New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE ]IERALD NEW BRITAIN HERA HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1876 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICrUT, MONDAY OCTOb R 73 101& 41 EN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS. AUSTRIA AGREES TO N BERLIN NOTE THOUGHT WILSON ANSWERS G. O. BACK UP PRESIDENT LONERGAN'S APPEAL Candidate for Congress Speaks at North & Judd Noon Rally KLETT lN ANGRY M00D Candidate For State Senator Denounce es “Rotten Politics Somecone Was ilty of Yesterday’—Wilson’s Ap- al Out Chamberlain, geous, record I cong “I stand ng the been your squarely on my four years that representative in N to come on and election and I dare any n my platform between now and question the judgment of my vote on any measure I have theen in congress. lvery measure that T have voted ‘yes” on has been approved of by President Wilson. We are now approaching an election day, the likes of which this country has never before and I urge you a week from Tuesday to forget your politics and ,think of America alone, and in so doing you will follow out the request of President Wilson and place in congress men of experience who will work in sympathy with our president.” The foregoing statement form the keynote of the address g en by Congressman Augustine Loner- n at North & Judd's factory today. e address was the opener of a se- Jries of addresses that is to be given at factory zates during the week. At- torney W. F. Mangan introduced the peaker and urged the voters to place ‘ongr Lonergan in congre again Con, a recital of durir the st 1ce nan ressman Lonergan opened with the doings of the congress past term. e told of penditures necessary to the war to a successful usion and the necessity of hav- sound financial system. He out- the growth of the army and havy and the ship building industry all of which, he said, have prospered under a democratic president and congre The speaker explained the necessity of continuing in office the present officeholders as men of ex- perience are necessary to carry out work. To the men of foreign birth,” the speaker continued, ‘T would say: If ou have a love for the land of your birth, if you love your parents and wish to see the depressed countries of Europe rise and prosper, then you will vote to retain the democratic congress. Only through President Wilson, working with a congress that is in sympathy with him, can these things be accomplished.” The speaker in closing asked Wis experience in congress and decord as representative from this district be en into consideration on election ¢ that he be given as substantial a by the New Britain received in 1916. Senator Klett. Russell & Erwin Chamberlain addressed an in. his that and vote as he Speech By At a rally at plant this noon, fand George W fudience in the Mr. Chambe how he, in four years as tre the state, had built up the treasury and made it possible, if it were best, | for the state to wipe out its debt to- day. He declared that politics did not enter into the work of the ad- ministration, and that everything wa done for the hest interests of the st Connecticut He then introduced Senator Klett, who hegan by telling his audience that he came before the people on his record and not on any promise: He enumerated the hills that he had helped to put through the legislature,*among them several improvements on the Workmen's Act, the inventory and resources and people of the state, the bill by which aliens were enabled to get their citizenship papers in New Britain instead of Hartford, and the teachers’ pension Lill. the F. Klett pouring ¥ lain told listeners surer of gompensation Jeensus of the / \ator Klett declared that the republican party had not played poli- ies and did not intend to, and that the would not revert to such rotten politics as samebody had used ves- ferday. He said he did not know whether it was under the auspices of the democratic party or not, but that it certainls 5 rotten politl He then gave his record the penate, saving that since he has been In that body, he has not been absent once, and has attended every com- mittee meeting. He thea gave the record of his rival, George M. Land- ers, giving the dates upon which he was absent and did not vote. party (Continued on Ninth Page), his | citizens of | [ | | | | 1 west of Verdun, the range northeast of Verdun. long range the railw: The counter-uttacks, swinging on the Gui enemy v through streams. gress the o which to the front before open to the IFourth army to stopping the progress up the O may be gathered the AMERICAN LONG RANGE GUNS HURL SHELLS INTO LONGUYON | With can Forces North- 9, (By the Am Oct. 3 D Associated Press)—American long guns this afternoon began f ing on Longuyon. The town of Longuyon is 23 miles fire also is Leing directed vital Voie de Rocade on paralleling the front. inst the line Germans are depending on this The American |} road to shift their troops and plies from one point to another. Oct. 28.—American have entered the fighting east of Re- thel and have carried out a local operation in which they made an ad- vance of one kilometre east of At- tigny, capturing 152 prisone the war office announces. The American adv: Paris, units nce was made in the region of the Forest 5farm south ! of the between Attigny and Voncq. Aisne, GERMAN ARMY IN RETREAT BETWEEN OISE AND AISNE Oct. begun Taris, 2 ermany’s armies have a new retreat, this time between the Oise and the Aisne. Gen. Debeney's First stubborn r army, in the teeth of and repeated succeeded in its right flank so that it It has reeched Guise and Marle road, driving the before 1it. Debeney is in position to rapidly along the upper Oise lley toward Hirson and Verviens of The first result of his pro- is to fo enemy opposing Tenth and Fifth French armies, hausted by fruitl counter-at- acks, to begin a backward movement is eventually bound to extend Rethel. This will double Ardennes sistance has faces east Gen. now push a level country devoid ce the ge of the Aisne and The importance the enemy attached e from the fact that Germans vesterday threw in three fresh divisions, which however were knocked out. Line May Be Turned. With the ench Armies in France Oct. 2 (Reuter's)—Gen. Debene; army has won a signal victory. The German forces holding he Serre- Oise front are in retreat and the whole German line between Chateau Porcien and the Argonne is in danger of being turned. stent attacks by Debeney’s in- defatigable infant has broken the river line, which is the last water line commanded by the enemy between the present front and the Meuse. German Attacks Fail. London, Oct. 28.—British Sunday repulsed a determined man effort to drive them from ars, south of Valenciennes, Field Marshal Haig reports today. Many Germans were killed in street fight- ing in the village. On the borders of the Mormal for- est, south of Valenciennes, and north of the Raisnes forest, north of Val- enciennes, the British have improved thelr posmons slightly. troops Ger- KAISER WILLING TO BE HEREDITARY PRESIDENT - London, Oct. 28.—BEmperor Willilam has no intention of abdicating, but Is willing, if it is for the good of the people, to ordain that his rights shall be reframed, according to a statement attributed to Ger- man court circles. The emper- or is said to have remarked: “I will not abandon my sorely tried people, but, if necessary I am ready to be- come something like heredi- tary president of a German re- public like the kings of Eng- land, Belgium and Italy. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Kxchange Telegraph Co. quotes Maximilian Harden, the editor of the Die Zufunkt of Berlin as saying in an inter- view with the Berlingske Tid- ende of Copenhagen: “We started the war with a dirty trick and all our subse- quent victories have been the results of dishonesty * * * William II. is a film hero and Germany a vulgar cinemato- graph show. We sit today on the ruins of 30 years of Hoh- enzollern politics.’ MRS. GRACE FOUND DEAD. Wife of Post Office Clerk Suddenly From Heart Failure— Talked to Sister Short Time Before. Mrs. James Grace, wife of James Grace, clerk at the local post office, 281 not died this morning at her home Maple Mrs., Grace had in the best of health for some When visited this morning by her sister she appeared to be well. He sister went out into the back yard of the Grace home and returning a few minutes later found her sitting on a chair, Death was due {0 heart failure. Besides her husband Grace leaves four children Mar Cyrl Robert, four James Cabe, Mi tzgerald, Mrs. Frank delphia and Sister Car olyn of the Sacred Heart Convent in New Haven, and one brother, Michael Fitzgerald of this city. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made but it is probable that it will be held Thursday morning from St. Joseph's church, street. been time. dead and M herine Lind of Phil Expires | 1| POLITICAL PARTIES FILE EXPENSE BILLS Democratic National Com- mittee Received $412,138 and Spent $395,459. Washington, Oct. 28.—Campaign expense accounts filed with the house today included that of the democratic national committee, showing receipts $412,138 and disbursements of $395,459. The republican national committee statement has not been filed. B. M. Baruch, chairman of industries board, with $2 largest contributor to the fund. He with a number of other democrats, including Vance MecCor- mick, and A. Mitchell Palmer, named as lending $150,000 to committee. Reports also were filed by the sena- torial and congressional committee of { both parties. The democratic sena- [ torial committe reported receipts of L only $100, $50 donations by Senators | Pittman of Nevada and Gerry, of Rhode Island, of which $60.16 was spent, while republican contributions were $71,800 and expenditures $5 085. | The democratic mittee reported re | expenditures of $8 the war 000, is the democratic are the congressional com- ipts of $132,900, ,762 while the re- publican committee spent $140.895 out of its receipts of $159,398. The demo- cratic report said all but $7,000 came from the national committee. ALLOW NEW JOINT RATES. Washington, Oct. 28.—Permi to railroads under federal control to | establish nwe joint rates and charges 'in combination with non-federal con- | trolled roads without application for authority, though of course subject to review, was granted by the Interstat Commerce Commission today at the request of the railroad administra- tion. Heretofore it has been nec sary to obtain permission I advance for cach rite so established SAXON MINT et RESIGNS, As @ conse- re-organization of the the kingdom of ministers have 1 xon state Gazette cording to advices King Friedrich Augu the resignation of the Amsterdam, quence of the | government Saxony, all of the signed, th nounces, Dresden. accepted from h pre Fam- | mier and minister of finance, it is said, sup- | | Spanish steamship ADMIS NO FREE TRADEIN | |EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL ion kajp nations for FF NEW JERQEY -BOATS N. —A 7 It was said that the vessel went down within five minutes. Persons on | shore said they heard an explosion at 10 p. m Oct ed with s torpedoed ten miles off Barnegat, J., at last night and 23 men of the crew of 29 reached the shore early today, according Manahawken, S loa sugar wi N ten o'clock Oct. 28.— the tele- Monmouth Beach, N. J., eports received here over phone wires of the co: say that the survivo two steamships sunk off the coast have been landed, one boat gat and one at Egg Harbor. The r ports were that the ships had torpedoed, although the information in this regard was indefinite to in- formation received here by coast guards. even survivors near the lighthou others at Fork antily clad and had suf ure throughout the night. were up and were from picked SEE BREAKDOWN IN (4 WILSON POINTS ~ GERMAN ATTITUDE 1 English Editors Find Rilt in War Cloud in Latest Note BELIEVE ENEMY DESPERATE President Replies to Criticism Made by Republican Leaders | the President in his note of load at Barne- | been | Intended No Restrictions On Internal | London Express “Signs Portend Pol , Wilson Explains—Repub- Speedy End of Nightmare’—Daily licans in Senate Demand Repr i e T L sentation of That Body in Framing —Times Wary of Trap. Peace Te Washington, Wilson replied today contentions that the third of his 14 peace terms is a free trade plank by explaining that in demanding the re- moval of econome he meant | ther argument. to suggest no restriction upon internal economic policies, but only the whatever tariff, high or low, any na- tion might deem necessary, it should | apply equally to all foreign nations. The president made the explanation | in a letter to Senator Simmonds of North Carolina, chairman of the sen- | ate finance committee, Who had written him asking for a statement “because certain republican leaders are attempting to make partisan use of the paragraph. “Weapons of economic discipline and punishment | the president wrote, hould he left | to the joint action of all nations for the purpose of punishing those who The Ixpress, will not submit to a general program | St occurrences of justice and equality.” ing the reply He added that the inject the bogey | Claims: of free trade, which is not involved at ! Tlie siens portend enough, point- all was to attempt to divert the minds | 118 t0 & speedy end of the nightmare of that nation from a broad principle | 814 indicating an acceptance of the of a durable peace, and that it v termns sooniitogbe diotaied. & lamentable that momentous issue: The Chronicle says: this solemn hour should be “The German reply is, in effect, an s el e unqualified acceptance. Nothing re- el mains but for the associated powers S to announce without delay the pro- : - gram of naval and mili The president’s letter follows: which the armistice nec “Dear Senator: 1 am glad to is unlikely that Germany spond to the question addressed %o theldetalls after agreeing ‘to the me by your letter of Octobe principle. If her situation were not words I used in my addr desperate, she never would have gone congress of January 8, 1918, : | as far as she has. If any confirmation ““The removal, so far possible, of | yvere needed as to the significance of all economic barriers and the esta- | Dy Solf's reply, it would be found in lishment of an equality of trade con- | Gen. Ludendorff’s resignation.” ditions among all nations The Daily Mail hopes and believes o peace and Citii ng the Allies “will not do anything so selves for its maintenance foolish’ to immediately disclose “I, of course, meant to the terms upon which they are will- restriction upon the free d ing to grant an armistice. The paper polic but only that, says the German reply does not meet ever, ny nation might de: dent Wilson's questions and, aft- necess: for its Own cconomic suminarizing the most recent hap- be that tariff high or low, it Germany, declares, in ef- apply equaily to all for is altered there. in other words that thet s is in the hand of no discriminations egaiust | autocra the paper says. “It will nations that did not appiy to | 1 time enough for Marshal Foch to This leaves cvery Dation free | gtate the terms when that sword has to determine for itself OWN - | peen broken or surrendered.” ternal policies and hmi onl “The promptitude of the reply may right to compound these policies be accepted as conveying evidence at hostilé discriminations he least of Germ and need of nation and another. W . in armistic Post. “Dr. economic discipline and puvishment Solf’s assu regarding far-reach- Fhomla Nbelstiltoitho aluigantlongol changes are not very satisfying. the purpose of punish however. Nothing has happened as who will not submit to | 1oy o Rk ey EROETani BECE BRIl and | 10 tal has been changed in Germany except the expectation of victory. The first condition ny : that Germany shall break it refuse the Allies dictate. If the German gov m business it will send | Marshal — Foch, i e London, Oct. the German 28.—“The brevity of reply to President Wil- somls note is a measure of its signi- | ficance,” says the Daily News. “Pres- ident Wilson's note put an end to fur- It is due to Dr. Solf, the German foreign secretary, to say that his note is precisely what the oc- casion demanded.” ({5 posture of Germany warrants us in believing, is coming within reach,” the newspa- per “there must be no de- lay in taking steps to end hostilities. There is no justification in fighting on for what can be had for the ask- ng. The terms for an armistico must be rigorous, but must not be need- lessly so.” —President republican jers peace, as the new continued, enumerating the lat- in Germany, includ- to President Wilson, ex- of ized to will object 1S consenting the them- no : tion hat- Pre. or service, should i nations; shall some others be its its of we one wons of ing ing those general cquality. The exparic nations have suggest stice of the taught us that tempt by one nation to punish by exclusive and discriminato agreements has been a prolific | of that kind often result permanent moi the at- anothe armistice is | be unable to | conditions th es of or | ernment s plenipotenti bui | many’s ruler to i establishie in present cations, o int frout b iy to ut only un gain = ng time e 1 “Theve rm (Continued on Ninth Page.) view point that it se P initia- It the with a cessation no new n reply excep upon s the posals for armistice iermans to approach commande for ly to and the impose Alli e nt Wilson Hartford, Oct. foir New Britain Unsettled, Tiesda cast e nd vicinity: the ( tonight; ni cooler, | r formal e war,” warmer showe; petition GOTIATE SEPARATE PACT SION OF WEAKNESS; P. BOGEY OF FREE TRADE Vienna Accepts All Views Expressed in Pres- ident’s Communication of October 19; De- sirous of Armistice on All Austro-Hungar- ian Fronts; German Amsterdam_ Oct. 28, (By th her reply to President Wilson accepts all the views Austria says she is willing result of other October Message in Washington e Associated Pre —Austria in pressed by 19 and ready, without awaiting the negotiations, to negotiate a peace and an immediate armistice on all Austro-Hungarian fronts. German Note Reaches Washington. The German government’s t note, a reply to President Wilson’s last by a people’s government with actual and constitutional power and that the terms of the American and Allied governments for an armistice are awaited, reached the Swiss legation today by cable. Frederick Oederlin, charge of the Swiss legation, delivered the German note at the state department at 3 o’clock this afternoon. It was said to differ materially from the wireless version. This communication is regarded here merely as an acknow- ledgment of the president’s communication with an indication of the anxious desire of those in power at Berlin coming of a definite statement of the enemies will permit hostiliti The President is expected to make no rejoinder. exchanges with the German authorities, when he transmitted the correspondence to the step must be on the part of the co-belligerents, acting The diplomatic situation is just where it was German government that Wilson informed the the their hasten which to termss upon s to cease. His personal officials said today, ended Allies. [he in concert. President its request for an next when armistice and peace had been transmitted to the Allied governments. The next step expected was the submission of mistice to Germany. Announcement from London that Premier ry Balfour had left for France Foreign Secret military advise war council at Vers foreshadowed lles. BUDAPEST OBJECTS TO COUNT ANDRASSY New Austro-Hungarian Foreign Min- ister Suspected of Having Pro- German Tendencies. Parls, Oct. 28.—Grave troubles have broken out at Budapest as the result of the appointment of Count Julius Andrassy, who is suspected of Germanophile tendencies, to be Aus- tro-Hungarian foreign minister, says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin. A committee of workmen and soldiers has been formed to represent the ex tremist party in impending events. German newspapers maintain that mutinous Croatian troops still are masters of the city of Fiume, in spite of official statements that they were under control, according to the Zur- jch correspondent of the Journal, who says that the Croatians have driven the Hungarians from the cit Amsterdam, Oct 1stria handed over entire control of supply and distribution to the C authorities in Bohemia, a Vienna dis- patch to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin says, with the result that 100 carloads of potatoes are on their way to the famishing Austrian capital. A dispatch from Prague to the spapers dated October 24 savs in compliance with a demand made by American bankers the ch leaders have given an under standing that the prospective Czech government will make an effort to have the new regime in Bohemia como into operation with excesses. The correspondent adds that this is borne by the entirely calm be- havior of the Czechs in Prague who are entitled to credit at least for the present for keeping perfect dis cipline. has food zech IN FIELD ARTILLERY. . W. Porter, Jr., Louisville, Going to Camp Tay- lor, TOmOorrow. Porter, Jr., manager Frisbie & I'rederick W the local office of stock brokers, will leave tomorrow for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., to enter ) officers’ training school, having en- ed in the field artiller; Maurice Ja son and Kenneth Hoff- man have enlisted in the infantry and are awaiting calls to officers’ training camps. Co.; lis terms of an ar- Lloyd George and with naval and an of the supreme early meeting While the military and naval members of the council are drawing terms of an armistice which will be tantamount to surrender by Germany, the political representatives of the Intente powers are expected to dis- cuss the individual peace views of their governments with a view to formulating a complete program to be presented if Germany accepts the terms of the armistice. Reply. of Germany's Germany’s The unofficial text new note follows: “The German Government has j taken cognizance of the answer of the President of the United States, | “The President is aware of the | far-reaching changes which have been. | carried out and are being car ] in the German constitutional { ture, and that peace negotiatior being conducted by a People’ ernment, in whose hands rests, actually and conswtutionall power to make the deciding clusions. The military powers also subject to it. The German awaits proposals which shall be the first step toward a just peace, as the President has described it in his proclamation. “SOLF. truc- 5 are Gov- both the con- are Government now for an avmistice, ' { Bid Good-Bye Without Oct. Rogret. 28.—President Wilson's note to Germany was printed textually in the German | newspape on Thursday evening and | on Friday morning. The | Zeitung of Berlin printed {lish text alongside the note man. Aside which Amsterdam, the Eng- | in Ger from the junker orgaus, proclaimed the necessity of every man coming to the front for the emperor and the empire, many papers apparently contemplate with= | out excessive lament the prospective | aisappearance of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The emperor’s abdication again is strongly rumored to be im= pending It i fort Gaz noteworthy that the tte hints at a coming sacr fice” with compafrative equanimity, and hoth the Berlin and Frankfort stock exchanges showed an improved tendency ult of President Wilso's F are Entente conference forward demands German honor Frank+ vt ' s a re note. the put witly 1oy concealed that at will “incompatible but the anxiety know the exact terms of the ociated governments puts every chmq else in the background. not Paris | erting that the negotiations for peace are being conducted } jed out' |