The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • Page 1

tlTPATTIEK Kitted wlh limisfct nl committee acts. a The hous'. rl i ii luir.nl committee voted today lo proceed with eon Yratioii of the Senate ra' clu regulation bill without prev ious motion by Mckinley, tc bna Citrines for five days was (le irateil, 7 to 9. The i oinm'ttoe i ai unce to work on its Mer of Vnat measure lower branch of congress be 'IVy ri Xuftalin to Reopen the i ii'. iieli has been conduct inp hunr hi" measure for months, prior to the rivo of summer at that time clearly favorable it.

The committee is probably favorable to the bill touny. The V.iekers. muL keep the coi.imuta' pvtssiiis tor action on the of the house. It must prove. i.

rale nmntittee from ker wgislalion the right of way. i must so d.aw out the discussion appropriation bills that no time v. Ik afforded for debate en the at packing eoiilroi issue. Hii. Tinekcrs eauc is the im'ier circle of house lenders the republican steering coinoia.

1ee. Floor Leader Mondoll, of your nc apparently as amiable th rmc.ur.Swirt Mori interest: Nnw Tt Munn. or Lonsrworlli Vr Winslow of Massachusetts, or ihc reiireso congressmen from rennivlvania. Such influence 1, Cannon exerts w. ho used Lo protect the stockyards v.iononoly.

ana wun mm win pKE of'Ohio, chairman ot the re ihliean congressional ernnpaign niUee. Sen. Jim Watson of In will walk ycross from the lo urge a determined fight br.vs" from Ohio and In i ain. 't this "bolshevism" control bill. i': remain in the wan confess.

The nppro are far from being i of the house. They ta .1 1 it least a majority of i time. To pass the i a ker Mioasm the house will be in aside many other ia. i rr.ori'i': eivergency bills which renublicans are anxious to out i' nagh. A hundred selfish iduii! rests are working tin of the packer ulan to the floor.

On that I'viinvit fart the paekpT lobbyists are oinnlntr their hopes. On the other hand, the vote for (Continued on page 2) Capital Hotel Cafe lv is. N'aftalin ill Te Dpen the a he Capitol Hotel Sunday. was former manager 1 Starker Bakeries antl aisr 1 oa iiicis the University Inn on Uni Snow WEATHER cmpcraturo during as .1 at a a. m.

orthern plains nc. Ci.mpar.'.es an area of low barometer that eroding the central Thi is preceded by sontr.er'.y v. imis unci rising temperature of the Missouri Valley and followed hy northerly winds and much colder in the llwkv mountains mid on the northern plains. The temperature fell to 18 below aero in (orthemi Albona thu moxniof THE CAPITAL TIMES oAn D. Morrissey "inn vivT!" WORRIED Present House Committee is Said to Favor Senate Legislation BY l.AUREVCE TODD.

raLccl I'i csh SUIT Correspond SH1XGT0N Now that the i.ntrol bill has passed the tin lobbyists for the bis Hiciit packinjr companies are abvut ho houe end the house end in attempt tu forestall Superior Man Public Property Superintendent J. D. Morrissey KNITTING PLANT TO OPEN HERF 12 French Machines to Be Imported By Mrs. Haderer Knitteo gowns, capes and suits for women, knitted frocks for small girls and knitted suits for boys, the Very latest thing" tie lasnton world of Paris, will storm Madison this spring, after the 12 new knit ting machines, especially mane iut mH mvrV. arrive from Brit franco, ana are onuuiai i.

Atwood nivenuo plant 01 tae French Knitting Manufacturing Co. It which is to be formed in Uus ity some time during the nest (1, Thr nlftnt Which tS tO be i the 10CO block oil Atwood avc. represent an investment ol bout $15,000. Madison will be the fust city in ihc United States to have an mius of this nature, accordmg to Mrs. Louis F.

Haderer, French modiste onmer of the Frcnoh Shop on VV. Mifflin with whom the idea ruinate! Jlrs. Haderer recently returned fior i a four months trip in Franco, Spain. Switzerland and. Italy, where he these gartnemu, i' who i mediately cor.

ceived the' idea of manufacturing hero and purchiised the machinery, hnp to taiis country with ier two FTencih girls, who will assist Jdition'she has arranged to have a Tench eonple, who nave nwu Lirv in March to teach the girls will engage here how to handle macr.mes, wiucn, very different firotn the ordm knitting machine. The corporation will act at once nud iobber. Gar ments may be ordedajrecx the factory or iC, vhere all the designing. is to oe Oswald G. Villard Speaks Here Feb.

6 Oswald Garrison VillaTd, editor of he Nation and well known writer and lecturer, will speak in the auditorium of the high school Thurs day evening, en. UVT" der the auspices 'of' the local branch of the Wisconsin iwi" association. The subject of Mr. Villard's talk will he The Press Its Dangers and Weaknesses. Mrs.

Lawrence Is Now Lwing at the YMCA Building Mrs. Richard Henry Ijwwnce wile ol ene mswi "yellow diamond murder mysteTy; centers has left her home in South Madison and now lg ti ion building. It is not known whether she will live there permanently 61 "There is nothing new: in the Lawrence case thia mornine, 'jaid. "There havent bem any arrests yet a nd there probably wont be. for SUPERIORMAtf IS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR Will Become Superintend ent of Public Property on February 15 OTHERS ARE CONSIDERED Was Former General Agent of South Shore and Atlantic; Salary is $4,000 Pv pREn r.

HOLMES'. to Succeed Blument eld TiTr.TT imr. RTHjerior was Saturdav appointed by Gov. John Elaine as the new superintendent of public property tor cfkWir. His term of office nrifh that o( the PfOV emor and will expire in January, 1923.

Probably a score of men rr Vha TWiiWo n. hut Blaine has indicated that he was iosirous of getting a man of large business experience tc fill the position. Mr. Morrissey takes the place of M. F.

Bi enfeld who has served six years as superintendent of OUOUC property, jui. bom and educated at vriv. jiTTii to Sutjenor in 1S93 to become the general of the South snore a Several' yearn litter when this road ij th flvHtm. Mor rissey was appointed general. Jigent.

of the line. He was also the gen al agent there while the road was UTiOor icaerai coum" senice last May. Mr. Morrwacy is, 55 years old. He' is married imd has one son.

He will make his home in Tko il5irv of th! IKJS1 tion is a year, ne uaa ucci prominent in the Elk lodg at fau CTiTUTitende nt of oubli nroperty office is one of the most 'or the state among his other du CANTWELL CAR HIT BY TRAIN 7 Passenger Hudson Wrecked at Railroad Crossing Mr. Cantwcll told the police this afternoon that the car had been taken its parking place uptown last nigni. DjcKPTimr Hudson tour ing car belonging to David Cantwell of the Cantwell Printing Co. was badly wrecked list night when was struck by a Northwestern southbound train at the railroad crossing in Bnttmgham pawc. Ac for an mnU he ascertained.

one was the car when it was Tuns stated bv the Dolice that the am.0Ulnce nau irot surmmoncd and hospital authority declared that no accident cases had been brought to tho city hospitals last nisht. Mr. Frank Cantwell 'stated this morning that he knew i. r.f nra idwit and tito in the David Cantwoll horn, althoogD Mrs. uanrwuni umivu cident naa S.

Oil Consumption Beats 1920 Production WASHINGTON Oil production1 in the United States in 1920 totalled 443 402,000 barrels, while constimp J. i the United States reached the unprecedented total of 531,186,000 barrels. Despite the es. cess of consumption over production the end of the year showed a net increase in petroleum stocks of than 10,000,000 barrels. The figures on Oil lOr laZY were mii norts of petroleum unnng 1920 amounted to 106,175,000 barrels, more than douMe the imports 1919 and almost live wmea than tho import or abio.

nprfiplfl Woman Is Awarded Wuuj An award of 4,500 was granted. Mm. Martha Hole of lAFitiv in. circuit court in her twit against the Goodrich Rubber oo. and R.

Btevana, Commodity Prices Continue To Fall, Says Market tsoay Commodity Potatoes Milk Hogs Eggs Butter Mixed FowIh Com Wheat Barley Timothy Hay fy, fall in Wisconsin during anuM ThSral at the lowest paint in several vion of Market reports tody announcing average coat to the er. Breads and meats we Bhow to have been lower in price in large crties and towns whTsonie of the other commodities, particularly butter and were cneaper tne inire wni ra era were also shown to nave "SSSta TheTsenrng price although thejlrop was Sid to have been less marked than during the previous few Son feding has become general it was said, that ge bottom limit of prices had been, reached, many of the nWhpr and January The average rewui pru ca Commodity January Avg. Potatoes in. Butter qu 63 doz. 50.2c lb.

10.4c lb. Flour 49 lb. sack 2.95 Pork Chops 26.8c lb Round Steak lb. Honey ft coal 14 40 ton Cheese Bread lanuary Avg. .93 cwt.

2.01 cwt. .8.60 cwt. 3.13 cwt. doz. lb.

lb. bu. ,46 lc bu 1.42 bn. bu, 20.30 ton December Avg. 1.9c lb.

10.3c qt. 68.5c doz. 54.8c lb. 11.7c lb. 3.14 28c lb.

26.6c lb. 29c lb. 15.80 ton average prices receivea ny wimw December Avg. $1.18 cwt. 2.26 cwt 9.18 cwt.

5:36 'cwi: doz. lb. lb. bu. bu.

1.38 bu. bu. 20.21 ion KROPOTKINIS ID. W. PROFESSOR DEAD, REPORT Revolutionary Leader Dies in Moscow, says despatch Today fBv the Associated Press) LONDON Prince Peter Alexie vich Kropotkin, Knssian geogri.

atrthor and revolutionary jemitr, aa 5n Moscow, saya a Copen tah disnatch'tc the Exchange. Telegraph Co. Prince Kropotkin was descended from the old Russion nobility, ana as horn at moscow i Prince Kropotkin resigned from tne tv retary to tne pij tv, section of the Russian Seal society. He continued in this work until 1872 when he announced his socialist views, visiLuig land later and becomimt a member of the International Workmgmena association at ucnuvn. time later he adopted the creed of wniniF tn BaEsia add taking an' active part in spreading Nihilist propagaim.

PENNSYLVANIA FIRE "RTTfi TS S5KNTENCED 42 YEARS IN JAJX Son of Wealthy Realty Mai Confesses 8750,000 Arson Plot (By the Aioeitd Pri) UNIONTOWN, Pa. Albert Smith the 19 year old mm of wealthy i( estate owner of Fairhope, Penn tdy pleaded juiltv in criminal court here to 13 chart of arson, mad was sentenced to sone not lew thaii 42 or wore llian 85 years In the Woateni peniUntiary Pitta Smith was arreiud tad been aronrtd by a of tkn eatl nated at no low than three wrta of million dollar. "rSas sttd by atithorljl i tkat he ha made a eompleU confession and soon afterward that the confession aaa been re HITS TREATY W. L. Westermann Sa; Treaty of Sevres to Cause Wars PHILADELPHIA Men will still tm to face death fighting tor or against the stabiKiing and continu ity of the decision treaty of Sevres with respect tD Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia, Dr.

Wd.iam... clored Friday night before the Phil izh treaty are, on the whole, to be A i ha r.rtpk. to the Arab peoples, to the Jews, to the Turks themselves and to the world lA the United States with being directly responsible for the plight of Ar tn, rW.nlt nf service. Pomtintr out America's weakness of position in aeaiins Speaking ol no 8Da' caution imrtified at the turning of the 19th century J1? When boldne right have saved Armenia held Slayer of Woman to Serve 18 Year Term; funeien Werlwrt CankriBht was found guHty of the murder of Mrs. Jwa rvyan, wttc Wyatt of Aurora, by a jury today and bis punishment flied at 18 li a irt, KkvW lured Mrs.

Wvatt from her. husband and with shooting; her to death in a rooming honso here last November. Hia de fense was tnat tne cidental. fifth Reserves Miss Navy Retainer Pay WARHTNGTOr; More man ty thousand checks on the national r.fer retainer oay due naval reseTvlsti are unclaimed, at the navy department becaus of ailure reservists to keep the department in formed Of their epwec aon ALLIES TODAY UNITE UPON REPARATIONS Committee Report is En dorsed at Session this Morning USE SLIDING SCALE Total Sum is Placed at 22 Billion Gold Marks BULLETIN. PAttrK Tlif German reparations plan as drafted by the special committee of the supreme council of the allies, was signed by the council members this evening.

The German disarmament agreement aSao was signed. Tne council ujtewiae .1 proved a plan for a 200,000,000 franc corporation to aid Austria. fBv the Awotiated Presj) PARIS The allied supreme council today approved the German reparations plan drafted by its special committee last night, Tn. 1 imi iH for the MV iKw.oflo.ooo.ooO in 42 ahttual mstalliueiitSj on a rising rcale, beginning with payments i Wtlinn marks tie first two years and in addition the'payrientof a iz percem iu an viv iuwttsjw' v. The' plarr was in'the the nt r1v t.hi aftjTOOon and will n4nn the coancil meets for its second session today at, 4 p.

m. The wlli ne commiinicJiii.u the Germans in a few days and they will be invited to a conference. cm February to consider, tne i. tba ntHL ntime the Bmasels eouncil of economic experts will re gime 113 sessions ruuriuiij i. EYADERFLED THROUGH CITY Bergdoll Passed Through Madison in Jignt to Germany rirtvftland Bersrdoll.

mil lionaire draft evader, who is now in Eaden, Germany, passed thronsh Madison in his fliffht through the country to escape American authorities last May. In an interview in Baden, Berg ii AVaroA Mint he went from Chi cago to Milwaukee, then to Madison and laiter to mumeauuiia he savs. he made no effort of concealment and read with much interest, in the latter two places, tne account his escape. Bergdoll said that while in the custody of two United States sergeants, he got into communication hi h.nffpiTr. Kmrane Steelier.

4 Mii mi nccomnlihed bv bribing the guards. Accompanies! by Steeher and two sergeants as guards, he slept in his. own home in Philadelphia one night and made his get away oy givmir "i geants all the whiskey they wanted. INVISIBLE GUEST FOR HOOVER FUJND 7. W.

Cafeteria Receipts of Feb. 1 to Be Used For Starving Children Invisible Guest day is to be ob irved by the. city W. C. here, and by Y.

C. A.a an over the country Tuesday, Feb. 1, it was announced this morning by Miss Jane local secretary. On this day the cafeteria will turn over its net recei pw nuu uie tuum butjons of Its' patrons to the Hoover fund for the 3,500,000 starving chil dren of Jitirope. On each table there wHl be a box in which.

may bo placed the contribution made by patrons for the invisible child or she is entertaining, and it is hoped that everyone host or hostess to. some one on that day. All the Y. W. and there are 453 in the ftsuntry, will ob lerve the day in this way.

witniva FATHER ILL UndersherilT Jolwi Krmr left! last night lor uornira wnere no called by the Ulnets of bis father. I CIRCULATION the Capital Time Friday 1 1 18 1 TJp N0 PHONE MAIKiEK ZZWJ MAUiaw, ffl iPREME COURT JUSTICE KERWINJIES MADISON, WIS. rACKEHS TRY TO HOLD Dr FEDERAL BILL 'oald Forestall Action by House in Control Measure, Claim Home Owned Hnnv ftdited Home Read SATURDAY, JANUARY 2B. 1921 HOME EDITION PRICE THRE CENTS MEMBER OF STATE HIGH OOORT SINCE 1904 PASSES AWAY AT MADISON HOME Associate Justice Was Graduate of University of Wia sin and Former Neenah City Attorney; riloc 5n 71 ct Ypar James C. Kerwin, justice of the Wisconsin supreme court, died suo denlv this afternoon, between i2 and'l at his home, 1U Gorham at the ase of 70.

Tit justice was in his usual con i AnT nrrtrftinf to mem bers of his family, having worked vesterdav and cone to oen 1 .1 Whn PfilkJ this morning, he made no response and it was found that he was in a LfltO ii.v Justice Kerwin has been in poor health for about two years. Justice Kerwin was born th town of Menasha, Winnebago county, May 1, He attended the common schools of the neighborhood cipal work so judiciously that he was LANDIS QUASHES win during his term oi he was compelled to refuw the office longer because of hia enormous private practice. One of the most important opto suprcme court was that sutaiilll the validity of the soldiers' bonus Surviving him are his wife; four daughters, Mrs. C. D.

Clark of Neenah, Mrs. J. S. Sensenhrenncr of Neenah and the Misses Alice and Doris Kerwin of Madison brother, John Kerwin, who resides in Iowa; and a sister, Miss Bridget Iverv. of Neenah.

No funeral arrangements had been made this artcr I "I ha known Justice Kerwin and later the Menasha high school, from which he was graduated. He prepared himself for the practice of law by a course of study in the law school of the Univers.ity of Wisconsin, and "was graduated in 1875. Returning to his native county, he opened an office in Neenah and was since actively, engaged in the nmfnision. He cicy attorney of Neenah for 12 years, aad was ap nointcd a lr.c.v.bL tf the hoard of in inrl 190.1. he was elected asso ciate justice of the supreme and entered upon judicial duties in.

I January, 1905. During the 12 years he served as city attorney of Neenah, at a1 time when the city was beginning to mate permanent unproveuiiiiito, fe lod tho' lepsl nart of the muni 5 INDICTMENTS Wjourns La Crosse Session to Feb, 21 Most of Liquor Cases Ended LA CROSSE Wis Jadge Landw adjourned United States court un.til Feb. 21st, after granting motions to 4 1, inrfirf ments aeainst five defendants because of defective, re ams made on sea ran rrh. mon ierhkrired are John Hoffman, Carl Striekler, Charles Weber, Felix Lukasewiti and Anton Boppe, at! oi vrausau. l.rtror at tha 110 nit.

tha nlnndar when Jndge Landis convened court here Jan. 17, have been disposed of and few cues remain lor trial wnen no returns on Feb. 21, was the asser tionof U. S. woue, Tn accordance with his usual cus tom, Judge Landis win not.

impose sentences In any cam vntU the Oast Ja nf tho to. KTnhahlv Lb latter part oi reoruary or we nrs dent in the law school," sa.iQ Asao ciate Justice Burr W. Jones. Uus afternoon. "He was ays a faithful, conscientious woi'Ker, devoted to his profession.

Ke has had a Jong and successful careermen the bench. Ferr.aps ne uevotea boriously to his work and. thus shortened his very useful life." Justice waiter c. uweu iu. "Tie death of Justice rXerwin ter n.ir ates a career of conspicuous ability and service.

He was a mail of striking intellectual and physical strength. He was a wund lawyer ar.d a weli poisoii judge. Broad con sideration of justice largely inflo enced his judicial decisions, readily rejected precedent that no longer fitted social condition. He contributed much to rainimbrimfc technical consideration in the jurisprudence of our state. His career is one of honorable achievement." STOLEN WOMAN STILLMISSING Police Find No Trace of Mrs.

WithereD, Kidnapped (By the Atoiatd Tntt) LOS ANGELES. Calif Police and detectives reported today they havA been unable to find clu tc the whereabouts of Mrs. Gladyi With er who disappeired imni nor hum Tuesday night They also are unable to find a motive far kidnapping her. Rewards amounting to have resulted in scores of worthies tips, officer, said. They worseo today on a report that meKhaa of foreign birth had reason for wishiog to harm her family.

With the approach of reb. 1 1 merous queries ar 'T at the city hall as to the tistej toe payment or payment of taxes tthofj, has been exteawa teouna..