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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - February 28, 1920, Madison, Wisconsin Weather colder City edition vol. 134, no. 149. 81�t year. Madison wis., saturday afternoon february 28, 1920. Twelve pages Price two cents charge Alliance to beat pact another . Citizen slain in Mexico former Consul is victim of bandits state department demands punishment of murderers t a Arrington Augustus mgt Ray Rill an american citizen and formerly a i noted Staten Consul at Manzanillo a killed by mexican Bandit let a. 2ti near Colima state of Colima the state department was advised today. The state department has instructed the United states embassy at Mexico City to Call for the arrest and punishment of the murderers and the Consul at to has been directed to make similar representations to the local authorities. Children of Morrill Are living at ban Francisco Oakland and san Rafael California. His widow who is 80 years old lives at Colima. Morrill we splinter vice Consul at Manzanillo on Jan. 20, 1809. And was made Consul there aug. 5, 1872. The state department was also ail Vised today that Harry Hogarty an american citizen who was recently kidnapped by mexican bandits returned to his Home at Maimi on feb. 24. He arrived there Safe and Well. Swedes May Aid War sufferers Washington an appropriation of 100,000 Kronen for Relief of the so up lat Lon of Northern France has been recommended by the swedish foreign office to the Kiko dug. Tie state depart ment has to in advised. Asks $100,000,000 year for roads w a so i it j ten a Bill appropriating $100,000,000 a Fiat for Tho next year to be used in Road building has been introduced by senator chamber lain. Oregon. Pershing on Michigan poll Psi no Mic the name of John j. Be Rah my wiil appear on tile Michi Gan presidential ballot it was announced at the office of the Secretary i of state today. Petitions containing the required number of signatures j wen1 flied by i Ort Huron citizens. Charge Thorne y with perjury Tum Bonk Ari issuance of a warrant for roast on a charge of per i jury of attorney Bruce Stevenson of j defense counsel in the Bisbee deflation trial caused the greatest sense Tion of the trial Here today. The warrant based on testimony Stevenson gave yesterday afternoon regarding a a la alleged he had with we. Heaton and his wife. Both Bouto i and his wife swore that Stevenson bad not visited them and that no such to conversation took place. Stevenson was assistant county attorney when the Bisbee deportations occurred in 1917. By eve ii son v testimony was Given during impeachment proceedings brought by the defense against two temporary jurors whose americanism was attacked. Tired Coal car drops by Wayside a Ahe most eccentric Coal car i has come to Light. When it grew tired of rolling along it just sneaked away from the rest of the Tram without being noticed. The mishap occurred on the Northwestern Road Between 8 and 9 p. In. Last night when a freight Tram of about 35 cars broke apart on mile South of scene. A Carload of Coal jumped the track the Tram coupled up again and proceeded to Madison. Absence of the missing car was not discovered until the Tram Crew checked up. A dispatch soon arrived from a track Walker stating that a car of Coal was ditched one mile South of scene. The Only explanation Given is that the air was not working properly was broken off that either the last car of the fret Section or the first car of the last Section jumped the tracks and that tha Back half of the Tram caught up and coupled on when the train stopped along the Road. Fishy Tram men swear its All True. Premiers Daylight accept idea saving up of Wilson to people ready to withdraw former program says reply have no intention of ignoring United states City Council unanimously votes referendum on question at Madison Spring election keen Franco British intended to act Adriatic dispute propose plan to finance equity three state unions favor referendum on assessment of members a referendum calling upon every member of the american society of equity to Contr but $1 to provide a fund on which to operate the National Union win approved at a meeting yesterday in St. Baul attended by the state Union of Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. The plan was proposed by j. La. Carnahan president of the National Union he explained when the j tile Council in present Board took office it found that Ivor Ltd two pm not Only a the Treasury depleted but that More than $20,000 of debts were outstanding by this assessment of $1 a member it is expected that at least $40,000 would lie obtained. Attack Tittemore a Resolution was passed in which All state unions agree to pay the National Union fund withheld pending investigation of Anan As left by the by de. L. I on Don a the premiers never it nail., in the Between Italy and Jugo Slavia without first consulting the United states they ass it in their reply to president Ilson s latest communication. The reply dated feb. 25, agrees with Wilson that any settlement mutually agreeable to Italy and Jugoslav i i would ire the Ideal adjustment. J it expresses the willingness of the Council of premiers to withdraw its proposals of Hee. 9 and Jan. 20 and again Points that the absence of an american representative in the allies i deliberations has proved an insurmountable obstacle. Military necessity j As to the much disputed secret pact j of in it radon the note invites Wilson s co operation. It insists this secret j agreement by which Italy was to be j Given valuable concessions in the Adri Latic for entering the War on the Side of i the allies was necessitated by the military situation at the time it a signed. A ailing the president s attention to the urgency for in Early settlement of the dispute the premiers again j Point out that in event Italy and Jugo i Ria via Are Able to reach no voluntary agreement great Britain and France i will again face the italian demand for i enforcement of the London agreement. I the sessions of the Council will be continued through next week it w As j announced officially. Divides up work the Council intends to Divide its the premiers with their expert advisers will take up unsent economic and financial problems while the ambassadors and foreign minister the turkish a and the Home observe the conference and m. Basil. Serbia and on s bmi88ion of a Daylight saving ordinance to a referendum at the Spring election As suggested by the Wisconsin state journal was voted unanimously by the City Council last night. The Resolution a introduced by the judiciary committee a similar Resolution had been introduced by Alderman ii. J. Steffen but a withdrawn when he Learned his was duplicated. Agitation on the Daylight saving question in Ute Council a started by Alderman la 8. Sullivan. Question whether the clock should he set ahead an hour during the summer or whether workers should be legislated to work an hour earlier was brought up by Alderman Joseph Brown. Quot we can vote to set the clock ahead an hour Quot City attorney William Ryan replied a a but we cannot Vole the workers to work at any the Daylight saving ordinance to be submitted to the referendum vote will be similar to the Federal Daylight saving Law in Force during the War but repealed by Congress Over the president s veto because of the insistent demand of Alt Farmer organizations. Submission to a referendum was decided by the Council because As taunted out by the state journal considerable sentiment existed both for and against it and it was a question that affected every person to such an extent that it was advisable every voter should have an Opportunity to express himself Bandit gets $26, cigars Candy Corn record is busted by congressmen i i Washington All records of Corn production were broken on the floor of the House Friday. Representative Rubric miss Soun got up to boast about an acre in his District winning a prize by raising 127 bushels. A Well Haven to you heard that Oklahoma raised 135 bushels on a. Acre Quot said representative Hastings of Oklahoma. A it Bas always been conceded that Alabama holds the worlds record Quot representative Bankhead of Malabar a said. A one acre there raised 227 a North Carolina is generally considered a Cotton state but ifs a fact that one acre of our Best land produced 252 bushels of Corn Quot representative kit chm broke in. A i am reliably informed that 12 acres of litmus land recently averaged 325 to the acre Quot representative Mann added and his boast went unchallenged. A the Only trouble is Quot complained Rubric. Quot i announced any figures too Hitchcock and Borah join to kill treaty declares sen. Kellogg Combine of administration democrats and a bitter Enders seen by Minnesota Solon Domestic Issue reservation cited As reason for assertion by l. C. Martin i senator Kellogg Minnesota today charged dial senator Hitchcock democratic Leader had formed an Alliance Vith senator Horah Leader of the Republican a bitter Enders t<1 defeat the peace treaty. In a speech to the Senate Kellogg said thai Hitchcock is trying to kill the treaty with the Aid of Republican votes if he can and with Democrat votes if he can to get Republican separate ticket offices for . Charge Mann act violation will continue work on id hungarian treaties 5 problem. Is Haw significance in Between Lloyd George to former Premier of of th1 leaders in the ousted officer. On partisan league j Jugo Slat nation. The y believed in equity members of the Minnesota Amil 1 Quot of report yesterday that the two Iowa Union to ours attacked j. N. Leaders May have discussed the report Tittemore on the ground that the pre i a decision of Italy and Jugo Slavia to int equity news facial society paper j Mettle the add i i it dispute by Mutual was not Quot run Walter i a agreement. 1 present member of the National j Board and a Wisconsin equity Rem Ler. It it handed Why. When they had charge of the National Union record Wert not kept of Board meetings Hills i and contracts of debts made and on i the paper proposition demanded of Ithem to Tell him How much space any i los one a not you or your red card crowd Quot a Here today could secure when they edited the a i r hover Lier. J charging h the meeting ended amicably How a bringing Barbara by Ever differences being smoothed Over i marriage from wat it a finally decided that each state Angeles for in morn Union would put the pro Osit Lon of the i Phillipps i $1 a member up to its membership for i Wausau Anil marry final action. The Wisconsin Union it Duyanen a letter i understood is of kit de to the As i from loverly Arcus ses sment. They insist that there arc suspicions. Mrs Sui sufficient funds available and that the j a have admitted t former National Union Board be made i a Story. To make Good All houses. Bringing his wife Carnahan holds on j Duyanen came her a so far no word has been received by i complaint against ii the state or rational offices regarding the promised Lesigna lion of j. La. Carnahan National president. Carnahan promised to ii sign feb. 28, the Day after the meeting in St. Paul. He was seen in St. Aul yesterday before unit after the meeting with j. Weller sing and r. J. Burns former officers of the National Union both la gang Ard Burns wore non partisan league Campaign buttons. Carnahan at a meeting i fore the a warrant was is for the arrest of a a Cotton broker Ted tile Marin act by i lips. His Niece by Isau win to Isis purposes. Tier returned to cd Charles Staal his wife received cd Staalduinen s Aal Duyanen is said the Rutti of the us him. A i swore Inu tile loved a y Given life sentence fair tonight and sunday. Colder tonight. Moderate Northwest winds. Official report by u. S. Weather Bureau City temperature precipitation highest lowest 24 hour Vest a relay i a get night to 7 a. In. Madison. 22 in .02 Milwaukee. 22 la .02 Chicago. 30 24 0 Green Bay. 18 to .02 Wausau. 18 8 .02 Duluth. 22 6 a m inn Neapolis 24 4 .02 la Crosse. 18 0 Dubuque 34 22 0 Madison weather yester tem per Fie la wind Ltd loud due lure Tulve he Velo iness nudity City noon. 14 85 to too 7 p. No 22 94 5 too today 7 a. In. 18 94 9 too noon. 19 77 16 80 Snow 24 hrs. .3 inches. On ground 6.8 indies. Ken it Sha Carl t. Ca ii robbed the a. Company Lur 51st last an i late Board Folio Wing the a rebel meet j Pollee Fille r ing Quot held by equity insurgents de i guilty to a flounced i on and declared that Fie was against his being in the equity society. Their professed cordiality yesterday a the source of much talk around the offices in the Washington Block today upon return of the delegates. It was claimed today that Carnahan would be held to his Promise and his resignation demanded. A t la into Tat Tot a morning and was hot prison it. Blank who co with the robber not in on the Ruurd Bonds for a i a Irlar it Day who. W Ith August Blank. American brass night of March the Nigil killed ligature pleaded of murder this one d to life in on fessed connection but dec1 ired to was or. Was held without a it thursday. Highest temperature 23 at 3 30 p. In. Lowest temperature 16 at 5 a. In. Mean temperature yesterday 12. Normal 23. Total precipitation since Jan. A inches. Normal 3.<3 inches. Today in other years warmest in 1895. 56. A oldest in 1884. -9. Wettest in 1876, 1.01 Inch. Aged couple Given divorce san Fri Anci soon Mathias Becker 84, and his wife who is $0. Were divorced today after 36 year of married life. Becker filed suit declaring his mate was a crazy about men and Hart two affinities Quot she countered with a Cross Hill denying the charge and accusing Becker of cruelty. Judge Hoilier awarded her a decree Dublin asks More police i Xin i Kin i no him a Astie has issued a proclamation declaring the counties of Imblon Longford let uth. Sligo. Waterford Westmeath and wicklow Quot in a state of disturbance and requiring additional police a dispatch said Toady. Carlton i in the stat the murder prise pen Dingas an a life to Essory to to Fortune passed up for Bride balt1m tit i her it. Robert Cooper overseas Veteran stationed at Camp Holabird sacrificed $100 090 bequeathed to him in his father s will to take a Krone girl us his Brid. She t ame to Amel Tea a fortnight ago and was met at the pier by Cooper the marriage taking place soon afterwards. Coopers Home is in Jackson miss., where his Fathe r is wealthy. The girl was pretty mile made Latno Morel. Whom Sergt. Cooper met while in France when Cooper returned Home after the War he announced i engage mint which met i slant opposition. The Soldier father Tor up his will. Then the Soldier rent for his love who had Cost him $100,000, and they Are Happy though poor. Milwaukee a the Saloon of Leo sch veda on the South Side a entered Early today by a Bandit who ordered nine customers seated at tables to hold up thir hands. He took $26 from the Saloon till filled i pockets with and Cundy Ami joined a Confederate awaiting him in a taxicab. The two men later forced the Driver to leave the and drove away. Two i Mon Are held by the police for identification. Food handlers will be quizzed Milwaukee Hight Milwaukee manufacturers and distributors of food j have been subpoenaed to appear at the first Public hearing of the state mar. Ket division it the City Hall monday j morning to lie examined regarding prices in their lines of business. Thin will be the first tug step in the j state s drive on Gigli prices names will not in divulged until the hearing j j opens. I Alvin c. Reis counsel for the marketing department today said the attorney general will co operate in Tho it i hiring. Asks Home for unborn baby san Francisco Covert Loda. I forced mrs. Allen to offer her j j unborn babe for adoption. Inserted by her husband and Strug j Sling to feed herself anti a Little son. J i mrs. Luhrs sees no other course Quot i could leave the child on a door i i step like Many other mothers have i. Done under similar circumstances put i where my baby goes there must be a 1 j Welcome for it a said til Kotlier scarcely 22 years old. A i want it i taken As soon As it is born. I am j afraid to love it. Because then i might j not be Able to give it i i. Luhrs is working in a a tory i for $15 a week. London jumps a t $14 suits London one Hundred thousand tailor made suits off red to the Public at $14 apiece blocked the traffic along the strand one of London busiest thoroughfare. Friday in the midst of an almost continuous rainstorm the Sale was the beginning of a tremendous onslaught on clothing profiteers try Harry Mallaby de Ley millionaire member of parliament which i thrilling All England three cities in census gains Washington census Bureau today announce following population totals Paducah Kyd a 24,736 Lima it 41,-306 Hazleton ca.,.2,267. The reports credit Lima with an in a reuse of 10.798 since Hie 1910 census which is 36 i percent Hazleton s population increased 6,815. Or 26.8 percent Baduch 1,975 or 8.7 percent 1 change under private control starting March 1. Announced Quot soon follows suit Chicago the first big change Benin the Railroad world under private control became known today with the announcement of the Chicago and Northwestern railway of their withdrawal from the consolidated ticket office. A Large ail in Chicago papers today stated that after March i ticket Sale will by made from their own private offices. Two other roads followed the Northwestern a plan to withdraw from the consolidated ticket office according to i. S. M a or Macly manager of the Western lines of the office. They an the �?�800 line Quot and la Canadian canine. The plans of the other roads so far As known Are to continue in the consolidated office it is said. Hines o. K.8 Bill Washington hearing th1 to. K. Of Walker ill in director general of Railroad the Railroad Bill was sex j ported to he Laid before president j Wilson 4o�lay for his or veto. Attorney general Calmer already has pronounced the Bill constitutional. Parents gone kiddies burned York Joseph mag a 5 years old his brother Benjamin 3, and 1-tt Josephine i. Were burned to death when tire destroyed their Home in Tho outskirts of the City Early today. Their parents Hall i it Iii hot a Early to do farm work. Three children of Antonio Thek a re rescued from the burning building by neighbor who broke Down the doors Streetcar crash ties up traffic Rek two Street cars were wrecked and noir of passengers badly shaken and bruised in a collision on the North Side this morning. Tray Fie wit id up for a in hour. Mrs. Jordan gets term in prison mrs. Elisabeth Jordan was sentenced to on to ten years in the Penitentiary at Joliet. Iii., after being found guilty yesterday by a Chicago jury of receiving part of tin $112. Iou Iii Bond stolen from the Middleton state Bank mrs. Jordan denied tier guilt and entered a notion i m trial. Lier husband. Steve Jordan a been Given of Quot in five to 20 years at the put a i tent Laty for participation Iii the Rob let Ery. Rail building Boom forecast Chicago a Railroad construction Boom was fore anted by Railroad officials her today. This i toot ii one. Official said. Is Quot bound to come Quot is Ltd it Nas the roads Are returned to private ownership. Quot the railroads will have to build Many lines Quot i. C. Rice assistant to the chief Engineer of the Kant i Fesa id. Quot before the War the Sarita be War constructing at Hast too to 150 Miles of track a year hiring the Tim the government controlled the roads the Santa be constructed about 50 Miles of m w track Quot j. A. Holt chief Engineer of the Iii a ago. Milwaukee and St Baul corroborated Iii a statement. A a Railroad Boom i sure to come Quot Holt Rani Quot How soon it will Start i cannot say. We will have to see How a Large Treasury we have when the a Iivo Riim int turns Back the ones. After charging that Hitchcock has Allied himself with Borah Kellogg said i congeal ulate troth senator on their Alliance. 1 do not wish them slice hut Hopo they get out of it ail the pleasure they Kellogg declared the fact that Hitchcock had offered As a reservation i of Domestic questions a proposal which i a a Plogg said would amount to amending the treaty is proof of his lairs to i bring about its rejection. Taking tip the Adriatic controversy i Kellogg said that a it is not very Eri a As to the Way the Pewee 1 to a to will work out a quoting from in resident Wilson s j Adriatic note of feb. 24, Kellogg emphasized the stat Anent with regard $0 self determination As a basis of the proposed not Bement. He declared that this Rule was not applied to the soar Valley Shantung and other territorial settlements made in the peace treaty. Hitchcock in reply Hitchcock in replying to Kellogg charged Kellogg Hail joined in a conspiracy to stuff the foreign relations committee with Quot foe of the treaty and that he Quot has Aiso combined with the foes of the treaty to prevent any Ile declared that criticisms of in resident Wilson s work on the treaty As to the Valley Boland and Shantung Quot come with poor Grace from senators on that mile who tried in every Way to destroy the influence of the president while he was in Baris and who twit him been us he dbl riot entirely succeed in sex cry senator Hoke Smith of Georgia agreed with Kellogg he Saki that Hitchcock is trying to lie fest the Trva to. Count on split democratic Leader in the Senate Are counting on a split in the Republican party at the Chicago convention to j bring about ratification of the treaty i this summer it was Learned inlay. I these democrats think the Republic i cans will Divide on Iii proposition of making the treaty an Issue in Tho i Campaign and that g. Ltd. B. Leaders will Hast n to secure Compromise Ratifiea-1 Hon to remove the cause of the split. Trip democratic i uders say they hat mad a. Painstaking Survey of lha i situation. As a result they expos i conviction that the following forecast of events is justified this is How the i i n rum in t s see it 1. The present Effort at St Ifres to on will ail through a combination of Republican a bitter Enders Quot and democrats against the Lodge Resolution of ratification. 2. Tha Republican a bitter Enders Quot will go to the Chicago convention and fight for a Plank in the platform opposing any american Par j to citation in the league of nations. 3. They we be Defeated and Bolt the convert on and the party to carry the Issue of their own making to the country. 4. This split a the party will Fores Senato Quot Lodge and his supporters to submit a Compromise to which democratic senators can i agree is a Means of getting the treaty rate de this summer and out i of the Campaign. Hitchcock Borah confab flyer survives five mile fall in the get irs of t he inquiry by Iead i my i a nut 1 a at Oil which Tho fore ust i was Basl. He r Hitchcock a i u Tong talk v i of the Quot Bitt out or Borah leu Der Ariot her a he a 0 f the investing Ion j by i Jemour atle i a a i or a a Lari of a a in la make it next says Gritty aviator Altitude record Dayton o a a a in la make it the a Refl undaunted by the narrowest of narrow Cha pen from death when his air plane fell five Miles after breaking All Altitude records maj. R. W. Schroeder. Test Pilot at the Mccook sex my rain rental Field Here today said Era wan Only waiting for his Frozen eyeball to return to Normal before again attempting to reach a height of 40. 000 feet. The major is officially credited with attaining a height of 36.020 feet in i flight Lierz lit yesterday. A Lle at a height of approximately 37.000 feet his oxygen Supply gave out and to was Render a i unconscious. The machine hurtled through the ratified atmosphere for fully a Miles it a estimated. The Gas tank was crushed like an egg Abc la by the sudden change from the Lov pressure area to the heavier atmosphere below.8chroeier regained consciousness when the machine was about 2.000 feet above the Earth and again got control and effected a Landing. He was unconscious in his seat when reached. Hospital authorities said today to would suffer no permanent injury. Oxygen Supply failed Quot if my a n Supply tank of oxygen had not a to function causing to to consume and of my Reserve Small Supply i would have reached my intended destination 40,000 a said. A but by make it yet. And then rom of Tho other boys can make m try for Altitude. Quot i was g o in Good the engine hit Ting perfectly and inside of two hour 1 would have reached the Mark but for that oxygen and that terrible asphyxiating Gas from the when lifted from i plan at Mccook Field i heart was hammering loudly and it pulsations could by seen through his i Ivy flying cloth. When he recovered at the Post Hospital i first question was Quot what s the matter with my a Yea a Quot with no thought other than attaining the la get i know that plan a an go i h id to suffer a Lack of oxygen Quot he complained. Quot All at uni it stopped flowing. I leaned Forward and turned Tho Cork wide open but no oxygen came. Eyes Are Frozen mum tank sufficient to do least three fours gave in nothing whatever us i what i had cons in 1 was then Rah n Only for emergency. I thought rom thing was wrong i raised my goggles which were coat cd with Leo within and without just turn to i age. To. Column 5 reject soviet bid on shoes i limn Artic Ding t. N the i Mig the qty r a at said. Washington tile sales division of the War department today announced it had notified the York zone office that the Sale of array shoe and overshoes to the russian soviet government cannot be made. Soviet representative in Yurk were arming the High bidders for the army goods Ner vation i put the deportment has rejected their Stab tech of i bid. To it will i a a a by impossible to a t sixty four votes Tor the Trey so Long As the Lodge reservation e n article to remains unmodified declare Roper will quit Post Washington c. Roper commissioner of internal Reva nue has decided to res in his Post although his resignation has not been submitted As yet it was Learned at the Treasury department today. Roper As head of the internal Revenue Bureau has charge of prohibition enforcement As Well As collection of billions of Fin Llars in taxes annually. A la at once too much for Paris Paris the biggest theatrical sensation in years was sprung at the premiers of Henri a Ains opera. Quo Vadis Quot at the champs ulysees theater last night when miss by Herlys a merged Orrun a huge Oyster Shell unit proceeded to divest herself of Ever pc bit of a Siliment. Miss d Herlys us Well known in near York whither she want in m tree 1916, to rejoin he former jockey Tod Sloan of a r we had been expelled from England. The audience was amazed and Erie of Quot censor censor Quot wire heard from Many parts of the House

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