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and. piaxxorm. THE CAPITAL TIMES WEATHER Vair today and Not utii change in temperature, UVt vriaJIe winds. CIRCULATION of the Capital limee Wednesday 11,135 Home Owned Home Edited Home Read VOL. 6, NO.

63 PHONE BADGER 2200 MADISON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920 ASSOCIATED PRESS G. A. R. Meet Sept 19 At Jkvansvilie TNTiTANArnr.ISAftf.i ft lanse 27 years Indianapolis will ERsm entertain tne annual encsmpmeiii of the Grand Army of the Republic. For the first time since lB3 the national meeting of the Grand Army will foe held this year in the KoosieT, capital.

Sept. 10 to. 25. Civic 'Sow' manninc' to entertain 100,000 visitors during the' week of the encampment A list of homes which will accommodate orte or more of the civil war' heroes is being compiled and committee members say comfortable quarters will be available for everyone There will be airplane rides for veterans who may retain some oi their waxtamo courage. Indians WiU Hold "Green Corn" Dance KENDR1CK.

Okta. Old mem bers of the Sac and Fox Indian tribes are making preparations to hold their annual green corn dance. The will be held on the Greveye farm and will last three days. Hundreds of bushels of gTccn corn have 'been in the tribc s' granaries to oe served as an ing. The dance is held to give tnaracs to tne ijreat.

raincr ior a plentiful yie'i Kotnahtokcmah wiil be master of ceremtmies, and has called all of his followers to be present Charge Violation of Building Ordinance ordinance bv doing minor electrici and renair work without a permit. The case will be tried next Tuesday morning at 9 clocic All OfFicra Close The offices of the city hall, the court house and the capitol will all be closed for the entire anernoou won, in uuscrv aiiee of Madison Day at the Dane county fair. "ew Grain Eates Readjustments of rates on grain between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard' was ordered bv the Interstate Com nn rce Commission on a basis of 30 per cent increase in domestic rates ana zo per cent export rates. Gov. Cox Promises To Expose G.

O. P. Slush Fund in Speech Tonight Declares He "Has the Goods to Convict Erry Loader" ETOOUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX Gov. Cox today was traveling toward Pittsburgh to deliver address there tonight which bo promises to disclose ample evidence proving his charges of a republican corrtrpt.cn. lunc.

ececai r.g 000,000. No speeches were scheduled Ty the democratic presidential ctmdi date while enroute today to Pittsburgh rom Evansvillc, where he made, three addressos yesterday reiteratKig ana ampliiying his cam oaign and declaring he had goccs ro convict every mother's son" of the jteuublican kadera. On his special car todav the ernor nlar.ned to wenare toniirht's address from his breast pocket col lection of papers said to contain convincing: proof of his charges. WOMAN SLAIN IN WOODS IS IIDENTIFIED New Jersey Yictim Was the police ty people.who are disturbed when cars stop near their' homes and occupants of the car. blow the horns to attract the attention of persons for they are calling.

The 'first person brought in for cnifi verv common onense wns of Jordan, Monroe street butcher, who was' brdnght to court on the complaint of Dr. W. It was 8:15 p. when Jordan blew his horn in front' of the next to Dr. Gill's home.

Jordan was Re quested to pay the costs of the ac Sale of German Toys Scares British WASHINGTOJi Germ anv is re covering some of her pre war trade especially in 'toys, Tfith England' njucn to ine concern, ol tfntistt Interests, according to reports receiy: ed today, jjj the department of the exchange rate German', toys undersell trod acts inanuf aeturerg tfcave astied the. British goyeriiment'to tate steps ejwara cnecxine imsorai adison Day Draws Throng to County Fair ATTENDANCE RECORD TO BE BROKEN Officials Believe Ideal mil Draw Big Attendance VESTERDAY SAW CROWD Grounds Crowded Al Day Long by Visitors; Exhibits Please PROGRAM OF RACES The complete program of tcdav's harness events at the county fair will be found on sport page of this issue of The Capital Times. Ac weather was ideal yester it was even more so today. The was clear and it was slightly just enough so to make Glomes ana snirt siceves propria te. The Madison stores closed at noon, restaurants ice cream parlors alone remain open, industry shut down, and entire town made ready to maka Madison Day an overwhelming from all angles.

i KH exacted i.h the 50,000 mark. Reports jvc the attendance yesterday an 42,000. Whether or not actual attendance Toac hed this nirk. enough' people were eer crowned within the lair fates to oreax tne at mr.rk for any previous More than 5,000 mrtos passed i ttie gates, anr. ail Aitemoon of them a half a mile long below tne grandstand.

today the grandstand was wlih an eager throng waiting day's harness and vaudeville to OCffin. umciai esci on tie crowd at noon could ubtained, but the faet was r. z. cnt that more people were on rotnyls than had appeared up yrstcrday. Midway Crowded.

The tr.idv. ay last night was jicd with eager crowds, and the lighting arrangements the grounds into a mirriatufe White Way. There were is of people moving along the vor.ion streets at all times, another immense throng red in front of the grand t'j Match the judging of the horses. The nine free vaude i acts were again presented last! Apollo troupe of golden ath the Choy Ling Hec troupe of a athletes, the Monahans, 'Diacjv iaco comedians, tne spiral towor exhibition, wild animal act, in which man risks h's life in a cage i leopards ar.d lions, are which get big applause, furnished by Schcrcr's as a feature of the yosccr r.ftorr.oon's program. One a melody of pop JMtriatic songs, was greet sterm of applause from the INSPECT NEW ONE MAN CARS Will Be Stationed On Switch in Front of Korn hauser Store Two of the new one man cars to bo used here by the Madison Railways Co, will bs placed on the switch in front of the Xornhauser store tomorrow ninht at 7 o'clock ior tte ntitrizi ntl the public i.ie street car company plans to have eight of these one man cars in operation soon on the West Main Winnebago line.

Five nrc already here and three more will ivp snnn. The new care will be wider and will have a wider aisle. They arc also longer than the nreSent one man cars. They will have steel wheels to eliminate the flat wheel evil. There will he an electric heater under each seat.

'There will be entrance and exit on each end tir.d there will be a larger loading Sept. 1st Will Soon Be Here Have you renewed your subscription to The Capital ises at tho old rate? The price of The Capital Times by will bo raised from $4 to S5 in the state and to out of Lhc state on Sept. I. All renewals received before 1 will be received at the old rate. Subscriptions expir Sept.

1 can be extended at the old rate by sending in money before Sept. l. out the coupon below and send Vv 'tir renewal. I Thl CtjpitaJ Times, I Madison, Wis. Enclosed please find S4 for which renew my subscription nne year.

Name Street Address City Mrs. Blanche bchulz, New York MONEY IS MISSING Thief Cut Throat of Victim; Stole Jewels and Coin (By lh Assotiated PreiTi) GXANTWOOD, J. The body of the yonng woman, found slain in the Grcntwood woods yesterday, today was identified as that of Mrs. Blanche Manhattan. 'The identification was wade by the woman's husband, Frank Schulz.

Schui who is an employe of the Interbc rough Rapid Transit con psny. ira.ittitiiitely the clothinpi worn by the dead woman. He would not look at tic body, but told the police that his wife had a Die on ner oacit wr.icn tney iouna described. Mrs. Schnlz aceordinc to her hus band, had been employed in a Manhattan department store, but had been missing from home since last Saturday night when she loft for a visit im a sister ar.

A.evuort. said she had with her $50 and wore five diamond rings and a wedding ring, which were missing when tie body was found. An autopsy performed by Cou'n ty Physician Ogden showed that the woman's throat had been cut from i ear anc that this cansec her death. She also had been struck a hpnw blow ntt the left tcmTilp, Tlr. Vvroodbury Succeeds Franklin Roosevelt; WASHINGTON Gordon Wood, bury, formerly a member of thf New Hampshire legislature has beet a ppointed aissistant secretary oi the navy to succeed: FranSdin D.

Roosevelt. Mr; Woodbury's aptointment by Pres. WUson was an nounced today by Secretary Dan leis. me new asaisuant secretary represented New Hampshire on tho resolutions committee at tho San Francisco convention and has tak en prominent part in the political life of his state for many years. He was a memiijer of the New Hamp shire constitutional convention in 1900 and was a candidate for con 5 in 191C fierce Rioting is Reported in Belfast BELFAST, Ireland Fierce riot occurred here this afternoon' and the military fired on a crowd.

The casualties, if. any, are not, yet known. Rioting was resumed early, this morning in' tlTe Bally Macarret section of this city, east river Lagan. Military forces to I r.i r.T trpfl on crowd, killing. one man and danger onsl7 wounding two eirlsJ Rioting, xeriewed noon in Wolff and Foundry streets The' duelled REDS WILL WITHDRAW PEACEJERMS Won't Insist On Polish Militia, Says Note to England CALL RUSSIAN BESEKVES Great Numbers of Soviet Troops Coining to South Front (Bv.

tin Ajaociitcd Pr LONIXW Tho Russian soviet government replied toiay to tne note of Arthur J. Balfour, lord nres ident of the 'Council, concerning the soviet peace terms to roiancu xne soviet government as reca ta with draw its condition that the Poles proving arms or a workmen's militia of 200, 000' men.m Poland. Kcda Bring Reserves WARSAW Russian soviet' re serves are reported being brought upon the south front in great num bers! According to information in cue nanas oi tne oi isn general tiaiier reserves some distance Behind the Bolshevist north front al so are being brought up. folesake Fortress LOXDON Polish' terda" after, hard fighting, ca nturec the fortress of Ostrolenl 22 miles southwest of Lomzo and forced a nassaee of tne iarew river, the Central News Warsaw correspond ent today says it is officially stated in tne Folisn capitai. Russian soviet troops nromifl ed near Mlawa, made a desperate attack in to break through, the eorresDonder.t re oorts.

a portion of the soviet army escaping to the easvwarc. rijruier east int oies, after capturing iBalystok, arc ad vancing on liroar.c. in eastern ua 'icia. the soviet forces are rctroa'. inj; on tie whole front in order, to avoid a jinnK arcacK wnicn is threatening them from the north.

Wrangel Uauna Victory RERASTOPOL. Crimea South Russian forces commanded by Gen. Baron Wrangel have captured the important city of Novorossisk, the Black Sea terminus of the railroad leading eastward to Ekaterinodar in the" province of Kuban, and have entered the Donets basin coal district, north of. the river Don, according to announcement here. Stolen Prom Mail Bag at Neenah NTTEXAH.

Wis. Ten thousand flollars. in currency sent from tho First National 'bank at Milwaukee, consigned to the Nation at Manufacturers' bank at Menasha, is believed to have been taken by robbers who stole two mail pouches containing registered mail from the baggage room of the Northwestern depot in Neenah. A secor empty mail from which the contents had been taken, was found along the river in Menasha. The first was fonnd empty shortly before.

EIotv Horn Only for Purpose of Warning Blowine a horn for anv riTirno56 but that of warning persons that me automouiiB is coming, constitutes a violation of a citv ordinance. Man? complaints are beine mad to Mr. Common Man, Do You Want Your Vote Nullified? To Mr. Laboring Man and Mr. Farmer and Mr.

Common Man: If YOUR wife or daughter DOES NOT vote and the wife or daughter of a reactionary DOES VOTE it is apparent that YOUR vote will be nullified. The wife or daughter of the COMMON MAN MUST go to the polls as well as the wives and daughters of the well to do. Therefore, remember: Women in the rural communities DO NOT have to register. Women living in cities of 5,000 people and over MUST register next Tuesday, August 31, in order to vote on Sept. 7.

In cities and villages tinder 5,000 registration qualifications are established by ordinance. In some cities and villages they are compelled to register and in some they are not Find out now. Make sure NOW that your wife or daughter will vote on Sept. 7. The wives and daughters of the COMMON PEOPLE MUST VOTE on Sept.

7. If it is necessary for your wife or daughter' to register see to It that she registers next Tuesday, August New Suffrage Amendment is Interpreted by Attorney General Attorney General Blaine Answers Questions Regarding Woman Suffrage; Balloting Rules Are Described A ttn nwiv GnpTa1 John J. Blainc in an exhaustive opinion to Secretary of ttate ineriin nun on inursany ujl lined the provisions of the law and the requirements under which wo men mv vote. The onmion reads: "The proclamation by the United States secretary of state is the only punncation or prorauigai.iun prunu ea ior ana is tne onu necueu. All citizens, including state and oth nr nAii ia's takf? notice of the fed eral proclamation and are presumed to know that the United States con sritntion has been amended and what the amendment is.

No duty re srard to that matter is imposed upon secretary of state. Any notice he might give wouid not be in the sense that it is required of him or is' essential to the amendment coming into full operation. "Tne loiiowmg quesuuna aiiu answers are al! based on the asscmp and the uiidersthndinc! that wo men have or will presently have the rig.it to vote: "1. Is the wife of a citizen of the United States also' a citizen, notwithstanding she was born an alien? Yes. An alien, that is, is' foreign bom woman, becomes a citizen upon her marriage to a citizen of, the United States.

Such marriage operates as a naturalization of the i nvi7n7i JFurt.hermorp.. the naturai (za b'on of in alien, husband natural fzes his wife and his minor children. "Any woman "who is. now or may hereafter be married to a citizen of t.h' United States, and who.mieht herself be lawfully naturalized, shall be deemed citizen; aec ui, uanies. Fed.

Code; Sec. R. State, U. S. "On the other hand, a woman may Jose her citizenship by marrying an The rue works both ways.

The Jbusbandfs citizenship controls or determines of his wife. "Any American woman who marries a foreigner take the national ity oi ner nusoan a. csec. Barnes Fed Code: .34 St. at L.

1229. "Therefore; if the husband is not .1 citizen, his wife is not, and cannot vote, although she were norn ln L. What is the requirement as to registration oi women preliminary to the eight to vote? "The same as. the Kquirement for' men. The JNincteentn Amendment, abolishes the distiu.

tiDu of ei in thfs matter of votine. Where the, men must register in to the women must also register, and; where the men are not required tdj Dear in 1 mind tne lundamenlai. rule that i'tho on: this subject, is exactly same for women. it or stiwill' 'enable ns, to! answer, nearly that will onaceount enfiinehiaement'l to. "3, May an unreEisteTed woman swear in her vote at the September primary? "She may do so wherever a man, similarly circumstanced, would pwear in his vote.

But it is not apparent how this question is to have any practical application. Primary da7 is a registration day ar.d every qualified elector in any election precinct where registration is required may register on that day. "(2) Every primary election ay and the Tuesday next preceding shall he registration days in every election district where both registration and a primary arc required to precede an election. Sec 6.16, State. "The coming primary is to be held in every election precinct in the state.

Therefore, the registration Dcara wnerever taca a ooaTrt exists. will be in session on that day and unregistered electors may become registcreo. "The same residence is required a woman as oi a man. nowever, the residence of the wife is "con trolled by that of her husband, so long as a marital relation continues. A persan must have resided in the state one year and in the election district where' he or she offers to rote ten days next preceding: any election in order to' bo qualified to.

vote tnereat. s.ui. "4. Mast women recister in rural districts as well as in Women, like men, must register wncre registration is required. "(1) In every city, every incorporated village, and evjry town, which according, to the last preceding United States census had a rjon nlationf fira thousand or more, a registry of electors shall be made' in each year when a general election is by law required to dc neia, "f21 In eVErv citv rtd laee havine a MTiBlatlon of leas than five' thousand, according to such cen such, the common council of the city DriDoarcoi trustees m.a by ordinance or resolution authorize and require registration in such city or viuagc.

see otots. mere are verv iew towns in which registration for the coming primary is required. registrar tion is required only. town ichjujge! in the' "law relating to repis 5. How long mnst woman reside in a precinct before she' can vote? "Tbe: same residence is jeonriredf woman as of a man.

However. tne residence oi tne who is controu of wm4. Under. tie Nineteenth ediby'thafof her. so 'lonir Amendment', the exercise of; the A right of woioen is sun person' most havejeswed an the to; precisely the.

sioae. one year and 4a Hit election, U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCES FINAL VICTORY FOR AMERICAN SUFFRAGE Official Document Signed This Morrdirg When Gov. Roberts' Certificate is Received From (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON The proclamation annonncing offMaEj that the suffrage amendment to the constitution had been rafl tied was signed today by Secretary Colby of the etate depart ment.

DEPENDENTS IN BIG DECREASE State Institutions Show Big alung Utt in Inmates State and tonntv institution for the care of dependent classes stow a decrease oi Hi in population Tor the past year, according to a statement, issued by the state board of control on Thursday. The state institutions show a decrease of 73 and the county institutions' 10. There was an increase of 85 in the state hospital for the insane and a decrease of 67 in the county hospital ior me insane, ine records snow lecrease of 39 at the' two tions for the feeble minded, a de oi yi at tne penal institutions i decrease of 39 at the iatp tnihlir sliiuui ior dependent emmren, decrease of 9 at tho state sanatorium at Wales, and an increase of E7 at county tuberculosis sanitorium. There has been constant decrease in the population at the state prison this month show 288 at the reform atory and 6S7 the Wisconsin state prison, ueiore tne world war, We population of the state's prison was 'Hikes" Must Have Lights Says Chief As a nart cl tho camo.npn of the police force to make Madison a model city, a warning is issued by Chief Shacghnessy that persons riding uicycies on siucwalfcs oi without lights at right will be pros ecuted. Children's ejecress ram it and go carts and other playthings over which pedestrians might stum oie, must oe taiccn at least into tne ms or into tho homes at dusk.

Lupo Charged With Attacking YVoman Joe Ltipo, who was arraigned last spring in. superior court for disorderly conduct, was up again this morning for the same offense. A plea of not guilty was entered for! mm, ana ne was remsnaea to tne custody of the sheriff in default of $500 cash bail. Lupo was arrested on the of a woman whom, he assaulted last evening. He has oeen examined ior insanity several Free Drink at Fair Cost $5 in Court Louis Lanrm of iStoup nton went to the county fait yesterday.

There he met a man called Joegensen, so he says, who gave him a big drink of something good: i Louis was picked up on the side in a negro home by a police officer, but he can't remember a thing alwnt that. It doesn't take to make tiim forget most everything, he admitted to Judge uasson. tic was lined ij ana district where he or she offers vote ten days next preceding, any election oraer to oe quaiinec. i 'ote tr.crcat. tsec.

b.tJi. "6. Shonld the ballots cast by women be counted or kept separate from, the ballots cast bv men? "The law makes no such require ment. A common Ballot Dox scould bo used and if this rule, is observed it will' be, impossible to determine. tne sex oi tae elector wno cast any nitrticular ballot unless', the lmllnt.

were swon arid its idejjDiy tnere bj proserved. I. Who will administer ue oth to women whose right to vote is ehaDcnged? "The "inspectors of election admiii ister the oats" to rjcrsons offerinc: Tote in. caie rio ht to 'nob 'ia. chaUaiigcd, Secy .60 and o'clock this morning home when the certificate, from.

Gov'. KobeTts that the Tennessee legislature had ratified the amendment was received. Secretary Colby announced his action on his arrival at his office later. The announcement disarDointeiJ a group of suffrage workers from beadauarters of the National Won party who had gathered at the: state department hoping to be pre ent wnen jhx. tjoioy attacnea nis signature to the proclamation.

Hiss Alice Paul, chairman of tne party, was among the number. "Wc confident that signature of' Secretary Colby completes tho suffrage strnerffle in this country" she said. "In spito of. every obstacle that our opponents could put in our way, women have won tne ngnt to an equal "race the affairs of this government. The woman's paTty will not relax its vigilance however, until it is satisfied that.no further attempts will be mils 'to wrest frorn the wnmsn of the United States the political equality which they have won." Miss Paul planned to go today to New York to call a meeting of the executive committee of the nartv at which, the date for national convention to fix future policy will be decided.

"Jom Q1X Pa rtJes CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. The women of the nation should join with the two groat political parties and not attempt to form a party of tneir own, airs, uimc Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Snffraa associa tion, declared yesterday in formal statement There is no mortgage on the women's vote." she ''but they should ally themselves with tne existing political parties. I hope they will remain independent in.ttourfit ar.d will determine thehr of parties, platforms and canninatcs alter mteiupcnt reneo tion." Prince Carol to Woo U. S.

Heiress, Report PARIS Societv circles of Paris have been thrown into a State of reat excitement by a roport that Prinrn Cjirol nf Romnania's visit to America might result in marriage to an American heiress. The report says queen' Marie, oi Roumania arranged for a meeting new hots oi tne pnnee ana aev rnl wealthy girls. The nrince, whose runaway ro mance with the daughter of a Son manian colonel was dissolved by or der of Queen Marie, is said to have miormea ms motner tnat no wm disgusted with the royal marriage in trigues of Europe and would cross the Atlantic and find a wife in Put Ban On All Liquor Importafion NEW YORK Another stetj to shut off New York's illicit liqrior sucnly at it3 source was taken bv Federal Prohibition Director O'Connor, who on his return from Wash ington placed a ban on issuance of permits to import liqtior for any 3nd atl purposes. A week ago withdrawals of liquor legitimate' purposes were cut orie third. Xegro Shot to Death Accused of attempting an attack on a fouT year old girl, John Jefl'ress, a negro, of about 50 men at Graham, X.

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