New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1918, Page 1

f HERALD BEST OF ALL il LOCAL NEWSPAPERS Rl PRICE THREE CEN Hitchcock and Gallinger Act in Senate and Smith in He Congress to Explain--Five Day Cessation of Work Heav News From Washington Likened to Great German Victory by Manufacturer--Thou- sa . Remain Away From I“l"" ve hundred thousand wages to men and women e tories, it is estimated, if the Garfield, for closing all man .is enforced. While most of them ref ment, pro or con, on the edic the attitude of a majority of are to be hit hard by the ne antagonistic to the order. O who declined to be quoted fo ‘he thought this new rule was victory” and offers to the an opportunity for serious demo manufacturers united in sayi be slight inasmuch as*all o anyway. v An idea of the large mass of people hat will be thrown temporarily out »f employment may be gained from the following list, which comprises but a few of the numerous factories in this city: North & Judd Mfg. ployes; Stanley Wor ,000 employes | and the saving of 5 tons of | +coal; American Hardware corporation, | 5,000 employes and the use of at least 25 per cent. of the customary amount of coal to heat the plants; Landers, ry & Clark, 3,000 employes and the saving of at 5 per cent. of the coal ordi ; Traut '& Hine Mfg. Co., 700 employes here and about 75 in Collinsville; Vulcan Iron Works, 350 men; Skinner Chuck Co., 200 men; Union Mfg. Co. 400. At the Stanley Works about 500 work will not be affected as their departments are run by water-power. H. H. Pease of the Machine company stated that he did not know how many employes would be affected at his plan Co., 1,200 em- Hall Affected. A\ccording to the interpretation of | rule all public buildings and offices | to be affected and this means, it | is understood, that all the offices in City hall will be closed down every Monday for the next 10 weeks. M. S. Hart, of the Hart & llutchin- :on Co. holds out an optimistic view «for his employes. Unless all plans fail aone of the men employed there will be thrown out of work. All the pow- or used at the factory is derived from he electric company. Under the fuel administrator’s order the plant will allowed to keep the temperature at the normal degree so as to pro- ect the sprinkler system. The men shave alw: worked in a temperature of 60 d ees, so that they will be lite le affected. City the are e Connecticut Cities Hard Tlit. New Haven, Jan. 17.—Manufac- turers and business men met here to- lay to discuss the situation resulting from the government order for sus- nds of Factory Workers Will Be Forced to Customary Tasks. dollars will be the loss in mployed in New Britain fac- order of Fuel Administrator ufacturing plants for five days rained from making any com- t of the fuel administration, the local manufacturers who w closing rule was plainly ne prominent manufacturer, r obvious reasons, stated that “as good as a great German ti-American people “a great nstrations.” Most of the ng that the coal saving will the factories must be heated et the chamber of comme and adopted mes Washington prot cee 1 today zes 1o be sent to ting unst the government order suspending factory operation. About 10,000 workers in this city will be affected, it was stated. The daily payroll is about L0090, Mayor Henry T. King has ordered a survey of t city' timber and woodland properties so that men laid off by the order may be given ‘work at wood cutting. Munitions Output. Lowell, Mass., Jan. 17.—Production of ammunition for the , government will be seriously affected by the fuel administra order, officials said today Among the most seriously affected will be the United States Cartridge company, which it is claimed turns out two million pieces of small arms ammunition daily, while the Newton Manufacturng company, making time fuses for big shells and the Interna- tional company, making small arms ammunition are also hard hit. More than 50,000 workers, including those of five large cotton mills, will be af- fected, employer: Consternation Results. Lawrence, Mas The mill closing order wrought consternation among mill officials here today. In Lawrence and nearby places 40,000 operatives are employed, most of them in big textile mills government orders. It is estimated that the daily payroll amounts to nearly $125,000. Coal Will Be Saved. New Bedford, Mass.,, Jan. 17—Com- menting on the order for mills for five days, William O. Devoll, Manufacturers’ association, would result irr a saving 4,800 tons of coal here. said of yension of manufacturing. Vice Pres- ¥ ident John B. Kennedy of the cham- er of commerce said the order cemed unnecessary as applied to mu- tion factories, but he supposed the tuation was better known in Wash- i on than here. ridgeport manufacturers also met to consider the situation. Some of the plants there communicated by tel- phone with Washington seeking modification of the order which would exempt them from its operation. Waterbury officials of some of the largest plants indicated that unles rountermanding orders were received they would close their places at mid- night tonight for the period directed A special meeting of the board of edu- ration at Waterbury was called this afternoon tao.consider the question of closing the schools. At Bristol the manufacturers wert walting furth enlightenment. Some of tiwe factories are operated by elec- derived from water power ar manufacturers said they «in as to how the govern- would affect them. men and manu- reity a were uncer ed business In | for | to $450,000 to mill operatives alone. Gov. McCall Comments. Boston, Jan. 17 garding the fuel situation England, Governor McCall “Ever since last z »d steadily a. r faciliti in New said toda I have pro land, for amount to more than mere hardship. It would be the impairment of first line of defen But the reason, the becoming a very we are pretty of necessit our whatever ABOLISHING DANCING Authorities High School to Assist Conservation of Fuel in 10 ner Possible. | Announcement was made today by 1so nmiet to consider the or- Meriden Protests. 1, Jar 'he manufactur ciation, local war bureau ind | Physical Director Moorhead, to acute fuel has followed which was heen ordered disec becomes eff the which and has neing Dall games | thi on about filling closing secretary of the New Bedford Cotton it about ' He estimated that the loss in wage would amount In a statement re- ainst the taking of used inebring- the climate would | this and nearly in the clutches y Man- that | situation, P planned POPULATION O T NOW St 105,006,000 J popu f continer 006.0 estimated by treas- ury tment experts who ¢ culat per capitic moncy culation at $48.76 on that date An inerc of 1,719,000 population from January 1 vear is shown while the | ita circulation increased in RALLY HITS STOGKS, DUE TO FUEL ORDER Serious Break in Ceotton Fol- lowed by Sharp Gains in Many Issues. New York, Jan. 1 Drastic action of the fuel administration caused a serious break in the cotton market at today’s opening. The decline ranged from 1-2 to 2 cents a pound equal to $10 a bale. Other stocks dropped from frac- tions to more than' 3 points at the opening. Within the half hour after the openi virtually all the los had been recovered A sharp T t in and in some were rded over last night's The carly break in quickly followed by a vigorous which carried March contracts 29 temover 30, the 1o The order of the fuel created confusion and { the financial district | opening of the exchanges. were numerous hurried conferences among the heads of the various bank | and trust companies and other in- stitutions. Officials of the stock exchange an- nounced this would continue as usual, pointing out that anything like a | 5-day holiday would work severe dis- advanta to thousands of investor: ! and holders of securities generally | The exchanges will hold ds | subject, however, to the imposed by Washington. Noble of the Stock exchange said business would go on as usual, even if | the: flooa traders and the clerical forces in the brokerage offices had to work in overco; Stock exchange declines were most marked in specialties and equipments, | General Motors 1 1 points, Stude- , Baldwin American Car public Tron 1 1-2 and various industrials 1 to 2 points. The opening in U. . Steel consisted of 10,000 shares Rails of the investment class yielded Jess than the usual group, recording average declines of 1 to 1 1-2 points. Officials of the cotton exchange said | that closing the exchange under the fuel administrator’s order would he considered unles man should declare on each Monday. close. cotton co W rally from recovering initial administrator uncertainty in prior to the not Governor Whit- a legal holiday GERMAN POISON SHIPPED. New Attempt Made to Destroy Amer- ican Crovs. San Francisco, | 1at | crop | has Jan. 17.«-Germany's the and other taken the form of shipment country of powerful . | pollen to be distributed such a attempt to destroy wheat of California to poisonous by German kill accord- by ¢ | agents in manner as to ire output of this state ing to a bulletin issued today State of he Council Defense, PRENCH SHIPS SUNK, six Merchantmen Victims of Week. French 1,600 tonnagc Subma- rines Du 17 Paris chantmen Jan of under ive than that submarines or mine ending i ton we Auy o sunk by the week entering Kr week but ¢ SWISS RECOGNIZE ery I 17.—The weknowled W in FINLAND. Swiss goverr ment ha soverel land. | sian propo: There | of citizenship, that referendum appeared to be im- | within which they | this or ! quirements of the country. states | tho | mer- | BERLIN REJECTS RUSSIAN TERMS Germans Willing to Make Further Overtures to Slavs [SEEK BASIS FOR PEACE End of Hostilities On Eastern Front Would Not Mean General Concession to Entento it is Explained—Bound- ary Armngements Inacceptable. Berlin, Jan. 17, ficial statement London—An of- issued tod giving the reply by the Central Powers to the Russian proposals at Br ovsk on Monday, say proposals concerning the cupied by the Central Powers, in their present form are inacceptabie. The Austro-Germans, the statement | adds, do not intend incorporating the territories now occupied by them into their respective countri The official statement savs the Rus- als do not show a com- promising attitude and do not consid- er the opposite parties on a just basis. Neverthele: it adds, the Central Powers again are prepared to give a clearly formulated expression of their opinions and to try to find a basis for a compromise. For the Central Powers, from the case with Russia, the an- nouncement conclusion of peace with Rus: s no connection with a general peace and the Central wre compelled to continue the st their other enemies. srtion that the right of self-dete ation is an attribute of nations and not of parts of nations, is not our conception of self-determin- ation,” the official statement declares. “It must not be assumed that the limits of occupation are a standard for fixing the boundaries of such por- as distinet tions. The Central Powers agreed, it is added, that a vote of the peoples on yroad lines be sanctiontd on the is but it was declared practicable. The Central Powers think that a vote on a wide basis tak- en from the electors and supplement- ed by a representative body would suffice. “Desiring to reach an understand- ling with Russia,” the statement says, Powers made the fore- “the Central going far-reaching proposals,” which represent the most extreme limits still hope to reach a pesceful understanding. RLSIfU-** etaoi shrd cmf ¢mfwy Withdrawal of the Austrian and German troops from the occupied territories while the war lasts is im- possible, the statement say The Austrians and Germans, says the statement, do nat intend to compel {he territories in dispute to accept that form of state, but they reserve for themselves and ihe peo- ples of the occupied territories a free hand for the conclusion of treaties of every kind. It military conditions Central Powers may endeavor duce the size of the occupying fo to such numbers as are nece: Y. maintain order and meet technical 1 The sot- up of a national gendarmeric may riven for Regarding the of civilians who have been the statement says this question may he exaumined in a benevolent spirit time to time, but that it could <ted to a special commission an of outstanding politically. permit, the to 1 1i he return to their homes remove from entr 0z it is not issue mportance GERMANS AGAIN MUTINY. Kiel—28 Submarine ws Riot at Officers Tilled. A mu German navi is reported otlicery 17 w the Jan crew raph ateh New D Snow ton rair; Porecast for jcinity: erally temperatu and v priday change it { P | received I Texan i for a -CZAR ESCAPES AGAI IS PORT Nicholas e London, Jan. 17.- Romanoff, the former and hig family have from their prison near To it is reported in Petrograd, ac- cording to a Reuter despatch from there. The despatch adds the report lacks confirmatizn. senate coal investIgd ———————jand told his.reasons BATTLESHIP MICHIGAN I GALE: SIX KILLED Three Aleo Badly Hurt on Hich ¢ S for’ ¢ . uation, he said, made the action imperative. “The purpose of the order,” said Dr. Garfield, “is not to interfere in the slightest with the loading of coal at the mines. This is made clear in the application of the abstract.” A modification decided on this morning, Dr. Garfield said, put all consumers in the preferential list on an equal basis with no preference shown to any one class. While Dr. Garfield was being examined by the senate coal committee, the senate agreed to postpone further de- bate on the Hitchcock revocation resolution until 4 o'clock. Dr. Garfield said the plan was to permit certain war | industries to operate despite the order. Shipbuilding, | and airplane manufacturing, he said, were included, Fredes | The order was made necessary, he said, by transpor- Zuseno '*;’:j)‘\"v'tation conditions. The necessity for moving ships, he said, Engellio Chico, | WAS SO great that drastic measures were chnmulsory. “I have been discussing this with business men Garfield. “If companies fail to e days they will not be doing e fuel sit- Navy Depart- AS, ment Annsunces. Washington, Jan. 17.—Six men were | killed and three injured on the Mich- | igan when the battleship was caught | in a heavy gale at sea, it was ofticially announced taday i The dead Osben ick Marahrens, Clarence Frank John Prinz and all seamen, and John a fireman. The injured: | o Edwara Thomas McDonald. lett leg | @ month,” said Dr. broken: Gordon Solomon Farmer, |y - i both arms broken: Virgil Ruggers, | \xage§ for these id 1 cut and head and ankle injured ‘ part. ¢ injured are scamen | were killed and injured by | cage mast, the first | in the navy HERTLINGV WARNS NATION Belyeu, for the accident falling o an. 17.—Senator Hitchcock, democrat, its | introduced today, a resolution in the senate to suspend the fuel order for five days. Senator Hitchcock introduced his resolution after conferring with other democratic leaders who have appre- Housing | hensions of the wisdom and effect of the order. Senator Conditions Are Real Menaco—asks | Hitchcock’s resolution read: “Resolved, that the fuel administration of the United ! States be and is hereby requested to delay for five days the order suspending the operation of industrial plants prussian i portions of the United States in order that protests nouse | may be heard, investigation made and information pre-~ housing | sented.” | Senator Hitchcock declared that “reform in our gow- ‘ernment is now running wild,” in commenting on the order. Another movement for suspension of Garfield's order until after its necessity is established by investigation was set afoot in the senate, through a resolution prepared by { Senator Gallinger, republican leader. i His resolution was prepared after conference with e | Other republican leaders determined to prevent if pos- 1rze | sible having the coal order go into-effect. e News of the agitation evidently got to the ears of the administration leaders, because Dr. Garfield hurried to ! the capitol. Senator Gallinger’s resolution follows: “Whereas through the newspaper press it has been brought to the attention of the congress and the country that an order has been issued by the fuel administrator providing for the closing down of a large proportion of our industries and whereas on information already re- ceived it would seem to be a serious doubt whether such an order would not prove highly detrimental to both the industrial and labor interests of the United States, there- fore be it Resolved, that it is the sense of the senate that such order should be suspended until a thorough investigation shall be made as to the necessity of the proposed action.” A joint resolution to prevent enforcement of the fuel order also was introduced in the house by Representative Smith of New York. The resolution declares that it is the sense of congress that the order of the fuel administrator unnecessary and that an efficient movement of cars and ships and full operation of coal mines will obviate the need of shutting down of the industrial machinery of the country and meet the need of the present situation Fuel Administrator Garfield Dr. Gartield will issue a public ap asked today by the senate coal peal to employers to continue the pay vestigating committee to their employes during the timd afternoon for examinat idle The nment i his order Dr. Garfieid to go — before the « Washington, ] kind German Chancellor Says For Quick Relief. Amsterdam Hertling as a Jan. 17.—Chancellor von made his first appear- ance iember of the the 1o cabinet in Prussian upper on Dill. He said conditions which had zrowr around the large German town industrial centers were such fill the members of the house | serious anxiety, real pain and occasional sorrow. Not only had the maintenance of repairs to houses heen impeded and the increase of housing facilities become almost impossible, but the government desires to homes for returning soldiers would be nd healthy Dr. De speaking on same bill, said conditions in the towns were ferrible and must aholished. The sline in the num- | ber of births had been very great and the mortality of children under 12 months had been still worse. STEAMER TEXAN SAVED sday, support the up and might with rovide which Vessel in Collision Able to Proceed to rort 1 © Own Steam, Steering by Engines, An Atlantic Port, Jan. 17 the ~Word today from steamer ion with ¢ el procecding to nother ves Monday port nnder One of the m members of the injured, it was learned put the steering out of commission, bhut the ship, after th in tt d with collisio to pro- her own her ew of w0 accident holc side material coed tow port rd steering under by means of en- nes The keepi damage can be repaired without sel out of comir th of time g the v ssion 15 at | AMBERICAN =P SUNK sulnraving Sailer Near Cune ds. The Awerican has been sunk 1erteventura, was in- appear this rding | th mdon 1 vessel Monitor of re re gover