New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1918, Page 1

FROM m HT"E.ALD : 8 @ J V) | HERALD “ADS” MEAN e A - ¢ BETTER BUSINESS SERVICE. IR TO THL NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT \VFDNESDA\ PRICE THREE CENTS. 1876. ENGLAND’S ATTITUDE OF WTSHTNG TO DESTRO GERMANY IS ALL THAT KEPT PEACE FROM COMING LONG AGO, FORMER AUSTRIAN LEADER ASSERTS ESTABLISHED DI CEMBER 11, 1918. ——T\VELVE PAGES. ENGLAND AND AMERICA NEAR HARTFORD BANKER NEW ENGLAN[] BOYS | KASERMAKESM0 |RUSSIAN TREATY IS ‘SOLUTEON OF SEA QUESTION ATTEMET«AT ALIBI ORK OF GERM AN SHORT IN ACCOUNTS ARRIVE BACK HOME Merrick W. Ghapln Gharged With FH‘S[ Umts of 76th Division, | Bmbezzlement of $44000 | Loaded With Souvenirs Landed | Wilson Has Information That Britain Cannot Surrender : Prefers to Wait Until His Trial | Rights, His Principles Are Not Antagon- | ‘ e P e Belore Making Statement | M I LIT A R Y LEA DE R S o LEGAL - AGTION _ SARTED 7y ETICS WILL AGAIN | coun crem v BOGM AT YALE COLLEGE It | Demobilization of Training‘ London, Dec. 11.—As a result of in- formal conversations regarding Presi- dent Wilson’s freedom of the seas pro- posals, the British government now is in possession of concrete suggestions which are more understandable than the free seas clause in Mr. Wilson’s 14 points, according to the Expre President Wilson, the | PRESIDENT T0 ARRIVE says, has information Great Britain cannot surrender right of search, the contraband and the right to enforce blockade. 1t | ; , is understood that President Wilson’s | Mothers of Daughters In principles do not include the wban- donment of any of those rghts and are generally in no wise antagonastic newspaperd to British interests LIEUTENANT OBRIEN showing Count Czernin Pictures Gen PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK SENT T0 CAMP MERRITT| | i . . | J as c f] Accused Is 18 Years of Age and Had | Will Later Be Transferred to New Fance | Ludendorff as Dictator o Beon Considered Capable | England Cantonment For Demobil- Were Ravaged During German Oc- German Military Policy Long Man—Federal Law Is Very Severe ation—Canopic Also Docks At cupation Demand That Wilhelm Be Says Wilson Unselfiish. / Prosecuted. in Casc of Conviction. 11 William Hohe make any statement to prevent the out- Dec. ot torts | I Boston With Aviation Men, Landon, zollern will s to his e New York, 11— down the gang plank laden with hel- Hartford, 11.—Morrick W, Dec. Swarming Chapin, as: cashier and paying | Corps Signal For Re- Vienna, Dec. Press.)—Count eiate Czernin, the formed teller of the Phoenix National bank of ! this city, w rested today on the | charge of embeszzlement of §44,000. He was taken before U. S. Comm sioner Richard F. Carroll and held | under $5,000 bonds for the February | term of the U. S, district court Arrested This Morning. by Deputy | Kelleher on ! Mullooney. The made 8. arrest w U. M al John complaint of Daniel C. chief national bank examiner for the | Boston federal reserve district. Mr. | _Mullooney made affidavit hefore Com- “Tnissioner Carroll that examination of | b “hapin’s accounts showed he had | embezzled and wilfully misappropri- | ated $44,000 of the bank's funds. As- | sistant U. S. District Attorney Allan | K. Smith presented the case before the commissioner. Mr. Chapin was | represented by IAttorney Edward J.: Myers. Was Considered Capable, Mr. Chapin is 48 years old, a natiye | Hartford, and with his wife and mily resides at 175 Warrenton ave- nue. He began his bank career at the ’ age of 18, when he was emploved by | the American National bank as a run- ner. By long and faithful service he | advanced through the various \des until he became paying teller | and assistant. cashier in January, | 1907. When the American bank was | merged with the Phoenix bank in | May, 1912, Mr. Chapin was made as- | sistant cashier of the consolidated bank and placed in charge of the tellers. he acting as first teller. The Phoenix utilizes several paying telle; as it takes care of some of the largest payrolls in the city. including Colt's, the Underwood, and Pratt & Whitne: company. | Federal Law Inexorable. The federal law is inexorable in cases of conviction of embezzlement | from national banks, the minimum sentence that the court can impose being five years in a federal prison. | President Leon P. Broadhurst, of the bank, today ‘the bank was pro- | tected through the usual source | | said | The | troops which came back | ler; | Glazebrook, of the 12th artillery. | front from July { of the naval branch of the Y. mets, “gott mit belts and sec- tions of machine guns captured from the first units of the u the Ge s, 76th division, New England set foot once more on American soil today from the transport Kroonland. were tho headquarters troop of the division, Major Gen. Hodges com- and, which saw fighting as replace- nent troops and was stationed at St. Amond just before the armistice was signed. troops, Geoing to Camp Merritt. down on the pier singing with other on the ship and weva sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., before being returned to New Eng- land for demobilization. Many Notables On Board. Officers aboard the Kroonland were Brig. Gen. H. J. Hatch, Captain Wal- ter Camp, Jr., son of the famous Yale coach, Major A. J. Dening, of the marine corps, Col. F. R. Hunter of‘ the Third field artillery brigade, Col. f O. F. Hurvey of the 19th fleld artil- regiment, and Captain C. E. Col. Hunter saw continucus service at the 21st. On October 4 his right feoot and leg were smashed by a bursting shell. He served in the Verdun sector and participated in the fighting atChateau Thierry und in the St. Mihiel salient. Mafor Dening is | recovered from three machine gun bullet woun in the right arm. The men filed cheering and Woman Guest of Honor. With the distinction of being a “guest of honor” Mrs. S. 8. Kalk, of Washington, D. (., who was in charge M. C. A. at Brest, was a passenger. Mrs. Kalk, whose son, Ensign Kalk, lost his life in rescuing survivors of the torpedo destroyer Jacob. Jones, will christen a destroyer named in her son's honor to be launched at Fall River, Mass, shipyards, on December 19. Canopic Also Docks. 'V\'llson will first set foot in France. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Will Reach Brest At 10 A. M. Friday—Goes to Paris At3 P. M. 11, (By Associated S. S. George Wash- President Wilson party changed its after leaving the Azores and will are rive in Brest in Bre Dec. Press.)—The U. ington, with and abroad, course advance of the time announced, according to a naval wire- less dispatch received today. The president now is expected to reach Brest at ten o'clock Friday morning, instead of at three o’clock in the afternoon. He will leave for Paris at four o'clock In the afternoon. A heavy “southwester” blew up during the night, stirring big seas | off the coast and tearing into ribbons the decorations which had ~been placed in the city. The authorities are erecting a pavi- lion on quay No. 8 where President | The interior which will be decorated with flags and flowers, will contain a platform where the French ministers will extend their first greetings to the president. A wireless message from the George Washington today ked that the American journalists who were on the U. S. S. Orizaba, which ieft New York in advance of the George Washington, remain on board that vessel until after landing of the president. How ever, the Orizaba reached Brest terday and the entire party of ne papermen landed and went to Paris last night. GOVT. SUPERVISION ENDS WOUNDED IN FRANCE, Formerly of Co. I—Private Peter Smith Also on Casualty List. Lieut J. J. has O'Brier been rien is months, 1. He was the casualty his injuries elves, Tn his family jured. Lieut. O’Brien enlisted in Company overseas I in 1917 N not John . of wounde in a base hospital vecuperating. but has been commissioned less t He w ) are rapidly righting them- the received going with the 102nd. sent known high school athletic Mrs| son, he has been tion. F intr in which before the on ber in the regula rivate November of shrapnel wounds of the family, 1 letter rn O'Brien, 1310 Stanley wounded while lead- ing his men over the top on Octobe reported officially lists, but in a letter ten home soon after Jjuries, he states that he expec fo be discharged from the hospital, Arriving he was one of the first be on the casualty g discharged from the hospital he was to an officers’ and was graduated with the commi sion of second lieuten: in this city. and circles. James Smith street received Private Peter was Smith, htly Smith and was wounded in he participated signing of the His injuries con Thomas, is serv | break of the war Amerongen The has succeeded in having Iy | | | son ‘of Mrs. street | and is Lieut. age and | n two | in ¥rance, vears of on writ- his in- s soon as receiving first knowledge of his being in- soon_after | in France local boys to list. After be training school He is well attended the | prominent in nt He of 26 Smith today from her stating tha wounded in is in the 303rd | a drive few days armistice, or Another mem- ng to the to von | emperor, after the questions had been laid r Hoher to fore parted ity prefer say 2ot desire r|any existed at the time of the outbreak of the tion of The army minor their ted to that, and of their is demanded. the EXpr Herr s pacific Her Hohe attitude before his steps to prevent hostilities. Bentinck, the host of the former | receive he kaiser ge Tell of until men war. and him, 1y 1ber Legal Paris, against in gl Dec. the former has been commenced by an organiza- “Lille mothers.” demand for prosecution states that the commanders of the German April, be carried families, that they adious treatment into close contact with notorio | men The statement of where thus guilty that they former ris becoming postponing that time. in any in 1914, according correspondent of bondent final- sumbitted to war and Count cor stians the sllern ¢ >d correspondent be- re- the llern and is said Has Nothing to Say. much appreciate: thanks you. He says: if there is any possibil- a defendant, 1 anything I have to In addition, I do way to compromise your of the government as it Action Comumenced. of the 10.—Legal action German emperor directed that away from were submit- and forced us wo- 1916, complaint says commanders wera crime of abduction were under command emperor, prasecution said L. F. AND C. PLEDGE JOBS FOR FIGHTERS Company Prints Promise That Place and Welcome Await Their Sol- diers on Their Return, newed Activities, New tion 11.—Demobiliza- Army Training | Haven, the Corps at ! ber 21 resumption | { of undergraduate activities in athle- tics and fraternities. During the holi- ' days team captains and managers who have been released from military or naval service will undertake re- adjustments in order that calls may issue for candidates to report for the the several branches of sport which | may be followed in the winter | months. All sports will be imme- diately organized except football. The fraternities will re-open their | houses and make ready to elect mem- | bers from the sophomore class late in January. The Shefield Scientific school fraternities will have a new | agreement in the choice of members. The senior societies will re-open their tombs. Dec. of Students’ Yale university on Decem- will see immediate { discussed | settled | of the conflict, It is expected that more than 1,500 men in college will register early in January for athletic teams. The general athletic policy is expected to be formulated with littie delay. The Yale Daily News, the Yale Record and the Lit will resume pub- lication and the Glee and Dramatic clubs will begin rehearsals coinci- dent with the resumption of academic courses. A. A. MILLS BUYS BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY West Main Street Business Man Alford Pla Ao quires e on Court Street—Will Build at Once. Another large central reaity has been consummated whereby Mills, a well known business has purchased the Frank H. dea 1 mian, Alford | long ago, and even Austro-Hungarian minister, and ent foreign today his efforts tha of the Austrian to end his es problems to b n be made se hope for natioas to dis goverar the war and outlined what in timation wen before cure. He greement pe: expre among ed the |arm. Ludendorff a Tyrant. the Brest was the work o aders an the quar: Germai] the em last dayi who stood Empires and Count Czernin Litovsk peace the German nted Gen. terma e: gene army and virtual d pire’s military poli as the man between the Central peace on aumerous occasions. Ef forts to induce the German govern. ment to make concessions of any im portant nature seemed at times to bd near success, but Ludendorff wa adan at declared treaty mi Lude: England Prevented Peace, Recounting the desperate effor the part of Austria to reach som of peace before the final and o1 sor abso | lute callapse of both the Austrian an German empires, “The German Count Czerain people w: Emperor wanted to see the end of the war, bu the attitude of England prevented steps being taken. Emperor Willia said to me on one occa “‘How can we get peace with Engi land declaring .we must be destroy: ed? Nothing s politics than to see wish to see them; not as they are. Wi understand that the only way to ar range matters was to get England ang sermany to agree. Austria Wanted War to End. “With the knowledge of Empero Charles, I proposed to Emperor Wil liam that Austria would give Gerl many the province of Galicia and p mit her to have her way in Ru Poland, provided Alsace and Lor| raine were ceded back to Ance. went to Kreizenach presente said nted peacd Willian] on: dan things more us 1 as yo | i | i | - | | i against loss by Mr..Chapin's alleged | Boston, Dec. 11.—The White Star defalcations, | liner Canopic, corted by reception Shortages Cover Long Period. boats containing military and mn.:.\lsu The shortages have been accumu- |authorities and state and cml? t(‘,ldi,s,' ating ever since Mr. Chapin went to | Steamed up the harhvor] e;.; y fllgi;g the Phoenix bank, he has admitted to and discharged nearly 1,500 s 5 : rerseas. Washington, Dec. 11.—Gov flicials. His all - | from overseas. K 2 5 » . Government ::-’c b ”"‘demm:“o‘n eg’m“,1:‘°“‘a The soldiers entrained immediately | supervision over the steel industry simple one and could be | for Camp Devens where they Will be|and steel price fixing will ead Decem. | . Yot e eAat T PR A e Pe s atoriits demobilized. For the ":“Z‘mr;"‘fl'mmg: ber 31 The war industries board so | %i1d sPread '_IE‘]“f‘"{t“‘ilfl‘,,"";“}T,,‘:]‘;f, g position there as master teller. are from western flhflwh' il sl announced today after a conference |3:TUC ”‘1‘ e ‘_“_ et SR The Phoenix receives the major |aviation units \j&]h\cl a 5 with spokesmen of the industry. the araac e, adioining Hlie cemp then- part of its depasits in checks and | training in Fngland. R S camn, pays out most of its withdrawals in s e currency, its outgo in payrolls being more than $500,000 a week. DE In this situation the Phoenix has purchased currency fram other banks in Hartford where just the reverse situation existed and where the de- posits were mostly in currency and the withdrawals mostly by checking out the accounts. Chapin Purchased Currency. In buying these large amounts of currency from the other Hartford banks the Phoenix would give a voucher at the time the currency was procured and the voucher would came through the clearing house the next day the same as a check. This gave Mr. Chapin the opportunity it is alleged to purchase cur- rency iu excess of what he needed to meet the payrolls aad to give the bank's voucher for it and then in the next day's accounts to en- ter a oredit which would offset the currency he appropriated to his own In view of th | property on Court street { in the December This deal is particularly since gives to Mr. Mills broken piece of property. West Main street, extending back to Court street. This property, located so admir very heart of the city, is desirable and Mr. Mills velop it extensively. Among other things, Mr. Mills plans to soon erect a large factory building in the rear of his West Main street stove, plumbing and hardware store. During the past few years his bt ness has increased to such an extent that this factory is nece: vy if he is to continue to expand. Just what ultimate disposition will be made of the Alford homestead has | not been decided, but Mr. Mills thinks that eventually he will r e the build- ing and replace it with modern business structure the plan to Dr ¥ 1-11ollwe, hen German imjy cellor un- r he formed me that | on | ed to declinc enter away | 1 do not know whether or piece of | dorff had a wd 1 the bly in the |1 was informed that it was impossibl unusually ve up Alsace and Lorraine b plans to de- | cause the Gerr n people r woull understand the givin lan which had cost Military “The dangerous, Our conversatio ly, and ou ated by that T matter because to obey the tried another way 1 Germans, T sent Herr mber of parli to talk with M clerical Sueder Rei the to sentiments expressed issue of the “Uni- versal Mirror,” wh has just been published, it is apparent that eth- ployes of ILanders, Fr y & Clar are not likely to be forgotten when they return from the service. Some of the photographs taken on Armi- stice are used as a background for a statement from the officials of the factory, to the men in the serv- ice. The statement, which follows, is self explanator @k 16, 10 (el Greetings and the happy hour confirm the n rial ch United States War Industries Board | Firemen Dynamite to Prevent Spread of N. J., Dec been ¢ this Have to Building important | an fronting Flame: it Announces That Price Fixing Will e to into the schem den bu 11.—Fire sed by an afternoon Wrightstown, supposed to have overturned oil stove threatened Camp DIx. The flames driven by a stiff north Cease on December 31. 10t matte to ver up hlood. so much Party Was Sup situation of but aothing caul were ple rifices offici I could not Germany military me, ARRIVE. Germany wa d be dond 1sant an were ap| w, how| inge th was oblige wty. 1 thel "known to th Vassilko, a 0 ument, ta Be Erzberged Albert ¢ Sent to Camp Devens. Major John F. Ruehls, U. 8. A in charge of the troops, which cluded: The 211th, 306th, rons and sections 1, and 3 of the First Handley-Page aircraft accept- ance park. There were 26 unattached officers. The 211th aero squadron had been ordered to embark for Fraace on November 19 for service at the front. When the armistice was signed, the squadron was sent to Liverpool instead, for passage homaz. Aviation Men on Board. TLieut. Robert M. Bridges of Easton, Pa., adjutant of the First Handley- Page acceptance park gave some de- tails of the projected bombing raid on Berlin by Americans equipped with English Handley-Page giant ma- chines. Three of these craft had been delivered and a start was plan- ned on the night of November 8. Then it was learned that three more were to be delivered within a few days and it was decided to wait so that a squadron of six could be sent. Air Raid Called Off. In the meantime the armistice was gned and the raid called off. The: ips, said Lieut. Bridges, weigh tons and caa carry five tons of bombs each. They are equipped with two one-pound guns and ten automotic guns. It is possible to carry men in them. The first three he said had been tested and ready for the Berlia flight. He had de trips in each. Despite their at weight, he asserted they TRANSPORT! Calamares and Guantanamo Soldiers Back to New New York, overdue the Calamares, men in the service, Congratulation In of victory we wish to general understanding be« tween us when war was declared, { that a place is ready and a welcome awalts each of you upon your return.” Much has heen done by factories about the city in the way of planning for the return of soldiers, but this is the first instance of a repetition of the unwritten pledge iven the men | upon the entrance the United | States into the war. This factory has large a percentage of their male employes in the vice 5 any other factory in the city. Tablets upon which the names of those entering the service have heen inscribed, have been placed at the entrance to the administration building. YEAR'S COTTON CROPS. Washington, Dec. 11.—The total production of cotton in the United | States for the season of 1918-1919 | will amount to 5,595,529,000 pounds, | ; not including linters and equivaleat | to 11,700,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, the department of agri- culture today announced in its final report of the se BASEBALL CONDER York, Dec. 11.—The le went on re conference to discuss problems the ame with the peace conditions. A tele- this effect was sent ta each American league owners and nt Ban Johnson at Chicago. i ARMY RTER IS EXPOSED IN COURT 11.—Victor R. Bring 2824 aero squad- Sore Jones Greenwich, Dec. Dec. United carrying 11.—Four States transport 14 offic s and 1,472 men, all navy personnel, reach- ed Quarantine here early today. Heavy weather delayed the arrival of the vessel. Another transport, also arrived here today, together with the Tenadores, an American vessel, | 750; Jones had one day overdue, with 882 troops and | OTUSr Phelan on a manslaughter 149 civilians, including welfare work- | N2¥8¢, he having Selvinn ers, and 506 sacks of mail; and. thg | Utomobile which was upset in Sta British transport Ascanina, with 1,441 | fo7d_and an occupant, Mrs. Ferri Mo 4 | thrown out ana killed 2 of Greenwich and Thomas penner of New York, were sent jail 60 costs of the case, automobile tires. It was during the trial that Carpente: serted from Camp to for days each and fined the = cialist lin W the why both peace resolution s i ed in the Reicl dirccted both the militar ty and the Germans. Victories Halted “‘At this junctur German armies b, n to win victorid ance more aad the Relchstag ai nothing. Thus we were badly situaf ed. When our chances were bad an| the Entente nations were elated, thi would not talk pea When we we! winning, Ludendorff would not co permit peace negotigtio wanted to use victor opportunity to bring about pe | several times had an impr today for stealing discovered de- Upton two months just been held py lesder, and Dr. CROWLEY HAS l)‘)(‘ OWNERS ARRESTED the Guantanamo or un 0 e wa L o 1 the troduc ns in Fleven Citizens of Ansonia Pay PRESIDENT OF B. R. T. CO. IS HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER New York, Dec. 11.—Timothy S. | ‘Williams, president of the Brooklyn | Rapid Transit company, four other officials of the company and a moto KRUPPS PLANT TO MAKE PEACE TIME PRODUCT: Amsterdam, Dec. 11.—The directors of the Krupp munition works have announced their intention to trans- form the plant into a factory devoted man, ‘were held on a charge of man- | to the arts of peace and have re- slaughter today by Mavor Hylan, who | quested the workers there to mak acting as a police magistrate had | proposals for the manufacture of conducted an inquiry into the wreck | peace materials, according to the on the company’s lines about a month | Cologne Gazette. ago with the loss of nearly 100 lives. Action. howeve th $14.60 Each For Letting Animals Run Loose in Violation of Rule. 11—Bleven dog own- ourt this morn- for allowing the Is to run loose. The fine, with costs added, amounted in each case $14.60. Last Saturday nine dog were each fined $3 and costs! court for the same offense. cases are the result of a v Dr. George T. Crowley of New | I might ceed. special deputy of the state| *I sent Count ioner of domestic animals, | erland to see Gen. J. ( an outbreak of rabies. s in Switzerland last of persons have been bitten, | interests of the British four of wham are taking the Pasteur | He stigeeeded, but I treatment. One of the patients was |tell ju t terms bitten by a pet Angora cat which de- | make. 1 do not veloped hydrophobia after being bit- tea by a dog. Ansonia, Dec appeared in city and were fined use. Careful of His Vacations, His currency dealings were so large that his cash oa hand was not ques- tioned and he could always keep one ahead of the balance sheet fur- by the bank. While in the six and a half vears that he has been with the Phoenix he was always granted a two weeks' vacation yearly he would never take but one week off at a time. The way he covered his alleged short while away for the week hefore# he went an tilated money sent to eventh Page) to owners in city These of day nished 15 a ce, an n the INCE. Natioaal ord today | with the WANT New baseball | tavoring bint { American league which confront | return gram of the to Preside here Brita st Mens Swi Smuts (wh March in tk government.| was unable 4 Germany woul all that Liow orif to ASST. ATTORNEY GENERAIL FOR TRADE COMMISSION, Washington, Dec. 11.——Huston Fhompson, of Colorado, assistant at- torney general. was nominated today | and probably Th by President Wilson to be a membe er tonight. of the federal trade commission, =i = WEATHER. Dec. Hartford, number cast for New Bri nity: Ra or was to amount report of m to re on E (Continued (Continued on Eleventh Page). (Continued ou Eleventh Paged |