherry pie-they do not 90 down,
Too many words clot the appetite.
There is so much good, easy reading
and radio listening these days that
even the scientist and the theologian
are obliged to descend from the rOs-
trum and make it snappy'' in order
to secure a hearing. No longer, as
in Goldsmith's time do words of pom
derous length and laundering sound
amaze the simple rustics gathered
round"
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-07-23
WINCHESTER OPENING

Since the big rain last Monday it
has been real cool for the season.
Elston Swift and family spent the
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Forrest
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Gates spent Sun
day with c. NJ. Gates.
Tom DAILY, who has been at Walnut
Ridge for several days under the super
vision Of a doctor on account of his
broken ribs, returned home Sunday
morning feeling very much improved.
We are glad to know that after SO
much suffering he is better.
Henry Russell and wife had business
in POcahOntas Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Gates accompan.
led Mrs. Gates sister as far as Poca-
hontas Saturday on his way back
home. She had been visiting her hus.
band at the Arkansas 7. B. Sanator.
ium for three weeks. He has been
there since about the 22nd of January
and will be home soon. We hope that
hi scure will be lasting.
Mrs. Doll Russell and children spent
Saturday night and Sunday with his
step-son, Jess Russell. at O'Kean.
J. L. Gates and family attended
church at O'Kean Saturday night
Sunday and Sunday night. They arc
having a revival meeting at that place
at which Rev Hefner has presided.
John Ritchey and family spent Sun.
day at Tom McKnelly's.
Misses Cora and Laura Cook. who
have been here for the past two weeks
from Malvern, spent Monday and Tues.
day near Light with their sister, Mrs
Lawrence Allen.
Mrs. Irwin Thompson and children
have returned home from prolonged
visit with her sister, Mrs. j. i. Gates.
Mrs. Andy Johnson is no better.
Mrs. Charley Hickey has been right
sick for the last few days.
Mr.. and Mrs r.. II. Tarwater are
contemplating move to Ada, Okla.
TO make it their home.