New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 12, 1918, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT FUESDA\ ‘NO\/ M BI— R i HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS 12, 1918. ~rE\’ PAGES GERMANY BEGS WILSON TO ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE TERMS OF ARMISTICE: EMPIRE S IN FEARFUL CONDITION, SOLF SAYS AUSTR!AN EMPEROR FLEES; FOREIGN SECRETARY DEAD Reports From Vienna Also State That General Strike | Will Be Called in Capitol City Tomorrow. “Lo Nov peror Char ion, -Em- of Austria has abdicat. to Exchange quoting ed, according Copenhagen de- spatch to the Telegrapn company, from Vienna. It is reported that private adv . a gencral strike il be declared in Vienna tomo: Victor Adler socialist forces and the German-Austrian formed at Vi a on October dead, it is reported n The abdication of as been rumored se have been it was v Emperor Charles | eral times in the | but none of these r confirmed. On Oc- reported that he had nz, but this report was Berlin newspaper, which said he was the Austrian capital on October 30 and that he had heen ordially received by the people while ing about the city. The most re- cent report in connection with Em- peror Charles was received on No- Vember 2, when it was said he had wnnounced intention to abdicate. Victor has been a leader of i socialists for many 3 He is the father of Friedrich Adler, who shot and killed Austrian Premier Stuergkh in Vienna in Oc- 1obér, 1816. 'The son was released from prison” when The imperial thority in Vienna was overthrow In October. port. tober fled from denfed by late i blockade is to continue. SOLDIER G F. , Mass., Nov. 1 Salisbury, a private at C was sentenced to ten ye ment at Fort Jay today for being ab- sent without le: VBan Salisbury, according to t the court -martial a camp for ‘ ninety d and was found at Ports- mouth, N. H. The sentence, which was unusually severe, was ordere read to all units at the camp as a warning that there would be no relaxtion of discipline, notwithstanding the cessa- | tion of hostilities abroad. | TS 10 YEARS. S Charies venil mp Devens, ars Imprison- IR, SOLF ADDRESSES ! to save Germany from starvation, was i by Minister Sulzer, of of the troops of starvation of millions of men, women | these feartul conditions.” APPEAL TO PRESIDENT Enforcement of Blockade Will Cause Millions to Suffer Hunger Pangs. Washington, Nov. 12.—The appeal of Dr. Solf, foreign secretary at Berlin, for intervention by President Wilson | for mitigation of the armistice terms ! Lansing today Switzerland. It was sent immediately to the president. It follow “Convinced of the common aims and ideals of democracy the German government has addressed itself to the Fresident of the United States with the requ to re-establish peace. This peace was meant to correspond with the principles the president al- ways has maintained. The aim was to be a just solution of all questions in dispute, followed by a permanent reconciliation of all nations. “Furthermore, the President de- clared he did not wish to make war on the German people and did not wish to Impede its peaceful develop- ment. The German government has recelved the conditions of the armis- tice. ““After the blockade, these condi- tions, especially the surrendér- of means of transport and the sustenance occupation, would make it impossible to provide Ger- | many with food and would cause the | delivered to Secreta and children, all the more as the We had to accept but feel it is our duty to draw the President’s attention most solemnly | and in all earnestness to the fact that | enforcement of the conditions must | produce amongst the German people feelings contrary to those upon which alone the reconstruction of the com- munity of nations can rest, guaran- teeing a just and durable peace. “The German people, therefore, in this fateful hour, address themselves again to the President with the re- quest that he use his influence with the allied powers in order to mitigate the conditions, GERMANY, FEARING FAMINE, WANTS TO HAVE PEACE QUICKLY London, Nov. 12, 4 p. m., (By the Associated Press)-—Germany has requested the president of the United States, according to a German wireless message from Berlin, to arrange immediately for the opening of peace negotia- tions there being a pressing dan- ger of famine. SOCIALISTS AGREF ON JOINT CABINET {Philip Scheidemann Announces New German Repubhc REVOLUTION iS SPREADING New Privisional Government to Be All Red, Copenhagen Hears—More Street Fighting in Berlin—Soldiers’ Council Active. Amsterdam, Nov. 11.—German independent socialists have reached an agreement to form a joint cabinet from both parties, ac- cording to a Wolff Bureau announce- ment. This cabinet, it is said, con- sists of Philip Scheideman, vice presi- dent of the Reichstag; Herr Lands- burg, member of the Reichstag, and Herr Getiert, socialist, and Hugo Haase, Richard Barth, editor of the Vorwaerts, and Wilhelm Dittmann, member of the Reichstag, indepen- dents. In additfon to the Wolff bureau, the socialists and | socialists now are represented by three newspapers, the Vorwaerts, the Lokal Anzeiger, formerly the emperor's favorite newspaper and now rechrist- ened the Red Flag, and the former semi-official organ, the North German Gazette, which has taken the new title of The International. Revolution Is Spreading. The revolutionary movement con- tinually is spreading. Koenigsberg, Frankfort-on-Main and Strassbrg now are controlled by the Socialists. It is officially reported that there are no disorders. The statement issued by the Berlin (Continued on Ninth Page) AMERICA AND MORE THAN QUARTER 0 399 of $200,000 United War Work Fund. t the this noon the solicitors United War Work campaign the following reports: PR e $1,812.25; & Erwin, $480; Corbin Sc C.C. L, $659; L. F. & C., $628; Stan ley Wor 3,596; Stanley Rule Level, $1,500; Skinner Chuck, B. Machine, $2,900; North & $1,800; Traut & Hine, $500; Bearing, $850; | Hart & Hutchinson, Hardware, $66; Malleable Works, $246; City officials, building trades, $1,865; $469; professional srocers, $316; for Corbin, Russel $110; Americar dry merchant $1,350; churche: schools Plainville, $3,600; Newington, Berlin, $750; corporations, $28,300. The total collections reported day are ,399.. scriptions goes to the Machine New the & Cooley. company and prize goes to Hart was awarded to the Malleable company which g 100 per cent. scribed. The second prize for largest average gift goes to P. of that per cent. & Corbin company’s ploves, 31 have Rev. sion at St. Mary's church and Rabhb Kauffman spoke about the need money, saving that the money needed more at the present time, furnish diversion for the boys, it was when they were in trenches. to | QUOTALS SUBSERIBEI]; City Has Contributed $55, | luncheon at the Elks' club | the made $685; Iron $580; goods men, and public utilities, $114; $291; to- The first prize for per capita sub- | Britain second The first prize for the largest average gift | Iron sub- the em- subscribed. J. H. O'Rourke from the mis- | of | is than | the ALLIES TURN ATTENTION TO PEACE TALK% F l‘maI Conference May Thke Long Time — Economlc Changes Serious Questions. Washington, Nov. 12,—America to- | day turned toward the ways of pence. | The United States with the assoctated (‘gm-cmments today took up the prob- | lems of reconstruction. | Immediately ahead, however, diplo- ! matic Washington saw the peace con- ference. Thirty days is the time al- lowed under the armistice terms for assembling of the peace congress. The armistice, however, includes provision for its extension. The great interests involved, the many govern- ments and nationalities concerned and the difficulties to be met in convening such a conference in a short time may cause an extension of the thirty day limit. It was regarded as likely that the peace conference will be similar to the meeting at Versailles, where the armistice terms were formulated. The tors meeting separately probabiy 1 and $126; Judd, Fafnir Hart & Cooley, $1,500; | | n | s defeated be permitted to enter plegs of modification. Wage Changes Coming. TIndustrially the change from war to peace will create as many problems as the change to war. War contract | plants must<be converted to make the commodities of peace Workers en- gaged in slch plants must be assimi- lated as peace production. ‘Wage | standards changed by the war, be readjusted. The war , board, the war labro board and other governmental agencies must be con- tinued or substitutes be created, in the opinion of officials, for the solution of these problems. The returned work and a home. struction question that congress will be called upon to consider. Other new ible the return will come before soldier must have ‘Thi: a | legislation making p. to a peace time bas congress. With the war behind ahead, government offl no wise discounted the tasks future. and peace als today in of the > | HOOVER SEES END OF | FOOD ABMINISTRATION But Until Peace Estab- lished Further Sacri- fices Are Necessary. { is Nov. 12.—The and opportunity in war torn Washington, na- tion's obligation to stricken humanity to serve provide sus- next harvest will crifices of the American people, Food administrator | Hoover declared today in an address | t a conference here of state food | administrators, Conditions liurope, Mr, Burope by helping until th demand further tenance of famine exist in| Hoover said, that will e “beyond our powers to remedy’ with the carrying out of the ship from America twenty tons of foodstuffs during the In northern Russia alone, there are forty million 5 but little chance of obtaining foed this winter. Millions of others throughout Europe he said who can be reached must be fed. “This being the new world situa- tion, °d by the collapse of the w Hoover continued, “the hanges in our policies on to- sutlock can be summarized: now advantageous- of substitutes in that we will still § economy and elimination o2 in its consumptio: that for ent we need conservation in | and condensed milk; that ul- we extend this to all cven vlan to nillion declared, who have our wheat b coquire tter timately fats. ‘We can contemplate, at the most, maintaining fu three pounds per month of sugar per person of house- held rzar and on the present out- lock and we can by the avalilability of Java sugars to Kurope begin at unve to 3 more restraints on must the sug (Continued on Ninth Page) | resenting LOCAL BOYS MARCH IN VERDUN PARADE PEACE AND QUIET ON BATTLE FRONT Battle Scarred City Celebrates Vic- tory With Big Military Parade and Brilliant Pageant. Verdun, Monday, Nov. 11.—(By the Press.)—Verdun came into its own tonight. While th bells of the ancient cathedral were ringing the news of peace, the for- tress city was illuminated by a mili- tary procession headed by the drum corps of the Twenty-sixth American division, which swung along the crowded streets accompanied by a detachment of French buglers rep- ths famed defenders of Associated Verdun, Only a few hours before the Ger- mans had thrown large shells within the city walls, apparently as a re- minder that Verdun still was within the range of their guns on the hills to the northeast. A large American flag was carried by the men of the New England division, while the French buglers bore the tri-color of France. The soldiers were joined by a few civil- ians who had straggled back into Verdun since the German repulse oa the north. - New Britain boys in Company and I are in the 26th division. DRAFT MACHINERY STOPS E 18 and 37 to 16 Class Need Not Fill Out Questionnalres—Classifications Ordered Stopped. Washington, Nov. 12.-—Draft boards were ordered today to stop classifying men under 19 or over 36 years, and to withold questionnalres for such regis- trants not alread ent in. It was said officialiy at the prov mars general's office that regis trants of ind from to 46 vears 0ld who have received questionnair aeed nol 4ll them out America’s Last Act in War Was Cap- ture of Stenay By 90th Division, With the American Forces on the Meuse and Moselle, Monday, Nov. 11, (By the Associated Press)—The las French' town to fall into American hands before the armistice went into effect was Stenay. Patrols reported they had found it empty not more than a quarter of an hour before eley- en o'clock. American troops rushed through the town and soon allied flags appeared from the windows. As the church bell solemnly tolled the hour of eleven, troops from the Nine- tieth dlviston were pouring into the town. Only a line of glowing camp fir marks the front tonight. Except for the rumble of thousands of truck and other nolses incident to the stir ring of enormous armies, there is not asound to indicate two great forces { are still facingu each other. So far no violation of the armistice has been | reported, there not being even an ac- cidental burst of machine gun fire. CHARGED WITH ARSO) Owner and Manager of Star Cloak Co. Arrested on Serious Charge. Philip Pierson and L. Lieberman will face charges of arson in the police court tomorrow morning. arrested this morning in connection with a small fire alleged to have been | started by the two in the store of tho Star Cloak Co. on Main day afternoon. The fire did not get a but as a result of the investigations | | of Detective Sergeant Richardson and Chiet Dame of the fire department, the couple were arrested and will face an arson charge, Plerson was arrested at his home here, and Lieberman in New Haven The latter is the owner of the store while the former is represented as l manager. ct, yester- | suflicient start to do any great damago | SOLDIERS WARNED i Not to Relax Vigilance—Armis- tice Not Peace. ir the Forces ( American Nov. 11, )—Orders With The { France, Monday, | Associated Pre: ing that the armistice and Germany ,signed and giving directions future conduct of Allied soldier between Allied powe the line were sent to every corps this | They were transmitted to The | morning. the units in the jorders follow: “1—Yon are tilities will cea |at 11 o’clock a. 1918, Paris time. front ranks. informed that m., November line reached by them at date until further orders. “3—Division commanders will front line. 4—All with communication mination of hostilities, is forbidden. armistice only, and not a peace. “f—There must not be the sligh relaxation of vigilance. be prepared at any further operations.” moment NAON OUT. 12.—Romulo from Argentine resignation 1t AMBASSADOR ‘Washington, Nov. aon, ambassador forwarded his ent Irigoven. fI' WEATHER. i e | Hartford, Nov. 12—Forceast for New Britain and nity: Fair, slowly rising tempera- ture tonight and Wednesday. | J NOT TO TRUST HUN | Fovrey American Army Corps Advised announc- the had been to the | along | hos- | ase along the while front | 11, No Allied troops will pass the that hour in} im- | mediately sketch the location of their the enemy, both before and after the ter- absolutely | “5—Every emphasis will be laid on the fact that the arrangement is an | tost | Troops must | for | i | ing restrictions, except where current S. LARGER SHIPS, NEW PROGRAM OF SCHWAB Signing of Armistice Will Not Affect Nation’s New Maritime Industry At All v Philadelphia, Nov. 12.—Signing of | the > will not affect the gov- ernment’s shipbuilding program, ac- | cording to Charles M. Schwab, director | general of the emergency fleet corpo- tion. The continuation of program,” said | Mr. Schwab, “will be the biggest fac- tor in tiding over the period between war production and peace conditions. The situation soon will adjust itself, however, and the whole labor probem will straighten out automatically as llhe readjustment goes on. 3 “‘Our tonnage output so far has con- | sisted too largely of small vessels, be- cause we had to take anything we | could get to meet the necessity. But 75 per cent. of the tonnage has been in vessels of over 7,000 tons. Now | we shall turn to the larger cargo | carriers of ten to fourteen thousand tons. Following the big carriers will | sooner or later must be constructed, if wo are to compete with the shipping of other nations.” LIGHTING BAN LIFTED. Washington, Nov. 12.—All light- 4 of an- by until | is generated by domestic s | thracite, lifted toda: | Administrator Garfield night, Nov 18, to illumination for the Work campaign Fuel mid- were permit free 3 United TROLLEY Lee, M carrying track at i | } GO Nov. trolley car 30 passengers jumped the Tast Lee this afternoon and plunging down a 10 foot embank- ment turned over. No one was seriously injured but the car was ot Home Are| a will decide upon terms and then the | must | industries recon- | come the large passenger ships, which | (Holland Plans to Intern Kaiser and Son; Navy Being Called Upon by Mutineers to Resist Enforcement of Allies Armistise. | (By the Associated Press.) and the Con- the Defeated on the battlefield, deserted by their emperor, subjected to terms tantamount to unconditional surrender, German people have made an appeal to President Wilson. 1D W Solf, appeal that millions face starvation if ditions described as “fearful” prevail, and 5 on secretary, says in b the Allies do not take steps to overcome the danger. Naval Battle Imminent. Mutinous sailors who arc in control of most of the units of Germany’s navy may, even at this late date risk battle against the Allied fleets rather than surrender their vessels under the terms of the armistice. Wireless messages to the various units have been picked up, calling upon the sailors to “defend the country against this unheard of presumption.” The messages directed that the units assemble in Sassnitz harbor, on the east coast of the island of Ruegen, off the Prussian coast. To Intern Kaiser and Son. Holland is said to be preparing to intern William Hohenzollern and his son, the former crown prince, as well as other military officers who sought refuge with them by crossing the Dutch fron- tier. This action may prevent the former emperor from returning to Germany should events take a sudden turn, and he follow the example of Napoleon in 1815. and British Allied warships have entered the Dardanelles naval forces have occupied Alexandretta. Hindenburg Joins Revolutionists. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, who was reported to have fled to Holland with his royal master, has joined the revolutionary forces. He has asked the Soldiers’ and Workmen’s council to send delegates at once to main headquarters. Everywhere in Germany the momentum of the revolution which swept the old regime out of power seems to be increasing. The great Rhenish Westphalian industrial region is in the hands of the reds, while Potsdam and Doeberitz have surrendered to the forces which have taken over control in Berlin. There are evidences of friction between the military authori- council in many towns in It ties and the Soldiers’ and Workmen's northern Germany, the authority of the latter being questioned. is reported that civil administraticns have been provisionally or- ganized where there is any danger of a conflict between parties, Americans End With Victory. British forces reached Mons, Belgium, before the hour for the cessation of hostilities. This city has a sentimental interest to all British subjects, for it was there that “Kitchener’s contemptible s’ had its first real baptism of firc in 1914. The Stenay. It army Americans closed the campaign in France by capturing is announced that, by a supplementary declaration to the armistice, it was agreed by Germany that, in case the vessels stipulated in the armistice were not turned over within the speci- the Isla occupied gs an advance base to enable them to force the terms of fied time to the Allied powers, aind of Helgoland |1\I,'._'Ilt be the agreement France Practically Freed of Huns. the Allied battle line from the The When the last shot was fired, Dutch border to Switzerland approimately was as follows: frontier of Holland north of Selzaete to Ghent to cast of Auden- arde to Grammont to east of Mons to east of Maubeuge and thence east of the Franco-Belgian border to north of Rocroi. Thence the line was along the Meuse to Mezieres to Sedan and across the river in the region of Stenay. Then southeastward south of Montmedy and northeast of Verdun to the Moselle near Pagny, northeast of Pont-a-\Mousson The line then paralleled the Lorraine frontier to west of Markirch, where it entered Alsace, whence it ran south- ward to Switzerland on a line about twenty siles west of the badly damaged, breaking away the trucks. from I Rhine. the narrow strip of territory from the Mecuse to Alsace. France had been entirely cleared of the invaders except for