New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD ¥ ¥ X ¥ X ¥ X ¥ X X ¥ X T70 THE SERVICE. EW BRITAIN HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, MON DA—Y, DECEMBER 9, 1918, —TEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. WILSON WILL SECURE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, CHAMP CLARK DECLARES:; ENGLAND FAVORS LEAGUE IDEA; SECRET SERVICE BARES MORE ENEMY PLOTTING | WILLIAM SANDERSON DIES AT HOSPITAL AMERIGAN FUTURE ON FOREIGN TRADE - za Claims Veteran Paint- er and Decorator. William Sanderson Liberty 5 st died at St. Francis’ hospital | Freedom of the Seas Necessary s wiormins - ae ot 0 Declares Champ Clark at South- | 1+ ern Commercial Congress MERCHANY MARINES | NEGESSARY ADJUNCT &5 Spanish influen He leave four | leading of was of d daughters M William Baker of South Burritt street, Mrs. Albert tutherford of Hartford, and the sess Roberta of Hartford, May and on of this city »n was one of the best adesmen in the city, and for many years was one of its painters and decorators. FHe arded by members of his being one of the most skilled Bngland, and his services in demand. For many nducted a painting and iness, with an office on de. de a New alw Speaker Says American People i in Trust President Wilson to Sccure | were the Freedom of the Seas At Con- Iroad ar gress of Versailles—Must Immedi- | Comes simultancously With | ately Which Peace, | Which Comes With KAISER'S CHAMPION Dec. 9.—American fu- ture prosperity rests in large measure on the increase of its foreign trade, | Speaker Champ Clark of the house of representatives, said in an _address here today at the opening of” the s nual convention of the Southern Com- A mercial Congres Fry one with il what o1 ching the Baltimore, Famous Editor Declares Wil- | helm Not Responsible For Bringing About War. n- For ddem of the Seas, problem which Con, he the war Cammerc cerned made resulting from the Southern s most con- igement 1 be froedom o1 the London, Dec. 9.-—Maximilian Har- den, editor of the Zukunft of Berlin, said to the correspondent of the Ex- press, according to a dispatch from S When but a | the Gérman capital, that the impres- handful sedom of the seas, [#10n abroad concerning former Em- We ought the most powerful nation on | PEror Willlam 1o a false one, He sald | b plioni) g o fought |0t he. himself, had suffered too | the Cent vers for the frecdom w?l'.l‘:.:' ,:’”:'\’f"“j thynimer d it fo e onual Tt A a charge of partiality, but that el £ renzon why we | \f a8 4 fact that William Hohenzol- participated S {lern had no personal part in willing { the war, but was a mere tool in the hands of the military party, by which he was regarded as a coward. “When the moment far declaring the war came, the militarists were fraid he would refuse to sign the declaration,” said Harden. “The for- mer emperor missed his vocation. He | never was happier than when posing in the limelight. He ought to have jmanaged a cabaret or taken a show on tour. He was a great showman.” Declaring he knew when America came into the war that Germany the only way to do it is to | Would be beaten, Harden said: Bt rviEatioil e ko “I fought with the censors to tell most efficient and i the people this, and when President increase our foreign | Wilson published his 14 points 1 ad- { vocated their acceptance because I | knew we could not get better or more favorable condition 1 i | tou | for the chi in the Can Depend On Wilson. “We ‘can secur depend on President Wil- frcedom of the seas at Versailles. The prin- with which this com- should wrestle is | our foreign trade, | is In largest measure | of this republic. Must Stay. fon to “the con pal mereic how to for the 2 ress of question ! congress increase that re prosperity Merchant Marine merchant marir built up the war should be maintained Mr. Clark declared, and add- upon future Our during forever, ed that modernize amen ihe all things our se above “We Lave no time to lose in tr preparation for the trade war which comes with pes 2 70 PROCLATH NEW REPUBLIC Schleswig-Holstein multaneously Speaker Clark France have been busily ly preparing for it ."sound of the roar B and even the warne: pat and of Reported to Be Ready to Separate and Organize SKS CONGRESS TO Amsterdam, Dec. 8.—The inde- RATIFY MORE LOANS .xm,nden( republic of Sr'hleswig—fl?»l_ ein soon will be praclaimed, accord- ing to the Weser Zeitung of Bremen. This newspaper also states that san- McAdoo Wants Congress to Authorize | guinary encounters between hussars returning from the front and Red Guards occurred at Brunswick on De- cember 5. Finding a deputation of Red Guards and members of the sol- diers and workmen’'s council drawa up to welcome his men, the com- mander of the hussars ordered that fire be opened on the crowd. His men obeyel and the Red Guards replied to the fire. The mob tore the hussars from their horses, disarmed them and forced them to march behind the red flag into the city. Independent Government. Loans to Allies After Peace Signed, ton, Dec. 9.—Congress was McAdoo today to loans after the declaration overnments which have d with the United to 1 in feeding devastated coun- Washir ked by uthorize peace to Secretar, of 1 associatc wan te in the and reconstr ng trie The secretary estimated that about half doilars of war authorized will be this purpose, but loans inued after peace {s legislative au- 38TH U. S. INFANTRY CITED Mc- billion and a bonds a dy wilable be med for cor without mnot proc thorit A ways the for and Despite Superior Numbers Col. special mecting of the house means committee, to which request was addressed, was called Wednesday to hear Mr. McAdoo Assistant Secretary Leftingwell on subject. Alexander’s Men Held Position at and Battle of Marne, Taking Prisoners. Paris, Dec. 9.—The citation of the Thirty-eighth U. 8. Infantry regiment published today in the Journal Officiel reads: “The Thirty-eighth Infantry Col. U, G. McAlexander, on July 15, being attacked on its front and out- flanked on its right and left, faithful to orde maintained its position on the bank of the Marne, and, despite all, threw ba the superior numbers of the cnemy, capturing than 2 prisoners. the PRESIDENT LUTHER RESIGNS. under Trinity College Wishes to His Duties, Head of Relinquish Hartford, Dec. 9.—President Flavel Luther of Trinity college has sent nation to the board of trus- effect July 1, 1919. He the reason for desir- relinquish his Luther, who is 70 ve: a member the T since 1883 and president The trustees act on tion January his 1 51 tees, to take gave hi ing to Dr. more duties. rs old, has nity facuity since 1904, the resigna- > NOLLED. Hartford, Dec. Thirty cases -on the docket of the superior eriminal court for the preseat term have been nolled by the’ state’s attorney. 30 CA AR 9. i1 i8. ( British Army Surprised at Frater- ANKIOUS FOR EARLY PEACE. | correspondent ! ties in such places as Duren say | civilian clothes to take the place GERMANS BECOMING | MUCH MORE CORDIAL nizing Attitude of People Former Soldiers Admit That d of War Brought Such Relief That | Stigma of Defeat Counted But Little. London, Dec. 9.—The German pop- ulation west of the Rhine becomes more cordial in its attitude toward the Britis :ld Marshal Haig's troops move rd, the correspon- dent Daily M with the Brit- ish eastw of the army. Rejoice at British \dvance. “As we approach the Rhine,” the . “our reception be- The authori- un- disguisedly that they rejoice at our arriva They give two reasons for this, that they are afraid of their own people and are afraid of starvation. Many men confess that the end of the war brought such relief that the ma of defeat weighs little. Chil- dren sometimes cheer our arrival. Revolution a Real One. “The revolutionary movement is real, but not much on':the; surface. The ‘outbreaks during the Mirst days were suppressed by the retreating army which is much less Bolshevik than the soldiers in reserve and at the bases. I have seen many German soldiers in uniforms shorn of badges. They are demobilized but they have no of comes more surprising. their uniforms. Armed Guards Friendly. “The armed men guarding the arms in the barracks talk without rancor of their experiences in the war against both the British and French. An overwhelming desire for peace makes of these soldlers a strong instrument of socials solidity, at any rate for the time being. anger signals are received times and on occasion cavalry and machine gunners arc called for by the Germans for fear—generally, I think, exaggerated fea of Bolshevik outbreaks of Rus: n character. The mayor their staffs act with ad- mirable dignity, but much of the pop- ulation is almost obsequious and service to our men.” WHISTLE SCREECH WELCOME TO BOYS at and { Army Transpor crra, With 1531 Privates and 35 Officers, Arrives at New York. New York, Dec. transport Sierra, > 1,631 privates and officers aboard, from abroad. The troop ship welcomed by the screechings sf the Whistles of harbor craft and the shooting skywards of myriad streams from fireboat nozzles as she passed the Statue of Liberty on the way to her dock in Hoboken. rmy and sioned today was 5 officers: non-commis: 'rived here London, Dec. 9, via Montreal steamer Olympic sailed on from Southampton for Hali ing more than 5,000 Canadian veterans. The Saturday carry war HOSPITAL SHIP IN. Comfort, Adriatic and Kroonland Ex- pected to Dock Before Night. New Yor Dec. 9-—A wircless mes- sage was received here this afternoon from the U. S. hospital ship Comfort saying that the vessel, which carries 400 wounded American soldiers, would pass the Ambrose channel lighthouse at 3 o'clock. The vessel probably will dock at Hoboken late toda The Adriatic and the Kroonland, transports, with about 3,600 troops also are expected to reach here before nightfall. MAY NOT TAKE UP LEAGUE OF Dec. 9, (Havas)—During the preliminary conversations to fix the program for the peace conference it is probable that the Allied delegates will decide if the organization of a league of nations will be elaborated at the peace congress or left to a further conference, the Petit Journal says. NATIONS. Paris, i NATIONAL GUARDS GAVE MANY UNITS | ! | 3 Enlisted Men and cers From State Militias 12,100 Offi- | | ) Federal Servic e | Washi nine months after Within Nitional Guard was 1,513 its officers had heen eliminated, Gen. John W. Heavey, chief of the bureau of militi: Tairs, said in his annual report made public today. | included one major general, 16 and 42 colonels the given signatior on, Dec. 9. the drafted into federal service, of Brig. climination of the physical disabil- 648; and action hoards deserted 2 included in the total under the head- ing ‘action of efficiency boards”, the report says, were 30 officers dismissed by sentence of court martial. The large number of officers dropped can be satisfactorily General Heavey said, by the fact that only a mall proportion had had any mili- ry traini while substantial pro- portion lacked the necessary has education and physical qualifications. The aggregate strength of the N: tional Guard drafted into federal service is given 12,100 officers and enlisted men. “In justice to the organi the report declared, “attention is called to the fact that 18 divisions, composed almost entirely of National Guard troops were furnished in the present emergency. All but three of these di- visions now are (September i) in France.” GARFIELD MAY GO T00 Presi- of officers ar ity, a11; r of efliciency s explained, ion,” Fuel Administrator Asked By dent to Be Ready to Join Peace Delegation if Services Are Needed. 9.—Fuel Admin- | istrator Garfleld has been asked by President Wilson to hold himself in | readiness to join the peace delegation | in Paris to advise concerning prob- lems of fuel production and distribu- tion. Similar requests have been re- celved by Henry P. Davison, chalr- man of the Red Cross war council, and Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the war industries board. It is un- derstood the call for all thre ma: come shortly after the president lands in France. ‘Washington, Dec. MAN WOUNDED. Olsen Serious Con- Mother Hears, | of 4 st Main | elegram stating erely Ser- . § Sergeant K n dition o Mrs. Lena Olsen street has received that her son Kric wounded in action geant Olsen enlisted in Company previous to its going to the Me border in 1916, and saw service at border When the National Gu was called out I Olsen transferred to Company F and went overseas with that company Sergeant Olsen, who 24 years age, is one of the few local boys who have been honored with the distin- guished service cross. Sergeant Olsen won the cross several months ago during the series of drives in which ather local boys were mentioned for distinguished Olsen w October 28 W is AMBASSADOR RELIEVED Spanish Envoy at Berlin Notified— German Representative at Madrid May Be Expelled for Spying. 9.—A decree reliev- the Spanish am- from the func- published in the Madrid, Dec. ing Polo de Bernabe, bassador at Berlin, tions of his office is Official Gazette, dispatch printed by la mnday reported that intended to ex- | A Madrid Liberte of Paris the Spanish premier pel the German ambassador, Prince von Ratibor, and members of his staff who have been engaged in spying | and supporting agitation against the Spanish royal family. WILSON INVITED TO VISIT GERMAN CITY OF COLOGNE, Amsterdam, Dec. 8.—President Wilson is invited to visit Cologne by the Volks Zeitung of that city, which suggests that representatives of Lhe German ministry meet him there, Hartford, Dec. 9.—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity; cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably rain or snow. | vestigation. | incident | secretary of the socialist party ENEMY PLANNED T0 CRIPPLE INDUSTRY German Coflsuls Advised to Getl Subjects Out of War Plants I I Chief of m Seeret Service, Testifying in Brewery Investigation, Shows Amazing Conspiracy of Ger- l mans and \ustrians. Wasnington, 9.—More letters the Dec. from secret files of Count von Bernstorff were read to the senate and brewery today A Bruce Biela chief of the bureau of invesiigation of the department of i Among them were instruc- tions to all German consuls in the United States to get German subjects out of plants producing materials for the Allies. The consuls were ordered to stop Germans above the rank of common laborer from working in such plants, under section of the imperial code and to report to the German consul- ate at New York. committee investigating German propagandi by Untermyer Again Figures. Bielaski read to the committee at length from the diary of Dr. Karl F. Fuehr, the German agent, whose ac- tivities figured prominently in the in- The notes of Fuehr said day following the publica- s of H. F./Albert, with Albert at Cedar- and later discussed the Samuel Untermyer. consulted “with Tried to Injure Tabor. Liotters w submitted to show that the Hans Lebeau relief bureau was organized in New York to ald in influencinz Germans and Austrians to give up their work in munition fac- tories. This bureau ostensibly was a philanthropic organization supported by contributions, but propf had been obtained, Rieclaski said, that the Ger- man and Austrian governments pald all the expenses and that Lebeau got 375 a week. 1,156 Laborers Placed. Branches of {he burean were estah- lished in principal citi Names of German and Austilan workers in mu- nition plants obtained and a temati mpaign among them conducted. Other work was found v the bureau for those who could not obtain new jobs themselves. A report made to the German embassy in February, 1916, by Lebecu, showed that the burcau had placed 4,456 la- borers, and that many skilled work- ers who had no trouble finding other work themselves had been persuaded to leave mur iticn plants. were \lientown Doctor in Bad. The bureau also took an enrollment of Germans and Austrians, who had had military experience and it kept up its work until after Bernstorff de- parted upon the breaking of relations betweol, the United States and Ger- many. The name of Theodore Otto, a doc- tor llentown, Pa., was mentioned by Bislaski as one of the men in this couniry who furnished the German embassy with information regarding munition factories. BERGER TRIAL OPENS Congressman-elect From Milwaulkee Faces Charges of pionage In Federal Court in Chicago Today. Dec. 9 cong Adolph The trial of Vie- man-elect of Germer, national Irwin Tucker, William S. Kruse J. Louis Engdahl indicted under the espionage act, began in federal court today before Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. They are charged with mak- ing speeches and distributing litera- ture that had for their purpose the discouragement of enlistment of mea in the military forces of the United States. Chicago, tor Berger, Milwaukee: St. and John N RALL CAU WRECK ON BROKE PENNA. ROAD Philadelphia, Dec. 9.—Two day coaches and three sleeping cars of the Pennsylvania railroad trailn which left Philadelphia last night at 7:10 for Buffalo were derailed two miles north of Emporium. Several passen- gers were slightly injured and were taken to the Emporium hospital. Tt is believed by officials of the railroad the accident was due to a broken nuAlFrench prisoners held in Germany, HIT BY TRAIN, MAN DIES AT HOSPITAL Matthew Burcile Succumbs to Inju Received When Dinky Runs Him Down. Bureile of Bridgeport died at the New Britain General hospital this morning of injuri received when he was struck kst night by the inbound Berlin dinky, at the Park street crossing. Bureile, who is about 35 years of age, stepped in front of the dinky, it is believed, thinking it to on another track. He was picked up by the dinky crew, uncon- scious, and hurried to the hospital, where he died a few hours after being admitted. Bureile was walking the tracks, coming toward the passenger station, presumably to get a traln for Bridge- port, when the 10:38 dinky came along. Whether he bolieved it to be on another track, or failed to hear it is not known, as he stepped di- rectly in the wake of the dinky. He was struck and taken to the hospital where it was found that he had a fractured skull and a number of ser- ious bruises and cuts. He was un- conscious and nothing could be learned of him with the exception of his name and place of residence, taken from his registration card. The Bridgeport police have been notified. ONLY ONE AMERICAN CONVICTED AS SPY Not One Execution in U. S. Army Fer Purely Mili- tary Offense. Matthew a Washington, Dec. 9.—Not a single member of the American army has been put to death since the beginning of the war because of the commission of a purely military offense, Major Gen. Crowder, judge advocate gRener- al, declared in his annual report today to Secretary Baker. “Very few death sentences have been imposed,” he said, “and none of these imposed for purely military offenses have been carried into exe- cution.” Records of the judge advocate general’s office show that 12,357 offi- cers and men were brought before general courts martial, of whom 10,873 were convicted. ~ More than half the charges against officers were listed under three heads: ‘‘Absent without leave; drunkenness, and con- duct unbecoming an officer.” Convic- tlons of enlisted men for desertion, the general sald, were actually less than in the previous year, although the strength of the army had in- creased many fold. The report shows that one enlisted man was tried and convicted of “being a spy” and that 773 men were convicted of sleeping on post FEELING AGAINST HOLLAND Belgium Authorities Object Because Dutch Permitted Germany to Vio- Jate Neutrality of Limburg. Paris, Dec. 9 (Havas.)—There is much feeling against Holland in Bel- gium because of the attitude of the Dutch government in permittinig German soldiers to pass through the Dutch province of Limburg with all their arms and baggage, according to dispatch from Brussels, The Bel- ians said to he indignant that Belgian automobiles, interned in Hol- land, were used hy the Dutch auth- orities in carrying the former crown prince and his suitec when he fled to Holland, are INTIRE FORTUNES OF SAXONY IOYAL FAMILY TAKEN OV Geneva, Dec. 9, (Havas)—The en- tire fortunes of former King Freder- ifck August of Saxony and his broth- er, Prince John George, have been placed under sequestration by the | new Saxon government, according to Sw newspapers. The properties and estates of the former Saxon roy- al family have been confiscated pro- visionally while payment of the civil list has been stopped. FRENCH ARMY GENERAL ARRIVES IN BERIAN Washington, Dec. 9.—Gen. Du Pont af the French army has arrived in | Berlin, according to advices received here today, and has established his headquarters in the palace formerly occupled by the French embassy. Gen. Du Pont has been entrusted with | the transport and repatriation of | which we GREAT BRITAIN IS EAGER T0 SUPPORT LEAGUE OF NATIONS But Cannot Accept It as Substitutes for Her Own Powerful Navy, Churchill Says SAFETY OF THE ISLAND DEPENDS ON ITS FLEER British Minister of Munitions Insists That Other Nations Must Recogs nize England’s Unique Position: Says Royal Navy Has Protected America During War—Will Support| Peace Program. London, Dec. via Montreai.—4 Great Britain will all her influ ence to make the league of nations powerful reality, but she cannot re-| gard it as a substitute for her own navy in period of time, Winston Spencer Churchill, the minister of munitions, declared in any article contributed to the Glasgow) Sunday Post. In his article ish naval 5, use any measurable treats of Brit-| supremacy in amplification of his recent address on the subject, Mr. Churchill speaks of Great Brit-| ain’s unique position among the na. tions of the world. Flect Protects Island. “Our safety from invasion, ou daily bread, every means whereby we maintain our existence as an indepen-| dent people; our unity as an empire or federation of commonwealths and dependencies—all these float froi hour to hour upon our naval de fense,” Mr. Churchill writes. “If that defense is neglected, weak: ened or fettered,” he continues, “we all shall be in continual danger off subjugation or starvation. We shall be forced to live in continued anxi: cty. If that naval defense were evel overpowered or out-matched by an: other navy or probably by a combi. nation of navies we should hold, nof merely our own posSessions but o lives and liberties only on sufferance. Has Right to Recognition. “Where else in the whole world can such conditions be paralleled We have the right to demand from al other nations, friends and foes alike, full recognition of these facts. Wa also are entitled to point out that thi naval strength that we require an are determined to preservi has never been used in modern his tory in a selfish and aggressive man. ner and that it has on four senarate occasions in four separate centurie against Philip II. of Spain, Loun XIV., Napaleon and the Kaiser, suc. cessfully defended civilization fro military tyranny, and particularly preserved the independence of th low countries, Britain Shiclded America. “In this greatest of all wars, thd British navy shielded mighty Ameri ca from all menace of serious danger and when she resolved to act it wal the British navy that transported an escorted the greater portion of hen armies to the rescue and deliverance of France. Our record in a hundred vears of unquestioned naval sway ince Trafalgar, proves the sobriety of our policy and the righteousness off our intentions. Almost the anlj ports in the world open freely to thd commerce of all nations were thos of our islands. T sions and our coaling station used freels and fully by the ships aof all hations. Feats of Royal Navy. the which po! were slave trade, We put it dow: Even our cous jealously guarded b; every power in the world, was throw open to all comers on even terms by that anclent people in whose keeping the world has heen wisely ready ® entrust the freedom of the seas “We are sincere advocates of league of nations. Every influence Britain can bring to bear will be use to make such a league a powerfull reality. This fine conception of] President Wilson has been warmls welcomed by the British democrac all over the world. We shall strive to faithfully and loyaily carry it Into belng and keep it in active benefl and existence. But we iust state quite frankly that a league of n tions cannot be for us =substitu for the British navy in any period that we can forese “We suppressed We put down piracy again the other wise traffic day s0