New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1918, Page 5

~ S —— NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918, SISTS ON DFATH | GUATEMALA CITY, RUINED BY 'QUAKE FOR NAYY UPRISING | I | " Krapps Orgfi Demands Brect- : tion As Result of Expose The committec on formation is being suppliea regularly now with cop of important newspapers pub lished in Germany and Austria- Hungary. It is possible, there- fore, for the committee to fur- nish to.the newspapers of the country translations of selected storles from these newspapers, which are interesting as reveal- ing political, industrial and liv- ing conditions in the Central Empires. 1blic in- The Press on Treason in the German | Navy. The Rheinisch-Westfalische Zei- tung, the organ of the Krupps (Oct. 10), vigorously supports the ~made on the Independent Socialists by the imperial chancellor and miral von Capelle. After marking that the latter's revelations are hardly conceivable it proceeds: “The German people wil rise as one man and .demand that the gullty be brought to justice. They must be handled with iron severity Hesita- o#lon in this matter is treason to the Fatherland. They are liable to pun- ishment by death. “In peace time we tolerated traitors like Wetterle and Weill. They were ‘ $he people's representatives,’ and sat in the Reichstag. Today there is moe one who does not regret that they were not in due time rendered harm- (-less. During the war, thank God, Liebknecht was properly dealt with. He is sitting where he deserves to sit, and in the present cases there can only be similar action. The shield of immunity must be raised and pro- ceedings taken. What will foreign countries think of us if they get the impression that there are traitors in the German Reichstag who wished to deliver the German fleet to the en- + my? “Our enemies have placed great hopes on the German democracy, but, God knows, the so highly extolled tendency to democracy will not lead us so far as to allow German Reich- stag deputies to transgress with im- Ppunity, at the moment of the great- est danger, against the vital interests ».of the nation which they allege they represent.” The semjofficial Kolnische Zeitung write “We are surprised that the govern- ment, when it had such strong proofs of guilt against three persons suspect- ed of treason, did not ask the consent of the Reichstag to take legal ures, No Reichstag would have been ¥ able to refusc its consent. ought to have been a matter of course that the committece of seven should have been called into consultation. That this has not taken place, and that the affair has been treated in so amateurish a manner will be explained abroad to the disadvantage of Ger- many.” The liberal Berliner Tageblatt points Sout that gny newspaper taking part in military affairs would be subjected | to terrible penalties. It demands similar treatment for Reichstag depu- tles. If the Reichstag really believes that the Independent Socialist deputies ¥ have been guilty of any share in “this fleet tragedy” it must hand those deputies over to justice. The Socialist Vorwaerts says “The assertions of Von Capelle have in an unspeakablo manner turned the Reichstag Ito a theater of the wildest scandal. There is no shadow of proof that any Reichstag deputies themselves guilty of illegal transac- ~tions, GOOD BLOOD “Blood will tell.” Blotches and blemishes, like murder, will , out, unless the blood is kept pure. 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Keep it handy for instant use. 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. re- | meas- | Indeed, it | made | attack | Ad- Street scene in Guatemala City, cap- in ruins by a succession Frion: ARRIS & LWiNG of earth- ital of Guatemala, which has been laid quakes. \ EIGHT MILLIONS | FOR SHIP WORK Appeal Made to Gongress to In-| | crease Construction of Vessels | Washington, Jan. 5.—To speed up | the construction of merchant ship- | ping and to erect homes at govern- | ment and private yards. Congress has been requested to make an additional appropriation of $800,000,000 to the ! United States Shipping board. Thia | request is contained in a letter Sec- retary Daniels sent to congress. If this amount is authorized by congress the Shipping Board will have a total of $2,1000,000,000. | Mr. Hurley recommended that the | authorization for construction be in- | creased from $1,234,000,000, previous- | ly authorized by congress, to $1,935,- { 000, or $701,000,000 more than con- templated last summer. An increase | of $82,000,000 is asked for acquisition | of plants suitable for shipbuilding, | houses, and materials. FEstimates heretofore submitted called for $165,- 000,000, Formal demand upon the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet cor- | poration to take steps to provide am- | ple transportation facilities for ship- | vard workers of the Staten Island | yards was made today by the senate | committee conducting the inquiry into | the shipbuilding activities of the | government. | The committee, hy resolution, called | upon the government shipbuilding agency to commandeer immediately | terryboats in New York waters and | to take whatever steps were necessary | to improve street car service to thesc | yards. In addition the committee, | through Senator Calder of New York, ! called upon the Public Service com- mission of New York to lend its as- | sistance in this matter. The action was taken on motion of | Senator Nelson of Minnesota after the | committee had heard from R. L. lookwalter, district agent of the Fleet | | corporation, who is in charge of the | labor situation in the New York dis- | trict shipyards, that lack of adequate | transportation facilities was serious- | hampering the government in carrying forward its shipping program | in that region Mr. Bookwalter told the commit- | tee that he had spent several davs | golng over street car routes traversed | by many of the shipyard employes. He | said that it required one hour and forty minutes to cover a distance | which, by ferryboat, could be covered in forty minutes. “T have tried every means I know of to get improvement,” said Mr. Bookwalter. ‘“The street car com- | | panies refused and I have been un- able to mct any assistance from ' the municipal authoritie: TWO DAYS CONFERENCE. | Kach State Will be Represented Washington Tnesday. Jan. 5.—Federal food from all states will be- | | gin a two days’ conference here Tues- | day with Food Administration officials. | | They will take up many pressing food problems and discuss particularly co-ordination of effort in the various | state; Several meetings of adminis- | trators have been held here but this will be the first time all have been together at once. In Washington, administrators TWO MEET DEATH. Fatal Trolley Accident Occurs Today in Buffalo, N. Y, Buffalo, Jan. 5.—TWwo persons were killed and nine injured todav when a west-bound trolley on the Depew line Jeft the rails at a point two miles from Depew known as Weigel's curve. The car crashed into a telegraph polo and overturned. MEXICO’S OBJECT. Mexico City, Jan. 5.—The object of the Mexican government in taking over the fleet of the Mexican Naviga- | the RECALL FLETCHER AFTER SHIP L0SS Under Orders Washington, Jan. 5.—Further proof of the sweeping character of the pow- of the American naval and military forces in Kurope has been disclosed in connection with the return to this country for duty of Rear William B. Fletcher, former head of tere, and Major Gen. William L. Si- bert, who commanded the first Amer- ican troops sent to Irance. that Admiral Fletcher had been re- placed by cause Vice Admiral Sims felt that the latter officer was better fitted for the Similarly, it is understood, although there was no formal announcement return of General General Pershing’s conclusion that the arduous task of training a division in France could be performed better hy another officer. The fact that Admiral Fletcher’ return to await assignmont to duty. probably as commandant of an impor- tant navy lication of reports that investigation of the loss of the Amecrican army transport Antilles with sixty-seven lives foreshadowed a naval shakeup, led to the direct connection of these two incidents. It was explained of- ficially today, however, that the de- cision to replace Fletcher had been made by Admiral Sims prior to the sinking of the transport. Both the War and Navy Depart- ments face the necessity of framing a policy to be followed with relation to publication of the names of officers who may be relieved from responsible posts for a class of duties. cials feel that it nounce that the for inefficiency blight their It is indicated, however, that where there is direct evidence of culpability there will be no hesitation in publish- ing names and such circumstances as military considerations will permit. There is no case now before either department that warrants such ac- tion, it is said, so far as officers of any important rank are concerned. The decisions of the commanders abroad on all questions of the sending home of officers under their command is absolute and will not be questioned In such cases offi- s hardly fair to an- have been removed as it might serve to careers. justice or is closed. misuse of power dis- OUR METHODS. Washington, Jan. 5.—~How Ameri- can methods in water material pur- can methods in water material purcha chasing power compare with those employed by foreign governments in this country engaged the attention of senate wat investigating commit- tee today. ‘William Bianchi, or the Italian witness called. purchasing agent army was the first MONEY COIROULATES. Washington, Jan. 5.—Money in $48.76 per capita, as compared with $5.085,370,000 one month ago. last vear money in cireulation creased $680,000,000. How’s This? 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AIRMEN TO ATTACK RHINE BRIDUES Reliance Placed on Them to End the War London, Jan. 5.—A short time ago | a New York dispatch to a London pa- per stated that American opinion was that Britain ranked last among the leading members of the grand alliance in air power. This statement. was not controverted, because discussions af- fecting national susceptibilities at a time like the present are inoppor- tune. Among air experts here there exists a confident belief that British efforts in the provision of aerial fight- ing craft and the training of men will prove equal to the necessities of the | great aerial campaign expected in | the spring, and that the balance in favor of the Entente will be tipped de- cisively by America’s contribution. In a statement R. Hearne, au- thor of “Aerial Warfare” and a well- known authority on the subject, says: “The Germans are now working with all their energy to carry the air war this vear to every part of Brit- ain within range. It will be a ruthiess and terrible war unless we are well prepared. Big bombing machines with their 900-mile range of action can menace Glasgow and Belfast as well as L.ondon and the Midlands. “Air aperations will be on an im- mensely enlarged scale. Hence, when | the Allies carry out their air war on Germany, the Huns in their very first IR He Will Return to This Gountry ers vested in the commanders in chief ‘ Admiral | the Naval Department in French wa- | Confirmation was given to reports | Rear Admiral Wilson be- | particular duties imposed by the post. ! from the War Department, that the | Sibert was due to | vard, coincided with pub- | very special and limited | | London experience of such raids will be treat- ed to something far more terrible than the worst assault on London. | Bearing in mind the underlying hy- eria which exists in many, it will be understood that there is excellent opportunity for breaking the nerve | of the war makers, | “With thousands of air planes cir- | cling in and out of Germany night after night and day after day. with re- mote German towns made the centers of aeria] battles, with the main rafl- 1 way lines battered at many places, troop trains wrecked and vital bridges like those of the Rhine de- | molished, we shall assuredly shatter the two nerve systems which have en- abled Germany to defy the world so | tong. | “These two nerve systems are first, | the nerve or will of the governing | classes, who carry on the war, and ond, the gigantic bundie of nerves known as the German railway sys- tem. Paralyze either of these nerve svstems, and the way to a victorious peaca is easy. “So far in this war the governing classes of Germany have suffered very little and have profited very much. | The war to them has been an excit- ing game. We have not been able to strike directly at these people, be- cause they are well intrenched behind their armies. Tosses have befallen them, but we have not been able to break their merve nor have we been able to break the magnificent railway ¥stem of Germany, which I may call her national iron nerve. “There is a very strong case, there- fore, for a powerful attack on the two nerve systems by which Germany holds out so determinedly, and when we come to analyze methods by which wo can make direct attacks on Ger- many's nerves we find only one instru- ment available, the airplane. With our air fleets we can jump over the battle lines which form Germany | bulwarks. The air way is the only way to the heart of Germany. When we begin in earnest to carry the war into the interior of Germany, when we endanger German officialdom and | German property, and when we break the inner wheels of the German traf- fic machine, then we shall see great cha ome one may ask, ‘but what if Germany tries the same method against the Allies?” Well, she h tried her hardest since the early days of the war. Count up the raids on and Paris and sec how they compare with the Allies, feeble at- | tempts against important cities. | nounced here unless some gross miscarriage of | | American circulation in the United States Janu- | ary 1. amounted to $5,120,424,000, or | In the | has in- | “It is in this matter of smashing Germany’s nerves that America will bring invaluable aid to the KEntente Powers by her thousands of airplanes this vear. American experts showed great intellizence when they pro- in favor of a gigantic air program, and if the United States de- livers the goods, as I feel sure will be done, we shall have the most import- ant instrument of victory against Germany. “1 know the brilbant record of the engineers in high speed and now that the French air experts have been giving their experience to their transatlantic allies weo may have every confidence in the realization of the overwhelmingly Jarge air fleet which will beat Germany from the sky, in- | vade her territory, and break her will to war. —————————————————————— RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN FROM ACHING JOINTS Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bottle of Old “St. Jacobs Oil.” production and British war Stop “dosing” Rheumatism It's pain only; not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Rub soothing, penetrating “St. Jacobs Oil" { right on the “tender spot,” and by the {ime you say Jack Robinson—out comes the rheumatic pain and distr «“st. 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The report covers the the council for only four from the time of organization, 3, 1917, to the end of tho fiscal June 20. “In a broad sense, the council commission have sought to. available to the United States the thought and effort of American ' dustrial and professional life for tH successful prosecution of the wak, the report says. “The direction of the machinery Americafi industry for the nation 3 defense necessarily involves the e - tion of an organization of great flexis. bility. Tre swift changes in strategy | and rapid movement in war chinery, attended by the equal speed with which implements of warfare are scrapped and replaced at the front," has been reflected by corresponding rapid transformation' and stimulation of the industrial organization Within the nations at war. The history of the first three months of the war in the United States has proven no ex- ception. “It has been the cffort of the or- ganization of the Council of National Defense to hold itself in constant readiness to meet such new demands and to shift its ground and expand its facilities in the interest of the na- tional service. Its organization has been and if necessity must continue in process of evolution rapid enough | to keep abreast with the rapidly changing current of the times, and | yet conservative enough to prevent confusion or lack of proper co-ordina- | tion and control. In a peculiar sens it has felt itself called upon to be constantly ready to ‘fill in the gap: and assist the regular departments of | the government. In order to assure the American forces adequate equipment to bring victory, vast increases in the countr output of war supplies were nece sary. The council ras developed new sources of supply for both raw ma- terials and finished products and pur- chases of supplics for the executive departments have been co-ordinated Standardized specifications for too and implements used in the manufac- ture of munitions have been intro- duced and the co-operative organiza- tion of transportation and electric communication for war service has been enlisted, an aircraft program was inaugurated, motor transportation fa- | cilities stimulated, labor leaders or- ganized conjointly with representative emplovers for the effective enlistment of the workmen in war service, scien- tific research promoted, the engineer- ing and medical profgssions mobilized | for war and the coal industry or- | sanized for more cffective production of fuel. Assistance also was given council to the business of the count; in meeting changed conditions and adapting resources to war demands. | The local activities of the states were centralized. Efforts of American women to as- sist in the conduct of the war re- ceived special attention from the council, which provided means for concentrating their encrgies effective- | | “The Council's Afrcraft Production board,” says the report, “state that the lack of previous American experience in battle plane construction led io the adoption to a large extent of de- | signs developed in the allied coun- | | by the | tries, or adaptions from those designs. The difference in shop practice in this country and in Europe resulted in the development of the composite inter- | national design, known as the ‘Liberty | Motor,” so constructed and with its parts so standardized that it lends it- | self easily to quantity production with | American shop methods. “Manufacturing resources of the | country were adapted to the manu- facture of airplanes, the general pol- adopted being that of relying mainly on relatively few highly or- ganized and manifestly capable estab- lishments rather than scattering or- ders for planes and separate parts among a large number of small shops. “Competitive bidding between the war and navy departments and be- tween sub-departments and commit- tees, has been eliminated by the Gen- eral Munitions Board, which acted as a clearing house; particularly for or- ders which involve materials in which a national shortage existed. Where manufacturing facilities were insuffi- clent the board has directed efforts to develop new facilities. “The Committee on Supplies by the securing of options, the ‘pegging of prices of various articles, the allot- ment of large requirements through- out the industries, the elimination of middiemen, and the curbing of com- petition hetween Government depart- ments, has enabled the Government to make substantial savings in its purchases of textiles, foodstuffs and leather. “The report of the Committeo Raw Materials, Minerals, and Metals states: ‘Without authority to fix prices, the Committee has succeeded in obtaining raw materials at sub- stantial price reductions without trade disturbance of real conse- quence. Without the legal power to determine priority, it has been larsc 1y instrumental in many cases in di- verting output in such manner as to ' secure the greatest general benefit. ‘Without any power save that of per- suasion, it has brought specialized 1 on | private business efliciency into imme- diate and eff¢ctive co-operaton with a well ordered federal system!" | ton || e3l; | the Committee on | tuminous coal | Transportation outlines the history of | p: | mittee. A | ma- C Now, if ye may doso R truth, and they MA Sold by all dealers at 50ci 598 $2.50, trial size 25¢.— or sen ip on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, New-York. —————— In stimulating the work of the Committee on Coal Production, the re- port says: During the week ending January 6, 1917, the average daily production of bitumino coal was 1.840,000 net tons, of anthracite coal 18,490 grosa during the week ending April 1917, the time of the creation of Coal Production, production of Dbi- bad decreased to 1,- tons; of anthracite, 223,680 gross tons. From the latter date, pro- duction progressively increased until carly in July bituminous coal was be- ing produced at the rate of 1,902,864 tons per day, and anthracite at the | rate of 281,060 gross tons per day, the greatest output in the entire his tory of the coal indust an output, if maintained sufficient to supply, not only the entire coal requirements of this country but also would have created a large surplus to relieve the coal shortage of the allied nations.” The Commercial Iiconomy Board has studied and advised how commer- cial business might reduce non-essen- tial activities. The board’s work cqy ered returns of unsold bread ot eries, waste in deliveries, wool servation, and other fields. The report of the Committee the average daily 682,000 con« { on the directing organization for war purposes built up by a Railroad War Board upon the special invitation of the Council of National Defense. The ton mileage during April, May and June was 15,600,000,000 ton miles, which is 18 per cent. more than in the passenger train making over To economize in traflic senger train making over 000 miles per year in the aggregate had already been discontinued at the recommendation of the executive com- | This, the report estimates, will result in the saving of 1,500,000 tons of coal per yvear, and has released | 3,000 men and a considerable num- ; ber of enginecers for other and more | important service. The committee on Labor's report tells of the conference of organized labor representatives at which they stated their unqualified allegiance to the Republic in any situation Later a vesolution was adopted by the committee, approved by the Council declaring there should be no departure from present standards in state laws or state ruling flecting labor, without a declaration by the Council that it is essential for nation- al defense. | In describing work of special com- | mittees, special mention made of that on wages and hours, which sisted in incorporating in Government contracis the standards tfor wages and | hours already established by federal legislation The report says that of 408 persons working continuously for the Council only 168 were paid, the greater part being clerks and stenographers, not counting a very large number of per- sons glving part of their time in and cut of Washinton fa { N-BORI WORK AMONG FOREIG 1. Holmes Reports Progress to Council of Defemsc. 8. Hartford, Jan. 5.—The organization committees representing foreign- born groups in towns throughout the state as a part of the Conmecticut State Council of Defense organization forward Tapidly under the of Rev. John G. Murray, of committee on foreign- born population, according to a Te- port made to the council by Stanley H. Holmes, chairman of the commit- tee. The plans being carried out call for committees representing various foreign-born groups in towns and of is going direction the council's es, " ble in ¢ " government ag risked their lives i battic. All danger of iBbor troubles averted as a result of the conferen| and as.far ds the brotherhood *ers’are concerned, the cffort to kd the railroads operating on a maxim basis will be pushed with vigor, The labor shortage was consider and, while no immediate/request be made for the exemption of ri road workers from military servi Mr. McAdoo, it is understood, will hesitate to act if emergency requir The raflroad chiefs told Mr. 3 Adoo that the majority of the men 4 not want exemption if called upon serve the colors, They structed to tell the men that actl would be taken in that directi however, should the director gene decide that they could do grea service at their present posts | they could by shouldering rifles. After the conference, Mr. McAd issued this statement: “I have had a grati ence with William G. Lee, preside and W. N. Doak, vice president, Bro! crhood of Railroad Trainmen; A, Garrettson, president, and W. Clark, vice president, Order of Ra way Conductors: W. S. Carter, pre} dent, and P. J. McNamara, vice pre dent, National Brotherhood of Lo motive Engineers, as to the relatid of the emploves to the railrod while under government centrol the demands which have heretotd been presented by some of the bre erhoods to the railroad companies. have been impressed with the spi of co-operation and fairness sho by the brotherheod chiefs in th discussions with me, and feel confid, that an adjustment fair to the m as well as to the country will reached “As a leg were ing cont result of the discussion have determined to appoint a co mittee of four representative m whose reputations will be a suara tee of fair dealing to all, to ma a full investigation of the whole mu ter and report their findings and cq ugions to me at the earliest possil moment. The names of the memb of the committee will be annound in a few days. ““As soon as the committee mal a report the director general will re der a decision which will be effecti] as to wages from Jan. 1, 1918. 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