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CAPITAL TIM THK WEATHER psir (inicht and Friday, not rlt duinite in temperature. i 5,4 2 3 PRICE vol. t. no. 95 MADISON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918 HOME EDITION TH GOVERNORS URGE DRASTICiRUSSU PLANS STEPS TO STAMP OUT ALL TO RAISE AMY msinvar.TV Curb on German Press to REACH SPIES Daniels Asks That lio JJniwn to Give Utlharily with members of uitianx defense.

to stamp out i lira t'n? German They i nt preuching in of German who presided otincil, in rcplv oi's to formulate the bill drr.f aoral Grejrory to rs and disloy.il Unions commit ors mcr later a of Monti: found thei in the 'prjgrc by education tenhiy Amere i. but believed res were neces ieisin heard." lie timorous ma! government e.tc' Young. ia i 1 lie sr.k! was declared him the German man lar.guaire trouble with in German else." he said. whether ri.t to be in 'alsclioods oi North Dii from his peaking peo why cits I he war. The (j.

had not causes of the the ceinpe.lcd ihe informn The reports that they in raise sumpei 'ail. of Mnssanhu fr nainj; of ic jr iutes should action it of South Cai of warned ic a ps wore taken 1'rged to Act UN Ccmif.tl spies, an. 'pci Mjr.s (. re denounced nnaiy when an effort rush. through a house penalties of tweniy ic ioix.

and 810,000 whth goveni les. acts intending to trc i.nr.y draft and to do to xuidrcN ar.il S.p's al1 itry," said Senator Carolina. "Pec tin their own ground thr.t coiifrre.is W. mobs evei ywhere. of Massachusetts, I would "not eatell uisert'mj; chat 'spies fit work publicly cf I utterances.

ei)a has been and the is to broaden the Senator Walsh, of llr said fed made. "strained con eyisiic. law and dis who have denounced mi the nation and ob irnfc and boul sub a in 'mat mMwr uuu 50 MILES TO ENTER ARMY By the a When his no i.ico to appear before the county cyme to him the day he whs supposed to ve yun, Simon Webster, an Onoida hid'an, was at Shawano, 00 miles ii om Green Bay, and without fiiads. Shawaro Vfiilay r.i'ii::rr. Webster w.

lk vj unr.il Saturday bight before reaching Green Bay and promptly Monday appeared before the county wur board. fie was provided with trms. O'atation for Camp Custer and tor. the canton THIRD BONDS WILL MATURE SEPT. 15, 19? 8 ive Per Cent Cash Payment Required With Subscription The third isso loan bonds will itiaturf of Lihi in tor.

ytara on Sept. 15, 1928 the treasury department today announced, and will bear in'eres'i from Mnj 0, next, payable annually ori Sept. 15 and Mar. 15. "Payment in full may be madi with the application or before Mav 4." the trea3urv announced.

our inflS ivrtiTtOT uc deiivorec ne fore May on any subscription for an amount execcamg payment; may oe compietea subscrirjtions for an, amount May 9 or any subsequent instalment oatc. 'Payment of anv instalment. the fust instalment of per cent or payment in Full, may be rr.vac in treasury oi tn lie Jtenr.ess exceot those maturing Aprii 22 and June 25. iui: iur two vr M.tisr: ipt, n. ioui.

five per cer.t for third loar Twenty par cent th: i will be due cent July IS, and 10 Auk. The crsasnry cNpeft? munji suh eribers to pay in full on purehts tnd these early payments may bp sufficient to redeem the SfOO.OOO.fK'ib of certiiicaios of indjbte dness f.th bff due before May Otherwise, it be necessary 'u irfund the ter tilicatss with other sl.ort time Ulneuils also wneve tr xay ment actually will much greater have 'ti ranged so. none will come in June wnon tne urnin on the countr1 iinanemi resources will be on exet ss rrti' its taxes duo June 15. In the ond loan, IS vent was due f.v weeks after the eitujaiyii elcsed, JO cent one month after that. If.

S. REQUISITIONS RUSSIAN SHIPS Transporting Sup plies to Ue Used in Entente Service sor.latsi1 r.v.M KW YORK The United States req jisit'o ea 'or in ent nte service a number of Russian steam ships formerly engaged in transporting supplies between America and Russia, according to authorita mtormation reteivcii in shipping r.rclos ace today, The vessels are those whirrh wpre detained in American ports whep. the present Russian Kovcrnment power. They will eon inue to fly the isiart it is 11 be operated by the Russian volunteer fleet. roprsentutives of the lormer Rus fian government in the United States say is still intact.

Some of the vessels are on the Pacific coast and will br brought to the Atlantic coast. Another of the ships is Din: which was recently held ac a south Atlantic pmrt after munity and the removal of her crew dmrjrect with beinsr supporters of the liolsheviki. TOKIO it is learned from an authoritative source that an agreement has been concluded imdT which Japan will turn over. to the united states tons of ship pmg. Assistant War Secretary Says Whole IVation Will be Or ganized TO RECALL OLD OFFICERS Attempt Will be Made to Enlist Services of Former MOSCOW, Tucsday.Russia will lorm an.

army of 1,500,000 men, not inferior in power and equipment to the Germans and Japanese, Podvoisky, assistant secretary of war. declared today at a conference in Moscow of the various military department heads. This would be he first step in arming the whole Russian nation. He said the army orjanixati'on as impossible without the old officers and outlined a measure to' enlist the services of. all generals and publish heir names, crivinR' to citizens, the iipht.to state objections to anyone.

German Troops Arrivt PETK0GRA1, Wednesday Thir ty German transports with troops have arrived of Haiifro, on the southern coast of Finland south east of Helsinfors. The JSolsheviki commissary, for JMnnish anairs reports tnut Al. n'Estvcua. thn 'Reli'iiLn minister tti Russia, has been wounded by White Ciueras, or govern ment troops, while attemntinc to pass into the reoei iines. ITALY WARNED AGAINST PEACE Press Says Austria is Readv to Strike Another Blow ROME, Wednesday Italians are irned apainst the speech of Count rna r'rr: Lrlovtiaie d'ltaha, it says, hui, spol: a ut ni.aice.

pel ore every new tensive agamsi aiy. t1e paper adds, "now has. three fourths of her army oi lie Italian iront, wnerc weatnrr onditions may allow her to under take an offensive la'aieaiately. Ita'v ee aoio ro resist on ner irort; like the Anclo French on the western front. Upon this granite resistance from the Xorth sei to the Adriatic depends the safety of the world." ENGLISH EDITOR IS FOOD BOSS There has been iom complaint by members of parliament agaisit the tendency of the' govBrnttent put newspapermen in tig position! in England.

Premier Xloyd George recently defended his choices and landed the work of editors in variont pfisitions. Oho who has "mad good" is Kennedy. Jones, djreatoi general of the food economy department of the ministry of iood. Be was one of the founders of the London Daily Mail and editor of. thi Evening Newj .1 p.

or in LEADER WHO'S NEVER KNOWN DEFEAT IS CHOSEN HEAD OF ALLIED ARMIES General Am il. 4. (Sue ciall General Foch, recently chosen comm ander in chief, of the allies' has "the record of having never troops io oeieat. a Fnch eonrmaiided the Fxench army of at the battle of the attacked and i ia el Sa.Nclxrooptrkhd"a"f. 'taisex's finest troopers in the marshes of St.

Gond. Foch coriimanded the troops ivhich saved Ypres. Foch was commander in chief of the French forces at the battle of the Somme. They swept hack the enemy over the which in the last eight days the Germans have recovered at such frightful cost, LENROOT LEADS BY 11,669 VOTES OYER DA VIES Total Count During Night is Swelled to 148,244 (Br thr AHociatHa TrMK) MILWAUKEE The 1 a thouirh incomplete returns from Tuesday's senatorial election, give Conjjressmsir. Irvin; republican, a plurality of over Davies, democrat.

Additional returns repotted, during the night swelled i enryots vote to no. ii; Davies to and credited Ber irer, socialist, with 103,431. The lat ter carried seven counties where the an a i No attumot has been mace to se cure comidete returns on surjrerrfi court justice for the reason that Marvin ts nosenoerrj', present incumbent, ran sd' far ahead of his opponent, Charles H. Crownhart. What figures are available give Jiotcnnen majority around 000.

Darnel W. Hoan, re electea moyor MiiwauKee, r.ad oi 2.110. according tb eomnicte returns. Including the bold over alderman at oi ivnonparosans ana li socialists; The mavor will have barely enoueh support in tne. council to prevent IPC oveT riiinR oi any vetoes wnicn he may make on measures passed by that Daily Weather Story 'Highest, temperature was at 3' m.

Lowest, 2S at a', jn. Pr ctpiUtion, 0. The sun sets at 7 The Weather is showerv on ths Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The wave cooler weather has reached the east and south. Fair 'weather with slowly isinjr temperature prevails the northwest.

An area of low. barometer i advancing eastward over the" Canadian "Rockies and attended by in" the' Pacific northwest and. on the northern plains. Its influence will be felt here by Saturday afternoon. In the meantime the weather will son tinne fair 'with not much change ill temperature.

1 to Foch. Foch commanded at the battle of the Yse'r. There he was commander in chief of There were more British than French under his orders. Joint command will not be iiew 'to himr And last and most daring, Foch was commander 'in chief of the "Ar po" "ench' army uahU into Italy and stppped: TfctAm'f wave its "rush into the plains of Tommies, and: Eersaglieui fenow him and idolize him. only less than do his own'poiltis.

If any man can take Che supreme command of.he British armies without inflicting heartburn in England, it is General Foch, according the' opinion of British military. men. UKRAINE READY TO MAKE PEACE CONCESSIONS Rada Will Modify Its Orig inal Demands of Bolshevik! (By'lW Associated Press) MOSCOW (Tuesday) Peace hfts been proposed to the Bolsheviki gov emment by the Ukrainian Kada of Kiev, the non Bolshcviki orsaniza lion, according to rumor current here. It seems that the Rada is willing to make concessions af.d to modify its original demands which included part of the governments of Hursk aaa eih. The peace question is complicated by the.

existence of a Bolsheviki Ukrainian Rada, which at present is at Taganrog, it havin? fled front SIELER FUNERAL IS HELD TODAY Friends Pay Last Tribute to Third Ward Ruper visor Funeral services for William Slider, Third ward jiipervisor, were held from his home, 11 South Hun cock 'atreet, at oclocK.tnis aitcc noon. The Rev. Georce E. of firijtiiv: Fraternal organizations. including the Pythian Sisters ann ir.e KIKs, attended tae services body.

He was also a member, of b. V. G. and of the Volunteer Firemen. Pallbeareriswere Jlenry F.

Milo Kentzler Jacob' Hainmes, Theo dore' Dl Abel, Edward "Jones" and Jar. Tee companied. the body to. Forest Hill wnere mtcrmem was accoranijj the Elk burial service. SAMUEL A.

COOK, PIONEER PAPER MAKER. DEAD Former Congressman of Neenah Succumbs at His Home PROMINENT POLITICIAN Was Civil War Veteran and Gave Memor iai Armory to Home City (By the Aomnilirt ms) OSHKOSH, Wis A. Cook cx and pioneer paocr manufacturer of Neenah, died at hi3 home at Neenah this morning at 4 o'clock. He was a veteran of the Civil war and gave to Neenah ltfe nasha the Uook memorial at 'Ie wa3 born int 18 43. Bora In Canada Former Congressman S.

A. jf Neenah was anione: the known of the conservative leaders iif Wisconsin. He was born at On tario, Canada, Jan. 28, 1840 and with his parents to Wisconsin La 1855. He received a common' school education and enlisted wit the Second Wisconsin vacalry dur ing the Uivil war.

jue was a ram er until 1875. About this time Mr. Uoou wn nto me rnf.rcbandi ana ni mav was teni the assembly to serve several terms before 1881. He founded the S. A Cook Manufacturing company oi Keen eh; was mayor of Neenah 1895; served as a member of congress in 1391 1 and declined reelection.

Candidate for Senator At tlip time nf thp. "rumrj" re nubliean convention in 1904. Mr. Cook was named as the candidate of the "bolters," but when! the supreme court declared the ticket, headed by Senator La Follette to ne the. regular republican ticket, Cook re tired urorn Tne.

csnaiaacy. xi was toT in I90S re'eeivto'g he "cgnl hichest number of votes. Mr. Cook has always' been counted as true friend' of 'the Wisconsin National. Guard' in' He was always' in favor of legislation to promote the guard and gave armory to' the guard of his home Gov.

PhiLp'p will probably attend the funeral. SEES LA FOLLETTE IN THE SADDLE Milwaukee Journal Has Storv On the Situation in Wisconsin MILWAUKEE Last night's is sue of 'The Milwaukee Journal is the subject of considerable discussion nere today. A large two column cut of Senator La Follettc looms on the page with smaller inset nictures of Lenroot and Philipp. The cuts carry the fol lowing caption: ia ronctie suu In the Saddle." The followinc storv accomoanies the After the nnmarv Mr. Lenroct stoDDed attacking the La Follette Thompson voters and appealed to in ail fns addresses to come CC Tap ratur that tins policy was successful, and that he owes his election to the votes of the old line supporters of La Follette.

An exempli! i3 Dane county. The senator, retain? his control of Wisconsin politics, and in Kovember can re elect to congress Cooper, Nelnoii, Car, Stafford, and other membera whose war records are much like the senator's, as weli as Mr. Lenroot's and Gov. Fhilm i s. it is a SO to be expected that there will be elected a governor who stands with these men.

ine American eour.ues constitut ing what for vears has been La Fol lette territory, natsnow wnerever the La Follette non.Gernian influence was directly felt," the Thompson vote went to Lenroot and not to Berirer. In Iowa county, where Leii root in the primary received 718 votes and Thompson 494. Lenroot in tne election received ana Ber ter but 100. In Lafayette, county, where Thonmson Dolled 147 votes in the DTimarv and Lenroot 543. Mr.

Lenroot received 1,545 and Berger lU'j. in iane county, in i oueiw homo, where Thompson received 341 in the orimarv and Lenroot 3. 761, retunisi from two thirds of the precincts show the La Follette vote nguin went heavily to benroot the election. These nrecincts irave Len root 5.992 votes and Berber STRIKERS AT NAVY BASE GO TO WGRIC NORFOLK, Va. Strikine: car centers and other workers at the army? and navy bases in; Hamp ton r.oaas, aiscTicc returned, to worn today.

increased: Day will bean'assed on immediately; pit wasiaaid. HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGBTINf ON FRONT AT MONTDIDIEl CONTINUES THROUGH NIGHT local Workman is working on shells FOR NEW SHRAPNEL Halph Hoyt, 2325 Upham street, and an employe of the Gisholt company, has been engaged in the work of drawings for shells for shrapnel He has been in communication with the war department at Washington and he has received word that the department is investigating his invention. EAfTOTATOS AND SAVE ON OTHER FOODS This Recommendation Was Made by E. P. Miller of Hoover'sjjtaff Today That the irreater ise of potato' tt meals be encouraged, nnL tnly that other foods may be saved, but that the excess potato cvoo in a in may be ta.

ten care without loss to the farmer was recommendation made by E. P. ler, a member of the Hoover fojd alaiiaa trat.on at Washington in an address here today. A conference was canea oy ijov Philipp, at the request of the special legislative committee, to investi.eat; the potato situation. Upwards of 100 farmers, members of the legislative committee and of councils of I defense arc at the meeting held the capitol today.

The conference was opened by an address by Gjv. Fhjlipp, He dwelt on the serious n. tlio nA km all nxi hr done ts Dcxcase It loct nf the tcr.aree madfe some aecfibna'that the. refrigerator. cars nad Dcen usea ro snip.oeer ana DOtatoes had x.ot' been moved as a consequence' Gov.

Philipp said such a statement was not founded on fact. William Austin, Milwaukee, representing the brewing interests said that "the of cars used for malt products shipments h3d fallen off one third. "if we could tne niption of potatoes from 8 to 9 per cent in the next three said E. P. Miller of the federal food administration," this excess supply of potatoes would be cared for.

We heve an advertinp.plan to be launched immediately that will bring this Mr, Miher said Gnat the farme'i of the state should it range to briu tneir potatoes to tne warehouses as soon as possible so that when this campaign to "eat more potatoes and save ocner ioons" js started, tnere would be a steady supply without any large price boosts. H. L. Holmes, Madison, business manager or i.ie Wisconsin society, oi equity, called attention to the fact that some of these warehouses had heretofore refused to receive these pj tatoes, when brought in by the The conference was continued during ihe afternoon. Lieut Stewart Hoover.

First 'Lient. Stewart W. tinnver was the first of the. claes graduated in 1917. from West Joint to die in 3c riiori dohtmr il th lioori of his mon who repelled, a German near March 1.

October he. had been an acting cap tain; 1917 WEST POINTER KILLED IN ACTION British Take Few Captives After Rush on German Outposts WHOLE FRONT Big Guns Keep Up Firing ony Menin and Passchendaele: Sectors (By ihe Aiociatd Prt) PARIS Heavy artillery occurred last night on the north of Montdidier, the war oroe announces. In raids in ChamnasuJ and on the Cerdun front the Fiencjjpl cook prisoners ana aiso captured vwu I machine guns. The statement follows: "The artillery firing became violent during the night in the'lO'vj gion north of Montdidier. "Northwest of Rheims.

Champagne and on the left bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) Frenc'lij'. troops penetrated German trenchessi at scverul points, bringing back 30 prisonerci ar.d two machine German raids east of Rheims: in. Avoeourt wood and north of St. Die, were witnout There is nothing to report else wnere. (By the Aisozizted Frei LONDON There was little Bctiy itv in the battle area last nicht with a the cxeention of hostile artillerv fire' at various ooints.

the war office an i ,4 were ratten oy sntisr. panics. The statement reds: "Durine the nicht a German chine gun post in the neighborhood 03. iieouterne was rusnea py troons and the machine nun c'aTrtur 1 in' at i. other of "tlfeattliirfHjmS "Beyond oatiie artillery acticjty.ij ROMANOFFS III RED CROSS ASKS I MORE RATIONS Former Russian Royal Family in Need; Allow ance Increased (By th A.ocitd Prcu) PETROGRAD (Wednesday) Serf: I eral members of the former Russian family, now at Tobolsk, area ill.

and trie' Red 'Cross has' petitioinetd 1 the Bolsheviki government to. alio wi I the family of Nieholaa 'ItomBnofftthijl orumary rations imteaa ot tnat to soldiers It has bcen' dejij ci kd to trive the Romanoff fatnilv an allowance of 300 ruble's a monthI' Tchitcherin, the Bolsheviki for 'H cizn minister, has refused to nize M. Lyednitzky, who. has airi.TWl'yjB at Moscow, as 1'oiisn ambassador. The Novaia Zhihn reBorft thi discovery in Moscow of an orsfan iy ization to enforce the calling of'eyB consntucr.t asseraoiy.

iney cajig tnemseives tne Blue uuaras a said to number 12.000. refused to permit the exited former FRENCH CIVILIANS SENT TO RUSSIA" (Bjr tlM A Boclatcd Pren) 1 PARIS fWedneadavl One tnana.fl and French civilians from the oceu I i.striots cf northern Frsnoe I have been sent to Russia by the Geiv' LB mans and are being lorccd to per form hard labor, a'ccordinrr'to infor' maticr. obtained by Baron Cor a. a tormer caDmet. mem tier, Jthese civilities, 400 of whom are are among thosi whom Germany bf sent to Kussia after the rejection of UK jupposur, wiiicn ucruiiiuy a( tempted; to place, before the rovernmeno turougn.

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