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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - April 5, 1920, Madison, Wisconsin Weather warmer theism be journal of. 135, no. 5. 81 St Yew. Madison wis., monday afternoon april 5, 1920. Twelve pages Price three cent embargo on Chicago express martial Law in Yards. Threat record vote expected on tuesday vital municipal issues and fight for City offices make election Madison s biggest political crisis in Copenhagen is past order re established following easter sunday riots in danish capital police attacked by mob new Cabinet seated i he most important municipal election in Madison s history and the largest vote Ever cast in the City la expected tomorrow. Polls open at 6 a. In. And close at 8 p. In. The heavy vote is forecast by the fact that in addition to an unusually intense mayoralty Campaign what is the most significant municipal problem that Ever confronted the City will be decided the municipal ownership referendum is Tho culmination of a fight for a solution of Madison Street Star difficulties that has extended Over a eve Sfax years. Mayor aldermen. Justices of the peace and three school boart i members will be elected. A referendum on Daylight saving also will appear on the ballot. For school Board members and the Daylight saving referendum Madison women May vote. Choose delegates each male voter will receive a state ballot. I get i cos Lee to the National conventions of the Republican democratic and prohibition parties must be chosen. Two constitutional amendments will be put to popular vote. One authorises an increase in legislators salaries and the other puts up to the legislature the fixing of circuit court judicial districts and their number. Both amendments a re for change in the state Constitution on regulations that have remained unchanged for Many years. In the matter of court limits no change has been made since adoption of the state Constitution in in. Legislators salaries have remained at their present rate of $5a 1 for a term of two years More than a Quarter a Tury. The amount it la claimed nukes it tar Oas Ihle for a Man of Oral Ary Means to at and for election to the legislature. Fight Luxl Lof boxes will be placed in each polling place in the City tomorrow. One each will be used for the Daylight saving referendum municipal ownership school Board mayor and aldermen delegates waste on delegates tickets and the two state constitutional amendments. Ask $436,000,000 for rail Windup Copenhagen a the danish political crisis brought about by King christians dismissal of Premier Zahleis Cabinet apparently had passed today although some minor disorders were reported. Order had been re established in Copenhagen following yesterday s outbreak where crowds engaged in Radical demonstrations. Police in opera Square were attacked and pelted with bricks. General fighting followed. Seven persons were taken to hospitals. Observers saw the situation As a Victory for Tho socialists and democrats declaring Tho threat of a general sinks had caused the King to give Way on All essential Pointe including organization of a Liberal ministry. Tbs Lithe ministry organized by the King to supplant the deposed Zante group resigned yesterday to a succeeded by a Cabinet headed by or. Fins. Elections will be held april 22. J. C. My Kenna 500 taken in Home Burns raids after l0ss$25,000 easter War High wind fans flames outbreak results in burning House Complete loss fire one of five on sunday j. Body of Jeanne de a y is taken from Lake mystery of missing heiress disappearance solved Corpse found in Lake Michigan identified by Hull House worker c. Mckenna real estate dealer curtained a 125,000 lose yesterday when his Home in Lake Forest burned. The fire was one of five on sunday. A High wind fanned the flames of the burning building situated on a Hilltop so All efforts of department 4, which answered the Call at i 45 p. Rn., were futile. The two Story Frame colonial Structure and furniture were a i Complete loss. Or. Mckenna estimated j the lows of the House at 120,000 and that of the furniture 15,000. Sparks from the Chimney were fan of 99 police Barracks and 22 tax offices Ireland armed Camp a by Webb Miller Blind More than 500 sinn seiners had been arrested in a new series of raids by police and military following the faster uprising according to estimates at Dublin Castle today. The South of Ireland still was under virtual martial Law. North Ireland was completely Cut off from telegraphic communication today. Cordons of troops surrounded Dublin Jerry Cork. Limerick. Newry thur Les and Dundalk. Two British Ned into a Blaze which practically con i. ,. I warships were lying in Kingstown bar sume Ltd the entire roof and upper Story \ # a Ai i born a Miles from Dublin. An unusual and ominous movement 32 convicts Are living electrodes Albany n. . John a. Ransom in a report which he sent to superintendent of prisons c. F. Rattigan on sunday declared 32 convicts of Clinton prisons at Dannemora had been turned into human magnets As the result of a Peculiar poisoning that has been puzzling medical scientists for the last week or More. Experts found that whenever one of the men touched steel Sparks would Fly and their Finger tips would violently vibrate the filaments of electric bulbs. The doctors traced the trouble to what is terms the deadly botulinum germ which they Lelieve came from canned Salmon served to the men about two weeks ago. Two men died from the disease. Switchman on la roads leave work strikers claim 9,000 men out 94 predict Complete tie up of freight and Check on passenger traffic Chi a a u. Ii Coo j Ramie do Kay. Missing heiress has been found. The body of a Young woman. Taken from i Ake Michigan today by police was identified As that of the missing heiress by mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton Hull House social worker. Miss i get Kay a Ward of Jane Argdams of Hull House disappeared several months ago. Her father is a wealthy american now living in Switzerland. The disappearance of the Young heiress the Ravine of which was a mystery to her Friend and police was the occasion of numerous false reports being started that she was found. In various Parte of the country Young women were credited with claiming that they were the missing heiress Only to have their claims disproved. Whether miss de Kay was drowned or murdered otherwise has not been definitely determined by police. Before it was discovered. Nothing is left of the building hut the foundation. Or. Mckenna said the loss is partially covered by insurance. At 8 20 a. In. Yesterday a Chimney fire at the Home of mrs. Elsie Robinson 19 Langdon Street was extinguished by department 2. At 9 45 a. Rn., a fire which burned several holes in the roof was extinguished by department 4 at the Home of la. G. Hansen. 202 North bark Street. Burning rags at Hicks Brothers restaurant 222 King Street was put out by the Central department at 10.22 a. In. Departments i and 2 extinguished a Chimney fire at 6 55 p. In. At the Marschall Dairy lab Owmby 14 Proudfit Street. Wake Inkton additional appropriations of $426,000 too. To wind in Federal control of railroads was asked of the House appropriations committee today by hangar Therley director t. Finance for the Railroad administration. Should this request be granted it would make a grand total of $1,886,-000,000 that Congress will have voted the Railroad out of the Federal Treasury. Millionaire takes own life hrs Dok port Conn. A Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop millionaire son of the late William d. Bishop one time president of the new York new Haven and Hartford ramrod died at the Bridgeport Host Tal sunday from wounds indicted on himself with a Hunting knife while suffering from melancholia. France to delay occupation move Midwest swept by big blizzard beat watchman flee sans booze Minneapolis four cellar robbers beat John Smith watchman into insensibility for intruding while they packed lip $1,000 Worth of whisky but fled without taking their loot from the Home of a. W. Strong. Deny French to govern Canada London the report that Viscount will not carry out military wires crippled crops dam or Nch Lont lieutenant of Ireland had aged floods threatening to in offered tin governor generalship following easter storm i a Canada has been denied officially. Plan till after april 7 clashes feared by Henry Wood Paris French occupation of German cities in the Buhr District to guarantee evacuation of German groups which entered the Neutral zone in violation of the treaty of Versailles will not be carried out before april 7, it was Learned Here toddy. This decision a a made at a conference Between a Remler Millerand and marshal Koch. The Freesch leaders decided their troops would not be sent into German cities garrisoned by German troops nor into these districts of the Buhr Valley where Teuton troops already had a penetrated in their Effort to Clear out the communist rebels. France it was made Clear did not intend to risk possible clashes Between her troops and the reach swear. A dispatch to the Petit in risen from Mayence said Rulch Wuehr troops had entered Homburg Dortmund and Recklin Hausen. The troops were singing and shouting a Uhoch Der Kaiser a the dispatch said. Militarist move London Germany is attempting to see a How far the treaty of Versailles May be disregarded with safety the mail said today in commenting on the Advance of Reichs Wehr troops into the Neutral Ruhr zone in violation of the treaty. Call for session expected Frida y governor to announce special meet of legislature to begin april 14, report from Capitol Bills prepared Philipp to return after election a the ago the Middle West was posses Trail snowed in today under several feet of Kukic am a i a a c now with telegraphic and telephonic Viar a Xvi a via communication badly crippled crop damaged and floods threatening the result of a Feak blizzard yesterday. Chhhtk1l maniacs desperate and convicted for murder or Chicago was wrapped in a 40-mlle liminal assault today roamed this blizzard from Early yesterday until late District after their escape from the last night. Every Railroad reported state Hospital for the criminal insane a Rains several hours late. Because of the switchman s strike Here Many trains w cat wit re were mom than 12 hours behind schedule. Easter was featured in this Section was reported from West Ireland where Banda estimated at More than 1,700 men marched through the country and confiscated thousands of acres of land in counties Roscommon and Galway driving off owners of estates. Ten grazing tenants were forced to leave one estate. Officials at Dublin Castle today estimated the damage to property in easter raids to rebel lands at More than $500,000. Which hey said the tax payers would be forced to pay. Several Bridges were blown up. Tho sinn fein Flag was still flying on the admiralty pier at Queenstown today. Halyards had been Cut and the flagpole greased. Official reports up to noon today showed 99 police Barracks and 22 income tax offices were burned. It was believed the final total would be considerably higher. More outbreaks told reports continued to arrive describing fresh outbreaks. There was every indication tis raids Scro careful in planned by a Central organisation. Officials at Dublin Castle admitted the raids Bud struck at the bases of governmental machinery. Destruction of the tax records they said would in Ake enforcement of the tax Laws most difficult. The outbreak was most extensive in the Belfast District. The City was isolated when wires were Cut. Armed mobs entered the grand Central hotel housing the government departments of pensions and labor destroying Many documents and setting fire to the building. The b Azo was extinguished. Bolice Barracks were burned in Clough Lough brie Klatil res Revor trill a Castle Townshend Holb Breen and other centers. Extensive raids were carried out in Cork. Firemen attempting to extinguish the burning income tax office were hampered by crowds which Cut the fire Hose laughing it the efforts of till police and troops to Aid the firemen. Woman makes capture at Newry one Raider was captured by a woman she was a daughter of Madison roads ban shipments Northwestern and St. Paul put embargo on freight to Chicago of the country yesterday with Bliz while frightened women and children Zardy winds. Tho millions expended remained in tightly barred Burnt on easter finery were kept indoors houses. Huge Snow drifts piled in Street and on elevated roads delayed Street dead baby car service. Jav today lodging houses were scoured and every Idle Man put to work cleaning streets. Here. Fifteen escaped and six were recaptured. Heavily armed posses searched the _ Countryside today for the fugitives j collector Gandy of the income tax department. When the woman Caine upon a Man trying to set mrs to her father office atle seized him by the nose half suffocating him and holding two Madison Railroad offices today announced Complete embargoes on freight to or through Chicago. F. J. Zoelle of the Northwestern and j. H. Brien of the c. M. A by. I line received notice yesterday and the ban was clamped Down tight this morning. A foot of Snow in Chicago. Coming on the heels of the switchman s strike has completely tied up freight traffic. A Large amount of freight was accepted by the Northwestern Bat uni a before the embargo notice arrived. A we will work through All freight accepted before the embargo As Best we can said or. Zoelle today a but no More will be accepted either in Carload or Leas than Carload lots for shipment to Chicago until further the Illinois Central announced l l. Limit Madison agent cannot accept freight for Transfer to other lines or the Belt railway in Chicago but can still take shipments Tor Chicago to be delivered at its own freight depot and its own team tracks. Girl Pla yer ill new act Here or. And mrs. Perkins d. Fisher a big time vaudeville team arrived in Madison today to appear in their skit a half Way House a at the orpheus tonight. They will take the place of a rapt. Kidd s which has to be withdrawn after one performance yesterday when miss Jean Waters appearing with Jack Delbel. Suddenly became ill. 8h� was still in a serious condition today. L c is hard hit the storm hit the Illinois Central 7ound by Quot a Quot garbage Cou Ector with a deliberate far reaching con hardest. Hic thousand suburbanites North Side Here today. Police 1 piracy to make the country Mungovern in garbage can Milwaukee the body of a baby several Days old. Wrapped in a Blank him until her screams brought help. The Irish times stressed the dim cultic facing 8ir Hilmar Greenwood the new chief Secretary for Ireland in prune minister Lloyd George s Cabinet. A the new Secretary is confronted with a deliberate fur reaching con were marooned at the station Here curly today because of inability to get a train. Up to an Early hour today the Illinois Central had failed to move a train since 8 of clock last night. Other railroads reported delayed suburban service. Several Hundred infants were put to sleep on benches in stations. The storm caused Many Short circuits and several parts of the City and Many hundreds of Homes were forced to use Cand to Light. Chicago suffered less than other Section of the West according to re Jwj Rte. Dispatch from Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska Northern Oklahoma and Ohio reported heavy snowfalls and near Zero temperatures instituted a search for the Moth re Wea t increasing cloudiness tonight becoming unsettled tuesday. Slightly warms tonight and tuesday. Light variable winds. A Able by the British the newspaper said. A the government is gravely hampered at this critical moment by a it Home Rule Bill which is cutting Coal j on the fires of janitors Don t like Daylight borrow paper urges Tribune Chicago to conserve newsprint Sta per the Chicago Tribune today printed this Appeal a on account of the White paper shortage please done to buy a Tribune borrow rejected Lover in double crime Chicago i>espofx1ent because she would t marry him. John Renaldi. Labourer today shot and wounded mrs Anna Ruggerro 21, and then killed himself. Mrs. Kig Graro May live mrs. Beggers divorced her husband three weeks ago. Chicago martial Law May be Des dared in Chicago rail curl Yards a a result of a strike of switchman on la roads which is in peril Ling the country food Supply and wrecking Railroad passenger ext freight schedules officials said Zerffi today. The tie up of Railroad traffic Toda caused the american railway Kopro Tuff company to place an embargo on All shipments to and from Chicago. This meant express shipments route Ltd through Chicago will lie held up. In practically places the trans continue to express business at a standstill. Should the strike continue Railroad May follow with Ero cargoes on non essentials. City officials and Railroad men cow operated today in keeping up the sup ply of milk to Chicago. Strikers claimed 9.om switchman were out today and a it predicted a com i let tie up of freight truffle and serious impairment of the a Kissenger service. Rail officials admit that freight traffic was operating on a 25 per cent basis but Lecin red this was a much due to the snowstorm which swept the Middle West yesterday As to the strike. Striker claimed that $1r,0fift0�a Worth of perishable freight Lay in Chicago Yards and will be lost unless their demands for higher wages ors heeded. 60 per cent on strike chief of police a ratty assigned Roo City policemen to patrol Railroad Yard and issued instructions to each of Chicago s to police stations to hold an extra squad of policemen for strike duty emergency. A if trouble comes. I fear the fore i will to unable to Cope with the situs Hon Quot said . A it May be be cease nary to rail out the militia and declare Martini Law in the Railroad it qty per cent of the Swilch mesh employed on la roads were on strike. Roads affy acted Arr the Chicago Miu Waukee a 8t. Paul Illinois cent Rev Northwestern. Santa Vav no Klo Plato grand trunk. Belt railway of Chicago Indiana Harbor Belt Una much Igich Central Pennsylvania and the Ipp four. No Union Sanction regular Union switchman denounce the strike As illegal. The striking switchman Ere members of an outlaw Quot organization. Officials of Tho brotherhood of railway trainmen and the switchman s Union of North America who have contracts with Toffi roads said their members ars still at work. The strikers Are asking $1 an Hogg for Yard foremen and 95 cents an Hoof for helpers As Well a i Neri ask fad other work a Are. According to regular Union official these demand a Are embodied in ii it it aug now under discussion. Pastor not letter author in a Public debate on the Street Cap problem Quot Iii saturday s state journal appeared a letter signed by Henry Hunt carrying a heading in which the word Quot pastor Quot was used. Indicating that the letter was from the Rev. Cd. H. Hunt. Henry Hunt author of the letter is a civil Engineer. Chicago a Chicago Bankers and musings men who want a Daylight saving plan to enable them to get in an hours a Xeric a in the Garden he yesterday lost night to Madison. 26 16 Kansas City Milwaukee 30 end St. Lamia reported danger of in Bottom lands due to the expected by Aimu. 2� rapid Rise in streams and Rivers who a i Duluth ii 8 a Call for a special session of the Wisconsin legislature will be made by gov. E. L. Philipp on Friday of this week. According to information from reliable sources in the Capitol today. The Ceil it in understood will Deal with providing e four year medical Cooee in the University High Cost of living legislation and if approved by popular vote tues Day the increasing of legislators salaries. The session will be called wednesday april 14. Governor Philipp is not expected to return from Milwaukee until after the election tomorrow. It is known however that Bdl which will be pres need on the measures in the Call Are prepared and will be made Public with the Call official lies on by to. Is a Ether i ii it so i City temperature precipitation for going to work wont receive oho he Sheet lowest 24 hour j pit of cooperation from their janitors. Quot of the Bankers want hot water when they get up an hour earlier the a will have to go Down and Stoke the Furnace themselves Quot a janitor s Union Delegate declared today. 0 .94 .74 the temperature rises starts in Texas the blizzard originated in Texas and spread out Over the Central states. Gary ind., was buried under four feet of Enow today. Many trains bound for Chicago were forced to halt several Miles from stations and discharge their passengers. A record fall of Snow for april was reported at Springfield Iii. More Snow fell there yesterday than in All the Winter months. While damage to crops in Kansas and other slates is reported it a believed not to be extensive. Michigan fruit growers said their apples and peach Trees were untouched. Minneapolis .26 16 0 lot Crosse a a a a 20 0 Dubuque. 30 20 0 it 4 Iii Sun it Kather Yea temper relative wind Clouds Ter Day Aturo Plum laity velocity news noon 27 43 20 too 7pm 28 65 19 too today 7 a in. 19 38 12 $0 Neon .28 88 8 0 highest temperature 29 at 5 p. In. Lowest temperature 19 at 5 a in. Mean temperature yesterday 27 Normal 40 total precipitation Jan. I 5 89 Normal 5.54 in toii4y in huh kit v Ica it warmest in 1173, 80. Coldest in 186, 14. Wettest in 1910. .62 incites. Fun sets at 6 29. In. Diogenes now a y retire Milwaukee a Diogenes and his flashlight May retire. The hone test honest Man has been found in Milwaukee. He s Abe Cha Piro. Abe found a pocket Book containing an endorsed Check for 1788 on a Detroit Bank and $60 in mexican Money. He immediately wrote the Detroit Bank a want and about the mexican Money. A Jake Golden Quot was the endorsement i on the Check. State journal will Flash vote returns i he Wisconsin state journal has completed arrangements to Flash election returns tuesday night on a screen to be stretched across Carroll Street at Doty. Figures on municipal ownership the mayoralty and Aldermani contests and state and local returns on the National convention delegates will be furnished. The state journal will have workers at each Madison polling place while the counting is in Progress. Returns will be rushed to the state journal office by Auto and phone. The state journals big Force of correspondents will be on the Job throughout the county and state on election night. Done to forget the time and place tuesday night at 8 00 p. In. At the state journal building at Carroll and Doty. A a

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