New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1919, Page 1

FROM THE HVTRAUD » x x x ¥ x | ;*;;44;! TO THE SERVICE. NEW BE(!'I'AIN. C()\JNVE(}E' ;I STATE LEGISLATURE ASKED PUT FORTH PLANON SWIFT STOCKS ARR TO CONDUGT INVESTIGATION RAILROAD MATTERS SUBJFCT OF QUERS OF BRIDGEPORT GOVERNMENT — on Senate Agr-i.cul»z-u;alr Gommitte‘ Interstate Commerce Commission i 'Sc.na>tor T(,‘vlarli‘, "ch]rescnt- 7“90“0 M{}RE MEN ‘"HN o i A e Tawavers League oy ol on GRINERS WITH EMLARGED POWERS COMPANY DID NOT PRORID Charges Many Violations of Park City Charter By Ad- = o ar J. Rich of Boston., Represent- | President of Great Packing Concern | Poles § Sictraty Chaos Reigns in British \ssociated Tndustrics of Massa- | Declaves That He Did Not Dabble| Day ministration. | i | Labor Circles—Belfast Suggested as Supreme Regulator Brings Gut Market Transactions chusetts, Advocates This Solation in Market to Influcnce Price of 1 front Tel 0 Present Muodd Finmn'; Stock. Accordin X of the Interstate Commerce Commis- | transactions in Swift stocks were cil of the peae Miners in many | with greatly enlarged 320w was rec umination of Louis F wift hefore west Scotland 4 | commended as the soluiion of ihe | the senute a alture committee by | DLn& this morrinEEy in sympathy with ihe | ailroad problem upon the veturn of | members of the comuiittee and Fran- | and the instructions to8 Pemperauce wdvocates Claim Prohibi= | men who ihrew down their tools at| (he carriers to privaie ownership ho- | cis J. Heney | Allica mission to Polandt e A et e als This tionh wus taken in{fore the senate interstzie commerco | Senator Novris of Nebraska read a | thorized and about to leavesms ion Amendment Wil Pass Sena of their leaders’ protesis committec today by Edgar<J. Rich, | newspaper aceount to show there was | e2stward journey. Thes i A strike conference was held atof Hoston, representing the Associated | & $140,310,000 gain in market value | ¢4 for the appearance of Polish Glasgow on Tuesday and was at- | industries of Massachusetis in stocks of Swift & Co., Swift .r- | OXecho-Slovak representatives heforel g Boxing and Also For More Liberal | tended Ly delegates from all parts Would Have Entire Controi. national and Libby, McNeil and the council to present their views. Allfes.” o e “ = of Scotland, as well as Grimsby, | Under his proposals the commission | by, from November, 1917, to ,\‘vmmr" e — {99llitary activisios M Riseln wero | e Knowlug the Other. Sunday Presented—Labor Measures | pughy and London. It was decided [ would be given exclusive control over | ber, 1918 | Paris, Jan. 29.—Ia connection with | denounced by Senator Johnson as ! . What | By Ciose Vote—Bills to Regulate | to support ihe sirike committee and | Poth state and interstate rates and Did Not Expeet Advance. Are Suggested, | the territory questions before it the| “Wicked and useles and a ‘“eriminal | | submit to the government proposals | Over the issuance of securities; com- We had no idea there was going to nost important de i peace conference is confronted by no| Policy of intervention” which had | Hartford, Jan % for a settiement on a basis of a 40- | Plete power to prescribe conditions for | be such an advance when we separat- | less than three secret freaties, says| helped hold the Bolsheviki in power, ! s i o'clock hour week. It was also decided that ] {he common use of ~quipment and | ed our three concerns,” said Mr. Swift. | the Paris cdition of the Loadon Daily | While starving the Russian people { Vil erminals by the carriers, and author- | “Swift Co. didn't profit b; the | Mail today { Decle 1wt Americ has | rgeant Andrew ity to appoint a board to make wage | transaction, but the 25,000 stockhold- | Three Se Treaties. | no policy i the senator add- tad S | vd jusiment Regional commissions | ers | “The first is the treaty betwecn|ed: 3 T tertert O | time in Connecticut’s histor o8 = | the strikers would be in no case re been asked to inves- | e proachec the government or the Today Senator | employes. behalf the It was announced at the nmieceting SLCEeDg ! s league offered & tpat (he strikers in the Clyde district Il to raise commitiec consistin would I ated to handle details Mr, Swift said he personally had Britain, France and Maly dis-| “We have enzazed in o miserable of the Adriatic coast, which| misadventure, stultifying our profes violently with Jugo-Slay and ! sions (of friendst Russians) Mr. Rich favored repeal of the anti- | not dealt in Swift stocks to affect the ling and anti-trust laws in so far | marke i they lute to the railroads. Mr. Heney's uestions developed | (zheco-Slovak interests’ the Mail| and setting at n: our promi the are estimated (o number 70,000, This strike on the Clyde was re- S | _ : days. tive to investignie the administra- | Has Public's Confidence, that an employe Swift & Co., \'u(\'i“'”'\'l”‘\. The second is the tr We suffer the odinm i ed “ ag | port ter lay t SrOWir While etween Great Britain and Japana un-| infamy of undeclared warfarc A (len SRR AT S e ClEe A Senator Johnson spoke in behalf of 1he Interstate Commere engaged in buyir and selling Swiflt Commission, Mr. Rich said, has b shares for employes who paid for st e S ; very much criticized in certain quar- | them on an installment plan. serting violation of the city charter in | 8r¢ on the verge of closing down or | iers because it has not always been “Do any officials or employes buy |is the treaty hetween Great Britaia| senate declare itself in favor of re- | ave carryving on their work with ! alive to certain tr mspoitation pro- tock to run prices up or down?” Mr. | and the king of the Hedjuz under| calling the American expeditionary i small forees blems it has established itself in the | Heney! asked. | which Damascus forms a part of the| force in Russia He also eriticized | tion of that city, its finances, its laying | "0 e e R John Antho of taxes and ssment of property | AN & 5o e E A b vears. of shipyards and ensi works lands in the north Pacific. The th his resolution proposing that {he i Irank evad York ieved that the [ agitators. and it w many ways. I'he ague claims that thro lation of the charter to whic tention has been paid The strikers say \h»uu object s | publi contidence, because of its in- Buy When Price is Low. | territory given to the Hedjaz king- [ delay in the peace negotiations and ey T e o remodel trades unionism and to | tegrity and the fact that it has never “They might buy some when the [ dom ®icclared anew for an American policy o s amounting to $400, establish on 2 national basis the [ been accused of being influenced by | markel was low,” said Mr. Swift ‘ e ko] : i police entered the: Damascns lies ater the border linel to bring home all American troons | : e ot D ) he hotel this morning The bill was tabled | poliey of “direct action”, of which | partisan political considerations. ‘Don’'t you recommend to ‘mrl"‘ the spheres of control in Syria and| from foreign soil at the earliest possi- | (1 S g ti | | Palestine agreed upon between the| ble moment, warmly opposing their British and Frencl Under this| use to maintain stability or pesmce ement Palestine from the sea of | Iluropean countries. plexio the situation was ind it seemed {hat a charge duction was that Licut. Governor | cially when we issue new stock™. This feiting would be made Wilson, who reccived it, is muyor of | Beifast, Jun. 29.—There was much NOT YET NAMED | !nc of questioning resulted in an ex-| Galilee to the Bevptian border is o | hareeatsol Facthitor 5 b ione rioting in the dark sireets here last change hetween Mr. Heney and Sen- - En ound ithe police! station thid AR N T e e the Special benent of (he Jews. whils| BMPLOYERS PROMISE the pollcelatation il | stores along prominent streets’ were | pras . s it legitimate for officials of tho | NOTh of the sea of Galilee to Asia ores along promineni streets’ were | progjdent Has Offered French Diplo- ! leg e (o Boeiagoft r offered, several sena- Sk ; . St : % down | Mino; comes under the French. T fes el the bin, | smished and some of their contents 5 company to run stock up or down | 'r‘)“"t v (‘,, X5 ‘mni\"'Yniy- CHANGE IN HOURS | were stolen. The police frequently matiec Post to Man Who Has Not | $50 a year?” Mr. Heney asked N o et gt | 4 Sei e e R “Thats @ matter 1 don’t cave | 1015 to h Damascus included with- e 77 v £ e ould | oters. Yet Decided. about”, interjected Senator Page b e e S ”M{ i i e G S . bill does Paris Jar Thelan potntuent “You ought to care about st dslosaten fanoligiiallyfansio to he-f american Woolen Company Agrees to | e ey . Je 2 ent | . oher of this committee,” said Mr, | tain Damascus as it is already under t Ville ! gl eaddile e ! LRI TAXPAYFRS TO PROTEST of a new ambassador to France to o ; | their administration. 18 Hour Week and Time and he aged rooms, isting h is geahle inst the state g AL, succeed William Graves Sharp s i } that they be placed as f: [ this strike is an example ployes 1o huy stocks?™ harged with heing Police Watch Men Closel leit hac when of- s t would aslted Sonator Clark to eliminate | = = il i a Hali For Ovértime. ach otk s possible. T e provision that the state should | ) fered the post to a mann who has not. REPUBLICANS NAME ! ned foot the and to place a limit on | MAin Street Property Owners Invited | ot gignified whether he will accept FARMS FOR SOLD]ERS Roston, Jan. 29.--The Americ 2 S RINOUL EXiendedaE Senato S N (ORV (tena Vceting in BoothiStBIocl: |10 SLDISEuan S Emagbelsaid J ISinot COVERT AS AUDITOR | = s nex t undecided. President Wilson has of- ! Wolen Co. will open its wmil was to do this at a mo Vance McCormick, who recently re- on of signed the chairmanship of the dem- : . Monday on a basis of 48 hours week them % - British Partiament Will Soon ke 4 4 the Jintel s Vi 2 Local Representatives in General As- | | 1y and if more business warrants the i | ocratic national committee, i | ki f 1 s t 1 4 o > i 5 2 Enor - | working of longer hours at times, wil (S e SRl || The heavy faxpavers on Main street R X - o ! Action on Granting Enormouns Sub- | | i sembly Given Hartford Connty | pay their employes at the rate of Tomorvow Kvenin proceeded r offered no objec- | who have had their property vaiua- Ambassador Sharp. who had heen sSing, ¥ woul | tion boosted hy the ussessors are con- | on a visit to the United States, sailed Appointment by G. O. P. | | tinuing their protests and a circular | for nce on the transport Levia- | | . i sidies for Aid of Returncd Fighters. | time and one-half given, and the coy This is the substance of the cc \nd start off | London, Jan. 29 (via Montreal.) pany’s answer to their employes in | qm. v protest from Bridge- | letter, signed by *i committee of tax- [than on January 24. Washington ad- New Britain has bheen favored in t two hond hills | paye has been sent to a majority | vices previoos to his sailing rried | the state legislature on several occa- Plans have been made - the intro- | Lawrence who were called into a con- nce with the agents of the fou n vesterday. This wet | of the property owners urging them | reports that Mr. Sharp’s resignation | sions and further recognition has heen | duction in parliament of 1 bill grant fe committee to attend a meeling tomorrow night | had been placed in the haads of the | Riven by the appointment of the re- ! . ipcidies amounting to millions of | LAWrence mills today to receive the Monc for the supposed purpose of deciding | president and that Mr. McCormick | Publican caucus of Representative = answer which they requested yester- :j . upon some organized action of pro- | was understood to be under consid-! Richard Covert of this city to the Governor Holcomb sent to the sen-{ o rho Jetters mailed are as fol- | eration for appoiatment as the am- | office of auditor of Hartford County. e federal prohibition amend- | i | Tows bassador's successot the men Prohibition Comes Up Tucsday pounds sterling for the purchase of | day. At the same time the company farms for men dischanzed from | refuses to pay the 54 hour wage for emall * and the 3ritish army, according 0 an- | the shorter hot but says that it will nouncement here. 'i.. measure will [ give 48 hours’ pay for 48 hours morni and it was made the order of 3 Dear sir Articles Discovere) nentient it e printed in 10 o' kS a2 | SAFEGUARDING INTERESTS R s — T e g rnal. Advocates o hday ¢ nec Sl neld Thiiciny evoning 0 ORI i ; % 3 t cost of the wo it is sai - 2 S oo 55 oy BRITISH GET INCREASE Name Special Commiission for Peace § & 5 —— TR close margin whereas, | g “ "1, .t Room 32, Booth's bloc s e @Ml | 1001 authorvities will be asked to as retofore its rejection in the upper & between one class of taxpayers . 4 i Soldiers Izetained in Service Will Get making them pay from 30-50 per cent. | Conference Duties, PR W % MANY TO STAY IN FRANCE ) S Lot S . A, 21 Shillings a Week and Food and | 0'clo ) take action against the asses the city of New Britain in discrimi The committee on executive nom- | wnch ha cen looked for. | South and Central American Naiions &, s ot | sist in carrying out the details. | | 1 ed favorably on vari-! the wtions, mostly reappoint= [ SR OB B lEt B O e ¢ Respectfully your: Paris, Jan. 29.—The delegates of g St Fully 200.000 Yanks Will by the governor last | A\ COMMITTEE OF TAXPAYERS. | the South and Central American na- : turn—Many Want (o Get jed. | | | went to the calendar. | Lodgings Also. at yrenches Singers. ons e pence conference decidec T Waten DECH [ HosRonn ol ol docded London, Jan. 29.—The pay of ! recompanyin the 1t a meeting held today to create a g 3 Paris,” Jan. 28.-—At least 200,000 T GRS e em—— ARG . % i e Pt e - of North Haven, which af- | AL of all these nations hefore the con ' R a0 in Trance, according {0 SEHTCR TRRHG €5 LR i e Sieeh inithe Toi ust when | . ference with delegates especially " | reached probably will he 21 shillings I e mirt \ 1se § I statement made by a prominent mem- | réached probably will be 21 shilling outtit were expecting to receive | signed to look after various subject 8 - < So ber of ihe American colony in Paris |2 week and food and lodgiv accord & Least One Case of Paris Lawless- | o1 . 5 Ribthanl a0 amncnt e (I GEsastiOnedaseio Bk i T Vi Thus Brazil wili voice the feeling of he breaking of a waterpipe over | ness Blamed on Yankees Proved to | the Central and South American na- ng in the rear A torrent « tions as regards the e of nation Ly SRE 5 day. The majority will remain, it is | iAppleton, secretary of the general On o ahaneh: s Bt Work Forh Fixenciant Cuba will pay cspecial attention to g g swid, because they wish to marry | federation of tr unions, 1o v “dry” house to a “‘wet” one international iabo slation from g " French women and the rest because | Daily Mail Paris, Jan. 29.—At least one case ! the same standpoint while Uruguay ¥ Lo they are charmed with French lifea| The itish cabinet, at i special ; ind guoted by the Intransigeant to- | ing to a statement made hy CounterTait Al Droppe for the time being he force of the fell upon Representative Robert | dttributed by Paris newspapers to ] will especially interest itself in (he i St ¥ ind see great opportunities here meeting Tuesday, uccided to retain American energy 1,000,000 of the mobilized forces e “dry” advo- | Tenesade Americans has turned out | subject of the internationalization of : i ¢ was taken and the wa- | 0l 10 he either of American planning ! ports, waterways and railways. t:5 i i = | finish the job.” I:i was said the pay t mme he pipe was in the | OF execution. The case was that of - — - b i 3 S s 2 | of the men would be increased laize- | National hafind hoard of education and | theft of an automobile attributed by WANT BETTER SERVICE, 2 i ELECTION RETURNS INCOMPLETE | | 4nd a new scheme of leave of 7 (uiries as to whether ov | the Intransigeant to two Americans Waterbury, Jan. 29.—Representa- I crrison code igainst | who were said to be making a special- | tives of the chambers of commerce of sence introduced e OV Tarle — Scheidemann’s Party Will Probably g e + 3 5 The olffic s an added ho « the 5 are protesting by the ity of this kind of crime. The men | Derby, Ansonia, Bristol, New Britain [od honor for ti Have Strongest Representation. BN 4 % > 2 local man ach legislature appoints \ wamberlain and upon it. The material | who stole the automobile have been | and Waterbury met nere this noon tc J nall bux | i he mate ole the automobile have been | and Waterbury met here this noon to | (o " iiiors for ench county The Amsterdam, Jan. 28.—The work of 2l bank, S 1= not gre: arrested. There were three of th liscuss plans for arranging, 508- ee of them | discuss plans for arranging, if pos- 3 thel e . republicans in caucus elect their men | counting the vote cast Re Prussls he o Regulate Boxing Matches, ind one proved to be a deserter from | Sible, with the New Haven road to | 0o a8 B 0 EEE B i o Eaoentics B brucslen 4 ¢ i thee boxing bill would create with! the French army and the othier fwo | restore the express trains that Were { qemocrats have nob nomed (heir mey, | Cleetions is stil incomplete, but par- | Gepmans Celebrating Arrival of it st Weo men state athletic commis-| French civilian accomplices, removed from the Waterbury route tial returns show that the majority | xeellent Mt 3 ag yet. The duties of the auditors ican. Mission Attacked By Jugo ries. to regulate hoxiug hetween Boston and New York alape to audit the books of the county, | socialist vote was cut down in the | crican Mission acked By Jugo- mmercial Trust only e Mr. Idwards -that s elde e vear ago because of the congested | The auditing siarts on October 1 at | larger towns, according to advices | v Solliers—Eisht Are Killed, : ALihe BoNey s o] B i conditions between Bridgeport and | the c¢nd of the fiscal vear and the | from Berlin, The independent social ¢ R : l the commission _would Hartford over the Waterbury route. |guditors arc elected for @ term of | ists made gains, probably a result of | Tondoa, Jan. 29 German me corporations holding would have to se licenses committee composed of representi- | two vears. The position is chiefly an | propaganda carried on after the shoot- | dents of Marburg, Styria, made Bunco Game Suspected, \cting Secretary of State Polk tives of ahove mentined places is | honorary one since the salary is only | ing of Dr. Karl Licbknecht and Rosa | demonstration in the streets of the to confer with (he railroad o als. | $75 per yvear Luxembure It is believed that the | town on Monday in hoaor of the ar- commissio £ B Decree Making Prohibition 8. = Iteprescntative Covert s clected | social democratic party led by rival there by airship of an American BEH S SOt G MILLS ON SHORT TIME. i this city in the election, | Scheidemann will be the strongest missian headed by Col. Miles. Accord- f Springfield, Mass, Jan. 29.—The | This is his second term as a member | the Prussian parliament. The next |ing to aa Exchange Telegraph dis-| this was the basis for the syst Ludlow Mfi. Co. here today placed | of the st sislature and already | parly in strength will be the demo- | patch from Vienna the actions of the the| From the layout the apparat yelieved th Mr. Edwards pointed out whet money had been attached cleverly to a white piece of papei t such events fective on Janus v Liberal Sunday. - extricatir y from vig B0t Washington, Jan atification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution, effeciive Janu- its jute mills, employing between has done much for this city as s | crats, with the Christian People’s | Germans aroused Gen. Majster tor Bailey offered another : party, formerly the centerists, ranking | Jugo- v commander, who ordered | th suit ase 2,600 and 2,800 persons on a working resentative ; 99 schedule of 37 urs a week, a re —— third the people to disperse. When his or-| men, when tb ciary 16, 1920, was proclaimed today 152 hours a week, a1 k L DRl oS B L G TR Ahctio rontsdinai e thal WILLIAMS REAPPOINTED. | . —— der was not obeved, the dispatch| mark,” showed him how e; if \.. provided the program k% S st B 20 4l the firm said some deparments were | iy | 3 o 1dds, he commanded his troops to fire| to make money. By the plan, a J proy L m. at the state apartment by ! id some deparments w I \vashington, Jan. 29.——John Skelton | IG STRIKE AVERTED. e running without profit and would bhe , | yproved v local authorities 1 o pprov t Secretary Polk Williams of Virginia was nominated == v ) r s her worl uld be found § g, py President Wilson for an-|33.000 Pennsylvania Road Workers locai option feature in for the employes | 3 . . S - e | other term as comptrollér of the cur- | e e CioTme) other »‘n‘mv;-rl WILL EXTEND TIME — | rency P e VERMONT SENATE IS | bill, this one to permit places \ to have athletic sports, con located an with the result that eight persons| age of paper mdzl e placed ir | were killed and many injured | of the compartments in vigw o - | victimm and th fter the elec PO WOMEN VOTING stracted the JeE : ’\‘rn\wz Cdusvig t ictim two by OF PAYING TAXES | (STUDENTS CHEER KAISER. Pittsburgh, Jan. 29.—The threaten- _ London, Jan. 29— High school stu = ed strike of {rack workers Washington, Jan. 29.—The period | dents paraded the strects at Bremen 1 SRnevan Pennsylvania lines wa Montpelier, Vt.. Jan. 29.—A for filing income and profits iax rec on Monday carryving black, ved and temporarily averted yesterday which would give women the rigl t rore E tm turns probably will be extended by | white flags. Twenty of them, when 0 delegaies representing the Brother | vote for presidential electors w s | prisoners | moting libert i Iy | ternal Itevenue Commissioner Roper | arrested, declared fhe demonstration tartford Ju i o ce of Way Employ- | Dassed hy the senate today. The house e dem Ee N A hood of Maintenan v 1hy th nate today. The hous ; lopmen vl i from Ma 15 to April 15 o1 even | to be one of respect for the former || vicinity: nd Shop Laborers, voted 1¢ i representatives passed and sent to | cure other vietims for their “get- it was stated toda This would | emperor and not in favor of mon Lok ey tonigit committee to Washington. ‘Where | the senate w joint resolution providing | quick &cheme,” the po hink, taxpayers ahout two months in | archy, according to Central \(-\\~] the case will he placed hefore for the ratification of the federal % found under n’s mattress 4 ( 1 ich to make ¢ \ I i teh from Copenhagen _J| states railroad udministration oRekiey | senistes, saendment. 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