New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 1

TO THE SLBVIUF- HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETT ER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT THURSDAY ——TEN PAG}'S [)ECLMBER 5 191 PRI(F FHREL CEN'IS BRITISH MINISTER OF MUNITIONS SENDS OUT DEFI; ENGLAND WILL NOT REDUCE NAVY; GERMANS MUST HAVE BUSINESS IN ORDER TO PAY COST OF WAR UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT BE PARTY TO ANY BOYCOTT OF RECENT ENEMY NATIONS ction Cor AUSTRIAN LEADERS SPREAD BOLSHEVISM Arrive in Switzerland With Large Propaganda Funds EISNER READY T0 QUIT Dele- Reconstruction Congress Dis- cusses Economic Warfare Which is Bound to Follow International Strife. Atlantic City, Dec. b.—Possibility of perpetuating in the domain of com- merce the haztred and bitterness en- gendered by the war will be greatly lessened if the United States refuses to be drawn into any agreement or understanding that would make her a party to a boycott of the commerce of any of the nations that have been arrayed against each other, was a declaration contained in an address prepared by James A. Farrell, of New York and read in his absence to the reconstruction congress here today. Discu Economic Warfare. Mr. Farrell's paper was-devoted to a review of the foreign trade situa- tion. “In this matter of economic warfare after the war,” Mr. Farrell said, “there should be no ground for misunderstanding our positions. An unrepentant Germany, still wedded to her idols of militarism and the re- lentless application of superior force can establish no right to demand the raising of the economic blockade which has been a most potent instru- ment in ending the war “In pursuance of the policy of com- bining national and commercial in- terest, the German nation thoughf itself entitled to plunder its neigh- bors for her own economic or eom- mercial needs. Berlin Soldiers’ and Workers’ gation Arrives In Holland to Take Up Negotiations Concerning For- mer Emperor. es Pars, Dec. 5, (Hava of formerly prominent leaders in Austria-Hungary have arrived Switzerland with large sums of money to further a campaiga of Bolshe- vism elsewhere than in Switzerland, the Zurich correspondent of the Journal says. Among the men are the former grand admiral of the im- perial fleet a former Austro-Hun- gariian foreign minister and a former member of the Hun- garian cabinet. Other men are to be sent to Alsace-Lorraine to spread Bolshevism, the correspondent states. s)—A number in i Eisner Ready to Resign. | Amsterdam, Dec. 4.—Kurt Eisner, [ the Bavarian premier, is reported to have privately declared himself ready ‘l‘“ resign when the national assembly { had regulated the country's affairs, according to a Munich dispatch. Addressing the soldiers’ and work- men's council, Premier Eisner de- clared the Bavarian government was opposed to any idea of separation reason found for looking to the | from Germany as a whole, the secur- security of the world in the |ity of which he regarded as obtain- waging of a perpetual bloodless war, | able only by the creation of a fed- inspired by the same enmity, sus- eral state. picions and fears that but lately di- vided the world. “Nor can the fact be ignored that in a trade war, as in this clash of mili- tary force ,the balance of slaughter must be reckoned with since the casualties cannot all be on the other side. Opposes German Methods. “But when we have exposed Ger- | man ambition and denounced German methods, it would be a curious way of preventing their revival by com- mitting ourselves to the acceptance of German principles. Only on the theory that the menace of Prussian militarism must survive can there be any future German Deputies at Hague. Copenhagen Dec. 5.—A delegation from the Berlin soldiers and workers’ council has arrived at The Hague, a Berlin dispatch reports. The message indicates that its presence at the ‘Ve(her]nnds capital has to do with is to | negotiations concerning former Em- §IUHE cortrinicla G ermany | peror William, in progress at thé G ) she ought to be, to | y (s Defcompelled fas 5 A man legation in The Hague. repay the wanton destruction she has | Belgium,. northern France T rodghiin e A Berlin dispatch on December 2 | Poland and Serbia, she must have ac- | _ a 1 cess to the raw materials of manu- \"]!‘""_“f‘cedd ‘_ha“kd- number of the sol- conversion of which into | diers and workers' councils in Ger- many had requested the government finished products she may earn the money necessary to ‘pay her debts. |to have the former emperor tried by S o . It was added, ! A a Ger: tribunal, “As 3 or of fact, given the | German s b & however, that the government would frank acceptance by Germany of the | ! £ ) terms of peace which will be dictated j SUbmit the question to the national as the Allics, there can be no reason | Sembly, which body is not yet in being. separating her economic wants | The recent visit to Holland of a Ger- those of the rest of Burope. | Man emissary, Admiral von Hintz, : i foreign secretary, was said t Thes Il be sufficiently imperative | former 3 o S i L Bt e be for the purpose of obtaining the to use up all the surplus foodstuffs ' pul f o nd raw materials that can be spared | formal abdication of William II. which has since taken place. for many months to come.” Refers to Forcign Trade. trade gener- ally, Mr. Farrell said: “There can be no great revival of trade in the countries where we hope for it most, unless we are ready to provide capital for their development. We must en- ter into the industrial life of those countries, engage in enterprises with Germany Should Pay Costs. facture by by for from Montenegrins Want Union. Berne, Dec. 6.—A dispatch from Agram says the national assembly of the people of Montenegro which d posed King Nicholas and voted favor of uniting with Serbia was elected by universal suffrage. Each constituency which formerly sent one e | deputy to the Skupshtina now is send- them and create out of their re- 3 = e Soiiroes| the inows wealth from iwhich | (DS ithreerepresen ativesfitoRthe fas- will come our pay.” sembly. An industrial creed for ‘the four parties to industry”-—capital, manage- ment, labor and the community—was putlined by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. It included advancement, by industry, of social as well materal weil-be- ing of emploves; opportunity by em- ployes to earn a living under condi- tions of fair wages, reasonable hours and proper industrial environment reward for initiative and efficiency machinery for uncovering and promptly adjusting grievances; ade- quate representation of all the indus- trial parties with annual joint con- Yerences, to assure jindustrial har- mony and prosperity, in each plant, with this system extended ‘“to in- clude all plants in the same industry, all industries in a community, in & nation, and in the various nations.” | ‘s Stand. Referring to foreign in MACHINE GUNS USED as ¥ood Riots in Cologne Suppressed When Death-Dealing Weapons Are Turned On Crowd. Copenhagen, Dec. >—Machine guns were used in suppressing food riots in Cologne on Tuesday according to re- ports received here. Scveral stores in different parts of the city were plun- dered. Tnere were a numter ualties in the ranks of the strants, several beng Killed. After plundering the stores a great crowd gathered at the food depot but the “welfare comimittee” of the city decided to suppress the disturbances without mercy. The mob retreatcd when the machine guns were brought into play. Other casualties occurred in flicts between mobs and the throughout the night, of cas demon- Questions Industry Continuing Mr. Rockefeller As the leaders of industry face this period of reconstruction, what will their attitude be? Will it be that of the stand-patters who take no said con- police ¢ [Continued on Third Page.) i from WILSON HAS SAME WAITER AS KAISER Man Who Served Former Em- peror Now Serves President VOYAGE IS UNEVENTFUL val Convoy—Mine Sweepers Are Preceding — Weather Cold and Misty. On Board U Dec. 5, (By . George Washing- wireless to As- sociated Press)—President Wilson spent the first day on the trip on this steamship working in the office part of his suite. After knowledging from the bridge the greetings that were given him as the ship put to sea, he turned to the pile of letters telegrams . awalting him and spent several hours working with his stenographers. Has Slight Cold. In the afternoon, on the advice of his physician Rear Admiral Cary T. Gravson, he lay down »nd rested for a time because of a slight cold that was affecting his voice. Later the president recewved calls from officials on hoard, including the Italian and French ambassadors. Fol- lowing this he took a walk on deck with Mrs. Wilson. Has Kaiser's Waiter. ton, the most of ac- and The presidential party dined quietly in the evening, being served by a waiter who claimed to have attended Emperor William and the empress in the same suite on the trial trip of the George Washington. Reports trtat the presidential suite had been fitted up 1n a luxurious manner are untrue. In the dining hall music was fur- nished by the ship’s band and a quar- tet of sailors. Gets News By Wircless, The president is keeping in with official business by wireless. The ecorting destroyers, with the battleship Pennsylvania leading the column are keeping in close touch with the steamship carrying the pres- ident. Mine sweepers are running before the bow of his ship. They are loaded with steel billets, to insure their deep draught. The weather is cold and the sea is calm. In the evering Mrs. Wilson released the George Washington carrier pigeons bearing nctes of thanks {o Vice Adriral Gleaves for the success of the arrangements made for the de- parture. touch misty, but Newspapermen On Board. Representatives of the Associated Press, the United Press and the Inter- national News Service are accom- panying President Wilson and party to Europe aboard the U. §. S. George Washivgton. Arangements were made in advance tc permit the correspond- ents to send brief individual messages from the ship by wireless, the first dispatches being released for simul- taneous publication at 11:30 a. m. to- day. WILSCON INFORMED OF PEACE PLANS Allies Cable Details of Tondon Conference That He May Mave Full Knowledge. substance of this London, Dec. 5.—The London earl representatives of Italy with peace confer- the American believed the Wilson Europe yesterday, the discussions in week the Great Britain, Fr regard to the coming were cabled to it between ance and ence government and is messages reached before he sailed for thus putting him in possession of full information regarding the conference. Reuter's Ltd. says there is reason to believe the president's advisors are of the opinion that the views of the vonference regarding former Emper- or William are likely to coincide with those of the president himself. Re- sponsible opinion says th news agency, holds that the ex-emperot and other persons xuilty of tha breaches of international law during the progress of the war should be dealt with by a tribunal of the asso- ciated governments, including repre- sentatives of those countries which suffered most. President | complete unification of the railw: | win FIVE SOLUTIONS TO RAILWAY QUEST.ON BEING SUGGESTED Believes Interstate Commerce Commission Changes in Management Should Provide Partial Merger Under Some Form of Govt. Regulation. Washington, Dec. 5 whether railroads finally go back to} private management remain in the hands of the gzovernment, radical changes should be made in their s methods and theories of operation to provide a partial merger under some sort -of government regnlation, the Interstate Commerce Commission says in its anmual report made public today. The commission the time is not ripe to recommend concrete proposals for legislation relating to the future policy toward railroads, but says whatever be the nation’s decision, there should be provision for s in Ty tion tribunal controversies of a to railroad settlement of matters. Itegardless of | over or Iive Alternatives Possible. of ¢ by government regulation the commission in with each of the five al future policy which ma by different interests in s nie sort is suggested conreciion tern be the are: atives of forth near future. Continuation of the present vstem of government control \\|vh private ownership, public owners with private operation tion government guara complete private control and ownership and complete ownership and operation. The report deals at length with upheaval of railroad relations caused by the war and the sumption of operation, lations of the Interstate Commission to Director General Adoo and the railroad administration. The commis set believes witn intees, war time, partial merger in ordin times, limitation of railway constru: tion to public necessity, and systematic encouragement of the development of inland waterways, and their ordination with rail carriers. Opposed to Old Conditions. In other words, the commission is opposed to restoration of the old con- | ditions of individual competition, in which pooling of traffic was forbidden by law, and to the huilding of new lines without proof to the govern- ment that ihey economically necessar) If it is finally decided railroads to private says the commission, legislation to permit their tion, emancipation of railway tion, from financial dictation, g ment regulation of security s clearing away of the existing zone between the authority of state and federal authorities in railrind supervision; efficient use of equipment and common use of terminals On the other hand, if the policy of government ownership should be adepted, the principal questions to he considered are: The price to he paid for the roads; means of preventing the railroads from being made sources of revenue to the government, and also to maintain them self-sup- porting: measures to define carefully the responsibility of the railway ad- ministration to congress and other federal and state authorities; guar- antees against intrusion of partisan into railway management, and cr TWO LOGAL MEN TO BE ORDAINED AS PRIESTS James J. Wilson and J. War- Roche Complete Theological Studies. co- and but the commission authority to review the director general. Waiting For Uniform Rates. valuation work of which will become in case of is procceding on account of has been assumed the report retains its initiated by Railroad commission, great importance ment purchase, little interference war. Safety work partly by the but educational tinued throughout commission in the last great rides in seeking to unifory TY classifications, undertaken 2 number of vestigations of rates and The report, concerning future policies railroads, is signed by all the missioners, except George W. Ander- son, who recently resigned to accept | another federal appointment. are: Winthrop M. Daniels, chair- man; Edgar E. Clark, James S. Har- lan, Charles (. McChord, H. Meyer, Henry C. Hall, Aitchison and Robert W. (Continued on Third Page) DISCHARGE OF 100,000 SAILORS AUTHORIZED Men Will Be Released As Soon As Possible—Navy Returning Boats, to manz there restore ment, be co-operi- ope wern- | | should work is being con- the countr. ues; twilight e and other practices. toward as Clyde B. Wooley. | i ren Washington, Dec. 5.—D 20 per cent. of the navy’s war time personnel, about 100,000 men, has Teen authorized. Secretary Daniels said today the men would be released as quickly as possible with due regard to the convenience of the service. Private motorboats and oth- er craft taken over by the navy for the war, already being turned back to their Mr. Daniels said by February, 700 craft will have been stricken from the navy list. The release of enlisted men is an- thorized not because the navy is over- manned, but to permit the return to civil pursuits of vouths who joinad for the war and who do not intend to follow the sea. Members of aaval units in schools and colleges will complete their train ing and then stand discharged. In the cases of special student bodies, such as the payvmasters’ school Princeton and the ensigas’ school at Annapolis, students in the present classes upon graduation will be' com- missioned ia the reserve Wilson and J. charge of local men, will | James Joseph Warren Roche, two be ordained into the Roman Catholic | priesthood, December 21 in St | Joseph’s cathedral, Hartford. Both are at present stationed at St 'I‘]lunms'i Seminary in Hartford as prefects, and | will return there following their ordination until assigned to some parish in the state. Mr. Wilson the ‘Wilson of Washington street, and is Years of age. He was graduated from St Mary's Parochial school with the class of 1908, at the age of 13 being the youngest member of his After his graduation from o s he entered St Thomas Sem- inary in Hartford where he studied for five years In 1913 he was signed to ¢ Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, N. Y., where he was to receive further instruction prelimin- ary to going abroad, to study. Due to the outhreak of the war no stu- dents were sent abroad and he re- mained at St. Bernard's complete his studies. About a month ago he was assigned to St. Thomas' Semin- in Hartford as a prefect He sing his first high mass in St | N GET Mary's church, Sunday morning, { December 22, J. Warren vachts, are % owners. is son of Mrs, S to MASSACHUSETTS TROLLEY WAGE INCREASE. Dec 5.—Wage the Bay State eastern ary Wa eases for employes of rington in- Roche is the son of M Street Railway operating in (Continued on Ninth Page) Massachusetts, were awarded foday The award, 41 woiormen and con by the war labor board fixing a seale varying from to 45 WEATHER. Hartford, Dee, 5.—Forc Lo A casts for New Britain and iinenetacly Fair tonight: Friday cloudiness, warmer cents an hour for ductors, and giving an approximate cent. to other eu- retroactive to October hoard held that operation will call ol passenger fares, n per the higher for read- ploves is and the cost of justment alternatives | private flrll’].|< i regulation and | public | government’s as- | the re- Commerce Me- jon has co-operated fully | United States for valor in action, with the government management says \l ongressional Medal of still | rates the | of govern- with the | railroad adminisration | 355¢h, which lost half its men hoiding | The yvear has made has | promote | in- | including the statement | com- Others 3althasar GREAT BRITAIN MUST KEEP HER PLACE AS QUEEN OF SEA; | DOES NOT WANT HELGOLAND LEADERS GF FAMOUS | o P BATTALION HONORED ! Determined to Permit Peace Conference to Impose No Limitations on Her Naval E Supremacy, Churchill Says, | Congressional Medals of Honor Tor Whittlesey and McMurtry Dec. 4.— have be unnecessary ided British naval that it wilk to demand the retur m’ Helgoland to Great Britain fron the minister of munitions, announcea| in a speech Dundee tonight, Mry Soldier Who. Single Handed. Stopped = Churchill said the vernmentg| i : had decided the nationalizatior German Charge and Took 11 Pris- | O of the vl London, | authorities de at also upon railways Must Rule ‘We enter the o N o e ieelas M O urel 1 i G ar Soidibie et e lore WA ok viain e Jlute determination that limitatio toTive boen designated by | Shall be imposed on our right to main~ President Wilson to receive the highest : 210 _our naval defense. We do ot I e by the, intend, no matter what arguments and| the appeals are addressed to us, to lend ourselves in any way to any fettering restrictions which will prevent thel British maintaining its well tried well-deserved supremacy.” Does Not Need Helg The of Helgoland, formerly) Danish, was ceded Great Britain 1814. In 1890 Great Britain ceded! to Germany, who developed it into, oners Gets Highest Honor President the Sea. the Can Bestow. peace conference,” no given Honor, Those Medals. They have won the first of medals awarded during the war Germany and their names are: Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, 308th infantr) Captain George Gi. Private Thomas C. Neibaur. it Colonel Whittlesey then major, and | an extremely important naval base. It Captain McMurtry were at the head of lies in the North Sea off the mouths| - |the famous “lost battalion” of the! of the Elbe and Weser and of the en= trance to the Kicl Canal, which i dominates. The island stronghold throughout Its oce ation by the Allies was under] him. | consideration shortly after the took | Ing of the armistice when the German Umwl revolution made it appear, doubtful if Germany would compiy with the naval terms of the armistice, These. however, seem to *.ave | been fulfill ¢ in entire ENGLAND STIRRED BY R. R. PROGRAMS | Receiving navy the with i and | sland. island to McMurtry | in when forest the enemy the Argonne days later. Single Private Neibaur distinguished {self when the Rainbow division ‘ote de Chatillon in October by stop- | ping an enemy charge against a ridge | single handed with hs automatc after {all others of his patrol detachment | had been killed or wounded. In spite |of wounds through both knees, he | completed the exploit by bringing in eleven Germans at the point of his pistol VETERAN SEALER OF WEIGHTS DIES AT 87 John Johmson Held City Position Many Years: Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon at 2:30 O’Clock. Johnson, for a great many years sealer of weights and measures in this city, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. W, Mit- su unt out against rounded in {relieved five Captures 11 was a German the great naval war,, Handed. since nearl their Churchill’'s Announcement Regarding Nationalization of Railways Is for Subject of Much Interest. London, Dec. 4.—Winston Spencer Churchill’'s announcement regarding the nationalization of the railways has stirred up the greatest interest here. What form the nationalization will take is the subject of considerable conjecture. Premier Llovd Gearge, in opening clection campaign onNo- vember said must taken rect inspiration state.” John his 16 problem of transportation under the di- control of the he hand and in | Sir Albert Stanley | boara of trade, in vesterday said “The time is restrictions president election of the an speech coming rapidly n the trols on the railways can be removed and all prive ileges to the people.” The is eagerly awaiting the specific am to announced CLEVELAND STRIKE ETTLEMENT NEAR restored public pro: be 2,400 Street Car Men Expected to Re- turn to Work This Afternoon JOHN JOTINSON. . —Women Agree, | chell, o 30 | will be held tomorrow | afternoon and interment will be R | IFairview cemetery ey W {Soolc | - U ROy : of women conductors | afternoon from late residence, | e e - {a complete tie-up clleys, {and interment be in Tair- P £ ! { oo | ably will. return to work | view cemetery. W. F. Cook u £ k 3 erncon. The strikers will | will officiat { | this afternoon to vote on | Mr. Johnson i 1 : | { their union lead have ¢ Sorrell, England, When a young United States to one of the Britain both residence. Besides his daughter lived, Mr. Johnson other daughter, Mrs St of city, Johnson, of The funeral 30 o'clock Vine at o streot eveland, Dec. 5. The reat in men who went on sy ¢ bec or the employment nd resulting in prob- 1te this aft- assemble terms that ccepted for his will Rev. Mount years of them. ST his home | ,jjing off of the ke was residents | grter the city council hac and l resolution pledging native of was $7 was a and ag man he ¢ the and of eement that may mean the reachad adopted a to see tha make oldest in of str was New vears of 1D itsell the were given the promised | den men square deal with whom by George L. » le by John J. Stapley, pres is survived an- otiih svelnnd rabl urder the r war lahor Ohio, isch d of this city. He nonrg ymine: urns, Williain and this and two sons, hoard Duyton by Jonuary Harmon Johnson t y agreed (o The representati conduc abide by the resolution. women by also leaves 10 grandchildren, & of whom Major Ralph Mitchell, o the United States Marine Corps, tioned at the Island of Guam, Harold Johnson, in foreign wa l“uh the American navy, are ors 2d to abide men Mr. Stan- ili with= retention from the Washington, sta- and ters uny decision ley make. The draw their plea for 1&\'”» labor bourd at may women w