The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • Page 1

wn on xoa nmm THE CAPITAL TIMES CIRCULATION or the Capital Tim Saturday was 11697 WEATHER tonifht and TneediT. wnvvrhut warmer tonlfht. Freah castwinds, becoming south Home Owned Home Ert ited Home Read XQv PrTuMi BA1.GEK aiUO MADISON, WIS, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921 HOME EDITION AIL HEADS SUMMONED TO WAGE PROBE lameron Dam mm may1 TO KILL BRITISH DEBT Will Seek Cancellation of Loan by U. is Belief HELD STRONG PARTISAN Director in Firms in Which British. Capital is Strong, Claim WASHINGTON Pittsburgh in ration, relayed to ani adminis Republicans here, indicates Secretary of the Treasury Mel will actively seek the cnncella of the British debt of over iwn nnn.ODO to the U.

S. Treasury, ti.mccUation of this British debt at thr thincs needed to just ly to the country a general cutting wntrcs and reduction ol the sumo of living of the workers. fnffc HiTrt Pitts are these: Mellon has been i 'if the most potent directors of ivnnavtvaaia Railroad, a power "thp IT, S. Steel Corporation group, oi the Ajununum ijOJipany Awurica and of the Gulf Refining i iind many ouier nwusiruu outer rises, in which British, capita has large part, and Is known as TrniRritisri nartiaan. Hi? to an Itofish woman is to 'have lesulted in his buying i xir nsivn estate in Hertfordshire, where he has spent much inic recent years.

'n wnnr hurl Me.llon's aooftint as head of the treasury been (I upon than rjunu icoot, wre friend of the British in the Re 1 ienn party, began to be mention the agent of tie new adminis iin in very important nefrotia with the Allies. It appears tnose negotiations to ao nothing less than the Allied and thRt the scheme of cancel 1 now under consideration ia to acceptance by the American nrecnt of long term bonds up the payment of interest waived for a penoti oi years. oudintion of the debt, in short, he oroken to the American pub i tv en 'v and under that these bonds are good i for miick action in settling untisn, is seen in tne oan jr. pablic temper in England, Due mtili vment and the con of wars in file reffions oT nipenal expansion in Asia. important from the stnnd r.f I hp Pftnnsvlvania 'Railroad.

S'l. Corporation and the other t'ltents in which Mellon and v. Itieh can be made of the debt lotion in convincing the Amer wurkers that they must submit flatten of their warns. If in not to pay as, then we must nroduee our com more cheaply in order to l.nr.don may be worth mil rhe payroll of the big in corporations in Pennsyl i of the Navy Dcnby, the i man ol tne new catur.e;. if on record as favorim can f.f tlie debt.

At the same k'L laros tor the strongest ost expensive, of courst the world. Mellon is likely inge" the cancellation before about it. iiich as the payment of their iiei)t to the United States would iT't (he British, French and Bel from engaging in fnrher mil: at present, the Al riiilomats in' Washington are sympathetic with the Mor MHl'm view. They await the nts of tho next two months with anticipation. Burglar is Killed by Officer CHICAGO Throe boy burglars surprised by the police an to rob the safOi of the Hub a early tais morning and Mielke, IS, wns shot and kill rnof roping over which the youth leaning to pour a revolver fir? Corn Cob! "Smoke Up" is Chorus of Legislators After Hard Grind in the Bill and Law factory This la a letrialative discussion on the merits of the com oab pipe.

Of mornings, when soions are gathering in the assembly chamber for session work, the careful observer will note a score or more columns of smoke rising from behind the studious, bill laden desks. These signals of thought begin to go about a half hour before the call hrowTi ut) bv an assemblyman, each by a device believed by its possessor be most penect ana aisng. Various kinds of pipes are sung ti ioir A siemUvman F. W. Ploctz sticks to the corncob.

With his thumb on us me giving bowl, ho tackles and sundaes problems that stumped the Greek solon of old. The ancient Greeks bad no corncobs and seo what became of their country. Assemblyman Bartingale also derives inspiration from a corncob. So do os Oliver. Green Bay.

Much wis dom from the homely stem finds fts way into cue statutes, to De extracted later by the state bar association and supreme court. Miles Hineman, chairman of the committee on education, prccfrs a French briar, to which ranch service has given tho compulsion, of deep twilight. The glint of a silver mounting relieves the sombre impression, Ruffing, Socialist, finds refuge in hrs pipe when hardhearted majority sits down on some idea. Then there are Johnson, of Racine, McDoweEf Zfitlow and sev eral ocners woo send up tnose stut, steady cloucis, denoting great mcn ki and a nine. The corncob men agree with Ploetz that only the porous vessel of th "show me" state is trulv fit for Kings.

ALD. SULLIVAN TOBEOPPOSED Name of Matthew W. Zwank to be Written in Primary Day 'It was learned Mondav that a movement has been started to write trie name 01 Matfflew W. Zwank the ballots at tihe primary election March Uisa eandidate for alder man agqinst Aid. D.

C. Sullivan of fourth waxd. Mr. Zwank is a bricklayer and lives at G17 W. Doty A.

E. Rungc has resigned as an elect ion ins sector of the first, nre intt in the fifth ward and Mayor Kittli'son has appointed William H. LKjore nis place. been moved from the basement of the courthouse to the Doty The first registration day for the primaries, and election will he held Tuesday. The polls are to be open fttm a.

to p. m. and all not registered and those wfho have moved into a new precince since the last election are requested to see that their names are placed on the 'Scrappy'Rose is Sought By Chinese Police Eavl B. Rose, known during his college days nt the university aa ''Scrarppy" Rose and a son of former Mavor David S. Rose of Milwau kee, is beting sought by the Chinese police on a charge of converting holdings of his clients for his own benefit, according te a dispatch from Shanghai.

He was widely known American attorney in umna. has disappeared, according to disnatch. Rose wa married to a Madison' girl. The totail amount which he is al leged to have embezzled is estimated at approximately $50,000. Action has been taken for disbarring turn by Che United States court in China.

Rose was a former clerk in the United States eoiirt and a dis bursing agent for the United' States in China It is believed that Hose has gone lo Japan, since no extradition agreement exists between that country Defender Again Asks for JOHN DIETZ ASKS PARDON FROMJJLAINE Hearing On Application to Be Heard On April 5 LETTERS POURING IN History df Case One of Strang est In Annals of Wisconsin BY FRED L. HOLMES. John F. Eietz. "the hero of Cam eron Dam," has made his third ap plication for executive clemency, the proper papers are rued, irov, wtll tvo a Vipnrinc to this application on April 5.

Hundreds 01 letters nave ocen receiveu at tne governor's office asking for Dietz's pardon. For 17 Tears, the activities oi John F. Dietz have been a thread runnmir through Wisconsin histOTy, sometimes dark and sometimes sil vers. He has had his lervent aovo cstM and his bitter onnonenis. At times Dietz nas appears neroic At others times his condition has been pitiable.

Born at Winneconne, Winnebago county, on April 4, 1S61, Dietz early moved to northern Wisconsin, set tling in Barron county. Here he romTieiLMiluAHld ho a ilv. The time came, however, when Dietz saw an opportunity to bettor rumsen uy moving lartner nonn. Hence his removal to Cameron Dam in county on ThomapplB river. Here beside the memorabla dam he staked his all, arid made ready to prepare a home for himself and He hud no money He had 1 isposed of everything he possessed to get the necessary farm macninery lor opening up ni3 wilderness home.

It was here in th little peek in the clearing that he was tnrasm in contact wjtn tne himberinc interests the stronc. powerful, Chippewa Log, and Boom oo. History of Case. Briefly, the affair was this: Dietz had land beside the creek, below the cam on which he nJaced hss srarden. Here eh would cultivate his soil, eow his seed and await the harvest.

But the lumber comnanv controlled tho dam. Abouf the time produce would 'begin to grow nicely it would dp the scaswi lor tne uinter con oern to send their logs down stream tne busy mi If. trip da would be opened at tho arrival of the bit of garden would isappear. Djetz remonstrated. Tho company promised him remunera tion lor all loss.

a mauy Uietz was nirert rv tnem To waten Trin a dollar a day. uietz asKea lor a settlement oi hies claims many times, but the au diting of the accounts was always a thing of the future Then Diet? took matters into own The tale of his defense of Cameron Uam is common history. With his trusty Winchester he stood juard over the dam and his property to prevent the flooding of the logs down tne stream. EeDeatea attemuts were mado hv federal and state authorities to ar rest Dietz. Differences increased between Dietz' and the authorities until the fall of 1910.

when it wits decided by state authorities, that Dietz must be arrested. Oa Oct. 7 a battle took olace. The log cabin was ridle "by two thousand bullets, fired bv 'the denu des. Oscar Harp, a member of the snerm nosse.

was Kurea. ix we for Harp's death that Dietz wa convtctca ana later cant zo nnson, Without a lawyer to defend him, he went to trial and was convicted of murder, on May 18, 1911, and seniencea to aupun lor jiie. was placed at work in the twine factory, Ten thousand citizens 'signed. a petition to Gov. McGovera asking for his pardon.

On 30, 1914; just before he relinquished the reini of the executive office, Gov. McGoieni commuted the sentence to 20 years. A further application for a pardon was made of Gov. Phi I iiid nied Dec. 9, 1916 Recently Diet WomanShoots Self to Death at Black Earth Mrs, George Burdick of Minneapolis, aged about 40, shot and killed herself Saturday afternoon on the woodpile 'at the rear of' the home of relatives, Mr.

and Mrs. B. Stuart of Black Earth. She fired the shot, which brought death instantly, through the right temple, with a. small Colt automatic revolver! Despondency over the tion of her husband, who is said to be suffering from hardening of the arteries, is believed to be the cauee of her act.

She left a note declaring that she would be better out of the way, and that others could for her husband better than she. Mr. and Mrs. Burdick came to Black Earth a short time ago to visit the Stuarts in order' that Mr. Burdick might have a long rest.

He is Minnesota manager of the ATlis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. of Milwaukee. According to relatives, Mrs. Burdick had much worried over the illness of her husband and believed that could not recover. She acted strangely for several days, they declared.

She was devoted to her husband and feared nis death. Mrs. Bcrdick's father, E. Morrison of Milwaukee, arrived in Black Earth. Sunday.

Her mother is in the south, and may not arrive in time for the fu r.csaay at piuck tartn. nr. Burdick is a nephew of Mr. Stuart, LW.GORIYE IS SUPPORTED Governor, Mayor and Don Mowry Endorse Local Enthusiastic endorsement of the financial campaign launched by the city Y. W.

C. A. was given today in statements oy tiov. juun j. Blaine, Mayor I.

Milo Kittlcson, and Secretary Don E. MowrVof the Association of Commerce. The campaign has forits object the raising ol SbU.WU lor tne i W. A. hudsret for the next two years, tho payment of interest ojr, its indebtedness and the payment of on its oonqec inneDteoness.

A statement issued, by the association today, sn'vea in detail the fin ancial condition of the association and stresses the necessity of rais ing iunas. The statements supporting drive follow: By Governor Blaine. "The necessity of the work of the Y. W. C.

A. has never been greater than rt is The organization is doing much to further the development of better Iiv iner conditions amoncr women. The work is for the imprpvement of social conditions and any movement that stands for tiiese bigger things is well worth the encouragement and support of citizens who believe eiyjc oecterment ana tne gc; Bv Mavor Kittlcflon By offering all women opportunities for education, religions and social life, and physical development, the Yowng Woman's Christian, association ie reodcring Madiaon mani ford service. I wn heartily and en tbusiaaticaHy in sympathy with tihe campaign that the Y. W.

has juat announced bo secure funds for car rying oh its work. Thee.Young Woman's Christian association is a distinct asset to tihe city, of Madison and I earnestly urge every citizen to support it," By Don Mowry The Association of Ooramex glad to ondorae drive oi tine x. vr, We are prone of tihe fact that a irnnrmdrtee of buiai. ness men, most of whom are members of the Aasodatloii. of Commerce are helpinc aasoaatlon raising Its fund.

Post Says Arrests of Radicals Ulegal CLEVELAND Most of the ai reata of alUeed radkala since the war were made by private detective uniawxuiry in tne pay oi unt oe partment of justice, said Ixnm F. Post, former aaaistiint aecretary of NEXT SESSION WILL ACT IN ESCH MATTER Question of Confirmation to Go Over Until Next Meeting ASKED BY LA FOLLETTE Senator Asks Time to Flit Minority Report in Matter BULLETIN (By the Aoiated Preas) WASHINGTON Codgresa I will be called into special session Monday April 11, Senator Lodge announced at the White House today after a conference with Pres. Harding. rSr th Aaoritd Press) WASHINGTON' An agreement was reached in tfhe executive session today to postpone until the. extra session OI eongTDSB qura Esch at Wisconsin, as interstate IjiPolIette.

who fs opposing tihe ccrmation, asked for' the. extension of time in ortbr to file a minority report from the senate in. terstarte. commerce oorrjinittoe against Mr, rJecn. Oil EAST SIDF Protect Manufacturing Sales Co.

to Huild hhop on Helena St. The Protecto Marrafactflrmg Rol Tn. jmitiilized at J15.000, has been incorporated here and will ope i a factory at 1960 SO Helena aDd offices at 122 S. Pinckney st. The company marrafactures and distributes the Protecto windshield awning for automobiles.

It is expected that this new awning, which, it is claimed, has been worked upon ontil it is practically perfec! from an efficiency point of view, will be on the market in abor two Officers of the company are H. A. Haas, president, J. F. Harrington, vice president; A.

S. Gilbert, secre tary; C. Merting, treasurer; and B. Meyer, general manager. J.Ml Waiirwright On War Office Post WASHINGTON J.

Mayhew Wsinwright, a New York lawyer, was nominated' todsv hv Pres. 'Har ding to be assistant secretary of war. tilliot wausworm oi Boston, was nominated by Pres. Harding to be assistant secretary of the treasury. He" will be in charge of foreim loans.

En irens Meyer ol.JNew. iotk, wno was manag ing director oi tne war nuance cor nnTntinn Pres. wai nominated to be a director of the corporation for of four years. New Airplane Tail Spin Record is Set LAKELAND, Flo, George W. Haldeman established a new taij mn nwml wfln (uk aimlane mAdie 28 revolutions in falling nose first, 8,000 feet France Today Sets Clocks Hour Ahead PARIS Krance will summer time at midnight tonight when the elocks will be advanced 1 hour until Oct l.

No Ligrht in Madison As Wire Goes Down ketric sowar of any kind fer beat: a half mwr MowUt bol when Oi high rlTsr a fnrtlMr aid of Dan. a nd Associate Chairman For Jlilitary Ball TOE R. Courtesy "De Long Lieut. Col. Joe R.

Sherr 21, Mil wauktq, is associatei and Tadvisory chairman of the ninth annual Military ball, which will be held April 8 in the State Capitol building. Sherr was in charge of the electrical features of the 1920 Military ball. He is secretary of the French club and chairman of the committee to amenee the exhibit of the de partment of romance languages for ttie varaity axposi tion. MRS. COUGHLIN DIES OF BURNS" Old Resident of Madison Succumbs to Injuries Sunday Mrs.

MargaTet Coughlin, widow of Maurice Coughlin, died Sunday night at St. Mary's hospital following burns which she received a half hour earlier at the residence of her ncrMur Mth. Ttobett W. Daczett. 308 S.

Broom with whom she mace ner nome. It is not known h'ow the accident occurred as Mrs. Coughlin was alone in tile house at the time, members of' the family having stepped out only for a few minutes. 'It is believed that she to light a' gas' stove and that her clothes caught Are'. Flames spread to the bedding and Mrs.

Coughlin inhaled considerable smoke. Deapi was due to shock. Immediately after the fire department been summoned the ambulance also was called and Mrs. Coughlia was rushed to the hospital. MrsCotighlin was born in Pough keepsie, N.

73 years ago but had lived in Madison for more than 40 yeaTs, always in the fourth ward. Her husband, who died about six years ago, was at one time street superintendent of Madison. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Edward Smith and W. Daggett of Madison, Mrs.

K. Kent of Cleveland; and two sons. Thomas Coughlin. supervisor of the ninth ward, and Joseph 'rVwm hlfn. who lived with moth.

er. 1 The remains were taken to the Powers funeral parlors and today will be taken to the Daggett home. Alleged Anarchist Held as Assassin MADRID Ataneo Pedro Mateo, an anarchist, was arrested today and, according to the police, con fessed to the asiassination of Premier Dato last Tuesday night. He gave the names of alleged accomplices. SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE STARTLES RESIDENTS OP DANVILLE, ILL.

Hong Rocks oa Foundations In 50 Mile Radius; Report No Damage TVANVll.t fll WW fa. beHersto have bMn aftarbh about 6 30 a. m. this morning. Telephone calls from a radius of at least 0 miles report SUEUR Pardon SIX IRISHMEN EXECUTED IN DUBLIN TODAY Huge Crowd Surrounds Prison as Victims Are Hanged ALTAR IS CONSTRUCTED Throng Prays While Men Are Taken Out to Die in Pairs fBv the Aasoeiitfd Press) DUBLIN Six prisoners convicted of complicity in the killing of the British intelligence onicers anc Kotk, tf rrrram forces in Ire land, were executed in Mount Joy prison this morning.

The men were hanged in pairs at intervals of an hour. Twenty thousand people gathered outside the prison during the hours that the executions were going on and all work in the. city stopped until 11 o'clock'. Even the post office was closed, ana teiegrapn se suspended. Th twwne front of the was imtpresEive.

The crowd began assembling at dawn and by 8 oWock the prison yard was packed. An hoar later the crowd had flUed, the altar had been improvised near the prison 4ra. ana nOn trees in the prison yard sacred images and pictures had been placed. scores of persons holdiriBf them aloft throughout the long Here and there priests or women led in prayer or. in which everyone joined earnestly.

Hlihdreds kneeling iTi the roadwny were forced to rise wiien an armored car forced its way through the crowd. Two of the men executed, Patrick Moran and Thomas WJwlan, were irrijLrwd wir.h (Vtmnlicitv in the ing of Intelligence, officers, in. Dublin on Nov. 21, last. WJielan's two orotnesra are in tne urma.

emus, oth! of them in the American army. The other four men, Traits: Flood; Bernard Hyan, Thomas Bryan and PfltriTlr Tnv1 were accusedOf nar ticipating in an ambush in January in which' one member of attacKing party was ueu. TEN HELD ON LIQUORGHARGE Alleged Mconsh'Serr, Waive Hearing and Get rree dom cn.Bond Seven Italians arrested in Bquor raid in the Italian settlement Saturday evening by federal, agents and students maived a nesmng Before U. S. Commissioner Fred W.

E'reiKih at tffie federal buHding Monday morning. They were placed un der $800 bonds by Commdssioiierr Prenoh to assrrfre their at a later hearing, Ralph W. Jack man as attorney for th TSo 7i'rl followed two weeks of hwestifration by George thriir and Carl Henting, federal prohibition agents. Ten federal agents and bin students served warrants on twi ai were permitted to remain' ftthont because of illnftw, but were kicked up in Jail. The raiders found 300 Kiilona at wine'.

OnlT 10 traitors of moonshine liquor were, rouno. i The men released oh bond were Theadore' I'arartore, Frank Oongel oso. Vito Gerosi. Calesto Cerro alias Joe Geloso, Joe Spatula, John Cue Income Tax Bills Will Be Discussed The income tar.billi will be the principal subject of discussion at a meeting of the stata legislative committee of the Progressive Women! organisation ia the elty library at Monday pig ht. Senator Sever iob tui axpjiav np am, oenators Anoldt end Osaoat, wbe Uy the kui, bare TO APPEAR AT HEARING IB CHICAGO' Heads of Jour Railroads Asked, to Give Testimony DEMANDED BY WALSH Attorney Refuses to Go On With Testimony Wins Request (By the Associated Prees) CHICAGO The RailToad Laboi iard todav rcaucsted rail road heads to appear before ii Wecnesday morning to testify in the hearing over national agreements.

Tfcc men summoned were T. Dcwitt Ccyler, chairman of the As socifition of Raiiroad Executives W. W. Attorbury, vice president oi the fennsyivama roaa; ar. Grav.

Dresident of the Union Pa. cific and R. S. Binkerd, assistant te Atterburq. The decision te summon the men was made in th executive session after Frank P.

Walsh, attorney for the four brotherhoods had refused to go on with rebuttal testimony unless tne witnesses were called. The board ordered Mr. Binkerd. tj bring with him the minutes, letters, recommendations and othel records hiring to do with the dispute of the national agreements. Rail Controversy in (By tke Amiaeiatcd Preul CHICAGO The railroad controversy and the rail executives' for tim alngftiio(n ot tibnal governing work' ing agreements in the shop crafts, were again before tlie S.

Bart way Labor board today. The board was prepared this morning to continue hearings on the rdbuttoJ ol labor chiefs to the rail managers plea for the nullification of thl agreements on grounds that they irmpoeed wasteful uracticcs upce the roads and constituted a financial burden which heeded the transport tation systems of tlie country foi insolvency, B. M. Jewell, president of the railroad department of th American Fedr riitior. of Labor frank P.

Walsh, and Jett Lauck, economist, wei to present labor's arguments against the proposal. Representation of the workers' reply will require sever wceTcs, according to the uniot Order Flood to Quit in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE Lieut. Robert Flood, for ten years in tommand of the Milwaukee police iloi'ce at night and a member of the department since 1E88, wss ordered 'today by Mayor Daniel. W. Haan to resim or charges before the fire anil po nce comm 1531911.

tne same time a letter was. sent to detective Dolan, assistant to John T. Sullivan, recently ousted caotain. ordering him to quit immediately, ir.e alternative uiso ueing tne Tiling of charges before the commission, Flood is one of the widest known police officers in the city. Ex Kaiser Says He Tried to Keep Peace THE HAGUE In a book he has prepared lor private distribution, the former German Empcsor declares he tried to maintain the peace of Europe for 30 years but.

was foiled by Great Britain France and Rus WE THER The higheet temperature dtrrfrsi the past 24 hours was 33 at 7 a. nv and the lowest was 31 at 3 p. tn, Rainfell 1.00 and the sun sets at 6:03. The weather is unscctled with rain in the central and southern states and on the Pacific coast Snow Is falling along the northern border from Groat Lakes to the Rocky mountains. The rain was heavy and froze as it fell in sou em Wisconsin.

South winds and rising temperature preceue an area of low arometer that is crowing the northern plains and this ooodii Hon Will prevail nere It your business on the wan. Try an ad. Just remember this rerfraidl TW an ad. When you feel on're going un Vnur invutment oone to thunder. give ap and don't get mad; Jaet get busy with that ad.

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