New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1918, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DALY HERALD, TUESDAY WILSON ATTACKS SEN. GHAMBERLAIN Acguses Him of Unjustiliable Distortion of Truth Washington, Jan. Wilson issued last night a statement attacking Senator George 1. Ghamberlain of Oregon, the demo- formal ¢ratic chairman of the committee on | military affairs, for his assertion in a speech before the National Security League in New York on Saturday that “the military establishment of America has broken down” for the réason that there was “inefficiency in every bureau and every department gf the United States government.” He furthermore defended Secretary Baker, and declared that the dis- closures made by the senate commit- tee’s investigations in regard to army shortcomings were insignificant in comparison with the results obtained. The president’s attack caused a sensation, as he and Senator Cham- berlain had been on the best of terms politically and personally. Mr. Hhamberlain has supported all the president’s war policies and had carried through the senate some of the most important legislation. In his statement, condemning Sena- tor Chamberlain’s New York speech, President Wilson said that Mr. Cham- beérlain’'s reference to “the present in- aetion and Ineffectiveness of the gov- ernment was an astonishing and ab- solutely unjustifiable distortion of the (,r.s)lh." The president admitted that there had been delays in war work which, hewever, he said, had been overcome | by reorganization. He asserted that the investigations of congress had had the effect of drawing indispensable officials away from their work which had contributed to delay and con- fusion. Of Secretary Baker he said: #® “I agm bound to infer that statement sprang out of opposition to | the administration’s whole policy rather than out of any serious inten- tion to reform its practices.” This implied accusation dent Wilson against Senator Cham- berlain caused surprise, as Mr. Cham- ‘Merlain had been accounted one of the president’s staunchest supporters Much of the comment last night was directed to this charge, many asking where the president had obtained any evidence to show that the chairman of | the military affairs committee had nat been in accord with his war program. “My association and constant con- ference with the secretary of war have taught me to regard him as one B the ablest public officials T have ever known. The country will soon learn whether he or his critics under- stand the business in hand.” But the portion statement to which most attention was given in congressional circles was he concluding sentence which demned Senator Chamberlain as an opponbnt of the entire policy of the ‘4dministration. The president re ferred to Semator Chamberlain’s as- gertion that there was inefficiency in . every depar'g government, und added: President’s Statement. “ ‘When the president’s attention dvas called to the speech made by Senator Chamberlain at a luncheon in | New York on Saturday he immediate- Iy inquired of Senator Chamberlain whether he had been correctly re- ported, and, the senator that he had been, president felt it his duty to make the following statement:’ “Senator Chamberlain’s statement s to the present inaction and ineffec- tiveness of the government is an as- tonishing and absolutely unjustifiable distortion of the truth. “As a matter of fact, the war de- partment has performed a task of un- paralleled magnitude and with extraordinary promptness and efficiency. There have been delay wnd disappointments and partial m carriages of plan, all of which have | been drawn into the foreground and | cxaggerated by the investigations | which have been in progress since the congress assembled — investigations | which drew indispensable officials of | the department constantly away from | their work and officers from their agmmands and contributed a great deal to such delay and confusion as had inevitably arisen. “But by comparison with what has been accomplished, these much as they were to be regretted, were Insignificant, and no mistake has been made which has been re- peated. Nothing helpful or likely to speed or facilitate the war tasks of the government has come out of such Priticism and investigation “I understand that reorganiza- tions by legislation are to be pro- posed. (I have not been consulted about them and have learned of them only at second hand,) but their pro- posal came after effective measures of reorganization had been thought- Jully and maturely perfected, and, inasmuch as these measures have been the result of experience, they are much more likely than any oth- ers to be effective, if the congress will but remove the few statutory ob- stacles of rigid departmental organ- ization which stand in their way. The legislative proposals T have heard of would involve long additioral delays and turn our experience into mere lost motion. ~ “My association and constant con- ference with the secretary of war have taught me to regard him as one of the ablest public officials T have ever known. The country will toon learn whether he or his critict understand the business in hand. “To add, as Semator Chamberlain did, that there is inefficiency in every department and bureau of the government is to show such ignor. ance of actual conditions as to maks t impossible to attach any impor- #tance to his statement. I am bound lo infer that that statement sprang ' 22.—President | that | of Presi- | of the president’s | con- | and bureau of tha | upon ascertaining from | the | efficiency things, | FAMILY DOCTOR'S 600D ADVIGE To 60 On Taking “Fruit-a-tives” Because They Did Her Good RocroN, JAN, 14th, 1915, | %I suffered for many years with ter- | rible Indigestion and Constipation. I had freauent dizzy spells and becama greatly run down. A neighbor advised me to try “Fruit-a-tives”. Ididsoand to the surprise of my doctor, I began to improve, and he advised me to go on with “Fruit-a-tives”. 1consider that I owe mylife to “Fruit- a-tives”’ and I want to say to those who | suffer from Indigestion, Constipation or ‘ Headaches—‘try Fruit-a-tives’ and you [‘ willgetwell”. CORINE GAUDREAU. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25¢. | Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit- | a-tives Limited, Ogdensbure. N.Y. | out of opposition to the administra- | tion’s whole policy rather than out of any serious intention to reform its | practice.” Chamberlain’s Reply. Senator Chamberlain heard of the president’s statement just as the sen- | ate adjourned. At that time the text , of the statement had not been re- | celved at the capitol, and its sub- stance was given to Mr. Chamberlain by newspaper men. He seemed un- | perturbed. He said at first that he { preferred to see the president’s state- | ment before replying, but questioning made this oral statement: “In my New York speech I spoke extemporaneously and tried to give the impression that I felt that our military policy was a mistaken one. My remarks were intended/ to deal | with the military situation’ entirely. That was what I had in mind, “I 4id not intend to make general | critictsm of the policy of the govern- ment, but this is the impression that | seems to have gone out. I spoke of | our not having any cohesive military | policy and that we ought to have one. | To that end I explained the bill for a munitions director and the war cabi- | net that had been offered in the | senate. | “The munitions bill is my own, and | the other for the war cabinet was re- ported out by the senate military | affairs committee. I made it plain in my New York speech that these were not administration measures. The | only administration measures I have | seen are the bills offered last week by | me in the senate. which had been sent | to me by the secretary of war. “I admit that Secretary Baker's efforts to better his organization have worked an appreciable improvement | in the war department’s svstem. He | has undertaken to co-ordinate the | bureaus, but he cannot expect to ac- | complish all there is to be done, for | the system is at fault. Its inherent | weaknesses in the last analysis is that | there is no authority between the | president and the various agencies | that carry out details of the work.” CITY ITEMS ! Mr. and Mrs. John R. Blair, Jr, | are recelving congratulations on the birth of a daughter. There will be a meeting of the Mu- | nicipal Farm committee this after- | noon at 4:30 o’clock, A marriage license was issued today | to Guy Glass of 369 East Main street and Cecilia Milisitch of 22 Main street | There will be a meeting of the joint | installation committee of the A. O. H. | tn K. of C. hall tomorrow night. ! The United Parents and Teachers’ association will have for the speaker at the meeting tonight, Dr. William H. Holmes, the superintendent of schools at Mt. Vernon, New York. The meet- ing will be in grammar school hall. A subscription dance will be given by Stephen Donnelly and Harry Gins- burg, at Booth's hall on Friday ev: ning. February 1. The members of the Independent Order of St. George, No. 24, will meet at the home of Mrs. John F. Hilton, 76 Church street. Thursday afternoon. The Karanaugh shop, Nos. 40-46 Pratt street, Hartford, have all man- ner of styvlish new morning and after- | noon and dinner gowns, also styles in which you will feel well dressed when you go down where the oranges | and palms are thriving. The jerseys are especially lovely. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fenke of 232 Arch street celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday, Jan- uvary 20, entertaining a large num- ber of friends at their home. Leon Schneider rendered vocal solos, ac- companied by A. J. Hallock of New Haven on the piano. Miss A. Fenke and Mr. Steinman of Hartford gave a number of fancy dances, and Miss Grace Schneider and Mrs. Charles Kindelman gave numerous readings and stories. Y. W. C. A. NOTES. The advanced class in gymnastics will meet tonight at 7:30. There will be a gymnasium rally Friday evening. It will be open to the public, A class in medical | meet tomorrow night. for this class should diately. The class in knitting and current events will meet tomorrow night. | The swimming pool will be open to- | night for plunging. massage will Registration be made imme- PAPER FOR TROOPS IN FRANCE. Paris, Jan. 22.—A weekly newspa- per for the American troops here to be called the Stars and Stripes, will be issued shortly. Tt has the sanction of Gen. Pershing. It will be directed and edited by men wearing the Amer- ican uniform. under | ' torney SIR EDWARD CARSON OUT OF MINISTRY Bitter Foe of Irish Home Rule: Resigns From Cabinet London, Jan 22.—8id Edward Car- son, minister without porfolio in the war cabinet, has resigned. This an- nouncement was made officially last night. The prime minister has advised the king to accept Sir Edward's resigna- tion. The correspondence published shows that Sir Edward’s action was in relation to the Irish question, and had nothing to do with the conduct of the war. When Sir Eric Geddes, formerly controller of the British navy, a rail- road man with four year of experience of railtoading in the United States. was made first lord of the admiralty last July, superseding Sir Carson, it was said by the Unionist press that the latter, who is a Dublin | University member in the house, “must be provided for.” So Sir BEd- ward was first made a minister with- out portfolio and then in August chairman of the British War Aims committee. Both the Unionist and Liberal press acknowledged that Sir Edward had made a competent first lord, although his periodical threats to resign had been disquieting to the government. Equally disquieting, the Liberal pr has since asserted, have been his nu- merous speeches and interviews, in which he has undertaken to reflect the opinions of his colleagues. In his recent utterances he has categor- jcally stated that he placed no faith in the hoped-for league of nations which was to make war impossible. His resignation takes out of the cabinet one of the most uncompromis- ing opponents of Home Rule for Ire- land. For years Sir Edward has op- posed the setting up of an Irish parliament, and prior to the out- break of the present war, when the Irish question was at its height, he even went to the extent of organizing and training the Ulster Volunteers for civil war against the British govern- ment if Home Rule, which would em- brace the Province of U into operation. Less than a month before Great Britain entered the war Sir Edward presided over the “Pro- visional Government of Ireland” at Belfast and in a speech declared that the time had come for the Lovalis of Ulster to translate their words into action. Ulster, he saild, was anxious for peace, but was not going to accept a peace with surrender. Then came the world war, and Sir Edward almost immediately an nounced that the Ulster Volunteers were ready for service under the flag of Great Britain against the enemy Many of the Ulsterites were among the first of the British forces to cross the Channel and give battle to tha Germans. Just before Rir Fdward left admiralty, the Irish convention began deliberations. As the of Ulster aspirations he had expected an appointment to the convention. The Liberal majority, however, is said to have intimated to the government that he would be safer with a cabinet post. Just what the convention has far accomplished is not known, w its many adjournments and few work- ing days, but Sir Horace Plunkett re- cently said that it was passing to i last and most important stage, “with | a constitution which would fulfill purpose.” Tt may be that Sir Edward now resigned because Sir Horace's “purpose” is not his and because hn thinks that he can best serve Ulster on the floor of the houso of com- mons or because his recent utterances on war aims have caused friction in the secret sessions of the government or for all these reasons. Before his appointment to the Ad- miralty in December, 1910, Sir Ed- ward had been solicitor general for Ireland on two occasions; he was at general in the Asquith war government, from which he resigned on account of the Gallipoli fiasco. He was born in 1854 and made a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 1900. its FIFTH ARREST IN MURDER CASE. New Haven Police Net Gets Youth Returning Home. New Haven, Jan. 22.—With five persons already held for the coroner in connection with the shooting to death of Frank Giomani on the street in West Haven last Thursday night, the police were today looking for cer- tain other persons, said to have had a part in the erime. The latest arrest, that of Vicncenzo Presto, 20 years old, of this city, was made early today as Presto was about to enter his home after several days absence. The other arrests include that of the widow of Giomani. She and one man have since been released under bonds, being held as material witnesses. 1. C. O. DECISIONS. ‘Washington, Jan. 22.—The Inter- state Commerce Commission today upheld existing rates to New York and the New Jersey shore, refusing tho application of New Jersey interests for reductions on the claim that lighterage charges to Manhattan of- fect a discrimination in favor of that district. The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized rail- roads to lower the freo time allowed for detention of carload .shipments of coal at New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore from ten to six days under the straight demur- rage plan and from 5 to 5 days under the so-called ‘“average agreement plan.” The new regulations will go into effect February § and are expect- ed to assist materially in the release of coal cars. Baward | ster, was put | ts | the representative ! has | The quickest way to lose a for Building materials in the pasty An insurance policy which 14 scarcely covers two—third-s the 7 house or shipyard. And insura®ice rates are cli War is on. Incendiaries are loose. example of what they can do. The best answer ever found to the industrial fire problem is Pyrene. Thousands of plants can thank their existence to the Pyrene Extin- guisher. Are there Pyrenes in your plant? If so, are there enough? —1 to every 1000 square feet? Be sure of this! 3 Norfolk, Va., is a woeful ““Casper, Wyo. Leidecker Tool Co., Nov. 26, 1917. Marietta, Ohio (Home Office) g Just saved entire plant from fire with Pyrene Fire Ex- tinguishers. Express us twenty-four re-charges for same. LEIDECKER TOOL CO. (Factory)” And have you other Pyrene fire weapons such as Soda and Acid Extinguishers, Chemical Engines and Fire Hose? Today is the day to prepare. Next week may find your factory in ashes. The Rele Stationary Chemical En- gine, for protection of all buildings; all Fire Department brass goods; Fire Department supplies; Fire De- partment uniforms, rubber coats, rubber boots; first aid kits; indus- trial goggles; respirators; smoke helmets; warning and exit signs; extinguisher re-charges; fire pail: fire buckets. The Kaiser’s fire fiends are loose. See that your factory is equipped <] to fight fire. W LINEN AND COT- TON RUBBER LINED HOSE. 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Kloskowskf] isfaction of the declarations regarding Count Czernin, the Austro- arian foreign minister, and rec- ilers Demand Peace. ! zed their firmness. T board, | | | Jan. strike in Austria is s s I.ondon, > by ceneral nd the the striker Chosen on Board at Annual Meetw) reading, a P . ing of People’s Saving Bank. f object sought by however, held it to be necessary thai seace, according dispatches re- | labor should be enlishtened concern- ceived here by way of Holland and | ing the government's attitude upon Switzerland. The Directing Board of | the concrete questions which are the the German Socialist Democracy of | subject of the negotiations at Brest- Austria conferred with the Food Min- | Lijtov ister at Vienna and notified him th: Ll demandl and ‘othent d cayida “the demand for took prec ; | 1 of labor were made the subject of ne- G s : | e - her demands. + B 5 Amsterdam, Jan. 22.—The Austrian | dence of all other demand gotiations with the government. The Ministry has resigned, according to a | The stri is particularly serious in | I it ddds . ¢ Vienna dispatch to the Berliner Mor- | Vienna and Budapest the whole trans- ;;’;‘i"‘m"‘;’;““t‘;k‘fr‘g' "”‘“1‘(“ 2 “(f:l“ (’:;:’" gen Post. Port system of the Hungarian capl- | B/ O FORETE, (0 ATney A Count von Toggenburg, Minister of tal being tied up _;”\M“”” AL Dt e "_ the Interior, has been charged with Responsible Ministers have sought R i 1~ \] an op the task of forming a new Cabinet to calm the situation by declarations | T > ankly to enlighten the i Austria stands for peace without | Minister concerning:the views of la- particulary to leave him in bor,Rang annexations for indemnities, and | POr and The brief dispatch does not make it | {nat it does not desire to acquire Rus- | N0 doubt that the demand for peace absolutely clear which of the Vienna | gan torritory. | “‘f’.'; f\(r\t‘('mh\,xu:v of all other demand These declarations did Aater, on Saturday, the app Ministries has resigned—the Imperial Ministry, of which Count Czernin is | 410" srikers, who took continues, the district executives of the head, holding the portfolio of | y}o4 the mministers did all the Vienna districts met to re- Minister of Foreign Affai or the | ., uzh in putting into ceive the report on the negotiations minor body, of Which Dr. von Seydler | (ot GH SR o with the government. The has been President. The fact that 2 ' blage resolved to demand the Count von Toggenburg, who held the labor Demands Light. Hon othihslbrovise or i | post of Minister of the Inierior in the A Vienna dispatch, under Saturday’s | ice law relating {o the r £ New Tork, Jan, 33 —Twbniy o von Seydler Cabinet, has been asked date, received in ,\m.\((*xllu.m rea ‘- | workers and requested the or i ,,J“mm e o i aitond to organizo a new minlstry, would in ppeared today, | tion of democratic deputies to con- | dicate that it is the latter. the only issue being a sheet published | tinuye its effo oblain justice for | iNS the opening of a two day confer- Even before the general strike be- | by the Arbeiter Zeitung, which con- | the vietims of the unusual conditions.” ' ence here with the U. S. tariff com- gan in Austria, dispatches from Vien- | tained nothing but announcements re- mission. While the object of the na reported a crisis in the Austrian | garding the strike and peace deveops meeting was not made public, it is Cabinet. Dr. von Seydler was op- | ments. At the head of the announce- said, discussions will hinge on' the ments was'one by the directing board subject of a special war tax for the i of the German Socialist Demo of dustry or a tax revision. to At the annual meeting of the Peo- 'ples Saving Bank held at 173 Broad street last night officers were elected jas well as a board of directors. TWo) men were added to the direc- torate, John C. Loomis and J. Kloss The officers follow: S. Andrulowiez. ¥. Gaffney, I new peace kows President—A. Vice-Presidents—B. Loomis, A. Grecki. easurer—Leo Bojnow i. nt Treasurer—Paul Nurczyk. ajezyk. Secretary Kloskowski., L. Bojnowski, A. S. An~ B G G. M. Lan- ders, A 3 Loomis, J. Kloskowski, Samorajczyk, J. Sol- , B. Mysliwiec, P. Nurczyk, . Zimmerman, J. Gworek. J. . | Assistant Directors | dulewicz, atisfy | tion far the not the pi not 8o action sed. | ; boli- ' | WAR TAX ON SILK. are 0 newspapers Membe s Sodality are quested to meet in their club room cvening for Red Cross sewing. posed not only by the Czehs and the South Slavs, but also by the Socialists th