The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • 1

A lia Pnn ff3l CIRCULATION of the Capital Timea Tuesday WEATHER Pair and continued cold tonight and Thursday. Heary frost tonight. Fresh north west winds. was 11,119 Home Owned Home Edited Home Read PRICE THREE CENTS VOL. 6, NO.

91 RHONE BADGER 2290 MADISON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920 FULL LEASED WIRE OF THE ASSOC L4TED PRESS HOME EDITION umors of Conspiracy GO-BETWEENS IN BASEBALL SCANDAL INDICTED; PLAYER BARES DETAILS OF FRAMEHP Latest Reports of Todays American League Race INNINGS 1 2 3 4 Cleveland SSI Sees Frameup In Present World Series Williams Declares Brown and Sullivan Engineered Gambling Deal; More Players Facing Indictment (By the Associated Press) CHICAGO Identity of alleged go-betweens and gamblers who bribed White Sox players was revealed in a confession made to the grand jury today by Claude Lefty Williams, who joined Cicotte and Jackson in making a clean breast of the 1919 worlds series frame-up. PHILIPP SEES ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICINE Governor Addresses Meeting of Health Officers Here URGE HEALTH CENTERS Experiences of Badger Cities Described by Speakers Tomorrows Program 9 A. M. Address Program of the State Board of Health, Dr. C.

A. Harper, state health officer. Discussion -The Wisconsin General Hospital, Dr. Charles R. Bar deen, dean medical school.

University of Wisconsin. Meetings of health officers with deputies of their districts. 2 P. M. Paper How State Laboratories May Best Serve Local Health Officers and the Medical -Profession, Dr.

W. D. Stovall, director of the state laboratory of hygiene. Discussion Dr. EL N.

McCornack Whitehall, and Dr. J. II. Wallis, Barron. Paper Oral Dr.

V. A. Gudex, Eau Claire, deputy state health officer. Discussion Dr. E.

J. Hart and Dr. Kent T. Wood, Madison. Looking back Upon six years as governor, the achievement leaving the most gratifying memories to Gov.

Philipp is the enactment of the four-year medical course and th Wisconsin General hospital at the university, and provision for public health nurses in every county under the county nurse law. 1 The executive made this statement before the health officers of the state, in addressing them this morning. It is the ultimate aim, he said, to connect up the medical school and hospital with the work of the public health nurses so that all deserving cases of ill, diseased and crippled children may be referred to OBSERVE SCHOOL WEEK The week beginning Nov. 14 will be observed as school week in every school district of Wisconsin, when meetings will be held to consider the health and welfare of school children, better attendance, consolidation, and school improvement from every angle. This announcement was made to the Wisconsin health officers this morning by State Supt.

C. P. Cary in soliciting support for the plan. the state hospital and clinic to forestall lives of hopeless misery and expense and to reclaim them for years of usefulness. Where they are unable to pay for treatment the state and county will bear the expense.

The medical school will derive benefit from the clinical demonstrations thus furnished. Defines Good Health The governor defined good health as mans greatest asset, and detailed the strides taken in 50 years for health advancement. He compared the early control methods when the sick were shut in behind closed windows and when such things as antiseptics were not known. In the control of child life, he said, we have made great progress, and the mortality of young children has been greatly reduced. It used to be the case that the weak ones died and the strong survived; now we are saving the weak and strengthening the race.

In the cities we have outlawed the filthy improved the water supplies, and introduced new habits and manners of living." Governor Philipp expressed concern for the future of the water supplies of the Great Lakes cities, for with continued population growth lake water contamination will increase. Milwaukees new sewage disposal system will help but he feared additional relief must be (Continued on Page 7) Mme. Gerster, Once Famous Singer, Dies NEW YORK Mme. Etelka Gerster, once famous coloratura soprano died at her villa near Bologna, Aug. 20, according to word received today.

Forty years ago she was a favorite of both European and American operatic audiences. RUMOR PLOT ON LIFE OF BRITISH KING Reports of Conspiracies Follow Impending Death of MSwiney TENSION IN BELFAST Soldiers on Guard as Victims of Rioting Are Buried (By the Associated Press) LONDON Rumors of widespread plots, which have ranged from conspiracies to assassinate King -eorg3 to blowing up public buildings hue been current in London. These reports have been caused by fear that the lives of public men in Great Britain, might be jeopardized should any of the Irish hunger strikers, die, particularly now that the Black and Tan police have made reprisals in several Irish towns. Police authorities have investigated some of the more plausible stories without result. Bury Belfast Victims BELFAST, Ireland Three victims of the week-end rioting, John Gaynor, Edward Troddens and John McFadden, were buried today.

Five hundred volunteers followed the coffins of Gaynor and Troddens, but none were in the procession which escorted the body of McFadden tc the cemetery. Relatives of MeFad-ien deny he was a Sinn Feiner. Tension continues at high pitch in this city. Soldiers were stationed along the route of the funeral procession. Has Very Bad Night LONDON Terence MacSwiney lord mayor of Cork, had a very bad night at Brixton prison and wa looking very drawn this morning, said a bulletin issued by the Irish Self-Determination league.

He was very weak, the bulletin declared, but otherwise there was little change ir his condition. The physician a-Brixton prison stated MaoSwinev had a restful night and was ir bright spirits this morning. City Is Wrecked. CORK The sacking of Mallow, county Cork, last ght followed the Sinn Fein coup yesterday in which the mltary barracks were raided a a sei grant was killed. Not the Black and Tans but the 17th Iarcers are said to have exacted the reprisals.

Thty burned the town hall and 40 luildrgc. There was promisecus shooting by the soldiers, tut no casualties were reported. Victim Is Dead. BELFAST Fred Blair, who was wounded curirg the rioting here last night, died today. The lord mayor has informed Ue promoters of the Irish atrocities commission that conditions in Belfast preclude his acceptance of the commissions invitation to go to Dublin and give testimony regarding the situation.

Grey1 Has Irish Plan LONDON Viscount Grey, in a letter to the Westminster Gazette, roday puts forward new proposal-for solution of the Irish problem He declares the present home rule toll is not accepts! by any one, and says: The only policy that offers prospects of success seems to me to have three cardinal points, first, announcement that for Great Britian and Ireland there can be only one foreign policy, one army and one navy, and that we cannot stand sf paration. Second, with this exception Irishmen must be as free as the peoples of the self-governing dominions to settle how their country is to be goveriled. Third, to give time for them to come to agreement with each other and draw up their own scheme, the British government will perform as best it can the function of government, in Ireland for not to exceed two years, but at end of that period, or sooner if Ireland is ready it will withdraw, arranging itself, need be, fair terms for retiring the constabulary and others who served it, and responsibility for Ir.sh government will be on the Ir.shmen themselves." NEENAH Edward Larget, former Neenah man, was sentenced to i vo years at hard labor in the state rirentiary after he had pleaded iy to the theft of household os. valued at $2C-0. St.

Louis i HARDING HAS CLOSE SHAVE Special Train Almost Wrecked Senator is Jolted (Bv the Associated Press) MILWOOD, W. Va. Sen. Warren G. Harding's special train narrowly escaped a serious wreck near here today, when the trucks of the Harding car broke down.

The car as derailed, but no one was injur ed, although both the Senator and Mrs. Harding were shaken up. The rain wh cn was running at 35 mile-on hour, when the accident occurred was brought to a halt, after cross-u a deep gully. DEATH CLAIMS W. HAZELTON Pioneer of State Bar Dies in Milwaukee at 91, (By the Associated Press) MILWAUKEE Gerry W.

Hazel-on, 'nestor of the Wisconsin bar, vho saw Lincoln nominated in 1860 and who has figured in the public affairs of the state for sixty years lied today at the age of 91. One laughter Miss Anna Hazelton, sur vives. ANOTHER ARREST IN DAWSON CASE Warrant Out for Person Alleged Implicated in Auto Theft Warrant for the arrest of a second person alleged to be implicated in the theft of the John M. Oiin car, with which William Dawson, son of Rev. and Mrs.

William Dawson, is charged, was issued by Dist. Atty. Heilman this morning. A hearing is the Dawson case is to be held Thursday morning. Meanwhile young Dawson is being held in the county jail in default of $1,000 bail.

C. G. Hoiby Enlists In Regular Army Clarence C. Hoiby, of 1146 Williamson enlisted yesterday in the regular army. He served one year in the national guard, and asked for discharge to go with 'roop of the 6th cavalry.

Camp Oglethorp, will be his future home as long as his regiment is stationed there, and he will be appointed to the grade of bugler upon joining his organization. Robert Schreider of 2116 Dunning this city, also a member of the 6th cavalry, will be in the same troop with him. Statutory Charge Against Segebrecht Herman Segebrecht, Token Creek, charged this morning in superior court with a statutory offense, pleaded guilty. The case was taken under advisement by Judge Hopp-mann and Segebrecht remanded to the custody of the sheriff pending a decision. WEATHER The highest temperature during the past 24 hours was 66 at 11 a.

m. and the lowest was 37 at 5 a. m. Sun sets at 5:44. Strong north west winds and much colder weather prevails between the Great Lakes and the Rocky mountains.

The greatest fall -n -temperatures was recorded in the Missouri Valley this morning where the thermometer dropped 25 degrees. Freezing temperatures prevail from. Sascatchewan to (By the Associated Press) NEW YORK Dist. Atty. Lewis of Kings county announced today he would start an immediate investigation of a report that a clique of gamblers plan to bribe members of the Brooklyn Nationals purposely to lose games to their American league opponents in the coming worlds series.

In a telegram to State Attorney Iloyne of Chicago, Mr. Lewis said he was acting on the following statement appearing in a New York paper yesterday: Information which has been gathered by officials tended to indicate that the same clique of gamblers which is alleged to have fixed the 1919 series have madet plans with Brooklyn to throw the coming series to the Cleveland Indi ans.1 Mr. Lewis asked Mr. Hoyne if he would supply him with any in-fom aticn at his disposal tending to substantiate this statement. Mr.

Lewis also instructed that alii members of the Brooklyn team cell at his office in order that he might question each personally. If the of the proposed fixing is substantiated, Mr. Lewis said he would prosecute the gamblers as well as any players who may be involved. Under the criminal code, both gamblers and players cou'd be charged with conspiracy to do an illegal thing, which in this case in the language of the law, would Ibe a cheat." Ebbcts of the 'Brooklyn club told newspaper men that we have absolute confidence in our players ar.d are certain that any charges which are being made will be proven absolutely false. I have notified Dist.

Atty. Lewis that I will to reach all the players until tomorrow when they play at the Polo grounds, he said. I will tell them to report to the district attorneys office at 10:30 oclock Friday morning. SOX IN PLOT THIS SEASON? Charge Attempts Made to Block Winning of Pennant (By the Asscciated Press) CHICAGO Charges that some of the same players who are accused of throwing the worlds series to Cincinnati last year, have used their efforts to prevent the White Sox from becoming pennant winners this season, were made today by several members of the Chicago White Sox who have not been mentioned in the grandjury testimony. One player made the following statement: When we started on our last eastern trip we had every reason to believe we would win the pennant.

Suddenly Williams and Cicotte seemed to go bad without any reason. Some of us talked it over and agreed it looked like they were grooving the ball. Then Jackson, Felsch and Ris-berg began dumping the hall to the infield every time they came to bat when we had a chance to get runs. John Collins, veteran first base-man of the White Sox, said, we are sorry in a way for the fellows who are caught in this jam, but we are glad everything is going to be shown up. We suspected some of them in the worlds series and we suspected them again because of the way they played on the last eastern trip, said Collins.

Tobacco Held Out Of Frost Danger The warm dry weather which prevailed over the greater part of the state caused outstanding crops to mature rapidly and corn, pastures and tobacco are now out of danger from frost in most localities. Rain is still much needed over a large part of Wisconsin for pastures, young clover, fall-sown grain and for fall plowing. The digging of potatoes iB well advanced. Yields are excellent in some localities and poor in others. An excellent crop of tobaeco is mostly in sheds and is curing nicely.

Truck, vegetables apples, plums, sorghum and sugar beets are good over a large part of the state. Pastures are drying up and stock is being fed almost winter rations in many sections. Who was there? We never had a meeting, we just went up there; we just dropped in one at a time. There was Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch and myself. Was Weaver in there? Asked for Money Yes.

We asked Gandil when we were going to get the $100,000 that Bums and Attell were supposed to give us. He said they are supposed to give me after each, game twenty or thirty thousand dollarrs. If they gave him that I know nothing of it at all. When did he say he would get some money? He didnt say. ne didnt make no statement.

I was supposed at first to get so much get $10,000 after the second game. I didnt receive it until after the fourth game. Did you keep the $16,000. I did not. I kept $5,000 of it.

Five thousand was for you and $5,000 for Jackson? That was what I was instructed After the series you were to have gotten $10,000 or In all I was supposed to get $20,000 and Jackson $20,000. Did you ever ask Gandil or anyone else I never even talked to Gandil from that day to this. Did you ever talk to any of the other ball players? I never talked to a one. Do you knov how much Weaver got? Boys Didnt Tell I could not say. None of the other boys ever told me a word of what they got wether they got a penny or not.

I went to Gandil room; he was there was the money laying two packages, two envelopes laying there; and he says there is your dough I picked it up and went right back down to a taxi and went right back to the hotel where I went in and threw a half of it on the bed, some of the folks was ir. the bath room or in the bedroom I won! say which, we had a big suite there but I went in the other room and I saw there is suposed to be half of it Questioned as to how he knew what was in the envelope Williams. Gandil told me there is five for yourself five for Jackson and tne rest has been called for. And that was after the fourth game? That was after the fourth game Did you know what games the Sox were to lose for all this money they were getting? Why they were suposed to lose the first two to Cincinnati and I never did hear whether they were to lose or win the one with Kerr. Dick Kerr pitched the third game and won it.

Ohio To Investigate CINCINNATI, O. As the result of Pitcher Eddie Cicottes confession that he found bribe money under his pillow at a hotel in Cincinnati after he had pitched and lo-t the opening game of the world series, the New Hamilton county grand jury summoned to assemble Monday, will inquire into the circumstances. Prosecutor Capelle, today telegraphed to States Attorney Mac-Loy Hoyne of Chicago, requesting him to telegTaph at once any information he may have involving possible offenses commited In Hamilton county. The new grand jury may have women members as the nemes of the 230 women have been ordered placed in the wheel. May Round Up Gamblers CHICAGO Indictments against five cr six gan biers were considered teday by the Cock county grand jury investigating throwing of baseball games, according to, Hartley Replogle, states attor- ST.

LOUIS, Mb. Holding a one game lead over Chicago in the fight for the American league flag, Cleveland today had an opportunity to further widen the breach by defeating St. Louis in the finail game of the series whi.e the White, box are idle. CLEVELAND Evans, If. Wambsganss, 2b.

Speaker, cf. Burns, lb. Gardner, 3b. Wood, rf. Sewell, ss.

O'Neill, c. Coveleskie, p. Moriarity and brand. First Inning Cleveland Evans flied to Tobin. Wamby walked.

Speaker out, Ged-eon to Sisler, Wambly going to second, Burns filed to Jacobson. No runs, no hits, no errors. CITY CAR CO. TAXED $17,057 Value is 5909,000 Value in State is $71,260,000 The state tax commission on Wednesday announced the valuation of the street railways companies at $71,360,000. Last year the valuation of these companies was fixed by the commission at These 23 street car companies will pay taxes this year of as compared with last year.

In the valuation figures announced today the Madison Railways company is assessed at $900,000 and will pay $17,057.85 in taxes. The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. is valued at $40,000,000 and will pay taxes of $758,127.21. The Eastern Wisconsin Elec. Co.

is valued at $4,000,000 and will pay $75,812.72 in taxes. STROM FINED $75 FOR MISCONDUCT i Charges Less Serious Than' First Thought; All Evidence In Carl Strom, Madison shoemaker, was fined $75 and costs this morn-mg by Judge Hoppmann after pleading guilty to making improper advances to a little girl. The "charge was at first thought to be a ir ore serious cue than it proved after careful investigation. The little girl and heT parents appeared (in court this morning, as did Strom his attorney, when all the facts of the case were revealed. Janesville Men On Liquor Charge Here Thomas F.

Abbott and George Wilbur of Janesville were arraign-; ed before U. S. Commissioner F. W. French in the district court this morning, charged with violation the liquor laws.

They are being held here under $500 bonds each. The arrests were made Tuesday by Deputy Marshall Will Touton. O. G. McConnell was arrested by Joseph Gantz, federal agent, at Mather, charged with selling lemon extract to Indians.

Four saloonkeepers, Loui-s Vodyn3ki, Matt Schmidt, William Schulz and Louis Olson, all of La Crosse, were also arrested by Gantz within the 'last few days. They were arraigned at La Crosse and are being held under $500 bonds each, awaiting action of the grand jury. KEEPING TAB ON BABE RUTH PHILADELPHIA, Pa-Babe Ruth scored his 54th home run today when he hit the ball over the right field fence in the 9th inning of the first game of the doubleheader between New York and Philadelphia. MERCURY DROP IS 52 DEGREES Saturday Holds Heat Record for Sept. 25 in Madison A drop of 52 degrees has taken place in the temperature since last Saturday, when, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the thermometer mounted to 89 degrees, breaking all previous records for Madfson.

The lowest temperature recorded since Tuesday noon was 37 at 7 oclock this morning. The highest temperature reached on any Sept. 25 previously was 85, in 1903, and the highest on any Sept. 29 previously was 83 in 1905, according to local weather bureau figures. The lowest figure ever recorded for the 29th of.

this month was in 1908, when the mercury registered 32 degrees, just freezing. The lowest ever reached on Sept. 25, was in 1907, when it dropped to 26. The lowest temperature last Saturday was 63 at 7 a. m.

While there. is no great change in velocity since last Saturday, the figure for Saturday being 10 and for today 15, considerable less humidity is in the air. The figures are: Saturday a. m. 88; noon 60, evening 50; today, morning 33, noon 31.

Heavy frost on low places is the prediction for Madison tonight, according to the U. Jl. weather bureau at the university. Vegetable growers are warned today by Eric Miller, forecaster, who believes that flowers can be saved by covering them. The high wdnd last night saved the city from frost damage, and the thermometer dropped as low as 37 at 5 a.

m. today. Warmer weather is ex-t pected in the wake of the cold wave but cool temperatures will probably continue all day Thursday. BOMB WRECKS CHICAGO HOME Residence of Alderman Blown Up, Six Escape (By the Associated Press) CHICAGO A bomb early today wrecked the home of Alderman John Powers, threw the alderman and flve others out of bed, and did other damage, but no one was injured. Mr.

Powers said he believed the bomb was planted by political enemies. Philipps Mind is Poor for Reading Gov. Philipp did not prove to be an extraordinary good subject for mind reading in the tests which were made upon him Wednesday by Hope Eden who is giving mind reading exhibitions at a local theater. Secretary L. C.

Whittet, governor's private secretary, proved to be almost a perfect medium. Five figures were written on a tablet by the governor which Miss Eden read after some delay, The name of a person was written with post office address. Miss Eden was able to read the name from governor but not the post office address but when the tablet upon which it was written was passed to a visitor present the name was quickly read. Moonshine Stills Held As Evidence About 75 moonshine stills are reposing in the internal revenue department in the Union Transfer Co. building.

They were taken in raids throughout the state by federal officers and are being held as evidence against defendants. After the trials they will be disposed of. JUDGE IN MILWAUKEE Judge A. G. Zimmerman of the probate court is in Milwaukee attending the Wisconsin State Bar association convention.

Williams named Chick Gandil, former White Sox player against whom a true bill was returned yesterday as chief go-between on the team and a Brown and Sullivan gamblers from either New York or Boston as go-betweens for the gamblers. The jury immediately voted true bills for Brown and Sullivan. Williams said he was supposed to get $20,000 and Jackson the same, hut that he received only $10,000, half of which he gave Jackson. He said Gandil told him that Bill Burns veteran pitcher and Abe At-tell former prize fighter were fixing it for the Sox players to get Names Fictitious Williams told the grand jury he believed the names Brown and Sullivan given by the eastern gamblers were fictitious, but said he could identify both men if he saw them again. It was intimated at the criminal court building that Assistant States Attorney Iteplogle was working on the theory that Brown and Abe ttell might be the same person.

John A. Heydler, president of the National League, went before the grand jury early this afternoon. Williams, before making his statement signed a waiver of immunity to Assistant States Attorney Hartley Replogle stated another of the White Sox players was expected at the criminal court build-ng this afternoon to make a statement. The announcement wras believed to refer to McMullin who was said to have made a statement to Attorney Austrian. Makes Sworn Statement Before going before the grand jury Williams made a sworn statement to Alfred Austrian, attorney for the White Sox which follows in part: This situation was first brought up to me in New York.

Mr. Gandil asked me if anybody had approached me about the worlds series; and I said, Just what do you mean? he says, that the series be fixed; if they were fixed what would you Jo about it? Would you take an active part, or what? I says, I am in no position to say right now JE says, I will give you my answer later afer thinking it over Afirr nring beck to Chi cago I vi.s c. 11 i down to tue Warner hotel where were Eddie Cicotte, Chkk Gandil, Buck Weaver and Happy Frisch and two fellows introduced as Brown and Sullivan They were the gamblers? They were supposed to be the gamblers. They said they were from New York, they were introduced as Brown and Sullivan from New York. They wanted us to throw the series to Cincinnati for $5,000.

Apiece? Apiece, yes, and I said that wasnt enough money to fool with, and I was informed that whether or not I took any action the games would be fixed. Who informed you of that? Gandil I told them anytWng they did would he agreeabe with me; if it was going to be -done anyway, that I had1 no money and I might as well get what I could. Never Seem Since. I havent seen those gamblerR from that day to this. Gandil told tre that we were supposed.

to get $10, COO after the second game when we got back to Chicago; and I didnt get this until afteT the fourth game, and he then said that the gamblers had called it off; and I figured then that there was a double cross some place. On the second trip to Cincinnati Gicotte and I bad conference, I told him that we were being double creased and that I was going to win if there was any possible chance. Cicotte said he waa the same Way. Gardil mfenred me in Cincinnati that Bill Eurns and Abe Ariel! were fixing it ao that we could gt $160,000, making $20,000 more. That I never received." You had a meeting in Cincinnati of the ball players; where was that? That was in the hotel in Chick Gandilg room." I (Continued on Page 7) CHICAGO A twelve per cent price cut was announced here today by one of the largest condensel milk companies in the country.

This and announcement last week by another large company that line that they bad ceased buying is expected eventually to affect prices in other branches of the dairy produce line..