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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - March 17, 1920, Madison, WisconsinWEA THER SNOW IheWisco VOL 134, NO. 167. 81�t Year. Ie Journal MADISON, WIS" WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17, 1920. FOR SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS CONTROL P R O B E M A Y B A R E M O R E BOYS' " JOBS" Statements to Judge Expected, to Clear Up Thefts at Uni� versity and Janesville S ' 1 TATUM E N T S o f f o u r b o y s now hold In Ja il o n t e c h n ic a l c h a r g e s o f s toa llng a n a u to m o b ile , m a y b r im : lo l ig h t o p e r a t io n s o f a so c a lle d Rani? s t in r u u u n g in s c o p e a l l c r im in a l w a v e s w h ic h have in v o lv ed M a d iso n y o u th s . In v e s t le a t io n s b y S u p e r io r J u d g e A C. H o p p m a n n a m e x p e c te d to re v e a l Tiot o n ly th o s e r r s p o n s i t t in f o r th e t h e f t o f a u to m o b ile s in M a d iso n la s t w '* 'k a n d th e b u r g la ry o f a c h a in o f M a d iso n n i t r e s In K el�rnary , b u t p r o b � a b ly will b r in s to l ig h t lh�wn g tn l ty o f n u m e n �us t h e f t s a m o n g univ*TH ity � tu - d e n ta th is y e a r a n d th e se v e n Ja n ew - ?ville o d ne ro b b e r ie s cm Kei>. 17. T A K E S T A I E M E N T 8 At n o o n to d a y , .lo d g e H o p p m a n n , o f t e r a three* h o u r s Herndon In w h ic h U o u r t R e p o r te r SI. Ii. A tim on to o k e v e r y o n l o f t c e ti m o n y , h a d n o t f in ish - �d t a k in g ih e s t a te m e n t o f Ix m a ld . #1 ?'> In d e f a u l t o r $2,000 b a ll h e Is tie in g b e ld a f t e r p le a d in g n o t ? 'lin ty y e s te r d a y a f te rn o o n o f th o th e f t o f a n a u to m o b ile , a te ry o f w h ic h , i t i s b e liev ed w ill b e o b -a re d in th i s c a s e , o c c u r r e d I >>b. 14. m I iou t a w eek a f t e r t h e B a d - I cee a n n e x a n d f la y b u ild in g w e re e n - ' * ? y~' v I t Stirr. 'tw as a preen anti pratcful ninon The clay St. Patrick 's D a y w as born. And all the l it t le w aves the while lieaped up around the happy Isle. And all the lit t le fish th a t swim ii .Inst w a g g ed their tails to welcom e him ! St,. Patrick prow apace, oohone! St.. Patr ick kissed the blarney stone, And when he smiled the .shamrock bloomed. And when he frowned, the snakes were doomed, And then he breathed aeross the strings Of Tara's harp- and still it sinjrs! St. Patrick throve and made his mark Prom ap*�li* 34 4$ Hi .*4 24 I K ll OI .0: .jh r ra rn l ld a tr . w as given St. Haul's m a � jo r i ty n o m in a t io n fo r m ayor , com ple te n i u r n s .show**) today. M ayor 1-uurenr* (J. Hodgson w a s rr- ncxnliutled with M ahoney. **e of Verne T h u rs to n . Janesv ille , e o s v i r t r d of v io la t ing p r o � hibition law., a n d tha t of l Y te r K as- parek . T r a i n > du Chien , convic ted of t r a n s m i t t i n g th reatening letters th ro u g h the mail a O range party me rn w hich a s ta n d in g arm y. armed with ta n k s , m a c h in e g u n s and aero plan es is garrisoned all over the island. S E V E N T H - T he g o vern m en t co m e s r ight beck at th o s e w h o c r i t � ic ize the u s e of the m ilitary in Ire� land by c h a r g in g th a t th# S m n F em m o v e m e n t is respons ib le for a long list o f cr im e s from actual m u r � der of Irish c o n s ta b les end a t � tem p ted a ss a s s in a t io n of Lord French , to th e blowing up of police barracks. E I G H T H - W hile a ss e m b lie s ars often forbidder- rn Ireland, the other d ay here rn London, the c a p � ital of tho em pire , 10O OOO Ir i s h � m en ja m m e d Albert Hall, while t w ic e t h a t m a n y stood on the o u t � s ide and sa n g Irish songs. R e s o � lutions w ere adopted dem and in g the reco g n it io n of the Irish re p u b � lic. WA S H IN G T O N Publica t ion of ti le t t e r w r i t te n by H e rb e r t H o o �ve r 'n P re s id e n t W ilson last April c rea ted w idesp read d iscuss ion a m o n g se n a to rs today a s t r e a ty debut* en te red upon w h a t th ey believe to be Its final stages . Hoover, in tho lat ter , w arned W ilson th a t t h e United S t a te s should s tay out of the v a r io u s com m iss ions set up in th e t r e a ty . Only by following th is course, H o o v e r said, could tho na tion pe rfo rm Its p a r t in co n v e r t in g the l e a g u e of N a t io n s Into a s t ro n g world court . Ho also predic ted fu r th e r r e v � olu tion in E urope. S e n a to r s today were slow In offering fo rm al co m m e n t on H oover 's s tan d . " POOR T A S T E ''- H O O VER NKW YO H E -H e r b e r t Hoover, in a s t a te m e n t here th is a f te rnoon , c h a r a c � te r i se d publ ica tion of a. m em o ran d u m he p rep ared (luring the prt w a s not d ra w n ut* for subm iss ion a t the nex t c o u n � cil m ee t in g because the cornin I t i r e a p p aren tly wits unw il l ing * I ive it b e a r com par ison in the council with the m in o r i ty rep o rt th a t would ta* su b m it te d a t th** sam e tu n e by M a r� cus Johnson . T h e move to conduct a n o th e r m e e t � ing of the commiMee, open to the public, is a s ta l l bv the c o m m ittee for tim*-, it is an aft o r t to evade a m u � nicipal o w n e rsh ip re fe re n d u m by d* laving the co m m it te e report until a f te r the sp r in g election W ith 'h e rn****ting a p p a r e n t ly secret, no effort w as m ad e by c o m m it te e m em b ers to d isgu ise th is fact. The m ee t in g last n ight disc losed th a t alt th*- ev idence has been obtained , tha t th** m a jo r i ty of the c o m m it te e has fix***! in i ts m ind w h a t th", repo rt wliall le� o n e m an cars , the cost of e x tens ions to In* bo rne by the. p ro p e r ty ho lders along th** ro u te of th*- extension, d e f e r � m e n t of p a y m e n t �*f the d eb t of th**. Madison Kuilwnys c o m p a n y to th*- city, and re lief of lh*- co m pany from all f u � tu re | laving co s ts seem* to he th*- r e � h ab il i ta t io n p ro g ram to give M adison be t te r s t r e e t c a r serv ice a s Indica ted in express ion* by c o m m it te e m em ber* them selves , t h a t will bv recom m ended to the council. T h e p ro g ram is essen t ia l ly th** sam** a s w as proposes! by tho Madison R a i l � w ays co m pany a t I tot h e a r in g s f rom which the public w as excluded. A spec ia l Inv i ta t ion to tx* fir* sent a l th** m ee t in g of the In v e s t ig a t in g c o m � mittee. n ex t T u esd ay n ig h t is ex tended I to th** public. IRISH " REPUBLIC'' FLAG IS RAISED I I M IL W A U K E E - Th.* green, w h i te and I orang** flag r f th e i r ish " republic ' I ( f loated below Old Glory on th e city , j hall her** today. M ayor I� W . dra in o rd e red toe un fu rl ing , exp la in in g the I req u es t vv.is m ade b\ "n u m ero u s c i t i - I zcns" a n d added th a t if objec t ion wa.** I ra ised ov e r p a y m e n t for til* ti ag of the I city, he wouu! pay 4t himself. polit ical s i tu a t io n In G erm anv today a p p a re n t ly w a s p ass ing b e � yond contro l of c i th e r the c o u n � te r - r e v o lu t io n a ry gov e rn m en t In B e r � lin o r th e E b er t g ro u p in S tu t tg a r t . A Berlin d isp a tc h said the decision of Hr. Von K ap p anti G enera l Von I .u e t tw itx to resign a s head of th** co u n te r - r e v o lu t io n a ry g o v e rn m e n t w as caused by th e t h r e a t of w o rk m e n to p roc la im a soviet republic unless the d ic ta to r and his defense m in i s te r w i t h � d rew im m edia te ly . T h e re w ere Indica tions t h a t the S p a r t le a n a n d rad ica l e lem en ts have taken a d v a n ta g e o f the genera l s t r ike a n d th e gen era l ly chao tic condit ion of the c o u n try to push th e i r hope for a sovie t g o v e rn m e n t w ith all th e i r power. A T T E M P T CO ALITIO N In tho g re a t E ssen indus tr ia l d i s � tr ic t , d isp a tc h es said, a " rev o lu t io n � a ry laYvrtr council" has been co n s t i tu ted to n e g o tia te a n a ll iance w ith the s o � cia lis t p a r t i e s in th e low er Rhine ami W es tp h a l ia d is t r ic ts . T he p u rpose of th is coal i t ion would he e s tab l ish m en t of a d ic ta to r s h ip of the p ro le ta r ia t , It wa* said. 8 pa r t .Lean o u tb re a k s a l r e a d y had been rep o rted in Dresden, Munich ami o th e r sou th G erm an cities. R epor ts o f e last ics be tw een c o n s e rv � a t iv e s and rad icals , a n d su p p o r te r s of both the E b e r t and Von K a p p g o v e rn � m ents , con tinued . M any w ere killed a t .M ag t.n , W estpha lia , when workm en Clashed w ith so ld iers who a t t e m p ted to occupy the c i ty . Unofficial e s t i � m a te s placed th e to ta l dead in the c o u n te r - rev o lu t io n a t m ore t h a n 790. Political o b se rv e rs in fo reign c a p i � t a l s hoped the m ee t in g of the na tiona l assem bly , scheduled in S tu t tg a r t la te today, would reach dec is ions enab l ing the fo rm at io n o f a s tab le governm ent. Scores of lives have been sacrificed and hundred.** o f pe rsons wounded. I F rom 400 to 560 pe rsons w ere killed in Kiel when a c ru is e r b o m barded the city, a cco rd in g to a Kiel d i sp a tc h to tho M orning Post. T h e c ru is e r opened fire w hen a t n i - K a p p g ro u p s s ta g ed a dem o n s tra t io n , the d isp a tc h said H eavy loss of life w a s r e p o r 'ed in o th e r p a r t s o f lh** na t ion Scores w ere rep o rted to h a v e been killed In c la sh e s in the Berlin. H a m b u rg and I tread r n d is t r ic ts . L U D E N O O R F IN V O L V E D Berlin d isp a tc h e s said Field M a r � sha l Von H im tenberg , G e rm a n tn tit - tar.v Idol, h ad re fused ussm-iatinn with the rev o lu t io n is t bu t ' hat Gen. Arich Von UudendorfT c o n t in u ed p a r t i c ip a � t ion on the Von K a p p councils. B e i s n t s late last n igh t s a id Von ALM O ST 700 A R E KILLED IN FOE R EVO LT I L M O ST 700 persons h ave been killed and h u ndreds w o u n d ed in f ig h t in g r e � su lt ing from th e G erm an c o u n te r revo lu t ion s in ce S a tu rd a y , a c � cord ing to co m p i la t io n s by the U nited P r e s s today . Unofficial d isp a tc h e s revea led the c a s u a l � ties d istr ibuted as fo l lo w s: Kiel- 400 to 500 killed, m a n y w ounded. Barhn- 60 killed, large n u m � ber w ounded . Oretcjen- 59 killed, sev era l hundred w ou n d ed . E ssen- 30 killed. 80 w ounded . H a g e n - 23 killed, m a ny w o u n d � ed. F r a n k f o r t 20 killed, 200 w ounded . D u isb u rg - 14 killed. 80 w o u n d � ed. L iep s ig- N in e killed. H an over- " S o m e " killed. S c h w e r in - "Bloody f ig h t in g ." Breslau . H am bu rg , W e im a r and Gorlitx- "F ig h t in g ." - . T u rn to |>ag** 7, co lum n It D E A TH B E D S T O R Y N O T SUFFICIENT j K E N O SH A A ileath-b*"<! s to ry w as belli a s insufficient ev idence on which I l a convic t a m a n of m u r d e r by 4'ircuit I Ju d g e Beld *n, in re leas ing C a rm in e > Su r in a , �h u r l e d with th e m u r d e r of i Nick Bu tem . on M arch Ut 19 IK While on th** w ay to th** hospital , B u te m I n am ed S u r m a a s h ts s layer . SH AD O W DANCE OUSTED B Y CITY PA T E R S O N , V J Tim "shadow t dance ' d oeaa ' t go in th is c ity hereuf- I te r ; n e i th e r does the " sh im m y " and I Jazx ia in b i d w ith th e hoard of al- ! d e m o n, too. T he sh im m y w as barr* I I by *p*-e,u.i o rd in an c e som e tim** ago. I and the u k a se a g a in s t the shadow J d a n ce w as iri ued today, a f t e r tw o dan*'** hall in sp ec to rs had re jtorted. TAX PROFITEERS TO HELP YANKS? DEM O C R A TIC M E M B E R S OF H O U S E A D V O C A T E D R A S T I C W A R P R O F I T A S S E S S M E N T S BY H E R B E R T W . W A L K E R W A S H IN G T O N An e x ten s iv e leg � is la t ive p ro g ram tty which h e av y tax c a would he tmpohed on w a r profiteers , t* p rov ide a b o n u s fo r the serv ice m en and to wipe. o u t th e p re sen t f loating n d eb ted n ess c t th e g o v e rn m e n t , is b e � ing formulate*! a n d s t ro n g ly ad v o ca te d bv prominent. I x-tnocnaia of t h e hou?>e. P ro p o sa ls now being d iscussed by D em o cra tic m e m b e r* of t h e w a y s and m ea n s c o m m ! ' t e e a n d o th e r c o n g re s s � m en prov ide fo r a n add it iona l t u x

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