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

I s FROM THE HERALD TO THE SERVICE. NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918. —TEN PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS. DISCUSSION OF PROLONGING |IE#ANIS IEFNTE [LEAGUE OF NATION ONLY . ARMISTICE TAKENUP TODAY; BRITISH SOLDIERS IN BONN German Delegates Want, FIVE, ARMY TRANSPORTS ON Allies to Assist in' Maintaining Order by More Extended Occu- H- R. Mallory, Rappahan- ! nock, Leviathan and Celtic Are Expected Within a pation in Central Ger- many. | | of Washington, 12.——Sailings CHURCHILL HAS IDEA four army ftransports \»rn{ging addi- | N FAVOR OF PEACE | tional units from France were an-| | nounced today by the War depart ment. The ships are the transports | British Minister of Munitions Thinks H. R. Mallory, Rajppahannock, Levia- | ; than and Celtic with about 9,000 men. | 1f All Nations Would Cease Secrct e e e Rappahannock sailed Decen- Dec. 4 Armaments and Make Known Their The ! Week Or So. ! - WAY WITH ABOUT 9,000 MEN ARREST WOMANMEMBER | OF POLICE RESERVES Charged With Creating Dis- order—Objects to Ger- man Made Dolls. Dec. 12.—Mrs a captain in which are organized today was order- ed to appear before a court martial to answer charges of creating disor- der recently at the offices of the New Isabel the city's New York, Louise Fields, pelice reserve: on a militar ber 6 and the other vessels Decem- ber 8. The Leviathan brings (‘zlsuali companies numbers 301 to 313 inr']u-1 sive; 1,419 hospital patients 0 cas- | uals, and the Second Anti-Aircraft: tor, The (‘eltic brings Headquarters, ! Third Battalion; Headguarters (Com- | S & i » he ay at Trev ! pany and Medical detachment of the e R s L | 814th Pioneer Infantry (Colored); { casual companies numbers 1051 to 1057, inclusive: 220 patients ’z\nrl sen - eral civilians. The Mallory has on Headquarters, *fanitary Ordnance detachment, Company, Band and. Supply Company and Batteri A and B of the 1434 Tield Artillery Regiment; the 65th ¥Field Artillery Brigade Head-! quarters and 921 sick and wounded. 1 Martha Washington Sails. The 118th Field Artillery, complete, sailed from France December 9 on the | transyort Martha Washington, the de- partment. announced later. On the samne ship were training cadets of the " P 38th Division and the Headquarters :,‘,T.LM b i Company of the 116th Field Artillery D S and a number of casuals and 539 sick | and wounded. Jitary Preparations Wars Might Be Prevented—England’s Peaca Plans Made. 12 tions for the prolongation of the Ger- Paris, Dec, (Havas.)—Negotia- Rhenish Prussia, The Matin says the German armi- tice delegates have requested that the Allies reinforce their troops at certain points in order to aid the German authorities in maintaining guiet. The paper adds that in cases where the German military authorities may urgd more extended occupation in| central Germany, the Allies will limit the sending of troops into German terri- tory only to the n ties of occ sions which may a board the detachment, Headquar- ters British ke Rhine Bridge. London, Dec. 12 Service.)—British have entered Bonn Wireless guard/ posses- Rhine (British advance and taken over the Bonn, on the left bank of the Rhine, lies Cologne and Coblenz, where American troops are stationed. It is the site of a celebrated un founded in 1818. between 1,700 Coming on Cruiser, New York, Dec. 12.—The armored crulser North Carolina, first of the fithting craft to be equipped for troop nsportation, was ploughing the Wt- lantic today on her way to Brest to bring 1,700 American soldiers home ! from France. The big warship was fitted up in 14 working days with standee bunks and sailed vesterday on her new mission. Refitting of many battleships and the larger tvpe of crulsers for trans- port work is under way, it was learned today at the office of Vice-Admiral Gleaves, head of the cruiser and trans- port service, and other vessels will | follow the North Carolina within few day, Opposes Silent Armament. Scotland, Dec. 12.—Col, sencer Churchill, minister offered wh he de- practical suggestion in regard to a leaguc of nations during address here today. He said that a league should ascertain from every country the extent of its naval, military and aerial preparations. “*Secret armaments have in the past been a great danger,” he said, “and the course I suggest would remove ong of the causes that led to this fearful A'n!llslruphl\ 4 Dundee Winston of munitions, seribed as an such al CHAPIN STILL IN JAIL Alleged Defaulting Bank Official Un- land’s Attitude Is Decided, Dec. 12.—The British gov- ernment has decided upon the atti- | tude it will adopt at the peace con- rence regarding the freedom of the s, according to the Daily Express The newspaper refers to thae | an naval prozram, as set forth | Daniels, and says: i British government to the United States the | all free hands in naval de’ | and it welcomes the idea extension of American sea the best guarantees | the peace of the world and of real | th All we ask for the empire is e willingly con’ to the States—freedom | action.” London, able to Furnish RBonds—Earned Ameri Salary of $2,800 a Year. by Secretary “The to concede freest of velopment, the power as Hartford, Dec. 12.—Up to 1:30 this afternoon Merrick W. Chapin, alleged defaulting assistaat cashier of the Phoenix National bank of this city in the sum of $44,000, had not secured a bondsman. He spent last night in a cell. No additional light was thrown today o0a the manner in which Cha- pin spent the money he is accused of stealing. He was paid a salary of is ready ! of one of of Afreedom « what cede United of AILROAD ADMINISTRATION INTENDS NO WA <t | hearing for | Mrs. | write German York Staats Zeitung, where dolls and tovs alleged by M lds to have been made in Germ were being sold. The any complaint, which sets her tamorrow, accuses the woman police official of “‘conduct un- becoming an officer, conduct prejudi- cial to good order and discipline and conduct prejudicial to the public peace and welfare. The authorities charge that Mrs. Fields' protests against the reported sale of German made goods prompt- ed assemblage of a threatening crowd about the Staats Zeitung building. Fields, who is a member of patriotic organizations, said objected to the toy sale, not officer, but as a private arious she had as a police citizen. TO DISCARGE YALE UNIT THIS WEEK 300 Telegraphers and Electricians Are Already Mustered Out: Demo- bilization Speeded Up. Dec. 12.—Under an the commandant at Yale university vesterday, demobiliza- tion of the Students Army Training Corps has been speeded up so that it will be completed this week. One company, which embraced about 300 expert telegraphers and electricians, who were sent here in August from New Haven, order received by | various army posts to complete train- ing for officers’ commissions in the | Signal Corps, was mustered out ves terday and most of the men sent to their homes in the Middle West and on the Pacific coast. The men held in barracks were those who speak and and who expect to be sent elsewhere, Many of the men had qualified for commissions and upon discharge were transferred to the Re- senve Corps. The student batteries today shipped all the field guns and equipment which have been used in training. ATl lectures In the university will end next Wednesday and college will not reopen until January 2. INFLUENZA GAINS:; NO INCREASE HERE Recurrence of Disease in Hartford, But Local Health Dept. Has Few Cases, Hartford, Dec. 12.—Reports sub- mitted to the local board of health show an increase in the number of a cases in this city and an in- in the death rate. For 396 WOUNDED ARRIVE ers or Hobbling on Crutches, Land- | Mer ‘Washington, Dec. 12.—The railroad administration s no intention of reducing wages of railroad mea erally after peace is declared, it w stated authoritatively and if the | riod of government control is extend- "ed for five vears, as suggested by Di- rector General McAdoo it is probabie that wages will stay at their present level. an Veterans Borne On Stretch- ed From Hospital Ship Dec. 12.—Borne stretchers or hobbling on 296 more wounded soldiers. genting almost as many units American expeditionary farces on Yankee soil again tod the U. hospital ship Mercy. The vessel reached quarantine last night from Bordeaux and docked this fore~ New York, on crutenes, | repre- | of the lana- | from ed OVER $60.000.000 IN GOLD SURRENDFRED BY GERMANS , Dec. 12.—Gold received from pe- | | week, November 17 to 14 deaths | were reported. In a like period, De- | cember 1 to 7, there were 19. It was | said today that families who escaped | at that time by segregation have be- «come victims since the danger . | apparently over, There is no c for s city in regard to the epidemic of influenza come prevalent in these parts, accord- ing the health department. The number of cases in this city at the present time are very few and not arm report has again in this that the be to by the Germans, amounting to more than $60,000,000 has arrived i i i noon. | | | here and been deposited in the Bank | | | { | of France, it is officially French ministry 0. S. OFFICERS IN BERLIN First of American Commission for the ' i Ar- of finance. the terms of the armistice. Repatriation of War Prisoners | rived Last Night From Spa. IOLDF.ST ENGLISH SPEAKING ACTRESS IS DEAD AT 95 Nutley, N. J., Dec. 12.—Mrs. Eu- phemia Emma Ellsler, known ia the- (By Associated Harries and Dee. 11 ~Brig. General Lieuts. Gaillard and Schelling, of the Ber Press.) stated by the | The | | money is credited to the common ac- | count of the Allies in conformity with | American commission for the repa- triation of war prisoners, are the first American officers to reach Berlin since the armistice. They arrived Jast night from Spa, Belgium, former German headquarters. atrical circles as Effie Ellsler, reputed to have been the oldest English speaking' actress in the world, died here today at the age of 95. Among the surviving children are Willlam C. Ellsler of Boston. enough to cause alarm. The board of | health has not had a case reported in | at least a week. | Parents are taking special care | their children on their own initiative. The influenza at the present time in other communities seems to be more prevalent among the children and the added care of the local parents is | probably responsible for the excellent conditions existing in this city. WANTS BIG NAVY. Washington, Dec. 12.—Appropria- tions to provide a navy for the United States by 1925 as large as that of any other country was urged. today by Admiral Badger of the general board of the navy before the house naval committee. tion | the | | neither of | STATEMENTOF U. 5. | POLIGY IN RUSSIA! Senator Johnson Asserts State ol War With Soviet Government > Actually Exists Without Declaration ALSO ASKS ABOUT AMERICANS KILLED} Californiz Republican Asks i Misin- formation, Furnished By Creel Committee, Resulted in This Coun- try Refusing to Co-operate With Soviets—Also Asks ir U. Has Put Ban On Supplics For Russians, Dec. 12. nator Johnson, of California, republican, in an address to the senate today, de- manded a definite tement of the American government’ss policy to- ward Russia. He declared a state of war with the Soviet government ac- tually exists without a formal declar- ation of hostilities, and, asking a long series of questions, introduced a reso- lution calling upon the state depart- ment all documents and informa- tion regarding this nation’s cot in Russia and upon the war department for a statement of American troops in Russia and casuaties among theni. Wants to Know Facts, For the information of and the American people Johnson said he wanted to know whether it is true that this govern- ment never repljed to a plea from the Russian Soviet ' government to help avert the “s ty of Brest”, and wheth ant secretary of state, speaking for the president, refused mtervention March, stat- fng that to intervene in Siberia “would be doing in the East exactly what the Germans were deing in the sta congress Senator nst Is it true “that the offered, the senator continued, Russian Soviet government through its highest economic council, a program for making Amer- ica the most favored nation in trade and commerce and involving the con- trol by the Allies of all those supplies most desired by the Central Emp “Is 1t true that representatives the American Red Cross remained in Sovlet Russia until October, in per fect safety and reasonable comfort even after we had intervened and American troops were fighting the soldiers of the Soviet government? Are Red Cross Supplies Shut Off? “Is it true that the department of state 5 refused to allow the Ameri- can Red Cross to ship supplies to Moscow and Petrograd for the relief of the returning Russian war prison- from Germany? s it true that the American am- bassador. and the British high com- missioner in Russia recommended co- operation with the Soviet government through the American railroad mis- sion, that the Soviet government in- vited this country’s operation and promised control of the Siberian rail- fes? of s were refused by the American government largely as a result of mis- information received through the Creel committee, supported by lead- ers and representatives of the old regime in Russia?” Did Soviets Offer Co-operation? Senator Johnson asked also wheth- er it is true that a Russian speaking and experienced British high commis- sioner, sent to Russia after the Bol- sheviki revolution reported as late as May 5, 1918, that the Soviet govern- ment had co-operated with the Allles, and that he believed that interven- in co-operation with the Soviet government was feasible, and wheth- er tite American government so de- layed co-operation with the Kerensky government's plan to support the morale of the army and maintain t provisional government in power s to contribute largely to the over- throw of Kerensky and the success of the Bolsheviki revolution. All Questions Are Unanswered. The senate foreign relations com- mittee and the state department, Sen- ator Johnson said, cannot or have not answered these questions. “1 understand, full well,” Johnson continued, “that the intolerance which has been in the past few months, the state of mind deliberately cultivated which has spught to bully and to terrorize either mild objector or seeker for in- formation will look askance at one so lost as to ask the facts concerning Russia and our participation in affairs. But these of us, who ave Rolsheviki nor in sympathy with Bolshevism of course, would be unfit to sit here if we feared to pur- legitimate inquiry.” Senator peculiar fostered sue a RESIGNATION RUMORED, London, Dec, 12.—The Daily Ex- press tod it understands Vis- count Milner, secretary of state for war, is about to resign. = WEATHER. Dec. 12.—Fore- Rritain and vi- tonight and Hartford, cast for New cinity : Fair ' Tragedy in New Haven Fol- SOLUTION TO FREEDOM O THE SEAS CONTROVERS ‘DR. SOLF IS FORCED OUT AS GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER HUSBAND SHOOTS WIFE, — THEN GOMMITS SUICIDE Cabinet Considers Convok- ing Reichstag tg Give Gov- ernment Acceptable Par- liamentary Basis. lows Domestic Quarrel, Woman Says. Berlin, Dec. 11 (By Associated Press.)—Dr. W. Solf, minister of foreign affairs, has handed in his re ignation, which has been accepted by the cabinet. The foreign mecrctary’s re does not come as a surprise, relations with the independent ist wing of the Hbert-Haase cabinet reached the straining point some time ago. The German cabinet, anticipating a refusal by the Allies to deal with the present government and the soldiers and workmen's council, according ¢ ! the Tageblatt of Berlin, is constdering convoking the reichstag to give the government a parliamentary basis. The reichstag session, the Tageblatt ays, may be expected to begin next week. New Haven, Dec. 12.—Israel Ros- enberg, 31, shot his wife at his home early today and then put a bullet into his head, the wound bringing death later. tosenberg will recover. The Grand avenue station police were surprised when Mrs. Rosenberg, her head bloody, walked in and re- ported the affair, saving that there had been a quarrel. Rosenberg was a dealer in second hand furniture. irement as hi OFF 70 MEET WILSON United States Battle Fleet, in Charge LINDERMAN GUILTY; GETS SIX MONTHS of Admiral Sims, Puts to Sea Today —Mects Convoy Tomorrow. London, Dec. 12—The United States battle fleet which is to form part of the escort of the U. S. George Washington into Brest left Portland this morning. It was commanded by Vice Admiral Sims who was on board the battleship Wyoming. The fleet consisted of two battleship divisions Proprietor of Star Cloak and Suit Co. | Admits Setting Fire to Main Street Store, | mer under Admirals Rodman and Rodgers and one destroyer division. The fleet will be met at sea by 30 destroyers from Brest. The George Washington, carrying the president and his party, will be met at nine o’clock tomorrow morning 90 miles from Brest. Louis Linderman, proprietor of the Star Cloak and Suit Co. of this ecity, was sentenced to six months in jail today by Judge S. A. Keeler in the su- perfor court. Linderman and his | partner in business, David Pearson, | were bound over to the superior court from the local police court on charges of arson and attempted arson, about one month ago. Their arrest followed | a fire of mysterious origin in the | store conducted by the two in this city. Attorney P. F. McDonough ap- peared for the accused and entered a | plea of gullty for Linderman and not | guilty for Pearson. Judge Keeler im- | posed the penalty upon the recom- | mendation of State’s Attorney Hugh | M. Alcorn. The fire was discovered in Linder- man's store about 5 o'clock in the ! afternoon of November 11. The store had been closed on that day for the armistice celebration. Miss Agnes Sinskie, a clerk in the store, entering about & o'clock discovered the fire, | and an investigation by the police de- partment followed. Pearson was ar- | rested in this city the next day, and Linderman in New Haven. When brought into the local police court a plea of not guilty was entered. The case against Pearson was nolled by Attorney Alcorn before the session of court. TEXT OF NOTE TO PERU MADE PUBLIC U. S. Offered to Mediate in South American Controversy—Anxious to Keep Peace. Washington, Dec. 12.—Acting Sec- retary Polk made public at the state | department today the text of the note | handed by the United States Am- bassadors recently to the presidents | of Chile and Peru, urging that the | two South American nations owe it to the rest of the world to compose | their differences, and informing them that the United States “stands ready to tender alone, or in conjunction with other countrtries of this hemi- sphere, all possible ass:stance,” to bring about an equitable solution. The note said the United States viewed the severance of consular re- lations between the two governments with the gravest apprehension, partic- ularly on the eve of the Paris peace conference “in which it is confidently expected that steps will be taken to provide for an era of lasting peace among all peoples.” IEWS WIRE PRESDENT | Boston Relief Committee Wants Peace BREST PREPARES TO WELCOME PRESIDENT ‘Wilson’s Ship Due to Dock Tomorrow —Only Two Days’ Vi in Paris. Brest, Dec. 12, (noon, By the Asso- ciated Press.)—Brest has put on its holiday attire and is eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Wilson to- morrow. The presidential fleet is not far off the coast. If the weather early tomorrow is Tough the presidential ship may enter the sheltered roadstead towards ten o’cloc! Otherwise the regular pro- gram will be carried out, the steamer entering the rbor about noon and i the president landing from her at three o'clock in the afternoon. A large delegation of socialist mem- bers of the chamber of deputies has arrived to greet President Wilson. Cabinet ministers and officials will arrive tomorrow The Place President Wilson and the Coursdajot, along which the president will pass, are elaborately beflagged. Conference to Protect Jews Abroad Against Any Further Massacres. Boston, Dec. 12.—Jewish residents of this city, represented by the greater Boston Jewish People’s Relief com- mittee today sent a wireless message to President Wilson urging action at the peace conference to guarantee a discontinuance of massacre of Jews in Poland and Galicia. The message which was in the form of a resolution adopted at a mass meeting of 3,000 Jews here last night, said in part: . “The war for freedom and justice, fought for and won at the expense of millions of lives will be an empty phrase if the Jews everywhere will not be adeguately guaranteed against crime and inhumanity.” HELD FOR GIRL'S DEATH Truck Paris, Dec. 12—The length of Presdent Wilson's ‘“official”’ visit in Paris has been fixed at 48 hours, ac- cording to the Matin. The remainder of his stay here will not be marked by any state ceremony. Waterbury Driver Charged With Manslaughter—Mis Machine Killed Child in Cheshire Last Month $60,000,000 IN GOLD NEEDED FOR THIS YEAR ashington, Dec. 12.—Five to five and a half billion dallars more of bonds will have to be issued to finance the government this year, Secretary McAdoo told the house ways and means committee today in discussing Dec. 12.—FEmil Flugrat, held criminally responsible by Cor- oner John L. Monzani, in a recent finding for the death of Elsie Reihl, aged 9, was before the city court this morning to answer to the charge of manslaughter. Flugrat, who belongs in West Ch ire, was driving an au- Waterbury, tomobile truck which ran into and killed the little girl on November 23. Flugrat waived examination in city court and was held for the superior court under bonds of $3,000. financial questions. He based this on an estimate of $18,000,000,000 in ex- penditures, and members of the com- mittee said the estimate was not too low. iES Former Viscount Grey, British Foreign Secre- tary, Thinks England and America Can Reach Agreement by Such an Arrangement. DECLARES BLOCKADE HELD OFF GERMANY, United States Aided and Maintaining This Block; Would Not Be So Inconsistent as Repudiate Such. Action in Case of| Unfortunate Future Events, Speak«| or Asserts. Dewsbury, kngland, Dec. 11.—Af league of nations is the solution ta the question of *freedom of the seas" and Great Britain and the United| States can reach a complete agree: ment on that question by joining such a league, declared Viscount Grey, for<] foreign secretar:; in a speech here tonight. Blockade Helped The seas, the free in times of Britain had placed no restriction upon them. During the war th American navy had aided the Britis navy in maintaining the blockade andj Lord Grey thought the United State: would use the same weapon, if nee Win War. viscount said, wer peace and Great | essity for it arose in the future. With4| out the blockade, he added, Germany| might have won. “Freedom of Seas” Is Indefinite. The term “freedom of the seas,” continued was American in origi and bhad been adopted by the Ger< mans for their own purposes. He be- lieved President Wilson meant free- dom of the seas to all who joined a league of nations, but the phrase, necded clearer definition. Will Not Anticipate Troubie. ‘“This is a matter which, it is fears ed may create difficulties between President Wilson and the British gov- ernment,” he said. “I think it is a great pity that so much has been said| about the freedom of the seas withouf] it being defined. It true tnere is considerable prejudice against tha] phrase, largely due to the fact thag it is believed to be a German phrased It is not German, but American. It was made in\the United States and the Germans adopted and used it fol their own purposes in a sense which we have never agreed. Hen its uapopularity. But until President} Wilson defines it and comes to discuss| it with our governmeat, there 1= n need to anticipate difficulty about an agreement as to what it means. Seas Open in Peade Times, of the seas in times of| peace If so, we ee. Whergver| the British navy has been in position to exercise its influence and power on the seas in times of peace it has ex- crcised that influence impartially for the freedom of the seas for all nations wthout distinction. The United States| I think, has some forbidding, foreign ships to carry goods between the United States and the Philippines. Some other countries have similar| rules. We never had a regulation lika that. We have been more completely for the freedom of the seas in times of peace than any other nation. How: ever great our sea power has been, we have used it for impartial freedom of the seas for every other nation as| much as for ourselves, and I thin we ought to receive a little more re cognition than we do for the fact tha have never used British navel power in times of peace to make thel use of the seas easier for, eurselves| ithout simultanzously making ig er for others on the same terms. U. 8. Aided in Blockade, “If the question is one of the free: dom of the seas in times of War I would say this: The United as we all most gratefully has taken part in the two year: of the war. Without the U'nited State: hal “Freedom we then) States| recognize last | we could not have had the success thg Allies have now won. 1 cannot em phasize that too much nor express too much admiration of it. But since the United States entered the war, sh has not only acquiesced, but I believe most strongly cooperated, in can rying out the blockage of Germany. In the early stages of the war tha blockade was not nearly so complete because the United States raised many questions about it, but in late vears of the conflict the blockade was made complete with the cooperatio: of the United States. Wthout tha#l blockade, success could not have beeng won. Indeed without the blockade Germany might have won. Opinions on Wilson's Terms, “Suppose this situation ‘should exis again, and it is impossible to Suppose (Continued on Ninth Page