New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERA ! HERALD “ADS” MEA RETTER BUS.INESS LD PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916. —SIXTEEN PAGES. . EIGHT HOUR BILLS BROUGHT | UP IN SENATE AND HOUSE; REPUBLICANS IN OBJECTION - Adamson Bill, Favored by President Wilson and Railroad Em- ployes, is Discussed SENATE WANTS I C. C. TO FIX WAGE SCALE | ‘Washington, Sept. 1.—Bills to avert the railway strike actually were put on their way to passage today in both houses of congress Under a special rule providing for a vote not later than 4:30 this after- noon the house taok up the Adamson cight hour day bill approved by Pr dent Wilson and accepted by brothe hood leaders as a atisfactory settle- ment.” The senate interstate commerce committee reported a similar bill which, hawever, contains an impor- tant provision empowering the inter- state commerce commission to fix chedules of wages on Interstate rail- It provides that the eight hour shall become effective January 1, 1917, that the present pay for the ten hour day shall apply to the shorter day, that overtime shall be paid pro rata, but adds that within not less than six and not more than twelve months after its passage the inter- state commerce commission shall as- cume jurisdiction of the question of hours and wages, and that they shall be subject to petition for change from either the employers, the employes or the public. The Provision. The text of that provision is as fol- lows: “That the interstate commerce com- mission shall have the power to fix the hours of labor and prescribe just and reasonable wages for all em- ployes of the railroads * * * The rate of wages and the hours of labor provided for In this act shall remain fixed for service and pay until changed by the decision of the in- terstate commerce. commission, which within a period of not less than six nor more than twelve manths from the passage of this act, shall de- termine what are just and reasonable GARRETSON SEES WILSON | Spokesman for Brotherhood Declines to Discuss Visit—Strike Order May H Be Rescinded Before Sunday. Washington, Sept. 1.- B. Gar- retson, spakesman of the railroad brotherhoods, held a brief conference with President Wilson toda When e left the White House he refused absolutely to say why he called. The rresident kept the cabinet waliting while he talked with Mr. Garretson, White House officials said Mr. Gar+ retsan had called to give the president “some information.” Mr. Garretson refused to say whether ho discussed the calling off of the strike. Thero was every indication, however, that the administration expected the strike to be called off before Sunday morning. BRITISH LINES PIERCED Germans Successful After Five At- tacks—Four German Aeroplanes Shot Down. London, Sept. 1, 3:15 p. m.—Five successive attacks were made by Ger- man troops last night on British pc tions on the Somme front. The war office arnounced today that the Ger- mans penetrated the British defenses on a small frontage at two points be- tween Ginchy and High Wood. Berlin, Sept. 1, via London, 5:33 p. m.—German troops on the Somme front in France yesterday as the result of a counter attack, says the official statement issued today by the Ger- man army headquarter’s staff, re- gained the ground they previously had lost near Longueval and Delville Wood. Paris, Sept. 1, noon.—Four German aeroplanes were shot down yesterday on the Somme front and another was captured, the war office announced today. French artillery was very active during the night in the Somme sec- tor. Petrograd) Sept. 1, via London, p. m.—Turkish troops yesterday a sumea their offensive against the Rus- sian positions in the regions west of Gumushkhane and Erzingan, in Turk ish Armenia, says the oflicial n | 3 Russ v-ages and what shall be the hours of labor for all employes of the rail- roads above mentioned. “The interstate commerce commis- sion shall have the power from time 10 time to change the hours of labor and the rate of wages for all employes of the railroads * * * either in whale or in part, prescribed by it on its own initiative on the petition of the em- ployes, the managers of the Tailroads or the public.” The possibility for a hitch seemed to be in this added provision, which is being studied by the brotherhood leaders. The committee eliminated the pro- posal that on the report of the eight Pour day commission the interstato commerce commission “shall consider an increase of freight rates to meet " such additional, expenditures by the railroads affected as may have been rendered necessary by the adoption of the eight hour day Canadian Bill Ignored. Neither of the two pending bills contains the Canadian commission plan which the labor leaders oppose, and neither contains the government operation provision. President Wil- son is willing to let those features wait until after enough legislation to avert the strike has been enacted. Senate republicans decided today to frame a bill of their own and offer it as a substitute for the adminis- tration plan. A committee was ap- pointed to draft it. No serious oppo- sition to the administration plan was expected, however. Senator LaFollette auitting the po- litical campaign, suddenly returned to the capitol today to take a hand in the legislation. He said he could not tell what his attitude toward the pend- ing bills would be until he had inves- tigated them. The time for passage of the bills is so short that a filibuster might seriously interfere with the program. Democratic leaders, however, do not expect one and were confident the program would go through in time. President Wilson toid members of his cabinet at today’s meeting that there was every prospect that the leg- islation would be passed by both houses of congress before tomorrow night. s Mann Refuses Consent. Democratic Leader Kitchen called up the Adamson bill soon after the house met. “I ask unanimous consent for fmmediate consideration,” said he. “I object,” said republican leader Mann, Rep. Harrison, democrat, then fered the special rule and there discussion on that. Mr. Harrison said congress, in the interest of the peo- ple, ought to pass this bill by Sat- urday night, and evert the strike. Representative Bennet, republican, denounced the proposed legislation. its of- was (Continued On th Page). statement today, but everywhere were repulsed. TROOPS QUELL RIOTS Reserves Called Out at Manila When Nurses and Students at General Hospital Go on Strike. Manila, Sept. 1.—American reserves were called out today to quell a small riot growing out of a strike of the nurses and students of the General hospital. The strike began yester- day as a protest against the disci- pline imposed upon the hospital em- ployes nd was fomented by a native newspaper campaign. The hospital | service was badly crippled. Today | the strikers gained recruits and created disturbances which the Fili- pino police were unable to suppress Private nurses are volunteering care for the hundreds of in the hospital. RIOTING IN LISBON Civilians and Troops Clash Near House to of Parliament Following Adoption of Military Measures. 0 a. m.—Several persons wounded in conflicts between ians and troops last night near house of parliament. followed a session of the parliament which adopted several military meas- ures recommended by the minister of war and a resolution of confidence in the government. GERMAN LOSS 500,000 ci dun Since Offensive Opened. ‘Paris, Sept. tent authoriti stimate that 500,000 Germans have been disabled in the Verdun region alone since Feb. 21, the beginning of the great Gers man offensive there. The total number of wounded Ger- man prisoners taken in the Verdun sector and in the neighborhood of the Somme exceeds 43,000, 0 a. m.—Compe- HEADS BAR ASSOCIATION. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Senator George Sutherland of Utah was elected pre: dent of the Amerlcan Bar association for 1917 today, defeating by four votes Walter George Smith of Phila- delphia. The vote was 26 for Sen- ator Sutherland and 22 for Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith was put on the executive committee. Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 1, via Paris, | were | - | Fifty the | These clashes | i | | nouncea | be | patients | gtrike. | Broth | | | | | i | French Authorities Say Teutons Have | Suffered Half Million Disabled at Ver- | The about | | | absolute | precedented heights | bridges streams i ryin | Denmark to Tak APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT IS PROBABLE Passage of Eight Hour Bill Tem- porary Settlement of Dispute HAY BE MADE TEST CASE Railroads Will Not Interposc Any ! Objection on Grounds of Uncon- stitutionality of Measure in Order to Avert Pending Strike. go, Sept. 1.—While railroad of the country generally “greed today that pas of the proposed eight hour bill woulq avert the strike set by the four | brotherhaods of railway employes for next Monday, many were of the opinion that the railroads would de- cline to accept the law without contest in the United States supreme | court. The conf. Chic: officials sage by congress plan of | today, rences last night dents of a number of roads, was that no claim of unconsti- as the result among presi- the leading tutionality "will be interposed but should the measure be enacted, it will be studied by the railroad lawyers, and if they deem it adv ble they will make a test case in the courts, “If the men accept the measure it | will pro . n the postponement | the statement of dent of the Atchi- peka and anta Fe. Such however, will mean but a| settlement of present diffi- | | Ripley, T action tempors; caltie! Preparations of operation of trains in strike went an today the proposed ton. The embargo o vesterday by eve the railroads the event o notwithst: legislation W for a n ashing freight announced ¥ trunk line in the country was not materially changed | today, with the exception of the Atchison, Tapeka and Santa Fe, which modified the embargo perishable freight. Food prices in this city with a few cxceptions have not affected. Potatoes ket today at in many years on been materially ¢ sold on the ms the highest price and poultry was up | two cents a pound | Presidents and vice presidents of twenty-three railroads with terminals | in Chicago hay ly here for sever: and that continued Can Counsel fc are dents of h days s indef Bill ( meeting: it is conferences tely n- | will var informeq that the bill is unconstitution. being confiscatory and class | tion. | “Our lawyers,” sald E. P. Ripley, | president of the Atchison, Topeka | ang Santa Te, “informally and indi- | vidually have expressed the opinion | that the Adamson bill if passed will | crumble at the first legal blast. If the | bill passes the presidents and coun- | sel will confer formally as to legal | procedure. Tt is illogical tq assume | that the railroads will abandon their | principles merely because they attacked through congress in directly by the brotherhood: A statement was fissued at headquarters of the railr preparations for a st were proceeding without regard to | the prospects of congressional action. | Officials of the four railroad broth- erhoods bogan massing their forces here today to direct t} impending | ilroads said to have the roads patently i the presi- mson il are | ead of | public- that Monday ity ke next The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul | railrcad was notified today that the rhood Railway Condncters ! on the section of that s em bet en Chicago and the Missouri river had voted not to strike, HURRICANE KILLS dings Swept Away When Rivers | Rise From Banks. Thomas, D. W. I., lives were lost in a which struck the RBritish dian island of Dominica 1 night and more Bu St. Sept. 1.— hurricane West In- st Mond The barometer fell to 29.10 wind reachea a veloéity of 70 the the than Rivers in island na carried Some of rose to un- | away | the | an | and culverts. changed their through fields anq villag Ar- away houses with their occu- | pants, ! The numbgr chur wrecked cec went schools, buildings | of houses, es and other dam local craft na el reatly lime a4 and 2 ed ex- were Tost. light sys- | result of | con- | the | or seriously Man hone ered Th dams: as 200 tele su storm. ric tems the was of crop some IMAIN NEUTRAL. No ht. Part in Ball-an ¥ Berlin, Sept, 1 ville.—The [ by Wireless to anish minister in & Las officially notified the German for. eign of that Denm: will observe neutrality in the be- many and Italy nish charge d'aff announced to minister ti in the war tween The D. enna has Hungarian will observe neutrality tween Austria-Hungary mania, Ge ires in Vi- e Austro- Denmark war be- and Ru- | invading T | Kronstadt, | and Zimnitza mile; | KING CONSTANTINE ABDICATES; VENIZELOS IS BACK IN POWER: MACEDONIA STARTS REVOLUTIO BULGARS DECLARE WAR ON RUMANIA Jucharest Reports Capture of Important Indus- trial Center, 59 p. m.—Bul- on Rumania, London, Sept. 1, 12 garia has declared wa according to an official announcement Saloniki forwarded by s made at as Reuter’s correspondent there. London, Aug. 30, via m.—Rumanian troops Bucharest, Sept 1, nsylvania have occupied the important industrial center, Petro- Tarlunge Valley, s the the Rumanian war office. The statement reads as follows: “On our northern and northwestern fronts our advance continues with suc- cess in all directions. Our armies oc cupied Tarlunge Valley, near Bra and the seny near 0 | (Kronstadt) and the important indus- trial center of Petroseny. Our loss | were very light. Hun M arlan areli front Turnu our southern bombarded “on monitors of a rich frontier Petrosen the center coal field near the southern of Transylvania, lying just north of the Valiean Pa through the Tran- syivanian Alps. The occupation of Tarlunge Valley indicates the Ruman- ijans are extending their invasion the extreme eastern portion of Tran- sylvani Turnu Magureli and Rumanian frontier towns Danube River. Zimnitza on are the RUSSTANS CAPTUR Offi 715,501 Announcement Claims Whole- sale Action on Western Front—=2,400 | Germans Included Among Prisoners. via London of battles Russian front, grad, Sept. In the cou v on the western s the Ru 1 official statement of the Russians captured 289 of- and 15,501 men. Of this num- 2,400 were Germans. The Russians also captured six guns, chine guns and seven bomb throwe s N S WEATH S Hartford, 3 wiford and vicinit Be- unsettied: probably rhowers late tonight oy Satur- [ Cooler Saturda; 1.—¥For announcement of | of | R to the Littl the es. s gend inter quen ious, in a Gree the one two loyal that Gree vagu of | turn flict | sente who with spatc that posit the Tk comr \ ible end | The day | and London, Sept. surrender Macedonia is reported atch from According to this despatch the gar risons at Saloni correspondent trouble was vietim at the correspondent determined | rack On censorship, sions can be dr various indications since the entrance Rumania Premier entente EEK REVOLUTION NOW IN PROGRESS Committee Takes Over Ad- | ministration of Mace- donian Affairs e dade S, I Greek garrisons m.—The of sever committee which has taken over administration part of Greek in a Reuter de- of Saloniki. Vodena and e Karaburun have surrendered to committee. Fort ghting occurred in Saloniki, the serfous the inter- adds, but prevented by vention of soldiers of the entente al- | he revolution claimed its first 30 o’clock this morning,” cables “Cretan armes and Macedonian volunteers surrounded the barracks of the Grec! infantry shots w in Saloniki th the garrison. vention of the ces might have nd exchanged But for the allies the conse- been more ser- ‘“After half promising to participate demonstration arranged yester- by a pro-ally committee, the k troops finally refused. During night pro-ally volunteers made a atternpt to seize the bar- s but failed. It is asserted that gendarme was killed and that were wounded. The losses of the ists have noc heen ascertained.” its face thi a revolution ce, but the me: cly, probably on that no wn. despatch indicates is under way in ge is worded so account of the definite There have been into the war 10il in Greece, between the >d by King Cor desire to of political owing fo the con- neutralists, repre- tantine, and those intervene in the war the entente allies, led by former Venizelos. An Athens de- ved vesterday represented King Constantine was finding hi ion very difficult on account of growing strength of the pro- faction in existence representing Veni faction that the ( ered to this or some similar body commiftee was appointed on Sun- on the occasion of the demon- oh here mittee is in Greece the neutr: it is pos- rrisons sur- ist and eelk | stration of 50,000 Greeks before the | Greece | resiaence of M ructed Venizelos to in nt Athens W to ir pr (Continued On Sixth Page). conclu- | the | Ruler of Greece Quits Throne in Favor " Crown Prince, Says Despatch Passed All Censors---Bulgaria Declares War Rumania--Transylvanian City Falls ALLIES MAY NOT SEEK AID OF GREECE IN WAR AGAINST TEUTONS IN BALKA London, Sept. 1, 2:15 p.m. — King Constantine Greece has abdicated, according to the British official prg representative at Saloniki. . The press representative says the King had abg cated in favor of the Crown Prince, with Venizelos as t power behind the throne. The new policy, he reports, be to work with the entente allies. According to this information, Premier Zamimis remain at the head of the government. The correspondent questions whether allies desire the active assistance of Greece. Various rumors are in circulation here in regard the situation in Greece. Reuter despatches from Salg iki say there has been fighting between the Greek g8 rison at Saloniki and Greek Volunteers recently orga ized to assist the Greek guards who are resisting the B garians in Macedonia. French troops intervened to s press the fighting, and the garrison finally surrende and marched out of Saloniki. Despatch Passes All Cens the ente streets, and the officers turned o the backs upon the Crown Pringe. Bless 3 A similar spirit was roused agd despatch credited, the | the royal house when, in 1909, British press representative, designat- | George tried to oppose the pop) ed by the government to act for all | clamor for the annexation of 'C: British publications in that area. | knowing that Turkey was ea Nevertheless, his despatches are waiting such an excuse to Bri ject not only to the Greek censo »,| second crushing defeat upon Grd but to the French military censorship, | This time the clamor became &) which is in control of all lines of com- | volt, and the king was'' obliged| { munication from Athens, [he fact ‘ vield to the demand of the mill | that both censorships, as well as the | league, both for a reorganizatiod British censorship in London, have | the army and for the dismissal off | permitted this despatch to come |crown prince as generalissimo. throush s sienificant, | thereupon decided to accept! On Tuesday, Mr. Price sent from Sa- | COmmand’ in the Russian army, ! loniki a report that King Constantine | the opposition to him was smoo had fled from Athens to Larissa. This | 0ut and he was restored to his despatch was discredited in official A Mer dignities. circles in London yesterday. Doubt! He finally became a national also appeared to be cast on its cor- N the Balkan war of 1912, whed rectness by despatches filed from |1ed an army'of 10,000 Greeks to Athens on Wednesday, one of them ' c&Pture of ‘Saloniki, causing 30 | telling of coming moetings urks to lay down their arms. between 2 £ popularity was such, as a resull the king and the entente ministers and | b 2 A o ipiaterse. ct, that Greeks in America T8 { others having to do with the illness of | 20n S8 FEARGE R SRCEES ilg'ffl‘: r:.:, “T(r) le“}‘?""\. ungqjk’l\m')' | to purchase a gift sword, Inserly slight operation. Is possible, how- | .. afant the Liberkiael ever, that the king may have departed | Constentine reand. s oH i secretly from Athens, as reported by S | throne it was said he aimed to Mr. Price, and that his absence Was | g v tho former grandeud of the concealed from the newspaper corr - | clent Hellenic empire, and that spondents therec. | was a believer in the old natig | Crown Prince George of reece, | prophecy tiat under the reign gof whose accession to the throne - | Constantine and a Sophia the @ ported, has been described as empire would be calied o of liberal mind, i true sympathy gain and the cross restored ofi| with the aspirations of the Greei peo- | Sophia at Constantinople in plaed ple. He was born v 1890, and | tho crescent. is unmarried. His cngagement to Princess F beth' of Rumania was | announced in 1914, but owing to the | s, ' Ward to whom abovo is official G ¥ Hoists Flag Over Orete. By the peace treaties signed the Balkan wars, Greeco added considerable stretch of Turkish te to: to her domain and in Degs war the wedding was postponed. The crown prince has kept in the | | backzround during the war. When the cntente troops landed at Saloniki , ber, 1913, tho long Gesired annexal last year the king sent the crown | of the islands of Crete was car prince to take charge of the Greek | out, King Constantine himself ho forces there. Tt was reported several | ing the Hellenic flag over the fort. months ago that the prince had With the entraunce of Turkey nt on a mission to the German the BEurgpean Wabohe, Gaastipuy IR G, intervention of Greece soon becs to be serfously considered but K Aseenied Throns in 1018, Constantine insisted upon strict n The reign of Constantine I. as king | trality. The cabinet, headed by of the Hellencs dates from Ma 18, | mier Venizelos, which was for 1913, when his father, George I., was | on the side of the allles, finally ssassinated in Saloniki dered its resignation. The Greek Brief as the reign Constantine | titude, at least so far as the war p had enjoved a period of remarkable | was concerned, was largely to the popularity and increased the territory | fect that if Greece had no hand of the Greek monarchy by over fifty | the war, her interests might suf Poriosnt when peace was arranged. Born on August 3, 1868, he was The Athens correspondent of educated largely by private tutors | London Morning Post on March from Leipsic, which was said to have | 1915, attempted to explain the sit] stamped upon him a permanent G tion in a letter in which he said man influence. His military educ in the second month of the wap tion was furthered by attendance at | Greek premier had intimated to manoeuyers in Germany. He became | entente powers that Greece wol a brother-in-law of the German Join their cause actively if the neg SR T Feer e e sity should and with the cg Princess Sophia, in 1889 mencement of the operations agall Tl ool i the Dardanelles the government Constantine’s life is the way in which | l€ved the time had come for Greee ‘he became the people’s idol |,n\o|"”"”""”' e seball The I his father, he had his ups and downs | 1OWeVer. refused to countenanée # S plan. It w rzued that send: ecks having been | " forces to e Dard elle yuld | auick-changing in their likes and ds- | [97CeS to the Dardanelles would gerously en Greece’'s defense |likes. In 1896 wh his coun- | the Bul and s try drifting into war w rkey 5 3 ot s Greece had received no formal il | sounded a warning that the tation from the triple entente army was utterly unprepared . e - - | entrance into e would be chiupalen Bl dertaken without guarantee fi pithiicondemned SR rench frifles | the powers as to the Greek posith had cost each; the cartr W | Fe mainiand 15 there was Ir s refusal to consent to t} the artillery was obsolete, and its of- | war policy id the Post correspo ficers few. Nevertheless, the country | ent, “was undoubtedly actuated in decided upon war The result was | good faith by a patriotic conside | disastrous—a humiliating defeat for ! tion of the military difficulties. U] Tmmediately the popular tide | fortunately, his entourage is know | turned azainst its rulers, whom it de- | to hold strong pro-German sentimes nounced as foreigners who could have | The officers of the gen® | little In common with the Greeks. The | 3 {king and queen were hooted (Continued On Sixth Page). | been s and in em- s sister, arise chapter of weake an e saw A frontier Greek for a armed which war | in was $2 s o vears ol no principal in the '