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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - March 06, 1920, Madison, WisconsinCITY EDITION VOL. 134, NO. 156. 81st Year. MADISON, WIS., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1920. EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS EAST SWEPT BY GALE AND FLOOD SEE M N & \ pR ES iDM T s t a n d s S H E E P M EN L E A G U E OR OF R ELIG IO N ... .. - FORM STATE SEA POW ER, WORLD OVER Even Buddhists and Hindoos Out to Reform Universe* Says Mrs. Eddy; Tittle Urges Golden Rule Word From Whitehouse Amounts to Refusal of Democratic Plea For Parley, Belief; Fear Hope of Compromise Dashed OK / A N W A R f ) R uddhan S o .d g r* I� th** m a rc h in g souk c t th# Rapture a� and a g row ing mr- ran unit ton thwre I* th** Y oung Women s Ruddhan u i w i a t ion," aaid Mrs. K a th - .rinc Eddy, na t iona l execu tive o f f o r � eign Y. W. C. A. w n - i iv , speak ing a l an t night a WHKion of the fo u r day iJI-anivrrHtty re lig ious conference. Dr. K. fct. T i t t le of N o r th w e n te m un l- iv n d ty , Who apoko oh "T h o In iv r- .huroh World M ovem ent," declared with Mr*. E d d y th a t a sp ir i t o f re - igtou* revival is rousing all o v e r th e world. "The wxirld can n e v e r l�e t ru ly a t peace while one p a r t of th e world is loth�*!, h*d an d h o n ied and o th e r pa r ts .we not," said Mrs. Eddy. The in te rn a t io n a l problem will nev- *r be .anlved un til the ( .olden R ule is nlopted a s a word policy and n a t io n s join in w o rk in g for the we lfare of nank ind ." WORLD MOVEMENT STARTED Declaring a world re lig ious m o w - i i * u t i s s ta r l in g sp o n tan eo u s ly in t v - iv country , Mrs. Eddy said. "The im bi t ion o f H in d u s tan is to reform he world. Toe f irst lines o f one of he g re a t re lig .ous works recently pub- ished in Ind ia a r e : 'lf l l indooiw n is a reach a ro u n d the w or ld , and th e re no reason why it should not. more .me m ust l*e spen t on the p ra y e r rug m i less in au tom obiles .' Th** whole world Is tu rn in g to the United S ta tes , tho c red i to r nation, for tai in the g re a t p rob lem of w a r recon - *!ruc t ion ," Mrs. teddy said. " We m u s t (ive the s t r ick en na t io n s idealism. Horst courage, sy m p a th y , love and 'b r i s t tan leadership , not m oney alone. Those th in g s a re needed m ore th an money," GOLDEN RULE URGED T h e Holden Rule a s the world pol- c> of the n a t ions w a s recom m ended iv Dr. T it t le its the solution of the n te rn a tio n a l and industr ies problems. The do* t r ine of every m an for h im - o lf spells ab sence of governm en t, i T u rn to page k. co lum n 4) WOOD ALCOHOL KILLS 3 MORE HT. R A U L -T hree m ore were added lo the list of wood alcohol v ic t im s iere today, H e rm an Schm id t , .Tames Nugent ;uid J a m e s S. M ar t in a re dead {rom d r in k in g the poison A nother man. D ennis Jgoe. is blinded. T h is m akes eleven d e a th s a n d one blinded from wood alcohol in th ree days . COUGHS PROVE DOC'S UNDOING KANWAR CITY Twenty doctors who could not r�wist tho hear!-rend� ing coughs of thirsty patients today found their permits to issue prescrip� tions for l iquor revoked. Kitty more physicians wljl find their permits can - riled within the next two days. de. -Ii* d IL S Fincher, federal prohibi� t ion officer here. WASHINGTON-Notice that he will move Monday for immediate consideration of reservations on Article Ten of the League of Nations covenant was given by Senator Borah to� day, alter he had been informed o f President Wilson's at� titude toward a compromise on that question. ASSOCIATION IS WARNING Wool Producers Name Mon- Failure to Ratify Treaty Means dovi Man to Head Direc- U. S. Must Have Biggest tors; A d o p t Central Market Plan Navy in World, Says Daniels W BY L. C. MARTIN A S i l l MOTON - T h e p res iden t e la n d s pa l. T h is w as the word from the white house today in response to In � qu ir ie s a s to w h a t W ilson's a l t i tu d e would be to w ard a com prom ise on A r � tic.* T en o f th e league of na t io n s c o v � enan t . Lodge ra l l ie r R E P R K 8 E N T A T I V E sheep ra is e r s of the s t a te com ple ted o r g a n z a - j Hon of the W iscons in B ran ch of | Fleece Wool ( ' .rowing S ta te s assocla- wBY HERBERT W. WALKERARM INGTON - T h e l u l l e d S ta te s m u s t con tinue i ts p r e �w ar naval building p ro g ram un-t ry to convert Sena to r th an be converted.T h e p resident, it is u n d erstood , feels he m ad e his position c lea r to S en a to r . Hon F r id a y a f te rn o o n a t the C ohog* m j* de te rm in e d w h e th er or not th is ( . la s s w h en the la tter w as at the white I A gricu ltu re . c o u n try is to be a m e m b e r o f the house some d ay s ago. T h e position re- A board of seven d irec to ra was e lec t - j l e a g u e of N ations . S ec re ta ry Daniels ported taken by the p res iden t w as be- , cd. T h ey ad jo u rn ed to the q u a r te r s ( today told the house naval a ffa irs com-I t Iva til alo I tii'iamn nf \! ttl'kbt ii in I j L tiieved to indicate th a t he would de- ^ the S ta te Division o f M arkets in cline to see Sena to r Sim mons. I the cap ito l where they elected officers If In reply ing to Hitchcock, the p re s - "-nil d r * " �P a r t ic le s o f Incorpora t ion . S e n a to r H itch co ck la s t n igh t w ro te i pj,.n t lhUs rebuffs those D em ocra ts who F la n s were laid to pe rfec t the p roj- t*> W ilson a sk in g h im to receive S e n � a to r S im m ons . Dem ocra t, a s an e m is � sa ry w h o would lay before h im a pro- >wwJ BH .. . po** a I fo r com prom ise on Art icle Ten . g ctwAic T e a r e r s said 'today. D em ocra t ic hopes of com prom ise r a t i � fications u r n ; believed to have been w an t to comprom ise with Lodge on a 1 **c t' m a rk e t in g \ \ iaconsin wool re se rva t ion to Article Ten, all hope of th ro u g h a cen tra l w a rehouse u n d e r co- ra tif ica tion will finally he gone. Demo- o p e ra t iv e m an ag em en t, o ra i i f in uit � was Informe*! today. l e r a t i v e m a n a g em e n t w a s unan im ous. .BOA RD ELECTED The hoard of d i rec to rs elected wa*; I .lame* Dillon. Mondovi, p re s iden t ; I*. J . S tevens . Cylon, v ice -p re s id e n t ; W il � l i a m F. Renk. Sun Pra ir ie , se c re ta ry - t r c a s u r e r , Myron Churchill . M ar ine t te ; , . . . . . . . VV Woodard Bloomer; J- Blader- , . . . . Kl J I " tan . E dger ton . an d George M.-Kerrew, . cruiser�. 20 light c ru l le r s , e ig h t m ine Pew aukee . laying cruiser*, 20 flotilla leaders , Mix W isconsin '* a n n u a l ou tpu t of wool , fleet su b m ar in es , four a i r p lane carr iers , i * -5.000 OOO pounds Mr. F a w c e t te de- one su b m a r in e ten d e r ami one destroy r a is e r s sold the ir BORTON The trustee.- of the C h r i s � t ian Science Publish ing society today won the ir suit against the C hris t ian Science Board of Directors, to rt s t ra in the d irec to rs from in terfer ing with the so* let y. board TWO BAT T L E SH IPS T h is p rogram which, he said. should b" car r ied in the a p p ro p r ia t io n hill now being fram ed by the com m ittee , calla for twgi of the b iggest b a t t le sh ip s in the world one b a tt le c ru iser , six scout m ore won his suit for re - in s ta te m e n t as a m em b er of the board of d i r e c t � ors. Jo h n F rederick Dodge, a s special m as te r , found director* had no legal r igh t to remove L am o n t Howland* from the l*oard of t ru s tee s an d tha t the charges against h im were not s u f � fic ient in law nor m ade in good faith. It a lso w as held th a t the d irector* had no pow er to d ischarge D it tem ore an d th a t , even if they had the power, the reasons assign* d were insufficient and no m ade in goad fa ith . f la re d law o wool stool a t .15 cen ts la s t y e a r until the co -o p e ra t iv e cen t ra l w a reh o u se s y s � tem w as installed, w hen they received 75 cen-* a pound. ' At the warehouse, wool is g raded into a s m an y a s IS c la sses and paid for and sold accord ing to i ts qua li ty , Mr F a w c e t te told the wool g rowers. He praiced th e cen t ra l m ark e t a s a m ean* of stab il iz ing the m ark e t by f-pdlng T h e suit involved in te rp re ta t io n of j the d e m an d r a th e r th an des troy ing Ute . (abili ty of Hie m ark e t bv forcing it. NO CONFLICT WITH EQUI * Y Mr. Steven* proteste*! th a t th e VV i*- two deeds of t ru s t rn ade by Mrs. Mary B ak er Eddy. found of the church. T he suit w as p recip ita ted in March, 1919, when the board of director*, D it tem ore d issen ting a , tem pted to d i s � m iss Howland*. After voting 'to do th is the board passed a n o th e r re so lu � tion which, a f te r reci t ing ce r ta in c h a r t - .......... ........ ....... es pu rp o r ted to d ism iss D it tem ore \ ready a r e in action. ; e lding o u r fu tu r The th ree t ru s tee s im m edia te ly b rought I I le joined w ith th*, m a jo r i ty when it [ lions. su i t to r e s t r a in the m em bers of the ! was suggested th a t the new assoc ia t ion board of d i rec to rs from in te r fer ing { should not conflict w ith a n y a lread y w ith th� publish ing society a n d to d e - j established. T h e policy should be, it c la re the act ion of th e board Illegal, w as pointed out. t h a t all ex is t ing or- Talte r , D t t tem ore brough t su it declare s a n i t a t io n s of sh eep m m should c o n � ing th� act ion of the board illegal arid] tirtue a n d co -o p e ra te w ith th e new Ha� th� tender. l f th*- se n a te a u th o r i s e s the United S ta te s to Join the league, Daniels said, the proposed c o n s t ru c t io n of all b a t � tleship*. b a t t le and scout c ru ise rs could be atnanduned, th** numla-r of light c ru is e r s reduced to iv, the m ine laying c ru is e rs to six an d the flotilla leaders to IO. " lf it shall tu rn out th a t the United Stat* * d eh s i t i ^ decides nut lo b e � come a p a r ty lo the proposed la-aguc of Na t ions ," Daniels declared . " I shall feel it my im p era t iv e du ty to renew my re co m m en d a tio n s of las t y ear by . .onsin F a rm ers ' f a m i ly assoc ia t ion th e a u th o r iza t io n of the congress for has a wool divis ion which answ er* the I a n o th e r th ree y ea rs ' build ing program . sam e purpose a s the a ssoc ia t ion p lan- j "T he p r e w n t condit ion of Unrest tied c rea ting , and th a t the inu of Inactiv ity while the sena te is de- - *...... in te rn a t io n a l re la - a sk ln g re in s ta tem en t . BIG INCREASE IN COMMERCE W A SH IN G T O N The comm* rec d e � p a r tm e n t today announced to ta l i m � port* and e x p o r ts for J a n u a r y a* $47*904.0...1 a n d $7;?-'74.Y493, respec� tively. Both l a tois rep resen t increases over J a n u a r y 1919, when Im ports were $212,992,644 a n d expor ts $622 a2.7M. A m o n g Lh� c o u n t r y * w h ich p ro v e d th� biggest s e l le rs t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s in J a n u a r y 1920. w ere Th� N e t h e r l a n d s . $10.02 223 U n i te d Kingdom. $7>0,1*:�.272. C anada , 43,- ; 05093$: Brazil, 25.069 077 Argentina , 21.343.793;: Ja p a n , 55 927 .*51. T W O INJURED IN DEPOT BATTLE HiKhext t em p e ra tu re 12 a t 2 p rn. l / i � a t t e m p e ra tu re - 3 at * a rn. Mean t e m p e r a t u r e y e s t e r d a y 7. Tvormal 26. T u t s i p r e c i p i t a t i o n s i n c e J a n . I , I 61 in N o r m a l 3,51 in. r o u x I iv o r i i u . i t v t ; v i ta > a r m e a t in 1*74, 5* i "oldes t in I SNO, - I t W e t te s t in J *91, .53 Inches j-un se ta a t i> 53 NEAR ARREST; TAKES POISON \$ 8 0 CHASED BY MOUNTED COPS M IL W A U K IE ! A fig ' i ? baggage (-sr a t the N o r th w e s te rn R ailw ay s t a � tion ia*', n ight resulted in Witliam O'B rien, 30, being s tabbed a score of Hoover in the April p res iden t ia l pr t im es abou t th e head and body. Tony Dentic l had hie teeth knocked out and .suffered o th e r Injure�" O B r im is in the hosp ita l and Dentic l it the pol.ce s ta t ion . NEAR COMPLETION " T hu I tatt leships. a u th o r ized prior to 1916. now a re a lm o s t completed and we a re building, u n d e r the th ree year p rogram of 1916, lh b a t t l e s h ip s m ore powerful th an any o th e r afloat and six b a t t le c ru isers , sui*\r ior to any foreign vesse ls o f th e i r class . T h e re a lso a re ^0 scout c ru is e r s un d e r c o n � st ruc t ion . O u r new construc t ion , however, a s well a s o u r ex is t ing f o r c � es, a re defic ient in som e types of \ e s � se!* which, d u r in g the world w a r were found e ssen t ia l . T hese ty p es are. in o rde r of im portance , the a irp lan e c a r rier, light scout and light c ru isers , the m in e - lay in g light c ru iser , the flotilla leader, the fleet su b m a r in e and d e � s t ro y e r and s u b m a r in e tenders. At p re sen t til� U nited S ta te s ha* only one a i rp la n e c a r r i e r to be c o n � verted, th ree old l ight c r u i s e r * no flotilla leader ami nine fleet su b m a r in e s authorized. G E R A R D T A K E N SUDDENLY ILL W A T E R T O W N . 8 IX-Ja m e * VV. G erard , fo rm er a m b a s s a d o r to G e r � m any and c an d id a te for the Demo- T af t '* cam p a ig n in 1906 and pa r t ic i - I c re t ic p re s iden t ia l nom ination , was pat**! In the R epub lican cam p a ig n s of , t a k e n sudden ly i'l a t Aberdeen and 1912 a n d 1916. left fo r th� east today, cancell ing fu r - Kcpubhcans , seek ing sufficient p e d - I th e r sp eak in g e n g ag em en ts . He w as to lion* to place th� nam� of H e rb er t j h i v e mad� a speech her� tonight . Gifford I ' inchot sociation. rece iv ing benefi ts w ith rest. Am ong those p resen t were; VI. l l . Rice, Boscobel; Arnold Jo n es E v a n s � ville; M F. Hogan, W au n a k ee ; Gal Broughton . Alhan> ; Je n a Davidson, W es tb y : CX L. Tuffiey, Boscobel; L. G. Fos te r , Division of M arkets . E d w a rd N ordm an. d i rec to r o f m a r � kets. p resided. P ro fe sso rs Andrew L H opkins and F r a n k Kleinheinz. o f the College of Agricu ltu re , expla ined d e � tail* a t t e n d in g the o rgan iza t ion . F. H. HITCHCOCK TO BOOM WOOD N K W YORK F r a n k H. H itchcock, fo rm er p o s tm a s te r genera l h a s beep m ade c o -m a n a g e r of the cam p a ig n of M.0- ( i m . l e o n a r d Wood for the R e � publican nom ina t ion for president , It w as an n o u n ced her� today . H itchcock m an a g ed W ill iam H o w ard ORDER ONE-MAN CARS FOR RACINE RAIL COMMISSION HOLDS INTRO� DUCTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC SAFETY Tile Railroad C om m is* ion issued Its , o rde r today au th o r iz in g the M ilwaukee E lec tr ic R a ilw ay A. L ig h t com pany to , ope ra te o n e -m a n su re ty c a rs on Its Ka- i ctn� system. The plan ca l ls fo r oper* , a t ion of 30 ea rs of the new ty p e and will give m ore f r e q u e n t se rv ice during the n o n - ru sh hours . T h e comm ission does not find tha t in troduc t ion o f th� c a r s would he in- J consis ten t with a d e q u a te service o r I public sa fe ty . It feels th a t tit� change will re su l t in m a te r ia l ly b e t te r s treet c a r serv ice in R acine th an could be I expected u n d e r th� p re sen t sy s tem of operat ion . Th� sa fe ty o n e -m a n ca rs shall be run d u r in g all h o u rs of the! day and shall be supp lem en ted du ring ru sh h ours o r o th e r pe r iods by two- i c a r t r a in s o r tw o -m en car*. Th� co m p an y is to insta l l an add!* j t iona l s iding on W es t 6th s t ree t , a ; block signal sys tem , an d o th e r i m � provem ents . F re q u e n t Inspections m ade by the com m ission 's s taff bo th before and o f te r th� hear ings, showed u n s a t i s � fac to ry service , b u t a lso show ed that j m a te r ia l im p ro v em en ts in service havt been made. UPHOLDS RIGHT OF PUBLICA TION C H IO A (JO- T h e r igh t of newspaper*! to publish cour t p roceed ings w as up- j licit! here In a decis ion by Ju d g e O. M Torr ison , in a stat� court, in s truc ting a Jury in a libel su i t . Torr ison held a n e w sp a p e r has the 1 r ig h t to publish w h a t t ran sp ire s in a | Judicia l proceeding, even though th� \ publication m ay in ju re a citizen, b e � cause it is in th* in te re s t of the pub- j lie th a t the c o l in s should b� open. It | is not necessa ry to publish the m a t te r ve rba t im , he said. T he only b a rr ie r is th a t the a c c o u n ts of proceeding* m ust j not be a c tu a te d by malic**. Th** case decided dealt w ith the claim of l l . J . E a r n e s t th a t publica tion c h a rg e s in a w a r ra n t d irec ted a ii im had d a m a g e d him serious! of th* I H E eas t wa� suffer ing from bined s to rm and flood condit ion* today , re su l t in g in h u n d re d s o f I th o u sa n d s of dollar* dajnagi*. The blizzard which recen tly sw e p t thew west tu rn ed in to a terr if ic ga le a s IM swirled its way ac ro ss th� e a s te rn A t-I I ant ic s t a te s and o u t to **ea. F o u r mIv p *I I were dr iven a sh o re and o thers were r e -t ported in d an g er . W ire c om m unica t ion ! I and ra i lw ay traffic were bad ly .na-l p*>ded. lift 1 earns in e a s t ' o - sy lvan ia and in New J e r s e y broke over" th e i r h a n k s las t n ig h t a n d e a r ly to- ( day, flooding largo arak* an d d r iv ings hundreds of fam il ie s from th e i r home�.* Scores of fac to r ie s and m a n y p o w e r 1 I p lan ts were pu t o u t o f commission. FAMILIES ESCAPE P H I E A D E L P H IA Flood condition*! prevailed th ro u g h o u t e a s te rn Pennsyl-* van ia to d ay desp i te the sudden cold. wave which followed yesterday '* a n d ' last night '* rain . P ra c t ica l ly eve ry r iv e r and s t ream * in the region w as ou t of i t s banks.* I H undred* of famil ies have been d r iv en , from the ir hom es anil fac to r ie s and po*w.'r p lan ts h a v e been p u t o u t *�C *. e n d an g e r in g sh ip p in g oft the New E ng land coas t a n d a s f a r e a s t as the G ra n d Banks. T h ree s t e a m sh ip s w ere r ep o r ted ag ro u n d on th** A tlan tic se a b o a rd ; t�)e. g ra p h a n d te lep h o n e lines a re down* th ro u g h o u t th*- n o r th ea s t p o r t io n a n d New E ngland is In th** s to rm cen ter . Th� United S ta te * coast g u a rd c u t t e r M anning w as s|a*eding to the assist*** an**** of th� s t e a m er M arsodak which went ag ro u n d bow-on d u r in g the n ig h t at Rehoboth Bay, Delaware . Tin* Mj gunship Orient re|�orted - ho- wa*, a g ro u n d off O ceanv iew i***�ch n e a r H a m p to n Roads. She a sk e d a s s i s t - Th� s t e a m e r M orr is tow n h a s ask ed im m edia te a id from tugs, r e p o r t in g herself a g ro u n d five m iles n o r th of Fe rn a n d in a , Fla. Th* -team� i Rock I sin ml reported she is Aground in a li**avy fog off C ro w - marie*, h a v e opened h e a d q u a r te r s her� vt wa* in te res t her� I of today to Genera l W A R N S GIRLS TO SHUN M ILW AUKEE N E W YORK A nto inet te P ink B o n � ner. known to the police o f N ew York. Baris and R o t te rd am as the "diam ond queen ," ended her life las t n ig h t by tak in g cyanide of po tass ium r a th e r th an su b m it to a r re s t , 8 h e had Jus t been *erv**d with a w a r r a n t c h a rg in g h e r with the thef t of $2,000 in d iam ond* from the New York Novelty com pany . � M IL W A U K E E -Country ' girl* today were adv ised by B a r ry IJp p e r t , m a n � a g e r of th� federa l employ* H**r". ;> rt**d th is a f te rnoon . ALICE JOYCE TO WED AGAIN NEW YORK Alice Joyce, film s ta r an d fo rm ic wife of Torn Moore, motion p ic tu re actor, today w as to become th** brid*' of Jam�* Regan, Jr. , son of Iii* p ro p r ie to r of th*- K nickerbocker Hotel, a cco rd in g to a n n o u n ce m e n t here. W O N 'T WED DOUG, D E C L A R E S M A R Y --------- '.A �S A N G E L I S Mar;,* Bickford, ' who recen tly d ivorced (�w*n Moore at I Minden. Nev . ha? no in ten t ion of m ar ryhuf aga in and will not re t i re from m oving p ic tu re work, acco rd ing to an In terv iew published by til** lacs Ail gelee T im es today. Miss Bickford a r r iv e d a t h e r home The from 4! today, mer* Vi Y

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