Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 1

The -Cloudy and Colder Tonight Saturday Fair! and 'Warmer in North and West Portions West Winds KENOSHA WISCONSIN FRIDAY jiAY2 1926 32 PAGES Price three cents VOL XXXII NO 168 32 PAGjES py LJ Ly Organize to City pen Switch Causes Grash of Flyer 108 Retrace Trail -of Murderer in Sears Case Discovery of Guri Leads to New Theories of Escape of Double Killer i VI Sw -3 Ik Jack PIckf ord and Marilyn Miller stars of screen and stage have fnutu-ally agreed to but they say still good friends and are not thinking of such things as law suits or divorces be happier Jack announces from Hollywood and Marilyn from New York agrees Five Kenoshans Escape in Wilmette Wreck That Injures Seven Five Kenoshans had a narrow escape from possible death today when the Northwestern train No 108 on which they were riding ran into an' open switch at Wilmette HI and crashed into a freight train at a speed of 40 miles an hour Seven persons were injured Three coaches of the train which was Chicago bound were derailed and the engine and tender were overturned The baggage car was a com-plete wreck No one was killed hut the 200 passengers were badly shaken up Railroad officials minimized the seriousness of injuries to passengers Although the earliest report said that five passengers were injured only the names of the fireman and engineer are listed In press dispatches Two Injured Listed They were pot hurt badly according to accounts Their names and injuries were stated as follows: William Kennedy 56 Chicago engineer 'of the passenger train suffering from shock cuts and bruises Elmer Mack Milwaukee the fireman cuts and contusions of the head Kenoshans aboard the wrecked train were: Gordon Market street clothing store proprietor Pharr 423 West street Edward Green-wald fruit' store proprietor at 872 Fremont avenue and Mr and Mrs Charles Collins Mr Collins is owner of the Collins Theatrical enterprises The Kerfbsha party hoarded the train when It stopped liere at 9 :50 '7 I Cfee in the local party: reported injurs 77'' TeUs'of Injured Sister Mrs s' of 476 change street said that bet sister Mrs- Sklutei of Racine was aboard the wrecked train and that her injuries were so serious that she had to be taken to a hospital 7 7 Persons near the scene of the" wreck which occurred a block from Wii mette station gave first aid to the passengers A number of Wilmette physicians arid those of neighboring towns helped VV Dr Henry Twohig Fond Lac wa riding in the club car on tle7" demolished train and was among the first to carry aid to those 'injured Crash Without Warning Although the freight train was fcit by the passenger with terrific fotce no one on the former "was reported injured Several box cats and gondolas however were smashed? into a tangled mass of wreckage The accident occurred apparently without warning for at the time the crash occurred the passenger train was said to have been traveling near- ly 40 miles an hour The pilot wheels of the passenger locomotive were caught by the open switch and the force ofthe sudden deviation was so great that the huge engine and tep-der were throwTf over on their sides in the twinkling of an eye The No 108 is in regular fast schedule service between Milwaukee and and Chicago according to Northwestern road officials It leaves Milwaukee daily at 9 a and is due in Chicago at 11:15 a Usually the number of passengers is greater than the 200 carried today it was said Mrs Reed Jennings Fond du Lac Wis and Peters Milwaukee were among the injured later messages stated All of the injured incurred cuts and bruises and suffered from shock but apparently none was seriously hurt Mistress Dead Dog Starves' Guarding Her Superior Wis (AP) surrounds the death of Mrs Ade-laid Erickson widow 50 in her rickety home here: Her body was found guarded by a famished terrier by Harry Titch landlord whenhe came to" collect his rent Coroner Searle believes Mrs Erickson had been dead for three weeks The dog Petro neighbors say has been the constant companion of the worman for 14 years He fought furiously when efforts to examine the body were made A white -kitten another pet was dead on the body An Inquest will be held Civic Debates Are Assured Runge Accepts Challenge to Stage Debates on ft City Government Staging of a series of debates In Kenosha to discuss the city manager and aldermanic form of government became a certainty today when William Ruhge accepted the challenge sent to him by- Nicholas Wade on Thursday" Mr Wade in his challenge declared that he was in support of the city manager form of -government and believed that the people of Kenosha should have an opportunity to hear discussions of the two plans To bring about that he challenged Attorney Runge as chairman 6f the committee which circulated the petitions for the recall election to arrange for a series of these debates i Challenge is Accepted Attorney letter in accepting the challenge 91914 to Mr Wade today It reads as Ipllows: "May 21 1326 "Mr Nicholas Wade Milwaukee Ave "Kenosha Wis "Dear- Sir: am pleased indeed to receive your communication of May 19thi 1926 "I hereby the challenge to debate you on the question outlined In your letter at any time or place within the City of Kenosha "Kindly call me so that we may arrange the date and place of this debate "Sincerely your Runge Announce Plans Later With the challenge sent and accepted plans will go forward at once to arrange the details of the debates Speakers are being secured by both sides to represent various angles of the two questions and will be announced later It is planned to stage a debate in each section of the city using the school buildings -for the purpose The schedule will be so arranged that there will be two debates "bach week until the time of thp election Lenroot Defends His Milk Measure Wisconsin Senator Presses Passage of Law Prohibiting Importing of Unclean Product Washington (AP) The United States prohibits the importation of diseased seeds and animals but has no prohibition on the importation of unsanitary mHk and cream Senator Lenroot Republican Wisconsin told the senate agriculture com-mltteqtoday in urging his hill to compel imported milk and cream to conform to the same standard applied to American dairies He said he was hopeful that som plan might be evolved in the future to restrict tl shipment of unsanitary milk and 'cream in interstate com merce but that was not practiable at present because of the tremendous cost that would be entailed Haskell Auburn Maine manager of a co-opreative organization dealing in dairy products throughout New England said that the theory of the Lenroot bill was -correct but -that in its present form It discriminated against certain American interests having dairies In Canada He said that such American Interests would welcome an inspection comparable to inspection of the Boston board of health but added that the provision of the bill requir ing a "barn of 70 was too drastic 1 Col Williams Verdict On Courtmartial Kd unt Arrest Chicago Messenger Here to Collect for Sales James Small 28 of Chicago Is in the city Jajl here Waiting arraignment on a charge of selling stock in Wisconsin without a permit regularly Issued by state commission Small was arrested late Thursday afternoon by -''Charles Rocklieu-tenant of -detectives- and1 Detective Frank McCluskey while Small was seated in the office of a local business man who hdcT hifn' a check Jtor $250 Small had issued to the man a receipt for this amount which represented a payment on 25 shares of Nash stock according to the stSry as given to the police and to the office of the district attorney Claim No Stock to Sell Small insists that he is merely employed as a messenger of a Chicago company which represents itself to be a bond house and that he came to Kenosha upon the request of the Kenosha business man to collect money offered for shares of Nabh stpek An investigation conducted by the distridt in the past few days has uncovered what it is alleged to be an attempt to sell stock' with flat guarantees Of enormous profits within thirty days The Chicago representatives of the company secured a list of prominent business men in Kenosha the story goes and by telephone would notify several of these on occasions stock which this company 'could secure Offered It at a Discount 4- I 'When Nash stock was quoted at 53 for example the company offered to secure it art a reduction for their Client the district attorney declares and then changed its own commission The business man who helped secure the arrest of the messenger on Thursday had been called from Chicago by employes of the bond house on several' occasions Jle declared that he was interested in the offers of the company when they promised him a profit" of $30 for each share within thirty He asked that the company a representative to Kenosha to explain te matter more thoroughly The Company offered 25 shares of Nash stock for about $132983 including commission Thursday afternoon Sfhall came to Kenosha He sat for twq hours in the office of this business man and in the meantime the police were notified Gave Him a Receipt 'The messenger had accepted $250 from the Kenoshan as down payment on the stock" and Small had issued a receipt for that amount on the paper The original bill for the stock the receipt and other papers which Small carried were seized by the police and they are held pending completion of the investigation by the district office Assistant District Attorneys Morris Barnett and John Kennedy referred to the- statutes to find that all that Small couldbe held for ln Kenosha under the circumstances was a charge of selling stock without a state permit Such a warrant would be issued it was said Warning to Others The entire story was given out today by Assistant District Attorney John Kennedy as a warning to other Kenoshans who might be approached in the same manner as the business man on Thursday "Several complaints have been recorded office on several Kennedy said which people 'report that they have been approached- by long distance telephone offers of stock at discounts with promises of huge profits in a short time is a recognized fact that no one can foretell what may happen to stock "on the exchanges and any offers of large profits within -a specified time cannot be authentic The infor- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 28) Death With in Nevada Today pardon board decided crime wds not premeditated after examining a petition signed by 65 law-yersMncluding the district attorney and judge' who tried and sentenced him 'Test Gas Chamber First -Preparations for the execution were completed Thursday -A final test re vealed that the gas chamber worked faultlessly Prison attaches expressed the opinion that Jukich would die almost instantly A steam radiator raised the temperature: of the room to 80 degrees insuring almost instant vaporization of the death dealing hydrocyanic 7 gas one of the deadliest known to science A fecial chair built large to accommodate Juklch for he is a large man was placed in the cell A slight hissing sound possibly a faint odor which characterizes the gas was Jukich only warning of the invisible death which overwhelmed him when the executioner turned the valve admitting the gas (Pictures Will be Found on Page 4) Name Committee to Lead Campaign for Retaining City Manager Form I 1 1 4 An organization to conduct the campaign in support of the city manager form of government in the coming referendum election was started Thursday evening at a meeting of more than a score of citizens when an executive committee was chosen to take charge of the campaign' The meeting was attended by more than a score of-citizens and taxpayers who are interested in 'civic affairs and who are interested In placing before the votel-s all of the information possible regarding the two forms of government to be submitted to the voters at the recall election qn Thursday June the 17th I Name Executive Committee 1 Nicholas Wade was chosen as chairman of this executive committee with A Schmitz as secretary Other members of the committee are Adolph Epstein Morris Wilson Louis Pious Howard Dennis Harr Smith -Joseph Gf Rhode Charles Goodman Charles Lockwood Charles Sfranski Jacob Van Bcndegon and A Brooks It is planned to establish offices for this committee and its workers in the Dale building these to be known as the headquarters for the City Manager Compaign 1 Any citizen or taxpayer who interested in the retaining of the present form of government for Kenosha is invited tq join in this movement Start Work Immediately Since there remain less than thirty days before the election It was voted to start immediately i6ariy ing out the plans for the campaign These plans consist largely of get- ting into the hands of the voters formation regarding the city manager fornv of government and what has been accomplished under it in Kenosha during the past four years Another meeting of the committee is- to be held on next Monday at which time the headquarters for the campaign will be used for that purpose' Naval Reduction by 3 Big Powers Looms Geneva Conference Brings Possibility of Pact by Japan and England Geneva (AP) A -naval reduction conference by Great Britain the United States and Japan seems among the possible eventualities of the gathering of representatives of the nations here The Japanese assert that they will advocate a three-power conference if Frahce and Italy adhere to their reported decision not to participate in a discussion of naval armaments except at a general disarmament conference Japan it is stated has abandoned its previous position and is convinced that' naval affairs can be handled separately" A three power conference it is contended by the Japanese would framf a supplementary Washington naval agreement cover cruisers submarines and seaplanes The belief is expressed here that the Washington naval conference powers may make further naval cuts despite what 'France and Italy may do Much Interest is evinced here as to the ideas of the United States and Great Britain on the Japanese viewpoint Rumania Poland and Finland are standing with France Belgium and Italy in the contention that greater security than now prevails must be had before furthe land disarmament may be carried out Milwaukee Girl Killed at Car Turns Turtle Milwaukee Wis Ruth Jorgensen 17 -years old was crushed to death early Friday when the automobile in which she was riding overturned on a highway near here Emil Rysticken driver of the machine was uninjured as were two occupants of the rear seat According to'witnesse some one opened the door of the closed machine- which apparently caught1 attention as the machine was rounding a curve and he -lost control The machine skidded from the road and overturned Haugen Farm Bill Goes Down to House Defeat -(AP) The the Haugen farm relief bill -carrying measures designed to stabilize agricultural prices The vote was 167 to 212 Earlier in the afternoon a motion by Representative Madden of Illinois to resubmit the '-Haugen bill to the house agricultural committee Was lost on a poll of members by a vote of 182 to 200 5 5 VV: -i- Russell Scott is Foimd to be Sane 5 Must Again Face a Jury and Possibly the Gallows on Slay- Ing Charge Chicago HI (AP) Russel Scott convicted of murder and seht to the prison for -insane has been found sane and must face a jury 'again with-the gallows a possibility in the background Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom disclosed today that state -alienists had found Scott sanev No precedent for has been found but under the procedure anticipated" Attorney Crowe will receive formal notification of the finding and then will apply for an order of court discharging Scott from the Illinois penitentiary for the' criminal insane at Chester' and ordering him returned here for re-trial Girl Had Champagne Bath at 'Carroll Party Claim New York Testimony that Joyce Hawley a show girl was in a bath tub front which men drank champagne at a party given by Earl Carroll theatrical producer 'was reported in his trial for perjury today Arthur Irwin a reporter for The Daily Mirror gave this testimony Irwin said -he took two drinks of champagne from the tqb before Miss Hawley entered It He said on the stand today that Carroll himself invited the guests to line up and have Miss Hawley serve them drinks' -J Marine Police Capture Arined Motor Launch New York City (AP) Marine police who overtook a motor' boat off Point Coney Island today found a machine gun and fivb hundred rounds of ammunition aboard the craft Five men all of whom gave New Jersey addresses were arrested Slayer Is Put to Lethal Gas Carson City Nev 4 (Af) Stanko Jukich convicted slayer Of a 16 year old girl was executed -today in lethal gas chamber -He entered thp call at 10:55 the gas was turned on one miniflte later and ie was unconscious in hMf a minute but his head was moving Juldch 'Was' Jdfedd two and a half minutes- after the gas was on This was the second time that method of inflicting the supreitfe penalty for the crime of murder has been invoked 'Was Slayer of Girl 16 The crime for which Juklch was executed was the slaying of a girl 16 years who ref used to marry him The concrete execution chamber In the prison yard was robbed of One victim Thursday when the state board of pardons commuted to life the death -sentence of John Randolph matricide Randolph made a desperate appeal for clemency after the courts had refused to change his sentence The With the dscovery of the revolver believed to have been used in the killing of James Sears and Madalynne Latimer his fiancee in the North Howland avenue road last October officials have begun to thread anew a theory of escape which the murderer may have used Until the present time it was the belief of those in charge of the investigation that the murderer fled north from the scene On the night of October 14 1925 according to the story which has prevailed until the present time the 'urderer drove out to the scene of the crime found Sears and his sweetheart parked ori the side of the road about a mile north of the intersection of the North Howland aVenue road and then perpetrated his gruesome 8cfc Had to Fight to Kill There was evidence of a terrific struggle in the Sears roadster before the pair was waylaid by their assailant Blood was found thick on the seat the floor and on the side of the car The clothing on Sears was mussed indicating that he had struggled as long as there was-life in him The clothing had also been ruffled but there had been no sign of a criminal attack the physician who examined both bodies reported After shooting a bdllet through left jaw and shooting the glrl in the forehead both shots being fired at close range the murderer probably jerked the bodies from the automobile dragged them five feet Into the ditch on the east side' of the road stretched them out and covered them with matted grass Pushed Auto on Ahead The next step was to push the automobile a heavy roadster up the road about a half mile to cover up the spot where the bodies were hid- den From this point on the new developments add to the story built up by officials The discovery of the gun under the culvert beneath the North Shore tracks by tw(flve-year old George Cudahy last Saturday which information was revealed by police on Thursday showed that the murderer walked more than a quarter of a mile south cf the point the bodies were hidden on the North Howland avenue road to the Somers road Here he walked around a fence running parallel to the road separating the North Shore right of way from the highway On the east side of this fence run the graded tracks of the railroad and under the tracks about a hundred yards north of the main highway Is a gully over which i3 built concrete culvert Buried Gun Under Water It is evident from the position in whih the gun was found by the boy that the murderer took extra pains to see that the revolver was covered completely At that time the water in the creek which ran under the culvert was several inches deep The next moves form the greatest points of conjecture in the minds of the officials Hid he get into his automobile and drive north along the road beyond the Pike Creek bridge and then continue on towards Racine? Or did he turn his car towards the south and drive either east or on the Somers road? According to testimony given at the time of the inquest Christ Birch who lives on a farm near the intersection of the North Howland avenue road and the Somers road he heard four shots fired in rapid succession But he heard no autos going by his place on the Somers road for sometime after that This fact gave the officials reason to believe that the assailant fled north on the Howland road Clue Under Pike River Bridge A clue was believed to have been picked up under the Pike river bridge about two miles north of the scene of the murder on the same road Here automobile tracks were found under the bridge as if to show that a car had driven oil the road under the bridge and there stopped and then backed out on to the road again At first it was believed that the murderer had washed his hands under the bridge but the evidence of blood supposedly found on the side of the bridge was too weak to give this theory any credence The murderer must have had spme sort of a car in order to get out to this out-of-the-way spot in the country but what kind of acar or where it was driven Is a matter of mystery Renews Moron Theory The painstaking thoroughness of the entire crime lends itself to the relief that a moron might have been Triplicated Everything connected the murder was so systematic ha there is even a possibility that might have been be foreland ICOJTINUED ON PAGE at Coates "Washington is accused by Rose Mackenberg assistant to Harry Hou-dini of having said tipping were held in the White House Mrs Coates denies the charge declaring she said the meetings were the shadow of the White iKrs John spiritualist who Wright Divorce Case Dismissed ArchiteCt Asks to Withdraw Suit Aftef Falling to Settle It i Madison Wis (AP) Frank Lloyd Wright through an attorney today asked -dismissal of his divorce suit Levi Bancroft counsel for Wright presented a motion for dismissal Tof the suit-in which the architect sought a divorce from Miriam Noel Wright on the grounds of desertion He told the court he was taking this action inasmuch as Mrs Wright had refused to accept the terms of a proposed financial settlement Thusfi the entire case in which the internationally known architect sought a divorce and his wife Miriam Noel Wright sculptress asked separate maintenance insetead was thrown out of court No Provision for Wife No provision for Mrs support was made by Judge Hoppmann Three months ago the court allowed $500 fort the defensd including $150 for support of Mrs Wright pending settlement of the suit The dismissal of the divorce action of Wright whose romances have kept him before the public since 1914 when he deserted his dnd six' children and eloped to Japan with Mrs Mam ah Borthwick fcheney of Oak Park 111 followed twenty-four hour oft -Ineffectual attempts at settlement Court was convened at 10:00 a today after a final 45 minute session brought the refusal of the sculptress to accept her offer of $1000 cash and $125 a month attorneys proposed the amount as their and agreed also to an adjustment a year should it Jse warranted by his financial condition The offer was considered inadequate by Mrs Wright who through her attorney Frederick Fake Chicago announced it would permit only a to mouth while her husband could continue in luxury" Wife Refuses to Settle "Mrs Wright has refused to accept any other -terms than those that will ruin Mr declared Mr Bancroft in asking the court to dismiss the divorce suit which leaves the way clear for legal procedure by his wife desire to move to dismiss the suit which is based solely on charges of Mr Bancroft continued The answer of the defendant is purely defensive It does not set up any counter claim or petition for relief" Attorneys Fake and Langer Baraboo of defense counsel called the attention to the expense In obtaining depositions in California to prove their charges of infidelity in answering suit hut the cdurt declined -to grant further relief' -A list of bills owed by Mrs Wright were submitted but Judge Hoppmann held' he had ho power to order their payment by the husband airs Wright May Now Sue Possibility that Mrs Wright' with no provision made for her maintenance and "barred from her home tvpuld institute some proceedings not yet decided upon was raised py Mr Fake in a The defense attorney indicated he considered he had accomplished his task in preventing Wright from securing divorce' 'V- 7 The architect announced his intention of returning to his country home and studio at Spring Green Wis 40 miles from Madison "I shall go home and go to (CONTINUED ON -PAGE 25) TI 1 Urgamze Llub tor Industry Business" Men Pledge Support to Organization of Kenosha V' Commerce Assn Tlie Kenosha Commerce association now its place among the- service and civic -organizations with a bid to hecoming one of the most influential groups of business men in Kenosha Articles of organization were 'adopted by the representative business men who were present at a meeting at the Dayfbn Hotel Thursday evening and the prospects of a large and enthusiastic membership in the association were painted as exceedingly bright The purpose of the association will be to industrial and commercial in Kenosha these articles set forth and the organization will iake a prominent place in the business activities of the city as a municipality since it is expected it will include in its membership representative business men -from all fields in Kenosha Start After Membership While the Kenosha" Real Estate board has taken tlje initiative in bringing aboqt the organization of the Kenosha Commerce association other business men large property holders and those interested in encouraging additional industries to locate in Kenosha and to take advantage of the excellent facilities and equipment which the city can provide for these have joined vith them At the meeting which followed a luncheon on Thursday evening it was agreed that the membership of the Commerce association would be solicited in a city-wide campaign at an annual membership fee of $25 A fund of $10000 Is tobe raised to carry on the activities of the association and In order to this sum it was found necessary to get 400 memberships The articles of organization provide that -plural membership may be granted and each individual may take as many as ten memberships at $25 each Get 25 Memberships at Start Among the business men represented at the organization meeting 25 memberships were pledged and indications were given 3hich would show that additional memberships would come in' at once as soon as the purposes of the' organization and its aim should be broadcast generally among the business men A committee on organization of whfch Louis Pious is chairman will continue plans for completing the inf corporation of the Kenosha Commerce association and an active campaign is now being arranged 1 Memberships are to be extended by' invitation to business -men in a position to show Interest in the work of the association A survey showed that there are approximately 500 men in Kefiosha who would he eligible for membership in the association and since the committee has agreed upon 4JB0 members as a nucleus the solicitation of members is expected to cover only a short period of time before it will be closed Want More Industries The meeting Thursday evening came as a climax to the efforts that (CONTINUED ON 2S Sentence 17 Soft Drink Parlor Men Milwaukee Federal Judge Doles Out Terms Ranging From Four to Six Months Milwaukee Wis (AP) Seventeen proprietors of soft drink parlors and others were sentenced to the house of correction Friday by Judge A Geiger in federal court for violating the Volstead act Among those sentenced and their sentences are Clyde Flynn Breed Oconto county six months Louis Ne jedlo proprietor of a soft drink parlor at' Green Bay four months John Rodear -same three months John Grossen same six months Herman Holtz same six months John Hood former' clerk Cf the circuit court at Racine pleaded guilty to the charge issuing a certificate of naturalization illegally Sentence was deferred Mine Owners Refuse 'i 0 tx Peace Terms i London Eng (AP) The ownertoday informed the government that-Premier compro- anise suggestions for ending the coal tie-up would limit freedom of admin- -istration and Would not increase the efficiency of the industry Washington (AP) Sec-Tetary Wilbur today approved the court martial sentence of Colonel Alexander Williams of the corps tried at San Diego for intoxication The sentence was the loss of four numbeia la priority on the promotion list 0 7 -'V iv v' 1 1 7.