The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • Page 1

i THE WEATHER Snow or rnln tonight. Saturday und colder. Increasing tcrly i tonight. SATURDAY Forldess Day. Morning meal meatless.

Evening- meal wheatless. VOL. 1, NO. 48 MADISON, FEBRUARY 8 1918 PRICE TWO. CENTS RIOTS BREAK OUT AGAIN IN A Troops Kill 120 Persons in Attempt to Check Disturbances COSSACKS JOIN TROTZKY Uiiir.urs Say Generals Kaledines and Alexieff Have Quarreled tho Associutod Press.1 I -Fresh outbreaks np.il i i iti Petrograd are ,1 in i a dispatches from r.ip.uil.

Wine cellars, i food and drug Tiluminri'd. to suppress the dis did shooting, in which i a persons were Uy liring; on the mobs the sol; able to quell the iK" i the last three i but the orgies begin between the Bolsheviki and c'ussacks is said to be increasing i a and southeast of Russia, i i Cossacks a i i Bol- sh-'v i in increasing numbers. Geni i a i i and AlexicnT are report. i a and General Kale- has disappeared from Cossack at Xovo Scherkask. General A i i i is acting independently ar.ii is said to bo in command of 30,000 nuMi who aiv a i northward.

Silonco i the negotiations i i except for unconfirmed rumors in tho German It is reported without exp a a i th.it deputation of Russian the Bukowina front la on its way to Brest-Litovsk, The a i i a information bureau at has received a report from f.K a i i a delegation at Brest- Litovsk, that the Ukrainians have won jirsat victory OTOT the BolsheTlki, taking 200 machine and 240,000 rifles. It adde that BoliheTiki to capture Kior tHe sheviki losing 3,000 Allied Mission Driven Out WASHINGTON, Feb. uncon- report that ail the allied mis- fim. at Petrograd had bean driven, out oy the Bolsheviki government and are on i way to the Swedish border was received today at the state department i American i i Morris at M'u'kholm. Thi 1 a a a a i at Petrograd since Kvb.

2. ROOSEVELT HAS NIGHT Physicians Report Colonels Condition Remains Unchanged A I AT BEDSIDE Three Special Nurses in Constant Attendance; Temperature Normal 8. The condition Roosevelt, who a on a for fistula 1 -ilisoesics in both ears, was pro. as "unchanged" by Dr. Harold ,1 of Roosevelt hospital, early 'Jr.

Keyes added a Colonel I a all nighc a a .1 comfortably. i a nurses and Dr. Keyes in a attendance at the i' i i during the Roosevelt spent the i a i i room of the hospital. 'S- daughters, Mrs. Nicholas and Mrs.

Richard Deiby, in ed at the hospital until a last niafht. Duell and Martin saw Col. 3 3 n. bulletin roadii. had a vary satisfactory night, a six Ho will to take i at regular i i the day.

His tempe- Si and pulse are normal." BEFORE SUPREME COURT Slxto senator BosTshard, i was in the city Horlsiy. u' i i tho supreme iv'ternoon for Bostotv'but Madison within WESTERNER HELPS McADOO RUN-RAILS R. Fl. Ashton. Director General of Railroads Me-' A'doo has named R.

Ashton. president of the Chicago Northwestern railroad, as regional director for territory west of the Mississippi, with headquarters in Chicago. ORDER TO CARE FOR John and William Martin Say They Cannot Afford to Pay for Keep RETAIN AN ATTORNEY Judge Zimmerman Will Rehear Case Sometime This Month Juhn and William Kartin. men who enjoy 4(jrtinetion fce- tha tint in the fcy 0t thvjr i mother, retained aa Attorney and demanded rehearing of the case, they are unable to afford the was oroVred $0 contri- uta Probation Officer T. C.

Porcell'yos-'. terday made formal application upon the men for the money ordered by 7ounty Judge A. G. Zimmermann and was refused. The young men referred county official to i attorney.

"Thi? application for a rehearing be granted," said Judge Zimmermann today, ''and will probably be set Tor i month." i i A Harry SauthotT, a the old a under i the young men wore proceeded against, said today a his office will do everything to insure the support of Mrs. A i Martin, mother of the boys, who is in meagre circumstances. It i sundcrstood that the young men may make a i i the county to take their mother into their in i 1.UI,Y Vi'KATHER STORY h-mperature was 27 at 3 1 inn'st a was 18 at 7 I i a 0. Sun seta at 'i in. i depression is crossing Tii a i utul is causing 1 in tho i weat and a i High ba: a i in the- a a region and couier weaVher.

An a is a a i i a and i prevent wave a the passage xj.i'.luvustern low. 10,000 WAR GARDENS All Girls' Civic League Will Canvass City for Planting Plats The Girl's Civic leagu'e has offered ts service to assist the war garden committee of the Association Commerce by canvassing: the entire city to determine the numbor of lots avail- ble for gardens and the of people who the the lost or cultivation. The war garden which W. Ervino is chairman, feels that here should be In city next summer, including private (fcrdene, and those cultivated ky peo- who do not rwn the land. have been printed to be filled both by those who property they will a by those who wish to borrow the use of it.

In this way better cooperation i be possible, and a more complete report can be made to the government a in previous years. BOOKS Packer's Attorney Makes no Objection Rederal Agents Enter Vaults CHICAGO, Feb. of the fedtral trade commission today entered the vaults of M. W. Borders, counsel for i and company, packers, to obtain records desired by the commission in its investigation of the moat industry.

Mr. Borders made no objection. a i a i J. Heney, attorney for the i i was busy be- Judge a i in the i States i i court seeking to uphold i claimed right to make a i i a examination of filed in the office of Veeder, attorney for Swift and company. ISSUE OF TO BE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rate of Interest Will be Four and One-half Per Cent to.Buyers TO I Bills of Session Are Completed and are Now Being Printed for Members A bond issue of not to exceed will be asked of the special session of the legislature which convenes here on Feb.

19. bonds of the state of Wisconsin will bear interest at the rat.o of. per cent and the public will "be invited to make purchases, just as during the civil war. There arc a number of large bond houses of the state, however, who are hnxionfi to handle the bonds and it is expected thixt the issue will be disposed of readily. Bills Are Ready All of tho important bills for the legislative session have been drafted and have been sent to the'state When the members of the legislature arrive here on Feb.

19, for the special session they i find the file of bills them. It is probable that the bills will not be made public before the coining of i session. The bill to increase the salary of normal school teachers will be passed upon by the hoard of 'normal regents m'eeting here today. Uudnall Is Through The only other bills that have not been whipped into shape are the for Watertown college and the bill providing for a larger school mill tax in Milwaukee. Executive Counsel B.

Hudnall returned to Milwaukee today and does not axpeet to be back in Madison until a few days before the session meets. The longest bill for the members to will be the drainage act, which of the drainage-laws the. The bond issue to raise for fellows the legislature of Chapman Admits His Land Company Lowered Lake Real Estate Man Says He Obtained No Permission; Plank In The Lock Smashed; Land Owners at Hearing WHO WIELDED THE AXE? The probability is that some one lowered the crest of the spillway. This would be easy to do since there has never been an attendant at the lock. The spillway seems to have been designed for an elevation of at least 848.50, It is now at 847.83 at the point and has been put down, to 847.58 with an axe.

Apparently attempts have also been 'made to patch it up by nailing on Engineer Van Hagen's report to the railroad commission on the lowering of the water in Lake Wingra. Who wielded the axe' that smashed the plank lowered the lock that lowered the level of the water in Lake. Wingra? Who removed th.e planks from the lock that also contributed to lowering the level of take Wingra? These were interesting questions that were asked this morning in the hearing before Railroad Jacksbn on the complaint made by Dr. S. H.

Chase and other residents of Wingra Park who are protesting ugninst the level of. the water which has 1 brought about stagnation and filth in the lagoons in Vilas park arid which has brought about a breach in the agreement with the late Col. Vilas concerning Vilas park. At the conclusion of the hearing C. B.

Chapman, one of of Lake Foreat Land which baa plat of 820tt lots on the ihoM of Wingra made a startling statement. He admitted- that his company wag responsible, to a large extent for the toweling of the lake by digging-a hole through a channel leading to the lake in get, a dredge: to his Lake Roosevelt and Lewis Unable to Appear on Program tho Associated MILWAUKEE, Feb. state convention and mass meeting of Ihe Wisconsin Loyalty Legion planned Cor Milwaukee Feb. 13, today was called off by the committee on arrangements becavise of the apparent impossibility to aecure speakers wanted for the occasion. Colonel Roosevelt and Senator J.

Hamilton Lewis had planned to make addresses but on account of illness had cancelled the engagements. MILLION BUSHELS OF CORN MOVED Special Efforts Made to Haul Accumulation From Mid-West MILWAUKEE GETS QUOTA Forty Per Cent of Crop Will be Lost Unless Dried Quickly the Associated WASHINGTON, Feb. efforts were made today by the railroad administration to send empty box cars westward to haul the yreat accumulation of soft corn in the middle west to elevators and milling points. The need for speedy transportation was'urged on railroad officials "by grain interests which showed that thirty and forty per 'cant corn tfcii year contains so much moisture it win spoil quickly unless hastened to elevators and driod. Reports show that nearly a million moved yoeterday to the principal elevator centers at Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Duluth, Galveston, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Omaha, St.

Louis, Toledo and Peoria. NORMAL REGENTS MEET TODAY Have Conference With Executive Over Salary Bill The State Board of Normal is holding a meeting today for a i i of bills and a consideration of financial matters. A was held i the governor relative to the bill to be presented to the special session of the legislature for incrcas- ng the salary of normal school teach- laKe level without getting permission from anybody," asked City Attorney Ryan. "Yes," answered Chapman. "What was the purpose of cutting the channel," asked Mr.

Ryan. "To get the dredge to the Lake Forest property," responded Chapman. "When did your company get title to the Lake Forest property," asked Mr. Ryan. "About two years ago," responded Chapman.

"And during that time the water level in Lake Wingra has dropped about three feet," asked Ryan. "1 believe so," answered Chapman. Many Are Present The hearing was attended by a number of Wingra Park people including a number of well known real estate men. Among those present were: C. B.

Chapman, Lake Forest Land L. W. Gay, Wingra Park Land John C. McKenna, L. W.

Ervine, secretary of tho Lake Forest Land Gilson G. Glasier, Chailes Nelson, Paul Harloff, H. S. Stafford, George Lawrence, i i a Keyes, J. F.

TMeh, Mrs. J. B. Reynolds, E. E.

Parker, Ernest N. Warner, representing the Madison Park and Pleasure- Drive association and Frank W. Lucas representing the city, At the opening of the hearing Henry T. Sheldon, attorney for the Lake Forest Land asked for continuance tut it was finally agreed that because City Engineer Parker was about to leavo the city that his statement should be taken. At the conclusion of the hearing Mr.

Sheldon asked that a continuance be taken until Dr. C. G. Dwight returned to the city. He stated that Dr.

Dwight was in California and would be gone for several weeks. Dr. Dwight is jjrcatly interested in VilaH park and all matters pertaining to said Mr. Sheldon, "and we would like to have him here." "Why are you so anx-ious to have fcr. Dwight here," asked Mr.

Ryan. "Is ha financially interested in either HnS Obmpany?" "1 ifam't know as to that," replied Mr. Sheldon. "I don't believe that he is interested in the Lake Forest Co." It was finally decided not to wait for Dr. wight's return and the hearing will be continued one week from next Monday.

Mr. Gay also stated that E. J. Schubring-, his attorney, was out of tho city and that he desired to wait his return beforo 'proceeding with the Mr. ScK'nhring, he said, was i Luke Wingra Land E.

Blake appeared for Dr. Chase and introduced in evidence a copy of the trust deed of the Vilas estate showing that the level of Lake Wingra must be maintained at a point that will assure plenty of water in the lagoons in the park or the property Would revert to the estate. "The condition which now prevails it an absolute breach of the agreement and the wishes of the late Col. Vilas," Mr. Blake.

lij' speaking -for the Madison Park' Pleasure Drive association, Ernest N. Warner stated his organization ivould insist upon strict to the provisions of the Vilus deed. Mr. Lucas stated that would also be the position of the city. "There has been some talk here of establishing A level," said Miles C.

Riley in behalf of residents of Lake Wingra. "We-demand that THE legal level-be restqred. We deny that the commission has any authority more than to ascertain facts and order the restoration of the legal level." When City Engineer Parker was placed on the stand he was asked how he accounted for the difference in the level now and two years ago. Mr. Parker stated that a plank had been removed from the lock, and he further said that an axe had been used to smash another plank that lowered the level at least four inches.

Mr. stated that as a result of the lowering of the lake the lagoons have becomti fllthjr at4 1 L. W. (toy in wkkh fce that he had beat InterMUd In property around Lake for pait twenty yearn. Mr.

Gay stated that no level had been maintained in the lake during that time and that on many occasions that thie lake level had bpen! 'loSeeredV' "Eigijt now are interested in a lower 'level are you not?" asked Mr. Ryan. Mr. Gay admitted that he desired a lower level than had formerly prevailed. Mr.

Chapman also asked to be allowed to make a statement. "We contend that the interests of the public' and the Lake Forest Land Company are the same," said Mr. Chapman. "We have 3200 lots in the Lake Forest tract and we figure that the lake and Vilas Park are our big- frest It is to our interest to have the lake and the park in good condition. "It has been intimated from outside sources that we have been responsible for lowering the lake." Mr.

Chapman then explained that a hole had been cut in the channel in getting the dredge to his property. "You did that i getting permission from anybody?" asked Mr. Ryan. "Yes," respondd Chapman. "Didn't you know that you were trespassing on the rights and property of others Mr.

Ryan asked. Mr. Chapman then admitted that the lake level had been lowered about three feet since his company had acquired the lake shore property. "Mr. Chapman has certainly made an interesting statement here," said City Attorney Ryan after tho hearing.

"He practically admits that he was responsible in part at least for the lowering of the lake and that he did it without asking anyone's permission or getting any authority. We shall certainly demand thalt the legal level be restored and that the provisions of the Vilas deed be complied with. Vilas park must not be lost to the city. The agreemnt' with the Vilas estate has been broken. The interests of the city and its parks in this case are paramount to those of land companies." Railroad Commissioner Jackson refused to be quoted on the statement of Mr.

Chapman. "If the railroad commission fixes or restores a level there will be sufficient penalities attacked to assure its enforcement," said Mr. Jackson. WHITE GUARD IN FINNISH CONTROL Reports From Stockholm Say They Have Upper Hand of Bolsheviki LONDON, Feb. from Stockholm, where there is strong sympathy "for the Finnish government in tts fight against the Bolsheviki, represent events in Finland as still favorable to tho White Guards, or government troops.

It is. reliably reported there that the White Guards have captured Viborg and are planning to cut thn railroad to Petrograd and then march on Helsingfors, held by the Red Guards, or revolutionists. There is no confirmation of the reports sent out by the Bolsheviki government at Petrograd that the Red Guards have surrounded Tammerfors and defeated General Mannerheim, commander of the Guards. CITIZENS ARE EAGER TO AID PROBE U. District Attorney's Office Flooded With Of fers to Help EGGS SELL FOR 75 CENTS Members of Federation of Labor Will Furnish Evidence of Profiteering Madison-people, are flooding the of fice of United States District Attorney A.

C. Wolfe with offers of assistance to the government i proposed investigation, by a federal grand oj exorbitant food prices existing in Madison. "The United States district attornej promises to open a highly interesting line of investigation," said a prominent member of the Madison Federation of Labor today, "and ho will find the members of this organization more than willing to furnish him with accurate figures on prices they have been compelled to pay for bare necessities since the start of the war." Mr. Wolfe'said this'morning that he is now at compiling data on prices and that it will in all probability be in form for presentation to the federal grand jury in Blarch. "Information that has been brought to me concerning some of the prices asked in Madison are astounding," said the district attorney.

"In view of the cost of living that has been imposed it is really remarkable the patriotic manner in which the prices have been accepted by Madison working people. It is the man of small income that has suffered and it is to their credit, aa patriotic citizens, that they have hesitated to complain. "With evsryone doing his part to help win the war there is no, excuse for the exploitation of purchasers which I sincerely believe has'been going on." Mr. Wolfe today that received one Madison grocsr show ing that the profft ma4e bjr on in the preient hM toea 1mm. fern ftf- eenti a dpftffl.

fhia, the grocer it created with haring told the district attorney, IB between fire and ten cents greater profit than realized in peace times. IXeapite the promised investigation Ojfftbe.KifOcers were this nujrning continuing' to quote- 76 cents a dozen. PREMIER AUSTRIA CABINED QUIT Report From Vienna Say Dr. Von Seydler Has Offered Resignation SPECIAL DEBATES CAUSE Polish Deputies Oppose Privileges; Sittings Postponed AMSTERDAM, Feb. von Seydler, the Austrian premier, has tendered tho resignation of his entire cabinet to Emperor Charles, according to a dispatch from Vienna.

The resignation of the Von Seydler cabinet, it is understood in parliamentary circles in Vienna, is due to opposition of Polish deputies against special debates and the provisional budget. The opposition of the deputies makes a majority for the budget doubtful. President Gross of the lower house announcing the resignation, said that according to the constitution it was necessary to. postpone temporarily tho sittings of the house. FOOD HOARDERS CAUGHT IN ACT Secret Service Man Takes 12,500 Pounds of Wheat Flour Illegally Held Wisconsin is reclaiming soms of its store house The State i of Defense was today advised that Peter, J.

Drautzberg, secret service food agent, has just, reclaimed 'about 12,500 pounds of flour from hoarded food, orders from the vicinity of Glenwood and Emerald. All of the supply was wheat Hour. It has been returned to the stores for resale. Persons from whom the flour was taken allowed to keep enough to keep them for thirty days. PASTOR KILLED IN WRECK KNOWN HERE Rev.

R. M. Higgins, recently killed in a. railroad wreck near Pomona, was well known in Madison, having served as supply pastor in this district for some time. He was.

pastor of the ongregationul church at Berlin, 'or- 'twelve years. He 'is Survived by a daughter, Miss Abbio Higgins, a at De Forest. IS LONDON FATE OF LOCAL BOYS UNKNOWN; HEIMJISSING Definite Information Lacking and Relatives in Doubt FEAR FELT FOR MANY Wisconsin and Michigan Well Represented on Sunken Transport Pew Madison people have been fortunate enough to receive definite assurance that their loved ones were not aboard the ill-fated Tuscania. In the main, however, information is lacking and it will not be until the war department issues detailed statements that the fate of the boys from Madison and vicinity will be definitely known. Ferdinand Eeim, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Ferdinand Heim, Middleton road, is among the missing, according to. information received by the family. There is still a possibility, however, that he may be located among the survivors picked up and landed at secluded spots along the coast. iHe was a student in the university engineering school.

Captain Rallis Safe Mrs. C. J. Rallis of Stoughton, who believed her husband, Capt. Rallis, was on the Tuscania, received word from the war-department today that although he had recently embarked for France, he was on another members of Chi Pei fraternity, who are believed to have been on the -Tuacania with one of the engineering corps, are Don Herrick, ICave- 'lege, Major Howard Greene and Jack Crandall.

Two Wisconsin athletes besides, JJalph J3cott may have been on ttie Word, had received by. T. E. Jones, athletic coach, th'at' Ben Civyer, varsity football star, end Arlie Schardt, varsity track team, were ordered to the east some time ago, and it is possible that they sailed on the Tuscania. The last information from Mr.

Sivyer was a letter written from Washington, Jan. 22, saying that he was to sail soon. No Word From Capt. Scudder Capt, Charles M. Scudder, who was with the headquarters of the 107th engineers, probably sailed on the Tuscania, although no definite word to that effect has been received from his family.

Captain Scudder was an instructor in the engineering school at niversity for the last two years, and has a sister at the university now. There is also a possibility that G. O. Gullickson, a student at the university last year, and a member of the forestry division of the 20th engineers was on the Tuscania. C.

L. Harrington, for four or five years employed with the state conservation commission at the capitol, wrote some time ago that he was being sent to an Atlantic port, preparatory to sailing and as it is known that he was a member of the 6th battalion, Co. of the 20th engineers, it is feared that he was on the Tuscania. Another Madison boy who was probably on the boat is John O'Brien, whose father is conductor on the Northwestern railroad, but i definite has been ascertained about him. HOLDS LOTTERY ILLEGAL Attorney General Declares Coupon Book Scheme is Against the Law Revised Figures Show Estimate of 101 Dead May be Too Small 1930 SAFELY LANDED Official Report of Sinking Has Not Reached War partment Attorney General Hnven todayi rendered an opinion i that a certain coupon book scheme operating in Snuk county is against the law.

An Ohio linn sells a motorcyclo to a merchant for $75. With the motorcycle comes a coupon book which boys and girls are i to sell. Tho coupons are exchangeable for merchandise. The hoy or girl selling the largest a of coupons gets the motorcycle. The scheme is held illegal by Attorney General Haven.

In an opinion to E. S. Jednoy, i i attorney of Jackson county, Ihe attorney general holds that the eptatci of 'eeblc minded or insane pel-son is liable for the caro of that person. FINDS MOTHER DEAD APPLETON, stiff, body of Mrs. Louis Mueller, aged 72, was found in her home at Seymour her son, Alfred, who wns i i icr a load of wood.

Death is thought, to have been duo to heart a i from wnicii Mrs. been sutWviiij: for the past She was last seen neighbors Sunday evening. There- vas of wood on the promises nd in tho house. Six survive. Her estate is valued at $10,000.

(By the Associated Press)' LONDON, Feb. figures indicate that the loss life on the Tuscania probajji was considerably in excess yesterday's estimate of lOls is now believed complete A turns will show the' number of to be nearer 200 than Reports received at. American embassy indicated the loss' of 101 while the British estimate was 210, This crepancy now appears- been due to the fact that the' figures supplied to the-embassy' evidently did. not-include the, missing, of which still many. It was announced todayHBafc arrangements were ind6 by British and American 'offi--: cials jointly, for great funerals of the Tuscania's NEWS VAGUE AT CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Feb.

navy today announced that latest reports of the survivors of. tlio Tuscania show 76 officers -and 1,274 enlisted men of the army have been landed at Buncrana, Ireland that sixteen officers' and seamen the and that Approximately 570 officers and enlisted men of the army have been landed at -Islay, Scotland. "In addition," the department announcement continues, approximately 99 soldiers and members of the crew are reported to be in hospitals. "Six members of the crew and 72 sol- diets aJCC in the military hospital at Londonderry. Ten soldiers are in Lough Foyle hospital at Londonderry and nine soldiers and two of the crew are in the county infirmary at Londonderry." War department officials aro unable to account for the statement made in news dispatches that blank identification tags were found on the bodies of forty-four American soldiers washed ashore.

Even if the men had not been definitely assigned to an organization tha army regulations require that the tag bear on one side the full name of the wearer. the soldier is assigned the number of his regiment, the designation of his company and his indi- i a in that company aro supposed to be added immediately to the other side of the tag. The organization commander is responsible for the completion of these tags. No official story of the sinking has reached tho department and press stories of the cool behavior of the troops, some of them partially trained boys who lined the rail singing na- i a airs, have bucu read i interest by army Reports that the British destroyer which was convoying the Tuscania pursued and sank the submarine also lack confirmation. i COL MCCOY XOT ABOARD LA CKOSSE, Fob.

Definite information that Colonel Robert McCoy of Spartn, was not on board tho sunken Tuscania despite announce- to a effect yesterday, was received here by relatives. A let- from McCoy, i at Merrilt, N. 4, announced a he and i two Lieutenant i McCoy and Sorjje.int Robert Mo Coy had been delayed at ctimp. FILE APPEAL IN INDUSTRIAL CAS Milwaukee Firm to Fight in Inquiry Case Tho F. Veneer Seating, a i a i corporation, today? filed with Clerk of tho Court won an a a a recent' Order' of tho commission, allo.v/ing.

llcrmiolini! 1 ofe" th:" 1 company, compensation for' alleged- injiiric'S. The ca: 7 a b.o heard by Circuit Jud.L,". 1 10. Ru." Stevens. No amount is Too Small to to Your Country.

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