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SERGEANT MADSEN
DISPUTES STORY
DETECTIVES TOLD
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Denies Imputation of Cowardice; Says His Companions
' fry to Belittle His Part in'Fight With Bandits; Each
J Side Calls 6thei "LIAR; " Scene Rehearsed
Before Chief and Superintendent "V
Acting Chief of Police Dempsey and Superintendent Kugel
yesterday .afternoon witnessed a re-enactment of the auto
, bandit capture at the' sceile of the thrilling battle last Wednes
day night f -V, '
,' " : Sergeant Madsen had voiced his opinion that he was being
' belitfed as to the part he played in that affair and to satisfy
themselves the chief, and superintendent decided to have the
drama reproduced as nearly as possible to the actual conditions
when the bullets were flying and Detective Rooney was mortal
ly Wounded. ,, - '.
PTTPSmiAT. nTTAPPlT.T. '
g; The participants in this re-enact-,
ment! were Sergeant Madsen and De-
tectives Dolan, Van Deusen, Dan
J taunt, Brinkman, Murphy, Barta and
Jollyj and Chauffeurs Armstrong-and
v Bowman. v V"V
"The scene yesterday afternoon re-
solved itself into a bitter personal
' contention between Madsen and the
, detectives, Van Deusen, Danbaum and
' Dolan being . particularly outspoken
against the police sergeant The lie
was t passed several times between
Madsen . and Danbaum, and Acting
Chief Dempsey interfered with this
- ' acrimonious feature of -the reproduc-
tion Scene. .. ' --
CALL EACH OTHER LIARSV
Danbaum passed the He to Madsen
and the sergeant passed it back, and
again the sergeant called the detect
; tive ia liar and received a similiar
epithet in return. - . v . ,
; Vaxi Deusen charged that the - serr
i geant was in the safest place during
the thick of tne tray-ana uoian ae
rtt in too mu
you," said Detective Dolati to Ser
, geant Maasen,:. ?-x r
i - "bu can't, hand me anything," re-
plied, Madsep.' '',-t'V:t'Ii
' "You were, not handcuffed. I did
not see ypu going up the stairs " were
a fe'vf or the burning words hurled by
( DetectiveT)anbaum to the sergeant,"
whereupon Acting Chief Dempsey and
t. Superintendent Kugel intervened, ex
: plaining that. they., had gone to the
housi to witness a faithful reproduc
. tion pf the scene and n6t to listen to
' personal exchanges of feelings.
Sergeant ' Madsen's face . flushed
withe anger. , - ' " , . .
"Just let each man tell and enact
if what he said and did," .suggested
T Dempsey. '
Sergeant Madsen did not have a
supporter among the group of detec
tives4 who took part in the drama, but
be contended that he was telling the
truth and at times questioned the cor
rectness of words and movements of
somi of the detectives.
Rehearse the Scene.
The crowd went out to the house in
automobiles -afld at the direction of
the acting, chief started the grewsome
scene, beginning at the time when
Dan Deusen; Dolan, Danbaum, Mad
j sen and Bowman approached the
front door and Murphy and Brink
man, went around on the south side
of the house to the kitchen door. ,
Van Deusen rushed up ,the front
step?, followed by- the others, and
when the door was opened he asked
: who lived there. Being told that, Mrs.
i Daisy lived there, he forced his way
into the house and exclaimed:
, Y There's a man's coat ,ook outI"
; Madsen said he aske3 at the front
door whether the man who drove the
' automobile lived thdre. Van Deusen
' then went to a room east of the
onrth froni room and indicated where
he saw the coat, whereupon Madsen
contended that the oat was in the
north room just off the main parlor.
Dolan and Danbaum then led the
way upstairs as they said they did
on Wednesday, night In the up
stairs bedroom Danbaum and Dolan
described where they stood when
Rooney was Shot. Rooney was just
outside of the door, Dolan inside
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Total deficiency slliee March 1... 743
' Normal precipitation ............ .03, Inch
Deflelercr for the day 03 Inch '
total preclpltatlfin lines War. 1 22.40 Inches
jMflciency nlnre ilarch 1 7.41 Inches
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ROMANS INFLICT
TERfllFlCLOSSON
TEUTON ARMY
Germans Make Powerful Efort
to Redeem Losses Early in
Week, But Are Beaten V
v . . Back. ,
... (Br Associated Press.) . "
' Italian Army Headquarters, Fri
day, Feb. 1. -The enemy made . an
other powerful effort yesterday to
redeem the situation --west of the
Brenta river where the Italians re
cently won a notable success, but was
beaten badk "by ; fli e c6mV,L-t?rv4-
Val Bellai' where" the v Italians" are
maintaining their position. .;
' "The -extent of the enemy' losses in
thejighting early this week is now
known to be larger even than the first
accounts indicated." An observer who
talked with -a number of the captured
officers and men iaid they werel a
miserable looking lot, many of tnem
wearing t Italian uniforms taken dur
ing the invasion of the Friuli region.
Trenches Are Leveled.
AH the prisoners agreed as to the
furious nature .of the fighting and the
exceptionally heavy losses caused by
the concentration of the fire of the
Italian, French and British batteries.
The trenches were, leveled a"nd the
links between the forward and rear
lines swept away, thus stopping all
communications and preventing the
officers from securing co-ordination
in the work of the artilleryand the
infantry. -
The few Trenches remaining were
littered with dead and. the survivors
were found for the most part on their
knees, hysterically crying or praying.
The 21st rifle division of tne Aus
trian forces had 5,000 men put out
of action, or about 70 per tent of
the fighting force. Brigades of the
18th and Sixth Austrian divisions had
casualties amounting to approximate
ly 50 per cent. 1
Only" Few Hundred Left.
But the most terrible loss was in
flicted on the 160th -landstrum, which
of several thousand men in line, has
only a few hundred left.
The magnitude of such losses was
due to the triple arjtiilery fire of the
allies, 'maintained "for 40 consecutive
hours, often cross firing frcm two or
three directions simultaneously.
An unusual feature of this artillery
action was the complete unity brought
about among the Italian, French and
British, batteries. "
'This was so marked that one of the
chiefs of the artillery staff exclaimed
"At. last we have realized unity of
command right in the face ofthe en
emy fire." V
) An enemy battery with foyr mon
ster 240 millimetre guns was de
stroyed completely. The hole ac
tion disclosed unusual demoralization
and confusion in the enemy lines.v
City Politics Buzz
nf
ManV
- Election . Commissioner Moorhead
has registered the 'names of the fol
lowing who have Qualified to have
their names on the city primary bal
lot April 9: Hugo Melchoir, 2320
South Thirty-fifth street; Albert C
McGlone,, Harley hoteU Leonard C.
Johnson.i 3701 Vt t North Twenty
fourth street; Jerry Howard, Park
hotel, Florence. . "
Deputy Election Commissioner Os
trom stated that nearly 70 petition
blanks have T)eenv taken out. Peti
tions are being circulated for E. P.
Smith, W. G. Ure, Thomas Falconer
and R. J. Sutton. Whether Mr, Ure
will agree' to have his name appear
on the. ballot is not known but a
cotwie of friends are getting the pe
tition ready. ;
A man who claim to have inside
information states that Chief of To-
S- T" ; . " "
SENATOR STONE
TO STIR
GHinu
Prominent English statesman
anrf U.-S. Senator Plan to
; Start Uprising Among 1
.. Teutons. :1
London, Feb. 2,-Berlin dispatches
detailing .an alleged Anglo-American
plot to foment revolutions in the cen
tral pdwers.are publishedby. Cologne
newspapers,, according to -: an . Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam. !
In "Washington on New Year's day,
it is said that 250,000,000 marks was
subscribed for this purpose.
The revolutionists were to be or
ganized in Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria.
American and English Leaders.
'The organization was to be under
the leadership of Senator Stone and
Earl Reading and Viscount North
cliffe. " ',' ' " 1
It was to have branches in neutral
capitals surrounding ' Germany and
German speaking neutrals were to be
sent into Germany in an effort to in
cite the- workers in munition factories
to strike. .
The dispatches declare that there
was also to be sabotage in the German
munition making industry.
Two Anarchists Must
Serve Jail Sentences
New York, Feb. C Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman, anarch
ists, today lost the liberty they have
had under bonds while the United
States supreme court was considering
their appeal from conviction for con
spiracy to interfere with the operation
of the selective draft law.
Berkman will be taken to the federal
penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and Miss
Goldman will be returned to the state
Denitentiarv at Jeffarson Citv. Mo.
Both were sentenced to two years
imprisonment and : to pay fines of
$10,U0U each and were serving their
terms 'when they were released under
bonds of $25,000 each, pending the su
preme court's decision.
and Buzz;
IN PLOT
f fY fl against the sky is illuminated occa-
UUaliry tOr rinarVrsiQnallybyrocketssentupbyoneside
lice Dunn will make the race for city
commissioner. " .
Thomas 'Falconer is being backed
by an organization known as the
"Falconer Commissioner club,"
whose membership comprises 60
business men. Carl E. Herring is
chairman of the executive committee
and S. J. Leon is secretary. Meetings
are being held every Monday night
in the City' National Bank building
assembly hall. This it the first vol
unteer organization to come out for
a candidate. Mr. Fa) con er is now a
member xf the Board pf Education.
During the week C. E. Black. W.
G. Ure, C. L. Saunders, C. H. Eng
lish and a few friends met at Mr.
Black's office. It is beinpr noised
around that Mr. Black will enter the
race ii. a combination with Ure. Saun
ders and English. ..
urope's Really Sick Man
UNITED STATES TROOPS
ARE WITHIN SIXTY FEET
Water Cause of Discomfort to Sammies. But Drives Rats
Away; Men Indifferent to Shell Explosions and
Watch Fights Between Airplanes;
Foocl Supply Excellent- j
(By Associated Press.) '
. ' With the American Army in France, Friday, Feb. 1.-
American troops intrenches on the French front at one place
are only 60 feet from the German line.
In another place a mile of ground separates the opposing
positions. At this point, howevir, there are a number of ponds,
and neither side apparently desires to qccupy the water-covered
ground. -
TRF.NCHHS IN MARSH. U
. The American trenches all are in
more or less marshy ground, making
the use of "duck boards" necessary
except when the trench wafer' and
mud are frozen. The trenches were
shallow when the Americans moved
in, but since then they have been
deepened and Improved.
Water Drives Rats Away.
In every dugout thj soldiers work
almost constantly at the pumps keep
ing out the- water which seeps in.
The watery conditions are unfavor
able for trench rats and few of them
are seen. One unit spent more than
a week in the line before seeing a
rat, andyhe was in a hurry to get to
some place where he ground was
drier. - - .
In some places the artillery is on
ground but little higher than the
trenches, although a number of our
batteries manage to keep "dry feet"
most of the time.
The enemy artillery in some places
is on higher ground than the Ameri
can, and within sight of one of our
positions there is a German observa
tion post overlooking much terri
tory. ..
This has been shelled repeatedly
and doubtless has been hit on sev
eral occasions. On clcr nights the
hill upon which this post stands out
line may tee the shadows which mean
that the enemy, is near.
Night Scenes Are Thrilling.
The scene at night is thrilling and
inspiring.
(3n the firing platforms the men
stand near their rifles. Others splash
through the trench, sometimes slip
ping from the duck boards into water
above their knees."
They probably are going out on
I patrol. If , the position is near the
enemy lines harjiy a word is spoken,
and when aword is necessary u is
spoken in a whisper.
Faraway to one. side of the posi
tion a white strca.n shoots up to the
sky and breaks into white balls that
throw' a light as if . from powerful
electric batteries. 1 The reflections
Snow wire errtanRkments and scrubby
bushes on the hills near by, then the
lights die out.
SAMMIES FORCE
WITHDRAWAL OF
MACHINE GUNS
Brisk Artillery Duel With Ene
my Results m Victory for
U. S. Troops; Three Casq-
alties Among Americans.
(By Ataoclated IYim.) ,
; With the' American Arrav in France,
Feb. 2. American gunners and rifle
men have made it hot for enemy snip
ers during the last 24 hours.
- One German sniping post discov
ered by a patrol was obliterated com
pletely by our artillery fire.
An enemy machine gun secretly
placed during a fog where it coula en
filade our lines, had to be withdrawn
when American machine guns concen
trated tfcejr fire on a nest of the busy
enemy snipers and compelled them a,U
to seek safer cover. ,
' Shell Enemy Lines. '.
American artillery shelled the ene
my first lines accurately with h.igh
explosives and responded almost in
stantly to a call for a barrage from
the front line, when the men there
saw movements on the other side of
the wire. When the artillery fire
ceased, no Germans were visible.
There was no aerial activity because
of the fog. '
Report Three Casualties.
Three casualties were reported.
TwOi were caused bv accidental bul
let bounds and one by shell fire '
Observers report that the Germans
are becoming nervous and jumpy.
This was indicated especially by the
unusual number of flares sent up
during last night
After one series, the Americans
got their first experience with the
enemy "flying pigs," a number .of
which were aimed at an observation
post without result.
One group of American snipers dis
covered enemy jnipers and fired so
well that the enemy retired hastily
It is believed some German casual
ties were caused.
BERLIN LEADERS
-PLAN NATIONAL
DEM0NSTRA TION
Arrest of Socialist Deputy Enrages Strikers; Police Use
Swords to Disperse Rioters at Capital; Many Fac
tories Placed Under Martial Law and Work
v ers Ordered to Return to Tasks. ;
1 (By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 2. A national demonstration is being organ
ized in Germany as a protest against the arrest of Herr Dittman.
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports."
Hugh Haase, a socialist deputy, appealed to Chancellor
von Hertling to obtain the 'release of Herr Dittman.
The chancellor said he was powerless, as Berlin was "en
tirely in the hands of the military.
GERMAN STRIKE
GROWS, DESPITE
OPPOSITION
Harsh Measures of Govern
ment Fail to Quell Movement
Altogether; Extends to
TQwns Outside. .
' (Br AaaolaM Frvaa.)
London, Feb. 2. The strike in Ger
many is not ended by any means, ac
cording to information received from
various ; sources, despite the strong
stand taken by the. military authori
ties. , ', . ' '
The Frankfurter ?eitung 'ay that
the strike continues to extend to many
.other., towns while. irf-Berlin; it doea
hot diminish., although martial Jaw
has been' declared in some of the fac
tories and the workers have been or
dered to return by Monday, under
threat of disciplinary military meas
ures. , . : '
.The uneasiness of the government
over the situation' is shown by its ac
tion in placing the burden of sup
pressing the strike on the shoulders
of the military and the rest of the
socialist . kadefs, including Deputy
Wilhelm Dittman, whose detention,
according to one dispatch, has caused
profound irritation in socialist circles.
A national demonstration of protest is
being organized.
Would Summon Reichstag.
The socialist paper Vorwearts ad
vocates calling a meeting of th,e
Reichstag, and declares that the gov
ernment must take notice' of the dis
content, which, it say's, is a struggle
between the pan-Germans and the ad
vocates of peace by understanding, ad
ding: Ihe social democratic party
must least of all desire that the move
ment should lead to a process of dis
integration andivil war."
The Deutsch Tags Zeitung violently
attacks Austi ia-Hungary and accuses
that ally of having caused the present
trouble by demanding flour from Ger
many at such a critical time, j
According to Berlin dispatch to
the Dutch papers the Bourgois par
ties have decided to oppose the social
democratic party's demand for the
convocation of the Reichstag, because
they believe that the parties of the
extreme left intend to use such a
meeting for purposes ol their 'own
propaganda.
General March to Be
V New Chief of Staff
, Washington, Feb. 2. Major Gen
eral 1 Peyton C. March is slated to
become acting1 1 chief of staff of the
army; if General Pershing can spare
him from liis present duties as chief
of the expeditionary forces. .
No,reply has been received as yet
from General Pershing.
Dramatic Critic Dies.
New York, Feb. 3. Leander Rich
ardson,, dramatic editor critic- and
author, died today at his home here
today aged 62 years.
Red Guards Are , ' x
Defe'ated by Finns
Stockholm, Feb. Z The latest
reports from Finland indicate that
the government troops under Gen
eral Mannerheim are making good
progress ' toward the sou'.h, de
feating detachments of the red
guard and tlte Russian Bolshevik!,
on their way. v
The taking of Kristinestad was
of especial value as it gives the
government troops access . to a
harbor and helps! to solve the prob
lem of feeding the troops. , ,
By occupying Tavasteus, Gen
eral Mannerheim has cut railway
communication with Helsingfors
4o Tammerfors. -
The railway stations are crowded
with peasants awaiting transporta
tion to join the army. '
The Helsingfors correspondent
of the Copenhagen Dagens Nyhe
der reports that all the shops, the
large restaurants and the banks cf
the capital are closed and the in
habitants are fleeing from the city.
The newspaper Tyd learns from a
reliable source that the 1 rioting in
Berlin on Thursday-was precipitated
by a shot fired when the police were
trying to disperse a crowd which was
proceeding towards Charlottenburg -crying
"peace and .bread."
A panic ensued when the shot was
fired ( and the police charged, with '
drawn sabers. . - , ; . ;.
The strikers sought shelter behjnd '
overturned tram cars v and fired or
hurled projectiles st. the police, who
were unablrto keep the excited pea
pie under control. t . ,
About 30 strikers were wounded
end taken to a hospital. Many on
lookers who , were wounded were
treated in drug stores. .
'Crowds at various places attempted
further riots. '
Detachments of , cavalry v and . ma
chine gun corps have been collected
in the neighborhood of Berlin.
MOB ATTACKS SOLDIERS.
Serious ! rioting on -Thursday at
Span dau, where important German .
war jnduatties are focated,'is reported 1
in German newspapers, an Exchange "
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
says.' . , ..N-..'.-rv .,!.
. Soldiers were 'attacked by a mob.
A'policeman was dragged from his
horse and beaten. , f
Four thousand men who have been
employed st the Harbor works are on
strike, the dispatch reports.
Strikers attacked the railway lead
ing to one of the factories. At Sie
menstadt, s suburb of Spandau, tram
cars were overturned. ,
A mob-stormed i bakery and com-
belled the proprietor to distribute
bread without bread cards.
Factories Under Martial Law.
Seven Berlin factories have been
placed under martial law and the
strikers ordered to resume their work:
by 7 o'clock Monday morning at the
latest, according to c Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam today. :
Their failure to return, it is an
nounced, will be punished according
to military discipline. v
" Socialists Want Reichstag. 1
A demand that the German Reich
stag be summoned to discuss the
strike was made by the Vorwaerta in
a leading article Friday, an Exchange
Telegraph company dispatch from
Copenhagen Friday says.
The Berliner Tageblatt, it Is added,
declares that the civil power will not 1
grant the 'wish of the socialists and
summon the Reichstag, as the radi
cal elements would only be given an
opportunity, to preach strike propa
ganda in the parliament. .
" Dittman Addressed Crowd.
Amsterdam, Feb. 2. Berlin even
ing newspapers just received here
state that Wilhelm DHtman, socialist
member of the . Reichstag, was ar
rested when Tie attempted to address
a Crowd in a suburb of Berlin.
Deputy Dittman's name was linked
last October with those of Deputies
Haase and Vogtherr, also socialists,
with the mutiny in the German fleet.
The Vorwaerts'in its report of a
Reichstag debate quoted Herr Haase
as saying that the condemned sailors
were accused of distributing pam
phlets given, to them by Deputy Ditt
man,' which had been passed by the
censor. ' ''; t :,i
The mutiny-is reported to have oc
curred about "eight months previous
to the debate'. . ' '
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