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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - March 07, 1920, Madison, WisconsinM ON DAV saw the ra i l ro ad s tu rned back to th e i r o w n e rs u n d e r the te rm s of th e Hsch C um m ins aw which the p res iden t aliened in , lm e to m ake it effective March I. A c ibs fan t ia l m a jo r i ty of congress a p � peared to be sa tisfied w ith it. The president hopes its m ac h in e ry tor s e l � ling labor d isp u tes will prove effect- *e. n o tw i th s ta n d in g the m isgiv ings of ador. O pponen ts of the hill in and out of wmgresn wiil co n tinue a g ita t ion for � tn # form of gov e rn m en t ownership, t fa ir t r ia l of which was p reven ted by Im h a s ty r e tu rn of the roads. How �v�r. th e c o u n try is confron ted by the .ow Jaw aa an accom plished f a c t so d I is sound ju d g m e n t to m ak e th e beat *f it while it lasts . In th e service it .enders will abide, the tes t of its d u ra - lo n . If it works aa well a s it# f r iends predict, it will p robably su rv iv e ; if it * no b e t te r th an i ts ad v erse crit ics be- ! lev*, it is a p t to be short - l ived . W ith c o re C an ad ian roads na tiona lised , we , ihail hav e a paralle l fo r pu rposes of , wm pari son n e a r a t hand , and u n d e r j .ondltiona so Uke o u r ow n an to m ake .ound ju d g m e n t impossible . P r iv a te . .w m rah ip la facing the te s t of i ts life, J Meanwhile, like "the poor benighted j Tindeo." m ost of os will "do the best t� kindoo." . . * When i t w ilt an n o u n ced t h a t P r e s � ent 'Wilson wilt n o t be a c a n d id a te for . -e lec t io n . Pa lm er ami McAdoo atmos! collided In th e i r h a s te to Jum p from tie paddock onto the p re s iden t ia l race - rack . P a h n e r proved hie fu t i l i ty in hie Ii. J. of 1a fight, lf Indeed he did not in* wease th e cost of s u g a r by m ean s of loubtfu i legality. His a s se r t io n th a t b e r e c u r t no legal m ean* of w res t ing bom th e Sou thern Pacific a ha lf b i l� lon do iia ra worth of g o v e rn m en t oil a n d s of which, the g o v e rn m en t had isserted. th e road had illegally p o s � sessed itself, is s tou t ly ques t io n ed by *ther high legal a u th o r i ty . P a lm er loesn t bulk large a s a cand ida te . The hint a l lh* im p each m en t of 'a im er may be bona fide, b u t it has a ?o'ltica; inflection. T h e republican tvajoritj in congress like* to give pub- icity to the derel ic t ion of democrg'iv .fliciala. vapecialy p re s iden t ia l c an ti l � late* T h e Sim s inves t iga t ion , for i n � stance, - rem s slipping in to innocuous leauettsde. No douht it its* served its na n p u rpose - polit ics I public ity . . . Probably McAdoo w as th-* s trongest igu re iii the Wilson w a r cabinet . Al lines he seemed a lm ost t i ta n ic in his oh ai financing th e w a r a n d runn ing be ra i l road* s s a side-line, an d Amer- cana a re likely to r e m e m b e r with g l im I amdt how Le*ore b reak fa s t one m orn - j i.g he fired'' a score o r more of ob- I a r uclive ra ilroad p re s id en ts m uch as I �ne m ight d ischarge a reca lc i t ran t i ta rn tor. Mr, McAdoo proposes to cut the | axes a billion dollar*. W e a re no t so .ure abou t tha i . "Aa su re a s death and i* l e e " is a s a n d s which ha# lost I tone of its force W e have had a w ar I and w. mu t pay for It. McAdoo is a I financial giant, and m ig h t . improve the . utuation. but he could on ly de fer our I ' ' h t s he could cancel th em only by I ; i� \ i t icn l and p ay m en t m ea n s taxes. I As a political u t te ran ce , however, Mc� Adoo s words have w it. He knew he wa* talk ing to a t a x - t i r e d ooun tr ; . . . la the sena te tho lasagne of N at ions [ a e ra te ha* boro roo m ere ro u t in e to get I it Into t h e cam p a ig n w here it can be M I n hail of t h e un ivers ity . Madison '* i n � d u s t r ia l e s ta b l i sh m en ts a r e e x pand ing so rap id ly t h a t it is necessa ry for them to provide th is addit ional space to take care of th e i r im m edia te f u tu r e needs. T h e to ta l value of these ad d i t io n s a m o n u ls to m ore tnan th r e e - q u a r t e r s of a million dollars. T h e M adm on-K ipp corpora t ion , the la rges t lu b r ica to r fac to ry in the world, in build ing the la rges t add it ion of any fac to ry in Madison the p resen t r e a � son. lr will be five s to r ies high and will cover 78.000 squa re feet. It will be of re inforced co ncre te construc t ion . Tile com pany null occupy I* Ju ly I. Tile second largest add it ion w ll be built by one cif M adison's y o u n g e s t in � dustr ies . the Burgee* B a t te ry c o m � pany. which wa* ineornoru icd in March 1917 Sonic lit,OOO sq u a re feet of floor apace will he added to th e p resen t plant, which m a n u fa c tu re s d ry cells flash Kg bt b a t t e r i e s and ba a e r y acc es so t es. T h e budd ing is of (camerate aud *,cel c o ns truc t ion and will tx occupied abou t May 19 R acine chief of police, on th* phono ear ly S a tu r d a y . Ii** in s t ruc ted Chief B ak er to keefi in touch w ith him. l l* said he wa* readv to send t roops o n t h e r eq u es t of the city. W h i l e the g o ve rnor has been silent on the en fo rcem en t quest ion since th e iunK, jn t ;" course of which a n assn ult. S H O T T H R O U G H H E A R T P h y s ic ian s a t th e Ritchie hospital a re still m arv e l in g ov e r th e fac t thai the sa loonkeeper lived fo r an h o u r w ith a bu lle t w our t l itll the w ay th ro u g h hi* h e a r t m d a n o th e r w ound th ro u g h hi* V ols tead act w en t into effect, it is believed likely th a i a si iterm-nt on th** i- ib iect will be fo r thcom ing from the execu tive w i t h . n a few d*># cTiicf B aker informed the g o v r rn o r th a t th e In h a b i tan ts of the dis tr ic t . in the cen te r of which the Hcknt sn- ioon w as located, w -n t about t h e i r w ork S a tu r d a y a s usual w i th no sign.* of a th re a te n e d upris ing a l th o u g h th e re were m a n y d a rk looks and m u ch m u t te r in g One lone policeman p a - K o r ty - fo u r th o u sa n d sq n a ic feet a ie i i r o ' . s the dis*r ct being added to th# Fuller and Johnson plant , which is one o f til" oldest of ihe Industrial **�� bilsh ingate in bb* city. T he company m anufactures gat engines. T h e pew addition, part of whtoh I* being occupied now. is steel and brick ewnatruction. G I S H O L T A D D S S P A C E Mad.son s largest industr ia l plant. I the G l a h o l t Machine com pany , will acid near ly 70,000 aq u a te f*e* to ,L* pres- t ent floor apace by J u n e I. It Wi l l be l of conceive and Ste#' construc t ion . T u t - | ret la thes an d pe r .dograph m ach in es I rn tde by th is p a n t go lo m any foreign 1 countries , a* w ell a s ail p a r t s of th e I I 'n j ted St* es. ' E C O N O M I C T h e d e m an d for " French Flasher*'* h as necessii l ied an .addition of 19 000 aqua-** feet to Hie p resen t p lan t of the F ren ch K i t t e r y and C a rb o n com pcny MANY ALIEN E N E M IE S Once before t tootle were offered to R#c tac t ive lid w ard p e d s u f � fe red a w o u 'qj in th* l il l le flhger of hi# � Bkt hand. Mike Hekat wa# aera te had ab o u t th e face a n d re cai v o l severa l bod:8 hniliie# in his fight w ith Herzog. SILENT VOTE TO SWAY ELECTION? W O R S H I P M E N A C E , W O M A N A T T O R N E Y D E C L A R E S S A Y S M A T T H E W S : 2 000 H E A R S P E A K E R S AT U. W Keo nom ie efficiency the heathen on W in n e b ag o street. Thai add it ion j '4.� l>c�n Sh ad e r M a t thew s w.!l conform to Hie s ty le of the present ; � r Chicago I niversity School cf build ing and w ill be occupied a boa . J u n e I. T h * S c a n U n Morris com pany w i l l Divinity fold an a u d ie n c e of 'J.OOO a t .aal night '* m is s in g of the a i l - u n iver- I atty re l ig ious conference. "The p re sen t add 7.000 sq u a re feet of floor space of 'g e n e ra ' ion is a doomed Re t e r n 'ion 'f concre te co n s t ru c t io n by Ju ly I. Th** I� t ro w # up iii the w orship of economic com pany m ake* hosp ita l f u rn i tu re a n d ! efficiency. has equ pped come of the lead ing b o s - I Rabbi H i r sh b c rg of Milwaukee spoke pita!* of the c oun try , aiming them th e . on "T h e P lace o f Religion in the New F I R E S I D E B A L L O T W I L L D E C I O E C A M P A I G N I N F A L L W A SH IN G T O N - T h e w o n t ti a re "the s i lent vo te" in the next p re s id e n � t ia l e lection. They will de r id e ilia* e!e� Hon beyond any doubt. T h is Is the opinion of Miss Florence King p res iden t o f the N a t iona l W o � m a n s Associa t ion of L 'um m -rcf of Chicago, who h a s a sked the De moor a - He and R epub lican n a t io n a l co m m it- ROM W iscons in to E u ro p e on a t rai ls - A t lan tic vessel. T h is is not a n idle d ream b u l a n im p o r tan t and probable, p ro jec t tha t wiil be pre- serit**d to the m em b ers of the Madison K tw an is c lub by W illiam George Bruce, Milwaukee, in a n a d d re s s M o n � day in which he will expla in the na- UOIl-wiu . move for the G lo a t ialkes to A tlan t ic m e a n w aterw ay . T h e HH 9 W iscons in leg is la tu re pas cd an a p p ro p r ia t io n of l l 250 a n � nually for two years a n d a ppo in ted a commit!*'. of th ree to inves tiga te ' the p r n j i s t . w ork ing in con junc t ion with s im ila r com m iss ions appointed! by o th e r state.-. Th is co m m it te e is to urge upon congress the e n a c tm e n t of legisla tion to provide th e best possible mean* for the u n d e r ta k in g M embers of Hie W isconsin com m ittee a r e C A L i m o n .ux. A -b lan d c h a i rm a n ; W il � liam Georg** Bruce. Milwaukee, Prof. J . D. Mack, ch ief s ta te engineer. BOARDS OR G A N IZED T h re e o th e r s t a te s have s im ila r o r � gan izat ion* M ninefold. Michigan and Illinois. T he com m issions a r a o r g a n � ized u n d e r w ha t is know n a s the G rea t l*akc#-HL L aw ren ce T id e w a te r a s � sociation. Much in te res t h a s been a ro u sed th ro u g h o u t th e C e n tra l W es t on th is short , . heal*, feasib le m ea n s of ou tle t fo r all k inds of p ro d u c ts to the A tlan t ic coas t itnd Kurope, E n g in e e rs of p rom inence a n d w a t e r � way e x p e r t s h a v e en th u s ia s t ic ; ny e n � dorsed the p ro jec t and Its c e r ta in b e n � eficial re su lts . T he ' Job" h a s been o u t � lined a* on** cover ing sev e ra l vital m a k e -u p s T he first is the physical problem. T h e second is th e t lnancia l a sp o r t . It rn e s t im a ted by federa l e n � g in ee rs th a t the im p ro v e m en t would c o s t about f I OO. OOO. OOO. T h e p ro jec t would be se l f - su s ta in in g . T h e pow er th a t would b uo- adfii tees to send a spe a k er to the a n n u a l me an increased )x>puia;,on and reve- j vide. Mayo h osp . ta i a t Roche#'sr , Mtnn. It aieo f u r a 'shed th* o p e ra t in g room a t th e f ord p la n t in Detroit with its f u r � n i tu re and equ ipm ent. N E E D I N C U B A T O R F A C T O R Y O th e r m a n u f .wra r in g p lan ts in M a d � ison. a re i�*.h r forced to Inc rease th e i r Day." Dr. A. J. Todd, head of the In du.eirial Relat ion# W ork of th" C h i � cag o K u p p e n h e im er Arm, spoke on . 'Women In In d u s t ry ." T>r. Todd is on a tw o y e a r leave of absence a s p r o � fessor o f sociology a t the U n ivers i ty of Minnesota, to " p u t into p rac t ice til# an** , . . . . th e o r ie s he h a s been teach in g in thefacili ties, too. to t *k* care of th e i r _i,�_ .., * m m i c rass roombusings*. Th�i pout* w a r nrd�*r fo r j p ro d u c ts in m any lines p ro m .se to f a r exceed the d e m a n d s d u r in g the war. If Madison had a n I n c u b a t e fac to ry c o n � ta in in g 75.000 sq u a re feet o f Hoof space, it would be o v e r tax ed in tak in g oar# of the needs of Uiese m a n u f a c tu r e r s d u r in g the ir c o n s t ru c t .on periods, w i t h � out a f 'emp�Ang to tak e c a re o f n e w i n � d u s t r ie s which desire to locate here. m an y of which a r e being tu rn ed a w a y because o f lack of buildings. S A M W A N TS OLD COGNOMEN BA CK K A N S A S C ITY Mo Sex em l weeks ago Sam D e m e r i t ine Ih isa ta r l got a co u r t o rd e r to ch an g e baa n a m e to Tot land S a tu r d a y he petitioned that i t j ba ch an g ed hack agn in p rep ar in g t a pass o pen R hode Island s twn qa i.gh te-* and aged f a th e r and appeal, and New Je r s e y h a s filed w ith m o th e r d id o * Yiice the new faawty Dean M a t th e w s n o s charac te r ised by Dad" W olf of the Universi ty Y. M. C. A. a a "on** of th* Ave leading C h r is t ia n s t a te sm e n of America." Dean M a t th ew s sa id ne is a "m an m ac rarer, a m a n u f a c tu r e r of ministers. '* " A roan m ay be an In iedec :aa l c .an t and st i l l be a rogue." Rabbi H i r sh - beng said. "H e will be the g re a te r ro g u e be nu us* of h is g re a te r i n te l l - genee and h is la rg e r f u n ! of snforma- ' Hon. " Men a re civ il ised only In th a t d e � gree t h a t they a re religious." h e eaid. As m a n develop# in r iv ikzv t ion l i e conception o f religion a pproaches h igher p lane ." B E S T D E E D S H A R D E S T j conven t ion of the bu s in ess wom en of . the cou n try , which is to bv held a l j C olumbus. O., n*xt Ju ly . Mis# K ing is a p a te n t a t to rn ey , an d the only w o � m an who e v er won a case before Hie su p re m e court o f the United H ia t ts . ' T h is I,* the firs! t im e a n o rg a n is a t io n ' of busine## w om en h a s a sked the tw o ) polit ical p a r t ie s to s t a te th e i r c ase , \ Iii send ing in v i ta t io n s to the na-1 l iena l co m m it te e s to s t a te th e i r case, ! Mise King a n n o u n c e s th a t the high cost of l iv ing is th e issue "T he cartoonist!- ami the p a r a � g r a p h s # doubt Irs# will have a lot of fun with me when I sa y the wom en c o n s t i tu te th*' g rea t s i len t vote in the com ing e lection ." sa id Miss King. i How ever, the real fun will come w hen 1 t h a t si lent vote is co un ted "I re fer to th e w om an who is en- | gag en in the g re a te s t b u s in e ss in the world-th a t of keep ing an A m erican . hom e toge the r. I m ean the w o m an | *! who ha# a d in n e r pa.I to tilt six m orn- | mg# a week a n d th ree ch ild ren to get ! off to school five m o rn in g s a w eek . . And Em ily has! T oday I received the follow mg le t � ter in response to m y re q u es t to the nue fur weMtern s ta te# . It would m ean, it I# said. a new e ra tor the g re a t Mi#- >msippi basin. M a n u fac tu re rs claim. , | , ; YI ll I i vw **' . --- i l l ** irnI*0)tWlb-x>u have show n u s con s id e ra t io n t h a t not a it r e p o r te r s were kind enough to I give." Ho ends the las t c h a p te r of the s t r a n g e s t ro m ance of the war." Berley Hiaker m et Emily Know les in I F rance . T h ey fell In love. A baby wa# j born. Berley re tu rn e d to hi# wife in {America. Emily Know les and the baby followed. Mrs. Berley Hpikcr rem ained I loyal to h e r h u sb a n d anil offered to ) tak e E m ily an d the baby in to t h e i r _ a a r - s r t t / n i t . f n , . h o m e . Guy Spiker, b ro th e r of Berley. I W ln o n to n .g h t had no t rep lied to H**n- yV7t,/V L I Ar Cl U t m arr ied Emily, a n d gave her a h o m e j a to r H i tchcock 's le t te r a sk in g him to of h e r own. SURFACE CAR t N E W YORK If plan# on foot here m ateria lize . B ro ad w ay m ay give up her su r f a c e care in fav o r of m oto '' buses. Th*' B ro ad w ay assoc ia t ion announced it ha# decided to rsls** a fund of f 25,000 for a c am p a ig n to bring about the rem oval of t r a c k s from the fam ous th o ro u g h fa re . A C T TO PRE VE N T PA RIH-U nited S ta te s Ambasswdor W allace w as Ord* red by Bresid* n t W ilson to ask Bremier# Lloyd* George and O ltm enccau w h e th e r E n g � land and France in tended to #*ttU o th e r E u ro p ean q u es t io n s w ith o u t con - Hulling Hie U n ited S t a te s us they had the R u ss ian and Ita l ian quest ions , a c � co rd ing to the text of a note from P re s id e n t W ih o n m ade public by th# foreign offlc * bere today und delivered to the sup rem e council the 20th of J a n u a r y las*. T h e note wa* not f ram ed in th# usua l d ip lm a tic language . a cco rd ing to t h e version g iven out here, but wa# s h a r p a n d curt . T h e n o te declared P re s id en t Wilson c an n o t acc ep t * erLi n po in ts in th** proposed F lum e settl* m**nt. It .-a*d th a t U n d e r S ec re ta ry Polk, before h is d e p a r tu r e f rom Paris , notified tho p e a r s d e leg a te s th a t th e D a lm a t ia n and o th e r q u es t io n s m u s t be se t t led th ro u g h th e reg l iar d idiomatic c h a n � nels. A R T I C L E 10 U P M O N D A Y I W A S H IN G T O N - R epub lican " b i t te r ender*" in th e se n a te will t ry th is I week ' to fore* a qu ick cllmaui in th e I *r*aty tight by m oving fo r tm m edia t* j considera t ion of tb s re se rv a t io n on A r- {IU ie IO. I Hcnator Horah, leader of th e " b i t t e r enders ." gave no tice of th is today s i t a r it becam e a p p a r e n t t h a t th e deadlock w as no t likely to be broken by a n y m odification of P re s id e n t W ilson 's po� si t ion on reserva t ions . B orah will t '-ake th** m otion M o n d a y , he announced . I t will be opposed by S e n a to r laid** and hi* g ro u p o f R e� publican#, b u t the D e m o cra ts m a y Join with th e " h i t te r e n d e rs" to p a ss th* m otion. S e n a to r H i tchcock is ready . he said, to su p p o r t Borah. Ixidge is a g a in s t th e Borah plan. In� a sm u ch a s tho se n a te ha# once voted to p u t off con s id e ra t io n of Art icle I# until th e last. Infnorrat>r n a - l ona! con w e t ion to a d o p t a " beer and I jfht wines*" plank in It# p la tfo rm AH th is Is largslv baaed upon the absum ption th a t th e re h a s been a re - of Capito l U t'!. co I Ie- th** one n th " ya rd grow.' Th** t ree served as a fire escape when a hi ax.* cu t h* ;. off from the s ta i rw ay and sh e climbed down B om the �ec- ond-Rtory window. PICK c a n d i d a t e s bid.tor. Tho Wiscon in Htate Jo u rn a l : May I a*** you to m a k e a correc tion of a new s a r t ic le which a p p ea red In he March 5, 19*0 i>>#u*�rtion of the league of n a � t ions ex pen a s until c o n g ress a p p ro * p r l a t e s fo r th a t purpose, t in e e x cep � t ion la m ad e of the office e x p en ses a n d sa la ry Of the s e c re ta r ia t T h a t mean-� th a t the U n i ted S la te s acknow ledge# a m ora l obliga t ion to he lp pay office expenses , b u t n o th in g t*eyond them . $100 IN CASH PRIZES OFFERED READERS OF THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL BEGINNING today, The Wmconam State Journal will pi h aseries of 27 lessons in motion picture scenario writing This cour�e of initniction was written by John Emerson and Anita Loos, foremost in the Acid today. The first lesson appears on Page I, Part 2 of this edition. Others will appear each Sunday until the course is completed. To give its readers who are following the scenario co urge an op� portunity to show their skill, The State Journal will offer $100 in cash prizes following the appearance at the Strand Theater, March 31 and April I, 2 and 3 of the five-reel feature starring Lew Cody in "The Beloved Cheater This film is unusual in many way*. The action takes unexpected turns. The ending 13 "different". "The Beloved Cheater" could be closed in four or five ways with� out upsetting the balance of the story It is for a scenario covering the last reel of the picture and working out its finish in a different way that the prizes will be paid More details of the prize offer will be given you later. And perhaps more prize offers will be made during the 27 week period of the scenario course Don t miss the opening chapter today; if you are not now receiving The State Journal at your home, phone Badger 600 0 and have it delivered Daily and Sunday at a cost o f only 12 cents a week /

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