The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • Page 13

BADGER 2200 BADGER 117 SB By CALMER THE CAPITAL TIMES Official Paper of The State of Wisc onsin SECTION TWO MADISON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 192? PRICE THREE CENTS VOL. 24, NO. 121 Wis. Millions Roll to Wall St. 1.

ec Mm on sr. in summer inter, u. Kla fc skull C9P askew on his cr.77.lcd head. 11 State st. in summer anc ZZ rolled high revealing bony elbows and lone work hardened orearms.

dustv overalls pulled over dark trousers, and heavy shoes scrap Mens. He stops when he does his' body to pern of property on were toin. Mn AND MRS. J. I Fitspatriri: caught, a lS pnund pickerel In Lake Monona near the Black Hawk Country club Monday night.

Extremely proud of their catch, as well thev might be. ihry placed it on a trailer to their ear and rede about the city. showing 1' Among these Ir.cr.a anc the fish undortakcr ar.d Fit TWO NEBRASKA girls have become I Tnal Dr. Mcrris Fishbcin, editor, one victims the Wfc.eor.nr. Increase vcar tabulated 268 errors of fact in medio ruirion.

Thrr wrote to anker. stMcnn Brisbane's column, official" for infnrmntior about the rid re TTHEN FROST WAS predicted the a cu cf olher night, phones at The Capi iiion 0 tnl. Times were kept busy the noxl "Vh other day th rlrls arrived morning by hay fever sufferers who blithely to wanted lo know If the frost had been roll. i heir cl figured everythin: their laboi G0i)'S CWILLUN A Wltms." the sons from which one Utica Jubilee at the First" Congregational hui'ch ind over W1BA, The Capital ftmcs radio station, sunoay mumum Wheeler Johnson. Georgian, for er university student, and reporter the Capital Times, tells us that this nng is a favorite among Negro road these spirituals eri MW Says Lobbyist Sat in on Ta rift Bill; Sena te Riled TWg Business Agent Aided Bingham; On U.

S. Payroll Disclosure that a representative oi Manufacturers' Association of Con elicit had acted as an assistant sen. Jliram Bingham. a the Communi party. Demands KcciMr.Uion Sm.

Black, Hv Shi statement os 'another evict nre of rCrkic statements bandied abou secret agent.s of special privilege rrs declared there should be a rial Investigation to "open up ihr tn field of lobbyists." Logislatio, i ecistratior. of lobbyis A demand lor a general Investiga of lobbyists was made by Huso Black. one of the 1' who voted a ainst the cruiser bill mrtaT'ste'w in heann before the naval siioevn.mi 1 ft igHHy 19R! I KHBtM tl UjB HK. acted, he nssertcc. The disclosure with reference Charles L.

Eyanson. an assistant to The president of the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut, was brought to the attention of the senate by ben. Pat Harrison. Mass. Lobbyist on U.

S. Payroll Sen. Harrison read from a news report which Indicated that inson had at in the secret sessions the Republican members of the Qt'ina ire "ommiltec while the tariff bill 'avas framed as well as acting as Sa 'isiant'io Sen. Klngham while the sei ctl as chairman of sub corn dealing with the wool and cot ton schedules. i Eyanson.

it was asserted, was placed nn the government pay roll as Sen. rilngham's sccrctaiw during this period after having attended the house com arlicr i the a representative of the Manufacturers' Association of Connecticut. Bingham Defends Self Defending himself and Eyanson. Sen. Kingham that as a new member of the finance committee he was desirous of obtaining an assistant who could post him on the needs of Connecticut with respect to the tariff.

He denied that Eyanson had done anything more than act as his personal assistant in the preparation of tariff material. Eyanson attended two secret sessions ot tne Republican mem bers of the "finance committee, Sen, Bingham said, wiuiarawmg alter sen ators had objected to his presence. Mini Chippewa counties, wlilcl in St. Charles church here Su 4 The restivltles win commeno m. with a solemn hleh mm: 'r' Ihe Rev.

Father Hannlgan Dame church of this city. BROWY i flii ioIc body works rarely to speak to an i he po vir hi' Ic owns sevcra v. rrc heard at Ihc pcstorilee, and frnqi dice interrupted thr rr.king of That Police almost drcve rquare past one of the i stoD signs anc then r. square on the pedestrian's K. I fnur That medical dlseus Brisbane arc reprinted in the Ameii can Medical Journal in the humor kill the ne i di the the avv i ccn i sys I their Ii got.

We our reader Docs it? TTE1F ERE'S SOME "FACTS'' from Mad ison's "fact finding newspaper Fourteen have been killed by Si cilian guns (15 is the police i Only two men huvt the killings. (Cc stood trial" rt records show led for the mur dcr of Dosch, and one for if all). 'Not a made." iRudc for that of Drcger, Thompson, or six In conviction has been cssner Is now serv prlson for shooting Fatrolir, Thompson). Lev is S. Stone Seeks to Divorce Florence Oakley ANGELES Charging entire of congeniality, Lewis Shephard Stone, matinee idol and sartorial star of the films.

Wednesday revealed a carefully guarded divorce suit he had filed against his wife, known on the stage as Florence Oakley. Hints ot a saparation had been heard in Hollywood, but that a divorce was contemplated had been denied by Stone's representatives. Stone was ordered to appear Monday for preliminary court moves In his suit, which also charges, extreme cruelty and Iack of consideration. Baraboo Jail Breaker Gets 1 to 7 Years BARABOO Fred Schumacher, who I escaped from the Baraboo jail ten days t.go. was sentenced irom one to seven years in the state prison in County court at Richland Center Wednesday.

Schumacher escaped from Baraboo vvhere he was held for forgery, stole a truck and dashed to Hub City. County officers there surrounded him but he eluded them through a hail of He was apprehended Monday 1 night at Rockton. His sentence Wed I ncsdpy was on a charge of car steal mg. Mm. Jam i.rrlvcd fcr v.

I ad Mrs. F. E. Berkley Mr. and Mrs.

J. F. Torpy have moved 1 Madison. Mr. Torpy is employed on me no rtn western road as brake Florence Oakley ft is! I If' Lewis Si one Li i ii I i Ships vs.

Aircraft Parley Knot 111 Dl r. iiiipk in A "1 1 I III I5U r.f vro tvM Disarmament Success May Hiugc on Balancing Differences XI AT DONALD AND HOOVER PROBLEM England's Merchant Ma line Has Jfotentiai ie Has Potent Naval Value EDITOR'S NOTE: This the first nt six stories hv Milton ner. European manager for NBA Service and Capital Times, nrcscnllnr the baekiTnund of the approaching Hoover MaeDnnald a.armspa.cy. r.v MILTON" BRONNER Service Writer ONHON Dcrpilc Iho calm efforts JL that President Hoover and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald are making to iron out differences, between America and prcat. Britain on the ques tion of naval parity ar.0 to scck ir mtila for the vexed question of the freedom of the sea, the projected meeting of these two warriors for peace in Washington this fall will face plenty of vexing problems.

president and Brit ish premier will be treading together a path on which they will be harried by the die hards and the "big navy" men of their respective nations. And even there will be France and Italy, who will prove tough customers with their rival demands and their rival pre Just a.s scon as the two statesmen announce that they have found a way bfin about, parity between the Amcr ican and the British two que? tior.s will be arked: IN AMERICA: Row about Brit (Utile of whose iscls can be rapidly il into auxiliary IN BRITAIN. ira's vast deplanes attached to its They will not be idle question.1;. They will be very serious questions and they will be very hard to answer. The World War 'showed the enormous value of swift running passenger ships which could be converted Into cruisers and commerce destroyers and troop conveyors.

Many of these vessels could shew a clean pair of heels to all but the swiftest ships in the war navies. Now Britain owns more than double what we do in mercantile vessels. More than per cent of its mercantile marine is less1 than five years old. Only 3 1 2 per cent of ours are. When we come to the big liners cf 15,000 ton." and more.

Britain once more displays a great superiority. It owns more than jO per cent of such vessels. The line oi attacK or tnc Biitisn cic hards was recently clearly indicated by n. sionlflcam article written for the Dally Tclecraph of London by Its naval corresnondent. Among other things he admitted by all competent authorities.

The fighting efficiency cf a modern fleet depends ir. lirgc meas urc on its aerial auxiliaries which per form such important duties as recon spotting' or marking for the bur nuns when these are firing at ex treme range or under conditions, when direct aiming is imposisblc. carrying a at torpedo and bombing attacks on enmy vessels, laying smoke screens and locating hostile submarines. From now on. therefore, the factor of air strength must be included when estimating the power of navies the present time the United States Is enormously superior to ail others in air strength and Its lead is belnc; rapidly increased." He says that on March 1 of this year (Continued on page 16) Flapper Fanjny Says Ei cn to bcohlc who lake it serious Om ly, polo is just a lot of horse ploy NEW NAVY CUT PROBLEM In onf recent order, the United State add as many airplanes to force as all those in the British nav but the latter nation has v.

iortv In last merchant vessels that co uld quickly V. converted Inlo cruisers In time of war Illustrative of this, (he pictures abov? IT S. Lexlnzton (above), one. of the mighty airplane carriers In and the Aequitan, one of arlne. Leaders in All Fields Attend Moore Rites Simple Services Are Held In Unitarian Church IN th whl the sun filled Unitarian church, of hlch she was the last, cf the m.uc of founders to die.

a final trib was nald to Mrs. Aubertinc Wood vxr Moore, author Wlth the flower bla.r.keteri coffin be austere pulpit, tn H. Han. ga' a most fitting line to memorialize her life: "She ha lought the good fight; she ha.s kept the faith; she has finished the course." Leaders in thd local world of politics, cducaLioh, business, and in her greatest iove. music, gathered in the pews to listen to the simple service.

Gilbert Ross, Madison violinist, and Dr C. H. Mills, of the university, preceded the Rev. Mr. Hart's talk with a brief musical service.

The Rev. Mr. Hart built up his tribute from the phrase which came to nlm a.s he stood before Ihe humble cottage of an American pioneer, linri which, he felt, applied to the life ol the leader in the world of music. "Her life was a struggle," he said, She knew the passion for accomplishment which could find r.o fulfillment, she new frustration, and yet, when she had reached the days of her life In which she could do nothing but wait, for the end. she conquered her spirit and' found serenity with which to meet He described his first meeting with Mrs.

Moore, when he had just arrived in Madison, and his parish office was filled with unpacked odds and ends, and hp a loss Just how to start. Then nc heard a voice saying: young man. do you know what you golne to do next? You are going to sjt down ar.d talk to an old woman." Honorary pallbearers who accom par.ied the body to Forest Hill were Dr. A. Birgc, president emeritus of ths university; M.

B. Roscnbcrry, chief justice of the Wisconsin supreme court; H. J. Parke, Allen G. Park, and Judge George Kroncke.

Active pallbearers were Carl A. Johnson. Conrad Hansen, Prof. Frederick Bruns. Robert L.

Siebecker. Rolf B. Anderson, and Robert T. Homewood. Times Locates Son of Ben Michelson For two months Mr.

a nd Mrs. Ben Michelson had not heard from Iheir son. Marvin. so on Saturday they appealed to The Capital Times to help locate him. A story' was carried In the Sunday edition asking readers to help locate the youth, and on Wedneslay afternoon the parents received letter from him.

He has been employed at Cambridge. TODAY in MADISON Broadcast Dally on WIBA at 8:151 The Cosmopolitan club held its' wcok luncheon meeting at the Park hotel this noon. A song and dance revue, with 50 people In the cast, will be held at: Ihe Moose temple tonirht at p. m. I he queen of the British chant Name Tor kelson Planning Director of Highway Body The Wisconsin highway commission announces the appointment of M.

Torkelson a.s regional planning director. This position is created by chapter 276, laws of 1929. Mr. Torkelson. will no a.s.

r. lng a study of the various highway problems of the state. Suspect Held In Waukesha Murder Freed John Sherwood, who was held In the Dane county Jail on suspicion of being Fred Zastrow, sought for the murder of Louie J. Strieker, Waukesha, was released from custody late Wednesday when It developed that he Is not the man sought. Sheriff Hebron of Waukesha county was at the Dane county jail Wednesday.

He brought with him a picture of Zastrow. Comparison of the photograph with Sherwood revealed that he is not Zastrow. Sherwood was arrested In Stough ton Saturday on a vagrancy charge and was brought to the jail here: Sheriff Harald A. Smedal, believing he saw in Sherwood a likeness to broadcast descriptions of Zastrow, asked Waukesha officers to come to Madison. Alleged Chilton Bandit Seised in Gun Battle MILWAUKEE OP) Paul Grefe and Charles Vanetta.

of Mauston, arraigned on charges of possessing and transporting liquor, 'were fre on bond of IS00 each today for hearing Oct. 2. Thev were arrested lat Mon day night by the sheriff of Waushara county after their car crashed Into another. Fifteen gallons of liquor were found in the machine. MUSTON, WIs.

Patrick's i dlcated Oct. the Rt, Rev. Alexander Ucvlcl; will preach, and' nreached by thi don of 1 Crosje. W. Torkelson i i wT iFear of Race Riot Fades in Chicago Killing 5 Police, Guardsmen Patrol Scene of Raid in Negro Cult (Br The AmritUi t'mj CHICAGO Fea of trouble In th densely populated negro quarter of tlu south ilde was quieted today by th? presence of several iiundrsd poUcemcri and national guardsmen, stationed there following th.e slaying of Policeman William Gallagher and John Stephenson, Negro.

Wednesday. Militiamen guarded the various armories which are stored munition sup piles. The eighth regiment, a Negro flat' building in which occurred the gun fight between poli ..,,1 gro cuitists. Jesse D. Hulls, one of the policemen wounded when officers raided the headqnarteis of the Moorish Hey 1 Temple of.

Science of the World, lay near death today. He was shot seven "2 The condition of the other wounded oificer. Stewart McC.utchecn, lt navel was serious. super Moses Jackson, known to the other auxiliary: cu)t memoirs as "The Sheik." was ihow the covering from a shoulder wound, ii'r na.w. Sixtv Nrarroes.

men and women, jwere arrested as police swarmed inlo the Negro area. The entire section. however, was unusually quiet through nut Wednesday nlcht. not one call be ing made to police stations where squads walled in readiness to answer riot alarms. Wednesday's affray was not followed by the racial uneasiness which police at first feared.

It was explained that most of the Jjpgroes of the south side had no sympathy with the "Moorish Holy Temple" cult and Its teachings that the Srgro Is not an Ethiopian but rither th descendants of Moors. Wednesday, a police raid was made to fescue a Negro who had been kidnapped bp cult members. Shooting started when the cult members refused oollce permission to enter the Ft. Atkinson Opens New Church Sunday FT. ATKINSON The new $100,000 First Methodist church will be dedicated acre next Sunday, followed by a week of special' services, winding up Sunday, Oct.

6, with a homecoming celebration. Preparations are made to seat 1,100 people next Sunday, which will be the hie day of the week's festivities. Dr. E. B.

Konlstedt, Philadelphia, will deliver the dedicatory sermon. At the afternoon and evening sessions. Bishop William P. Oldham, who has spent many years ina India and South America, will be 'the speaker. Find Indian Skeleton With Arrow in Back FORT ATKINSON, Wis.

When human bonei. Were jtruck' in gravel pit near Lake the sheriff and coroner of Jeflernon county were tailed. The skeleton was found to be an In one of his vertebrae. PLATTEVILLE. Wis f5) The early freeze over Grant county Sept.

18 which was believed to have daraaged the late crop of potatoes, caused no loss It was established today. The price is the highest in several year. about, $3 a bushel delivered. WEATHER Rain Falls Over Wide Area; Inch At La Crosse Noon Toay) The highest temperature during the was IBat 2p. m.

yesterday. The lowest was 51 at 1 a. m. and the sun sets at 5'48' Cool weather ac "3 companies high barometer in Canada and the northwestern state. Rain has fallen over a wide area extending from the north Pacific to the south Atlantic rtates.

Nearly one inch was recorded at La Crosse dur the nasi. 24 Partly Cloudy hours. Rain ecn tinues in South Dakota and NeurasKi. 1 xh tr oplcal storm near me oanam today. far it has jd little The tropical storm is near the Baham Jacksonville.

Lights inBadger null ICO llVlfJ I'KKU Broadway's Glare jNew York Utility Magnates Take For tunes in fciectric From Wisconsin Bv WILLIAM DAWSON Of The Capita) Times Staff THE little light that shines out hum half a million Wisconsin home? helps feed the glare of old Broadway and swell the Wall street wal Millions of Badger dollars are rolling their clinking and unerring course into the White Way offices of New York City electric utility magnates. It is a steady and systematic procession of silver and gold, legalized, and even guaranteed, bv the laws of this commonwealth. It represents the pronrs oi me cjccinc ngnc ana power and manufacturers provide The North American big New York City corporation that serves as a controlling company for various elecrne utility'firms throughout the nation, has. four utility holdings in Wisconsin that make the Instill brothers and their utility holding! in this state look like pikers. Wisconsin elecrric utilities owned bv the North American Co.

arc: THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND LIGHT more familiarly known as "The T. E. R. and THE WISCONSIN GAS AND ELECTRIC Milwaukee. THE WISCONSIN MICHIGAN POWER operating in the northeastern part of thc scatc.

THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC POWER operating the world's largest plant for rhe generation of electricity by steam, the plant being located in the township of Lake, Milwaukee county, the current being furnished to the T. M. E. R. and L.

Co. CAPITALIZED AT sK3.70i,100 These four companies, having a capitalization of $143,706,100, according to their 1928 reports to the Wisconsin railroad commission, in f.hat year had total incomes from all sources totalling and their net incomes, before deducting interest and amortization, amounted to $11, 965,308. Maybe you will read these figures say there isn't that much money in the world. But it is true. This great financial pyramid in Wisconsin, only one of several pyramids of the same sort that the North American Co.

has built elsewhere, is controlled by only $3 5,725,000 of common stock the stock that votes and guides the destinies of the other millions of dollars. HAS RICHEST WISCONSIN FIELD The North American Co. holdings in Wisconsin are the richest possible pickings in the electric utility field in this state. Its companies serve the most densely populated area in the state and also the wealthiest having a monopoly on the greater portion of the Lake Michigan shore from the Illinois border north to Florence county on rhc Wisconsin Michigan The Insull conu ollcd companies in this state, which were discussed by this writer in this newspaper on Monday, only have a capital structure approximately. $63,000,000 less than one half the size of the North American companies.

DWARF INSULL CO. EARNINGS The Insull controlled companies serve a rich area of south central Wisconsin, even extending north toward the Fox River valley, but their net income last year amounted to only one tenth of that of the North, American concerns. The North American Co. in 1 928 had investments in this state amounting to S16S.S i2.671. sput t) 0,000,000 melon The North Americon Co.

if cutting a fitunriil melon worth more than An Associated Press dispatch from New York as A iUr MrA American Cn. "nn Tuesday offered common stock holders the right to purchase one holders the right to purchase one i 71 th, stock, above S170, the rights are constitutes the splitting of a melon These four North American companies in Wisconsin are controlled by interlocking boards of directors, most of whom reside in New York City and who give Broadway, Broad and Wall St. addresses as their offices. A few Milwauk 'ans arc on rhc They are the men who reside io this the boards. COMMON STOCK HELD IN NEW OKX A study of the boards of directors gives a good idea of where the common stock is held old xsew Followinc is the official personnel and Light biggest of the four lorK.

DIREC 1 OKi hranlt LiDdv juame, wno is aiso president. oi tnc ryonn American and also chairman of its executive, committee, hiving off fkes at 60 Broadway, New York City; James F. Fogarty, Robert Sealy. Edwin M. Bulkley, C.

W. Hough, Pierce, all of New York City; Jt rcd Vogcl William w. Wierajn, 5. B. Way, and James D.

Shaw, of Milwaukee. OFFICERS S. B. Way, Milwaukee, president and general managerj Edwin Gruhl, New York, vice president; F. W.

Doolittle, New York, vici president: William A. Jackson, Milwaukee, vice president; John Anderson'. Milwaukee, vice president; G. W. Van Dcr7.ec, Milwaukee, vice president and assistant general manager; R.

H. Pinklcy, Milwaukee, assistant genera) manager; F. J. Bochm, Milwaukee, secretary treasurer; A. J.

Bohl, Mili wauket, assistant secretary and treasurer; F. H. Piskc, New York, assistant secretary; Robert Randall, New York, assistant secretary; C. D. Burdick! New York, assistant treasurer; Robert Scaly, New York, assistant trcas S.

B. WAY BIG MAN IN STATE Mr. Way, who came west from Philadelphia, is president of all of the North American Co. companies in this state. Following is the official make up of the Milwaukee Electric Power Co.r DIRECTORS Frank L.

Dame, F. Fogit cy, Edwin Gruhl, H. Hi Pierce, Robert Sealy, all of New York; John Anderson, and S. B. Wy, Milwaukee.

OFFICERS S. B. Way, Milwaukee, president; Edwin Gruhl, New York, Tice president; John Anderson, Milwaukee, rice preiident; Frdi nand Sherwood, New York, vice prerident; F. V. LVolittle, New York, vice president; F.

J. Boehm, Milwaukee, jecretary trearurer; A. J. Bohl, Milwaukee, assistant sccretan trcasurcr; F. H.

Piskc, New York, astistt sccreurv: C. D. Burdick, New i cw York, assistant treasurer. SAME MEN Compare the personnel of this auke. Electric Railway and Light lumunuea York, ON dumiicsj.

neiv share of common stock at Si 00 new siyarc oj nf Ihr worth about $6 a than $5 0,000,000. ooaras oi aircctors ana arc vm state and do the business bidding of ot Ihe Milwaukee Llectnc. railway companies: F. W. Doolittle, Edwin Gruhl, H.

Hj assistant treasurer: Robert eil'. i EACH BOAKU later company and that ot the which precede. th attack, on I.