New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1918, Page 1

FROM THE HERALD NEW BRITAIT HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER ESTABLISHED 1876. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918. --TWELVE PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS, GENERAL PERSHING ISSUES ORDERS WHICH MUST BE OBSERVED BY THOSE LIVING IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Authorities Must Know Whereabouts of Every Cit- izen—Carrying of Weap- ons Strictly Prohibited. weblenz, Dec. 27, (By Associated Press.)—Rules for the guidance of in- | habitants of regions occupied by !American forces were issued toay by Gen. Pershing. Except for minor and specific regu- Jations. the Americans have not inter- fered in local affairs up till todas Cafes have been open and theaters filled night after night. Newspape: until recently, have published without restraint such articles as they desired, while crowds promenaded the street until midnight and even later. The Germans had e to believe that s conditions would continue, and, while there were no serious incidents as a result of the tolerant rules of the Americans it was deemed ba check any tendency toward abt Ordercd By Gen. Pershing. The regulations were signed by Gen g McAn- drew, chief of staff, “by command of | Arthur | to Gen. Pershing. effort was r of any rules In drafting them an | de to avoid the inclusion which would merely humiliate the population or which savored of retaliation or revenge. are intended simply to maintain good order. Under the terms the authorities whereabouts of each must car and give notic tion on They of the regulations, will know exactly the | every individual, for v an identification card of changes of habita- Householders must keep posted their doors a list of the residents of their buildings, with their ages, na- tionality and occupation. All weapons | and ammunition must be surrendered The zathering of crowds is forbidden and no meetings except courts, schools councils and religious services will be | allowed without permission. Military Courts Provided people are informed 't will punish th impede American soldiers | . those who destroy or injure property belonging to or used by the | army, or who commit t what- ever injurious to the American army.” The custom of soldiers trad selling chocolate or soap to the mans is forbidden by the rules. text of the proclamation follows Must Carry Identification 'Cards. “Every per the age of 12 must 1 fdentifica- tion ez signature and addre 1. when issued ped by the appropriate civil Notifiication of change of | address.must be Immediately made to the appropriate civil official and en- dorsed by him on the identification 5 of each household The or or officer: Ger- The on abov offic The head keep posted on the outer door of »uilding a list showing the name, nationality, sex, age and occupation of every person of the househoid. | and { mier | board of trade, “Circulation will be controlled by the American authorities. The burgo- under the direction of the nerican authorities, will regulate travel within the district occupied by | Americans and he will be held re-| onsible r strict comp ce with 1 regulations. Authority to leave the American zone will be granted | aly by a division higher com- mander or pmot Carry Weapons. e carrying of arms or deadly weapons is forbidden, except by the local police. very person in pos- | session of arms or ammunition of | any kind must deliver them to the ! American authorities at such time or place as may be appointed. A re- or each weapon will be given the time of delivery. . “The sale or gift of all alcoholic drinks, except light wine and beer, is forbid Aleohol for medicinal or industrial purposes does not come within this prohibition. Tho sale or | gift of light and beer is prohi- hited cxcept from eleven o'clock a. m., to two o'clock, p. m., and from 5 o'clock, p. m., to 8 o'clock, p. m. These orders respecting drinks render the offender iable, in addition to other pur hment to configscation of stoclk and the closing of his busi- is ex ceipt at en. wines his Vi Al Al hidden persons thority mander. therings Are Prohibited. ithering of erowds is for- No meeting cr assembly of shall take place without au- from the local military com- Sessions of courts, council as well as reigious serv- held as uual paper or other to the immedi- schools, be of each new will be delivered ry commander upon issue and the appearance y matter refl & upon or In- jurious to the American military gov- ernment will render the publication liable to suspension or suppression. ixcepting the periodical press, no printed matter will be published without permission from the local miltary authorties. Mail Subject to Censorship. “Mail to censorship by the American military authorities. The use of telegraph and long dis- tance telephone is forbidden except by permission from the local military commander. The use cf aerial wire- less apparatus is forbidden and all telephone or telegraph ap- and Ices may ‘A copy tion milits public local is subject ! Commander Dean, atus, ground or aerial wireless ap- tus, must be reported to the mil- commander at once. No person without authority from the lo- ftary may ontinued on Sixth Page.) 1LOYD GEORGE IS ELECTED PREMIER Indications Mhat His Govern- ment Will Have Big Majority VICTORY ~ FOR COALITION Henderson Defeated for Re- election to English Parliament— Former Premier Asquith Also Loses Election to House of Commons, ations at e that govern- London, De -All ind® 3 o'clock this afternoon Premier Lloyd George and hi ment would have an majority in the new mon lection returns 12:30 o'clock today coalition government. the coalitionists have returned 108; the unionists 3; the liberals 1; labo 15; Irish nationalists 1; Sinn Fein one independent. Tabor Leader Defeated. Arthur Henderson, leader of the British labor party and former mem- her of the war cabinet, has been de- feated for re-election to parliament from the South Di At 1:30 o’clock the election returns showed this result: Coalition union- coalition liberals 56; als 2; labor 23: Irish na- tionalists 1; Sinn Fein 26, and one in- dependent. David Liloyd of com- received up favored the At this hour house George, prime minis- ter and leader of the coalition govern- | been re-elected to his seat | has ment from Carnarvon, Wales. Asquith Loses Seat. Herbert H. Asquith, former and leader of the liberal party, s been defeated for his seat in the of commons from the East Di- ion of Fife Scotland. The foriner premier wa Col. Alexander Sprof, a Scotti laird and who has served four y. with the British army in France. two previo had been deeated by Mr. Asquith. Sir Geddes Flected. Tn Cambridge, Sir first lord of the admi unionist defeated the Re liams, a laborite. Sir Albert Stanley, president of the was re-elected Ashton-under-Lyne, defeating T. ment, in parl h ho v < defeated by On Eric Eric alty, eration of discharged soldiers and sailors. At Blackburn, Philip Snowden, laborite and pacifist, was defeated. The result there was: Sir Henry Nor- man, coalition-liberal 32,076; ieut. coalition unionist 30,158; Philip Snowden, 15 4. In the Rusholme district of Man- chester, Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, a leading suffragist was defeated. PURCHASING POWER OF GOLD REDUCED BY HALF High Cost of Living Since 1914 Has Soared to Un- bounded Heights. Richmond, Va., Dec. 28—High prices will prevail until the expansion of currency and credit resulting from the buyig of war securities on credit has been eliminated and until the vol- ume of credit and currency has been reduced to a quality with the needs of industry and trade, declared A. C. Miller, a member of the federal re- serve board, speaking today at a s sion of the annual convention here of the American economic association. Tested by price levels in the lead- ing markets, gold has lost about half its purchasing pawer since the begin- niag of the war in 1914, said Mr. Miller. Gold as a standard of ex- change has fallen in its purchasing pawer, he said, becaus . it has shared the fate of paper currency from ris- ing prices, which, on a wholesale ba- sis, are up ahout 100 per cent. in the couatries where the gold standard still obtains. The embargo laid by this country during the war on gold shipments, Mr. Miller said, should be lifted at the earliest practicable moment or as soon as our international financial re- lationships are such that we are no longer under the necessity of taking care of adverse balances of the na- tions™ith which we have bheen asso- ciated in the war arising out of their trade with neutral countries. GERMANS SURRENDERING MANY RAILWAY CARS Paris, Dec. 28 (Havas.)—Armistice conditions relative to the dellvery of rallroad rolling stock are belag car- ried out satisfactorily by the Ger- mans. In a single day 8,500 cars and 200 locomotives were turned over to the Allies trict of Fastham. | union- | mre- | occasions Sir Alexander | Geddes, | coalition | T. R. Wil- | for | o Lister, candidate of the national fed- | KING GEORGE EXTENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO PRESIDENT WILSON. London, Dec. Goorge called at Wilcon’s apartments o’clock this morning and hed him many happy re- turns of the day. It was the dent’s sixty-second birth- DISTRICT ATTORNEY - SPELLAGY RESIGNS Sails for Europe Tuesday as Navy Department Legal Advisor 'MUST SEPTLE BIG QUESTIONS America, in Haste to Win, Has Over- 28.~—King President. at 10 looked Numerou overwhelming | inaries Which Must Now Be Satis- factorily Adjusted. Hartford, Dec. 28.—U. District Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy, of this i city, his General Gregory, and S. has tendered resignation to torney will ail Tuesday on the Leviathan for au- rope as legal adv o), Roosevelt, assistant | navy. Mr. Spellac panied abroad by h she will be the fir ing those engaged those who are Wilson’s party Europe since tered the war. Many Questions To Be Settled. When Admiral Sims was placed in command of the American fleet he was told to win the war in the short- est possible time. accomplish that end had ‘to ignore many business prelim- ies that would he observed times of peace. As an instance fortified the Azores, which Portugal, and in building the fortifi- tions he took lands owned by pri- vate individuals, and he placed the big guns on them. Claims for dam- ages of coursc arose, and similar claims against the United States navy in connection with the hospitals er to Franklin of accom- It is said t woman—except- in war work and members of President allowed to cross the United States en- secretary be and necessarily he There are | personal also negligence injuries received claims for by men in employed by the United States navy beside the claims of foreign govern- ments for land. Will Land First At Brest. The navy department has a legal department in Loondon and a branch in Paris which will be visited by Messrs. Roosevelt and Spellacy. They will land at Brest, France, and met by Admiral Wilson who will sup- ply data concerning claims coming from France and Belgium. After a two days stay at Brest the party will go to London where they will meet Admiral Sims and work in connection with him. Commander John Hancock goes with the party in the capaclty of paymaster. Will Be Gone Mr. Spellacy Several Months, will be abroad several months. The purpose of sending him with Secretary Roosevelt co-ordinate and centralize, and as ex- peditiously as possible adjust all of the claims and settle them. This will necessitate visits to England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal. Mr. ‘Spellacy was appointed U. S. dist-ict attorney June 30, 1915. Announcement was made today by Mr. Spellacy of the resignation also of Assistant District Attorney Ra mond G. Lincoln of this ety and Ra mond Herrick, of Stamford, an as- sistant. HARTFORD MAN SELECTED. Prof. W. H. Worrell Going to Take Charge of School in Holy Land. Hartford, Dec. 28.—Professr Wil- liam Hoyt Worrell, mentioned in New York dispatches today as going to the Holy Land to assume charge of a school in Jerusalem for the Arche- ological Institute of America, has for seven years been an instructor at the Hartford Theological Seminary. He has a reputation as an Oriental- ist, having a practical knowledge of Arabic in its several dialects. He was in eastern Mediterranean lands in 1913 for the study of these dialects. He came to Hartford from the Uni- versity of Michigan where he taught the Semitic language. He has a degree from Strassbourg. H BISHOP'S SON DECORATED Awarded Croix de Guerre for Bravery on Field of Battle Malden, Mass., Dec. 28.—Edwin H. Hughes, Jr., of this city, son of Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal church has been awarded the Criox de Guerre by the French government, according to word received at his home here today. The honor accorded for an act of heroism on November 4 and § when he faced severe artfllery and ma- chine gun fire to remove wounded comrades from the danger zone At the time he was attached to a French J ambulance unit, Business Prelim- | the | to | He went ahead to | in | belong to | it | established and the railroads it built. | France and other European countries | ill be | 1s to | SINGLE GROUP OF NATIONS ACT AS TRUSTEES OF PEACE FOR ENTIRE WORLD, WILSON DECLARE | EBERT HAASE GOVT. IS LOSING POWER Crisis In Germany Rapidly Ncaring | Point When Cabinet lias No Authority. Dec. 27, (By te Press.)—While the government con tinues to deny e e of a-cri developments appear to be rapidly ap- pre : the point where the Ehert- { net will be able The Berlin | Berlin, Asoci no longer Luthority. | hapers reflect the | pervading all circles. eitung, for six men who sign | are no longer the government, calls upon the newly created council of soldiers and workmen assume the responsibility. The Tageblatt declares it wouid fatal to pin hopes to the national sembly a constituent body one which could repair the now threatening. The Lokal Anz believes the crux of the situation to be found in the uggle between the independent socialis the Spartacus group for cont orde to prevent the meeting of the national | assembly. It points to the probability | of a repetition of the events of Novem- ber 9 with the result that the radicals might constitute a new dominated by Georg Ledebour Dr. Karl Liebkn Die Freiheit, or 1- dent socialists, deckres the position of the cabinet is critical and that it unlikely to survive in its present methods. The Taeglische Rundschau vs it is highly uncertain that and Scheidemann will be able to s the situation for themselves. he Vossische says that the for the government and it central to instance, be e or s and ol in and 1t an of the inder is ave nn Fein Council Will Be Set Up In Dublin and Call Itseif the Trish Parlament., will in Ireland tac Irish republic the ¥ London, Dec. 28.——Pasters pear in every paris announcing that the has come into being, press. The newspaper adds that the Sinn Feiners, in the recent election, swept Leinster, Munster and Connaught. Seventy members of parliament were elected by the party but they will not their seats. The Expre vs Sinn Fein council will be | tablished in Dublin almost immedi- ately and will call itself the Trish parliament. If the government or- ders its disbandment, it is stated, it establish itself elsewhere and, if sary, move from to place. says | take | central es i | will | nece | THIRTY APPLICANTS | MADE U. S. CITIZENS place Eight Former Enemy Aliens For- swear Allegiance to Furopean Governments The naturalization court of the United States convened this morning in the common council chamber and granted citizenship papers to 30 ap- plicants. Among the 20 were eight men who had been classified as ene- my aliens, seven being Austrlans and one German. There were 12 who for- swore alleglance to the existing Rus- sian government and six to the Ital- jan government. About 50 had ap- plied for thelir citizen's papers but some of them tailed to appear and others were ordered by the court to appear at the February sesslon for | further examination owing to lack of knowledge of the organization of the U. S. government. It was gratifying | to the court to learn that nearly all of the applicants lrad purchased lib- erty bonds and war savings stamps. Most of the new citizens were men of middle age. The committee on Amricanization will give these men a rcception at 8 o’clock Friday sveuning, January 3, at the Elihu Burritt school. All the new citizens will attend and their Americanizeiton certificates will be distributed to thewm. ) 20 CASES OF INFLUENZA REPORTED TO HEAUTH DEPT. Influenza is still very prevalent in the city. Four new cases were report- ed to the board of health this morn- ing. This makes twenty cases since Christmas day. being reported Thursday, 10 y rday, and four this morning. The same measures of pre- caution are being nrged at the present time as were followed out when the city was In the grip of the disease be- fore. WEATHER. Hartford, Dec. 28.—Fore- cast for New Britain and vi- ] cinity: Unsettled tonight and Sunday. JJ IS apprehension | is | government | Tells British Union Organi- | zation is Necessary to Maintain Great Victory. Landon, Dec dent Wilson lat the American embassy today re- | ceived a delegation from the league | of nations union. It headed by { Viscount Grey, former tary for foreign affairs, and it incuded the archbishop of Canterbury and Vis- count Bryce, former British ambas dor to the United States. The president in addressing delegation, said: “Gentlemen, 1 st the very much com- plimented that yau should come in | person to present this address and I | have been delighted and stimulated to I find the growing and prevailing inter- | est in the subject of the league of na- | tions, not only a growing interest, merely, but a growing purpose, which |7 am sure will prevail, and it is de- |lightful that members of the govern- | ment which brought this natioa into | the war because of the maral obliga- tions based upon a treaty should be |among those who have brought me | this paper, because on the other side {of the water we have greatly admir- | ed the motives and subscribed to the principles which actuated the gov- [ ernment of Great Britain in obeying | that moral dictate. *“You have shown what we must wnize, namely, that same force and ase of obligation, and unless we or- nize it the thing that we do mow 1l not stand. “I feel that strongly. that it is i particularly cheering to know juse how strong and imperative the idea has become. I thank you very much, indeed. It has been a privilege to see you personally. “I ‘was just saying to Lord Grey that we had indirect knowledge of each other and that I am glad to identify him. I feel as if I had met him long ago, and I had the pleasure of matching minds with Mr. Asquith vesterda: SECRET SERVICE CHIEF DEAD Capt. John Henry, Head of New York am s0 Bureau, Was Man Who Prosecuted “Tmpo, the Wolf.” New York, Dec. 28.—Captain Jaha Henry, head of the federal secret service office here and one of the | countr; noted investigators of coun- | terfeiting conspiracles died suddenly today at his Brooklyn home. He was 54 vears old. I He was credited with the successtul prosecutian of “Lupo, the Wolf." | chief figure in a sensational counter- felting case about nine years ago, and | with the arrest in Cuba and the con- viction of Louls Edwardo de She"y{ about a vear ago in connection with the printing of spurious 1,000 franc notes of the Bank of France. Identified with the secret service | for 23 years, Captain Henry succeed- ed, as head of the New York office, William J. Flynn, now chief of the railroad ~ administration’s detective bureau. PRAISES VATICAN'S WORK. Papal Secretary Shows Wilson Docu- ments Justifying Neutrality of Pope. Rome, Dec, 28—Monsignor Cerrettl, the Papal under secretary of, state, asked President Wilson to mediate “with a view to settling the Vatican situation” during their interview in Parls, according to newspapers here, He also submitted to Mr. Wilson documents justifying the Vatican's at- titude of neutrality during the war and set forth the humanitarian work done by the Vatican in favor of pris- oners, deported persons and others who were similarly affected by the struggle 2,000 YOUN MEN WANTED. Merchant Marine Sends Out Appeal For Immediate Enrollment. Washington, Dec. 28.—Immediate need for. 2,000 young men to be train- ed for service in the United States merchant marine was announced to- day by the shipping board. Because of the rapid delivery on cargo vessels, which are now to be manned exclus- ively by merchant crews, the board said there was an unusual demand for men which must be met within a few weeks. Of the 2,000 men now wanted, 1,500 | are to take the places of apprentices { just sent to sea from ships of the board’s Atlantic trainiag squadron base at Boston and 500 for its Pacific | training ship at San Francisca. i | board has now left that city 533,334 MEN AND 35,409 OFFICERS DISCHARGED SINCE TRUCE SIGNING LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS | NEEDED, WILSON SAYS | | | e | | Reports For Week Will Prob- | at| ably Raise This Total t 100,000 More, eral March Says. Lecs Gen- 28.—More than homie and abre for demobili Washington, 1 1,100,009 soldiers at have been designated tion since the armistice was sign General March gave the figures to- day as 937,000 men in home units to be discharged and 168,000 and 6,800 ofiicers assigned by General Pershing for carly convoy home from Auxiliary Units In Germany. Gen. March made public auxiliary troops attached to the Am- erican Third army, the army of oc cupation, including the following complete regiments 301st, and 310th engineers and the i 51st, 54th and 56th pioneer infantry No More Troops to Russia, In reply to a question, Gen. March said no additional American trooj had been ordered to Russia. He also that onthing had reached the partment to show the total strength of the allied and American farces in the armies of occupation. list of Cancellation of War Contracts at the Rockwell-Drake Corporation Results in Many Losing Jobs in Plainville, (Special to the Herald) Plainville, Dec. 28.—A great has been caused here by the Rockwell- Drake corporation, a branch of the Marlin-Rockwell ~ corporation, dis charging 100 employes. The action was the result of the cancellation: of orders for Iight Browning machine guns by the government. dent Bennett, of the local plant, stated today that besides the 100 who were laid off, several more would go from time to time, Since this coun- try entered the war the company has been rushed with war orders and re- cently the working hours basis v changed to three shifts. Thu plant was going 24 hours day Through the War department a nemw wage basls was established because of the demands of the employes. There is a rumor about that the laying off was due to a num- ber of the workers joining labor unions and that a special meeting was called today to take action. The ru- mor, however, could not be confirmed Many local people have been em- ployed here for some time and the ac- tion taken wilF hit many hard. The industry was a good one and the plant was to have started in on a peace basis to manufacture ball-bearings and other machine parts. - iRESUSGITIXTED BY PULHOTOR Father and Three Children At 55 Grove Street Have Narrow Escape From Death By Gas Early Today. Felix Kreseski and his three chil- dren were overcome by gas at their home, at 55 Grove street, this morn- ing and the fire department pulmotor was called Into service to resuscitate them. Dr. Mann was called and the four are reported as well this morn- ing. About 3 o'clock this morning, a man and told Sergeant George Kelly that a whole family had been overcome by gas at Grove street. Chief Dame of the fire department was called and brought the depariment’s pulmotor to the home. It was found that the three children had ered, but it was necessary to use the pulmotor on Mr. Kreseski. Kreseski is unable to account for the occurrence. Retiring as usual last night, he savs, he turned out the & it is believed that turned it only partly off. 55 STRIKE SITUATION BETTER. General FElectric Co. Employes Send Delegates to Schenectady. Pittsfield, Mass., Dec. 28.—The inter-plant committee representing striking General Electric employes ' which has been in Washington for the ‘War Laber for Sche- with officials punpose of meeting the nectad) , X, to confer of the company, David L. Kevlin, secretary local Metal Trades council member of the committee, s telegram received today that uation looks bright.”” Today the local General Electric company officlals stated that the plant would not close for the annual inventory as has basn the custom in the past. of and id in the a a France. | osth | stir | Superinten- | the | the town | came into the police station | recov- | | concert of power he may have | | now demands | students and MUST League by “Concert ! Power” Should No Replace Old Ti “Balance of Power i DEMAND IS COMING FROM ALL QUARTEH In Keynote Speech Today, Amerid President Declarcs That Men W Fought This War Have Been M From Free Nations Who Were termined That Once Nation Sho Not Dominate Others, London, Dec. 28.-—Speaking tod in the historic Guildhall at a ¢ monious gathering of « Br. most distinguished statesmen, dent Wiison firmed his prine that there no longer be a k ance of power which might unse the peace of the world, but that future muet produce concert power which would preserve it Reception Spontaneous. The president’s reception at Guildball w spontaneous hearty that carried an unmis able note of friendship and admi tion. When he arose to speak th| was a prolonged outburst of hal claps and cheering, and his talk frequently punctuated by appla At the conclusion of his address audience ross with one accord cheered, and it kept the appla and cheering as he passed out. President Given Ovation. The president was given a nota ovation on rising to begin his spe some of the poi that won were his tribute soclated gov ration that ¥ Pr re must s 50 it | ana newed applause the armies of the ments and his de | ple throughout the world want pe; and want it immediately—not, h ever, by conquest, but by agreem | of mind The distinguished government other offictals reccived by the -1 mayor before the president’s arri included Premier TLloyd Geo Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, F elgn Secretary Balfour, Admiral Sl former Premier Asquith, Andj Bonar Law, the chanceilor of the chequer, and the ambassadors of principal allied governments After President Wilson's arrival were grouped on t the 1 mavor in the center and Presid Wilson on his right, next to the D of Connaught. The "Royal Artill band in the gallery played Ameri airs, ushering President Wilson with the Star Spangled Banner Demands New World Order. During his speech the president clared the soldiers had fought to away .with the old order and est lish a new one. The old order, sald, had for its center the ‘“‘unsta thing" called the balance of poW determined by competitive inters “jealous watchfulness” and ‘“‘an tagonism of interests The men who have f gald the president, from free nations who wer mined that this sort of thing end now and forever.” The suggestion for a power, he remarked, now from every quarter sort of mind. The the president declared, must not balance of power, or one powel group of nations set off against other, but “a single, overwhelm powerful group of which s} be the trustees of of world.” Mentions Key to Peacd. The minds of the leaders of British government, found, pre were moving along the same lines as his own, and tI thought had that the key peace is the guarantee of it and the items of it. The items of it, added, would be worthless unles k th No such potent union of pur ever has been in the world fore, the president said, as that wk a concert of powe preserve the world’s peace. Whe it had been the thought of closd academic men he: § practical minds of dais, the v n} det] sho been concert was cor from ey to col and concert a ion th> peace he ident said, been to stood seen found the | world determined to get | their “the sit- | it. particularly happy that ground has been cleared and foundations laid,” continued the pr dent, “because we already have cepted the same body princip) Those principles clearly definitely enough application should afford no “I am e ted m tter fundamental mi whi a | culty. World “The peoples declared, “want now, not merely arms but by Wants of Peace Now. the world.” peace and want by the conquest agreement of mi (Continued on Third Page)